PS Mommy Thread-Newborn to 12 months!

[ChinaCat]

Happiest birthday wishes to the lovely Fiery and to Kyle!

Fiery, you make PS a better place to be.

I didn''t even THINK about the birth certificates. I have no idea if we had to send off for it, or if we have it or if we need to do something about it. It''s all a fog to me. I have a slight memory of perhaps someone at the hospital getting paperwork from us to do so, but maybe that was for his SS card, which I know we have. Hmmm.

And MGal, very jealous of that DL thing in AZ! I still haven''t changed my maiden name, partly b/c I have to go to the DMV and take a new picture and I like my old one, thank you very much.

AFM- I have been officially "released" by my therapist. Went for a follow up today and it lasted all of 30 mins. No need for medication, I''m doing great and no need to go back. Think I was just going through a rough patch with going back to work and no sleep.

O is just getting cuter and cuter every day, I can''t stand it.

 

[Pandora II]

You''ve all made me feel positively exhausted with all this exercise talk. I was always a lazy moo at the best of times in that department - probably why I specialised in competitive shooting at school... any sport that involves being horizontal most of the time sounded good to me!

Happy birthdays to Fiery and sdbe''s little boy!

China - I can assure you that I would make a very tedious relatity TV show, but you are very sweet to think so!

Birth Certificates - we have to go and register the birth in person within 40 days, so DH went to do that and came back with 3 copies of the certificate.

Very boring week here... snow and DH at home with "man-flu"

. The best thing is that Daisy''s ''I only want my mummy'' stage seems to have morphed into a ''I only want my daddy'' stage. Yee ha! I''m loving it.

She''s starting to get very fast on the floor - with this weird crawl thing she does: one leg tucked under, one leg out straight and propel at high speed with hands... if DH or I go to the kitchen or out of the room she''s after us like a shot. She tried to stand without holding on to anything today and went splat after a micro-second thank goodness.

DH had to postpone the second interview for the new job till Friday, but it''s looking positive - they''ve sent him through all sorts of details and have rewritten the job description to reflect his skills more closely which I doubt they''d do if he didn''t stand a good chance. However, till things are signed etc etc...

 

[Mandarine]

Birth certificates Add me to the list of people that had no idea we had to order it. I actually thought we already had it! lol. Funny thing is that I applied for them today before I even read all the talk over here!. I was organizing some papers and there it was, 2 applications for birth certificates that they apparently gave me at the hospital. Who knew!

Exercise

Been exercising since they were 6 weeks...pretty much at least 3 times per week (running/weights/step class, etc) and I''ve cut carbs from my dinners and keep it low carb during the day. SIX WEEKS PEOPLE!!!...and what happens? I gain 3 pounds. Seriously. Not joking. I manage to get fatter...and no, it''s not that I''m gaining "muscle" because everything fits the same way (and by that I mean post preg clothes since none of my pre-preg stuff comes up pass my thighs!). I am so sick of wearing pants with elastic bands (aka maternity pants!). I know it takes time, but seriously...I''m working on it and nothing!.

I ran 4.5 miles today (avg pace 10 min/mile)...which any other day would make me happy...but it sort of makes me mad that I''m out there letting the world see my fat a$$ running on the sidewalks with no results.

Ok, vent over from me and my fat thighs.


Slow cooker We got a slow cooker as a wedding gift and I never used it...until today! (almost 2 years collecting dust!). I made a chicken with mushrooms and onions...it was pretty tasty!. Do any of you have any good (and healthy) recipes you can share?

Napping My boys rebelled today....had an evil plan to pretend they wanted to nap, but not really!. It would go like this: "mommy look at us, we''re SOOO sleepy!". Me: "Great, off to your cribs!". Carry each baby (and they''re chunkers!) up the stairs...Think to myself "FREEDOMMMM! FREEDOMMMM!" and do happy dance on the bottom of the stairs, swinging arms up in the air in a triumphant way . Then 5-10 minutes later...surprise! No naps!..."come get us mommy!!! we wanna play!". Up I go (try to put them back down and fail miserably)...bring back down each chunker and repeat again in an hour or so. It was fun kiddos!

...

