July/August '06 Babies - 2 Isn't THAT Terrible!

[July&August2006Mommies]

July & August '06 Mommies and Babies of Constant Chatter



July Past Threads:
1st Trimester (10/21/2005 - 1/19/2006) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=914539)
2nd Trimester--Part I (1/19/2006 - 3/22/2006) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=1444541)
2nd Trimester--Part II (3/22/2006 - 5/24/2006) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=175we35)
3rd Trimester (5/24/2006 -7/1/2006) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=2023123)
Arrivals (7/1/2006 - 8/8/2006) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21567697)
The First 5 Months (8/8/2006 -12/2/2006) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23567328)
5-6 Months (12/2/2006 - 1/27/2007) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27456789)


August Past Threads:
1st Trimester (11/29/05 - 2/13/06) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11556742)
2nd Trimester (2/13/06 - 5/24/06) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15856749)
Third Trimester (5/24/06 - 8/6/06) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20056788)
Arrivals (8/6/06 - 9/11/06) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23256744)
The First 6 Months (9/11/06 -1/26/06) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24756736)


Combined Past Threads:
Months 6-9 (1/26/2007 - 4/13/2007) (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=9156739)
Months 9-12 (4/13/2007-9/1/2007) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32567119)
Age 1-2 (9/1/2007-8/11/2008) (http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36107)




We welcome new members! Just post your stats to introduce yourself.

CC Name:
Me: Age
DH: Age
Married: Date
Birthdate: Date (please indicate gender of DC)
Other children:

*Please posts all updates in RED.

Your threadmistresses are mkvh, Lizard, and Sabriel

[July&August2006Mommies]

Abby'sMom
Me: 29
DH: 29
Married: 8/17/02
DC: 7/31/06
Other Children: DD, 11/3/04

Aletheia
Me: 30
DH: 30
Married: 8/7/04
DC: 8/26/06

Alliesmomma03
Me: 26
DH: 29
Married: 03/02/02
DC: 8/28/06
Other children: DD, 1/17/03

Amaye
Me: 31
DH: 32
Married: 8/30/03
DC: 7/22/06

a_spark
Me: 31
DH: 38
Married: 10/17/03
DC: 7/15/06

amyinlosangeles
Me: 35
DH: 44
Married: 10/13/02
DC: 8/17/06

babylove
Me: 29
DH: 33
Married: 08/31/03
DC: 8/13/06

Camdynlyn
Me: 23
DH: 26
Married: 7/17/04
DC: 9/2/06

Can't_Wait
Me: 27
DH: 38
Married: 5/24/03
DC: 8/6/06

Chimichanga
Me: 28
DH: 32
Married: 8/03
DC: 8/4/06
Other children: two pups

cosmic
Me: 34
DH: 37
Married: 4/3/04
DC: 8/30/06

duke's flygirl
Me: 33
DH: 38
Married: 8/16/03
DC: 8/3/06
Other Children: DD, 4/11/04

E&O
Me: 28
DH: 29
Married: 10/5/02
DC: 7/14/06

emmjay
Me: 35
DH: 35
Married: 5/22/04
DC: 7/30/06

isaacsmommy
Me: 23
DH: 24
Married: 4/3/04
Dc: 7/17/2006
Other Children: DS, 7/7/04

jarocha
Me: 31
DH: 31
Married: 9/13/03
DC: 8/26/06

jennylou
Me: 29
DH: 39
Married: 9/20/2003
DC: 8/10/06
Other children: Andrew Wyatt, 5/20/05 - 5/22/05

jesseybell
Me: 38
DH: 36
Married: 5/21/05
DC: 8/7/06

K&H's mommy
Me: 32
DH: 30
Married: 9/27/03
DC: 9/2/06
Other children: DD, 12/8/95 and DS, 10/25/04

Koala_Gurl
Me: 32
DC: 9/5/06
Other children: DD, 3/16/05

Linnybubbles
Me: 28
DH: 32
Married: 7/23/05
DC: 7/15/06

Lizard
Me: 32
DH: 35
Married: 9/20/03
DC: 6/29/06

makena32204
Me: 29
DH: 38
Married: 3/22/04
DC: 7/17/06
Other children: EDD 5/3/08

maryanne
Me: 36
DH: 38
Married: 10/1/05
DC: 6/30/06

maybebaby
Me: 27
DH: 31
Married: 4/05
DC: 7/1/06

mia's mama
Me: 33
DH: 35
Married: 09/02
DC: 7/15/06
Other Children: DD, 11/14/04

mkvh
Me: 30
DH: 33
Married: 3/19/05
DC: 7/12/2006
Other Children: DD, 1/6/2008

mmisabel
Me: 31
DH: 32
Married: 11/16/02
DC: 6/29/2006

Mrs. M.
Me: 31
DH: 30
Married: 7/15/00
DC: 8/18/06
Other children: DD, 8/28/03

mrstim
Me:
DH:
Married: 2/4/05
DC: 8/9/06

Mystikal
Me: 27
DH: 33
Married: 6/22/02
DC: 6/29/06

PLNUBRIDE
Me: 28
DH: 28
Married: 9/21/02
DC: 8/11/06

rande
Me: 31
DH:
Married: 6/14/03
DC: 7/1/06
Other Children: DS, 12/16/04

Sabriel
Me: 25
DH: 24
Married: 5/22/05
DC: 8/25/06
Other Children: EDD 6/22/08

ShelbyMay
Me: 27
DH: 29
Married: 5/17/03
DC: 7/2/06

smurf
Me: 28
DH: 28
Married: 8/02
DC: 7/3/06

Sophia
Me: 38
DH: 36
Married: 8/2/2003
DC: 7/7/2006
Other children: DS 9/02; DD1 4/95

Soulmate
Me: 32
DH: 32
Married: 8/11/02
DC: 6/29/06

sunchaser26
Me: 31
DH: 40
Married: 6/14/03
DC: 6/25/06

UTChick
Me: 30
DH: 36
Married: 9/20/03
DC: 8/18/06

Wrighty26
Me: 30
DH: 30
Married: 12/28/02
DC: 7/6/06


Forever In Our Thoughts: flygirl, roberta, icedwhite, kischer, PaisleySloan, cmon, almostthere, julesp313, MSH, silentbunny, jeggink and Crystal_Orchid

[July&August2006Mommies]

Estimated Due Dates and Arrival Dates

Estimated Due Dates
June
21 - Lil_Mrs_0702
27 - Mystikal

July
4 - Lizard
4 - maryanne
4 - mmisabel
4 - Soulmate
8 - nuhmah
8 - Wrighty26
9 - maybebaby
10 - klav
10 - MMK
11 - makena32204
11 - ShelbyMay
12 - cpbride8203
12 - Sophia
13 - rande
14 - cece
14 - mkvh
14 - sunchaser26
17 - a_spark
19 - lindybug
22 - Amaye
22 - emmjay
24 - mia's mama
27 - Can't Wait
28 - Linnybubbles
28 - mrst2b2003
29 - CarlaB
29 - hotmama
31 - jesseybell

August
1 - jewamese
1 - dandygirl
5 - it's a bug
6 - jennylou
6 - jennylou

8 - isaacsmommy
9 - Abby'sMom
10 - duke's flygirl
11 - MaryTX
12 - PLNUBRIDE
14 - amyinlosangeles
14 - Mrs. M.
15 - bluhimmy
16 - Chimichanga
18 - E&O
18 - babylove
18 - LTJC
20 - Mrstim
22 - Sabriel
24 - ajlanden
26 - Jarocha
26 - KKay
26 - Tuesdayschild
27 - K&H's mommy
28 - UTChick
30 - JenniferH
31 - cosmic


Arrivals!
June
11 - cece welcomed DS, 6lbs 3oz, 19 1/4"
18 - Lil_Mrs_0702 welcomed DS, 8lbs 6oz, 20 3/4"
25 - sunchaser26 welcomed DS, 5lbs 1oz, 18 1/4"
28 - Klav welcomed DS, 7lbs 5 1/2oz, 21"
29 - Lizard welcomed DD, 7lbs 12oz, 21"
29 - mmisabel welcomed DS, 7lbs 1oz, 20 1/2"
29 - Mystikal welcomed DD, 7lbs 7oz, 20"
29 - Soulmate welcomed DS, 7lbs 1oz, 20 1/2"
30 - maryanne welcomed DD, 7lbs 12oz, 20"

July
1 - maybebaby welcomed DD, 7lbs 2oz
1 - rande welcomed DD, 6lbs 7oz
2 - ShelbyMay welcomed DD, 7lbs 11oz, 20"
3 - Smurf welcomed DD, 8lbs, 21"
5 - nuhmah welcomed DS, 8lbs 6oz, 21"
6 - Wrighty26 welcomed DS, 7lbs 13oz, 21"
7 - Sophia welcomed DD, 7lbs 5.5oz, 19"
11 - lindybug welcomed DS, 6lbs 15oz, 19.5"
11 - MaryTX welcomed DS, 6 lbs 11 oz
12 - cpbride8203 welcomed DD, 8lbs, 18 1/2"
12 - mkvh welcomed DD, 7lbs 13.4oz, 20 1/2"
13 - MMK welcomed DS, 8.59lbs, 21 1/2"
14 - E&O welcomed DD5 lbs 7 oz. 18"
15 - a_spark welcomed DD, 7lbs 17oz
15 - Linnybubbles welcomed DD, 7lbs 10oz, 20"
15 - mia's mama welcomed DD, 7lbs 11oz, 21"
15 - mrst2b2003 welcomed DS, 7lbs 8oz, 19.5"
17 - isaacsmommy welcomed DS, 7lbs 7oz, 20"
17 - makena32204 welcomed DD, 6lbs 8oz, 19 1/2"
22 - Amaye welcomed DD, 7lbs 9oz, 21"
23 - hotmama welcomed DS, 7lbs 1oz, 20.5"
23 - Tuesdayschild welcomed DD, 5 lbs 1 oz, 18.5"
28 - jewamese welcomed DD, 7lbs 1oz, 19 1/2"
30 - emmjay welcomed DS, 8lbs 3.8oz, 22"
31 - Abby'sMom welcomed DS, 7lbs, 21"
31 - CarlaB welcomed DS, 5lbs 8oz, 18.5"

August
1 - dandygirl welcomed DD, 7 lbs, 21"
3 - duke's flygirl welcomed DS, 7 lbs 13 oz, 21"
3 - ajlanden welcomed DS, 7 lbs 14 oz, 20.75"
4 - Chimichanga welcomed DD, 8 lbs 7 oz, 21"
6 - Can't Wait welcomed DD, 8 lb 10 oz, 21"
7 - jesseybell welcomed DD, 9 lbs 3 oz, 20.5"
8 - bluhimmy welcomed DD, 6 lbs 4 oz, 19.75"
9 - it's a bug welcomed DD, 6 lbs 14 oz
9 - LTJC welcomed DS, 6 lbs 14 oz, 20"
9 - mrstim welcomed DS, 6 lbs 6 oz, 18.5"
10 - jennylou welcomed DD, 7 lbs 9 oz, 20.25"
11 - PLNUBRIDE welcomed DD, 8 lbs 2 oz, 19.25"
13 - babylove welcomed DS, 8 lbs 2.6 oz, 20.25"
16 - amyinlosangeles welcomed DD, 8 lbs 10 oz, 21"
18 - UT Chick welcomed DS, 7 lbs 2 oz, 20"
18 - Mrs. M welcomed DD, 8 lbs 7 oz, 20"
22 - cjones15 welcomed DS, 8 lbs 3 oz, 20.25"
25 - Sabriel welcomed DD, 8 lbs 10 oz, 21"
26 - jarocha welcomed DD, 6 lbs 9 oz, 18.5"
27 - KKay welcomed DD, 7 lbs 2 oz, 20.5"
28 - JenniferH welcomed DS, 6 lbs 5 oz
30 - tgoody03 welcomed DD, 6 lbs 12 oz, 20.5"
30 - cosmic welcomed DS , 8 lbs 9 oz, 20"


September
2 - Camdynlyn welcomed DD, 8 lbs 2 oz, 20.75"
2 - K&H's mommy welcomed DD, 8 lbs 9 oz, 20"

[July&August2006Mommies]

Please check your stats and post updates in RED!!

[Wrighty26]

I was just wondering today when we were going to start a new thread. Especially since the old one said "We're ONE!"

As for updates -- just the ages have changed :)

Wrighty26
Me: 30
DH: 30
Married: 12/28/02
DC: 7/6/06

Happy Birthday to all of those "babies" turning 2 this month :)

[jesseybell]

*sigh* you can change our ages too, even though mine isn't until next week.

jesseybell
Me: 38
DH: 36
Married: 5/21/05
DC: 8/7/06

[jennylou]

jennylou
Me: 29
DH: 39
Married: 9/20/2003
DC: 8/10/06
Other children: Andrew Wyatt, 5/20/05 - 5/22/05

[July&August2006Mommies]

Updated to here...

[Chimichanga]

Chimichanga
Me: 29
DH: 32

DH just got back from taking R to her WBV...

38 inches
35 pounds (estimate)

She's proportional all around. The reason the stats are an estimate is because I guess she FREAKED OUT walking through the door of the exam room. :( She obviously remembers the shots. Any ideas on how to get her calmed down??? DH tried to talk to her, redirect her, but she wasn't having it.

Either way - I got a big little girl.

[E&O]

E&O
Me: 31
DH: 31
Married: 10/5/02
DC: DD 7/14/06
other children: DS 4/27/08

Yikes, I hadn't updated my age since DD was born. I'm so old now.


Chimi- Between her newborn brother's series of WBV, staph infection and DD's stomach bug, 2 yr check up and virus, I feel like we lived at the doctor's office this summer. So she got to know the doctor very well. When she mentions the doctor at home, she knows her by name. Maybe if you talk up the doctor, how nice she/he is, how fun the toys/books are at the office, maybe that will help.

[Chimichanga]

That's a good idea. Another gal at work suggested bribery. :) Suckers/candy to be specific.

I'm not above that.

I think we'll talk about it more before we go. I am also leaving it up to DH as he's home with her/takes her to these appointments and I don't think he always thinks about that.

[Lizard]

Just subscribing and updating stats. :)

Lizard
Me: 33
DH: 36
Married: 9/20/03
DC: DD 6/29/06
Other Children: DD2 8/1/08

[a_spark]

Subscribing and updating! I know I've been gone FOREVER. Can I still be in here? :)

We were gone all July at my family's vacation house in Colorado and now are back home and A just started school three days a week (half days) and the adjustment is a little tough for all of us. I have my own business and work from home so the times she's at school or napping are the only times I can work and lately she doesn't seem to want to nap. And man, is she CRANKY when that happens. Doesn't help that she's got her molars coming in. She seems to love school, though, so hopefully soon things'll settle down.

Sorry for the rant! Today was an exhausting day :)

Anyway!

Please change my age to 32 and DH's to 39.

DD's stats:

height: 33
weight: 26.7
head: can't remember but 90% :eek:

And: Congrats Lizard! :)

[Mystikal]

Just subscribing and updating!

Mystikal
Me: 28
DH: 34
Married: 06/22/02
DC: DD 06/29/06
other children: DS EDD 11/29/08

:D

[mrst2b2003]

Just subscribing and updating!

Mrst2b2003
Me:33
DH: 39
Married: 09/07/03
DC: DS 7/15/06
other children: DS EDD 11/05/08

[jennylou]

Oh, DD had her 2 year WCV yesterday.

