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PS Mommy Thread-Newborn to 12 months!
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Burk, I am so sorry
That''s truly awful, he must have been miserable. My thoughts are with you and your family.
PG and fiery, I''ll be thinking about you two today as well. I hope it goes better than expected.
We didn''t do anything for Father''s Day (totally broke and sad about it), but I plan to do something for him next weekend. Poor guy has to work tonight so he''s sleeping most of the day anyway. Bummer.
PG and fiery, I''ll be thinking about you two today as well. I hope it goes better than expected.
We didn''t do anything for Father''s Day (totally broke and sad about it), but I plan to do something for him next weekend. Poor guy has to work tonight so he''s sleeping most of the day anyway. Bummer.
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I get this all the time too about Hunter''s sleep. "You are so lucky!" Maybe. But we worked darn hard at his sleeping from the time he was 4 weeks old. Maybe we made a little bit of that luckDate: 6/16/2010 4:49:19 PM
Author: TravelingGal
Yes, you did put a lot of work into it. I still get the same thing all the time. We''ll never know for sure how much of it is the method, or how much is just the make of the child, but at least we know we did everything we could do.Date: 6/16/2010 2:10:30 PM
Author: Mara
Or they somehow imply that my son sleeping pretty well is just fairy-dust MAGICAL when in reality I put a lot of hard work into it, and I possibly went without a lot of baby snuggles, so that we could be at the sleeping well point earlier rather than later. I am super anal about sleep.
You''ll find out that other parents have a way of giving the kid credit for something good, and giving the parent the blame if something is not so good (normal behavior, really). Right now I get Amelia must be well behaved because she is a GIRL all the time from all my friends with misbehaved boys. I put more energy into boundaries and consistency than I ever have when it came to sleep training.I will be interested to see what parents say is your J''s reason when they see he is a well behaved boy.
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Hey guys, just popping in to say I hope you all had great father''s day with your honeys. We had a good day. After going out for breakfast we just hung out at our house because it was raining. Adam loved it because he got to watch the world cup all day.
Burk, so sorry to hear your news. Thinking of you.
Burk, so sorry to hear your news. Thinking of you.
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CIO I did not believe in it. Thought it was evil. Was very much against it. Then 9 months old and still waking 4 times a night to nurse came along and we decided to try it. Turned out to be not so bad, and Hunter didn''t hate us in the morning or develop some sort of strange anxious tick overnight
He sleeps 12 hours a night now and has ever since we used CIO at 9 months old and I am very thankful we decided to do it. All I am saying is, keep an open mind and go with the flow. You may end up making a choice you never thought you would make -- I know I did.
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hope everyone had a great father''s day!! our bbq went great and the pb chocolate cake was amazing. my muffin top is happy.
i made J pear puree today, it was not hard at all and wasn''t too messy. i froze some for myself and gave my mom the rest for this week. we also tried applesauce today (unsweetened organic) and he seemed to not be sure about it at first but then ate about 2oz! we also have plums from our neighbor''s yard we''ll wait to ripen.
yesterday when we were at dinner the waitress was cooing over J and asked what we were feeding him. my little giant.
i made J pear puree today, it was not hard at all and wasn''t too messy. i froze some for myself and gave my mom the rest for this week. we also tried applesauce today (unsweetened organic) and he seemed to not be sure about it at first but then ate about 2oz! we also have plums from our neighbor''s yard we''ll wait to ripen.
yesterday when we were at dinner the waitress was cooing over J and asked what we were feeding him. my little giant.
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Burk-I am so very sorry for your loss. Many hugs to you and your family.
Sha-Thank you so much! After feeling bloated and nasty today you uplifted my spirits! Thanks girl!
D is so beautiful! I love her outfit! What a cutie!
We took J to her doc and she says that J can have water and rice cereal mixed with formula or BM. She will turn 5 months on the 5th of next month.
What are u guys giving your bebes now? What brands shall I try etc. I gave her some mixed in with Enfamil Lipil Gas & fusiness blah blah (purple label) and she hated it. Maybe because she tried this formula for the first time! LoL! My mom gave her the regular formula that she drinks & she sorta liked it. But what do you guys think and suggest? Let me know! Thanks
Btw, sorry if I missed anyone but all PS bebes are beautiful! hehe!
Sha-Thank you so much! After feeling bloated and nasty today you uplifted my spirits! Thanks girl!
