Feb '08 Mamas - Happy New Year! - Page 3

[Dea]

mishaj!!!
It's so nice to hear from you!
I am *technically* due on the 25th, but this baby is much bigger and acting good and ready to come out, so I"ll welcome him any day now. I just hope it's soon. So uncomfortable!
I'm sorry you're having nighttime troubles. There is the odd night that DH can't get Trixie down, and so I step in and it's over quick. Those are the nights when he doens't wait for for her cue and pushes the issue. Heh.
I'm jealous that you've managed to get hte potty thing done! We were doing so wall as a baby, and then she learned to walk and we're back at square one. If we keep on her and hound her she'll pee on her potty, but that just upsets her, and it's annoying for all of us!

So I am off to a training night for my playgroup. I'm one of the people to help get 2010 up and running. Really I'd like to go to bed right about now.

[FelixMom]

Originally Posted by mishaj

On a positive note, we've been out of diapers since 11 months and down to maybe one pee accident every other day. She has gotten worse at telling us since getting older and more independant so we are having to rely on timing and visual cues (squirming, holding herself) When she has a miss, she tells me mid-stream- Oh mama, I'm already late! Cute, but frustrating when it is on my new rug!

I am jealous of you, mishaj. DS2 was ECed quite well up until his first surgery at 4 months. He was still doing 80% of the poops until somewhere between 9-10 months. Then all bets were off, as he explored the world and learned to walk. I've had 2-3 catches since then. Sad but true. Plus I feel a slave to his butt, changing 3-5 poops PER DAY. Gotta give him waaay less fruit and more rice or something. Argh!

Anyway, just wanted to wish all you mamas a healthy and prosperous 2010!

Rynna, hope you find a way to manage whatever is ailing you.

[Teenytoona]

Howdy Strangers!! Mishaj and Felixmom, it's great to see you!

Dea, it's sooo exciting that your time is coming up!

We're just potty familiarizing here - I'm not going to pursue anything until it's warmer and I don't feel like I need a onsie on her for that initial layer of protection. Also, I'm lazy, so I want her to be able to pull up and down her pants, rather than waiting for me - because I know I won't always get there in time. Heh.

We've reached a new level of wierdness. DD is now requesting the Spongebob song for her lullaby. On the other side, she nursed first, then fell asleep to my non-spongebob songs. I think I'm going to start limiting nursing sessions on the weekends - we nurse about 4 times in the weekdays, I think we can strive for that on the weekends.

[eilonwy]

When Bean was tiny, he used to fall asleep in the car to a song called "It's Saturday". To say that the song isn't exactly a lullaby would be an understatement- it barely qualifies as a song at all. I'm not even sure how the habit began, but I remember very well that before he was a year old, he would get into the car and I could play the song and he'd be unconscious by the end of it, regardless of time of day, mood, anything. It was hilarious, if a bit wrong.

I went to the gym last night. Part of me is proud that I stuck it out, but my entire body is SCREAMING at me today and I feel sicker than I did before. My body is indicating that this was a mistake, but I can't just sit around being sick and miserable all the time. Ugh. I'm not even sure what to do. My stomach hurts about ten times more than it did yesterday.

Bean is in the midst of a phone conference with his teacher. This isn't one of the fun/interesting/relevant ones, it's one of the standard, required second-grade level ones. In other words, he resents it as baby work from the very beginning. Right now on the screen it says, "Elapsed Time: Write the time it will be in 2 hours? Write the time it will be in 4 hours?" Bean filled in three of them and then told his teacher, "This is silly, of course they've got all the same minutes. It's like you've got no brains for the time!" He's being seriously uncooperative, Bella and Bear will not leave the room, every other word out of Bear's mouth has been "No!" this morning, and Bella is literally climbing the furniture and reading random kindergarten books she finds out loud. Even if I hadn't gone to the gym, I'd want to go back to bed right now. Even if I wasn't sick, I wouldn't feel like going out of my way to get anything done. Ugh.