She was 27 lbs and 32 3/4 inches. I didn't ask about the percentages, but she seems about average based upon what others are reporting here. :)

[Amaye]

I haven't been here for AGES!! I can't believe all the people expecting/having little ones! CONGRATULATIONS!! :)

My update:
Amaye
Me: 32
DH: 33
Married: 8/30/03
DC: 7/22/06

DD's 2yr WBV status:

Height: 36 (94%)
Weight: 31 (91%)

I wasn't surprised at her height but I was pretty surprised at her weight. She looks very skinny to me so I'm guessing that she has heavy bones, just like her mama! :)

We've had a busy/fun summer. We finally did a long road trip with DD to Montreal which wasn't too bad. Going was pretty good but coming back was not so good. There was a portion of the trip where all DD yelled was "Get down"...for at least 1 hour. It was SO MUCH FUN! :p

[duke's flygirl]

I haven't been around her in a long time, but I thought I would come in and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all our TWO year olds! WOW!!!

Liam had his appointment last week and here are his stats:

Weight : 30.5 pounds (Between 75-90th percentile)
Height : 37 and a bit inches (At the top of the percentile)

He got his first black eye (of what I am sure will be MANY) last weekend while we were on vacation at my IL's.

I am finally starting to not worry as much about his verbal skills. He is doing everything that a 2 year old should be doing, she told me to STOP worrying about him. His physical abilities are beyond that of the normal 2-year old and with having Ryleigh talk for him a lot, he is doing really well! That did make me feel better. We don't go back to see her until his 3 year WCV unless there is things that I want to discuss with her, such as when his "nub" in the hollow of his neck flares up again. I'm glad that I am seeing her often for myself right now as I discuss things with her when the kids aren't with me too! Then once D3 arrives in just under 8 weeks I will be there with him/her too.

While we were there, we had her weigh Ryleigh too, and she is only 4.5 lbs more than Liam! He weighs more and is taller than she was at this age. They are the best of friends and they enjoy bugging each other as much as any siblings do, but they do both LOVE each other SO much! I am sure that he is going to miss her TONS when she starts school next September!

Just an update to my stats:
duke's flygirl
Me: 33
DH: 39
Married: 8/16/03
DC: 8/3/06
Other Children: DD, Nov 4, 2004, #3 C-section Oct 7, 2008

Thanks for starting the new thread!

[Chimichanga]

duke's flygirl - I had the same concerns you did about verbal skills. R is not a major talker, but she babbles.

The doctor said she has no concerns about R since she can follow fairly complex commands (more than just 3 words), has great motor skills and is very ahead in all other skills *except* verbal. But, as a mom - I am right there with you!! :)

[duke's flygirl]

Chimichanga: That sounds like Liam exactly! The doc would talk to him and ask him to do things, and he did exactly what she asked. He BABBLES all the time, and I can tell he is trying to say more things.

It is nice to know I'm not alone though!

[emmjay]

We just had S's 2 year WBV on Friday. I took both kids in (it was DD's 9 month WBV too). They each had two shots because we are delaying and a bit behind due to moving this year. Anyway, S went first and I told him he was going to have a shot and it would pinch but then he would get a "sticker" (Snoopy bandaid). He was actually fine for both of his, except for trying to wave the 2nd needle away, but when it was DD's turn he was so cute! He said, "Nora, it HEEEEUUUUURRRTTTS!" then "Sticker, sticker" and he patted her leg, like, "Don't worry, you get a sticker!". He was 30 lbs and I can't remember how tall but it was 50th percentile.

He is being so funny lately, and still getting into everything. We have been at my parents' lakehouse for most of the summer and while my sister was visiting with her family, S was sharing a room with my parents (queen bed and twin bed separated by a dresser). In the middle of the night my mom heard something and it was S, crawling across the top of the dresser with all of his stuff (bear, monkey and pillow) in hand. He wanted to sleep in the big bed. :D And he is now riding a two-wheeler bike with training wheels, which is crazy to me!

[rande]

It has been a while but I am glad to see that all our toddlers are doing well!

Update to my stats:

me-32
DH-38
Married-6-14-03
DD-Olivia-7/1/06
DS-Drew-12/16/04

Livie is also quite a peanut- at her two year she was 21 pounds and 36 inches- skinny, but tall! She has been talking in nice sentences since 18 months which is crazy to me since Drew wasn't do this to almost 2 1/2. Here are a few quick pictures from recent summer fun:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o53/etimmin/100_7281new.jpg
With her cousins and brother.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o53/etimmin/100_7140new.jpg?t=1219009605


Moving-Anyone know anything about the Sacramento, CA area??????? DH's territory recently expanded and he now has the majority of his reps living in this area. Right now, he is commuting up there every week. However, we are considering a possible move but don't know much about this area.

The kids are really best buddies now. Livie won't let Drew out of her sight and he is so protective of her. At the park the other day, she wanted to go down a big slide but was scared. He grabbed her hand and let her up top and said "I know you can do it", well, this was all she needed. She went down the slide and he gave her a big hug and said "see, I knew you could do it" " I'm so proud of you". Brought tears to my eyes. She really adores him.

[Wrighty26]

Chimi and dukesflygirl - Man your kids are tall! Sorry you are concerned about language skills - I'm sure it will all work itself out. Especially if they are good about following directions.

Emmjay -So cute that he was soothing his sister. Wow -S is already riding a bike with training wheels! I haven't even thought about it - though Braeden does LOVE bikes.

Rande - Livie and Drew are SO freakin' adorable! I love that they get along so well. I can't believe how tall Livie is - she really shot up, didn't she? Good luck with the decision to move. One of my friends lived in Sacramento for a few months (she was a traveling nurse) and she really liked the area. She said it was a bit smaller than some of the other CA cities she lived in (San Diego, San Francisco), but that was one of the reasons she enjoyed it.

[Abby'sMom]

Not much time! :rolleyes: Our 6th anniversary is today. Crazy how the time has flown by. Then again, we have three kids so maybe it hasn't flown THAT quickly. ;) Love all the pics here.

Stat update - TIA! -

Abby'sMom
Me: 30
DH: 30
Married: 8/17/02
DC: 7/31/06
Other Children: DD, 11/3/04, DS2 6/15/08

[rande]

Wrighty-Thank you for your kind words! And yes, she has sprouted up. She is much taller than her brother as far as percentiles go. I really am torn about the move thing. I have lived several places, grew up in Boston, moved to Philadelphia for my undergraduate studies, lived in Orange County, CA for my masters and traveled aton all across the states for work and now we live in San Diego in a small town with tons of vineyards. It is a great family town and we have tons of great friends here. However, we don't have any real family here- DH's family lives here but we are estranged. However, I have been feeling very lonely lately and really want to move back to Boston but probably won't happen due to DH's job and his health- he was an athlete in high school and college and has so many injuries, back, shoulder, knees that he really does need to be in a warm weather year-round climate to minimize pain. It really stinks! I think that we will take the two trips that the company offers to go and take a look and see what it is all about. Glad to hear that your friend enjoyed it. I really love the small town atmosphere. It also may sound bad, but part of me wants to move to completely eliminate any contact with DH's family. He feels the same way!

[mmisabel]

subscribing....

mmisabel
Me: 32
DH: 33
Married: 11/16/02
DC: 6/29/2006

[emmjay]

Wrighty - you should try the bike with B! My niece (5 yrs old) was visiting and she was riding a bike everywhere so S wanted to do it too. I had been trying to teach him how to pedal a trike for like a month but he didn't get it until he saw her pedaling. He learned the trike first, then once she left he wanted to use her bike. So DH put the training wheels on and off he went! He's not great with steering, but he's much better than I would have thought!

Also here's a pic of him with DD and my nephew on the left. They look like they are up to something!
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/mollyj6/cahoots.jpg

[Mystikal]

I am loving all the brother/sister stories. Makes me anxious for my little boy to get here.

rande I can't believe how tall Livie is!! And how in the world do you get her to keep barrettes in her hair?? They last for all of five seconds with DD. :rolleyes:

We're doing pretty well here. DD is getting so big so quick. We noticed the other day how tall she has gotten as we were looking at older pictures of her and it's just crazy. She's talking like crazy, too. Her words aren't all completely clear, but we understand her. :)

Yesterday I dropped her off at my moms before I headed to work and she went to the window in the living room to wave goodbye as I backed out of the driveway. She was blowing kisses and I told her I loved her. I pulled out of the driveway and as I was driving away I could hear her yelling "love you mama". Oh my, it brought tears to my eyes and made me want to turn around and go back to her. I so didn't want to leave. *sigh*

Anyway, I got this picture of her the other day and she's actually smiling, which is hard to get on camera. She usually turns off the cheese as soon as she sees me get the camera out. lol. Here she is:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/raek622/Julia%20Year%203/005-1.jpg

[E&O]

I could hear her yelling "love you mama".

That's awesome. Our DD has turned into a little parrot and will repeat anything we say to her. But the one thing, the ONLY thng she will not repeat is "I love you." I say it every night at bedtime and I get nothing back.

I'm going to start saying it constantly so she will finally pick it up and say it back.

[babylove]

Didn't realize that there was a new thread :rolleyes:

Updated stats:
Me: 30
DH: 34

****

DS turned 2 last week! We don't have his WCV until the 29th, so I'll update more then.

[smurf]

Love seeing the pics of all the kiddos!

K had her WBV today. She's 36" (95th %) and 27 lb (50th%) Tall and skinny!

[makena32204]

I'm here! I know it's been a while but dont drop me. :)

Me: 30 (well, I'll be 30 in 2 weeks, so might as well update now)
DH: 39
Married: 3/22/04
DC: DD 7/17/06
other children: DS 5/6/08


wrighty- We got Amelia one of those radio flyer bikes that has a long handle so the parent can push it. She hasnt gotten the hang of the pedels yet, but loves to ride it.

2 yr WBV
H: 35in
W 28 lbs

The doctor thought she was pretty tall, especially considering that I'm 5'4" and DH is 5'10".

verbal- I worry about this too. However, she's really began to talk in phrases (I wont call them sentences just yet) lately. Sometimes we know what she's saying, other times, we just look at each other like WTH? I worried that we were just hearing her say things b/c we wanted her to be saying them, if you KWIM, but then my BIL and SIL came to visit and they heard the same phrases as we did.

rande/moving- My DH and I are probably moving in May when he is done with school. He would LOVE to move to San Diego but I've heard it's so expensive. I may be asking you for more info in a few months! ALso on our list are Charleston, SC and Portland, OR. We really want to move to a family friendly town. Anyone have any other suggestions?

[rande]

Makena-I would be happy to discuss. Please pm me. I grew up in a small town just north of Boston and loved the small town family friendly atmosphere. We live in a really small town in San Diego( I have been in CA for 8 years) with a great family atmosphere. I would love to share info on our specific town. The school systems are tremendous as well. I also love Charleston but I must say our weather is better year round and we don't really have bugs/mosquitos- a big plus for me growing up in MA. Oh, and where we live the market is perfect for buying right now. Tons and tons of foreclosures and new construction that isn't selling. Definitely, great prices!

[jennylou]

That's awesome. Our DD has turned into a little parrot and will repeat anything we say to her. But the one thing, the ONLY thng she will not repeat is "I love you." I say it every night at bedtime and I get nothing back.

I'm going to start saying it constantly so she will finally pick it up and say it back.

It's completely awesome when they do. It makes my heart melt each time. She's managed to figure that out, lol. So, times when she's just done something bad (pulled the cats tail, hit the cat, etc) and I'm telling her about gentle touches she comes and hugs me and says "I love you too momma[/b].

[E&O]

Well DD has slowly started saying "I love you". When I put her to bed at night I will lean down and say it right by her face, and she will say it back.

But what is funnier is that she has started to say "I like/don't like" So you tells me "I like mommy". So she likes me, she just doesn't like like me.

DD is at the Hershey Zoo today with my parents today. They wanted to take her a special trp since they both have vacation today. I'm kind of bummed to missing her reaction to all the animals, but I'm sure she is having fun, and I asked them to take lots of photos. Although if the rain keeps up, they might scrap the zoo and do Chocolate World instead.

Also, last night she slept in a real big girl bed for the first time (not a toddler bed). My parents pushed one side right up against the wall, and bought a mesh railing for the other side. They said she slept great and hardly cared about the difference. Maybe we need to make this switch at home too.

[babylove]

DS had his 2 yr WBV on Friday. Here are his stats:

height: 34" (40%)
weight: 25.5 lbs (25%)
head circ: 47 cm (25%)

He's a little guy. He only gained a few ounces since his 18 mo WBV. (ETA: I looked back and he actually gained 1.5 lbs since his 18 mo WBV. Not as little as I thought!)

Hope everyone is doing well!

[Mystikal]

DD was at the dr this morning and has a sinus infection. I'm hoping this one gets knocked out with one round of antibiotics as last time her sinus/ear infection lasted from Thanksgiving till the beginning of February and only went away after a shot of antibiotics.

Anyway, in June at her 2 yr appt she weighed 27 lbs even. Today she was 31 lbs 11 ozs!!! :eek: How is that even possible???

[Chimichanga]

Mystikal - was your DD squirming at either visit? Or was one right before/after lunch? It might have something to do with it, but my guess is not that much :)

DD is doing well. She is such a little booger! Still not talking too much, but she is saying more words now and she babbles a lot. I guess the other day she got thisclose to DH's face and just started babbling. He said it was the funniest thing ever.

My parents bought DD a swingset for her birthday and we got it the other day. We're hoping to put it up this weekend (neither DH or I are very mechanically inclined!) and have a few more nice days where she can use it. Although, today is rainy and in the 60s. Hello fall!

[makena32204]

Hey ladies. Just a quick random post:

We recently bought my DD a GeoTrax train set. She LOVES it. It is SO easy to use. She can put the train track together and use the controller to turn on the train. Anyway, I know it's a while off, but if anyone is looking for Xmas ideas, this is a good one!

P.S. My DD rarely plays by herself. Last night, she played with this train set, by herself, for an hour! So nice when I also have a 4 month old!

[babylove]

Today was DS's first day of preschool! He loved it! He will go twice a week for 3 hours. I was worried about how he would do without me since I've never left him anywhere other than with people he is familiar with. But he was a rock star. No crying at all and the teacher said he had a blast. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2831081348_6031bbe301.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2831081364_c1c5dc8616.jpg?v=0

[emmjay]

Can you believe how big our kids are now?? S is counting to 10, can sing Happy Birthday, and is funnier and funnier every day. I keep telling him that he can not do anything to hurt his sister or he will go in time out, so he will run past her as close as he possibly can, or throw something near her, or toe the line as much as possible without actually touching her. :rolleyes:

Actually yesterday I did put him in time out and he was there for about 30 seconds and then started, "Maaaamaaaaa.... no time out! Play toys, OKAAAAAYYYY??????? Yeah! Play toys! No time out, OKAAAAYYYYY?" It was so hard not to laugh.

[Wrighty26]

Yes emmjay - it's just crazy how they went from total babies to these little people - with opinions! DS cracks me up on a daily basis though. The lengths he takes to avoid bedtime are hysterical. The excuses he has (most including needing to do something like " I need to brush my teeth", "I need to kick the ball some more", "I need to drink more milk", etc) are getting more and more imaginative each day.

Oh and his latest phrase is "Oh my goodness!" which he says anytime he is surprised or something happens. He sounds like a little old lady -- it's so funny and I have NO idea where he got it from!

[a_spark]

Hi guys :)

Are everyone's little ones still napping? I am having the hardest time getting Ava to nap and I fear our napping days are over. I'm freaking out!