We took J to her doc and she says that J can have water and rice cereal mixed with formula or BM. She will turn 5 months on the 5th of next month.
What are u guys giving your bebes now? What brands shall I try etc. I gave her some mixed in with Enfamil Lipil Gas & fusiness blah blah (purple label) and she hated it. Maybe because she tried this formula for the first time! LoL! My mom gave her the regular formula that she drinks & she sorta liked it. But what do you guys think and suggest? Let me know! Thanks
Btw, sorry if I missed anyone but all PS bebes are beautiful! hehe!
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Burk, oh my.... I''m so sorry to hear of your loss.
Hope you and your family are coping at this difficult time.
fiery and phoenixgirl, sorry Father''s Day brings sad memories for you.
phoenixgirl - love the book idea though. (The Adventures of Claire and Daddy). He must''ve loved it.
Father''s Day - Hope all the fathers enjoyed themselves! We had a relaxing day. We''re too broke to do anything fancy right now, so we just kind of chilled around the house with Dalila. I made breakfast in bed for DH while he watched football. His day was spent just alternating between World Cup, playing with D, and surfing the Internet,
while I puttered around doing random things around the house.
mtjoya - you''re welcome!
Thanks for the compliment on D.
Mara - that''s great you''re able to make your own baby food. I wish I could, but time seems to be such a challenge right now. Every day there seems to be new things that I have to fit into my routine with D. I like your idea of the cupcake business. Sounds like you''re very handy in the kitchen. Do you watch Cupcake Wars on Food network, by the way?
re: teething babies - I had no idea I was supposed to be brushing Dalila''s emerging teeth!!! Just found this out a few days ago. Does anyone else do this? I bought one of those finger toothbrushes but whenever I try to brush her teeth she tries to eat the toothbrush. I guess she doesn''t get the concept of ''brushing'' yet...hehe...silly girl.
fiery and phoenixgirl, sorry Father''s Day brings sad memories for you.
phoenixgirl - love the book idea though. (The Adventures of Claire and Daddy). He must''ve loved it.
Father''s Day - Hope all the fathers enjoyed themselves! We had a relaxing day. We''re too broke to do anything fancy right now, so we just kind of chilled around the house with Dalila. I made breakfast in bed for DH while he watched football. His day was spent just alternating between World Cup, playing with D, and surfing the Internet,
mtjoya - you''re welcome!
Mara - that''s great you''re able to make your own baby food. I wish I could, but time seems to be such a challenge right now. Every day there seems to be new things that I have to fit into my routine with D. I like your idea of the cupcake business. Sounds like you''re very handy in the kitchen. Do you watch Cupcake Wars on Food network, by the way?
re: teething babies - I had no idea I was supposed to be brushing Dalila''s emerging teeth!!! Just found this out a few days ago. Does anyone else do this? I bought one of those finger toothbrushes but whenever I try to brush her teeth she tries to eat the toothbrush. I guess she doesn''t get the concept of ''brushing'' yet...hehe...silly girl.
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PG that book sounds so cute. Glad he loved it.
MP hope you guys can do something fun next weekend... but I''m a nut in that lately all I want to do is ''togetherness'' stuff so as long as you guys were together that''s all that matters.
Sha I am somewhat handy in the kitchen hehe. I love the internet because if you have an idea ''aka I want to make pear puree'' all you do is google it and BAM, you''re an instant expert. It is how I learned to bake and how I learn any new method of cooking. I have a ton of cookbooks but I rarely do anything out of them which is kind of sad actually but online is just so much more interactive--even down to people writing in how they modified something or how this much of XYZ was too much etc. Cookbooks in print don''t get you that feedback. I have seen Cupcake Wars, talk about stress!
re: making the baby food...now that I am working I seriously have NO time. But I want to at least do some of the baby food, I know I won''t be able to do it all. I have Plum Organics pouches for the times I can''t cook but the pear took literally no time so I was pleasantly surprised. I peeled the pears, tossed them into a steamer (like you''d steam veggies for dinner) on the stove, fed the baby and then took them out 10 min later, tossed them in my mini food prep and whala. Spooned them into the Baby Cubes, froze 2 and put the rest in a Ziploc container for Mom and done. Greg cleaned
. But the whole thing maybe took 20 min and I had a week''s worth of fresh pear puree for J.