I guess it''s bedtime for me (9:45pm)...I''m a party animal these days

 

[taovandel]

Mandarine: Sorry you are having such a rough time with the napping and the excercising....I stepped on the wii fit the other day and I had gained two pounds...are you kidding me! But thankfully I stepped on it again and I had lost .2lbs from the 2lbs I had gained (Soooo woohoo!????). It''s so frustrating. But I guess we have to think about the stupid saying "It takes nine months to put it on so expect nine months to take it off". Not that helpful though in the moment I step on the scale. I''m also in elastic clothes

I was going to get dressed up for our date night (more on that below), but I had NOTHING to wear. It was a huge hit to the self-esteem.

Napping---Evan doesn''t nap either! He takes mini cat naps that also get me excited and then boom he''s awake right when I settle in all proud of myself for getting him to nap. Thankfullly he slept the other day from 9:30 ish to 7:15 the other day. Not sure how he did last night---he had a sleepover with his grandparents (my mom and dad).

My husband and I had won a gift certificate to a restaurant the other day at our work holiday party---so we had a little date night. We went to Carrabba''s and I had an apple martini (mmmmmmm!) The food definitely isn''t good for me trying to lose weight---but hey I needed to get out and enjoy "us" time. It''s hard leaving the baby though....I''m dreading going back to work in a week and a half.

I''m going clothes shopping today---it''s going to be depressing as all get out I''m sure.....if you are in the Va Beach area and you hear a girl crying in a changing stall---that girl is probably me!

But oh well---I have to get some work clothes.

 

[Sabine]

Tao, I don''t know how, but I totally forgot you were in Va Beach! We REALLY need to get together and have a little play date!!!

So do any of you mommies with older babies have any suggestions on a feeding schedule for a LO who only takes 2 naps a day? I FINALLY realized that the reason Jacks was having such an issue with his morning nap was because he''s trying to transition to 2 naps a day and I need to keep him up longer in the morning. So now he takes a 2 hour nap in late morning and a 2 hour nap in early afternoon, which is WONDERFUL, but it''s throwing off his eating schedule.

Also, he goes to bed anytime between 6 and 7. But the past few nights, he''s been waking at 9:30 and crying. I go in, and he acts like he is hungry, and won''t stop crying until I give him a bottle. But as soon as he gets the bottle, he''ll conk back out. When I take the bottle away, he wakes up and cries. I have a feeling this is a habit waking and he''s not really that hungry (he eats 28-32 oz. during the day and 3 meals of solids), but I don''t know if I should try to mess with not feeding him. I only give him 4 oz. at this point, and then he sttn until 6:30/7 AM. I really don''t mind feeding and cuddling him a bit at this point, and I''m a bit worried that if I just let him cry, he''ll fall back to sleep but wake up in the middle of the night needing to eat, but I also wonder if he would stop waking all together if I stopped feeding him.

And lastly, I''m excited that for once, all my friends and I have dhs who are home at normal times tonight, so they are all watching the babies and the girls are going to go out for dinner and drinks! I''m so excited!

 

[cdt1101]

Sabine -

Lex had been a 2 nap baby for a very long time...I don't even remember him taking 3 naps a day......but anyway, here is his current schedule at 7 1/2 months.

Up at around 6:00am - 1st bottle - 6 oz (for some reason he doesn't like to drink a whole bottle first thing in the morning, so we only do 6 oz here)

8:00am - breakfast (usally oatmeal w/ fruit)

9:00am - second bottle - 7 oz

Nap

12:00pm - lunch (usally veggies w/ or w/out barley or whole wheat cereal)

1:00pm - 3rd bottle - 7 oz

Nap

4:00pm - 4th bottle - 7oz

6:00-6:30pm - last bottle before bed - 7oz

That's his schedule for about the last month. In a few weeks I plan to drop a bottle (add a 3rd solid feeding)...just haven't figured out which one yet.

Hope that helps!

ETA: about the waking up, Lex does it too sometimes, usually like once a week. But from very early on, I never offered a bottle because I think at that point it a comfort thing, not need. I would just go in and pick him and bounce him a little in my arms until he fell asleep. sometimes it doesn't work after the 1st time, so I may have to pick him back up. But it's usually no longer than a 10 min process and then he's back asleep until the AM. If you really think Jacks is hungry, maybe increase his last bottle by an oz???

 

[sbde]

thanks for the bday wishes fiery and pandora!!

little j had a lovely 1st birthday - the highlight of course being his first taste of cake. he pretty much looked like this ->

fiery, i hope you had a wonderful time yesterday and were able to get a bit of celebrating done with sophia!

re: birth certificates - the hospital had someone on staff handling all the paperwork and she sent it all in for us. DH had to go to city hall about a month after applying to pick up our copies.

mandarine: give it time! you''re doing everything right, the weight WILL come off, just keep doing what you''re doing.