[Mystikal]

a_spark DD naps when she is at my moms during the week (generally for 2 hours from 1-3) but when she is home with DH and I she flat out REFUSES. It's so hard, because by the time 6:00 hits she is MISERABLE.

[Chimichanga]

DD is generally good with naps, but we have had a few times where she's refused. We leave her in her room for at least an hour. She may play in her bed (and the room is generally a mess when we get her!) but she at least has some quiet down time.

R has begun saying "no" all the time. And she'll say it in response to a question like "are you ready for bed?" and she'll look at us and say "no" and go back to playing. It's funny, but I've warned DH to not let her get away with it too often (if he asks her to help clean up toys for example).

Is anyone else's DH a major pushover when it comes to your DC? Mine freely admits he is, but whew! It's "bad" :)

[ShelbyMay]

naps: DD still naps, but she recently cut hers back from 2-3 hours to just 1-1.5 hours. It was the only way we could get her to sleep past 6am. :rolleyes: She now sleeps about 8:30pm-7:30am, and then naps around 1pm.

saying "no": Ooooh, this is getting under my skin! I tell her to clean up a mess, and she tells me, "No. Mommy clean it up." -- And then walks off to play with her toys! :mad: She does not get away with it, but we had one evening last week when we butted heads for an entire HOUR before she finally picked up the food she had thrown on the floor.

[emmjay]

Wrighty - LOL at "I need to kick the ball some more"!

Naps - he had been going down for his nap at 12:30 and sleeping for 1.5 - 2 hours, but then he just stopped completely. I pushed his nap back to 1:30 and he has been napping until 4. He still goes to bed around 7:00. I'm hoping this is permanent because we just started this 2 days ago.

Saying No - oh yes, S does this all the time. No matter what the question is! And he does this bent-wrist pushing away motion at the same time and says "No, no!", like "I'm not interested, thank you!". On his birthday we told him he was two and he said, "NO! No two!".

Another funny thing he does - he calls bibs "life jackets". :D We spent most of the summer at my parents' lakehouse, so he was wearing a life jacket a lot. And when Nora doesn't have her bib on at the table, he insists that someone get her a life jacket.

[babylove]

naps ~ DS naps "ok". For a while he was napping anywhere from 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours (though only for the nanny!) but recently it's been a little over an hour. I'm attributing it to starting preschool and just being too wound up to sleep.

preschool ~ Anyone else have their kid in preschool yet? DS just started last week. He goes two mornings a week from 9-12. He really likes it. But the kicker is that after only TWO days at preschool, he already has a freaking cold. UGH!!

[a_spark]

Thanks for sharing about naps, guys! I can get A to nap about 2, 3 times per week and the kicker is that she will nap for DH with no problem. So I'm guessing it's a power struggle issue plus, as babylove mentioned, being wound up from preschool. Yup, A is in school 3 mornings a week and LOVES it, though when she started school is when the naps all went to crap, so I know there is some sort of correlation, whether it's separation anxiety (she won't nap because she wants to be with me) or power struggles or...who knows? It's wearing on me, though, not only because she needs the rest and I so need the break, but I work from home and had always counted on naptime for work. Now I'm missing out on about 2 hours of work a day, which is pretty bad. I hope this nap strike ends soon!!!!

Saying "No": Yep, here too! It's so frustrating! Everything I say, the answer is "NOOOOOOO!" Lordy. I read somewhere that toddlers have no idea what it is that they want or want to do, except that they DO know that they don't want to do whatever it is YOU want them to do. So true. :rolleyes:

[jennylou]

I hate the word no, lol. :p

[Mystikal]

Luckily DD has not learned the word no yet. We are counting our blessings. Of course, she has learned the word "mine" and she says it ALL. THE. TIME. The other day she peed in the potty and insisted on carrying it into the bathroom herself. When I tried to help her dump it in the toilet she screamed "MINE!!!!!!!" and yanked it away from me. Yeah...pee. EVERYWHERE. :rolleyes:

[Abby'sMom]

Logan doesn't generally say no. He says (verbatim): 'I don't need ya help. I do it'. All. The. Time. :)

[smurf]

Just dropping in to announce that Kate is now a big sister!
Avery Claire was born last Wednesday. Kate is s-l-o-w-l-y adjusting to being a big sister. She loves Avery, but she doesn't like sharing the attention!! Here's a pic of our new girl:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/jblogan1/avery19-1.jpg

And Kate with her new little sister:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/jblogan1/avery14-1.jpg

[Chimichanga]

Smurf - Avery is just adorable! Such dark hair!! :) congrats!

[duke's flygirl]

Smurf: Avery is adorable! Great picture of her and Kate! Kate will adjust to having to share, I promise!

[E&O]

Congrats Smurf! I didn't realize there was another Kate in the July/Aug thread. My DD is Kate too. And just became a big sister this year.

DD has started a new classroom at daycare right after Labor Day. In this room they begin potty training. So far DD has been open to it, she will sit on the potty 2-3x per day, but has not done anything inside. (I think she's just in it for the gummi bears!:)) She has asked to sit on our toilet at home twice, but its the big regular toilet and I don't think it's very comfortable for her to have me holding her up the whole time. I need to make a point this weekend to get out and buy a little potty.

She was so excited last night to have a band-aid on her finger (beleive it or not, this is her first band-aid.) I had closed a door on her finger about a month ago and the nail is starting to fall off. She was showing me, her 4 month old brother, her daddy, the dogs, everyone her band-aid. We even called my parents and told them about it.

She's also doing so much better eating the same dinner foods as DH and I. Some nights are still a bust, but she is starting to like a lot more meat and even some carrots now and then. Whenever she takes a bite of something new and good for her, we cheer and clap and whoop for her. She adores it. She wants to shove the food in faster so we'll do it again. We have to stop her and remind her to chew!

She may be a terror at times, but oh man does she keep up smiling and laughing everyday.

[Lizard]

naps - DD is napping really well, but she's snoring like a lumberjack at night so I think she's really tired during the day.

Saying no - Oh gosh, all the time. I've been trying to cut back on MY saying "no" and use more positive words, but honestly she's such a stinker that it's hard not to say NO every 5 mins. :)

Potty - We have had 3 potty successes so far, and even an almost-success on poop (she went next to the toilet, lol). She's also gone from not caring about being in a wet or poopy diaper, to telling us when she's soiled and even screaming that she has to go potty. I'm thinking once we're over the "4th trimester" with the new baby, I'm gonna have a diaper free weekend with DD1 and see how she does.

I just wanted to ask that you keep us in your prayers over the weekend and next week... DD1 has been having sinus issues again and the lymph nodes in her neck have been the size of golf balls for the past month (no joke, they're gross). She's also refusing almost all her food and isn't gaining weight. We saw the ENT today and it's most likely her adenoids, but because this has gone on so long (and her sinus issues are so constant), they're running some blood work on her. Depending on the outcome of that, we may have to do a sinus biopsy, to rule out nasty things like Lymphoma. :( The doc was reassuring, but I'm a total basket case and will have to wait all weekend for the blood results. So yeah, just a little prayer would be appreciated....

[jesseybell]

Lizard - You are in my thoughts. Hopefully it is just sinuses.

Potty Training - DD has had quite a few successes lately, but we aren't even close to trying to make a constant thing. She is in daycare full time and they will do anything we want in regards to PTing (I kind of wish they would take the initiative :rolleyes: but the kids in her room range from 15 months to 33 months, so it's not like they would be PTing all the kids) but we aren't ready (and I don't think E is as well) for them to put her on the potty at school. A few weeks ago we'd ask her in the morning if she wanted to sit (before she'd done her morning BM) and she would want to and would be successful. Then a couple weeks went by and she didn't want to sit at all. Now she's back to wanting to sit. I may break out the Pull-ups for both morning and evening, because she does a lot of wanting to sit, then sit for 2 seconds, then back to the potty. BUt also lately we've gotten into her wanting to sit all.the.time. I felt horrible this morning because I had to pull her off of it in order to get her dressed for school.

[a_spark]

Congrats, Smurf!! She's beautiful :)

Lizard, my thoughts are with you. Hopefully it's nothing serious. Please keep us posted!

Potty Training A flat-out refuses to sit on the potty unless it was HER idea and definitely not without pants on, so I'm not pushing it. A few weeks ago, she did sit sans pants and peed a little, but she's vehemently refused since then. So we shall see! I'm sure after a little time has passed, she'll be more open to it.

[E&O]

KATE PEED ON THE POTTY THIS MORNING!
This is our first success! She was sitting on her little potty this morning right after she woke up and I had walked over to my bedroom to change clothes. I heard her kind of wimpering. I think it scared her and freaked her out. But then I made a huge deal out of it- clapped and cheered and danced around. Then she smiled and got excited. She was squealing and hugging the dogs. We tried to call DH but he wasn't at the office yet, so we called my mom.

A question for those of you working on the potty..... do you let them sit on the potty as long as they want to? I would think yes, but DH thought it might teach them its OK to sit there and do nothing. Kate ususally gets bored after a minute or two, but one time she did sit there and want to read some books.

[jesseybell]

E&O/Potty Learning - DD loves to sit on the potty and read books. Sometimes it helps her relax to go poop, sometimes she'll sit there for a while and read and do nothing. Anything right now to get them used to sitting on it is good. I felt incredibly guilty the other morning because I literally had to pick her off the potty screaming because she didn't want to get up, but it was time to get dressed and go to school. Right now our issue is she likes to stick her hands between her legs - so far she hasn't gone on herself. I keep trying to get her to stop it, but I figure it is one of those things she's just got to learn - I hope that the first time she pees or poops on her hand, then she'll stop!

[Chimichanga]

Jealous of all your LOs who are using the potten - even if inconsistenly. DD has absolutely no interest in the potty. She will sit on it for like 2 second and jump off.

However, she knows when we sit down on the toilet (DH or I) that we wipe. She gets TP and rubs it on the outside of her diaper (she knows when DH sits he poops so she wipes her butt) and then she throws it in the toilet. The other day when I flushed, we waved byebye, so now she's started to do that.

I guess it's small steps. She's aware of it, she knows what to do when you're in the bathroom (we make a big production about washing our hands too) but she doesn't care to go by herself yet.

[babylove]

Ok, it's official, Jacob is going to be a big brother!! :)

Yesterday we were able to see the heartbeat on ultrasound, so I now I feel comfortable outing myself. I'm due in May!

[jennylou]

babylove - congrats! :)

We welcomed another baby into our family on Saturday night. Joshua Edward was born at 9:31 pm, weighing in at 8lbs4oz and 20 inches long. He's a complete joy and Nora loves "her baby", though we're still working on gentle touches as she has no idea of her own strength. Here's a picture of us all together at the hospital after DD came up to meet her brother for the first time:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2859546628_2e2ee15476.jpg?v=0

[babylove]

Congrats Jenny!!!

[jesseybell]

Jennylou - Congratulations!

Babylove - Yeah!! I am so happy for you.

I'll jump in the ring and announce that I am again an RO. I am 13w3d today - due in March. We are still hesitant after our loss at 13w last year, but we've had 3 u/s and no signs at all of the issues we had last year. After being pg 3x in 2 years, I look way more than 13w. We've told DD - she kind of gets it (though not really) though the other day she lifted up my shirt and started feeding my belly button with ones of her dolls bottles.

[Lizard]

Congrats babylove, jesseybell, and Jennylou... oh, Jenny, good luck on the gentle touches... DD2 is 6 weeks and I have to tell DD1 many, many times a day "Don't lean on Zoe" or "Don't pat her so hard", "Don't hit her in the head", etc. :) She doesn't get it at all....

Thanks for the good words about DD1, we are still waiting for titer test results but her blood work came back fine at least. The nurse did call and say that the doctor thinks she has sleep apnea on top of whatever else is going on, so we need to tape record her snoring before our appointment next week. I think we're heading towards adenoid removal, but I'm not sure how young they will do that. Most things I'm reading online say it's more common to do it after age 3.

[babylove]

Congrats jesseybell!!

Lizard ~ I hope everything is ok with DD1. FWIW, DS has ear tubes and our ENT already told us that if his tubes fall out during the winter and he continues to get ear infections, he will get another set of tubes and have his adenoids removed. Apparently, it's no big deal to have adenoids removed.

[smurf]

Congrats Babylove & Jesseybell on your impending arrivals and congrats Jenny on the arrival of Joshua!!

K is doing really well with our new little addition--much better than I thought she would. I'm having a much harder time adjusting to having a new baby than anyone else in the house is! I can't remember feeling this sleep-deprived with K (although I know I was). It's just so much harder since I can't sleep when the baby sleeps.

We had K in pre-school 2x a week for the last months, but we just pulled her out of it b/c I don't think the teachers were very nice to the kiddos. I dropped in unexpected one day and just didn't like the way the teacher was talking to the kids, and they never say hello or good-bye to K when I drop her off or pick her up. They just open the door and let her in or out. So...now we're in the market for a new school, which isn't going to be easy to find since they've all started already and rarely have openings during the year.

[a_spark]

Congrats, Babylove, Jesseybell and Jenny!!

Wow, lots of ROs here :) Hopefully someday soon I will be next! We just started trying again, officially, so fingers crossed it doesn't take as long as last time.

[Chimichanga]

Congrats, congrats, congrats to the ROs. And congrats to jennylou! :D

Like a_spark, I'm hoping to join the RO ranks soon. We're hoping soon, but whenever it happens will be fine for us. :)

[Lizard]

Congrats to all the RO's!

Just wanted to update on DD, all her tests came back negative which is good and bad. We have surgery scheduled on Oct. 7th to take out her adenoids for biopsy, and also do a needle biopsy on one of her swollen neck lymph nodes (they are still gigantic). :( We're trying not to worry, but it's hard since they're doing all this to rule out Lymphoma at this point... apparently her blood tests didn't rule it out, and she's lost a couple pounds which isn't good either. So just keep us in your prayers if you can, hopefully we get this figured out soon.

[Chimichanga]

Lizard - you and your family are in my prayers.

[babylove]

Lizard ~ Thinking of you!!!

[mrst2b2003]

Lizard- you are in my thoughts. I hope everything turns out ok with the biopsy. Sorry you have to go through this.

[rande]

Lizard- So sorry that you have to go through this. I hope all turns out okay with the biopsy. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

[Mystikal]

Lizard I will be keeping your DD in my prayers. And I'll be praying for strength for you and your DH. I can only imagine how scared you must be. :( ((HUGS))

[a_spark]

Lizard You and your family are in my thoughts as well. I hope it all turns out to be nothing, and I'm so sorry you have to go through this worry :(

[duke's flygirl]

Lizard: I'll be keeping your DD in my thoughts and prayers! I'm sorry that you have to go through this.

[Wrighty26]

Awww Lizard - I'm sorry to hear about the inconclusive tests. You guys will be in my thoughts :(

[mia's mama]

Thinking of you, Lizard....

[jennylou]

Lizard - thinking about you and your DD. :( So sorry that she's having to go through all of this, I hope it turns out to be nothing.

[Chimichanga]

Any updates, Lizard?



