Nov~Dec 2002 tots - Page 4

[lilmiss'mama]

Where do you find discounted Learning Towers?!

[bakeria]

XmasEve - I would love to meet you and let the dds at eachother. Just let us know when you're on your way - we are always around. You should have been here today 85 degrees - no lie. My dd has lots of blond hair but all the length is in one little curl down the center of her back. I'm worried it looks a little 80's but dh won't let me cut it - he thinks it could be the source of her power . :LOL

[bakeria]

lilmissmama - I've been looking at the towers too. The cheapest I could find was $125 with free shipping. Still pricey but the site was heirloomwoodentoys.com.

[ekblad9]

Sorry, it was a one day special thing a while back. I didn't even find out about it until it was almost too late. Anyway, I honestly do think it is worth whatever you can buy it for. I wouldn't have bought one full price before I had it but I totally would now. If that makes any sense. I running on fumes here.

[AnnaLaughs]

Wow...I love hearing about all these babies. No haircuts in our future.....DD is getting some length....to her shoulders...but we are no where near the need for a trim.
XmasEve said her DD was "her-sized". I love that! That is how I feel about Anna. She hasn't been weighed in forever but I'm guessing around 25-27 pounds. Who knows! She is just perfect so I don't think about it much...until I look in her baby book and realize I don't have those numbers.
I have officially become "Mommy".....we have always been "mama" and "dada" but this week it became "mommy" and "daddy". A little bittersweet somehow.
She says hi to everything....tonight it was "hi, tatoes" while I was cooking...if I open the fridge it's "hi, eggs"...so funny.
She has always called our dog "good dog" even now that she can say his name she will still call him "good dog". That will forever be his rightful name now.
"Book" has now changed to "read"....before she would thrust books at us and say "book, book, book"....now it's just politely "read". It is amazing to me how these subtle little changes come about.
I could go on and on....can you tell I don't have much of a bragging outlet in our quiet little world?
I'm so glad to finally participate a little here....can't wait to get to know everyone!

[eilonwy]

Feel free to brag to me! :LOL I periodically start 'bragging threads', because I'm just totally impressed with every little thing that Eli does. He's so cool, but I feel like I'm going to make other people insecure if I talk about him too much. I love to hear about the cool things that other people's kids are doing, because I feel better talking about Eli then, kwim? :LOL Even if it's not terribly impressive to outsiders (though it usually is!) it's just so impressive to watch someone who used to be a brand new Bean only capable of nursing and sleeping transform themselves into a communicative, walking, talking person.

[majazama]

My baby says HI! to everyone she meets.... on the street, in the shopping centre, grocery store, park.... it's so funny. People will sometimes say "hi, how are you", back to her, and she just stares or says Hi! again. :LOL she doesn't say too many words, but does say whatz at? ba- bath, bay- baby, hot, and she gets her point across with many other noises and etcetera.

She's into having TANTRUMS these days. Poor baby. I feel so bad. She doesn't want me to hold her, then she wants to, then she wants to go back on the floor and arches her back and she hurts her head sometimes. I think it's rough not being able to say how you are feeling, or even *know* what you are feeling.

I'm glad many others have joined our tribe. Our babies must be pretty special, if we are the only ones to continue on in the toddler forum. I guess there are others starting up now, but YKWIM?

[*solsticemama*]

Originally posted by eilonwy
The first haircut, when a (boy)child is three years old is a big occasion, you make a party and it's a really special day.

Begging the question...does this special day apply to girls also?

Btw, pregnant mamas--I think there are just 2, eilonwy and *mamajaza*--have you all decided on what kind of a birth setting you'd like? Home birth, hospital, birth center, water birth etc?

[hjohnson]

I'm pregnant too! I will be delivering at the hospital and I am hoping with no interventions. Right now I am trying to figure out what to do with DS should I go into labor and my parents aren't here yet.

[majazama]

Solsticemama- I'm going to have an UC with my close family nearby. It's exciting! I'm going to have a pool set up, but it's going to be in the middle of the summer, so I don't know at what temperture I'll have that water.

hjohnson~when are you due?

[eilonwy]

Originally posted by *solsticemama*
Begging the question...does this special day apply to girls also?

Btw, pregnant mamas--I think there are just 2, eilonwy and *mamajaza*--have you all decided on what kind of a birth setting you'd like? Home birth, hospital, birth center, water birth etc?