I am going to try to make one food a week..my Mom is all gung ho on giving him all these diff things all the time, but I really don''t care to make him experience 500 foods in 2 weeks. Plus he''s only just about 5 months, so he''s got plenty of time to eat foods. Right now we are doing like 1-2oz of puree a day and not even every day, more like every other day. I don''t mind continuing like this for a while.
speaking of foods, this website looks handy. tells you all about when to feed the babies what (if you wanted an easy guide to follow vs doing your own thing) and also when to buy organic due to how the fruit harbors pesticides etc. http://www.babyfood101.com/email/week02/
MTJ.. I mixed J''s oatmeal or rice cereal with BM or water really. Formula will mask the taste of the actual food, and I really wanted J to experience the flavor on his own outside of formula...plus he got it in his bottle anyway so he was used to eating it. also J doesn''t seem to ''love'' anything right away, like he got applesauce yest and at first he was making the funniest faces then he seemed to like it.
MP hope you guys can do something fun next weekend... but I''m a nut in that lately all I want to do is ''togetherness'' stuff so as long as you guys were together that''s all that matters.
Sha I am somewhat handy in the kitchen hehe. I love the internet because if you have an idea ''aka I want to make pear puree'' all you do is google it and BAM, you''re an instant expert. It is how I learned to bake and how I learn any new method of cooking. I have a ton of cookbooks but I rarely do anything out of them which is kind of sad actually but online is just so much more interactive--even down to people writing in how they modified something or how this much of XYZ was too much etc. Cookbooks in print don''t get you that feedback. I have seen Cupcake Wars, talk about stress!
re: making the baby food...now that I am working I seriously have NO time. But I want to at least do some of the baby food, I know I won''t be able to do it all. I have Plum Organics pouches for the times I can''t cook but the pear took literally no time so I was pleasantly surprised. I peeled the pears, tossed them into a steamer (like you''d steam veggies for dinner) on the stove, fed the baby and then took them out 10 min later, tossed them in my mini food prep and whala. Spooned them into the Baby Cubes, froze 2 and put the rest in a Ziploc container for Mom and done. Greg cleaned
I am going to try to make one food a week..my Mom is all gung ho on giving him all these diff things all the time, but I really don''t care to make him experience 500 foods in 2 weeks. Plus he''s only just about 5 months, so he''s got plenty of time to eat foods. Right now we are doing like 1-2oz of puree a day and not even every day, more like every other day. I don''t mind continuing like this for a while.
speaking of foods, this website looks handy. tells you all about when to feed the babies what (if you wanted an easy guide to follow vs doing your own thing) and also when to buy organic due to how the fruit harbors pesticides etc. http://www.babyfood101.com/email/week02/
MTJ.. I mixed J''s oatmeal or rice cereal with BM or water really. Formula will mask the taste of the actual food, and I really wanted J to experience the flavor on his own outside of formula...plus he got it in his bottle anyway so he was used to eating it. also J doesn''t seem to ''love'' anything right away, like he got applesauce yest and at first he was making the funniest faces then he seemed to like it.
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Wanted to stop by and thank you for this link. Mustela was rated 3, but not bad, but I don''t love that product. Got the Loving Naturals product which was available on Amazon (and this was rated at a 1) and I like it much better.Date: 6/18/2010 9:34:25 AM
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CDT don''t lurk!! we miss you!!
here is the direct link to the sunblocks/screens - you can search by your brand too - and it''s fun to read thru the ''hall of shame''
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Cute pic of everyone''s babies!
Burk, gave my condolences on the toddler thread, but wanted to say again that I am so sorry for your loss.
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Today is my first day home! We''re having fun so far. I have a million things on my To Do list, but I can''t get them all done in one day, so I''m not going to stress. The daycare forgot to give us the little craft Claire "made" for Father''s Day, so we walked over there (probably a mile) to pick it up and then two more blocks to the market where we got ingredients for dinner. Claire fell asleep in the stroller, but now she''s upstairs talking/playing in her crib instead of completing her nap. I''m meeting (former) coworkers for lunch in half an hour, but I''m not sure about Claire''s nap schedule (I had things planned well, but they moved it up an hour). We''ll just have to see what happens when she''s only had a ten minute nap in the stroller all morning.