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This past weekend we put up DD's swing set. Oh my goodness. Never have I thought a pile of wood and metal could ever make a child that happy. Sure, she loves going to the park, but now the park is right outside her door. Every 10 minutes we were inside, she wanted to go outside. Unfortunately it was raining yesterday afternoon, but she got some play time before her nap. DH is taking her outside to play since it's supposed to be nice. He'll be bundling her up and taking her out whenever it's not raining/snowing. Hey - gets her active and tired out! :)

[Lizard]

Hi there, thanks for asking, no updates yet. Her surgery was supposed to be tomorrow, but was moved to Thursday morning. Both grandmothers are coming to visit this week too, so I might not be on much but I'll update as soon as I'm able. We got "Curious George Goes to the Hospital" at the library for her to help prepare, but I think that backfired. She doesn't want to read it because George gets a shot and that scares her. :( So, starting tomorrow we'll start talking about the surgery in general terms and that's about it. We have to be at the hospital 2 hours early, and a children's life rep will help us prep her and let her play with the masks and equipment.

Thanks for all the well-wishes and prayer, it's really appreciated.

We had some pictures taken of the girls together but most didn't turn out, Zoe is still a big cranky-pants. :) I got a good one taken at home though. Here's a few since I haven't posted pics in a long time. In the kiss photo, Dorla's wearing a long sleeved top and swimsuit for a bottom, LOL. She is in a "dress myself" phase and I'm just rolling with it.


http://members.cox.net/lcruver/dorlazoe1.jpg

http://members.cox.net/lcruver/dorlasmile.jpg

http://members.cox.net/lcruver/dorlazoekiss.jpg

[E&O]

Lizard-Best wishes to you this week. You know we will all be thinking about you.

Great pics! We had pictures done last weekend also. So here is Kate, and one with her little brother Cooper.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/KateC00p/0060.jpg

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo182/KateC00p/0024.jpg

[Aletheia]

I haven't posted here in ages, though I do follow along. But these cute sibling pictures inspired me to post some of ours! I hope this will work... can you link to photos in picasa? I guess we will see.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/melodiestenger/SOVJjPenncI/AAAAAAAAIZ8/cdw_RaktnxU/s640/10.2%20045.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/melodiestenger/SOVJk69axzI/AAAAAAAAIaI/WCBosW69YvQ/s640/10.2%20046.jpg

[BusyBee21]

Cute photos, everyone! Lizard, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

[emmjay]

Hope the surgery went well, Lizard!

[Wrighty26]

Cute pictures!!

Lizard I hope the surgery went well too!

[Lizard]

The surgery went GREAT... no complications and she is her usual self today. :D The surgeon said that her adenoids were HUGE, but didn't look abnormal other than that. We'll have biopsy results by Monday. They also said that she'd continue to snore while her sinuses healed, but last night she did not snore at ALL. We checked on her multiple times because she was so quiet, it was amazing! Also, I don't know if this is a coincidence or not, but she's been smelling things today and saying "That smells good" a lot. The ENT had said that her sense of smell might have been bad because her adenoids were so big, and that might have contributed to her eating issues... who wants to eat food that doesn't smell good? Here's hoping this solves a lot of things and we're done with specialist visits.

Have a great weekend everyone!

[emmjay]

That is great, Lizard!

[babylove]

Wonderful news, Lizard!! I hope the test results continue to bring good news.

[a_spark]

Lizard, that's wonderful!!! :)

[mia's mama]

great news, Lizard!

[makena32204]

Great news, Lizard!

Mia's mama - I didnt know you were expecting #3! Congrats!!

[mrst2b2003]

I am so happy for you Lizard/ I hope the good news continues.

[duke's flygirl]

Great News Lizard! I was thinking about your DD on the 7th. I hope that things continue to improve.

I know I don't post a lot in here, but I thought I should post that our #3 Surprise arrived on 7 Oct 08 at 0810 via C-section.

Payton Joelle came into the world screaming!

She weighed 7lbs 3 oz and was 20 inches long.

So far things are going really well with BFing and the integration of another member of the family. Liam calls her "Paynt" and just loves her to pieces and Ryleigh is THRILLED that it is a sister! (which she claimed all the way along!)

I hope everyone is doing well. I can't believe that our little ones are as big as they are! Love the pictures!

Take Care

[Lizard]

Congrats Duke's Flygirl!!

Thanks for all the well-wishes everyone, they're really appreciated. :) We did find out that all of DD1's tests came back benign. So, no Lymphoma thank goodness. We're still not sure what's causing her swollen nodes... the only thing that's come up is that her tissue tested positive for Staph, but apparently it was really small and the doctor isn't going to do anything about it yet, if at all. We have a follow up next week. Also, she has STOPPED SNORING and is eating better... those are little miracles in themselves. :D Now comes the task of getting her fattened up again - she lost 2-3 pounds in the past 3 months and is a skinny little thing.

[babylove]

YAY, Lizard!! That's great :) I'm so happy to hear that your DD is ok.

[smurf]

Great news Lizard!

[mkvh]

Great news, liz!!

Congrats, duke's!!


Okay...random question since this just occurred to me this morning: do we need to start buying "big girl" undershirts? Up until now, it's been onesies. Well, today it was cool, and I figured the girls needed an extra layer. Then it dawned on me--I don't have anything for C. I guess we start putting them in undershirts? For those of you who have BTDT, which ones are good? Where do you buy them?

[duke's flygirl]

Lizard: Fabulous news on the no snoring and that the tests were benign! I hope that the good news keeps on coming! Thank you!

mkvh: Thank you! I buy undershirts for DD1 either from Gymboree or the Joe Line we have here they are just normal tank top type ones. I'm sure you can find them at Target though also.

[Chimichanga]

We generally use her regular t-shirts under sweatshirts/sweaters. She still fits in her late summer clothes, and I want to get full use from the clothes.

We buy long sleeve shirts from Wal-Mart (Granimals) so she's got some good layering. Plus then we can put them under said t-shirts so can again get more use.

Yeah, we're trying to squeeze every last wear out of all clothes ;)

[Chimichanga]

We had trick or treating this weekend. Here are a few thoughts:
- Wolf boys and vampires are super scary!
- M&Ms make great teaching tools
- A sugar hight is sorta funny to watch
- The crash isn't so much

DD went as Sprout from Jolly Green Giant fame. DH dressed up as Mr. Giant. I will load photos to photobucket later tonight and post some.

When we were out, we saw a vampire and a wolf boy. DD started crying so much. I felt so bad for her, we tried to explain it was a costume, but she didn't get it. We moved away as quickly as possible and I sort of apologized to the parents and joked the costumes were authentic.

DD got quite a bit of loot. She loves plain M&Ms, so we let her have two mini bags. We had her identify colors before she could get one...she was darn near perfect for the whole bag ;)

As a result of the sugar, the kid was crazy. She was running around and singing. It was cute, but I knew it was from the sugar. Poor kid crashed pretty quickly too. One minute she was running crazy, next she was sitting next to me with a puzzle.

She didn't sleep so great (due to the sugar) but she was pleasant this morning. She also said "morning" today. First time on that word :D She is getting more vocal - she really hadn't been before. So I feel she's finally starting to make progress in this area and get "closer" to other kids her age.

[E&O]

Chimi- your trick-or-treating was early. Ours is Friday night. DD will get to dress up 3x- Thursday at school, Friday to go door-to-door, and Saturday to visit our family. I hope she does not get sick of it.

Her outfit is a Hula Girl. She'll wear her bathing suit, grass skit (with shorts underneath), lots of flower leis and I even bought a cocnut bra. It is adult size and doesn't fit well at all, but its still a cute touch. To be outside Friday night, I will put a long sleeve T under her bathing suit, and jeans under the grass skirt instead of shorts.

Kate had quite a spill at Gymboree on Saturday morning. She is very into jumping now, jumping on the floor and jumping off of things. Each week at Gymboree they have an activity where they can jump off a step onto a huge foam mat. But Kate does not understand jumping "out" and jumps straight down. Well her head went back and she smack the corner of the step with her head. She had a HUGE egg on her head and it was actually very close to hitting her neck. She told me a number of times during the day that her head hurt.

Like Chimi said, Kate is so vocal lately. She is sounding so grown-up and I can't beleive how old she seems now. "Where I going", "what he doing" and "what's that" are constant questions around our house. I actually love to listent o her talk, it really amuses me.

[E&O]

I wanted to ask you mommas a question.... I do hate comparing kids, but we think our DD is behind in somethings and want to get a sense of how behind she might be.

Anyway, how well do your kids know colors and shapes? With Kate, she knows and can identify pink, orange and brown 100% of the time. But with everything else, it's like she's not even trying, she is just shouting out random colors. She obviously understands the concept of colors. I do take some comfort in the fact that she is at least answering with a color. It's not like we say "what color is this" and she answers with "Monday!"

The same with shapes, she knows that square, circle and triangle are the shapes, but she can't consistently point out the correct shape when we ask.

We've tried to ask her different ways... "what color is this?" "can you find the blue crayon?" "which one is the square?" but they all get equally incorrect answers.

Any thoughts?

[babylove]

E&O ~ We are kind of in the same boat. DS really doesn't know his colors (maybe red and orange) and won't even attempt to guess. In fact, he ignores me when I ask him what color something is. :rolleyes: He's also very hit or miss on letters and numbers, although he can count to 10 and beyond and knows the entire alphabet. However, DS's verbal skills are through the roof and he talks (and has been talking) in paragraphs. According to our ped, THAT is more important than learning to memorize colors and numbers and letters, etc. I'm sure the other skills will come.

But I'm curious to hear what other moms have to say on this issue!

[Lizard]

Yeah, DD1 is hit or miss with shapes and colors too... I think she knows them (colors at least), but doesn't like when we ask her what they are. :rolleyes: I don't push it, but I describe things with their color or shape a lot to help her understand it better.

Halloween - DD1 has an angel costume and a skunk costume. :D The angel one is really lightweight, so I think we'll wear that to DH's work tomorrow as they're having a kids Halloween festival. Then we may go trick or treating Friday with some friends, and if we do that she'll need to wear something heavier. It got down to 21 degrees here a couple nights ago... brrrr!

We are finally getting into the swing of things with a newborn and a toddler (baby is finally napping during the day, thank goodness), so maybe I'll be able to post more soon. :)

[Chimichanga]

E&O - I replied to your question in your other thread :)

DD and I went to dinner with one of my college friends last night. We were at Applebee's so I wasn't too worried about DD making a scene. She was happy as a clam to walk around the "circles" in the restaurant. She'd walk, come and take a few bites, walk again, eat more, walk... I could have pushed to get her to sit, but then she'd be cranky. and who wants a cranky toddler?!?! ;)

It was sort of funny to see my friend keep an eye on DD. She just had a baby in July; so he's 3.5 months old (this is her first child). When DD would get out of eye sight, she'd jump up and look for her. Whereas I was like - she'll pop up again in a second or two; if it's more than a few seconds I'll get up. Oh, the differences between new moms and moms of toddlers. :D

[Mystikal]

Halloween I need to make DD's costume tonight as we are doing trick or treat tomorrow at our church. She is going to be a bumblebee. I'll have to make sure to get some pictures to post. :)

Colors and shapes DD knows all of her colors (although she calls blue "blue azul" - I think she thinks that's the actual color.) She knows her shapes - circle, square, triangle, heart, star. She also can identify letters and numbers, but when she counts she will say "1, 2, 4, 5, 8" over and over again. No matter how hard I try I can't get her to actually COUNT. Oh, well...it'll come.

As for me, I will be 36 weeks on Saturday, so getting close to having #2. I'm a little sad that DD won't be our only anymore and I get all stressed out when I think about it, so I just stick my head in the sand. ;) They're taking me out of work as of Monday so I'll have lots of time to get reaady for the little guy, which is good, because we haven't done much. Plus, I can spend a bit of one-on-one time with DD before he's born.

Alright, Happy Halloween, everyone!!

[BusyBee21]

Halloween DS wanted to be a dog for Halloween, but we waited too long and they didn't have any cute costumes in his size, so he's going to be Curious George instead. Which I think we'll be cute--he's tried on the costume and laughs at himself in the mirror. He has a party at his school on Friday so I just hope he agrees to wear it twice in one day. he's VERY opinionated! I am not at all handy with fabric or sewing, so he will likely never experience the joy of a homemade costume like I did. My mom was SO creative when it came to that stuff, but I did not inherit that from her.

Colors and Shapes DS is 26 months and knows all of his colors and shapes. I was amazed to realize he even knows the color "gray" now. :eek: We hadn't taught him that one, so he must have learned it from school. DS tends to be a bit OCD about things, just like his daddy. Once he sets his mind to something, he masters it. So he knows the alphabet, counts to 25, and can spell his name, plus about 6 others (Mama, Dada, Dog, etc). He's definitely advanced in that area, gauging from the reaction at school. But he hasn't mastered pedaling a bike yet. He's WAY more interested in going down the slide, running around, drawing with chalk. All the other kids hop on their bikes when they get outside--he heads straight for the jungle gym.

Happy Halloween, everyone! If I can figure out how to post photos, I will! :)

[emmjay]

DS knows colors but we haven't really worked on shapes at all. He does know triangles for some reason. He also says the ABCs (he doesn't really know the letters; everything kind of runs together) and has been counting to 10 since over the summer.

Funny story - this morning I was in his room getting him up for the day and I farted. Oops. So then S looks at me with his eyebrows raised and this expectant sort of look on his face, leaning his head toward me. I gave him the same look back and said, "What?" so he keeps looking at me with this face and says... "Excuse me?" in the tone I say it to him when he burps/farts - like, "Are you going to say Excuse me?". I was laughing so hard! At least I know it is sinking in!

He is going to be Ralphie from A Christmas Story (pink fuzzy bunny with glasses) and DD is going to be the younger brother in a snowsuit. I know that is kind of mean, but it's the only year I'll be able to get them both to wear the costumes, so oh well! I find it funny. :p

[Wrighty26]

Lizard - I'm a little late, but I'm glad to hear everything is OK! Yay for no more snoring!

Mystikal - I just can't believe you are already 36 weeks pregnant!

Emmjay - Those costumes sound SOOOOO cute!

BusyBee - Your DS sounds just like mine.

Halloween - I really wanted DS to be a pirate this year (he does a great ARRRRRR!) but everywhere I went they were sold out! I'm so not crafty (and have neither the time or the energy) so we are stuck with store bought :) DH ended up buying him a dragon costume and despite being a little small, it's really cute on him. He has a parade at school on Friday - so I hope he will stay in for more than 2 minutes! It was so much easier last year, when he didn't care what he was wearing.

Colors/Shapes/General Learning - DS knows his primary colors and sometimes he will identify purple. He also know most of his shapes, can count to 15 (although he mixes up 13 and 14), counts to 10 in spanish, and knows his ABCs. I thank his school for this though. It's worth every (ridiculous) penny we pay! I think it helps that he mixes with slightly older kids a few hours a day -- and they definitely know their stuff. It's like he learns through mimicking them. His current obsession is playing hide and go seek and singing "The Wheels on the Bus." I hear that song at least 20 times a day! The bus does so many more things than I remember :)

[BusyBee21]

Wrighty, I agree, last year was a lot easier--they weren't so opinionated then! :) Hopefully DS will wear his costume INCLUDING the hood, for his school parade tomorrow. I tried to convince DH to go as the Man with The Yellow Hat, but no go. :(

Next year we'll have to be a little more creative....

[emmjay]

Here is DS and DD in their costumes - DD didn't like the snowsuit very much!

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/mollyj6/DSC01612.jpg

[makena32204]

emmjay-That is hilarious!!! One of the best costume ideas ever!

[E&O]

emmjay- That is adorably perfect! Love it!

DD was a hula girl and really enjoyed walking around block Friday night doing the trick-or-treating thing. (I hope she doesn't expect to be handed candy every time we go out for a walk). I think she was just in awe of everything that was going on around her.

