Chat Thread July 19-25 - Page 2

[~Katie~]

Originally Posted by CanBoo

Good luck. My 2 years old is still like that. 26 lbs and almost 36 inches. Super narrow shoulders and all legs. A nightmare to find pants for. We've had so many clothes bought by well meaning family members that just never fit... Baby clothes are like big people clothes, they don't all fit the same. GMas and aunties just don't get it and just buy stuff for the cuteness factor! You might want to try clothes from different stores/brands, might eventually find some that fit better than others.

Liam has always been a huge kid so this is new territory for me. He's tall also but had doubled his birth weight by 7 weeks and Laine is way behind him. I'm actually really enjoying having a baby I can tote around, I'm hoping that she'll eventually grow into her height though for the sake of clothing.

[lotus.blossom]

OceansEve! I hope your dd's lip is ok!

ReadingRenee- thats really cool about your dd's sleep! I'm still figuring out how to put my ds2 down. Once he is down and out he stays asleep practicly all night but its getting there thats hard. Sometimes I rock him, sometimes I try to nurse him to sleep, and sometimes I put him down drowsy but I never know which combo will work.

I love the poo stories! I haven't had any crazy ones yet with this guy (knock on wood) but his poop did go from green frothy back to normal yellow baby poop. I now know it had to do with cutting a tooth!

I have such a chunky monkey here. I don't know what to do about clothing! My ds1 was a skinny boy and the clothes that ds2 is fitting into now were the ones from the fall for ds1 and its not seasonally correct, so I might have to do some shopping!

[CanBoo]

Still dealing with the cat ordeal. Although he seems better, (miaowing and escaped form his kennel last night :-) His blood test came back very bad last night. Looks like his kidneys are shutting down . Vet was trying last ditch effort last night by flushing them with a much heavier IV and stronger abx. If the blood tests don't improve after that, I just want to take him home and let him do what he has to do comfortably. STrated to explain to DD that Astro might not live much longer beacuse he is hurt a lot :-(

Will have morning news in an hour or so.

[kdtmom2be]

My baby boy is also cutting teeth already! NO!!!!! He's been super drooly all of a sudden this last week and yesterday I looked in when he was laughing at me (SO CUTE!) and noticed a white dot under the gums. DD got her first tooth at just a little over 4 months and his has a bit to go, so he may make it to three months before that tooth pops. It'll be really funny if it pops the day after my brother's wedding though, because DD's came through the day after DH's brother's wedding. Maybe the thought of impending weddings makes my kids cut teeth

Canboo: sorry to hear about your cat. Personally, if the neighbour doesn't pay for the vet bill, I'd be calling the SPCA about the incident (and depending on the dog, the neighbour and the circumstances, I might call anyways).
Are you going to the LLL meeting on Thurs? And please remember me if you are planning playdates!

[CanBoo]

Originally Posted by kdtmom2be

My baby boy is also cutting teeth already! NO!!!!! He's been super drooly all of a sudden this last week and yesterday I looked in when he was laughing at me (SO CUTE!) and noticed a white dot under the gums. DD got her first tooth at just a little over 4 months and his has a bit to go, so he may make it to three months before that tooth pops. It'll be really funny if it pops the day after my brother's wedding though, because DD's came through the day after DH's brother's wedding. Maybe the thought of impending weddings makes my kids cut teeth

Canboo: sorry to hear about your cat. Personally, if the neighbour doesn't pay for the vet bill, I'd be calling the SPCA about the incident (and depending on the dog, the neighbour and the circumstances, I might call anyways).
Are you going to the LLL meeting on Thurs? And please remember me if you are planning playdates!

Penny been scaring me for teeth too . Nothing to be seen/felt, but she is drooling like mad and gumming her wrist.

Not calling SPCA unless it goes really wrong with her. She was upset enough with her dog escaping and harming someone else's pet. He is no threat to anyone else. It is a little terrier who just did what he is wired to do: chase smaller creatures... He is normally in his fenced yard, but he managed to find a hole. According to my little patrol of neighborhood kids, it is not usual for him to escape either.

Playdates: We like to go to Rascals at Sungod. Maybe the waterpark too? dd1 is kinda scared though since she got hosed by a big kid at bear creek. (her dress got wet, it is a BIG deal with miss perfect)
Been to Annieville Rotary park? I love it it is in the shade. Also have a zoo membership. Want to join us for that one of those days?

