March and April 2005 mommies

[T&M'sMommy]

If you can't beat them, you might as well join them: If I have made some mistakes or am missing information please let me know. If you want me to add you, please list your stats! Thanks!

T&M'SMOMMY
Name: Sarah(23)
dh: Seth(26)
Married: August 4th, 2001
ds Tyler-09/18/02
dd Megan-04/16/05

BOOEYJ2
Name: Julie (27...i'll be 28 in August)
DH: Mark (33)
Married:
Children: Paige (PJ) - 3/16/05

SUNMOONSTARS75
Name: Sara, 29
DH: Andy, 32
Married:
Children: Audra Elizabeth - 3/8/05
Amelia Grace - 3/8/05

BTB:
Me: 26
DH: 28
Married: 6/29/02
DD: Evelyn Christine, 4/13/05

POOKIE
Me: 27
DH: 27
Married: 5/25/02
DS: Ryan 3/15/05

BRADY
Me-30
DH-34
Married- 6/21/03
DS Connor 3/5/05

KATZMEOW671
Me:
Dh:
Married:
Gracie Melinda: 3-3-05

LCARLSON90
Me: Lori (26)
DH: Jonathan (27)
Married: 9-7-02
DS: Dylan Christian, 2-24-05

CHYLYNN
Me: Chylynn (27)
DH: Dave (30)
Married: 9-22-01
DD: Rebecca Ainsley, 04-02-05

KATIE
Me: Katie (30)
DH: Kurt (32)
Married: 10-5-02
DS: Evan, 3-8-05

AMYE
Me: Amy (33)
DH: Josh (33)
Married:
DS: James Thomas, 4-18-05

GIRLYGIRL
Me: Ally (28)
DH: Mark (28)
Married: 9.27.03
DS: Patrick, 3.23.05

TWAINNY
me: anne (28)
dh: tim (27)
married: 6-22-03
ds: eli 3-18-05

LILMARTY
Me: Lacy (29)
DH: Allen (31)
Married: 9.6.03
DS: Nolan Edward 3.8.05

SUNNI76
Me: Sara, 28
DH: Tim, 32
Married: 7/20/02
DD: Macy, born 3/22/05

CGMOM313
Me: Amy (35) Yikes I feel so old.
DH: Patrick (37)
Married: 10/23/99
DD: Catherine Grace 3/13/05

KARILYNNE_97
Me: Kari (26)
DH: Josh (29)
Married: 5-25-03
DD: Kassidy 3-22-05

MAGDESILVER
Name: Mag (28)
dh: Dan (28)
Married: July 21, 2001
dd Allison-4/25/05, 7lbs. 14.6 oz., 20"

CMTORIE
Me ~ Torie...28
DH ~ Mike...35
DD ~ Brooklyn 22 months
DS ~ Jake 3 months
SD ~ (step daughter) Kirstin...14 y/o

KOALAGURL
Me: J, 30
Baby: K, 3/16/05

AMANDAFL
Me: Amanda 34
DH: Joe 33
Married: 9-22-01
DD: Leah 9-25-02
Laura 3-18-05

WAS MEL *23*
Me: Melanie 26
DH: Luc 26
DS: Jacob 10/25/02
DD: Jolyève 03/29/05

[Mellow_Water1]

Ok, I have been a shameless lurker in the March thread since Day 1 because that's when my nephew was born. :) I've noticed that not many members of the March/April group have made it over here. I've been keeping up with the WC thread, but LOL, someone needs to recruit the rest of the mamas over here! Just because I like it here better of course :rolleyes: :p

Ok, back to lurking. :p

[T&M'sMommy]

Thanks for the heads up. I think I mentioned it to them, but can't remember. I'll have to check.

[BooeyJ2]

I'm here! I'm here! :)


Name: Julie (27...i'll be 28 in August)
DH: Mark (33)
Children: Paige (PJ) - 3/16/05

[sunmoonstars75]

Me too!

Name: Sara, 29
DH: Andy, 32
Children: Audra Elizabeth - 3/8/05
Amelia Grace - 3/8/05

I hope everyone finds their way here too, I don't know how much longer my eyes can handle the new boards, I am having too hard of a time reading the small print - damn getting older!!

[BTB]

Checkin' in!

Me: 26
DH: 28
Married: 6/29/02
DD: Evelyn Christine, 4/13/05

[Pookie]

I'm so happy to find this group since WC wouldn't let me log in anymore. :confused:
Me: 27
DH: 27
Married: 5/25/02
DS: Ryan 3/15/05

[Brady]

I'm here (used to be Capecod03)

Me-30
DH-34
Married- 6/21/03
DS Connor 3/5/05

[katzmeow671]

Betsey and Gracie signing in here! Glad to see everyone!!

Gracie Melinda: 3-3-05
7lbs, 8 oz (up to 16 lbs, 4oz already!)
20 1/2 inches long

One very proud big sister - Kayla Rose: 12-21-97

[lcarlson90]

Im here too!

Me: Lori (26)
DH: Jonathan (27)
Married: 9-7-02
DS: Dylan Christian, 2-24-05

I am so glad we started a new group.

[Chylynn]

I'm here too...

Me: Chylynn (27)
DH: Dave (30)
Married: 9-22-01
DD: Rebecca Ainsley, 04-02-05

[Katie]

Count me in too! I was ksm on WC. Glad to be here!

Me: Katie (30)
DH: Kurt (32)
Married: 10-5-02
DS: Evan, 3-8-05

I'm happy to see everyone here! Next week Evan will be 4 months - where has the time gone? And I'm starting back to work. :( It's a new job and seems like it will be good and I'll get to work evenings too so DH can watch Evan.

I've started the search for childcare and I'm having the worst time. Either they are too expensive (I only need 2 part-time days) or not appropriate or will only take part-timers 3 days/week. I only have until next Weds to find someone because then I will be on vacation for the rest of the week and then I'll start on July 11th. Yikes! Needless to say I am slightly stressed about this and just sad that I have to have daycare. Oh well, at least it's part-time, right?

In exciting news: Evan rolled over from his tummy to his back last week! Very exciting. And he's days away from his back to tummy. He currently makes it as far as his side. And the little chunker is up to 17 pounds! I actually have to move to size 3 diapers soon. Size 3! Good lord, this breastmilk is powerful stuff!

Hope all you mommas are doing well!
~Katie

ETA: Just wanted to add that a year ago yesterday was the day I found out I was pregnant. It was a bit of a surprise to us, but such a great one too! We were talking about how we just can't imagine our lives without him.

[Brady]

So good to see everyone!

Katie- Today was my one year "anniversary" also of finding out we were pregnant! I was saying the same thing, that I can't imagine my life without him now.
Good Luck on your daycare search. It sucks, believe me- I know!

Connor hasn't rolled from tummy to back (he hates being on his belly), but he's rolled from back to belly a few times now...otherwise he spends the majority of his time just hanging on his side, and just pushing himself all over the floor/crib. He's also discovered his hands, he now takes them OUT of his mouth every once in a while to just stare at them. He's holding toys now too... I know I keep saying it, but I love this age! lol.

I'm excited for this weekend. We are headed to the Cape, I'll be down there until next Thursday. Connor will be turning 4 months on Monday! I have a feeling I am going to have to be dragged kicking and screaming back to work after that!!

Anyone else have big plans for the weekend?

[lcarlson90]

QOTD: When are you planning to start solid feeding? My DS is 4 months old and the dr. said we could start him on rice cereal, but I am hesitant to start. It seems like everything I have read says that you should wait until 6 months old.

[T&M'sMommy]

I will not be posting pics of any kids in this post. Hope no one minds. My kids are in my avatar and that's it.

[sunmoonstars75]

I totally understand not posting kids' pics in a public forum. I post some occasionally in LJ, and that's it. Not that if someone wanted to work to see them, they couldn't, but they aren't out there for anyone and everyone.

My girls are getting to be piggers! DH said Audra ate almost all day today, and she had a bottle and two very long boob sessions just with me. I was tempted to put up a tent up for her, she was camped out so long! And Amelia hasn't been too much of a slouch either. I haven't been able to keep up with them, but now they are eating so much, I've started taking Fenugreek along with eating oatmeal, lots and lots of oatmeal. They sleep through the night, which I love, but are terrible nappers, which sucks for the hubby, as he watches them during the day and then goes to work when I get home from my FT job.

I have more to say, but I am beat and have to get to work EARLY tomorrow if I want to leave early. Have a good night ladies :)

[LilMarty]

Joining...

Me: Lacy (29)
DH: Allen (31)
Married: 9.6.03
DS: Nolan Edward 3.8.05

[sunni76]

I'll join too! I was futuremrsking over on WC.

Me: Sara, 28
DH: Tim, 32
Married: 7/20/02
DD: Macy, born 3/22/05

I think that's all the info we need, I can't remember what else to put! I'm glad I found this thread! Off to see what else CC has to offer...

[Koala_Gurl]

Hi all! (jlm999 from WC).

DD has been sleeping on her tummy now for about 2 weeks, she is a good "roller" from back to tummy, and occasionally goes from tummy to back (but she is loving being on her tummy).

QOTD - Lori, I assume the Dr. will say the same thing (since we go to the same place), but I think I will wait until closer to 6 months. I will ask Dr. what to look for in terms of when to start. She is definitely interested in watching us eat & drink. But the BF'ing is going so well, I don't think I NEED to add solids. She is sleeping through the night most times, so that isn't an issue (well, at least sleeping 6 hours at a stretch at night). I have her 4 month check up Friday, so I'll find out more then. :)

[Pookie]

QOFTD We have our appt. on Friday. Ryan seems to do well with formula. I'm in favor of holding off the solids until 5/6 months if he doesn't seem to need them.
We just got back from the lake with my IL's. It was Ryan's first car trip and he did pretty well. My IL's friends also have a grandbaby, so they kind of eyed each other. Too sweet. :) It's funny how a year changes so much. Last year, we were having IF issues and the other baby was on the way, but I had this feeling this year we'd both be there with babies. :D
Ryan rolled from tummy to back last week. He still insists on sleeping on his back, which I'm not happy about due to his flat spot. He can get half way from his back to tummy, too.

[lcarlson90]

I hope everyone had a great July 4th. I had a pretty rough day. :( I was pretty depressed because I have to go back to work tomorrow and Dylan has to start daycare. I don't really like his daycare but we didn't have a lot of options.

I had a horrible experience today at my sister's BBQ. I put my DS down for a nap in her bedroom on a blanket on the floor. I asked my DH to go check on the baby and he came out all upset and DS was screaming. My baby had scooted up like 2 feet and got his head underneath my sister's dresser. When DH walked in all he could see was my son's shoulders and he was screaming bloody murder. I ran to my baby and held him so tight and I was crying. I just didn't need this the day before I have to leave my baby in the hands of a daycare. :(

On a happier note, at least I only have to work 3 days this week. I have every other Friday off.