Honestly, I''m very happy. I know there will be boredom and a need for personal space at times, but there won''t be the horrible feeling that I don''t have enough time to live life the way I want to.
Honestly, I''m very happy. I know there will be boredom and a need for personal space at times, but there won''t be the horrible feeling that I don''t have enough time to live life the way I want to.
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Re baby food: I didn''t think I''d have time either but I''m finding it pretty easy. Of course, I''m doing it all wrong in that I boil everything (I think most stuff you''re supposed to bake to keep all of the nutrients) but she seems to enjoy it and is gaining well and overall very healthy. I usually just throw in a bunch of veggies with some chicken, make a soup, puree it and serve.
Oh and we have some success with table food. Yesterday we went out for Mexican and I let her try a small piece of a quesadilla (cheese). She loved it and ate half of one with some rice
. Only when she''s in the mood of course.
I posted this on FB already but S has been calling FI babe. It is the funniest thing ever. I was changing her diaper on the ground and didn''t have any wipes so I yelled out "babe can you get the wipes please?" and she said "BABE." I laughed and to make me laugh she kept calling him babe over and over. It made me laugh because when R and I first met he told me that he hated the word babe and asked that I never call him that. So like the kind new girlfriend that I was, babe became his nickname
and now 8 years later his daughter is calling him babe
HA!
PG-Have fun today!! Love summer all year long PG
I didn''t contribue a picture on Friday so in honor of Father''s Day AND 10 days before Sophia turns one (!) here are two pics of FI and Sophia together. One when she was born and one from yesterday (with his dad as well at their house). He cut his telemundo hair a little shorter for the summer. Boo.
Oh and we have some success with table food. Yesterday we went out for Mexican and I let her try a small piece of a quesadilla (cheese). She loved it and ate half of one with some rice
I posted this on FB already but S has been calling FI babe. It is the funniest thing ever. I was changing her diaper on the ground and didn''t have any wipes so I yelled out "babe can you get the wipes please?" and she said "BABE." I laughed and to make me laugh she kept calling him babe over and over. It made me laugh because when R and I first met he told me that he hated the word babe and asked that I never call him that. So like the kind new girlfriend that I was, babe became his nickname
PG-Have fun today!! Love summer all year long PG
I didn''t contribue a picture on Friday so in honor of Father''s Day AND 10 days before Sophia turns one (!) here are two pics of FI and Sophia together. One when she was born and one from yesterday (with his dad as well at their house). He cut his telemundo hair a little shorter for the summer. Boo.
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I don't have much time for a full update (I had to do laundry while kiddo napped) but I want to say thank you SO much for the sweet birthday wishes both here and on Facebook. It was so nice to see tons of new messages in my inbox that early afternoon, filled with Happy Birthdays for Henry.
Since it was just us and the in-laws, we had a low-key celebration at home. I bought some red and turquoise balloons to decorate the house with, made a banana cake with vanilla frosting, and had burgers from our brand new grill (which was an early Father's Day present from me to my husband). Even with it being so low-key, it was pretty emotional for H in the beginning (esp. during the present opening, because he would cry every time we took one present away to give him a new one to open) but he perked up later. He LOVED his birthday cake and on a few occasions stuffed his mouth full of it, which we had to quickly fish out.
I very quickly threw together this small, goofy collage which (sort of) shows his custom birthday shirt, the sock monkey cake topper and one of his favorite b-day gifts. Thank you all again for the birthday wishes, and for being such great support to me for well over a year. How lucky am I to be able to celebrate my happy, healthy baby boy's first birthday and every day after.
Since it was just us and the in-laws, we had a low-key celebration at home. I bought some red and turquoise balloons to decorate the house with, made a banana cake with vanilla frosting, and had burgers from our brand new grill (which was an early Father's Day present from me to my husband). Even with it being so low-key, it was pretty emotional for H in the beginning (esp. during the present opening, because he would cry every time we took one present away to give him a new one to open) but he perked up later. He LOVED his birthday cake and on a few occasions stuffed his mouth full of it, which we had to quickly fish out.
I very quickly threw together this small, goofy collage which (sort of) shows his custom birthday shirt, the sock monkey cake topper and one of his favorite b-day gifts. Thank you all again for the birthday wishes, and for being such great support to me for well over a year. How lucky am I to be able to celebrate my happy, healthy baby boy's first birthday and every day after.