 

[Blenheim]

Birth certs - Thankfully my midwife gave me all of the paperwork and told me where the office was, so I knew to do it.

Mandy - your day yesterday sounds oddly similar to mine. Mission Nap in Crib is not going so hot. And you are NOT a fat a$$ - you just had TWINS for goodness sake. I''m personally really impressed that you''re already able to get 4.5 miles in. That''s GREAT! By the way, I really felt better going out and getting some clothes that fit right. It''s demoralizing looking at the sizes, but I did feel a lot better once I got out of maternity clothes and sweats.

Tao - hope the clothes shopping went well!

I just gained 2 lbs as well - wonder what is going on with all of us??

Sabine - I''m still feeding on demand.

Pandora - there was a baby at daycare who crawled like that.

Continued dust to your hubby...

George is now trying to stand on his own, and he can sometimes do about two seconds before plopping on his butt. He''s also figured out nodding, and nods vehemently when you say things to him. LOL. He also loves to be upside down right now and can kind of ask us to hold him upside down by arching his back, and sometimes if he''s upset and we turn him upside down he starts giggling. Crazy baby. I bet we look like awesome parents turning a fussy baby upside down.

 

[fieryred33143]

Birth Certificates: I knew to get one (turns out it was right down the street from my home anyway) because Sophia and I don''t have the same last name and our insurance company needed proof that she was my daughter.

Had a follow-up appt this morning and Sophia''s urine came back free of infection! Yay! We still have to check for kidney reflux but both the pedi and I do not believe she has it. Better safe than sorry though.

So, Sophia has hit the clingy stage but not necessarily to me or FI. She just wants someone, anyone, to hold her. I always loved that I could plop her in her crib with her soft rattle while I went to the restroom or prepared a bottle. Yesterday she screamed with tears rolling down a bright red face the minute I was out of sight. She did it to me 4 times and twice to FI when we left her in the room. I had been telling FI for months that being held all day, including for naps, was going to come back and bite us in the butt eventually. I guess he didn''t realize it since she was always really laid back but without me having to prompt anything he had a conversation with his parents to stop holding her so much. She needs independent time.

MIL is not really the one that''s doing it. It''s mostly FIL. MIL does hold her throughout the day because she feels guilty just leaving her alone to play but I told her it was fine and she does let her play on her own. FIL on the other hand cannot leave her alone. He gets really anxious when other people are holding her and when she sleeps and he''s there, she sleeps on his chest the entire time. We''ve told him to stop but he does not listen and since MIL thinks its "sweet" she doesn''t tell him to stop

Anyway, I''m talking to a couple of Directors here and in another company about possible management positions. As soon as I get promoted, ::crossing fingers::, she is going in daycare without a doubt.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 1/14/2010 3:43:53 PM
Author: fiery
Birth Certificates: I knew to get one (turns out it was right down the street from my home anyway) because Sophia and I don''t have the same last name and our insurance company needed proof that she was my daughter.

Had a follow-up appt this morning and Sophia''s urine came back free of infection! Yay! We still have to check for kidney reflux but both the pedi and I do not believe she has it. Better safe than sorry though.

So, Sophia has hit the clingy stage but not necessarily to me or FI. She just wants someone, anyone, to hold her. I always loved that I could plop her in her crib with her soft rattle while I went to the restroom or prepared a bottle. Yesterday she screamed with tears rolling down a bright red face the minute I was out of sight. She did it to me 4 times and twice to FI when we left her in the room. I had been telling FI for months that being held all day, including for naps, was going to come back and bite us in the butt eventually. I guess he didn''t realize it since she was always really laid back but without me having to prompt anything he had a conversation with his parents to stop holding her so much. She needs independent time.

MIL is not really the one that''s doing it. It''s mostly FIL. MIL does hold her throughout the day because she feels guilty just leaving her alone to play but I told her it was fine and she does let her play on her own. FIL on the other hand cannot leave her alone. He gets really anxious when other people are holding her and when she sleeps and he''s there, she sleeps on his chest the entire time. We''ve told him to stop but he does not listen and since MIL thinks its ''sweet'' she doesn''t tell him to stop

Anyway, I''m talking to a couple of Directors here and in another company about possible management positions. As soon as I get promoted, ::crossing fingers::, she is going in daycare without a doubt.