[katzmeow671]

Lori, I tried to reply earlier but CC was down. I'm so sorry about yesterday! I can only imagine the emotions! I've been thinking about you all day and hoping everything went well with your first day back to work and Dylan's first day of daycare. I think I'll PM ya. (((((((((hugs))))))))

Betz

[sunni76]

Hi, still getting used to these boards. Are there e-mail updates at all? this is the only thread I'm signed up for so far, but I don't seem to get notification when someone posts.
Lori--hope your first day at work went ok. It gets easier as time goes on! I've only been back a short while too, but it's getting better. I had a melt down the day before I went back though!

Macy rolled over this weekend! From her back to front. She still hates being on her tummy, so of course she started screaming as soon as she did it and realized where she was!

[Brady]

Sunni- in your post, scroll down and you'll see a drop down for "notification type" and you can chose to be emailed when there is a reply.

Hi Everyone!

My son is apparently bucking the trend, seems the majority are rolling belly to back. He has yet to roll over belly to back, but rolls all over the place going back to belly! This weekend was the first time he did it and then pulled his arm out and put his head all the way up. So exciting!! :p
Sunni- That is what Connor used to do, he would freak out because he was on his belly when he first rolled.. now he is so cute because he can pick his head up and then gives a big grin like he is so proud of himself. I have a great picture, but with the whole posting picture thing going on, I'm afraid I don't feel comfortable posting them now. That sucks.

Re: solids. We have his 4 month appt. on Monday.. I'll see what the Dr. says, but we might try the rice cereal. We'll see.

Lori - so sorry to hear of your scary experience with Dylan! THinking of you.. let us know how the first week back goes. I sympathize!

Gotta run, took a long weekend.. just got back today, so need to catch up on email etc. here.

[girlygirl]

Edited to delete personal info.

[twainny]

me: anne (28)
dh: tim (27)
married: 6-22-03
ds: eli 3-18-05

Gosh, everyone has changed the nn from the WC, now I will have to remember everyones new nns!!

DS will be 4 months a little over a week from now. He has been SO much fun. Like everyone else, he is rolling over, he has done both ways. He really wants to sit up. Whenever he starts crying, my DH says, sit him up, and DS stops crying and just looks around.

About a week ago, DS came down with a fever. We too him to the doc., his temp was 103, they had us take him to the ER! Poor little guy had to get a little IV... it was sooo sad to see. We were in the ER for about 6 hours. It was horrible, we were soooo tired and when we left, they didn't even do anything for us. It was sooo frustrating! But DS is better now, so I guess it was worth it.

QOTD- how much is your DC eating? DS gets 3 4 to 5 oz bottles at daycare (he is there from 7:30-4) I BF him at 6am and at night (twice).

[Chylynn]

QOTD -My DD is eating 27 oz of formula a day, with 1 teaspoon of rice cereal in her bottles at night.

I have a quick questions for the April Mommies (and March Mommies if you remember when it happened with your DC), my DD seems to be teething already. Is that possible at this age? She is only 3 months and 6 days old. Should I give her baby orajel to help ease her gum discomfort? I rubbed her gums with my finger (after washing my hands, of course) and she just smiled and cooed at me. Is this happening to anyone else?

[Brady]

Hi Everyone..
Twainny - I'm still laughing at something you posted right before the WC went all whacky... you had said your husband asked you if you loved your son more than you loved him. You said you didn't answer. I just had to tell you that I was LOLing at that (yeah, I know.. 3 weeks later), but I think I would of had the same reaction!

Anywho.

As for how much is my DS eating. He's taking about 28-30oz a day. We give him 5 6oz bottles a day, sometimes he drinks them all.. sometimes not! I applaud you Anne for sticking with the breastfeeding in the AM and PM, I wish I could have kept up with that when he started daycare! Has your supply still been good? I'm assuming yes, if you are able to do it! ;)

Chylynn - My son has been drooling like there is no tomorrow for the past few weeks and has his hands in his mouth all day long.. so of course I hear all day and night- "Oh, he must be teething!" (he's 4 months).. but I don't know. He's not crying like he's in pain or anything, so honestly I have no idea if he is. Sorry, that doesn't help! I know a while back one of the March Mommas had posted something she read about teething *starting* around 3 months, but it could take 2 months beyond that before you actually physically see a tooth. Hopefully she can repost what she found!

Have a great weekend all!

[Koala_Gurl]

QOTD - Not sure! During the day, DD feeds every 1 1/2 - 2 hours if we are home (she'll go longer if we are out running errands). At night...she sleeps pretty well from 9 - 5, feeds, then goes back down for a few more hours.

Chylynn - DD has been "teething" for a month or so now. By teething, I mean drooling, chewing on every and anything. I see two little white spots on her lower gums, but no teeth have broken throught yet. I think this process can last for a few months.

[Koala_Gurl]

... Hopefully she can repost what she found!...

I think that was me! :) What I remember reading is that the signs of teething can start several months before a tooth is ever seen. DD has been drooling, biting for at least a month now, but no tooth yet (and while she loves having my finger in her mouth, she doesn't seem to be in any major pain.)

[Chylynn]

Brady -My DD spits her pacifier out to shove her hands in to suck on them and she has become a major drooler over the past 3 weeks. I had no idea where all that drool is coming from- aaakk!!!

Koala_Gurl -Wow, I had no idea this can go on for a while before no teeth come in. I feel so bad for Rebecca because she is constantly eating her fists and getting fustrated. Maybe I will try a teething ring that you put in the freezer to cool off.

[lcarlson90]

Back to work - It wasn't as bad as I thought that it would be. I only had to work 3 days this week so that was nice. My mom watched DS 1 day and he went to daycare for 2 days. Thanks for everyone's words of encouragement.

Daycare - I am not happy with the daycare situation. On his first day my DH told them that he eats every 4 hours. They have a sheet that tells them that he ate at 8:30 am (DH fed him) and they try to feed him at 11:30 am and he only drank 1 oz. They were like, "he was interested in the bottle." I was thinking, "no sh*t, he wasn't hungry." I think he was crying and they just figured he must be hungry so they shove a bottle in his mouth. We also told them that he needs a nap at 10:00 or 10:30 and they didn't put him down until noon and then he only slept for 20 minutes. I was fine the first day because I figured they are just learning his cues, etc. but the same thing happened the second time he went.

This morning when I went to get my DS out of bed he was awake and he had rolled onto his tummy and he was facing the opposite direction in the crib. :) I know it's easy for him to roll over, but I can't figure out how he turned himself the complete opposite direction.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

[katzmeow671]

RE: Teething
Our DD has been enjoying finger sandwiches throughout the day also for several weeks now. We've tried teethers but she doesn't care a thing about them. However, she does love to gnaw on a wet washcloth now and then. We asked the doc about all the drooling and he said their salivary glands are maturing and that's where its all coming from.. has nothing to do with teeth. However, it is true that the teething process can start weeks before teeth actually pop up.

So, my child is officially the same size as a Thanksgiving turkey. She had her four month check up (four months already????) yesterday and she's 17 pounds even and 25 1/2 inches long. Another half inch and she'll be moving over to a big girl carseat! Its just unbelievable! The doctor told us to cut back two ounces on her total formula intake. I doubt she'll notice that much. He said if we wanted to start rice cereal we could but right now it would be more "fun with a spoon" than actual nutritional benefit. We'll probably wait until August. That way her big sister will be home to enjoy those first sloppy feedings. As far as other foods go he said to wait and do yellow vegetables after her 6 month birthday. We had to endure four shots yesterday and thankfully next check up, its only two. DH didn't go with me to the appointment because the shots at the 2 month check up almost killed him. Its a good thing he wasn't there because the look on her face would have broken his heart. She did the hold your breath, turn red, then scream cry. She cried like that for about two minutes and then settled into a whimper. I was in the middle of feeding her a bottle when the nurse came in so when the shots were over with I gave her the rest of the bottle and she took a few sips and then started crying again. It was sooo sad. I know its for her own good but its so painful to watch her go through it. She whimpered off and on in the car and finally fell asleep. When we got home last night I gave DH specific instructions NOT to bounce her on his legs last night so that her poor little legs could rest. So what did she do? She sat in her bouncy chair banging her legs up and down. LOL! So, I guess she's fine but I'm giving her Tylenol today anyway. I didn't think to give her any before the appointment but we gave her some at 5 and of course by the time the next dose rolled around she was sleeping so she didn't get any at all through the middle of the night and woke up very warm.

I'm excited to say she's such a great sleeper!! Last night I put on her jammies, read her a story, gave her the last bottle and then laid her in the crib for just a second so I could go put my dinner in the oven. Came back and she was on her tummy, sound asleep. Not five minutes later! Kayla was NOT like that at all. I'd have to rock and rock and sing and walk the floors with her. So all of you that have high maintenance babies, I can totally sympathize with you!!

Its so fun to see all the WC mamas over here and even some new mamas too! I love hearing all about what the babies are doing and comparing them to Gracie. Can you believe the next big accomplishment for our March babies will be sitting up on their own?? wow!

[Pookie]

We've been very busy this week. I went back to school on Tuesday. Luckily, DH was able to get Tue, Wed, and Thur's off this month. My sis watched DS today. Then my mom will do the rest of the Mon and Fri, with MIL coming into town to watch him 1 Monday. Not sure what will happen when the fall semester starts and if I start working again, but I'm very thankful that's the situation for now.
Ryan has been having some STTN set backs. At 10 weeks, he started sleeping 8:30 -8:00. I felt so lucky, so it looks like he has to pick the week I start back to school to go back to his newborn sleeping routine. He still goes down at 8:30, but gets up at 1 and stays up. If you try to put him back in his crib, he screams. This has been going on for 2 nights now. I think I've had a total of 5 hours of sleep in the last 2 days. I'm so ready for this to be over.
This afternoon we have the 4 months WBV. Ryan's still a little guy. 25% for everything; height (23 1/2), weight (12lb 12oz), and head circumference. We only got 2 of this shots since they were out of the pneomonia. I'm really sad he has to go back for that. The ped said to keep him in his crib tonight, but I'm not sure if I can really let him cry, but on the other hand, there is no way I'll make it through my class not sleeping or DH will be able to function at work. :confused:

[AmyE]

I confess...I've been lurking in the April thread since...ok...my first trimester. Feeling so guilty that I'm such a dedicated lurker - I followed the move to the new threads even! - that I will finally join. It's been such fun to follow!

Me: Amy (33)
DH: Josh (33)
DS: James Thomas, 4-18-05
7 lbs, 12 ounces then, almost 14 lbs now.

[T&M'sMommy]

Welcome to everyone that has joined. Things are ok. We're moving in about 3 weeks and I am nowhere near ready. But I'm also too lazy to pack(I confess) Megan is doing awesome. She is giving us huge smiles and grins. She is also drooling and nawing on her fists like crazy. Tyler is doing great too. Off to enjoy the beautiful weather we're having!

[saathei]

Finally got the registration thing to work. Yay!

Saathei
Name: Elizabeth (22)
dh: Orion(24)
Married: August 29th, 2003
dd Thalia-4/24/05, 4lbs 6 oz, 17"
dd Michaya-04/24/05, 4lbs 9 oz. 18"

Thalia's now 10 lbs and Michaya is 9 lbs 12 oz. We're all doing great, with the exception of Thalia's ear infection. We visited both sets of grandparents in Colorado last week - it was a blast!