But she loved her costume and still asks to wear it. (Now I know why by best friend's son was wearing his Spiderman costume in December last year!)
We really had a lot of fun with Halloween this year.

[mia's mama]

emmjay- AWESOME costume idea! I love it!

[emmjay]

Thanks! Can you believe not one person on our street knew what he was? One guy thought he was a girl!

[Wrighty26]

Really emmjay? I would have known right away. Maybe I've seen that movie a few too many times though?? :) It's such a great costume!

DS ended up as a dragon for Halloween. His costume was actually too small for him (that's what we get for waiting till the last minute), but he still wore it for hours (and has actually requested to put it back on a few times this week) and he loves saying "ROAR" to people (he preferred this over "trick or treat").

In other exciting news - we found out last week this Baby #2 is without a girl! I didn't realize how excited I be to have a girl - although I know we would have been thrilled either way. DS is very excited about "baby sister" (even though he thinks she's in his belly too) and asks how she's doing every day. I can't wait to see them together!

[mia's mama]

Congrats Wrighty! You will love having a girl...not that boys aren't a ton of fun too! I'm (not so) secretly hoping/thinking like baby #3 is a girl b/c I don't have a sister and really want one for Mia..of course DH feels the same way about J having a brother, so it's a win-win either way ;). We aren't finding out until the birth though, so I've got some time to wait! :)
Jackson was a dragon too..old navy?

[Aletheia]

I just wanted to drop off pictures of the boys on Halloween. Here's my gumball machine:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6Oab1dNaBKQ/SQ0vDhuoAoI/AAAAAAAAMiQ/o4FbvHk3E9M/s640/10.31%20046.jpg
And here is our garden gnome:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6Oab1dNaBKQ/SQ0u9ZiolQI/AAAAAAAAMho/jgq8ezRxrrY/s640/10.31%20040.jpg

[mrst2b2003]

Hi Everyone-

Just wanted to post a few pictures the newest addition to our family.

Griffin Walter was born on November 5th at 10:22 am. He weighed 7 pounds even and 19 1/4 inches long. He is 1/2 pound lighter and 1/4 inch shorter than his big brother Avery.

Avery came in to visit the day Griffin was born and was immediately in love. We will see what happens when he comes home for good...ha ha

I love having 3 men in my life.

Here are a few pictures of our new family of 4.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v376/204/58/674758197/n674758197_1038393_6846.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v376/204/58/674758197/n674758197_1038405_116.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v376/204/58/674758197/n674758197_1038398_8346.jpg

[mia's mama]

CONGRATS Mrs2b!!! So sweet- I LOVE the name!

Aletheia- Great Costumes! YOu and emmjay have inspired me to get a little more creative next year!

[babylove]

Congrats mrst2b!!! Griffin is adorable!

[E&O]

Congrats on your new bundle of joy Mrs2B!

I know this is a few years away, but for some reason I'm thinking of it a lot now. I kind of knew from the beginning, soon after DD was born, that I wasn't meant to be a SAHM. I don't have the inifinite patience and imagination needed to entertain my two kids all day long. But I've always thought it would be something that I wanted to do as my kids get older and are in school (maybe when DD is 5 and DS is 3). I kind of think that is when they might want someone to be home with them more. And I always wanted to be one of the moms that chaperoned field trips, helped out during book fairs and class parties, etc. My mom couldn't do that stuff and it kind of bummed me out.

Is anyone else considering being a "later in life SAHM"? Or do you think at that point in their life it's kind of a waste since they're in school all day long?

[smurf]

Congrats, mrst2be!! He's precious!

I'm a SAHM now, and I plan to be for the long run. I don't think becoming a SAHM during your kid's school years is a waste at all. I have more to say, but also having a screaming baby, so I'll leave it at that :)

[mkvh]

Congrats mrst2b!! Your family of 4 is just gorgeous.

E&O--I work part-time now and plan to for a while, but I do plan to quit when/before #3 comes along (someday). So I'll have at least one in preschool. I have a friend who fully intended to go back to work when her kids went to school, but she actually thinks being home to get them off to school and volunteering in the classrooom and being there when they get home as at least or more valuable in rearing them than it was when they were small.

[BusyBee21]

Congrats, Mrs2B!

LOVE the name Griffin as well....and your son Avery is a doll, too! :)

[E&O]

but she actually thinks being home to get them off to school and volunteering in the classrooom and being there when they get home as at least or more valuable in rearing them than it was when they were small.


This is my feeling as well.

[Aletheia]

Welcome Griffin! That first picture of the two of you is so beautiful. You look so radiant for having just had a baby! Wow!

mia's mama, thanks for the compliment. :) really, though, its not so much my creativity. i have a 2 year old who declared he wanted to be a gumball for halloween. why couldn't he just decide to be a firefighter or a cowboy?

the boys' new website is now up and running; link is in my sig.

[emmjay]

Question - how do you guys get your kids to brush their teeth? It is a struggle with DS every time. Sometimes he will do it himself, but most of the time he won't and it turns into a ridiculous battle of wills. How many times a day do they brush?

Also, have you taken your DC to the dentist yet?

[mmisabel]

emmjay - Have you gone the fun toothbrush/toothpaste route?? My hygenist said it was OK for N to use those battery powered ones (I think we have Diego) and we use Thomas Toothpaste. I help as much as he'll let me.;) His ped says to see a dentist between 2-3 y.o. I just put him on DH's dental insurance so we'll take him after the New Year sometime, so around 2 1/2. I doubt they'll do much, but it's good to get them used to going early on.

[mkvh]

Yup..our ped recommends 3 for the dentist, though C has asked to go. I may take her over the holidays when I go. With her, she's a toothbrush FIEND! She'll brush any time of day. At night, I ask her if I can "check" and then brush all of her teeth. I use my brushing as an opportunity to teach her where and how to brush.

[rande]

Wow, it's really been a while since I posted in here. I love all the adorable halloween pictures! So sweet! Halloween was really a blast this year with the ages of the kids!

Mrst2b-Beautiful pictures! Congrats on Griffin!

Dentist-We have not gone and do not plan to go until 2 1/2 or 3.

Emmjay-Brushing their teeth is always a battle for us. We try to sing fun songs or do something silly to distract them.

E&O-I am a SAHM at the moment. I gave up a big career, but have no regrets. I definitely intend to go back to work at least part time when my kids are in school. My thought is that we are doing fine right now, but the extra income will help us with investment opportunities and the nice Hawaiian vacations that we love! I think with my degree and MBA in my field, I should have the flexibility in a job that I want and part-time will give me the best of both worlds. Right now, it is not an option since we have no family around and my husband is commuting via airplane to his job every week.

Here are a few recent pictures of the kids:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o53/etimmin/100_7757.jpg?t=1226637136
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o53/etimmin/momliv2.jpg?t=1226637271
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o53/etimmin/100_7813.jpg?t=1226637303

Have a great weekend everyone!

[makena32204]

rande - Your kids are adorable!! I also have to say nice costume for Olivia. Amelia wore the same one. :)

brushing - It's a battle here. Amelia loves to "brush" her teeth which involves chewing on the toothbrush and eating the toothpaste (the kids kind, of course). My BIL is a pediatric dentist, so he recommends going around 18 months, but that just hasnt happened. I probably should make an appt for Amelia soon.

[Wrighty26]

mrst - Congrats! He is adorable. Avery is such a cutie too. You guys are a beautiful family.

Brushing teeth - DS also really liked to brush his teeth. He HAS to use the adult ones though. I just added him to my dental insurance - so we will probably go in the next couple of months.

Rande - Your kids are SO CUTE and they really do look so much alike!! It is just me, or is Olivia really tall? Maybe it's the antennas?

SAHM - I have always planned on working (working part-time is kinda my dream though!), but my mom was a SAHM until I was in high school (and my youngest brother was in middle school). I think there are pros to cons to it (as in any situation), but when I was in elementary/middle school I was always happy my mom could be active/help out with school activities. I personally think you need to do what satisfies you - and if it does then it's definitely not a waste!

[E&O]

As makena said, brushing consists of mostly chewing on the toothbrush, but lately I have seen a few more actual "brushing" motions. Mostly on the bottom, the top seems to be neglected. I figure the chewing is better than nothing. We brush morning and night.

A few things that have helped: an Elmo toohtbrush, so now we say "it's time to brush your teeth with Elmo!" and she almost never refuses. Also I always ask is I can "tickle" her teeth (meaning I take over and actually go in and brush her teeth). Most the time she says no, but every once in a while she lets me get a good brushing in.

MIL is a dental hygenist, so when she starts mentioning that Kate come in for a visit we will do it then. Maybe in the new year. We will go to MIL's office so Kate might be more comfortable.

[Chimichanga]

Brushing - it's hit or miss in our house. I try at least once a day, but sometimes I forget :o DD does actually brush, but of course doesn't do a stellar job. She also brushes her tongue because she sees DH, my parents and I doing it. She LOVES spitting in the sink (which she can't reach, but still does the spit sound). When I try to brush her back teeth, I have her hold the brush but I guide it. If she's in a good mood, I can get them brushed well. If not... well, I think we all know what the outcome would be.

[Lizard]

Brushing - She does pretty well. We brush twice a day, although the first brushing is pretty much "I do it" and her chewing on the brush. :) We will be taking her to a ped dentist shortly because she still sucks her thumb (sigh) and we need to make sure her teeth and palate are looking OK.

SAHM - I am currently SAH and plan on doing so at least until both are in school. After that, I'll re-assess and see how I feel about it all. So, I'll let you know in 5 years. :D I wouldn't find it weird at all to SAH after they're in school, I know lots of moms who do.

[jesseybell]

Brushing - We are definitely not as diligent as we could be but we're trying to get better. She's getting better in the fact that she is actually doing some brushing versus just sucking on it. But DH and I aren't consistent with doing it ourselves after she has attempted. Our ped didn't mention anything about it at our 2 year and I forgot to ask. We chose not to put her on our insurance for next year. But I'll probably mention it to the ped when we see him after #2 arrives to see what he has to to say.

[BusyBee21]

Brushing We try to do it in the morning and just before bed, but sometimes the morning brush gets lost in the rush to get out the door. Our rule is "Mama/Dada first" then it's DS' turn. We sing the "ABC" song so he knows how long the brushing will last and then he gets a turn, where he simply chews on the brush. We also use Elmo and Big Bird toothbrushes for Toddlers, and Toddler toothpaste.

Have not been to a pediatric dentist yet--need to find one nearby. I hate my dentist so I won't subject DS to them.

Rande, your kids ARE Adorable! Love the bumblebee costume, too! :)

[cosmic]

Right now we're brushing morning and night on the weekends, but mostly at night during the week. DS LOVES his toothbrush and throws a fit when it's time to leave it at home in the morning. The mornings are stressful enough for me, so. :o
He does a little "brushing" with his toothbrush but mostly he likes to chew it and look at the colorful characters on it.
Forgive me if you guys have talked about this already, but what kind of toothpaste do you use for your 2-year-olds? We're still using baby/toddler gel.

[jennylou]

toothpaste - we're using the baby/toddler gel as well.

brushing - um, random times of the day. Usually when I brush my teeth (which, with an 9.5 week old can be morning, noon or evening :blush: ) DD will come running when she hears me turn the water on (girl loves her some water) and will brush with me.

SAHM - I'm a SAHM now (well, I work a few hours per week for MIL but I take the kids until DH gets off work and comes to entertain them). I want to continue to stay home at least PT when the kids go to school. When the last one (might be DS, but I would like more) is in pre-school, I'll likely start taking some classes. I'd like to be trained in something/get a degree before I go back to work - I don't want to go back to secretarial and I don't want to go the retail or restaurant route. At least that's what I think today. ;)

[Abby'sMom]

I've not been in here in a long while!

Congrats to all of the ROs... I know there are several of you.

Brushing - Logan will generally let me brush his teeth. I let him pick a song, and then I sing it while I brush. When the song ends, he gets to 'finish up' (aka suck the toothbrush) for a few seconds while I help his big sister. It works for us. We also still use the toddler paste/gel.

SAHM - That's me. I've been one since DD was born 4 years ago. (Actually, for longer than that. I had HG with her and stopped working during my pgcy, so I was staying home mommying her even before she was born. ;) ) I'm planning to stay home indefinitely. I have two BAs, but never really had much of a 'career' before DD was born, so I don't really miss having a WOH job. I do miss talking with adults on a regular basis, but right now I'm happy with chatting up the other preschool moms and my Moms' Club activities.

We're doing fine. Five months into it, I can say with confidence that the transition from 2 to 3 was oh, 1,000 times easier than the one from 1 to 2. I was miserable after Logan was born, but adding Isaac to the mix was really no big deal. Both Logan and DD are very good with DS2, so we're fortunate there. Logan started his terrible twos a few months back, but in the grand scheme of things, he's really not all that bad. He has his share of crying fits, fights getting dressed most of the time and thinks it's fun to run away from me in public, but I don't really know any two year olds who *don't* do those things, so we roll with it.

Hope you're all well.

[mkvh]

Five months into it, I can say with confidence that the transition from 2 to 3 was oh, 1,000 times easier than the one from 1 to 2. I was miserable after Logan was born, but adding Isaac to the mix was really no big deal.
THANK YOU for saying this. Really. I know I want more kids, but after the honeymoon period with DD2, it's been trying at best. I keep pushing back our TTC#3 date because of this. So hearing that the transition to 3 is easier than the transition to 2 gives me hope!

[duke's flygirl]

mkvh: I am only 7weeks into 3 and I agree 100% with abby's mom!

sorry no more time nak

[jennylou]

Although, DS2 is technically #3 for us, we only have two at home. And, he was so easy to add along side Nora. Seriously, he's such an easy going baby. When I call DH all stressed out, it's usually because of Nora and not Josh. So, going from one at home to two at home isn't always bad either, so if you're thinking about another one/pregnant now it's not always hard to add that second one into the mix. Of course, Nora was always very high needs, so maybe it just feels easy because of that. Or, maybe she really does take on the roll of the second baby, despite being the first brought home.

[ShelbyMay]

jennylou: Thanks for that - I am getting really nervous about #2. ;) DD has always been high-needs, too. We are hoping for a laid-back kid this time around.

[makena32204]

jennylou: Thanks for that - I am getting really nervous about #2. ;) DD has always been high-needs, too. We are hoping for a laid-back kid this time around.

Shelby - my Mom told me that my kids would be complete opposites and they are!! DD was and is a hand ful (we affectionately call her the demon child) and DS is a breeze. He's constantly smiling and happy.

[Mystikal]

Okay, ladies, all this talk about babies being complete opposites doesn't bode well for me, as DD was a very content baby and STTN fairly early (by 6 weeks.) Maybe he's waiting to come out for a while longer just because he knows he's going to be a pain. ;)

[Wrighty26]

Okay, ladies, all this talk about babies being complete opposites doesn't bode well for me, as DD was a very content baby and STTN fairly early (by 6 weeks.)

Ditto this! I think I was totally spoiled the first time. I'm hopefully that I'll have an easy going kid the second time too -- but I'm not expecting it :p

[smurf]

Opposite personalities: I'm with Jennylou--adding #2 hasn't been too challenging thus far. Of course it was hard the first month or so, but now that we're in a routine, it's not bad. Of course, like Jenny's kids, my DD1 was a nightmare as a baby and DD2 is pretty laid back, so that might be why it seems easy for me. I still marvel that DD2 sleeps well, doesn't have to be nursed/bounced/rocked to sleep, will let me put her down for more than 2 minutes, etc. Who knew they even made babies like that?!