Fiery - I may well be wrong here, but it seems to me from what I have read and seen with my friend''s and families kids that the clingy ''not wanting to be put down'' phase just seems to be a rite of passage and not due to how much a baby is held etc.

We took the opposite course of action and upped the amount that Daisy was held by people in the hope of reassuring her that there was no need to worry. She seems to be a lot better the last week or so - or maybe it''s just that she can get after us under her own steam now!

 

[fieryred33143]

Date: 1/14/2010 5:39:47 PM
Author: Pandora II

Fiery - I may well be wrong here, but it seems to me from what I have read and seen with my friend''s and families kids that the clingy ''not wanting to be put down'' phase just seems to be a rite of passage and not due to how much a baby is held etc.

We took the opposite course of action and upped the amount that Daisy was held by people in the hope of reassuring her that there was no need to worry. She seems to be a lot better the last week or so - or maybe it''s just that she can get after us under her own steam now!

That''s good to now Pandora. I''m going to look into it. I''m just worried that she''s getting into the habit of always wanting to be in someone''s arms since she spends the majority of her day that way. On the weekends we play together but it''s usually on the floor or on my bed so she isn''t really held too much.

 

[mela lu]

Clingy faze?! Very interesting that you bring this up because my little easy angel has been acting up the past few nights. He wakes up in the middle of the night (probably due to teething) and will not go back to sleep unless we hold him in our arms. I wondered if it was because I nurse him to sleep everynight and now he can''t fall back asleep on his own. ?? But he goes down for his naps on his own without being nursed or rocked to sleep, so thats why I was doubtful. He''s also developed seperation anxiety when I leave the room now, so maybe this IS just a small faze of "cling". Hopefully once the teething passes, he''ll go back to STTN and putting himself back to sleep. How long is this separation anxiety going to be around for?

Blen - personal question, only answer if you want to....has AFF returned for you yet? I ask because mine has not and its always on the back of my mind. Just curious.

 

[cdt1101]

Mela - Lex went thru the same thing a couple of weeks ago. He was waking at night, we had a very hard time getting him to go to bed (if I left the room he would freak out) and during the day if I even turned my back to him the tears started! It was crazy! It lasted less than a week for us. Hope Romy returns to his routine soon!

Fiery - I second Pandora...I'm sure it's a phase that Sophia is going thru...see above

btw...I saw you posted one of my wedding pics in a thread over in BWW...thank you!! I love that pic too

 

[Blenheim]

Clingy phase - Ours lasted nearly two months, which is evidently very normal from a development standpoint. It tends to happen when they start being able to physically move away from you (crawling, barrel rolling, what have you). It was really hard on me but means that they''re developing just as they should, at least. I gave George lots of extra cuddles just like Pandora, but made sure that I got me time in (meaning - a shower alone, or a workout

).

CDT, hate to say it, but George had a couple little clingy episodes before it set in for realsies.

Fiery, I''m really glad to hear that the infection''s gone.

Mela - at three freaking months post partum. And I was doing everything "right" from a lactational amenorrhea standpoint, minus the whole working thing: feeding on demand, co-sleeping, he wasn''t taking a paci. GRUMBLE.


Aaaand, George is now able to stand 5 seconds on his own, as well as stand up unassisted from a squating position. Lots of progress this evening in the standing department. It astonishes me how it comes in waves like that.

 

[gailrmv]

Hello friends!

Sorry to be me-centric. But....

Sleep regression help needed I really enjoyed the couple of weeks that A (almost) slept through the night.... but now he''s regressing and for the last couple nights was up 2 and 3x again! So I''m doing CIO again. It SUCKS for me

And I''m sure for him. But it worked the first time in one night... so I think I''m doing the right thing to do it again... advice anyone? He doesn''t seem to have a cold or be teething.


Discipline for a 10 month old So from what I''ve read, you should set boundaries, pick them carefully, and enforce them always. OK, sounds great. My boundaries are no playing in the electrical cords, don''t bother the dog''s bowls or bother the dogs in their dog bed, and no feeding the dogs from high chair. It''s really hard enforcing, though! I have not figured out a way to keep every single electrical cord out of reach. Nor have I figured out how to keep the dog bowls where the dogs can still get to their water, but A cannot get to it. Don''t even get me started about feeding dogs from high chair. I watch him like a hawk, try to prevent the situations from even happening, but when they do I say "no" firmly and remove him from the situation. It just doesn''t seem to have any effect whatsoever! So what do I do, just keep on?