[LilMarty]

I agree, it is great seeing what all of the other babies are doing too. DS has been drooling up a storm also...he loves to chew on his hands. And he has this new thing where he is always sticking out his tongue! It is so funny cause he pushes it out really far.

DS was 4 months yesterday and goes for 4mth check up on Monday. I am anxious to see how much he weighs and see what the doc says about starting solids. Nolan gets between 30-35 oz a day and we put a little rice cereal in his last bottle. We had to go to developmental followup clinic last week (since he was a premmie) and he weighed 14.7 then... so he should definietly be 15lbs on Monday.

I have been back to work for 3 weeks now but just part time until Labor Day. I just found a day care yesterday cause DH or MIL has been watching him for now. I am really happy with what I found and will probably start sending him part time the beginning of August.

Sleeping has been going pretty well... he goes down between 8-10pm and wakes up around 6am. We are happy with it. Hopefully it will stay that way!

[magdesilver]

Glad to have found our new group!
magdesilver
Name: Mag (28)
dh: Dan (28)
Married: July 21, 2001
dd Allison-4/25/05, 7lbs. 14.6 oz., 20"

Things here are going alright. I was down in South Florida last week visiting relatives and got to go to a WC get together and met Chylynn and her cutie Rebecca, it was fun!
Allison is doing alright, we are having some sleep issues with naps but we are working on them. We are moving out of our house on Tuesday and then into temporary housing for 2 weeks until our new house (that we've built) is ready. We close on the 29th and I can't wait! I'm mostly excited about Allison starting to take naps in her crib. She currently sleeps in our bedroom in the cosleeper which is fine at night but during the day it's hard because she's a light sleeper and I can't get much done for fear of waking her up.
Hope everyone is doing great! These boards are so much easier than the new WC ones, those are horrible and I barely go over there anymore because of it.

[twainny]

DS has been rolling over for at least a month now, but he is finally really good at it and rolls over ALL THE FREAKING TIME.. aka AT NIGHT, and wakes up on his stomach and cries. When he rolls over during the day he is fine, but at night he cries. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep for the past week or so. He has also learned that his big toe tastes REALLY good!!!

I read that you shouldn't put the teething rings in the freezer, just the fridge, I guess the ring could somehow freeze to the babies lips.

[karilynne_97]

Finally joining!

Me: Kari (26)
DH: Josh (29)
Married: 5-25-03
DD: Kassidy 3-22-05
14 lbs 15oz.

I've been lurking, but haven't had time to join until now. I'm back at work (boo!) and daycare is going well. Kassidy's with my cousin, who is a SAHM with a DD 10 & DS 6. DD has been STTN until 2 weeks ago. We think she's teething, with a combination of her starting daycare then having to take antibotics. My cousins DS was diagonised with Viral Menigitis, but they originally thought it was Bacterial Menigitis, which meant that all who had come in contact with him needed to be on medication. SOOO, we think it took a toll on her little tummy. Since last Tuesday she's been waking up at 3-3:30am. We will feed her and put her back to sleep. This morning was horrible. She cried and cried, and didn't fall back asleep until 5:15am; we had to get up for the day at 6am. :rolleyes:

Anyways, we think she's waking up now because her teeth are hurting her. She's been chewing on anything she can get her hands on and drooling like crazy! Soaks right through bibs :D .

Look forward to talking with you all!

[katzmeow671]

Hi Kari So excited to see another March Mama over here! :) We've had trouble with Gracie SSTN for the past couple of nights too. I'm almost positive its teeth. She too is gnawing on everything she can get her hands on and loves to suck on a wet washcloth. I got her some teething gel last night and I think we'll try it this evening. Have you used anything yet?

[karilynne_97]

We've tried those teething tablets which really help to calm her down, and I've found, really seem to help with the constipation she's been having since being on straight formula (was BF until 3mos). She also likes to chew on teething rings, but we leave them room temp; she likes the different textures they have on them. I think I'll try a wet wash cloth too!

[katzmeow671]

How do the teething tablets work? Do they just melt in their mouth or something?? Obviously they can't chew!

[karilynne_97]

Yep, they melt, fast! And they're tiny. The directions say to put 2-4 tablets under the tongue, but we just hold it on our finger and let her suck on our finger.

[katzmeow671]

That's great! I'll have to pick some up on my way home tonight and try them. Thanks for the info!

[Brady]

Hi everyone..

Had Connor's 4 month appt. last night. He's weighing in at 15lbs and was 25 1/4 inches. I think he's going to be tall and skinny! ;) His Ped. said we could start him on rice cereal, see how he takes to it... I think we'll give it a whirl this weekend. But, otherwise everything checked out well.

He's taken to rolling over from back to belly in his crib, he gives me a heart attack everytime I go in there and find him on his belly though... His new thing has been sleeping on his side (which I can deal with!), but last night he was crying around 2am, my husband went in and found him on his belly.. so once he was rolled back onto his back/side, he went right back to sleep. So, it gave me a little peace that if he's uncomfortable, he'll let us know. So, Twainny , I feel your pain!

I had the weirdest dream last night that I woke up to find him with four teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom! I have a feeling it was all this talk about teething in this thread yesterday that led to that!

[Katie]

Hello!

We just had our first camping experience! Evan did great. This year we chose to stay in a hotel at night, since it gets really cold at night where we camp. We used our Pack n' Play for the first time - he hung out there most of the time and was also passed around from family member to family member. It's strange to think that when we camp next year I'll be chasing after a walking, talking 16 month old!

Well, Evan was rolling over from tummy to back, but has decided he's not interested in it now. He will roll onto his side from his back, but no further. Not worried about this, I figure he'll take his time. He just learned how to grab his toes yesterday (so cute!).

I can't believe my little baby is already 4 months old! Where has the time gone? He has his Dr.'s appt. next week and I'm curious to see how much he weighs now. I was thinking about starting solids at 4 months, but now I'm thinking I'll probably wait until he's closer to 6 months old.

Lisa I've had a dream too about Evan having teeth! Although as a BFing mom I'm happy for him to take his time to teethe!

Here are a couple pics of us camping - I'll just keep them up for a couple of days though.

[Brady]

Oh my goodness Katie.. I love that he has his little camping shirt on! Too cute! Glad you had a good experience. We actually also did the pack and play experiment on our trip to the Cape last week. Connor was there for 9 days, and actually slept great in the bassinett portion of the P+P. Thank goodness for that... I was thinking the same thing, how on next year's trip he'll be running all over the place!

BTW, any one else dealing with bad cradle crap (as I like to call it?) ;) My DH is convinced I am giving our son a complex due to all the hats I put on his to cover it up! lol. My friend actually had bought a kit to get rid of it and gave me it as she claims it worked after one treatment for her daughter, I'm going to try it tonight!

[Koala_Gurl]

Brady - RE: Cradle cap...we had a minor bout of it a bit ago, and I just brushed DD's hair frequently, and gave a good rub with the washcloth in the bath. It helped clear it up (but again, it wasn't that bad.)

RE: solids...I am going to ask the ped tomorrow (our 4 month appt got pushed back to tomorrow). But I think I want to wait until closer to 6 months (if only for the convenience!) :)

[twainny]

Brady- I love your pictures. How did you do that 4th of july border? Also Eli slept really good last night on his stomach, he only woke up once, I flipped him over and he slept the rest of the night, though he was on his stomach when I work up, at least he was comfortable! It is funny, cause I never checked on him when he was a newborn to make sure he was breathing, but now I do!! I guess after a couple more days of sleeping on his stomach I will be more comforable with it and not worry.

cradle cap- Eli has it a little bit. I just scrub it with the washcloth, though it doesn't all go away, it does help. DH's grandma said to put a little bit of baby oil on it and then comb it out. It doens't bother me enough to do that, but I might someday.

[lcarlson90]

cradle crap - My DS has it, but it's slowly getting better. We actually put olive oil on his head and let it sit overnight and the next morning I brushed a lot of it off. It helped, but it didn't get all of it.

[Brady]

Brady- I love your pictures. How did you do that 4th of july border?

Thanks. I'd like to take credit for it, but it was just a border I chose from Shutterfly's fourth of july section! (they have some really cute things there!) ;)

Oh, and p.s. that cradle crap kit did nothing for Connor. He either has it really bad, or that is just a hoax to make $$ and my friend got lucky! I tried it two nights in a row, it's still there. Back to the hats!

[Koala_Gurl]

Well, DD did pretty good on her shots! She didn't really notice them until the needle was coming out on shot #2 (out of 4). Her eyes just became saucers, and a split second later came the sobs / screams. But after all was done, she was OK, a bit crankier today.

Stats were: Length- 24 1/2" (just over 50%), Weight 15 lbs 12 oz (90%). Head - forgot but it was about 50%).

Solids - I told the Dr. I am in no rush, and he agreed that all was going OK, so we will try to introduce the rice cereal just before 6 months. (Unless something changes between now and then). :)

[sunmoonstars75]

Cradle Crap - my mom said to use just a dab of Head and Shoulders mixed in w/their regular shampoo. The girls never really had it, so I don't know if I really recommend it or not, but thought I would throw it out there. And a infant massage workshop I went to suggested canola (or another edible) oil for the massage, which included the scalp. The edible is supposed to help in case they get some on their hands and eat it, plus the skin supposedly absorbs it easier.

Shots - we have them on Friday, and not looking forward to it. At least this time, the girls are nursing w/o the shield, so I can comfort them a little afterwards with that. I am looking forward to seeing how much they weigh. DH & I think in the 12's, but my mom thinks in the 14's - we'll see who is right!

They are both rolling from their belly to their backs, but only from their back to 1/2 to 3/4 of the way to their belly before rolling back in to starting position. And are they talking up a storm! They are my kids, after all ;) And we are finally out of our 0-3 months stuff, looking forward to a whole new wardrobe. They aren't really napping for their dad at all during the day, but somehow the magic of mom (or her boobs ;) ) puts them out right when I get home.

I can't believe there is a March 06 mommas thread already! Seems like just yesterday I POAS and here I have two four month olds! Time sure has been flying!!

[cgmom313]

Hello Everyone - I was a longtime lurker on WC after I was married and then in my friends journal who was getting married and then stopped until I became pregnant/miscarried and pregnant again. I didn't start posting again because of being busy with my job, pregnant, marriage, etc. I am sure ya'll know the excuses However I have found great info to some of my questions of being a new mom from the family message boards of the March Mamas, I thought it was time to join. So here are my stats.

Me: Amy (35) Yikes I feel so old.
DH: Patrick (37)
Married: 10/23/99
DD: Catherine Grace 3/13/05

Catherine just had her 4 month check up yesterday. She is quite a big girl. 19 lbs and 25inches long. She had her shots which was no fun for me. She was fine, just a little fussy. Catherine has very sensitive skin so we are also dealing with excemza (sp?) and cradle cap. The dr said to use cortizone cream twice a day and head and shoulders on the cradle cap so we shall see.