Edit: We are actually heading to Annieville at the moment at toddler's request

[OceansEve]

CanBoo - My Aunt had a dog some years ago that the first vet said kidneys shutting down they should put him down. I convinced her to go to another vet and with iv abx they were able to take him home and he lived for 3-4 more months but he was 15+ kairne terrier. Cats can live to around 20 so I think yours is still young enough to pull through and live for some time longer hopefully. I had a one legged dog that lived to be 16 and he was a big dog w/ lots of med problems. So there is always hope.

[CanBoo]

Originally Posted by OceansEve

CanBoo - My Aunt had a dog some years ago that the first vet said kidneys shutting down they should put him down. I convinced her to go to another vet and with iv abx they were able to take him home and he lived for 3-4 more months but he was 15+ kairne terrier. Cats can live to around 20 so I think yours is still young enough to pull through and live for some time longer hopefully. I had a one legged dog that lived to be 16 and he was a big dog w/ lots of med problems. So there is always hope.

Morning news: we keep going with the treatments. He is still fighting too much to put him down. Given his arthritis from the previous accident, he would have about 3-4 more years before the pain in his joint his really bad.

[kdtmom2be]

Originally Posted by CanBoo

Playdates: We like to go to Rascals at Sungod. Maybe the waterpark too? dd1 is kinda scared though since she got hosed by a big kid at bear creek. (her dress got wet, it is a BIG deal with miss perfect)
Been to Annieville Rotary park? I love it it is in the shade. Also have a zoo membership. Want to join us for that one of those days?

Edit: We are actually heading to Annieville at the moment at toddler's request

All sound good to me, PM me next time. Today is DH's first day off and we're running errands and spending "family" time together. DD doesn't like the water park either, the water is too cold I guess? She LOVED the water slides at Bridal Falls though. So did DS, we went on Friday and I took him down the tiny slides with DD with DS in the wrap on my front. He squeaked the first two times, then went to sleep!

[jeliphish]

I haven't read much of the thread...I'm at work so I need to limit my internet time .
I just wanted to get it off my chest that I had a bad morning with DD1. We are in the middle of trying to sell our house and there are several realtors coming to our it this morning. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong this morning. DD1 missed her nap yesterday and as most of you with toddlers know, sometimes when they are sleepy/hungry...they seem to turn into little people who are posessed by a deamon lol, and they are just not the sweet little snuggly things they normally are. This morning started out rough too and we were all rushing (which DD does not respond well to) and she was just being uncooperative to say the least. I lost my cool and I literally felt RAGE at her. I didn't spank her as that is something I avoid but I did drag her stark naked from her room to the living room quite roughly to get dressed because she kept running away from me. I know it scared her and that just broke my heart....I can't stop thinking about it today. I was just so mad- I invisioned really hurting her. Of course I wouldn't and that level of anger is not normal for me- but still, it bothers me that my sweet almost 3 year old made me that mad.
On a happier note...Maggie has really discovered her hands. She will just hold them infront of her face and open and close them, and gets soooo excited. She likes to pull her paci out of her mouth and then put it in again, and she is having a blast grabbing and holding her toys. She turned 3 months yesterday and has really "woken up". The past few days she has been sleeping much less...prior to that she was still sleeping like a newborn for about 17 to 19 hours a day. She is so vocal as well and will just chuckle all the time, especially at her big sister

Hopefully this day will get better.... I also spilled my damn coffee all over the clean car this morning as well...and was an hour late to work....and I feel really fat today for some reason LOL...

"I think I'm going to move to Australia..."

[CanBoo]

jelliphish: I am having a hard time with my 2.5 y.o. too... and I ended up being not so nice to her either yesterday morning. Felt very crappy about it. But it is so hard to get her out of the house, we are talking 1.5 hours to manage to get her dressed to go to the playground. And I still had to hold her in her car seat while she was screaming and yelling "I don';t want to go to the park". Once we get to destination she was fine. I don't want to stay home anymore, done it a few times but there are days when I just don't want to punish myself. It is hard to keep cool. I have a set of earplugs in the car for that reason.

Kitty saga: Final episode, we put him down yesterday pm: he was having seizures. DD1 made him a card, it was so sweet. She drew on a valentine's card and then glued treats on it. We all went to the vet, said our goodbyes and then took the body back home. He is now resting in the front yard, in one of his favorite spots.

The hard one though is that DH told her "we putting Astro into the ground like a seed, and maybe he will grow into a flower. Her response was I don't want a flower I want him to grow into a cat."

Dog owner still very upset over this. She doesn't take him outside at all without a muzzle anymore.

Started to put DD2 in a sleep sack at night. She seems to love it.