[babylove]

We've been SO lucky with DS and his laid back personality--he was a totally easy baby who slept and ate well from the beginning. Which can only mean that #2 will be a demon child...guess we'll find out in May, eh? ;)

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

[emmjay]

DS was totally laid back, but DD was a bit more challenging. She's a total clinger, and she still cries whenever I leave the room (she's one). So I got one easy one and one hard one! She is getting better though - the first 6 months, she was awful!

[ShelbyMay]

will let me put her down for more than 2 minutes, etc.

I would settle for just this part! :)

[E&O]

For the most part my two have had the same personality as infants. Kate might have been a little more fussy, I remember a phase when only DH could comfort her and I thought she hated me, and we don't have that as much now with DS. But both were pretty laid back and content babies.

But when Kate hit the terrible 2s (at about 16 months) she hit them HARD and was not an easy kid any more. :) Now I see signs of her leaving that phase, so things are starting to level out a little more.

DH and I had a blast listening to her through the monitor during nap time on Sunday. She was not really napping and towards the end, we could tell she was laying in bed "bossing" her babies and stuffed animals. I was laughing at her so hard saying "Stop it" "I said time out!" "Knock it off right here"
She totally mimics the way we scold the dogs. It was a riot.

[mrst2b2003]

Second Child- Well, we are only 4 weeks into having a second child in our house and so far Griffin is a completely different baby then our first son was. Avery was a challenging baby for sure and still is. He was a huge eater and ate every two hours from the time he was born till he was 1.5 years old. Griffin is very mellow and is much more of a cluster feeder. He likes to eat for 1.5 hours in the morning and before bedtime and then sleeps for 4-6 hours. Last night he went down at 9:30 pm and slept till 3:45 am. He is good for at least 4 hours at night, but last night was great. It makes it so much easier to take care of my 2.5 year old with some solid sleep in me. I know things could change, but right now I would say that they are really different babies.


As an only child, I love watching my son interact with his little brother. He already loves him. It is so sweet to see.
This is Avery holding Griffin on Thanksgiving:

http://photos-b.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v723/204/58/674758197/n674758197_1124353_4499.jpg

[jennylou]

Opposite personalities: I'm with Jennylou--adding #2 hasn't been too challenging thus far. Of course it was hard the first month or so, but now that we're in a routine, it's not bad. Of course, like Jenny's kids, my DD1 was a nightmare as a baby and DD2 is pretty laid back, so that might be why it seems easy for me. I still marvel that DD2 sleeps well, doesn't have to be nursed/bounced/rocked to sleep, will let me put her down for more than 2 minutes, etc. Who knew they even made babies like that?!

Haha! So true! Nora was fine as long as she was being held and attached to the breast. I had lots of computer time (sitting down, nursing her), but not much time for anything else.

[Lizard]

Opposites - They're opposites in a lot of ways, not all of them good, heh. DD1 was colicky, and it really sucked, but it was mostly nighttime colic and the occasional all-day cryfest and was nearly always calmed by the boob. DD2 has MSPI and reflux that have been slightly helped by diet and meds, and she has had LOTS of days where she doesn't sleep and cries all day long. :( It's been very challenging. Now at 4 months, she seems to be getting better, but we still have bad days. That being said, when she has good days she's amazing... laughing, smiling, napping when she's tired, etc. My oldest DD rarely laughed or smiled as a baby. So they're opposites in that regard too. :) I get the sense that they're going to be totally opposite children. This photo kinda encapsulates that, LOL:

http://members.cox.net/lcruver/kids1.jpg

[emmjay]

Here's a new pic of S from Thanksgiving. I can't believe he is so big! He has taken to calling everyone "honey" and "sweetie pie". :D

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/mollyj6/Seamus-1.jpg

[jennylou]

emjay - he looks so big! It's amazing how big our toddlers are getting. :) I look at Nora some days and can't believe how much of a little kid she's turning into - not a baby anymore!

Anyone hear if Mystikal had her baby?

[babylove]

Mystikal did not have her baby yet. She's going in tomorrow for a c-section (so she might not be around CC today to answer your question)! Let's all wish her luck and send speedy/easy recovery vibes :D

[emmjay]

Sorry to post pictures again so soon, but we went to see Santa today. S loved it and would have sat there all day. N was not so into it, to say the least! We're going to go again next week when DH can go. Maybe she'll like it better next time!

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/mollyj6/Santa2008.jpg

[Chimichanga]

I know your DD is sad, but that is the most adorable picture ever!

[BusyBee21]

OMG, that's a keeper! Your poor DD! But DS looks quite content. Thanks for sharing, emmjay! :)

[Wrighty26]

Cute pictures, Emmjay! That picture of S with Santa is great - and your DD is just TOO cute.

We went to see Santa this morning and got some GREAT pictures. I'm planning on using them on our Christmas card and I can't decide which one to pick (they take candids and you can buy the CD). I think this one is my favorite...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3087804020_0f095b38d9.jpg?v=0

Here's my other one:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/3087796718_1b30e70f3c.jpg?v=0

Everyone getting excited about the holidays?

[smurf]

Cute pics! Wrighty, I LOVE the 2nd one. So adorable. I think we'll be skipping Santa this year since K screams like we're killing her if we even mention going to sit on his lap!

[mrst2b2003]

Wrighty-great pictures of your son with Santa.


Here is the picture of Avery and Griffin with Santa from today as well. We go to the same santa every year. Avery was really excited to ask santa for the count sneakers this year.


http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1119/204/58/674758197/n674758197_1136045_6486.jpg

[jesseybell]

Love all the pictures of Santa. Not sure when or where we are going to take DD. I've just come off of 2.5 weeks of modified bed rest so I am still just getting used to being up and about.

mrst2b2003 - Is that the Santa at the B Mall? I am dieing to take DD there - it is just not convenient right now - the mall is near my work and not the mall we go to on the weekend's but I love that Santa.

[mrst2b2003]

mrst2b2003 - Is that the Santa at the B Mall? I am dieing to take DD there - it is just not convenient right now - the mall is near my work and not the mall we go to on the weekend's but I love that Santa.[/QUOTE]

Yes it is the B mall. We love the santa too. We used to live closer to that mall, but he is by far the best looking santa so we make the trip 30 minutes every year....plus now that there is a nordstroms there it makes the trip even nicer:)

[Chimichanga]

I love all the pictures we Santa! We were at an event last night with a Santa and while R would look at him, every time we talked about going over there she got this panicked look on her face and said "no, no, no." We definitely didn't push it.

We did get her Christmas pictures taken (I'll scan them when we get the actual pictures.) Not too bad - she was fussy the first 1 minutes or so of the session, but then she calmed down and we got some good ones.

[E&O]

I think we'll be skipping Santa this year since K screams like we're killing her if we even mention going to sit on his lap!
Oh Smurf, I'm right there with you. Our daycare had their Xmas show last night and when it was our turn to see Santa (actually we were the first to go because DS is the youngest baby in the whole center) Kate got a death grip around my neck and started screaming bloddy murder. We just stood behind Santa while DS sat on his lap for pics. It's too bad because she's very excited about the concept of Santa, I wish she could have expereinced that part of it.

We also went to a place called Christmas Village near my parents house this weekend. An old farm with lots of lights and little workshops and things like that. When we first got there, there were Rudolph and Frosty characters walking around. Kate pointed to Rudolph so we went over for a pic. Then she started screaming! Cried the entire time we were there (except when we saw an Elmo and Winnie Pooh decoration) and made me carry her. My arms and back were numb by the time we finished there.

Guess she is just not good with real-live characters!

[Mystikal]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to pop on and let you all know that I had DS via repeat c/s on 12/5. He was/is a little bruiser and was born weighing 9 lbs 3 ozs and was 21.25" long. DD loves her "little buddy a whole much". BF'ing seems to be going better this time around, although sleep is much different (in a not good way) from DD's. Oh, well. We'll get there. The whole c/s experience and the recovery has been a world of difference from DD, so I'm very thankful for that.

I just wanted to share a few pictures:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/raek622/Kiddos/013.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/raek622/Kiddos/018.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/raek622/Kiddos/017.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/raek622/Kiddos/016-1.jpg

I'll try to catch up later. My mom took DD today and DS is actually sleeping WITHOUT being held.

[duke's flygirl]

Congratulations Mystikal!

He is a cutie! Great pictures of your DD holding your DS!

My two repeat C-sections I found to be a MUCH better experience. I hope you continue to recover well.

[mkvh]

YAAAAHOOOOO!!!! REUBEN IS HERE!!! I'm so glad that your recovery is going much better, Mystikal. And yahooooo for BF goign well. My DD2 still isnt' much of a sleeper--far cry from DD1.

[smurf]

Yay, congrats, Mystical!! Ben is a doll and I love that pic of Julia holding him--too cute!

[a_spark]

Congrats, Mystikal! :):)

[emmjay]

Congrats, Mystikal! Sorry the VBAC didn't work out for you, but that is great about BFing. I remember you had a reduction, which I did as well, and with DD I am actually still BFing and she is 13 months. I hope it goes as well for you!

[Mystikal]

Thanks, everyone!
emmjay that's great! DS has his weight check Tuesday so we'll see how we're doing. :)

[E&O]

Uggh! If you had asked me a week ago, I would have said we were definitly at the end of the terrible twos. Sure we had the occassional breakdown, but she was pretty easily redirected and we were having the most pleasant evenings and weekends together. NO MORE! This past week has been a nightmare. Crying/yelling/whining fits that go on forever. Back talk, not listening, refusing dinner and fighting time outs. This all seemed to come out of nowhere.

Merry Christmas to me!:rolleyes:

[smurf]

We're in the same boat, E&O. The tantrums started Sunday, and haven't stopped since. Everything is a struggle..we had an hour-long standoff on Monday b/c she refused to put her shoes and socks on. Ugh...and we're heading out of town on Monday for 2 weeks, I'm sure the change in routine will just make things worse!

[Chimichanga]

We have our moments with tantrums. Usually I just "stubborn" my way through and get it done. Like not wanting her boots on when we leave in the morning. She obviously needs them; we've got like 18 feet of snow or something here. I just get them on and eventually she's fine. I'm probably scaring her for life, but we need to get going!

This morning I thought everything was great because R slept in until about 8:30. When I went to get her, I noticed she threw up in bed. :( Poor thing; I didn't hear it and she wasn't crying or anything. Luckily very little got on her. But, some did get on her stuffed dog who she ADORES! I couldn't clean it off because I probably would have thrown up, so Dog Dog (his name) is sitting in a plastic bag waiting for DH. I have been telling R that Dog Dog needs a bath so she's okay with it.

I don't think she's sick though - she had 3 containers of yogurt and 5 slices of cheese for dinner last night. I think *that* is what did it because she seemed okay today. Not especially hungry, but she does have a runny nose so she has a cold. Poor kid!

[Chimichanga]

I have been surprised at how well R did over the holidays. Sure, she was freaked out by DH's family - but we don't see them often and she wasn't feeling too well/was tired. She did well with the traveling which actually surprised me.

For New Years, we celebrated at 8:30 central time. Hey, it was midnight somewhere! ;)

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/jenmathe/101_2055.jpg
Giving New Years kisses

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/jenmathe/101_2053.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/jenmathe/101_2052.jpg
R kept asking for more "teeks" or tickles. How could we say no when she would say please?!?!

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/jenmathe/101_2057.jpg
R loved these stupid hats I got at walmart. She wanted to wear them all night.

She is enjoying playing with all of her Christmas toys; the joys of Christmas with a toddler. She got so much stuff and I'm sure the following years will be even "worse."

[E&O]

Chimi- That's such a cute idea to celebrate New Years earlier in the ngiht. Maybe I'll try that next year. Cute pictures.

And funny how you mentioned the tickles. Kate will come up to us and pull up her shirt and say "tickle me". Too cute.

DH had a rough day recovering from the NYE celebration. So at one point her was sacked out on the couch watching football. DD was in the playroom with him and at one point sat on the couch with him under the blankets. She said "Daddy I like football." And DH said "yeah, me too". Bonding with Daddy, but it was so sweet.

[Chimichanga]

Is it wrong to laugh at your kid when he/she is crying? I don't mean to, but it's sort of cute. :o R will get so upset over something small (sometimes we have no clue what set her off) and she'll get the biggest pouty face EVER. Of course then come the fake tears and fake crying. I just laugh - but more on the inside than outside. I think my laughing would make her more upset.

We're still not talking as much as other kids... but we're talking. I saw the thread about kids reading at 2.5. Yeah, we are so not there yet! I did, however, read her some from Stori Telling (Tori Spelling's book) and she was looking at the pages and babbling to herself. But, she can act out her favorite scenes in movies for days and days.

I hope everyone else's kiddo is doing great!

[BusyBee21]

DS is having TERRIBLE meltdowns over what I think are minor issues, and it's driving me and DH NUTS! :( I picked Caden up at daycare yesteday and realized we were out of snacks for the half hour drive home, so I told him we'd stop at the gas station and pick up a treat....BAD idea. He selected a NutriGrain bar, which was fine, then held it too tightly so that it crumbled while still in the wrapper. After I paid for it, I opened it in the store, and he started screaming "you BROKE it, you BROKE it" and refused to eat it because it wasn't whole. I had to buy a second one and drag him out of the store, get him into the car all while he is bright red, snot and tears running down his face, and I am about to die of embarrassment. He wouldn't eat the "broken" one until AFTER he polished off the non-broken one.

He had another meltdown this morning over what he wanted to eat before leaving for school and DH told DS that he is seriously reconsidering having a second child because of DS's tantrums. It's been a miserable few days in our house! :(

[Chimichanga]

BusyBee - so sorry to hear about the meltdowns. I know it can be embarassing, but seriously I just laugh. I mean - when they get that far what else can you do? Sounds like you handled it okay though. Best of luck to you! :)

[mkvh]

BusyBee--At least you were not IN the mall, lugging said 2nd child while toddler is pulling same freaking out stunt, complete with full body floor dives, rolling around, and feet kicking. :P Dragging your toddler through the food court in full-on tantrum is a blast--you should see the looks you get! That was me last week. She's lucky she's alive :)

So yeah, it's really bad here too. The running away laughing is what's currently driving me bonkers.

[Wrighty26]

Oh yeah - the meltdowns are usually over the smallest things. I guess that's where they think they have the most control?

And my kid runs and laughs too. He thinks it's SO funny. Not funny to this mama who feels like her ginormous belly might rip away from her body if she moves too fast. He doesn't run from my DH either - probably because he knows he's a lot faster than me right now!

I just keep reminding myself that the sweet moments (and the funny things they do/say) make it all worth it :)

[mkvh]

He doesn't run from my DH either -

And that serves to infuriate me further. Really. :mad:

[jesseybell]

We are having fun over here as well. Me being on modified bed rest isn't helping things either, but a lot of it started before Thanksgiving, so the majority of it is the Terrible Twos. DH doesn't take her out too much so we have yet to witness a tantrum in public, knock on wood.

She has definitely started the manipulating at bedtime stuff. I want this, I want that, I want the Big Girl Bed/I want the crib (I don't know what we are going to do when we no longer have the crib to put her in to contain her) and the latest is 'I have to go potty' - we aren't really PTing persay given our situation, but I am not going to deny her if she asks....but she never has to go (when at all other times of the day she does if she says she has to) which leads to more manipulation and she knows I can't pick her up. Fun, fun.

But the good definitely outweighs the bad. Her imagination is really starting to come out. And when she draws she says she is actually drawing something which is fun. And her vocabulary is out of this world, so I can't really complain.