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Fiery, what a proud Daddy, and she''s so cute being held by grandpa too.
EB, I love the theme, and Henry is SOOOO beautiful! Is it still OK to call boys beautiful when they''re over a year? Well, he is!
Mara, thanks for the baby food link. I am going to give making my own food a try. I also like that the site tells you what to buy organic and what you don''t have to.
Burk, I''m thinking about you and your family right now.
EB, I love the theme, and Henry is SOOOO beautiful! Is it still OK to call boys beautiful when they''re over a year? Well, he is!
Mara, thanks for the baby food link. I am going to give making my own food a try. I also like that the site tells you what to buy organic and what you don''t have to.
Burk, I''m thinking about you and your family right now.
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Burk, I''m so sorry for your loss.
PG - sounds like Summer All Year PG is ready to get started!!
Fiery: Love the pics! Look how TINY S was!
MP: I love that pic! Paul tried to do that with P all the time and I''d freak out.
Mara: Sounds like a great day, complete with the 12 hours of sleep! JEALOUS! Re: Food, your pedi didn''t tell you to try one food at a time for a few days to check for allergies? Ours is having us do it like this: One tablespoon on day one, two on day two, up to four on the fourth day. If there are no allergies we can switch to a new veg/fruit and do the same until we have exhausted our options. At this rate, we''ve seen success, and since it takes at least 3 tries for a baby to like something (Piper only started liking green beans on our second attempt after the fourth day), I figure it''s easier on us- less food to have ready! Maybe our pedi is old school, though, and overly cautious because of P''s eczema, and she wants to play it safe?
Sha: I still can''t believe D has teeth and is younger than P! No sign of teeth yet, here.
Sorry for skipping people, I''m at work and Piper is all over the place! She''s rolling back to front all day, then crab-walking (sideways) and yesterday- she CRAWLED! Piper totally crawled a few steps for Daddy. Today she''s trying to do it again but pushes herself up to all fours then drops down. It''s pretty funny. I''m glad Paul got to see, though!!
PG - sounds like Summer All Year PG is ready to get started!!
Fiery: Love the pics! Look how TINY S was!
MP: I love that pic! Paul tried to do that with P all the time and I''d freak out.
Mara: Sounds like a great day, complete with the 12 hours of sleep! JEALOUS! Re: Food, your pedi didn''t tell you to try one food at a time for a few days to check for allergies? Ours is having us do it like this: One tablespoon on day one, two on day two, up to four on the fourth day. If there are no allergies we can switch to a new veg/fruit and do the same until we have exhausted our options. At this rate, we''ve seen success, and since it takes at least 3 tries for a baby to like something (Piper only started liking green beans on our second attempt after the fourth day), I figure it''s easier on us- less food to have ready! Maybe our pedi is old school, though, and overly cautious because of P''s eczema, and she wants to play it safe?
Sha: I still can''t believe D has teeth and is younger than P! No sign of teeth yet, here.
Sorry for skipping people, I''m at work and Piper is all over the place! She''s rolling back to front all day, then crab-walking (sideways) and yesterday- she CRAWLED! Piper totally crawled a few steps for Daddy. Today she''s trying to do it again but pushes herself up to all fours then drops down. It''s pretty funny. I''m glad Paul got to see, though!!
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burk - so sorry for your loss.
this weekend was e''s first road trip. we had a four day weekend and went to houston and to hub''s parent''s house too. she did great in the car. we had to stop once each way to nurse and the rest of the time she was quiet or slept. yay!
re: swaddling - this weekend we realized how attached she is to swaddling for her nighttime sleep. at his parent''s house it was beastly hot so we put her down in just pjs. she wouldn''t sleep for anything. so finally we took off the pjs and just swaddled her in the a+a blanket. as soon as we put her down she was out! looks like we''ll have to work at weaning her off eventually.
also on the sleep front - saturday, she slept for 8.5 hours for her first stretch of sleep for the night!
i was stunned! she hadn''t slept all day, so she was quite tired, but still! i ended up pumping in the morning to make up for her not eating as frequently at night. but then we accidentally forgot the milk at his parents house. darn!
re: napping, she''s on her second nap for the day
yay!
this weekend was e''s first road trip. we had a four day weekend and went to houston and to hub''s parent''s house too. she did great in the car. we had to stop once each way to nurse and the rest of the time she was quiet or slept. yay!