I just got back to work so I am dealing with that also so I look to learn from all of you ladies.

[twainny]

Welcome Amy!!! Glad you are joining!!

Not much is going on here. It has been sooo hot. I was wondering what your babies sleep in? I never know what to put Eli in. Usually just a onesie when we don't have the air on, but now with the air on I don't think that is enough, but long sleeves seem so warm. (DH sleeps in just boxers and I sleep in light weight PJs and we use just a sheet, just to give you an idea what we use) We give him a blanket, but as you could guess, it doesn't stay on him very long, it is more for snuggling.

[Chylynn]

QOTD: My DD sleeps in footed pajamas and has been since she was 3 weeks old. She won't let us swaddle her and when we did, she would stay awake trying to get out of it. I never felt comfy putting her to bed in a onsie outfit because of the air conditioning and her feet would get cold. I tryed socks on her feet, but she would kick them off too. Stubborn little bugger!

Mag -It was great meeting you and Alison. I can't wait to meet up again in November. Hope everything is going okay with your move.

[katzmeow671]

cgmom313 - Welcome! And you're not old! I'm 34 and I'm not old so you're not either! :p I just wanted to share with you that my oldest DD has excema too and its not fun! You may eventually have to go to a dermatologist but hopefully the cortizone will help you. We only bathe Kayla every other day and use Aveeno bath products and then she puts on Aveeno lotion and that seems to help a lot! Aveeno wasn't so prominent when Kayla was a baby and we lived on Eucerin but I think the Aveeno works better IMHO. Hope that helps a bit!

twaiiny Have you tried a sleep sack for Eli? They make lightweight cotton ones although they are hard to find! We usually put Gracie in a long sleeve sleep and play with footies and she seems fine but when we're too lazy to change her into jammies (and that does happen! :o ), we put her in a sleep sack.

[Brady]

Welcome Amy! Wow on your growing little girl! How much did she weigh at birth? So, two votes for Head and Shoulders on the cradle cap.. I'll have to try it out, heck at this point we've tried everything. The best was when I put just baby oil on it and tried to comb it out (someone had recommended trying it), my little 4 month old looked like Danny Zucko in Grease for about 2 days! lol. I would put water on his head to wash the oil out and the water literally just rolled off of it, it was hilarious.

Re:pajamas We do not have AC in his room, just a fan.. so his onesies have turned into his pajamas. On really hot nights, we've done just a diaper. Before I go to bed if I feel it's cooled down, I'll shut his fan off so he doesn't get too cold. So far, no problems. I did see some cute summer jammies at Baby Gap, like little t-shirts with pants, if you don't feel comfortable with him in the long sleeves..

[LilMarty]

PJs We put DS in a onesie, little pants and socks... sometimes I put him in the cotton sleepsack too.

Took DS to his 4month check up on Monday and he was 15 lbs 2oz and was 24 1/2 in long. He had 3 shots at the appointment and ended up with a slight fever in the evening. The poor guy seemed so sad all evening, would just sit in his chair with a glazed over look. Luckily he woke up the next day fine.

DS will start daycare on the 25th. It will be a tough adjustment (for me!) but I know it will great place. I was so happy when I went for the tour, I thought I would cry! It just seemed perfect. He will just go 3 days a week until Sept and then full time.

[cgmom313]

QOTD - PJ's - We just have a onesie on DD. Since she is such a big girl, and we live in hot humid FL. Even though we have ac, and her feet and hands never seem cold. We used to put her in footed PJS but she always seemed so hot.

Katzmeow671- Thanks for the recommendations. My DR said Aveeno or Dove "sensitiveskin" so I think I will try the Aveeno. The dr said that could be why she has been fussy at night. I may ask you questions regarding it since you have experience with your daughter.

Brady - My DD was 8lbs and 9 ounces at birth and she was 2 1/2 weeks early. However it was destin for a big baby. My mom had big babies and my MIL had big babies it was in the genes. Believe me, she never misses a meal.... :)

[AmyE]

On the PJs issue - we normally put JT in a sleepsack, with just a diaper underneath if it's hot or in a onesie with socks if I think it's a little cool. I found the cotton sleepsacks at babies r us, so you might want to check online. Putting on his "pajamas" is part of his going to be routine now.

Just 12 weeks old and he's now in day 4 of daycare - I'm pretty sure he's handling it much better than I am! He smiles and laughs at the two ladies who take care of him when he sees them now, and I'm the one who always walks away worried. I nurse him at lunch and pick him up by 4, which makes me feel better though. Guess it's good that he's having such a grand time. The stimulation must be good for him, and he's STTN three times this week, which is of course good for me!

[twainny]

cradle cap- well, last night was bath night and we happen to have a bottle of head and shoulders. IT WORKS!!! Just be careful not to get it in DC eyes. I just put a tiny bit on my palm and rub it around on his head and the rubbed the washcolth around too. Seems to have worked for us.

PJs- I guess I will stick with the onesie. He doesn't seem to be cold, if anything warm.

rash- Eli seems to have a rash over his body. At first I thought it was eczema(sp?). But I now think that it is from our detergent. It is only on his torso and he wears onesie outfits (or rompers) 90% of the time. I think I will get a bottle of All Baby (is that the brand that has a baby line?) And see if that works. Unfortunatly, I just did a HUGE load of laundry last night, so DS will have to suffer through another couple weeks of Tide clothes.

I take DS to the doctor on Monday. I can't wait to find out how long he is....

[Brady]

Twainny - Great to hear about the Head and Shoulders! I'll give it a whirl, heck at this point, I've tried everything!

My QOTD - how has everyone done with losing the pregnancy weight? I'm still struggling with the last 10. Of course, I'm also not really working all that hard at it, so I really can't complain. We walk a ton for exercise, but my eating habits are less than stellar... I just need to get my act together! It's strange because a couple pairs of my pre-pg. pants fit me, but not one pair of my shorts from last year do. I refuse to buy new ones. So, yeah.. it's been about 90° the past few weeks and I'm wearing capris. ;) I can just def. notice an expansion, so to speak, of my hips and butt.. I have a feeling I just need to accept it and break down and buy new stuff!

[Chylynn]

QOTD:- I have lost all of my pregnancy weight, but I am still trying to lose weight. I am able to get exercise in with no problem, and I am working on eating healthier! My sister is getting married in a year and I am her MOH, so my goal is to be smaller by then!

[cgmom313]

QOTD - Pregnancy weight - I am back to my pre pregnancy weight however I just feel so flabby in the tummy area. I have no time to work out or even think of going to the gym. This was my first week full time back to work and I am just dead tired. Need to figure out how to exercise!!! I have trouble getting into some of my summer shorts, so I broke down and brought a few pair from Target, and hopefully next summer can fit back into my other shorts. My eating habits right now stink... I was eating so good when I was pregant, now I am stuffing anything I can find into my mouth. Need to change that.

Brady - I hated buying new stuff, but it is nice to have a few things that are comfortable and I am not squeezing into, that made me feel like a big Burrito. It made me feel much better. Just buy a few things to help you through the transition. It made me feel like a new person.

[T&M'sMommy]

I lost my pregnancy weight and another 15lbs I think within 3 weeks after dd was born. But I'd still like to lose around another 40lbs.

[Katie]

QOTD I lost all my pregnancy weight right away and over the past two months I've actually slowly taken off another 10 (below my pre pregnancy weight). So all my pants are actually too big, but my shorts now are just fitting me fine. Strange. I wish I would lose more in my hips, thighs, but
it seems to be my stomach that is smaller - certainly not complaining though!

I think we may have found a solution to keeping him out of daycare. I asked my 21 year old cousin this week if she could watch him for 4 hours one afternoon a week while I worked - it went great, paid her $10/hour and she's willing to do it through the summer! Maybe into fall depending on her school schedule. And MIL may be willing to watch him another day for about 5-6 hours while I work. The rest of my work hours will be evening so DH can watch him then. Praying that this works!

Can I just say how FUN 4 months is! I am loving watching Evan become more and more aware everyday. He just soaks up his whole environment. A couple of weeks ago he began noticing our cat. It is the cutest thing - yesterday we were lying on the floor together and our cat walked by. Evan tracked him across the room and smiled at him. So sweet!

He laughs and giggles all the time! In general he is just a content little boy and it is such a joy to be with him. I get overwhelmed at the thought of how much I am in love with him.

Hope all of you have a great weekend and WELCOME to the new moms!

[Brady]

QOTD I lost all my pregnancy weight right away and over the past two months I've actually slowly taken off another 10 (below my pre pregnancy weight). So all my pants are actually too big, but my shorts now are just fitting me fine. Strange. I wish I would lose more in my hips, thighs, but
it seems to be my stomach that is smaller - certainly not complaining though!


Katie.. if you weren't so nice, I would have to hate you. :p (and really, I set myself up by asking the question, huh? lol.
So glad you have found a solution to daycare!

I've actually been sitting here most of the morning wallowing in how much I hate my job, and just how much I hate working in general. I actually feel like it's getting HARDER not "easier" to do the daycare thing. Like Katie said, he's sooo much fun now and so alert, developing a little personality, etc. I hate being gone from him 8 hours a day, and then trying to cram in all our "fun" time over a weekend. There is only so much you can do between 5-8pm every weeknight. Right now I am carrying the insurance and will be until October 1. Let me tell you, if I wasn't.. I might be walking in my boss' office and quitting right now. It's killing me. October cannot come soon enough. If anything I may just quit then and focus on just finding something part-time, I don't think we could swing me being a SAHM... but I really can't do this full-time working thing anymore.

Okay, end of my Friday vent! Have a great weekend all!

[Katie]

Lisa - You crack me up!

I'm so sorry that you dislike your job so much. I can only imagine how much harder that makes it to have Connor in daycare. :( So you're thinking of quitting Oct. 1 and getting a part-time job? I really hope that you can do that!

I tell ya, there are days (OK, many days) when I wish I lived somewhere other than CA so I could stay at home with my baby. The cost of housing/living here is ridiculous, but my hubby is so tied to staying in CA that here we are. My dad lives in New Hampshire and is constantly bugging us to move out there. Somedays it is tempting ...

[Brady]

Katie... I hear you. I'll probably eventually see you in NH then, as that's where we are going to probably end up! MA is bad (well, not as bad as CA...but what is??)! Whereabouts in NH is your Dad?

[Koala_Gurl]

Hi all!

Sleep Clothes - We are in So Cal, so DD sleeps in a onsie (we have the A/C on at night, but set the thermostat at 77...so it doesn't get super cold.)

Preggo weight - Well, seeing as how I gained just over 70 lbs, I haven't totally lost it all yet. I definitely lost what I would consider the "baby" weight...the rest is just weight I happened to put on while pregnant. :)

[Pookie]

QOFTD Ryan sleeps in a sleeper. He has a fan in his room, so I don't worry about him becoming overheated.
pg weight I'm back down to my pre-pg weight, but I still need to lose more. I feel like I'm trying so hard with no success.
STTN Ryan started sleeping 12 hours at 10 weeks. Of course he picks the week I go back to school to start getting up at night again. He was waking up at 1 and staying up all night. The last few nights have been good, so I'm really hoping it was just an adjustment thing.

