Roll call!!! Calling all mom's of 3 year olds!! 1999 babies! - Page 3

[bandzsmom]

Ds was three in Feb. and he is a blast! He is also train obsessed, but equally in love with motorcycles and race cars. He tells me he's going to be his pop when he grows up, not like him, BE him! He love to work out in the shed with dh and cries sometimes in the morning because he can't go to work with him. He loooooves his big sister and will do anything she wants him to do including climbing on to the UPS truck while the guy was delivering something to us and almost being napped unknowingly until big sis decided to let me in on the secret as UPS was pulling away! Quite a scene! He still nurses and occasionally will look up at me and ask " Mom, what's wean?" while smiling, of course. He's so sweet and tells me he loves me and loves to push on my stomach and say "Big fat mama!" (but in a nice way, right? I'm not pregnant and not fat nor offended). He's a little obsessed with my belly button, but I guess that's better than the nipple obsession my dd had at that age! He's been potty trained for a while, but has a bad habit of screamimg "I have to CRAP!" at inopportune times. This is a wonderfully exasperating age. I love it!

[BelovedBird]

His birthday is tommorrow!

My little boy will be three.
For us three is a very special age. In judaism it marks the end of babyhood. For those that have the custom to grow the boy's haitr now is when we cut it short and make him peyos(side curls) . Tommorrow we will be taking him to school to lick honey off of hebrew letters, to signify that learning is sweet. His birthday cake is made and waiting to be decorated! We are waiting until next week for the haircut though. Don't want to make him nuts with too much exictement in one day.

-BelovedBird

[mama2m&m]

Happy Birthday to Belovedbird's big boy!!!!! Your festivities sound grand and I hope you enjoy every moment

[MamaSoleil]

Soleil was born june 29th, 1999. unbelievable what we've seen her accomplish so far, the toughest time we had together was while she was teethin molars. So I guess so far, our greatest milestone was surviving teething!!! Yipee!!!
She is too cool, too loving, so sensitive, loves helping!

Keep on keepin on mamas,

Mamasoleil

[cottonwood]

My boy was born in January of 1999. I love this age, and feel like we are closer than we have ever been. He is the sweetest boy. He sleeps close to me at night and every morning I hold him in my lap while he adjusts to being awake (he is *not* a morning person), and he snuggles into me while I whisper lovey things into his ear and rub his back. He is, as I tell him, "my noah noah".

He loves puzzles and playing 'I Spy' and singing. When he sings "shoo fly pie" it's so cute I can hardly bear it. He can't say "P"s very well, so he says things like, "I want to go the hark!" and calls his father "hapa". It's very endearing. He can play video games with more skill than me. He loves worms, and often brings them inside as gifts for me. His favorite books are "Go Dog Go" and "The Boy Who Ate Around". His favorite color is red and he loves getting new clothes and jumping on "the bouncing shape" (the trampoline.)

He is skinny and quick and has this funny flailing run, and heavy lidded blue eyes with long lashes. He is very good at defusing me, all he has to do is look up at me sadly through those lashes and say, "ma-mwa...?" He was going through a phase where his papa and I couldn't do anything right and it seemed like he was being contrary just for the sake of being contrary (terrible twos?) but thankfully he is pretty much out of that.

His papa and he do this kind of fake fighting (reminds me of wolf puppies in the wilderness) where he says, "bring it on!", except that he can't say "bring" so it comes out as "big it on! big it on!" in this high little boy voice, and he is laughing and laughing as they wrestle. There is nothing funnier than seeing this little 35-lb boy saying "big it on!" to a 225-lb man.

[prairiegyrl]

Sophie will be three June 18th....*sob*

No more baby! She is all about being a big girl like her six year old sister. No naps and she's getting closer to potty-readiness.

[quantumsarah]

I have a three year old. Jake was born in January 1999. (I'm not new here, but it's been a while since I've been back to Mothering.)
Jake is out of diapers, quite on his own, is still breastfeeding, and is a wonderful little boy. I am very proud of him and just awed by his intelligence. <grin> He does have a temper, and gets bored easily, and creates rules that we must (or are supposed to) adhere to or face his wrath... Three is definitely challenging, but I like it much better than two. He was a late speaker, and it frustrated him mightily. Now that he can tell me what he wants to say, I find him a much calmer boy.