[Dea]

Okay so I know I'm not supposed to want to induce labour, but golly, I'm thisclose to sending Adam out to buy me buckets and buckets of castor oil!
I don't remember being this uncomfortable with Trixie!

And in other news, did you hear about Google and the government of China? Ohhhhhh..... Google said that they won't censor results anymore and so China has blocked them. They're in negotiations. So this is interesting in Chez Dea because Adam did/ does some stuff with the censoring. (not so much that his job is at risk at all... it was a small small part, but still interesting, mostly his job is to make search faster, literally-- have I mentioned I married a geek and am having his babies?)
So that's the big news in my house, and only because we have nothing to announce.

Also told my OB today I'm planning a homebirth, she told me I'm irresponsible.

Now I am drinking very strong RRL tea.

How was your day?

[smokeylo]

Dea, you know I'm right there with you, ready for this baby to come out! Only 39w1d, tho...

[Dea]

Lauren I'm 38 3days, and measuring 40 and feeling huge. He's a big boy, and it's hurting me!
Should we confer on a good day?
He's strong and big enough that I can see his heels tracing across my belly, which Trixie never did, or I couldn't see hers. But I have a protection layer on me (to keep me warm) and I can still see his feet! It's rather painful really! And he's been digging his feet into my ribs, I thought it was a heart attack once, but it was just him, stretching, again something my small girl never did.
I used to think that she was so active, and she was, and it made sense to me why she is such a busy toddler, and compared to some of her little friends she is always on the go, but now I'm worried this one is far busier. Yikes.

[eilonwy]

Hehe. Boobah was like that, and was very physically busy (and precocious) as an infant. She's still like that-- the kid you find hanging from the top of the swing set, instead of just swinging on her belly or even (gasp!) swinging normally. She was tiny, but it wasn't much help it just added to the whole greased piglet sensation when dealing with her. I count myself lucky that I only had one like that. He sounds like a fun little man already though.

It's so neat that you're all so close. I'm looking forward to pictures. Helen, how's your littlest man doing? Is he feeling any better?

So I've been sick for a month and a half, and it sucks but I think (I think) that I'm getting better. I also think that this is a virus, if a not terribly communicable one. Lots of other people are/have been sick just like this-- nausea, vomiting, etc for a long period of time. Bean told me yesterday that his stomach was bothering him. B'li ayin hara, Bear hasn't been having any problems. In any case, if it is a virus it will burn itself out and hopefully I'll come out of it immune to something much nastier. I'm seriously hoping that it all gets better from here. I'm also hoping that the rest of the pain I'm having just has to do with my body burning resources to fight the infection and nothing else, because that would bite hard.

Ugh. I need painkillers. The only thing I have in the house is children's Motrin. I can't legitimately justify taking it, but I'm close. Of course I'd have to chug what's left of the bottle, and if I did that one or more of the kids would wake at two in the morning with a blindingly high fever. I mean I would totally be tempting fate. What to do, what to do.

Oh! Bear did the most adorable thing last night. I was watching Varsity Blues, and the final game was on right around bedtime. I often watch movies or TV shows on my computer while I'm putting Bear to bed, so I didn't really think about it. Well apparently Bear loves football-- he was so excited about the game, clapping and laughing and shouting "Touchdown, touchdown!! Yay, football!" I looked at him and asked, "Do you like football?" and he clapped and said, "I love football!" It was so adorable and a complete shock. Unfortunately it kept him awake for another hour, he was way too excited by the game to fall asleep. I had no idea he even knew what football was, but apparently he's been watching with his grandfather on the weekends. A friend of mine, when told about this, asked, "Can he PLEASE be a Bama fan?!" (He's from that area and he's a huge fan of the Crimson Tide.) It was just funny all around. I said, "He'll be what he'll be. Who knows, maybe he'll gain some weight and play."

