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[vizsla]

just got this email from a friend in the medical field when i was complaining to her about c being sick again yes, i don''t just complain on this forum bbbuuuuttttt i thought it was interesting enough to post.

"babies get sick around 4 months because 1. day care/school 2. putting everything in their mouths 3. they are born with their mother''s anitbodies/immunities. Those antibodies/immunities wear off by the time they are 4 months and their own immunity starts kicking in. I think pretty much all babies get sick around this time regardless if they are in school or not. The good thing is that your little one will have a strong immune system when he starts actual school. Babies that have stayed at home are more likely to miss more of "real" school at the beginning b/c they haven''t had the opportunity to build that immune system."

 

[Blenheim]

Happy birthday, Hunter!!!

China - cute, cute pics! I want to do one of those "walking" ones now.

Allison/KT - awww! What a sweetie.

Mandy - woohooo!

Baptisms - My understanding is that parents generally either get their kids baptized early, or wait until they''re old enough to decide for themselves that they want to be baptized. We actually just talked about this (again) a few days ago. But.... as I typed that G-man just woke up and is super grumpy. (Of course.) More later?

 

[sugarpie honeybun]

Date: 2/24/2010 10:23:13 AM
Author: vizsla
just got this email from a friend in the medical field when i was complaining to her about c being sick again yes, i don't just complain on this forum bbbuuuuttttt i thought it was interesting enough to post.

'babies get sick around 4 months because 1. day care/school 2. putting everything in their mouths 3. they are born with their mother's anitbodies/immunities. Those antibodies/immunities wear off by the time they are 4 months and their own immunity starts kicking in. I think pretty much all babies get sick around this time regardless if they are in school or not. The good thing is that your little one will have a strong immune system when he starts actual school. Babies that have stayed at home are more likely to miss more of 'real' school at the beginning b/c they haven't had the opportunity to build that immune system.'

This is def our concern since DS stays home all day with our nanny. But I ask myself - even though his immunity system won't be as strong when he does start going to daycare (likely around 2-3 years old), won't he be stronger and better able to fight off sickness simply because he's older? Or does that not matter?

Nov- thanks for the rec on the Uppa umbrella stroller. We were starting to poke around for one since the Vista can be cumbersome to take out at times.
Love all the baby pics! Too many cuties for one thread. Welcome to the world baby Jake

DH and I *tried* the cry it out method last night, but didn’t last for more than 10 minutes. At 4.5 months, DS is almost 19 lbs

and the doctor feels it is okay to cry it out, since he likely isn’t crying due to hunger. It still seems young though? We’ll try again tonight. Once he finally goes to sleep (last night the whole process took 3 hours!!) he sleeps a good 9-10 hours, it’s just getting him to sleep that’s the major pain in the a$$. And rocking a 19 lb baby while standing can make one feel quite achy the next day... Oh well.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[Sha]

Thanks Mandy! That''s good to know. Glad that your little ones are making improvement as well.

Re baptisms: I''m looking to have Dalila christened next month as well. Still thinking about godparents, though. We''re Methodist - DH doesn''t go to church regularly, though, although I do.

 

[AmberWaves]

Morning ladies! How cute are these pics???

It''s funny to me regarding Catholic family members being insistent on babies getting baptized. My grandma took my cousins to get baptized when my aunt was at work- she was so worried about something happening and them being sent to "purgatory". Of course, this was in the 60s.

QUESTION FOR MOMMIES:

Piper is 3 months old today (Happy 3 months, baby!). Lately she has been waking up around 1/2/3am (not every hour, the hour changes per night) and just kind of sucking on her hands. I''ve picked her up and fed her and put her immediately back down to bed (I''m talking about her eating for 10 minutes then she goes back down drowsy and falls asleep), because I figured she was waking up. After last night, though I think I may just be getting her up for selfish reasons. When she stirred last night, I picked her up and took her to her nursery to sit in the glider and feed her. The whole walk she was sucking on her fingers with her eyes closed. When we sat down I had to pull her fingers out to feed her. She immediately rooted when I pulled them out, though, and fed. I think I''m being selfish because I was picking her up so she wouldn''t soothe herself at that moment but wake up hungry a few hours later.

That is totally a stupid thing to do, right? I should just let her sleep and self-soothe and let her wake up whenever she wants to, right? Could I be creating bad habits?