re: swaddling - this weekend we realized how attached she is to swaddling for her nighttime sleep. at his parent''s house it was beastly hot so we put her down in just pjs. she wouldn''t sleep for anything. so finally we took off the pjs and just swaddled her in the a+a blanket. as soon as we put her down she was out! looks like we''ll have to work at weaning her off eventually.
also on the sleep front - saturday, she slept for 8.5 hours for her first stretch of sleep for the night!
re: napping, she''s on her second nap for the day
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amber... yay for crawling!!
i forgot to say that J woke up 2x last nite crying because he''d rolled over and was stuck against a slat (aka couldn''t roll back due to angle). both times, just rolling him back and putting him in the middle was enough,he passed out again. but i guess he is still working on the skill. he is sleeping on his side more and more--i am a little freaked out about the side sleeping since he could tuck his face into his chest, but there''s not much we can do because he does it while we are sleeping and he''s just sleep sacked now. so i just have to trust that he will be ok.
re: food... our pedi is totally old school which sometimes i feel means ''have fun, do whatever! as long as the kid is fine!'' anyway we are doing one food each time...and then he gets it another 1-2 times usually as well. til we run out. so far no allergies ...knock on wood. she said the allergy would manifest itself in hives, even though i thought there were other ways allergies could be visible, aka through poo or something similar. but he hasn''t really had any differences at all other than some days his poo is more solid than others. so far he has had oatmeal (he''s had that for weeks), avocado (3 days), apricot (1 day last week), applesauce (1 day so far)...i told mom to give him applesauce today as well. i think she just had apricots so she wanted to try them but i think she ate the rest so he won''t try that one again for a while.
it''s ironic that he has had all A fruits, we didn''t try it that way. also a friend told us something to remember that would help with feeding, any fruit that starts with P helps them go poo. so prunes, pear.
for applesauce i just bought the unsweetened organic one from whole foods (2.99 for a big jar) because basically what i read from most people is to not bother with making it, as the unsweetened organic is what you''d make anyway so it''s cheaper to go this route. the one i got is just apples and water, no absorbic acid. i would love to get more into making food but right now with time constraints i am more than happy to take it super slow.
fiery...so cute! and yay for quesadilla, a little girl after my own heart hehe. lol re: the babe... i am with your FI that is it not my fave endearment.
eB...love the pics...he''s SOOO cute. and that cake topper, swoon. congrats on having a big boy. i hope we still see you round these parts.
all the 1 year old and graduation of mommies is making me sad... i feel like this thread has not seen AS much of an influx from new mommies lately (they are prob too darn busy with their newborns!) and we have so many leaving in the next few months. i hope it keeps going strong.
i forgot to say that J woke up 2x last nite crying because he''d rolled over and was stuck against a slat (aka couldn''t roll back due to angle). both times, just rolling him back and putting him in the middle was enough,he passed out again. but i guess he is still working on the skill. he is sleeping on his side more and more--i am a little freaked out about the side sleeping since he could tuck his face into his chest, but there''s not much we can do because he does it while we are sleeping and he''s just sleep sacked now. so i just have to trust that he will be ok.
re: food... our pedi is totally old school which sometimes i feel means ''have fun, do whatever! as long as the kid is fine!'' anyway we are doing one food each time...and then he gets it another 1-2 times usually as well. til we run out. so far no allergies ...knock on wood. she said the allergy would manifest itself in hives, even though i thought there were other ways allergies could be visible, aka through poo or something similar. but he hasn''t really had any differences at all other than some days his poo is more solid than others. so far he has had oatmeal (he''s had that for weeks), avocado (3 days), apricot (1 day last week), applesauce (1 day so far)...i told mom to give him applesauce today as well. i think she just had apricots so she wanted to try them but i think she ate the rest so he won''t try that one again for a while.
it''s ironic that he has had all A fruits, we didn''t try it that way. also a friend told us something to remember that would help with feeding, any fruit that starts with P helps them go poo. so prunes, pear.
for applesauce i just bought the unsweetened organic one from whole foods (2.99 for a big jar) because basically what i read from most people is to not bother with making it, as the unsweetened organic is what you''d make anyway so it''s cheaper to go this route. the one i got is just apples and water, no absorbic acid. i would love to get more into making food but right now with time constraints i am more than happy to take it super slow.