Is anyone thinking about preschool for next year? A will be 18 months in the fall. Some places near me have a 1 year old class for two half days a week. I haven''t decided yet whether to enroll A. I would love to have the free time but I would miss him!

 

[gailrmv]

OK, I'm back. CIO Failure... I caved and fed him. DH has a busy, early day tomorrow and I felt bad that A's crying was keeping him up...Who am I kidding, I am kind of very weak when it comes to CIO.

This is kind of a tough age. Anyone else's baby wiggle like crazy and crawl away when you are trying to change them? It's annoying!

Mandarine and Phoenix and the other exercisers Awesome! Keep up the good work and you will start seeing results. I say that, and I'm quite frustrated at my own situation - 10 months out, ~20 lb up, exercising hard 6 days a week. Training for a half marathon, in fact. Doesn't seem fair, does it? I told DH to start saving for my "mommy tuck" after Baby 2.


Pandora hello!

Loved the recent pics of Daisy. Wishing your DH a fast recovery and great luck on his job interview!


Fiery Happy belated bday! Hope you get your promotion!!!


Sabine Hope you are having a great ladies night! Have a margarita for me!

Blen How exciting that he can STAND on his own!!!!! Methinks walking won't be long...

Birth certs We had to order it. We got a paper from the hospital that had instructions. It was not hard; I think I did it by mail. That time is kind of a blur though. Now I'm thinking we should maybe get a passport.... not that we're likely to go jetting off anywhere, but you never know, right?

Clingy phase I don't think A has had one too badly, well, unless you count the first 3 months of his life. If he's clingy at all it's at night when he wants to be held, but I think that's a different set of issues. He still likes to be held, but as he's getting more mobile, he's more content to play by himself with me nearby.

One thing's for sure... as soon as you solve one problem, something else crops up... he's crying again..... blah.

 

[Blenheim]

TDM - G is a mad man when I try to change him off of the changing table, but knows that he needs to lay still for a minute if I put him on the table. We've also hung a mobile over it (got the idea from daycare), which helps immensely. He just stares at it. If I change him on the floor, it needs to be the type of diaper where I can change it as he is crawling away.
ETA - if he does start wiggling, I tell him that he better stop wiggling or I'll EAT him, and if he keeps it up I pull his shirt up and start "munching" on his belly. This almost always sends him into giggling fits and he stops wiggling around.

Sleep... G's going through a sleep regression too, and I just don't know.

Re: discipline, we have oddly similar boundaries (no chewing electric cords, no yanking on doggy fur or tails, stay away from water bowl) and I just keep on reminding and redirecting ad nauseum. I hope it sinks in eventually. Our dog food bowls are down only as the dogs are being fed and they know that they need to eat it then or it goes away, and so G's at least not trying to eat dog food. Just their water.

I think the places here require potty trained for preschool? My cousin's trying to PT her 2 y.o. right now for that reason. But G's going to go back into daycare if we both go back to work, for obvious reasons.

Fiery - Hope you get the promotion too!!

 

[Mrs]

Hi mamas!

It''s been a while since I''ve posted - been busy elsewhere but I do try to check in on y''all a couple of times a week.

Sage will be 10 months old in a few days and she''s doing great. She''s tiny (3rd % for height and 10th for weight at her 9 month check up) but has lots of rolls so the dr''s not worried. She''s still happy to sit and play (no real crawling yet though she does scoot a bit as needed) and she loves to stand up at her sit and stand toys. No teeth yet though she''s eating any and everything we put in front of her. I think she may turn into a cheerio one of these days...

Re: working out. I was inspired by Blen (thanks girl!) to do the 30 day shred video and it kicked my a$$ this morning. I''m going to be in pain tomorrow but I''m hoping I''ll be feeling well enough to do it again since I have never been so out of shape as I am now. My weight is fine but I''m just terribly flabby and weak. it sucks.

I''m still thinking about returning to work but only really applying to jobs that seem like a good fit which means I''ve only applied for 3 so far. I went through many interviews for one that didn''t work out and I''ve interviewed for another but have yet to hear. And the final one I just submitted my application for his week so I haven''t heard if they want to interview me yet. we''ll see. Truth is that I''m lov ing being home with Sage so it''s hard to motivate even though long term, for our financial well-being, I know I need to go back to work.