 

[vizsla]

gah, will this girl get to work already?

amber - it is my understanding that 3 months is still too young to develop bad habits, or any habits. i think they are able to understand a ''routine''.... but habits? i''m not sure.

i do err on the side of "feed the kid" if they wake up over not. in the reading that i''ve done babies at this age typically wake for a reason: hunger, cold/hot, scared, a cuddle etc. since 3 months is still pretty young in the grand scheme of things and their tummies are still really small, maybe she is needing that extra ''snack'' b/c she is growing in some capacity.

then again, i use the above mentioned methodology to justify c''s frequent night wakings

 

[NovemberBride]

Amber, is Piper crying or just waking and sucking in her hands? I only get Olivia up if she cries. Olivia definitely does the hand suck self-soothe, but if she is hungry it doesn''t last long and she''ll start crying, so that''s when I get her up to feed. More often than not though, she just goes right back to sleep without crying. I figure there are times I wake up in the night for a few minutes, so it makes sense a baby would as well. This is rare for Olivia though, she pretty much always sleeps through the night. If it was everynight around the same time I might be more inclined to think she''s hungry.

 

[so cal girl]

All this talk about baptism reminded me that I need to get a move on and get E baptized. We are not really religious, but my parents are, and we are fine with doing it for them. I think we are going to have my sister''s twins baptized on the same day and have a big family party after.

As for age when getting baptized, I know some people do it right away, and some wait until th babies are a little older and are a little more coherent. Of my 3 friends with catholic babies, one got her kid baptized at 2 weeks, one at 3 months, and the other at 7 months. By the time E gets baptized, he will probably be about 6 months, and the twins will be closer to 9 months. I am fine with that.

It is kind of funny, because I am technically Catholic and DH is technically Jewish. So E will definitely grow up with a taste of two religions. I think we will probably let him decide once he is older what he really would like to practice, so we''ll see how that goes.

On the sleeping front, E has STTN for the last 4 nights in a row! I don''t want to get my hopes up, but I think we are on the road to success. I still keep him up until about 9, and then he sleeps until 6 something. I''m thinking we may slowly move up the bedtime and see how it goes. But right now I am going to try and not mess with a good thing!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Thank you for all the Birthday wishes! We had a lovely time this weekend. We took Friday and Monday off from work and travelled up to the coastal area where my family lives. My mom and aunt and uncle and cousins and grandmother were all there and we had a great time celebrating my little man''s first birthday. I can''t believe he is this old.

Here is a photo of him enjoying his cake I made for him. He seemed to like it though he didn''t know what to do with it at first!

It was his first taste of sweets in his life, and the last taste he will get until his next birthday

 

[Dreamer_D]

And here is the cake I made. I made the cake from scratch in 3 pans, then cut it using a outline I drew on paper. I used pre-made icing. I think it turned out great! Next year I will try something more adventurous.

 

[so cal girl]

Dreamer - That picture of Hunter with the icing is adorable! It looks like he had a good time with it. Cute cake too!

Man, time really does fly.

 

[AmberWaves]

Dreamer, it''s adorable!

November: she doesn''t actually cry, no. She just snuffles a bit and sucksucksuck. Then again, she''s not a crier. She mostly "complains". She''s cried about 4 times ever (I know I''m incredibly lucky) in her life. Usually I get up with her when she''s loudly complaining and feed her.

 

[Pandora II]

Euugghhh, poor Daisy has a fever of 101 all day despite my shovelling Calpol into her. I thought she seemed a bit hot in the night and made sure she was outside the covers, but then this morning instead of being her usual bouncy self, she just lay there...

She''s pretty cheerful, but just wants to sit on my knee and feed - so I have been feeding her non-stop for the last 12 hours (I think my nipples may fall off before long

).

 

[Blenheim]

Baptism, cont - We were both raised Christian but aren''t currently practicing. Our in-laws have told us that their church requires parents to attend a pre-baptism class and that one is coming up, should we want to do that. We''re ambivalent. In some ways we''d like to as it would make them happy (worst reason ever?) and as we were raised that way (also not the best reason), and in some ways we''d like to hold off and let him choose for himself later. But then there''s also a part of us that''s thinking, what if something happens and he''s not baptized yet? We know how to do emergency baptisms, plus we don''t believe that he''ll go to purgatory if he''s not baptized, but still.

Dreamer - just adorable! I didn''t realize that his eyes are so blue. You''re so much better than we are with the sweets. We don''t let him eat much, but he''s gotten a taste here and there for a while now. Your cake is super cute!

Pandora - hugs for poor Daisy.


