January 2010 babies - it's been half a year. How are you? - Page 4

[purplemamaturtle5]

A recent picture of Rowan...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...f&id=584559551

[nola79]

Originally Posted by marinak1977

Sasha grabs his privates AND his ears a lot. Ouch! He is also very interested in drinking water and only wants to do it from my glass. He also figured out a straw and would drink that way. With the glass I just help him hold it and he will push it away when he's done. He usually spills a bunch on his clothes though and has to be changed.

Yep, Emma does the same thing.....will only drink out of my water glass when I hold it up to her...she's a trip.

[PoetryLover]

I know I don't comment often, but I always love looking at the pictures and videos you guys post. :-) Our babies are so adorable!

Malachi turns 8 months in 1 week. He rocks back and forth on his hands and knees, but he is still not crawling. Instead, he gets around by rolling. He literally rolls everywhere he wants to go! He was in the middle of the kitchen while I was washing dishes. He rolled over to the stove and opened the drawer containing frying pans. He then rolled to the dish of cat food and grabbed 2 handfuls. I got to him before he ate it. THEN he rolled to a stand housing the computer tower and proceeded to open and close the doors, followed by pulling things out. He keeps me on my toes. I try to give him plenty of floor time, hoping he'll learn to crawl but no such luck. I guess that's just the way my baby rolls.

[hakeber]

Emily has two teeth, and yesterday I got the first Mama. Very clear and looking right at me.

[smokeylo]

Hello everyone good to read updates about our babies, although I can't quite believe they're all 8 months old! That seems so utterly grown up to me. I'm a little sad about it!

Holly is thriving. She's over 20 lbs and in her 12 month clothes. I keep thinking she'll pop a tooth but the little guys keep saying hi and then receding, so I still have that gummy grin to enjoy. She is desperately trying to crawl but not quite coordinated enough for it. She scootches around some on her bottom and is generally very frustrated at her inability to motor around. She has pulled herself up to stand several times. I'm kind of terrified of having two mobile children!!

Holly waves hi and bye all the time and is working on her first few words... think mama and byebye might make the cut. She is an absolute joy, such a sweet and gentle spirit. I adore her!

[remijo]

hakebar, that's awesome about the tooth thing! So cool.

Well, good news - I don't have cancer. Yay! Just persistent thyroid disease that I cannot get managed but that's easier to deal with.

DD is progressing so fast. She turned 8 months on the 13th and can now rise to a standing position anywhere in the room (without holding onto anything - which I have a hard time doing - lol), she can cruise and stand up for about ten seconds before plopping back down. She took one step and I think she'd start walking except its just not fast enough for her. She'd rather crawl. She's starting to eat a little more but is having a hard time with the pincer grasp so it just ends up a mess when she does it herself. And I'm choking paranoid so I don't give her a lot of food by herself. She's said mama once and dada several times and says baba alot which we thought was Bubba which is what I call DS but evidently its a common baby word that we moms adapt to whatever we think it is.

We are going to try her own bed this weekend, I really think she'll actually sleep better - I think I wake her up most of the time. Guess that's it - just a crazy baby and school started this week. I have to get up at 4 am just to have a little time to myself to read and do homework because she just does not sleep well during the day.

[remijo]

oh, forgot some stuff.

Yes, we want to have one more baby and soon too. I actually want these babies to be close together so we can move on, if that makes any sense. As much as I love this stage, if DD gets to be like three or four, I don't think I'll want to go back to infancy again. But I haven't got my period back yet and my thyroid is still off so I have to get those taken care of before I even ovulate again.

[PoetryLover]

Originally Posted by remijo

Well, good news - I don't have cancer. Yay! Just persistent thyroid disease that I cannot get managed but that's easier to deal with.

She's said mama once and dada several times and says baba alot which we thought was Bubba which is what I call DS but evidently its a common baby word that we moms adapt to whatever we think it is.

We are going to try her own bed this weekend, I really think she'll actually sleep better - I think I wake her up most of the time. Guess that's it - just a crazy baby and school started this week. I have to get up at 4 am just to have a little time to myself to read and do homework because she just does not sleep well during the day.

Yay that you don't have cancer! You must have been so worried.

Malachi says Babas for boobies. He actually turns to me and looks at them while he says it. And then he nurses. I know I have to call them something else because I don't want my son running around asking for boobies! Lately I've just been asking if he's hungry, if he'd like to eat, if he wants breastmilk, etc.

Yeah, my little guy can have a hard time sleeping during the day, as well. I've been getting so little sleep myself, that getting up that early is not something I can do. But how I would love some alone time!

[devasma]

Remijo, that's awesome news! Hopefully you can get everything under control so you can try for the next babe! Here's hoping for af to return, lol.

It sounds like everyone is doing great! Ethan is doing well, although he has a bit of a cold right now. Other than a snotty nose, he's pretty happy.

I'm going to have to start some sort of sleep training or something sooner than later. I will be going back to work at the end of December, and while that's still far off, I want to make a sleep transition slowly in hopes it won't be too traumatizing. I refuse any sort of cio method, so I'm not sure how I will go about it. Ethan goes to sleep initially in his crib, then comes to my bed when he wakes up. He sleeps pretty good after that, but starts nursing around 6am, then nurses off and on until he wakes up around 8. I think getting him off the nursing when he wakes up will be the most difficult thing. I work retail, so my schedule is up in the air, I'm going to have to figure something out that will work for us. I wish I didn't have to work at all, the thought of it is a bit depressing. I certainly feel for the ladies who had to go back to work within the first few months.