[Karry]

Hi all! My DD turns 3 July 23. Time sure flies.

This age has been trying at times. Potty training has been a struggle. She can stay dry pretty well, but refuses to poop on the potty. Tantrums can be frequent with her, and the hitting and kicking of her little brother (almost one) has been upsetting me.

On the other hand she can be very sweet, and is extremely verbal. We can have conversations with her. Her imagination is excellent also.

I have heard that the threes can be trying because of their desire to be indepenent. My DD has been saying, "No, I can do it myself". I'm sure every age has it's challanges.

Hooray to all the 1999 "babies".

Karry
Mom to Kacey (7/23/99) and Lucas (6/21/01)

[Lorene]

1st time I ran into other Hoosiers on these boards, Howdy!

DS was 3 May 29. I am exhausted from no nap, or very late nap and then very late nite.

He's (only just) potty trained in the day. Wears diaper nights and naps. And he asks for a diaper to poop in. How do I stop that?

His speech isn't that great but he's bilingual.

I love every age. This is a challenge though. He gets whims, like he wants to wear certain clothes. He went to nursery school in pj's yesterday. Sometimes wants to be a baby (a 40 lb one at that) okay by me, he's my only kid. And will stay that way. I turned 40 in '99 too.

Problem with hitting when he doesn't get his way. And says EVERYTHING is MINE. But when I say 'ouch' he kisses me. So sweet. Says 'thank you' all the time but I can't wheedle a 'please' out of him to save my life.

Picky eater. Would lie on the couch naked with a bottle of warm milk all day watching cartoons if I let him. Guess he's pretty normal.

[hydrangea]

I have a three-year-old. She was born December 20, 1998.

I love this age, although the first few months of it were pretty rough. Right now we're going through a relatively smooth stretch although she can still be infuriating about things.

She's always singing both songs she's heard and songs she's made up. One of my favorites is "a donut, a donut, I love a donut, what's a donut about?" (We're health food nuts and she's maybe had a donut 2x in her life.)

She started drawing people and animals a few months ago. I love seeing dogs wearing dresses as interpreted by a 3 y.o.

She's determined. She'll wake up in the morning and inform me "we're going to the toy store today," get dressed herself, bring me my shoes, grab my hand, and say "come on." LOL, it's really hard to refuse her when she does that.

She's very affectionate. She loves to cuddle and hug and kiss.

She loves to dress up. Whatever she puts on she always has bunny ears on too so she'll be a "bunny wizard" or a "bunny princess," etc.

She asks so many questions!!! And often they are very obvious ones, like "where are we going?" when I've just told her, and then "where are we going?" again even after I've told her again. If I deflect the question back to her, she knows the answer. I think she just asks to make conversation. Sometimes this drives me insane!

She is very friendly. She'll talk with people we meet in our daily journeys every day. This is wild to me since neither my husband or I are like that and her older sister isn't either.

She's a copycat. She repeats everything her 5 y.o. sister says. She's not trying to be annoying. She's just trying to make conversation again, and she knows what her big sister says is usually pretty intelligent Today we were at a neighbor's house learning how to take care of her cats (we're catsitting this weekend), and my older daughter said "ewww gross" about the litter clumps and my younger one repeated her. It was so cute to hear that coming out of her 3 y.o. mouth.

She's nowhere near potty trained, but I think I'm going to start a separate thread about that.

She still nurses to go to sleep and wake up, but if something pre-empts "mmmms," she's okay with it. This is a huge deal! It has only been a few months since my dh has been able to put her to bed instead of me. It's great being able to go out with friends in the evening occasionally.

[Tiphanie]

Wow another year!

Sometimes I am surprised to think that my ds, Kelson, is to be three this 23rd of August. He is a lot of fun and in some ways I miss the baby and toddler part of him. But, I have him with his knew abilities and skills. He is very smart and loves to do lots of fun things. We are each others playpals everyday. I am still not sure what to get for his birthday, he has so much! I have a few ideas but plan to wait and see what catches his attention during the next couple months. I think that the more he grows and changes the better we understand each other and the easier our relationship becomes. We tend to have more fun instead of frustration, as opposed to when communication was limited. Glad to find a place for us, the toddler forum was outdated for Kelson's abilities and I thought this was for older children.