fiery...so cute! and yay for quesadilla, a little girl after my own heart hehe. lol re: the babe... i am with your FI that is it not my fave endearment.
eB...love the pics...he''s SOOO cute. and that cake topper, swoon. congrats on having a big boy. i hope we still see you round these parts.
all the 1 year old and graduation of mommies is making me sad... i feel like this thread has not seen AS much of an influx from new mommies lately (they are prob too darn busy with their newborns!) and we have so many leaving in the next few months. i hope it keeps going strong.
steph72276
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Hi, ladies! Sorry I haven''t been around much. We''ve been on vacation and then I''ve been trying to find ways to keep Andrew entertained since he''s out of school. This week he''s in camp half days. Nothing really new here except I gave E oatmeal and he LOVED it. Think I might make him some purees soon. Hope everyone''s having a great Monday. Happy first official day of summer!
Love all the pics.
EB, H is too cute. I love his bday theme....I almost chose this for E''s bedding, but I couldn''t justify the cost: http://www.poshtots.com/Themes-for-Boys/Themes-for-Boys/Polka-Dot-Fun/Retro-Sock-Monkey-Baby-Bedding/6/2441/3007/14458/PoshProductDetail.aspx
Mara, thanks for the food website, I''m off to check it out!
Amber, yea for crawling!
Love all the pics.
EB, H is too cute. I love his bday theme....I almost chose this for E''s bedding, but I couldn''t justify the cost: http://www.poshtots.com/Themes-for-Boys/Themes-for-Boys/Polka-Dot-Fun/Retro-Sock-Monkey-Baby-Bedding/6/2441/3007/14458/PoshProductDetail.aspx
Mara, thanks for the food website, I''m off to check it out!
Amber, yea for crawling!
anchor31
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Re: Making baby food. Fiery and Mara are right, it''s super easy and quick to make. I made some last week to have a bit of a stock in advance, and it honestly took me 20 minutes of actual work each time. Peel veggies/fruits, cut up in big chunks, steam 20 minutes (I do something else in the meantime), throw in blender, put into ice cube molds, cover, freeze. Everything except the blender blades goes into the dishwasher. And you really don''t need much in terms of quantity, because I used 2 medium sizes sweet potatoes and got 31 1-ounce cubes of puree! Oops... Hope the kid likes sweet potato.
Re: Introducing solids. We were also recommended what Amber said, to wait at least 3 days before trying something new, and introducing one food at a time. Also, I was told that it''s aa good idea to get them used to veggies before starting fruits because of course fruits are sweet, and you want them to eat their veggies, right?
But of course everyone should do what they feel fits with their baby. I tried rice cereal last week but it really didn''t take, so I waited a bit longer. I started again and I''ve been giving it everyday to J since Friday. I try to do it twice a day for breakfast and dinner some time after his bottle, and he''s slowly getting used to it. The recommendations I have say that I can start to give him veggies for lunch about a week after starting cereal, but I''m not sure I''ll be starting so quickly because I''d like him to get a bit more enthousiastic about food before starting with the purees... I''d rather not waste them.
Re: Sleeping habits. I big ditto to TGal''s comment on how people "blame" the baby for good behaviour and the parents for bad. I''m lucky to have a mild tempered child, yes, but like probably everyone here, I put a lot of hard work on getting J to have a regular sleeping schedule. Of course, that doesn''t mean parents of babies who don''t sleep as well don''t work hard, so I guess it''s a little bit of both.
AFM - J is now a rolling machine, sleeps 12 hours a night (ish) and is down to 4 8-ounces feedings.
He''s been sleeping for most of the day today (so much I haven''t been able to give him his cereal), so either he will not sleep tonight or he''s having a growth spurt. Also, I got tired of waiting to hear from the urology specialist at the children''s hospital we were referred to for J''s reflux problems so I called them, and apparently we''ll have to wait until September to get an appointment.
I said I was getting anxious because last time it took him less than 2 months to relapse and I was told that I''d have to go to their ER if he relapses in the meantime.
Well, at least they have his files now...
Re: Introducing solids. We were also recommended what Amber said, to wait at least 3 days before trying something new, and introducing one food at a time. Also, I was told that it''s aa good idea to get them used to veggies before starting fruits because of course fruits are sweet, and you want them to eat their veggies, right?