We put an offer on a house right before Christmas and I''m really hoping we get it! It''s a short sale so we''re playing the waiting game. Please send us some positive vibrations!

TDM, Sage had sleep regression as well over the last month when we had family visiting and she had to stay in our room with us - I had to let her CIO again as well and it was no fun but she''s back to sleeping from 7 to 7 now with only one wake up at 5. No idea what to tell you about what to do regarding feeding the dogs. Sage always flings food from her high chair and I try not to respond in any way but it certainly is trying! Good luck!

I hope you''re all well!

Mrs

 

[Dreamer_D]

Discipline A 10 month old is too young to really learn and remember rules. All you can do is watch them and redirect. But don''t expect them to acutally follow what you say. It removes stress. I just created a room in the house where all the cords are hidden away and basically he can do wahtever the heck he wants. And in the kitchen it is also a safe zone with nothing he can get into. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I think many parents become frustrated because they have unrealistic expectations about what is normal behaviour for a child (not anyone in particular, just a general comment). Even if they look at you and laugh while they do it, it is not *bad* behaviour because they do not really understand what it means to have a rule, and why mommy even cares if they do it in the first place! so a child isn''t bad if he keeps trying to eat the dirt in the potted plant, and a mom isn''t bad if her child doesn''t listen when she says no either. He is just too young to know what the heck is going on yet and he is exploring. So I figure it is simnplest just to move the plant

If I am sitting right there I will say "Not for Hunter." and move his hand away, and he will listen, but it is much more fun for all of us to just eliminate the issue.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Hey Mrs Do you feed Sage at 5? Hunter always woke at 5:30 and I was feeding him, and I finally figured that he was waking at that time *because* I was feeding him and so his bio rhythm started at that time -- he usually pooped the. So I basically just stretched when I went in there by about 15 minutes each day, going in at 6am. He would grumble and talk for that half hour but not cry. After a week he started sleeping until 7am!! Worked a charm!

 

[Pandora II]

Clingyness - I''ve had the exact same clingy thing as Blen... a couple of small episodes and now nearly 2 months of it although we seem to be coming to the end of it at the moment. It''s totally tedious and annoying while it lasts!

I''m going to do an evening class from 6.30 - 8.30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays starting in a couple of weeks and I hope she''ll behave for the babysitter then - who I still need to find as my cleaning lady has given a definite no. grrrrrrrrrrrr

Discipline - I really love Dr. Sear''s ''The Good Behaviour Book'' - as much as anything for the tips on how not to murder your own child! We do the distract/replace/remove routine at the moment and particularly fascinating things that she can''t have we look at together so they''re not so interesting. Things like remote controls/mobile phones etc I just let her play with. I do say ''not for Daisy'' rather a lot and I''ve noticed that with some things - like heading for the bookcases - she''ll stop before she gets there and look at me with this big grin and I just have to do ''the look'' and she''ll come back.

Wrigglers and changing... I''ve moved Daisy into pull-up nappies as it''s easier to get them on and off without a fight!

Sleep - not much advice I''m afraid... Daisy is an angel once we all go to bed and sleeps right through to the alarm or 9ish without. The rest of the time she''s dreadful - especially evenings the last few weeks, waking up every hour or so. I''m just hoping it goes back to one wake-up between 7.30pm and midnight soon!

 

[mela lu]

Sleep - it looks like we''re all suffering some form of sleep regression. All I can see is that the regression is tied to some form of developmental stage; teething, separation anxiety, rolling and crawling, walking etc., and that there is probably nothing we can do but ride it out. iI do believe they will all go back to a healthier sleep pattern once the stage is over. I''m not going to do CIO right now, but once I feel that the teething, anxiety and greater ''exploratory'' learning is over (in this case, he''s just learned how to roll and army crawl), then I may return to CIO. We''re *only* up once, typically around 9:30 pm, so I don''t mind comforting him at that point. If it were in the middle of the night....I may feel differently.

Hi Mrs and Sage!!

Great to see you here! Can''t believe Sage is 10 months! Any pics of that cutie for us?

Blen - yey on your George''s standing accomplishment! He''ll be running in no time. yikes! also, I have no idea what lactational amenorrhea is but it sounds serious.

Sorry to hear about AFF!

Off to change his diaper while he rolls and tries to crawl away.

 

[Blenheim]

DD - Yep.

Have any solutions for keeping the dogs water away from baby?

Pandora - I may go pick up that book.