Question for DD and other lady bits experts that would be better posed elsewhere but this is my safe place: Can you think of anything that spotting at 8dpo would be, other than the one very scary thought I had? I''ve never had this before.

 

[cdt1101]

Pandora - Daisy's passport pick is so cute! She definitely looks like a little girl though, not a baby

Sorry to hear she's not feeling well, hope she gets better soon!

Dreamer - love the cake! And Hunter is so so cute! I never realized his eyes were so blue either, lucky guy

Blen - not sure, how many days are you before expected period? I used to spot all the time about 3 days prior to getting AF, but that was before I had Lex. I don't spot anymore since having him. And I didn't spot during implantation last time or this time either.

AND.........incase anyone missed the reference above......




I'm preggo

I got a faint line this morning. My period is due Friday. I have no idea really when I ovulated as we were just going w/ the flow and seeing what would happen...I guess we know

Based on CM though, I'd say I ovulated around days 19-20, I O'd on day 18 w/ Lex so it makes sense that I would O that late.

So yeah, it explains why I've been an emotional mess since last week at least

Right now, just cautiously cautiously optimistic. Don't want to get too ahead of ourselves, but DH and I are thrilled and terrified at the same time

If all goes well, due date would be Nov 1st and Lex and his sib would only be 17 months apart

Appreciate any sticky dust you ladies want to send my way

eta: PLEASE PLEASE do not mention this on FB. We will not be making any annoucements until after the 1st trimester...thanks

 

[E B]

No time to catch up right now, but I wanted to say congratulations (!) to cdt!

Friends of ours have two boys 15 months apart and they love the spacing. They say it's a lot of work, but a lot of fun as well.

 

[Blenheim]

CDT - congrats, and heaps of sticky dust to you!! Two kids 17 months apart would be a ton of work at first, but I'd imagine that they'd be super close and love having a built-in playmate around.

I'm not expecting AF for a few days yet, and I've never had spotting more than 1 day beforehand. Hopefully my body's just being weird.

ETA- EBree - did you change your name? I'm confuzzled.

 

[cdt1101]

thanks Ebree!!! A very good friend of mine has boys 11 1/2 months apart, so it could be worse

But honestly we are both thrilled, but just don't want to get *too* excited yet.

Blen - thanks! Yup, I'm in for a lot of sleepless night for awhile, but know it'll be worth it.

 

[Blenheim]

Yikes, lots of cross-posting!

I think that Curly has similar spacing too (although maybe more like 16 months diff? I forget) and I know that she''s said that she loves it. It should be a lot of fun.

 

[Dreamer_D]

CDT You crazy woman

Congrats! Lex is 8 months old now, right? I think more work at first and then less later on. Who are we kidding. There is no *easy* time to have two kids... it is always going to be challenging and wonderful all at the same time.

Blen Nope, no ideas.

**

Thanks for the comments on Hunter! His eyes are indeed the most blue blue you can imagine, people comment on them all the time. And I have no idea where they came from. DH and I both have hazel/green eyes

We do have family members with blue eyes, so I guess it isn''t a total mustery.

 

[snlee]

dreamer, happy belated birthday to Hunter! He''s adorable! I love his eyes!

Congrats cdt! Was this your first month of going with the flow and seeing what happens? How exciting! You''re just a few weeks behind me. Sending lots os sticky dust to you! Blen is right, Curly''s girls are 16 months apart and she loves it!

Blen, ooo you might need to take a test soon too! Were you guys going with the flow and seeing what happens too?

 

[AmberWaves]

CDT! Congrats!! Hoping for a sticky bean!

Ebree: EB? How do you change your name here? I want to be Amber!

 

[vizsla]

CDT---- shut UP!!!! OMG how exciting!!! hooray for you and DH!!!

sticky sticky!!

funny b/c as hard as things have been with C i''m already thinking about next baby and wouldn''t mind if they were close together .... my bestest gf has children 18months apart and while she said it was hard for the first 4 months.. she''s totally lovin'' it now....

so excited for you!!!!

 

[anchor31]

CONGRATS CDT!!!

Baptisms - DH and I are catholic so we are getting Jacob baptised. I really want my brother and sister to be there, but with him in Navy training in Halifax, Nova Scotia and her in Army training in Gagetown, New Brunswick, it''s difficult to fix a date. We finally fixed one for May 16th, so Jacob will be 4½ months. It''s a bit of a pain because we''re moving 40 minutes away from our current apartment 2 weeks before... If there are preparatory classes it may be easier to do them in our current city and drive here for the ceremony. It''ll be very small and informal for us; no formal paper invites and immediate families only.