[Auraji]

Canboo, Im sorry about your cat. We had to give ours away, he didnt like the idea of a new baby in our hoem.

Sophia is a skinny baby too. She just seems to grow in lenght, so Im having some issues dressing her. Well her 0-3 months dresses fit her like shirts and I put them on with leggings, she looks cute like that.

Sophia is teething too! She has been drooling so much for the past hmm 1-2 weeks, gumming her wrists and my shoulders. At first I thought "oh, she's hungry", but she got mad everytime I tried to feed her. A couple of days ago I decided to rub a finger against her gums and I felt a tiny tiny bump and I think I saw a little something. Most of the time she doesnt seem very uncomfortable, but there was one night, she cried sooooo much. I felt sad for her, she doesnt really like teethers, so I dont know what to do. She wakes up a lot because of it. DP keeps mentioning orajel, but I dont know, anyone knows of a more natural version of this?

I've also been having some issues getting with dss. I've gotten so mad at him a couple of times and it makes me feel bad. I've apologized to him afterwards and I've just yelled at him, but still feeling rage at a child makes me feel guilty. It's just so hard sometimes, specially when you are lacking sleep and time for yourself. The other day I was trying to get him to clean up his room with me. He kept saying "no, you do it" and I was telling him that I would help him and he gave me this look and said "shhh, be quiet" and then acted like he was gonna spit on me, something he has been doing lately, not only to me and we've told him many times that people dont spit on each other and it's not nice and why would he do that.
And yesterday was even worse, Sophia was crying like crazy and I had her in my arms. Dss went to pee and wanted me to put his underwear back on, something he knows how to do and I was telling him that I couldnt do it, but that he didnt need me to, because he knows how to do it. I was bouncing Sophia and he kinda pulled my arm and Sophia hit her head against the door. I felt so sad for her, she cried like never before and I got so mad at dss, I had to come upstairs and stay in the room for Sophia for a moment until I calmed down.
She's fine, doesnt have a bump or anything, but still. Im kinda glad to know Im not the only one dealing with these feelings, not glad is happening, it's just that whenever I get mad at him or lose my temper at yell him. I feel like Im being an evil stepmom, my dp always tells me that's silly and that Im very good to him and he loves me, but it's just hard sometimes.

[ReadingRenee]

Canboo, Im so sorry about your kitty. I had a much loved cat who had Kidney failure and I had to do Sub q injections for a while before we finally had to put him down. It was so hard.

My 6 year old was just like Samara is so far. Long and skinny! To this day I still have a real challenge finding pants for her. My best bet so far has been the CHildrens place because they have those button adjusters on the waistband and it really helps cinch them up. Still though, pants are always falling off Dd1's butt.

Lotus.blossom- Im lucky on putting dd2 down. She loves and takes a pacifier. I wait til she is almost asleep and then I take it out of her mouth per the no cry sleep solution and that usually helps her stay asleep regardless if the paci is in her mouth. I also just discovered that her bedtime is best at 7pm. Although this seems insanely early to me, she seems to sleep better and longer if I put her down early. She gets up around 7 so this works for my schedule quite well. Also started having her nap and start out the night in her bassinet so that helps with putting her to bed so much earlier than we go to bed. THen I just bring her in with us when we go to bed. So far, it works out great.

I have seen a white bump on her gum since she was 4 weeks old but nothing has come of it. Does it really mean she is going to get a tooth? She is a drool monster already. Yikes.

She seems so much older than 2 months to me sometimes. Today she was nursing and I was looking at my laptop when I looked down at her and she came off the nipple to smile at me. Its moments like that that just make me teary. I can' t believe she is already doing stuff like that.

Jelliphish and Auraji- I remember those frustrating trying times. Jelli, especially when My dd was the age you are talking about. Those are some of my most not proud parenting moments.

oops baby is up!

[LiLStar]

Ahhh I spaced again! This time I noticed the new thread, just forgot to subscribe! Today River did for the first time what Allie never did until closer to 6 months.. fall off the bed! Luckily its just a mattress on the floor, AND he landed on an ikea toddler mattress (thinner than typical crib mattresses) so it was a padded landing. I dont think he was hurt. dd not so lucky. She got a concussion one time! But dang! Why does he have to be so active already? He doesnt roll, but he kinda kicks his feet to propel himself forward.