[BusyBee21]

mkvh, I feel for you! I felt every.single.eye on me in that little quick stop, and thankd God there were only 5 people in the whole place. Although the meltdowns ARE awful, I must say I am thankful I am NOT alone in this! :) At least I can come here and vent and get advice.

And thank you all for reminding me to focus on the good things. He's such a sweet boy, most of the time, and I love watching him grow. But the tantrums and the stalling at bedtime are killers. Last night he NEEDED water, twice. I ended that, and five minutes later he was crying for me to change his diaper because he was wet. :(

[Chimichanga]

Not to jinx myself, but bedtime is relatively easy for us. Sure, sometimes R will run and hide and not want her jammies on, but when we say "time for bed" she walks over to the stairs and waits for us. She gets in bed and I tuck her in. She may cry/fuss for a few minutes but that's it. so many people have commented to us how easy she is to put to bed; and that not all kids are that easy. I guess we're spoiled at bed time. :)

[a_spark]

Hi Girls! I've been away from here forever, so I apologize, but I'm trying to catch up. I just wanted to jump in and say that we're having insane temper tantrums as well, and not for DH, only for me. Yesterday, Ava literally screamed every time I looked at her and at one point shouted at me "Don't TALK to me, Mommy!" Good times! I'm just happy to hear that it's not only happening at our house :)

[ShelbyMay]

Uh, yeah: I was the one dragging the SCREAMING, red-faced, snot-nosed toddler through the Target parking lot the other day. I think some of the people we passed were actually considering calling some sort of authority to intervene. DD was completely flipping out, and I was just keeping a death grip on her hand and marching her into the store. The great injustice that set her off? She didn't like how I put her mittens on. :rolleyes:

She also now freaks out if I try to quickly buckle her into her carseat (because Mommy is still standing in the freezing cold, sweetheart!) and insists on doing the "top buckle" by herself. It makes me want a mini-van, every time.

I think this will all be extra fun in a few weeks, when I am also trying to care for a newborn.

[E&O]

When Kate was a baby we had the Fisher Price Oceans Wonder aquarium hooked onto her crib. Now at 2.5 and sleeping in a toddler bed, it is still hooked on and used every night and naptime. She does not ask for it, but we always turn it on (out of habit probably). I noticed last night that the batteries are dying and the music sounds terrible. I was thinking of taking it down and not putting it back up.

Is anyone else still using a music type thing at bedtime? Is DD too old for this.

At Xmas we got this weird gift from DH's aunt, an Orb that you plug in and it gives of a soft light that changes color every few minutes. I thought this might be a nice replacement for the aquarium, so she has something special to soothe her to sleep at night. But I don't know if its the music or the soft light that she likes about the aquarium.

Also January 30-Feb 1, I am going to attempt 3-day potty training. I got information on this from a mom in my other Mommy group, and this will be the first weekend we have no plans, and don't have to leave the house. I'm looking forward to giving it a shot. And praying it clicks for her.

[Chimichanga]

We don't put Reagan down with music. I think we did once or twice when she was little, but it worried me that I couldn't hear her breathing over the music and we stopped it.

She also doesn't use a night light. The one in her room died and we didn't replace it. She doesn't seem to care so that's fine by us :)

Good luck with the potty training! Maybe I should look into it. Reagan likes to wake up and walk into the bathroom and sit on the (closed) toilet. I think she doesn't like her little potty because it makes noises. But, we can take the seat off and put it on the big toilet - maybe she'd go on it. She's showing interest so it might not be a bad time.

[babylove]

DS has had the FP Aquarium crib music thingy in his crib since he was about 9 mo old. He loves to fall asleep to music and will turn it on himself if we forget. Also, sometimes if he wakes during the night, I hear him turn on his music to help soothe him back to sleep. He is moving out of the crib next month sometime to make room for his baby brother, and I'm still not sure how to handle the music situation. Interestingly, when he sleeps away from home he doesn't have music and doesn't have a problem.

***

We've had a rough week with DS. Last Thursday night he came down with bronchitis and croup. It was terrible. He was on Prednisone and it totally changed his personality and made him a little monster. :( Thankfully, after we stopped it, he returned to normal. Then, within 36 hours of finishing his antibiotics, he came down with an ear infection. Ugh. So now we are going to be scheduling his second round of tubes and the removal of his adenoids. Yay.

I hope everyone else is doing well and healthy!

[jennylou]

Nora's favorite thing to yell when she's having a temper tantrum "go AWAY, mommy". Um, okay? LOL. Then she screams that she needs me when I leave the room.

[Chimichanga]

We hit the bedtime tantrums! Noooooooo ;)

It probably was caused by the fact that DH and I both went to put DD to bed. Normally it's just me and DH stops in. At first she didn't want her diaper changed. She started crying and kept rolling over so DH couldn't change it. I finally held her down so she couldn't roll and he got it changed.

Well that set her off she was shrieking and hid behind the glider. We just let her be, and talked calmly. She started to settle down, but she wouldn't come out. I didn't want to set a precident, so I sort of shoo'd her out.

We got her into bed, but she kept trying to climb out. We tried a few times to calm her down and get her to lie down, but it wasn't working. Finally we put her blankets in her bed, turned off the lights, closed the door and left. She cried for about 5-7 minutes but did go to bed. I went in to check on her and she was in her bed (I was afraid she would have gotten out) and covered with blankets.

Took us about 20 minutes to get her down where it normally takes 5.

[BusyBee21]

Chimi, Welcome to the bedtime crazies club! :) Sorry you are dealing with this as well, but at least you are not alone. I know you had it easy there for a while, which probably doesn't help. Just stay consistent...we are still working out the kinks, and it's been a week. Good luck!

[Chimichanga]

Yes, I was spoiled. I definitely realize that. Thankfully, DD was good for the sitter tonight. I guess she had the hiccups and laughed a bit, but fell asleep pretty easily. Whew! ;)

[E&O]

I also posted this in the potty learning thread, so I'm sorry if this is a repeat for anyone.....


So this weekend we took the plunge and started some real potty training.

It had been some half-hearted attempts up until now. She will sit on the potty at daycare about 3 x per day, but has never gone. And on the weekends we put underwear on in the morning, but anytime we had to leave the house, we would put diapers back on. I realized that at daycare and at home, she would just hold it until a diaper was available.

So this weekend we made plans to not go anywhere, so it was all underwear! It was tough. She would tell us she had to pee (most of the time she had already leaked a little, but stopped it) which was great. But she would SCREAM whenever we put her on the potty. She would pee out 2-3 drips and then say "I done! I peed already." She'd ask to put her panties back on which we would not do b/c we knew she had more to go. She would pace around the potty, yelling. She would sit, drip out 2-3 more drops. This would repeat for 5-10 minutes until she couldn't hold it any longer and then would pee in the potty (screaming the whole time like she was peeing acid!) As soon as she was done she was happy and proud and good as new.

By Sunday morning we were ready to call it quits, I just felt like it should not be so traumatic for her (screaming every time she went), but we held in there and she had some successes throughout the day.

We put in diapers for nap and bed and stressed that these were "sleep only" diapers and she seemed cool with that. She never asked for diapers throughout the weekend. She is cool with being a big girl and no longer a baby.

I also noticed she does not pee often. Normally she is not a big drinker, she just does not ask for drinks too much outside of meals. But this weekend we tried to keep a steady flow of drinks in her, and she still only peed maybe 4-5 times during the day (including a wet diaper after nap time).

[Wrighty26]

E&O - Sounds like what we have been doing too. For about 2 weeks DS was really interested in wearing "big boy underwear" and going potty and then he regressed and requested pull-ups instead. I guess the novelty wore off! I can't say that our attempts were ever 100% successful, but he was telling us (sometimes) that he had to use the potty, which was definitely an improvement. I'd love to give it one more shot before March, so maybe this weekend we'll try again. One thing I don't want to do is "force" it on him, because I think it will just cause more of a struggle.

I just keep telling myself that this is short-lived and that he WILL be potty trained eventually!

[Chimichanga]

We're slowly introducing the potty. We've had a little potty for about 6 months to get her used to it (she actually hates the thing).

This weekend R said she had to potty and we asked her if she wanted to potty on the big girl potty. She said yes, but wouldn't take down her diaper. She did sit on the training potty (the lid was up so it was more "real") and peed in her diaper. We said it was good she told us, but we kept saying we needed to pull down her diaper like a big girl.

I know we should be telling her, not asking her, to go on the potty. When we ask her if she wants to go to bed the answer is of course no. But when we say it's time for bed, she is ready to go. But because she got so upset at the thought of taking off her diaper to sit on the potty, we let it go.

[BusyBee21]

Chiming in to state, for the record, the Twos ARE that Terrible! :(

The whining, the crying, the demand that he does.every.little.thing.for.himself (and starts the whole process over if you don't let him) is driving me batty. He had a tantrum this morning b/c he didn't want to go to school, he wanted to stay home and watch Little Einsteins all day. He stopped crying over that 10 minutes into the ride when I told him we would listen to Mommy's music until he stopped. Then he got plain waffles this morning without blueberries, which started ANOTHER round of hysterics. :rolleyes:

DH and I are headed to Vegas this weekend for our anniversary and I cannot wait!! :p

[a_spark]

Ugh, count me in for the 2s being THAT terrible! A is tantruming NONSTOP and it's driving me nuts. I'm alternating between wanting to run away and feeling guilty for getting so frustrated. I hope this passes soon! She threw such a huge fit this morning, including gagging and diving to the ground, screaming that she had a tummy ache, that I kept her home from school, thinking she was sick. She wasn't, and I had a deadline, so I was trying to work with her climbing all over me. Nightmare.

[BusyBee21]

a spark, I feel ya on the alternate feelings of guilt and frustration...it's killing me, too. I really hope this "phase" passes quickly. Uggh.

[a_spark]

I'm just happy to hear I'm not alone!! I thought I was doing something wrong :)

[Lizard]

Sorry I haven't posted lately, but yeah, we're in the same boat. Ours isn't so much tantrums, as it is excessive neediness. :( All day it's mommy, mommy, mommy for everything, regardless of the fact that she wants to do everything herself. Plus she's not napping well.. maybe 1-2 days a week, so every afternoon is a huge cry-fest and plenty of crabby behavior. Ugh. :( I can't wait until the weather is better, so we can get out every day and get her nice and worn out, LOL. We're also pretty sure we're going to do preschool this fall... we weren't going to originally, but she really needs some sort of outlet in the cold months.

Our BIG news is that she is using the potty now 100% of the time, although we still do diapers for naps and overnight. I"m soooo happy about that. :)

[mmisabel]

The terrible 2's actually kick in at 2 1/2 to 3 years. So we are right there!!

naps - we're done. It makes me sad (and for a long day) but if he naps he's up until 10pm, so it's just not worth it.

potty - he's been fighting it lately, so we're doing pull-ups during the day. He's got the idea, somewhat. In time, I'm sure.......

[E&O]

Lizard-Awesome potty news!

I posted how our first few days went with the potty. We started Saturday morning. And she had 7 successes and no accidents on Tuesday. No accidents again on Wednesday. I'm so anxious to pick her up at daycare now, to see how well she did. She is always so excited too. The first things she says to me is "I pee on the potty!" or "I got gummi bears!"

She is also doing diapers at naptime and overnight. There seems to be no confusion with this so far. We're not 100% yest, but definitely on our way!

[Abby'sMom]

Tantrums... yup yup. Absolutely. I don't think Logan is as bad as DD was, though, so I'm dealing with it fine. I DOES get easier right around the time they're 3-3.5 though. :) DD is 4 now and in general, though she's whiney as heck, most of the irrational stuff has stopped. There's something SO refreshing about being able to reason with a child.

Potty... not so much. Sigh. I'm holding onto hope that DS2 will be the easy trainer, because DD was more stubborn that a mule.

I've not been in here in ages so I'm way behind, but I hope you're all well. :)

[jesseybell]

Terrible 2's continue with us as well - it is much harder since I am still on bedrest, so I can't always tell if it is just because she is 2, or because I can't take care of her like I used to, or because she can sense that things will change. But the things that come out of her mouth literally make me cry - the majority of the time she doesn't want anything to do with me and she tells me so. We aren't also doing a very good job about disciplining her because neither of us have the energy. She will be in for a rude awakening when I am up and about again :)

naps - Thankfully for the most part she is still taking them on the weekends. At daycare it is day-to-day. We ended up sending a few loveys to school because she wasn't napping at all (and was the only one in her class that wasn't). They suggested sending a binky but we refused - she still has one at home for naps and nights, but she hasn't had one at school for 18 months. We had hoped she'd be done with the binky by now. We also hoped she would be in her BGB. She was doing okay for a while but has completely regressed and we've not been fighting it. We do tell her that the crib is for her brother (they will share a room) and she says that he will sleep there when he gets here. At least with the crib we aren't getting 5 am visits.

potty training - She will go a ton at home in the morning and night for days and then nothing. When she gets to the pre-school room in the spring they will be working on it more, which will be good since the baby will be a couple of months old by then.

[Chimichanga]

We had a major meltdown today - and I laughed about it. Although I was super frustrated (I think I get the laughing at it from my mom; she used to do that all the time).

R didn't want to take off her nightgown and we had to get going for work. I said she can't wear pajamas in the car, but that maybe daddy would let her wear them when they got home. Nope; didn't work. I had to fight with her to get the stinking thing off (thank goodness it was a gown!) then I had to fight with her to get the shirt on. She balled up her hands and wouldn't put them in the arm holes. I guess this is my stubborn side but I wouldn't let her "win" this one. We have to get dressed before we leave; no two ways about it.

I eventually got the shirt on and she was SO upset. Crying (in a deeper voice) No, no, no and doing the hitched breathing. Once I made my point (or scared her for life) I asked her if she wanted that shirt on. She said no. I said okay, but we need to wear a shirt. So we picked out a new one and put that one on without incident. DH said when they got home she just wanted the shirt off.

potty training - still haven't really started here. Although I might start next weekend. My parents will be watching her the week after next, and my mom is all about potty training. So she'll be good about it too.

[mkvh]

Tantrums--I too laughed Wednesday, Chimi. Really, it was hilarious. She was sooo tired (we were up late due to an ER visit for DD2 the night before, and she had school so she was wiped out). First she didn't want to be buckled into her carseat. Then she wanted to stay in the car (it was single digits outside). Then she didn't want to take off her coat. She was so angry about her nap that she was throwing everything off the coffee table. It was a riot!!

Potty training--We went cold turkey on 1/1 when she requested panties. The first 2 days were hell...day 4 was completely dry. We went on a 5 day streak, and then she went back to MIL's for "daycare" and started having accidents. Got up to SEVEN accidents in one day...and I thought I would lose it. We were having an accident every day. A little more focus, and viola! We're on day 5 dry now. BUUUUT she has pooped her pants twice in the last 2 days. The first was in the play structure at Chuck E Cheese. LOL!!! Hey...who can blame the kid?? She told me tonight that she will keep the poop out of her pants from now on. The BIG news is that for the last 2 night she has "declined" pull ups. AND SHE HAS WOKEN UP DRY! This morning she even peed on her little potty in her room before we knew that she was up. Woot!

[BusyBee21]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH! The "Teriffic Two's" are kicking my A$$ right now. :( Caden is being SUCH a pill lately, drop off at DC are traumatic and if I hear "I want my Mommy" one more time WHILE I AM STILL HOLDING HIM, I am going to start screaming myself. We have been traveling a lot on weekends, so I am hopeful this weekend at home will help him recover and get back to a semi-sweet attitude. Good times.