Mela - Very, very serious

, and you gots it. Lactational = nursing related, a (as a prefix) = no, menorrhea = menses/AFF.

Mrs - great to hear from you! I was wondering how you were doing. Fingers crossed on the house. And Jillian kicks your a$$ but if you stick with it you will see a difference!

 

[MustangGal]

Manderine - I don''t think I''ve ever run more than 1.5 miles, I have no idea how you guys do 3-5! And I LOVE my crock pot. I bought a cookbook for it a while back, but most of what I make is stuff stuff I come up with. Chili is a good one, you can even throw the meat in raw (ground turkey instead of hamburger is a good substitute). And Pot roast works well.

Tao - good luck shopping! Just don''t pay attention to the number on the tag, it actually feels good to get back in "normal" clothes!

Sabine - I hope you had a fun night out with the girls!

Blen - Kyle loves the upside-down thing too! Makes him smile every time

fiery - clingy isn''t fun, Kyle did that for about 3-4 weeks. He cried every time I put him down at daycare, and if he was playing on his own, he wouldn''t let you leave the room. FIL probably isn''t helping too much through. Good luck with the promotion!

TDM - We''ve been trying to keep Kyle out of the dog water for months now. I do a firm "no", then move him to another room. I think he *kinda* gets it now, but he did go swimming in it a few times. And Kyle has thrown so many puffs off the high chair that the dog now has cravings for them, and actually has stolen 2 full cans off the table while we were gone and ate the whole thing. 18 months sounds young for real learning pre-school, but would be great for social interaction. We stopped using the changing table at 9 months, he just squirmed too much! My sitter showed me a trick that works on Kyle, you lay him down and throw a burp rag (or shirt/blanket or his pants) on his face, and play peek-a-boo while changing him. Keeps him distracted almost long enough

.

Mrs - good to "see" you again! And I hope you et the house!


Now Kyle has nother cold

. He was coughing and snotty pretty bad yesterday morning, but the sitter agreed to keep him for an hour so I could go into work and check emails and call the pedi. They checked his ear, which was all fine from the infection, and also checked for strep, since I had it last week. I snuck into the mall on the way home, and he napped for an hour in the stroller while I was shopping for a dress to wear to a wedding. I did find the perfect dress, and for only $40, so that worked out well!

I''m about ready to kill the dog though. Last night while we were out he got on the counter and snagged a 1/2 full can of formula, which he ate the majority of, and also attempted to get into the tupperwear container of baby oatmeal, and tore a bowl to bits. He''s already eaten 2 cans of puffs, and several plastic baby spoons. Not to mention all the pacifiers and toys he''s nabbed over the last 11 months.

 

[mela lu]

Date: 1/15/2010 11:21:19 AM
Author: MustangGal
I''m about ready to kill the dog though. Last night while we were out he got on the counter and snagged a 1/2 full can of formula, which he ate the majority of, and also attempted to get into the tupperwear container of baby oatmeal, and tore a bowl to bits. He''s already eaten 2 cans of puffs, and several plastic baby spoons. Not to mention all the pacifiers and toys he''s nabbed over the last 11 months.

Oh
My
God!

What kind of dog is it? a Pig-Dog? lol

 

[MustangGal]

Lab and golden retreiver mix. So he''s big enough to reach the counters. He didn''t eat any of his dog food last night, guess he was full of formula!

And he doesn''t actually *eat* the plastic, just shred it into tiny pieces

 

[Blenheim]

Heehee, pig dog.

Pandora, I seem to recall you complaining a while ago about your DH having slightly different views about what constitutes quality time with baby? I just walked in on this.

ETA - As you can see, my in-laws have the TV at a diagonal. We've been trying to keep him away from the TV stand, but I'd like to try to figure out some sort of baby proofing solution as that sucker is heavy and I don't want it to fall on him. Ideas? I don't think we can anchor it to the wall given the diagonal. Or can we??

 

[neatfreak]

Blen you can anchor it still. We have ours anchored in a corner. We just anchor in 2 places (which is safer anyway) one on each wall going into the corner.

 

[sbde]

blen, our tv is positioned just like that and i''ve just put up a gate in front of it (like a small superyard, with 2 panels). we figured that even if we anchored it we didn''t want J going up and touching the screen and leaving fingerprints so this works well to keep him far enough from it that he can''t touch it.

 

[Blenheim]

GREAT to know. Thanks! I''m going to head over to BRU for some anchors once naptime''s over.