[Mommy2Austin]

I think I'm losing bits of mucus!! That's the happiest most disgusting thing I'll ever say! LOL

[eilonwy]

Right on, Sarah Lynne!

[smokeylo]

Sarah Lynne, I'm soooo jealous of your mucus!!

Dea, your little man reminds me a lot of Robin. I was measuring way ahead at 38 weeks and she was always up in my ribs. This baby is usually pretty quiet but he/she is sooooo low that I'm not sure she could reach my ribs if she WANTED to!

I had 2 hours of pretty regular ctx this morning before they petered out . Between that and Robin being awake for an hour around 1 am, I'm completely wiped out. Fortunately her daycare reopened this morning so I can take a shower and hopefully get a good nap in. (My edd is the 20th, so we're kind of in the home stretch... and I went into labor with Robin 5 days before my EDD, which would be today! But whatevs, I'm trying really hard not to obsess and make myself insane with anticipation. Trying/failing.)

How's everyone else doing in non-pregnant land?

[HeatherRenee]

Originally Posted by Dea

Okay so I know I'm not supposed to want to induce labour, but golly, I'm thisclose to sending Adam out to buy me buckets and buckets of castor oil!
I don't remember being this uncomfortable with Trixie!

You could try out your new pump Birthing centers have mother pump to get their contractions going. Might not work, but hey.. if it does you're on your way!

[PlayaMama]

hi mamas!

babies are getting close!!! how exciting it must be!

linnaea has become obsessed with the dora book. like, she likes most books but this one she will literally sit and read out loud to herself and flip pages for about 45 minutes. my favourite part is when she says, "and this monkey. his name is boots."

the other day i asked her to go get her shoes from the shoe bin and she said, "mama, i'm a dragon!" and then "mama i'm an eagle!" and she ran flapping her arms up and down and squawking to go get her shoes. she learned both of those from lazlo, it's really amazing how she mimics him.

okay, bed time, birthdays are coming up yes? i think terran was the first right? when was his?

[eilonwy]

I'm thinking it's early next week, but I could be wrong. Bear's is in the first week of February. I think he was among the first ten babies born in this group, but I don't remember for certain as I so horribly ill right afterward. I'm so pleased with my little man, though. He's so squishy! And tall!! (Sorry, that's still very very exciting to me. I've had talking babies before, but I've never had a tall one until Bear. ) Supposedly, if you double a child's height at age two you'll get a pretty good idea of how tall they're going to be. If it's really true, then Bear's going to hit six feet. That just tickles me no end.

Bear got a Dora book from my sister for Channukah, and he's also in love with it. He likes other people to read to him, though. He'll sit and hit you with it until you read. it's a good thing he's freaking adorable.

So last night I went to visit a friend from college. I haven't seen her in ages, but it was really cool to hang out with her. I watched Repo! for the first time (she's REALLY into it, it's one of those things where the fan culture has taken on a life of it's own, a la Rocky Horror), and came home with the first season of Sailormoon on DVD in Japanese (I LOVE Sailormoon ) and a nearly-new pair of boots which don't fit her anymore. I'm going back Sunday to roll up a character for a LARP with her, her boyfriend, another friend from college (who turns out to be her boyfriend's best friend, the world is incredibly tiny) and whoever else is playing. I'm so stoked! I love LARPing, I miss it so much and I've been really wanting to start playing again. I realize that this is all uberdorky, but surely you ladies have realized by now that I am, in fact, an uberdork. Anyhow, I'm so flipping excited about this! Now if only I can deal with the pain I'm in and finish writing my book, things will be absolutely brilliant around here.

Is it weird that I'm in so much pain I can hardly move, but I'm in a really decent mood? It seems kind of contradictory that my overall feeling about life is a good one, but my conscious mind is focused on the fact that I need to eat something, and that will necessitate moving. Typing is work for me, I actually have to lie down to do it and my arms still ache. Eating is work, too. Still, good things are happening. My brain fog will clear and I'll be able to move and write again.