[smurf]

Anyone else have a sleeping setback? K used to be super easy to put to bed. 2 books, 3 songs, night-night, and we wouldn't hear a peep until morning. Lately, she cries every night when we leave her room and has been waking several times at night. I already have a 5 month old who doesn't sleep, I don't need a toddler waking up too. I swear, I ping-pong between their rooms all.night.long!

[babylove]

I've been scarce...sorry about that...

DS is officially in his big boy room sleeping in a full-size bed! We transitioned him last Thursday night after a few weeks of really talking it up while we were getting the room ready. He was SO excited and it went off without a hitch. He STTN and naps in his new room/bed without issue. In fact, he took his longest nap to date yesterday--3 hrs! :eek: It was *heaven* ;)

PTing, on the other hand, is not going well. We put underwear on him a few weeks ago and he had 2 accidents, and refused to pee in the potty at all. He will sit on it but won't use it. He was just 2.5 yrs old last week so many he's just not ready. I guess I just have to resign myself to having 2 in diapers.

We are either really lucky or...something b/c DS just doesn't have tantrums. Must be the fact that he has DH's totally laid back personality. Nothing really gets him too worked up. If he gets upset, it's usually short-lived. I think this just means that #2 will be a monster. :rolleyes:

I hope everyone is doing well!!

[Chimichanga]

In the sleep department we are generally okay. R will occasionally wake up, but it's usually after something different in her routine. Example: she was with my parents for a week. When she got home, she cried for "Bob" (me) in the middle of the night. I did go in to her since she had some disruption earlier in the week, and she's been okay since then.

We do have a crazy girl on our hands. The other night she ran around non-stop for a good 30 minutes that I saw. And DH said she was running for about an hour solid. We had gone to a pizza/game place earlier in the day so she was running around there. She obviously has a ton of extra energy this winter! :)

[Mystikal]

PT'ing yup! Except for bedtime (and she usually wakes up dry in the morning). It just clicked one day and I'm SO happy. :D

Tantrums not too bad here. DD is really laid back and will occasionally have a tantrum, but we let her for a few minutes and then tell her we understand she's upset, but she needs to stop carrying on and use her words and she does pretty well. I'm TERRIFIED how DS will be at this age because he is the complete opposite of her already. (She STTN at6 weeks and he'll be three months on Thursday and is still up 2-3 times a night.)

Just a couple pictures, because it seems to have been a while since there have been any posted 'round these parts. lol.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/raek622/Kiddos/007-10.jpg

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[Chimichanga]

Mystikal - your DD's hair is so long! What a cutie!!

We've definitely gotten into the independence phase. R now insists on pulling down her diaper by herself (we use pull-ups), she likes to butter her own bread, etc. It's quite fun but exhausting. We'll come into a room (or she'll come into a room) and be naked from the waist down. :rolleyes: I remind her that big girls leave their pants on until mommy or daddy can help her change her diaper.

PTing - we're slowly working toward this. She'll take off her diaper and point to the potty but still won't sit on it. One day I think it will just click for her.

[E&O]

I've often come come in to post about Kate being a crazy girl, a total sass or just a monster child.... so to give her credit, I wanted to post about what a completely wonderful kid she was yesterday.

She had spent Saturday night with the ILs and had woken up at 6:15 on Sunday morning (about 1 1/2 hr early!) so she was so close to melt down when she got home. After much work from DH, she went down for a 2 1/2 hour nap and woke up the model child. So considerate and lovey. We sat on the sofa for the longest time doing stickers. She said to me at one point "thank you for helping me play" Oh I gave her so many hugs and kisses for being the best girl. Why, oh, why can't all days be like that!

Saturday we went to the dentist. MIL is a dental hygenist and was giving me my 6 month check-up/cleaning. We took Kate along to see if she would let MIL check her teach. We had totally been talking this up for weeks and she was so excited about it. She did great! She sat on my lap while she got checked out. MIL showed her all the tools and the water squirter and the water sucker. Kate let her use the mirror to look inside, and the pick to count her teeth. She also let MIL use the spinning toothbrush, but we only did the front few teeth. Kate was still talking last night about how she used strawberry toothpaste.

[Chimichanga]

E&O - aren't those wonderful stories so great? They really warm your heart.

Yesterday R was getting to be a pill. first she didn't want to leave the house to go shopping. DH and I were talking up this indoor play place we were going to after shopping. She wanted to do that, but still didn't want to go. We get her in the car, but she won't sit in her seat. We drive for a bit to get her to calm down and finally can strap her in (we drove around the neighborhood at 3 mph).

She did fine in the stores and took a quick nap in the car before the "fun" place. When we were there she had a BLAST jumping in the jumpy house thing. She seriously bounced for 45 minutes straight. Can we say energy?!?!

We did experience a melt down when we tried to leave, but that's to be expected. When we got home, she was so calm. I think she burned off quite a bit of energy which was good.

She kept giving me hugs, and she's not a huggy kid. That of course made my heart melt. :)

[E&O]

This morning Kate called me old. She and DS were playing on the bed while I was getting dressed. Most mornings she will say "Oh pretty" or "Oh purple" or something to that affect. Today she asked me "Are you changing again?" I said, "no, I'm going to wear this, is it pretty?" She said with no resitation "No it is not pretty, you are old." Ouch, that one hurts.

[Chimichanga]

This may seem like old news to some moms, but R is really exploding with her language skills. She had been a little slower with that, but it's really picking up now.

She will count up to five on her own, higher if she's counting with Dora. ;) She's starting to expand into Spanish a bit; which I find hilarious since DH speaks absolutely NO Spanish and she is home with DH all day. Today she said "thank you" on her own to a cashier. We had been working on thank you, but it was never quite clear (of course DH and I knew what she was saying). Today it was clear as a bell and I didn't have to say it first. :D

She's definitely quite a little ham. She'll ask for two pieces of chocolate and DH will offer one. She'll point to her middle finger (#2) and insist she wants two. She always finds new ways to make us laugh.

[jesseybell]

Introducing Jackson Daniel born on St Patty's Day, weighing 9lb, 7 oz and 21" long.

Big Sister Ellie has definitely been a challenge in the week since we've gotten home - I was on modified bedrest from Thanksgiving through the end of February so her world has been kind of topsy turvy for 4 months, throw that on top of being 2 and it definitely has had it's challenges. But we are getting through it.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jesseybell/myfamily.jpg


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[E&O]

Congratulations Jessey! What a fun birthday for little Jackson. Your kiddos are cuties!

Well last night was a craptastic night with DD. She has been PT'd since the beggining of Feb. And I would say once or twice a week she wakes up in the middle of the night crying. She doesn't say she has to pee, but when we suggest it, she'll get up and go and then fall back asleep relatively easy.

Well last night she was up at 2:30, so DH took her to pee. And she went back to sleep. Then she was up again at 3:00 and 3:30 begging to sleep in our bed. (Not a road I want to go down now!) but we did let her lay there for a while. How could I not with all her begging and crying "please mommy, I lay with you!" Tried to take her back to her bed around 4:00. Then she told me she was sick and needed medicine. (Which I was half tempted to give her to help her finally sleep. but did want her to think she can have medicine anytime she asks). DH took her downstairs for a snack at 4:30 and she FINALLY crashed in our bed from 5:00-6:00. I have NO CLUE what that was all about, but it left for three very exhausted folks this morning. Thankfully DS slept peacefully through it all

[duke's flygirl]

Congratulations Jesseybell! I'm sure that Ellie will adjust to Jackson being there and you being off bedrest soon.

[Chimichanga]

Jesseybell - Ellie is so big! Congrats!!

I'll "officially" out myself as an RO :) I'm due with DD2 this summer. My due date was 8/7/09, but we scheduled a c/s for 7/27.

[E&O]

Congrats Chimi!
You've only got 4 more months to go. You kept that a secret for a long time!

[Chimichanga]

Well, I was posting in the 09 August Mommies group, but never mentioned it here. After two m/c I was a bit gunshy so to speak. :) But things are looking good and healthy.

[jesseybell]

Chimi - Official congrats and congrats on your second little girl :) [8/7 would have been a good birthday :) ]

[Abby'sMom]

Congrats Jesseybell!

Congrats Chimi! I must've lurked in your EDD thread because I already knew that. :)

[Wrighty26]

Congrats on your 2nd girl Chimi!

Like Jesseybell, we have a new addition to our family too :) She kept us waiting, but Olivia Caroline FINALLY arrived on 3/26 @ 7:15pm - 21 inches, 8lbs and 12oz.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3398289285_85cb88f4a4.jpg?v=0

Braeden is a very proud big brother!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3590/3399111512_7f5d897826.jpg?v=0

We are all adjusting here, and surprisingly Braeden is doing really well with his sister. He seems so grown up in the past few days, which is great but bittersweet at the same time. Now we just need to work on potty training...ugh.

[babylove]

Chimi ~ Congrats!! :D

Wrighty ~ Awww, those pictures are so adorable, they are making me tear up thinking about Jake as a big brother in a few short weeks. I hope everyone is doing well at your house!

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Jake has strep throat :( He is so miserable. I took him to the dr yesterday afternoon and his throat was so awful that the dr didn't even need to do a culture. He apparently has an abscess on his tonsil, which explains why he was screaming in pain everytime swallowed yesterday. He had a horrible night of sleep (or lack thereof) last night and I'm totally beat. I really hope I don't catch it b/c DH is going to be out and about with his friends who are coming in from out of town for the weekend and staying w/ us.

[Aletheia]

Hi all! Hope the silence just means everyone is doing fine with their normal routines.

I am wondering about preschool. We have begun talking about "school" with Oliver, who has begun talking about not wanting to go. :rolleyes: We're not sure we'll start him in a preschool next fall or not-- he's not yet been in a daycare setting, either.

What are the rest of y'all doing? Preschool or no preschool?

[babylove]

Jake has been in a preschool program since just after he turned 2. He goes two mornings each week from 9-12. He LOVES it. And aside from him being sick more often, it has been great for me too :) Starting in June he'll be doing the same program (except it's "camp") 3 mornings a week from 9-1, so he'll have lunch there too. Around here most people start there kids in this type of program at age 2, which is the earliest that you can do it.

[mkvh]

Preschool--C started at 2.5, which was the earliest she could start. I am SO glad that we sent her. She LOVES it and has learned a lot. Now, she's in daycare full days 2 days a week which is a preschool program as well. We'll continue that through "camp" (babylove, are you at a Jewish center?) this summer and then through next school year as well.

[jesseybell]

DD is in daycare, but she is officially in the pre-school room now. Originally she wasn't supposed to go for 2 more weeks because legally she can't be in there until 2.9 but on Monday she asked to go visit (her 3 closest friends had moved there in the last couple of months) and after 1/2 an hour she declared to the director that she was going to stay there and not go back to the toddler/preschool transition room. She will be in this room until September 2010 when she moves on to Pre-K.

I am excited because I guess her teacher is terrific at PTing. All of her friends are PTed and she has been trying to refuse the pull-up the last couple of weeks - At only 5 weeks post-partum I am not quite at the point of feeling the energy to put her into underwear or be at full-on PTing. But she definitely is excited to wear underwear (well actually she is at the stage where she'd rather be naked all.the.time) but she doesn't understand yet what that means. One of these weekends I'll let her wear them and let her find out what peeing in her pants feels like. She refuses to wear diapers though, so it's pull-ups only for her.

[Mystikal]

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[Chimichanga]

We're going to potty train DD this weekend. Wish me luck! ;) I know she's ready for it, but she just likes that extra attention from us (I think). She'll wait - sometimes 5-10 minutes - for me to change her diaper in the morning. When I do, she immediately pees in the new diaper. Well, if she can hold it for a new diaper, she can hold it to walk to the potty.

I've gotta stock up on some rewards and more underwear.

What a way to spend Mother's Day :o

[E&O]

Good luck Chimi! We did a weekend long boot camp with Kate back in Feb. It was tough and we wanted to quit so many times over the weekend. But by Tuesday she was accident-free and never looked back! You can do it!

I was visiting a friend of mine out of town a few weeks ago and was thinking how poorly behaved her 3.5 year old was. Well did karma kick me in the butt for being so smug. Kate has tunred into a holy terror! Thankfully she is still a model child when she is at daycare, but at home she is insane. She has been in Time Out every night this week for hitting, throwing toys, not listening, having complete meltdowns at dinner when we won't serve what she wants, not letting me dress her in the morning. And the most frustrating part is when given the choice "Please do X or you're going to sit in Time Out," she actually tell us she wants Time Out! Now she cries and screams and resists doing her Time Out, but she is the one requesting it.

Really I'm just floored because this seems to have come out of nowhere. Typically we have to use Time Out like one a month, NOT once a day. I SOOOOOO hope this is a phase that will disappear as quickly as it came.

[Chimichanga]

Thanks E&O. I just stocked up on candy, small toys and slightly larger rewards. I'm hoping it will work this weekend.

At least your DD is still acting good in public. I'd much rather have the meltdowns at home than in public. R is getting a bit ... sassy at home too. This morning she decided to kick her sandpail across the living room. I said no, we don't do that very firmly. Of course she starts crying and wants to be hugged. I patted her back and said we don't do that (but a bit nicer).

it's kind of funny. I'm definitely the disciplinarian in our family. Even when both DH and I are home, when I discipline, R will come to me to be comforted - even though I "yelled."

[Chimichanga]

R just went on the potty for the first time. Woo hoo! We had a lot of accidents yesterday, but she definitely didn't like the wetness. today after a (very tiny) accident we put her on the potty. I was folding clothes and heard some tinkling. I thought DH was pouring something down the toilet which I thought was odd. We had a winner!!! :D Iknow it's just one, but it's one in the right direction!! :D

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!!!

[jesseybell]

How did the PTing go Chimi? I want to do a boot-camp weekend but we need to get our acts together. There is no rhyme or reason to her successes or 'failures' but I think she is ready.

We've definitely have a holy terror on our hands as well. Where did my perfect child go?! I miss her!

[Chimichanga]

Jessey - well, completely knocking on a huge piece of wood over here, but I think we are doing great!

Saturday was the day of accidents. Not going to lie about that. But, she definitely didn't like the feeling; so that's a step in the right direction. Sunday we had two pee successes and one poop! I know the poop can be difficult for kids, so I was really happy with it (is that sad? ;) )

Monday she had an accident, but otherwise did good. Tuesday and today had no accidents at all. Well, I guess she pooped a bit in her undies last night. but today was "perfect."

DH said she will tell him she has to peepee and get a weird look on her face. When I got home today she had the look and ran to the bathroom. We got her on the toilet (we just use a seat over the normal one) and she went right away. Right before bed she said she had to pee, so we wet back downstairs and she pooped. I was very happy to see she's not afraid to go poop on the potty (again, completely knocking on wood over here!!)

We do still put her in a diaper for naps and bed. I don't think she's ready for that yet. But, she will hold it for hours during the day - long car rides included.

[ShelbyMay]

Glad to hear that some of you are having success with potty training. I am planning to attempt it with DD next week, while she is on break from MDO. I think she is ready, since she already uses the potty a couple of times each day, but have been hesitant to take away the safety net of the pull-ups. We tried this one other time a few months ago, and I washed enough poopy underwear to last me a lifetime. :rolleyes: Here's hoping that it goes better this time around!

[ShelbyMay]

preschool: DD has been in a MDO program since she was a year old. She generally loves going to "school" and I think the social interaction has been great for her. She will start preschool 3 mornings a week this fall.