Ryan turned 4 months today and what does Mommy do? Lock him in the car at the gas station. It was horrible. We live in AZ, so luckily this happened after it cooled off a bit. I was freaking out. The station attendant called the fire dep. (They're right up the street.) They got there right before my parents did. (DH is out of town, working.) He was fine, but I was sooo scared. I'll definitely never do that again.

[AmyE]

QOTD: Funny you should mention it, but as of today I am within one pound of my pre-preg weight. Of course I celebrated with pizza and a HUGE ice cream cone, so I'm probably back up another one. Sigh. (But it was totally worth it, given the hot and sticky weather in DC!)

DS got up again twice last night - he seems to be back on an every-four-hour schedule, even though he slept 6-9 hours before he started daycare. Maybe just a phase. I hope.

Does anyone know when a baby's eye color is "set"? JT is 13 weeks and still has lovely gray eyes like his daddy, but mine are brown and I know they could still be shifting. Just wondering.

[twainny]

baby weight well, at my 6 week check up I was within 6 pounds of my pre-preggo wieght.. now... hmmm probably 26 lbs. Since I stated back at work I just don't exercise as much :( We went on walks 2 or 3 times a day. But not anymore. Just way too hot! My lovely DH just got a bowflex machine from a friend, so I might use that. If DS sleeps more!! :)

DS is 4 months old today! HAPPY B-DAY! We go get shots today :( He will probably scream his little head off :( But you gotta do what you gotta do. I bet he is about 16 lbs. He seems to have packed on the pounds in the last 5 days!!

[Katie]

OK - vent here! So MIL had offerred to watch baby one day a week. So my DH asks her about it yesterday and it turns out that she now can't "commit" to it since she has things to do on Weds. but would be happy to do it every once in a while. Uh, no that's not what we meant! So now I have to scramble to find someone to watch my son on Weds. We were really hoping to only pay one day of childcare and have a family member watch him on the other day. Otherwise I have no idea how we will swing 2 days of care. It's so expensive here. I am so frustrated. I was stressing so much about finding childcare, thought we had worked it out and now I feel like I'm back at square one. We're only asking for 6 hours once a week. Sigh ... :(

Lisa - My dad lives in Amherst. About an hour north of Boston I believe.

Pookie - My greatest fear is locking Evan in the car! How scary that must have been for you.

[Brady]

Oh Pookie , how scary!! I am so glad the fire dept. was able to get there so quickly. I would have been a mess!! I drive an older (okay, really old) car, and just always leave the door unlocked in the back, yes it's so old it does not have automatic door locks, but seriously it saves my sanity because I know it's always open.

Amy- I've read that eye color isn't really truly set until after a year. I think more so with colors like your son's... I would say if they are bright blue at this point, they most likely will stay that way.. it's more the grays and muted colors, that will keep changing. My son's are the same, my DH has nice hazel eyes, I have brown, for a while my son's were sort of in-between and I kept hoping(!), but they really seem to be getting darker...

Katie- I'm so sorry about your daycare dilemma. Ugh to your MIL. I mean really, one day a week? Sorry, I am just angry on your behalf! I hope she changes her mind, and soon. Keep us posted. Amherst is right around the corner, if you ever go out to visit your Dad- let me know!

Twainny- happy 4 months to Eli! I love this age!!

L.

[cgmom313]

Oh my gosh Pookie you must have been so scared. I think about that happening all the time. 2 of my close girlfriends have done it so now I think I will do it, and I live in Florida, so would have the same fear you did. Don't beat yourself up, it happens.

Katie - Sorry about the MIL thing. Right now my MIL watches my DD, however it is all week. My MIL is so laid back she never tells me how she really feels and if this is ok. She just kind of agreed to do it. Oh I could go on forever about it. We are hoping it will work out to at least the end of the year and then we probably will have to put her in some type of day care, but I am hoping to go to 3 days a week at work. However that just stinks that she backed out. Good Luck. I think that is the hardest part of being of Mother. Figuring out Child Care!!!

[Pookie]

Katie I'm sorry to hear that about your MIL. I hope she can come to her senses soon.

Eye Color My opthamologist said eye color can change until about 3 years, but I have a friend who's eyes changed at year 5. I have brown eyes and DH has blue. Ryan's are still blue, but the color does change depending on what he's wearing.

[lcarlson90]

Pookie: I am so sorry to hear about your scare with locking your baby in the car. You must have been so frightened. It's been 100 degrees here and I am terrified that I would lock my DS in the car in this heat.

Katie: I am sorry about the daycare problems with your MIL. I hope you will find a solution that works well for your family.

Koala Gurl: I remember reading that you are taking your daughter to gymboree. How do you like it? I was thinking of taking Dylan, but I had heard that they don't really get that much out of it until they are at least 1 years old. I was also curious to know who you saw at Valencia Pediatrics for your daughter's check up?

Daycare update: After only 2 weeks in daycare, I have pulled my son out. I was not happy with the daycare center. It was always dark in the room and it seemed like the babies were not being stimulated. They also refused to keep to a schedule with my DS. I worked hard for 4 months to get my DS on a eating/sleeping schedule and they wanted to do their own thing. My mom picked him up from daycare the first week and she was so unhappy that he was there that she cried the entire way home. She has now volunteered to watch him everyday until I find a better daycare.

[Koala_Gurl]

Koala Gurl: I remember reading that you are taking your daughter to gymboree. How do you like it? I was thinking of taking Dylan, but I had heard that they don't really get that much out of it until they are at least 1 years old. I was also curious to know who you saw at Valencia Pediatrics for your daughter's check up?

Yeah, we are going to Gymboree (I think it is more for the parents to get out of the house, but K LOVES looking at the other babies in the class!) I am thinking of checking out the crawlers class though. In the baby class, they are all on their backs for most of the class, and only a little bit of tummy time. DD would rather be on her tummy, so she just sits on her tummy and watches the instructor instead of me (I guess she sees enough of me during the day.)

I saw Dr. Brian. He is really good with babies (personality wise). E.g. he coos at them, talks in 'baby' talk when doing the exam. I also went to Dr. Vicki and Dr. Stern. I liked Dr. Stern, and Dr. Vicki seems like a great doctor, but no real "bedside manner." She was pretty clinical. I don't doubt her expertise, but when others seem to be more personable, I'd prefer that dr. Who have you been to?

[lcarlson90]

Koala Gurl: Thanks for the info on Gymboree. I think that I might try it out.
We have seen Dr. Al, Dr. Brockett and Dr. Brian. I didn't really care for Dr. Brockett because she wasn't very friendly with my baby. Dr. Al was really cute with D. He was talking baby talk and making funny faces. We have our next appt. with Dr. Stern so I am glad to hear that you liked her.

[karilynne_97]

Hi All,

Kassidy just had her 4 month appt yesterday. She's 15 lbs 2 oz and 26 in long!!! :eek: She's a big girl, but by no means fat, she long and lean. DH and I are average height, but come from short families (I'm the tallest woman at 5'4 in my fam) so we're not expecting her to be tall, just a fast grower. Dr said she should slow down over the year.

Shots were awful, for mommy and baby! DH had to hold her down, I just couldn't do it!

The Dr said it's time to stop swaddling to sleep (I think DD's been trying to tell me this by kicking out of her swaddle) and to stop rocking her to sleep. My problem: the only reason we're still swaddling her to sleep is because she still has the startle reflex and wakes herself up. Any suggestions on weaning off swaddling?

I'm sad about the not rocking her to sleep, but DH and I TOTALLY agree with this. Per my parents, I needed to be rocked to sleep from birth to age 6 (I was a spoiled 1st born); I really don't want to get into this habbit with DD. Her current bedtime routine is: bath, massage, bottle, rock to sleep. Dr suggested bottle before bath, but she gets so worked up from her bath (loves to splash) that I feel the bottle helps calm her down. Dr suggested feeding her in her crib; just remember to have her head a little lifted by either putting a pillow under her head or by putting blankets under one side of the mattress. Any suggestions on putting baby to bed while "drowsy" so they can learn to go to sleep by themselves? We've tried this before, and DD just wakes up then starts screaming. No fun!

[Koala_Gurl]

karilynne_97 - We put DD down when she is drowsy, usually after I nurse. Sometimes she rolls over and goes right to sleep. Other times, she will cry for 10 minutes. I usually let her go 15 minutes crying, and 90% of the time, she will go to sleep within that time frame. If not, I go to her, and sooth her for a bit before trying again (it seems that usually when this happens, she is still hungry and will eat more.)

[Katie]

Evan had his 4 month appt. today. Poor sweetie is sleeping off his shots/Tylenol right now. He is out. (Which is kind of nice for momma! The kid barely naps.) So ... my little one - or should I say - not so little is:
18 pounds, 4 ounces and 26 3/4 inches in length! 95% for both! We've got a little chubber on our hands. I suppose this now means that we have to switch him out of the infant Graco snugride since the max is 26"? Guess we have to buy a new carseat. Wow! We got 19 weeks use of that! :rolleyes:

I think my son was mad at me yesterday when I went to work. I was gone for 5 1/2 hours - the longest I've been away from him thus far. My aunt is watching him until I find childcare (more drama with that story!). So when I was gone he barely ate 4 ounces of EBM and would not look at me or smile at me for the first hour when I got home. I was so sad. Working sucks!

I think it's just dawning on my MIL that we are angry with her (re: daycare). I've been screening my phone calls this week b/c I don't want to talk to her right now. She's left two messages already this morning. I'll let my DH settle it with her. I just need some time to calm down. To add insult to injury, a friend of mine who is pregnant just told me that her mom is quitting her job so she can be a grandma. So the search for childcare continues ...

[karilynne_97]

Kassidy is 26 in but we're not switching yet. We just took out the head support thingy. :rolleyes:

[T&M'sMommy]

Actually here's some info about car seats. If you go to www.todaysparent.com and go to the forums, there is a forum called "health and safety for baby". TAM C is a car seat technician. I believe she has said that it is not actually neccessary to move the baby to a new seat if they are overlength. Its Canadian, which is probably different than American standards, but she seems very knowledgeable on carseats.

[T&M'sMommy]

As for getting baby to sleep on their own. I don't think its neccessary yet. 4 months is a little young for a baby to be able to soothe him/her self to sleep. My dd is 3 months and falls asleep in her swing. But we have a routine going. She gets a bottle at 8:00, then goes into her swing and falls right asleep. I then pick her up and put her in her bassinet while still sleeping. She sleeps normally until 5:00am. I'm busy with my 2 year old and packing to move next week, otherwise we'd still be cuddling/rocking to sleep. I am totally one for following a baby's cues and didn't even start CIO until probably about 7 months.