But of course everyone should do what they feel fits with their baby. I tried rice cereal last week but it really didn''t take, so I waited a bit longer. I started again and I''ve been giving it everyday to J since Friday. I try to do it twice a day for breakfast and dinner some time after his bottle, and he''s slowly getting used to it. The recommendations I have say that I can start to give him veggies for lunch about a week after starting cereal, but I''m not sure I''ll be starting so quickly because I''d like him to get a bit more enthousiastic about food before starting with the purees... I''d rather not waste them.
Re: Sleeping habits. I big ditto to TGal''s comment on how people "blame" the baby for good behaviour and the parents for bad. I''m lucky to have a mild tempered child, yes, but like probably everyone here, I put a lot of hard work on getting J to have a regular sleeping schedule. Of course, that doesn''t mean parents of babies who don''t sleep as well don''t work hard, so I guess it''s a little bit of both.
AFM - J is now a rolling machine, sleeps 12 hours a night (ish) and is down to 4 8-ounces feedings.
mtjoya
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Fiery-What a cutie S is! LOL! I don''t like when my DH calls me that! I call him, Honey or Kitty from time to time.
RE: Food. J''s doc said that we should give her first rice, then oatmeal, then barley. Then she said veggies. We see her in 2 months.
RE: Ear piercing. I wanna pierce her ears! I am tired when ppl ask me if J is a boy. Mind you, she wears a dress and ppl ask, What is his name? WTF. Seriously! That''s not the only reason but I think it would be fun!
RE: Food. J''s doc said that we should give her first rice, then oatmeal, then barley. Then she said veggies. We see her in 2 months.
RE: Ear piercing. I wanna pierce her ears! I am tired when ppl ask me if J is a boy. Mind you, she wears a dress and ppl ask, What is his name? WTF. Seriously! That''s not the only reason but I think it would be fun!
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fiery, those are such cute pictures! There is nothing cuter than a daddy and his baby
EB, Henry is SO CUTE. I love his little outfit, he looks like a grownup. I''m glad his birthday went well despite the tears!
Amber, our pedi is having us introduce new food the same way, a new one every three days. She didn''t say how much he could have, though. I imagine one mouthful isn''t going to satisfy him if he likes something, haha. And YAY for crawling! She''s getting so big!
Micah slept like CRAZY yesterday. He normally catnaps in the day here and there, but he slept 5 hours total in the daytime, and then went straight from a nap (in his swing - nothing could keep him awake) into his crib for the night. He woke up at 4am and acted really awake so I just stayed up to get ready for work, and then at 5 he went back to sleep! Little stinker!
EB, Henry is SO CUTE. I love his little outfit, he looks like a grownup. I''m glad his birthday went well despite the tears!
Amber, our pedi is having us introduce new food the same way, a new one every three days. She didn''t say how much he could have, though. I imagine one mouthful isn''t going to satisfy him if he likes something, haha. And YAY for crawling! She''s getting so big!
Micah slept like CRAZY yesterday. He normally catnaps in the day here and there, but he slept 5 hours total in the daytime, and then went straight from a nap (in his swing - nothing could keep him awake) into his crib for the night. He woke up at 4am and acted really awake so I just stayed up to get ready for work, and then at 5 he went back to sleep! Little stinker!
mtjoya
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Question regarding lightweight strollers.
My mom is having trouble with our travel system. The Chicco Cortina. She says that it''s heavy and wants something lighter. She had cancer and had 2 back surgeries to correct it. I don''t like her to carry heavy stuff (pull the stoller out of the car) so I want to get her something sturdy and lightweight so that it can be easier to ride J around. I was looking into the Quinny Zapp 4 and the Perego.
http://www.diapers.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=12208
http://www.diapers.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=25120
What do you guys have? Or got? I understand that there are threads regarding this. But I don''t feel like searching! Thanks in advance!
My mom is having trouble with our travel system. The Chicco Cortina. She says that it''s heavy and wants something lighter. She had cancer and had 2 back surgeries to correct it. I don''t like her to carry heavy stuff (pull the stoller out of the car) so I want to get her something sturdy and lightweight so that it can be easier to ride J around. I was looking into the Quinny Zapp 4 and the Perego.
http://www.diapers.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=12208
http://www.diapers.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=25120
What do you guys have? Or got? I understand that there are threads regarding this. But I don''t feel like searching! Thanks in advance!
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