The most "surprising" poop was actually a good thing and not a disaster. We were about to go swimming, and when i took off his diaper to put the swim dipe on, it was dry! He had just gotten up from a nap so i expected it to be drenched. So I decided to try to see if he'd pee in the potty. "pss pss..." and he EXPLOSIVELY pooped! Not what I was expecting, but i'll take it! lol. we dont regularly ec, but if i see an opportunity i'll take it. First time i ever caught poop. And YAY for no baby poop in the pool!

[CanBoo]

Originally Posted by Auraji

Canboo, Im sorry about your cat. We had to give ours away, he didnt like the idea of a new baby in our hoem.

Sophia is teething too! She has been drooling so much for the past hmm 1-2 weeks, gumming her wrists and my shoulders. At first I thought "oh, she's hungry", but she got mad everytime I tried to feed her. A couple of days ago I decided to rub a finger against her gums and I felt a tiny tiny bump and I think I saw a little something. Most of the time she doesnt seem very uncomfortable, but there was one night, she cried sooooo much. I felt sad for her, she doesnt really like teethers, so I dont know what to do. She wakes up a lot because of it. DP keeps mentioning orajel, but I dont know, anyone knows of a more natural version of this?

Sorry you had to find kitty a new home... I thought that we would have to get rid of our other one when dd1 came (she is psycho, the cat not dd ) but it turns out that she is nice with the girls. Phew... But I do remember the thought of having to get rid of her because of baby was really hard.

Orajel: Not a good thing for their gums on a long run. You might want to give the Hyland teething tabs a go. I think Hyland also make a gel now. Camilia did wonders with DD1 when she started teething. If you search into LWAB you'll find tons of threads about teething. Some parents also swear by giving their babes a tiny bit of chamomile tea.
Once DD1 ate solid, her best teething remedy actually was a frozen mini-bagel. She'd gnaw at this thing and it seemed to relieve her a lot.

[lotus.blossom]

CanBoo. I'm so sorry about your kitty.

I have had some not proud parental moments too lately. Seems like turning age three is like a repeat of turning 2. My ds1 is just LOOKING for trouble constantly. Last night I put the baby in his seat to go close the window and when I walked back over I saw that ds1 had put his FOOT in ds2's mouth. : We have been going over and over this with toys, fingers, kisses, etc. but I never specified not to put his foot in the baby's mouth. I totally flew off the handle about it.

I almost lost ds2 into the washer the other day! his changing pad is on the dryer and he really loves it especially when they are running. So I was loading the washer and he did a kick scoot backwards and almost landed in the washer!! I have to be so careful now that he is starting to get mobile.
He has been taking 2 hours naps this week AND still sleeping at night! I'm a happy mama!

Anyone else a mama monkey with their baby? Seems like I am constantly picking at him especially when I nurse. He doesn't have a speck of cradle cap anymore and I'm always picking stuff out of his ears and neck folds. He gets so mad! hehehe.

[ReadingRenee]

Originally Posted by lotus.blossom

Anyone else a mama monkey with their baby? Seems like I am constantly picking at him especially when I nurse. He doesn't have a speck of cradle cap anymore and I'm always picking stuff out of his ears and neck folds. He gets so mad! hehehe.

I was like this with my first, but this babe is SUCH a fussy nurser that I don't dare make her angry while she nurses. Im always trying to keep her happy on and on the breast as long as possible. And yeah shes getting some serious cradle cap even between her EYEBROWS. I have never seen this before. Should I do anything or will it just go away?

[CanBoo]

Renee: my experience is with hairy babies... With dd1 I had to do something about it beacuse her long hair was coming off in patches with the crusts. Both dd have had craddle cap in between their eyebrows. It is actually the way it seems to have started. If your baby is balder, you might get away without doing a thing...

[OceansEve]

canboo - sorry about your kitty I was hoping.

auraji - sorry about you having to get rid of your kitty. We had a husky that we gave to my parents when DD1 was born, she was too high strung it made me nervous.

monkey picking - yep thats me!

Today was better for us... kinda I just ran errands all day. Car seat parenting is easy, the break downs in the store are not. oh well even trade IMO.

[the_lissa]

Just subbing as I nak.

[Quate]

Originally Posted by CanBoo

Renee: my experience is with hairy babies... With dd1 I had to do something about it beacuse her long hair was coming off in patches with the crusts. Both dd have had craddle cap in between their eyebrows. It is actually the way it seems to have started. If your baby is balder, you might get away without doing a thing...

Mine had it start there too. The nurse practitioner we saw for her 1 mo appt didn't think it was cradle cap because it was only on her eyebrows. But I think it was because now it's on her head too. We put some lotion on the stuff on her eyebrows and it helped some.