[CMTorie]

Hi...I'm new here...but I was also on WC. I had originally started out in the mom's to be forum...but since it was my second child and since a bunch of my old 'friends' had quit posting or had their posts deleted, I actually quit logging on to WC...now WC doesn't even recognize me to allow me on! :rolleyes:

Anyhow...this is me
Me ~ Torie...28
DH ~ Mike...35
DD ~ Brooklyn 22 months
DS ~ Jake 3 months
SD ~ (step daughter) Kirstin...14 y/o

As for getting the child to sleep...I agree that 3-4 months is too early. Of couse I still don't CIO with my DD and she is almost 2. The way I practice with both of kids is the same. We sit and rock in the glider as I nurse them (my DD gets a bottle of rice milk as she weaned at about 14 months). Then...they go to sleep in my arms. It takes Jake about 5-10 minutes to fall completely asleep (if he didn't fall asleep while nursing, LOL) then I put him in his hammock. Then...it's time for Brooklyn...after her bottle she usually squirms around for about 20-30 minutes before she goes out (because she is older she knows that by going to sleep she is 'missing out' on something so she fights it). I hold her for another 10-30 minutes given what I'm watching...or what I have left to do...then I put her in her crib. Jake goes to bed around 10:45 (our family is full of night owls...dh doesn't even get home from work until 10:15 pm)...and DD is down around 11-11:30. Dh and I go to bed between 12-1. Then...both of them get up somewhere around 5-7 (if I'm lucky not at the same time though) and Jake gets nursed back to sleep in my bed with me...then Brooklyn sometimes wants a bottle but she comes back to sleep with us in our bed too. Then...everyone starts getting up around 9-10

[Koala_Gurl]

...4 months is a little young for a baby to be able to soothe him/her self to sleep...

I thought so too, but it definitely works for us. I had in my mind that I wouldn't try CIO until about 6 months, but DD is pretty good at self soothing, and is good about putting herself to sleep. (Granted, I don't let her cry more than 15 minutes or so.) But, most of the time, she is out before then.

[lcarlson90]

I will let my DS cry for about 5 minutes and then I will check on him and soothe him etc. and try again in another 5 minutes if he is still crying. He usually only cries for a few minutes and then he falls right to sleep.

[Brady]

Hi Everyone..

Katie- Wow on Evan's stats!! Connor seems like a little peanut now! ;) Sorry to hear about more daycare woes, fill us in when you have time. In Evan's case, I would probably switch him out of the snugride, only because he is so close to the weight req. too.

Karilynne - I wish I had some advice. I'm clueless in terms of swaddling as my son hated it from day one, so we never did it. I do sort of agree with you re: bottle after bath, my son is the same way.. he gets all worked up in the bath, so we do the bottle after and he calms down and usually we put him down anywhere from immediately to an hour after his bottle.

I'm not saying this to brag, because believe me the first 3 months my son did not sleep at ALL at night,and I know this is subject to change at a moment's notice... but it was the strangest thing with him. When he was around 3.5 months, he just stopped taking a pacifier.. that is what we had always given him to fall asleep, but he suddenly just wanted nothing to do with it. Spit it out, and has not taken it again since then. So, I was paranoid that this would lead to long screaming fests at night. The strangest part is that when he stopped taking the pacifiers, was when he truly started sleeping through the night. Our night goes something like this- we get home from daycare around 4:45, I feed him if it time.. we'll play, etc. around 7ish I give him a bath, we sometimes read some books, he takes his last bottle and I can usually just carry him into his crib between 8-9 and he'll flip himself onto his belly and go to sleep. Some nights he'll roll around and play, but he has never cried when he's put down, naps are another story... but, he then gets up around 6:30am. Does Kassidy take a pacifier or would she for soothing?

In other news, Connor finally starting rolling over belly to back! So, he can go both ways now. He's also scooting himself all over the place, you know- using his face instead of his hands. :p the worst is when he is on his blanket in the living room, and starts doing his "crawling" thing onto the rug, and ends up with cat fur all over his face. lol.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

[Koala_Gurl]

...and ends up with cat fur all over his face. lol.

Ahhh, I can't tell you how many dog hairs DD must have in her belly by now! LOL! We have 2 golden retrievers, and even if I recently vacuum, there is always hair everywhere. Oh well!

[AmyE]

Sleeping: JT is just past three months, but we've been luckly with putting him in his crib "drowsy." Our ped recommended we let him cry for 5-10 minutes at the 2 month appt, since he was getting too used to sleeping in someone's arms. I only lasted 4 minutes the first couple of nights before I HAD to go in a soothe him, but after day 2, he seemed to figure it out. He often falls into a semi-sleep while nursing, and I wake him up (or try to) before putting him in the crib. Now he'll just look at me a bit, roll over onto his side and suck his hands until he falls asleep. If he gets fussy, we pop in the pacifier and he just conks out. He goes to bed at 9ish, and has been getting up at 3am for the last two weeks. Used to sleep until 6, but then we put him in daycare.....

Daycare: My condolences to those having childcare issues. Tough issue all around, especially if the arrangements you made so carefully don't work out (MIL, bad daycare place, etc) I really hated the idea of going back to work, and was pretty worried about daycare in general. However, JT has huge, whole-baby-body smiles for both the ladies who work with infants. When I've checked in unexpectedly I've found him sound asleep, playing happily with new toys, or doing supervised tummy time. Better than I expected, I admit. I don't quite understand why it interferred with what used to be a beautiful sleep schedule, or even if that's related. He seems to be happy, and that's the important part.

[Katie]

A bit of a vent here. My dear son has decided to try a new behavior and it's driving me crazy! Whenever my DH or I now leave his eyesight we get hysterical screams out of him. He's always liked us being around and if we leave the room for a moment he has generally been content to play in his play gym with little to no problem. This changed last week. I literally cannot walk 5 feet away from him - still in eyesight - without any tears. And if I leave the room to say, get a drink from the kitchen, the hysterics come out. Taking a shower yesterday was a joke. He screamed the entire time. Once I come back into the room or sit next to him on the floor he stops.

It's as if he has learned the power of his voice and knows that crying will bring mom or dad. I want him to know that he can do this and will have his needs met, but I can't always rush to him the second he starts to cry. I think it's also because he has become more aware of us/his surroundings, so when we leave the room he thinks we are gone forever. It is very exhausting. I couldn't leave the house yesterday because I was constantly tending to him. I wonder how long this new behavior will last? He has always been such an easy baby. And if you are sitting right next to him or holding him, he is. I feel as if I'm going to have to start wearing my Baby Bjorn again - in the house.

Not really looking for advice, just wondering if anyone else is/has gone through this and how you handled it, how long did it last?

[Koala_Gurl]

Katie - I think this is a pretty normal stage...it means they are developing "object permanence," meaning that before, when something was out of sight, it was forgotten about. Around this age (4 - 6 mo, I think?) they start realizing that when things disappear, they are gone.

We haven't gotten there (yet), but try playing Peek-a-boo type games?? Make disappearing a game (work slowly?)

[cgmom313]

Katie - My DD is 4 1/2 months old and she has just starting doing this. Not quite yet to the extent you posted but I have noticed it. I agree with Koala Girl, that they start remembering objects/things. Over the last week, if I am in the room playing on the floor with her and I get up to answer the phone she starts crying or She is playing on the floor and I am just sitting next to her reading the paper or the mail she is fine but the moment I get up she starts to fuss. I guess it is something we have to try to work through with them.

So to answer your question you are not alone.

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[karilynne_97]

[QUOTE=Brady]Does Kassidy take a pacifier or would she for soothing?
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She LOVES her pacifier! Which is another issue: she'll wake up in the middle of the night crying for it. As soon as we put it back in her mouth she's out again. Just another reason, I guess, to wean her from the swaddle. She's started holding onto the paci and pulling it out of her mouth; hopefully soon she'll learn how to put it back in! :p

[Pookie]

Kari Ryan does the same thing with his binky. I'm okay if it's just once a night, but sometimes it can be an all-night thing.
Katie Ryan does the same thing if I leave the room or let someone else hold him. I've heard it's just the normal 4 month separation anxiety. I've heard they got throught this stage a few more times, too. Not sure if that helps, but you're not alone.

[Brady]

Hi All..

It's so quiet over here! ;) Well this weekend Connor joined right into the stranger anxiety phase... We went over to my mother's house and when my brother picked him up (he sees him only once a month or so), Connor just sort of looked at him and then the lower lip came out and on came the waterworks! lol. Poor thing. He was fine after I took him for a bit, I guess he just needed to get used to him again. I felt badly for my brother! He hasn't really done the crying when you leave the room thing yet...

I can't believe he is going to be 5 months old on Friday! He's still just as cute and happy as can be and I just really feel so unbelievably blessed.

I'm having a really hard time lately with this whole working mom bit. I'm really hating my job and it's truly killing me every morning to drop him off. This morning I was up around 3:30 and literally just staring at my ceiling for 3 hours trying to figure out if there is ANY way possible that I can stay home with him. Or, I think I might be okay if I only worked 2-3 days a week... I just can't do this 5 days a week. It's making me physically sick lately. Ugh.

On that note, I have to get back to this stupidjob. :mad:

Hope everyone is doing well!!

[twainny]

Just wondering when everyone is thinking of beginning solids? I am thinking of starting DS on solids over Labor Day weekend (he will be 5 months, 1 week at that point). Just wondering what others are doing/are thinking of doing. I think I will just give him a little rice cereal at night to begin with.

[cgmom313]

I am right there with you Brady, I can not believe my DD will be 5 months old on the 13th. She is doing something new everyday. This weekend, she started blowing rasberries. She just laughs and laughs each time she does it, makes my heart melt.

Brady - I as well am having a hard time with the whole Working Mom thing. I am trying to see if I can cut my hours back and see if I can swing working 4 days a work starting in January. Few minor things to consider. See if my work will allow me and $$. We shall see.

This past weekend we went to my niece's 2 yr birthday and it was weird to think at her 1 year birthday I was 5 weeks pg. Even my Dh mentioned it to me. He looked over as I was holding her and said this time last year you were just a little peanut. Amazing. My SIL did a finding Nemo theme for her and it was really cute. My SIL however is about 8 1/2 months pg so I tried to help her out as much as I could. I want a 2nd child, but not sure when and if we are going to do it. I just see the 2 year and the work my SIL does with her, I have no idea how she is going to do it with a newborn and a toddler.

Anyone on this thread have 2 kids close in age? If so how is it going. It took my a while to conceive this first one and if I want a 2nd would need to decide when to try, as well as my age. I am not getting any younger. :p

Solids - twainny - There will be so many opinons on this. I think every book, ped, parents does it different. My DD will be 5 mths old on the 13th and we just started spoon feeding her cereal this past week. She is doing great and really eats it. My ped at her 4mth wbv said I could start her anytime. My ped said since she is holding her head up strong and if she has an interest when we are eating to go ahead and try it. My DD at the dinner table just stares and is interested in what we eat so we decided to try it. My ped said once you try cereal for a week or so you can begin to introduce fruits. Start with one at time for a whole week to ensure there are no allergieres. I know some people dont start until 6 -8 months.

Have a great day ladies.

[Koala_Gurl]

Solids - Probably waiting until 6 months...more than anything, since BFing is so easy...and the lazy part of me wants to enjoy the easy part as long as possible! ;)

New Question - Anyone doing Gymboree?? I have DD in the babies class, and I was talking to a friend of mine about the stuff she did in her babies class, and I was pretty blown away to see how different they were. Our class pretty much does not get up from the circle on the floor. (Her class was doing things on the big ball, etc.)