[marinak1977]

...sneaking in from work to read the updates. It's been so crazy at my job lately, my brain is about to explode. I do love my job though, and am very thankful for it, but yay - it's friday!
Remijo, this is great news! Hope your thyroid is under control soon and things get less crazy.

Sasha is rolling around, trying to pull up, and is showing signs of teething again, but I can't tell if any teeth are coming in. Our ECing efforts have picked up again, and I'm actually catching more pees. He's not talking yet, but is trying to roll his Rs. I'm wondering if he will start speaking slower since we are trying to raise him bilingual. I guess we'll see.
No AF here yet, and lots of nursing through the night but I did get my supply to go down and back up in the last few days, so maybe I'm going to start cycling again soon. We won't TTC, but won't prevent too actively either. I do get a little sentimental thinking that soon my little bun would not be relying solely on his milkies for food, this year is going by so fast.

[nola79]

So nice to read the updates. Remijo, glad to hear your good news!
Emma has no teeth, but is teething hard core. She does not crawl or pull up but she does put her hands in front of her while in a sitting position and scoots around the house (backward) that way. It's pretty funny!
I think she says eat when she wants to eat, but I'm not 100% sure. Sure sounds like it, though.

[smokeylo]

You people are crazy my kids are 23 months apart and it's HARD. Legitimately HARD to keep up with them and meet all their needs. I am glad to have my IUD and no worries about more babies.

[Lillitu]

Been a while, but glad to check in!

Rowan is 7 months old and crawling up a storm. He has no teeth, but loves solid food and we are doing BLW. We cosleep and he is a laughing smialing babbling baby. It is AWESOME.

I'm back in grad school. That goes well, and Rowan is with his dad when I am in class. His dad is the most awesome co-parent one could hope for and Rowan adores his daddy.

I also started a blog and a forum for pagan parents:
http://witchmom.com (blog)
http://lilyshahar.com/forums (forum)

So... busy!

[nola79]

I found some baby skinny jeans and just had to post a pic....I think they are just so adorable, especially b/c Emma is such a chunk!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1539760812

[carmen358]

Originally Posted by nola79

I found some baby skinny jeans and just had to post a pic....I think they are just so adorable, especially b/c Emma is such a chunk!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1539760812

LOL! So adorable!

[PoetryLover]

nola79, that is adorable! Absolutely precious!

Malachi is 8 months tomorrow and he recently started doing the army crawl. He says: mama, dada, cat, cute, bed, I love you, cat love, love dada (I think that's it). He understands the word again. When I give him teething tablets, I tell him to open his mouth and he does. He recognizes favorite songs. His favorite is a song about a little green frog. He claps when I begin singing it. He also loves pat-a-cake and claps, as well as doing the rolling motion with his hands. He gives high fives. It just seems like he's doing so much lately! He's really taken to solids, although I still only feed him solids once a day for the most part.

Lately he has a bit of a cold. I've been giving him probioitcs, in the hopes of boosting his immune system.

[AfricanQueen99]

LOVE the skinny jeans!!

Well, it's official...Griffin finally errupted a tooth. And yet the drolling hasn't stopped! I so love this kid - not even a minor complaint during the whole thing.

He had a WBV last week and at just shy of eight months he's almost 21 pounds. My little chunk rocks! He got a vax and didn't even flinch. Super fat thighs work in that aspect.

Since we don't do purees or baby food we've been waiting until the kid could stop thrusting food out. He's finally there and a massive fanatic of brocolli. And, unlike his sister who ate 2-3 bananas a day (!!), just gives them a cross look that screams "get this crap out of my mouth!" Pretty funny stuff.

[Catubodua]

Andrew tried to climb out of his crib last night and was getting pretty close to standing on his own.

[marinak1977]

Love the skinny jeans! LOL!
Sasha started to army crawl this week, and is pulling up to stand. Things sure are changing fast around here. He learned to drink from a glass (with support) and will ask for it if thirsty. He is also a champion sippy cup user (per daycare - he only started the sippy this week) We're doing solids galore as he hasn't shown any sensitivities yet (just staying away from gluten now, and all refined and artificial stuff of course). He loves avocado and lox.
Love hearing updates on everyone's babies!

[Gray's Mommy]

I'm going crazy!!!

Liam bites all the time when nursing and otherwise...he just loves to sink his little 6 teeth into anything. He is cutting 2 more teeth (8 months on Sunday) though...CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL this stage is DONE!

He is furniture cruising, stands alone, into EVERYTHING and overall a really happy baby. 15 pounds, loves to be carried, etc. There are a few pics on my blog.... www.chezmichaud.blogspot.com if you want to see how freaking adorable he is LOL

I'm transitioning well to going back to a full time at home mom...miss my paycheck though. Money is really tight and we are still in debt from Liam's surgical birth. We are thinking about #4, but want to pay off all the debt first and that will let me heal a bit more.

Overall, everything is good!