We had our 2 months appointment today. Jacob had growth spurt and is now 10lbs, 22in! He has eczema on his face...

Otherwise he''s doing well. I had my IUD put in and was cleared for all activities. DH is going to be thrilled... I''m nervous as heck!

Gotta go, my little man is hungry!

 

[Blenheim]

Early mommy confession - G perks up whenever he hears the Black Eyed Peas, especially the Boom Boom Pow song. He''ll go from sobbing to giggling. He just woke up unhappy and so I let him watch the Boom Boom music video, and now he''s happy again. But that doesn''t seem like the best thing to have him watch.

DD - thanks anyway.

Snlee - We''re preventing. We definitely want more, but it''s not a good time right now.

 

[Shoopy]

OMG CDT!!!!!

Congrats mama!!! That''s awesome!

DD-Love the cake and the photo of Hunter is so adorable

. Glad you guys had a good time!

 

[rockpaperscissors67]

Congrats, CDT! How exciting!! Two of mine are 19 months apart and it wasn''t too hard. The worst thing for me was that in hindsight, I realized that when my son was born, I expect my daughter to be so much more grown up than she was. She was still a baby, but seemed so big compared to a newborn baby. The two of them were thick as thieves for a long time, but grew apart a bit when they started school. I think a lot has to do with being different genders.

DD, great cake and great messy picture! What a big boy!



I can''t believe this...I take Imitrex for migraines and have for almost 10 years now. I get my prescription written by the doctors at Patient First because I picked them as my PCP. My authorization for 12 pills a month ran out so now I only get 9, but I need 12, so the doctor simply has to call my insurance company to get another authorization. Oh, but he won''t do that. No, I''m supposed to come in.

Great. They don''t take appointments, which is terrific for urgent care, but I avoid the place like the plague in the wintertime unless I''m dying. It would be next to impossible for me to leave Ben at home to go there to sit for a couple of hours and I sure don''t want to drag him in there to get exposed to everything possible.

All of this for a medication that I have taken forever. Like my migraines are suddenly going to go away?

I guess I''m going to see if the OB that backs up my midwife will prescribe for me. Argh.

 

[NYCsparkle]

hi mommies...haven''t been around in a while...life is VERY hectic with an infant and little boy

my dd is 8 months old today

. we had to lower the crib all the way because she is standing and leaning over the rails

. she is much more active than my son was at this age. she started crawling 3 weeks ago and is already so fast....my son didn''t start crawling until 9 months....if your child walked "young" when was that....my dd is trying to cruise along the living room table........

 

[cdt1101]

thanks everyone!

Dreamer - Lex is almost 9 months now, I can''t believe it! And I agree, there is really no great time, it''s going to be hard not matter what. But our thinking was, this was the best time since I''m losing my job I can stay home for a year after 2nd baby and not have to worry about being there for the baby stage (full time caregiver). So, we just went w/ it.

RPS - I worry about that. I don''t want Lex to lose out on being a baby himself, so I''ll definitely have to watch that. But it''s my biggest concern w/ having them so close in age.

But, like I said don''t want to get too excited. The tests I''ve taken have SUCH a faint line, so that concerns me, but since I don''t really know when I ovulated I''m trying to not get *too* worried. But my boobs are hurting like crazy, so that''s at least a sign something is baking (at least for me).

thanks again everyone!!!

 

[Pandora II]

Cdt -

Wow! You are one brave mama! Congratulations and I hope this is an easier pregnancy for you.

NYC - Just checked back through my old posts, and Daisy started crawling at the beginning of November when she was a week shy of 6 months. She was pulling up and cruising a couple of weeks after that. She''s just turned 9 months and can stand for five or six seconds without support (till she notices and promptly falls over!) but has yet to take her first steps. She''s pretty fast at cruising and this weird crawl thing she does so I don''t think there is a lot of incentive at the moment. Still haven''t baby-proofed the house yet!

Baptism - DH and I are staunch heathens so there will be no baptising going on round here. We believe that people should chose their own faith or lack of and not have one foisted on them by their families, so we don''t attend baptisms of friends or family members. My parents are both atheists, my FIL is jewish and my MIL is an ordained Anglican Deacon (married to an Anglican priest) so it''s all a bit of a mish-mash anyway. MIL has 4 sons, 3 of whom are atheists and 1 is agnostic, so she''s resigned to the ungodliness in her offspring!