[twainny]

AmyE - did you see on the local threads that the MD/VA/DC people are having a get together on the 28th of this month... we are still deciding on a place. Check out that thread if you are interested.....

[Brady]

CGmom- My friend has two daughters. They are 15 months apart. I know early on it was SO hard for her... middle of the night feedings with the newborn, and the 15 month old not sleeping, etc. I think she felt really stressed too that she wasn't giving the amount of time to her older daughter that she wanted to.. things like that. She's been saying it's getting a little easier with her little one getting a bit older (she was also born in March), but it's still a juggling act. The first time I visited, my reaction was pretty much this- :eek: lol. Needless to say, I went home and told my husband I would like to have at least 3 years between kids. ;)

Solids- We've done some rice cereal and oatmeal here and there, mostly for my own amusement rather than my son's nutrional needs. He just likes to play with spoon for the most part. He's def. interested though, and I'm excited to start on "real" food, and will at 6 months. We're not very consistent with the cereal though at this point.

Gymboree- It's funny because I actually just drove by a place near my house and saw a big sign out front that Gymboree had opened. So, I don't have anything to say on it right now, but I'm going to check it out and get a schedule...

ETA- Twainny- I just noticed your sig. When are you moving(?) to Alaska?!

[twainny]

Brady- Nope... we just got back from Alaska yesterday. We went on a cruise up there, it was awesome!! Though not very relaxing with DS :( He was up at 2am....Thanks for noticing, I need to change that...

[Katie]

Lisa I'm so sorry that you are having a hard time with working. I can only imagine how difficult that must be! I really hope you are able to work something out - and sooner than later!

Solids I'm thinking of waiting to start until 6 months, but I may cave in earlier. His ped. OK'd it to start, but I told him I wanted to wait until 6 months. He said that was OK, but not to go longer than that because he might not be interested if you wait too long. I thought that was interesting. He did say that if Evan seems like he's still hungry after I feed him it may be time, but for now he seems content after a feeding. Although with his general fussiness these days it's hard to tell... And Evan is so interested in whatever we eat. He actually reaches out for food or cups, it's so cute. He was chewing on my Starbucks lid the other day!

I've been reading a book called Super Baby Food recommended by a friend and it's getting me excited to start feeding him. I plan on making his food, so it should be fun.

Gymboree I just picked up a flyer on this at Gymboree the other day, but I don't really know what they do. Can anyone tell me what exactly happens in a class, how old do children have to be, cost, etc?

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As far as Evan goes, I'm not sure what's happening with him. I guess it's just a stage. But he has days where he is super fussy. Nothing can calm him down. If you walk away he screams bloody murder. If you pick him up he might continue to cry/fuss. He won't eat when he's like this, but I don't think it's hunger. And I don't think it's teething either. So strange. It's times like this when I really wish he could tell me what's going on rather than trying to guess and being unable to console him. It's as if he's developed colic, but at 4-5 months old! But then he has good parts of the day (mornings are best) and today he's doing great, so it baffles me...

We are driving up to my mom's tomorrow - a 9 hour drive! We'll see how Evan does. He usually sleeps when we drive. Our plan is to leave in the afternoon and I'll sit in back with him to keep him entertained and hope that he doesn't fall asleep until later, so he sleeps when he normally would sleep at home. We shall see how that goes! We won't arrive until midnight, so I'm hoping he'll stay asleep or fall back quickly once we get there.

[Koala_Gurl]

Gymboree - I think it is more for the moms to get out of the house! LOL!

We are enrolled in the baby class (the gymboree website is pretty good: http://www.playandmusic.com/b2c/customer/home.jsp) THe age is 0 - 6 months (we had a 5 week old start the class). I took K around 3 1/2 months (more because I was too lazy.)

In particular, this class is very mellow and geared to the 2 month old in general. They do tummy time (with a mirror on the floor), baby massages, some silly songs & interaction with the baby. A friend of mine who took the class in AZ did a lot more than we do, that is why I asked if others were doing it as well.

It is only a 1/2 hour, but it is nice to get out of the house, and talk to other moms (and we occastionally go out for lunch or ice cream after.) :)

[lcarlson90]

Solids - We started DS on rice cereal in the mornings when he was 5 months (about 10 days ago). I don't think that he really likes it. There was 1 day that he actually ate it and I got excited but it was just a fluke because he hasn't really been interested since then. My mom keeps telling me to try fruit but I wanted wait until 6 months for that.

Gymboree - I am planning to take DS but I was thinking I might wait 3 weeks until he is 6 months old because they have another class that starts at 6 months. I have Friday's off and it would be nice to go then but I am not sure what their schedule is.

[Pookie]

Solids We put a little bit of rice cereal in DS's bedtime bottle, against our ped's thoughts. We'll probably start actually feeding him around 5/ 5 1/2 months. Our ped leans more towards the 6 months and veggies first thoughts.
Koala Where in AZ is your friend? I've thought about starting Gymboree, but we do 2 playgroups, too.

I had PIH (pg induced hypertension) while pg. It usually goes away by 6 month PP. Ryan is 4 1/2 months and I had a endo appt today. My bp was really high. (I've had a really stressful week.) Now my endo wants to start me on bp medicine again.This stresses me out to think about all of this again. He said future pg would probably go the same way. ( I spent time in the hospital on bedrest.) I know I'm very lucky to have a healthy baby, but I just wanted to be over all of this already. :mad:

[cgmom313]

Gymboree - I stopped by the place to check it out and get prices, but my summer has been so busy, I may also wait until next month when she is 6 mths old and I also will have Fridays off so I can spend the day with and maybe meet some other Mommies. I heard it is really fun when they get to 6 months or so.

Pookie - Sorry about the high blood pressure. :( I hope it slowly goes away for you.

Ok I have a question. Do any of you give you babies a bottle with just water in it? My mother is visiting me this week. Well not really me but her Grandaughter. I love her but she sometimes just drives me crazy. She is so "old school" mentally. She keeps harping on me that I have not given my baby a bottle with water in it. I asked my ped at her 4 mth wbv and she said it is not necessary because she gets all her water from formula, and my ped said sometimes if you give them water to early they may start refusing the formula. I told my Mom this and I get the normal answer from her, well we did things different "Back in my day" UGH!!! She is only here until Monday.

Ok one more vent and then I am done. Right now my MIL watches my DD since I have been back to work. The agreement is until the end of the year and then in January we will put her in Daycare. We have found a great place and in a way I am excited because she will be 10 months old and really need true playtime/structure/teaching, something I dont think my MIL can do. (MIL has a replace hip and cant really get on the floor) Well my mom keeps going on and on at how terrible it will be to put her in a daycare. She makes me feel worse than I already do. I work full time and have a great job and can balance work/family life. I am looking to cut my hours back as well in January. Her comments are really getting to me, finally this morning I said "Are you trying to make me feel bad about putting her in Day Care" She said Oh no honey I would never do that. :rolleyes: Maybe she will stop now. Ok sorry, I just needed to get that off my chest, she makes me so mad sometimes.

Sorry for such a long post, ok I feel better. :)

[Brady]

Amy- The ol' "back in my day" spiel, eh? lol. (sorry!). My MIL was/is famous for those... i feel for you. But to answer your question, No- no bottles of water here. Like you said, he's getting the water in formula and certainly doesn't seem overly thirsty- so why would you? I think after so many months, it is recommended.. but don't quote me, as I don't have the specifics on it. I honestly feel for you too with the mother/daycare thing... I had a VERY hard time even thinking about putting my son in daycare, I cried through a LOT of my pregnancy even thinking about it- and my mother was no help, she would call me up and say "I can't stand the thought of your baby in daycare, I almost started crying today.. yada yada". Okay, Mom- NOT Helping!! :mad: But, I will say that I think the age your DD will be when she starts will be wonderful for her, now that I have gone through daycare, I do see the benefits for the older kids, etc. and I am much more at peace with it, as I do know he is fine... I just still wish I could spend more time with him/cut my hours back more. I'm just babbling, sorry I'm not really helping! But, I sympathize.

I can hear someone cooing over a baby in the hall.. must go investigate!

[Koala_Gurl]

lcarlson - Since I actually have the Gymboree schedule sitting right next to me...there is a "Gym Crawlers" class at 1:30 on Friday. :) (This is the 6 - 12 month play class...there is also a "Music" class on Saturdays at 9am).

Pookie - My friend is in the Scottsdale area (north part)...how about you?

cgmom313 - If you want more ammo...I think giving water before a certain point (6 months maybe??) can really throw a baby's electolite balance out of whack (I read this somewhere.)

Day Care - I am a day care baby myself, and I happen to think it was the greatest thing! I learned to be independent, social, etc. :)

[twainny]

I guess I am in the minority here. I don't mind working. I could see myself doing part time, but I couldn't see myself being a stay at home mom.

I think daycare is good for kids. My neighbor is a SAHM and I think her kids are slow socially and mentally. (now I know MOST SAHM around here still take their kids to pre-k, but this lady doesn't) I also think that it is actually good for kids to get colds. It might be a PITA for the parents, but good for the kids immune system.

water- we haven't given DS anything but EBM. But I did read in the baby super food book that you should give them water after meals, it helps with digestion. And you should try to give them a cup (or sippy cup) so they get use to the idea of a cup.

Pookie- take it easy. I hope you BP goes down!!

[katzmeow671]

So much to catch up on here!! Today is Gracie's FIVE month birthday! I can't believe it! How did she get to be five months old already?? She's been here almost half a year??? Can't be possible!

Daycare Its going ok. Our favorite teacher had to quit because she hurt her back so I'm not thrilled about that but hopefully they will hire someone just as sweet.

Gymboree I went to the website today to find out where and when the classes were around here and would you believe there isn't a class within a 25 mile radius of our town?? I live in a major metropolitan city with several Gymborees and none of them have classes??

Solid food Now that Kayla is home from CA (YAY!) we're going to start giving Gracie rice cereal and see how that goes. Our doc wants us to wait until 6 months before we start the other food though.

Water We have the ok to give water in a bottle and have done it a couple of times but not on a regular basis. Gracie was sooo hungry all the time and the doc thought it would help level her out to substitute water if she woke up in the middle of the night. Also its so darn hot here they recommend the water to combat dehydration if you're going to be outside and such.

Are any of the March babies trying to sit up yet? Gracie can do it for a couple of minutes on her own but I stay right behind her for when she topples over. Its so cute! I can't wait until she can sit independently and really play with toys. She's so fun to watch in her Exersaucer too!

[Koala_Gurl]

Betz - That first pic so SOOO cute! Gracie is such a cutie!! I just wanna scoop her up and hug her!

Sitting - DD will sit for a few seconds unsupported. She is up on all fours, trying to crawl (she doesn't quite crawl, but she can move from point A to point B.) She also pushes herself to a one-butt-cheek sit.