I'm not sure what the deal is, though. I definitely believe that there's a connection between mind and body, and that being in a bad mood or unhappy or whatever can make you physically ill, you know? So I've been trying to address the emotional side, because addressing the physical hasn't really done much for me. I guess I figured that if nobody could find anything physically wrong with me, it must be in my head to some extent, so addressing what's in my head would solve the problem. Well I'm doing that, I feel (emotionally) positive, optimistic and strong... so why isn't my body falling into line? I'm kind of at a loss. I'll keep doing the things that make me happy anyway, but what else can I try to solve the physical problem? Because being exhausted, ill, and in pain all the time is no way to live, and I don't want to do it indefinitely.

[PlayaMama]

rynna- bear's is the 4th because that's mine i remember his well. i'll look up terran's on the ddc archives when i get back from reno today. i'm so glad that you had a good night out with friends. my brother did some LARP'ing in high school and i totally made fun of him.

but anyway, have a good time, i kind of feel like a jerk since he and his friends were actually pretty cool.

i hope you get your physical stuff figured out. curtis has been having upper abdominal pain and it's kind of scary but they haven't found a cause yet. i'm hoping it's not liver cancer.

one more cute thing to add about the dora book. when linnaea gets to the part where they rescue baby jaguar she always says, "yay! they rescue baby jaguar! yay!" and tosses her hands up in the air.

[eilonwy]

Yeah, LARPing is pretty dorky. Well I know it! I actually met Mike at a LARP; It's sort of a geek trump card. Even meeting your spouse on the internet is cooler than meeting them at a LARP. It's a lot of fun, though, and gamers are some of the sweetest people on Earth.

[Nature]

Hey! Checking in! I can't believe Odin is turning two soon! (Feb 11th bday) Things here are going as well as they can be. We've been getting over illness after illness. First two weeks of H1N1, and then my daughter brought Herpes Simplex 1 home from school and there went another week 1/2 (so far) of fevers and illness for everyone. At least this time the baby didn't even up in the hospital like she did for H1N1.

Odin has done so well not being the littlest guy anymore. His little sister Persephone was born October 27th and she's the sweetest thing. They are so cute together. (and the other 3 kiddos too)

I am a little concerned because he seems to be frusterated by his limited vocabulary. He says single words still, with only a few phrases that are more than one word like, "there it is." and "give kiss" but he leaves the endings off most of those so technically it sounds like "Geh Ke" and "Der Ez" and they're phrases not said independently. He doesn't spontaneously say sentences at all. Most of the single words he says are from Go Diego Go. He says "Diego""Dora" and "Boots" really well. I know boys develop words slower than girls and he's the only boy I have so I'm trying not to expect too much too early... but it seems to be causing him a lot of distress because we don't understand most of what he's saying. He doesn't try to copy our words, and won't pay attention when we try to show him how to say it. He cries a lot and screams, pulling me and gesturing.

I think I might call EI just to make sure everything is where it should be..

[eilonwy]

I've never heard that boys are supposed to talk later than girls... though I have heard that it's common for younger children to talk later than older ones.

[Nature]

Originally Posted by eilonwy

I've never heard that boys are supposed to talk later than girls... though I have heard that it's common for younger children to talk later than older ones.

It probably isn't true, but its what everyone tells me. Boys develop language later because they develop physically first. (Though I can positively say my 6yo dd was more advanced physically)

Does Odin's language sound like something I should be concerned about or am I just being too vigilant?

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by Nature

It probably isn't true, but its what everyone tells me. Boys develop language later because they develop physically first. (Though I can positively say my 6yo dd was more advanced physically)

Does Odin's language sound like something I should be concerned about or am I just being too vigilant?

That's kind of funny to me, because my earliest speaker was my eldest (boy) and my most advanced physically was/is my second (girl). Hopefully someone else will have insight into the language, I'm really the wrong person to ask.