Oh, and raspberries galore! (Between that and growling, I am not sure what her favorite noise is to make!) :)

[Amandafl]

I would love to join the chat!

Amandafl

Me: Amanda 34
DH: Joe 33
Married: 9-22-01
DD: Leah 9-25-02
Laura 3-18-05

[AmyE]

Twainny - thanks for cluing me in. I had no idea that there were local threads! I'll check it out now.

Daycare: DS loves his daycare place. If you have a good one, I don't think you should feel guilty. And like twainny, I also like being back at work, especially since it's only 9-4. I don't think I'm cut out to be a SAHM, although my husband would DEARLY love to be a SAHD!

Solids: Not started yet. We'll have the 4 month visit in a couple of weeks, and see what the doc says. I think I'll be fine until he's six months, unless for some reason I can't pump enough milk to hold him through daycare AND feed him at home. We'll see.

Water: Nope, haven't done that either. Definitely old school. On this sorta thing, I would follow the ped advice. My MIL is also old school, but only because she hasn't been around babies much. She put him down for a nap on his tummy once, but not again after hearing about the SIDS connection. I'm lucky that she is very understanding and hasn't intruded on my role as mom. "Course, she also lives on the opposite coast, so I know she's trying to make the visits as easy as possible. Works out for both of us.

[Brady]

That picture of Gracie in the exersaucer makes me laugh because she just looks so BIG! Connor looks like a little peanut in his (and he's only 2 days younger), lol. I'll have to come back and post a pic.

Sitting- Just today he did it for a whopping 10 SECONDS on his own! ;) I was actually just talking to my mother and saying how a "March baby friend" was already sitting up and she told me, well- girls do things quicker than boys. LOL. Chalk that one up to another "old school"! (or, I think in my mother's case she just compares me and my brother and assumes everyone is the same).

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Today at work one of the women had her granddaughter in. She was born in April... but she seemed so TINY! Seriously, I think I am already mourning the fact that my little boy is already 5 months old! :rolleyes: I love watching him grow and seeing the changes in him everyday, but I already miss the "baby", you know?? I guess I can see why people just keep having babies... ;)

[twainny]

welcome Amanda !!!

Katz- Hey... welcome back... I was wondering what happened to you!! Gracie is tooo cute!!! How do you do your pics. along the edges? I am assuming in Photoshop?

Eli is sitting up too!! He is such a BIG BOY!!! Growing up sooo fast. He is so trying to crawl. He can lunge(?) forward, but that is about it. He does go in a complete circle on his belly, it is super cute :)

It is sooo funny that people say Eli is soooo big for a 4 month old (almost 5 months :( ) But he is at 50% for weight... but 75% for height. I don't think he is overly "big" maybe people just aren't use to seeing "babies" I dunno. But it sometimes bugs me.

[katzmeow671]

twainny Not a clue how to use Photoshop although I hear its lots of fun!! Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com) lets you do the borders and the captions. I know what you mean about the "big baby" comments. Gracie is large for her age but I don't think she's overly chubby by any means. In fact she's really leveled out in the last month or so.

Welcome Amanda!

[cgmom313]

Welcome Amanda - Where are you in FL? I live in FL? Our DD are only 5 days apart.

All - thanks so much for listening to my vent. I agree I don't think I can be a SAHM, and feel very confident of the childcare situation. As well as cutting my hours at work. I knew you would all just listen and give great advise. Only have until monday to continue to hear the old "back in my day" spiel. Funny I heard her again this morning, I showed her the shopping cart cover I have and the first thing out of her mouth. Well.... Back in... and I stopped her and said this is not back in the day. :rolleyes:

Sitting Up - Not quite, can do it maybe for 10sec. My DH calls her rollypolly.

Katzmeow- My DD has that same exersaucer and she loves it. I think we both have big girls cause your Grace looks about the size of Catherine. My DD weighed 19lbs at her 4mth wbv. Too cute :)

Brady - I am right there with you can not even believe she is going to be 5 mths old. Time just flies by.

Have a great day ladies.

[twainny]

DH wanted me to ask if anyone's baby does what DS has been doing lately. He will flip over to his tummy, and then do a "skydriver" move, lifts his hands and legs off the ground (like he is in a free fall!). It is the funniest thing. Anyone else's baby do this??

[Brady]

Twainny- We call it "swimming"! But yes, my son does it all the time, he lifts and then flails so it looks likes he is trying to swim across the rug. It's so cute.

Speaking of "so cute" :rolleyes:
This morning I almost had a heart attack. I had got up around 6 and went in to check on Connor, he seemed to be stirring in the corner of his crib (you know since god forbid he sleeps in the CENTER of the crib), but I just let him be. I heard him cry out about 15 minutes later.. go in, and he had his leg WEDGED through one of the crib slats and his head banging against the side!! He had kicked/moved so much that he tore his bumper off and got himself
into that position!! YIKES. He was fine, I think he bumped his head.. but all was well after about 5 seconds of some bouncing around his room. He just cannot sit/lay still for 2 seconds. Scary. I don't know what else I can do short of supergluing the bumper onto the crib... or supergluing the baby on his back in the center of the crib! ;)

This leads me to my question-

Crib bumber- Yes or No?
We started out without one, and when he started rolling we put it on. Of course if he's just going to kick it off, some good it does- eh?

[twainny]

that happened to DS too, when he started moving. We didn't have the bumpers either... I have added them. I told a co-worker and she said that when they start moving you are suppose to REMOVE them... I just don't get it either.

[Brady]

I don't get it either.. so you remove the bumper and then they hit their heads/get their legs wedged in the slats.
Can't win!!

[katzmeow671]

Our ped said the same thing... remove the bumpers when the baby starts to roll. Go figure!

[twainny]

Katz do you know why??

[katzmeow671]

Don't know... I'm guessing so that something like what happened with Lisa's (Brady)baby doesn't happen. With Kayla (my oldest DD) we had bumpers on the crib until she was old enough to pull up and use them for leverage. With Gracie we just never bothered with them because I knew they would only be there for a short time.

[Koala_Gurl]

Bumpers - We have 'em on, and have since the beginning. I can't imagine NOT having them, since DD likes to roll all around the crib.

She is now using the bumper as something to suck on while pacifing herself in the crib. (And I even found her "spooning" the bumper.) Time for a "lovey?" :confused:

[Amandafl]

Twainny,Katzmeow,CGmom thanks for the great welcome! I'm glad I came across this group.
CGmom, I am in the Panhandle of Florida.

Solid Food - Tried rice a week ago, and it was not met with much enthusiasm. I think I will wait a little while because she still has that reflex very strongly, where they push everything out with their tongue.

Bumpers- Our bumpers are on. With my first daughter, who is almost three now, I left them on until she could pull up, we didn't want her to have anything to boost herself out of her crib.

Water- Haven't ever given my kids water in the bottle. My mom always tells me that they can get "choked" up on water, not sure if she knows but she did raise my sister and me.

Gymboree- We don't have one in our area, so I have gone to another music class with my first child for almost two years, and I will probably take our second when is about 10 months. http://www.musictogether.com/

[Brady]

Koala - I also found my son spooning the bumper last night! Too funny.

I actually just did some research because the whole crib bumper thing has been on my mind.. I found this article on about.com, if anyone is interested. I'm still not sure what we'll do- remove or leave on.

Crib Bumper Pads
From Heather Corley,


Are They Safe?
Crib bumper pads are a very common baby product, and parents often use bumper pads thinking they are increasing the safety of their child's crib. However, many health agencies and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) awareness groups are now recommending that parents skip the crib bumper, saying the need for crib bumpers has passed and that using these products may actually put children at greater risk for suffocation or death.

Why Do We Use Crib Bumper Pads?
Crib bumper pads became popular in older-style cribs where the slats were far enough apart that a baby's head could become trapped between the slats, posing a suffocation risk. Today, all cribs sold in the United States and Canada are required to have slats close enough together that it's nearly impossible for an infant's head to fit through.

Crib bedding
So why do we still use the crib bumper pads? For some parents, the reason may be as simple as liking the way the bumper pad looks. The matched crib bedding sets in stores are often cute and the package deal makes for a nice coordinated nursery. Other parents are worried about their child's arms and legs sticking through the crib sides, and some worry that the baby will hit his or her head on the crib sides and cause injury. According to Health Canada, it is nearly impossible for an infant to hit his or her head hard enough on the crib to cause bruising or injury. Health Canada also reports that serious injury is not likely when a child puts his or her arms and legs through the crib slats. The baby will either remove their arm or leg from the slats if possible, or make enough noise to alert a parent for help.

Which Groups Have Recommended Against Bumper Pads?
Some major children's safety organizations have recently suggested that parents and child care providers should remove crib bumper pads from baby cribs. The groups include: American Academy of Pediatrics, Health Canada, National Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the First Candle/National SIDS Alliance. Some state and regional Back to Sleep campaigns now recommend removing bumper pads, as well.

Why Do These Groups Recommend Against Crib Bumper Pads?
One reason child safety organizations recommend against crib bumpers is that they pose a risk of suffocation. Just like a pillow or thick blanket, crib bumper pads can restrict a baby's breathing if the bumper is up next to the baby's nose or mouth. Suffocation risk is greatest when babies are very young and unable to move themselves away from potential hazards.
Rebreathing of air is another concern with crib bumper pads. The bumper reduces the flow of fresh air around baby during sleep. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that some infants, when they are overheated or lack sufficient oxygen during sleep, are unable to arouse themselves enough to prevent hypoxia and death. The AAP states that re-breathing of air may in fact be a contributing factor to SIDS.

Solutions
Since many infant safety organizations now recommend that nothing be inside the crib at all, the safest route for parents and babies would be to remove crib bumper pads altogether. For day care centers, the push for increased sleep safety may soon result in states mandating that child care providers no longer use crib bumper pads. For parents who are still concerned about their child sticking arms and legs through the crib slats, and feel that they must use a bumper pad, there are new mesh crib bumpers on the market today that allow more air to flow through the crib.

[Brady]

I wanted to also add- Amanda , welcome and the music together class sounds like so much fun! What is it like exactly? I was just checking out their website, and couldn't really figure out what goes on...

Of course, I then noticed that they do not have any Saturday classes. So, it might be a moot point anyways... :mad:

[T&M'sMommy]

Sorry I've been busy unpacking from my move. Will be able to catch up soon :-)

[twainny]

bye

[twainny]

Yooo HOOO it worked!

[katzmeow671]

Oh Anne!!! He's adorable!!!!!!!!! :D

[Pookie]

Amanda Welcome
Twainny He's too cute. I especially like the second pic.
Bumpers We still have ours on. Now I'm thinking about taking it off. Ryan does sleep with a lovey, so he does have something to cuddle. We also have a mirror toy on the side of the crib for when he wakes up. He also plays with it when putting himself to sleep for his naps.
Koala Ryan's lovey is a little stuffed bear. He's had it for the last month or so. (about 3 months)

[Amandafl]

Brady- Hi! The music class is fun, very interactive. Our teacher uses all kinds of instruments, balls, scarves, basically anything to get the kids moving with the music. My daughter has been going since she was just shy of a year old until now, a