I'm not sure if it applies to girls. I don't think it does, because you're not supposed to cut a girl's hair at all as far as tradition goes. That said, there are many people for whom the first haircut (it usually happens on the same day for all three-year-olds) is something that correlates with weaning; the child is finished nursing, finished 'being a baby', as it were, and the haircut is the next step to being a big person. I think that the party is just as reasonable to do for girls, but not much of a tradition exists because, traditionally, girls don't get their hair cut at all. Of course, there might be people out there who do the same thing for girls.. I wouldn't be at all surprised by it. I'll have to look (it just never occured to me, because I have a boy. :LOL)Clear as mud?


Here is a link to an article about the first haircut ritual & party. Very short and to the point (unlike it's url! :LOL)

I'm planning to give birth in a hospital; I want my drugs. You can attempt to flame me if you like, but if you've read Eli's birth story or been involved in this discussion with me before, you'll either understand where I'm coming from or decide I'm a hopeless case and give up. :LOL I am very well educated about my decision and am going in with my eyes wide open. I'm due 30 June, but expecting to go closer to the middle of the month. By my math, I get a due date of 13 June; Eli was born a bit early, but I'm still thinking this one will show up sometime during the second week of June. If we go later, I can deal with that, though. I've got my mind wrapped around the 30 June date, so I will be less likely to be pulling my hair out if I don't deliver exactly when I expect to, kwim?

[hjohnson]

Nothing wrong with using drugs. I was drugged up while in labor with DS. I had a severe form of toxemia so they had me on Mag Sulfate and some other fun stuff. I slept through my whole labor. I am hoping that this time I won't have the toxemia. Curious to see if I can make it minus drugs.

I am due on September 3rd and we are expecting another little boy.

[lilmiss'mama]

*Mamajaza*- I couldn't access your pics. It said I needed an email address and password.

[majazama]

lilmissmomma, I know, you have to have an account to see them. I would like to use another site that's free, where you don't have to log in see the pictures. Do any of you know of any sites?

[lilyka]

Hi I can't believe it took me 4 pages to notice this thread.

eilonwy - that thread about hair cutting was so intresting. what a sweet sweet tradition. It makes me want to wait to cut my childrens hair. I was just chatting with someone this mornign about how when you cut a babies hair for that first time they suddenly apear to be a big kid. even though they aren't any older than theywere 15 minutes before the cut. I was just thinking about cutting Avas hair but I am gonna wait. She is a mess but who cares. I am not ready for my baby to have a big kid hair cut.

[lilmiss'mama]

*Mamajaza*--sorry, but I don't know anything about posting pics. (as you can see I don't have any in my sig.!) I don't have a digital camera either, so that probably doesn't help. Maybe someone else will have an idea.

[Mona]

mamajaza- i have a shutterfuly link, but it won't let me see your pictures if i use my own email and password, just my own.
i use msn to post my pix. (see below) it's free. a bit dorky, but all i've been able to come up with so far.

[kerc]

i just looked at your pictures again mona. she is just so cute. I thin my fav is the one of her in a pink sweatshirt showing off her diaper.(a). I love the sweatshirt and (b). she is just such a cutie! So expressive with her face. And so much hair!!!

So...I always get good ideas from ya'll. Can you tell me your child's favorite (a). book and (b). normal household item used as a toy? (or favorite activity not requiring a new purchase? I'm bored with erin's toys and need to jaz it up a bit.

ours: teddy goes to bed (or something similar. basically a cloth book with a teddy that goes into a pocket on each page. like "teddy rides his rocking horse up and down" and there's a spot for teddy to ride on the rocking horse.

erin LOVES to take ice cubes from one glass and move them to another.

oh and to the pregnant mamas. I dreamt about ya'll last night.

[Mona]

kerc- thanks so much. i was having a real bummer of a morning, and your comments made me smile big. and just so you know, she was showing off her belly in that picture. she loves to show everyone her belly, esp one of my male housemates. that is her greeting for him. :LOL she loves to pat her own belly, and everyone elses. funny girl.

a).favorit book
she doesn't have one really. she has a bunch of wooden books that she likes, and she likes any book that has babies in it. she also likes animals in books, as i always make the sound effects.

(b). normal household item used as a toy? keys, phone (we have an old one that we gave her), laundry, play silks that she can hide under (a sarong works good too), beaded necklaces, measuring spoons and cups (metal), metal bowls with a metal spoon, wet wash cloth. i think that is enough

i'm curious to read about everyone else's choices.

[eilonwy]

nak!

books! eli loves books. his favorite used to be 'the very quiet cricket'; we'd take it out of the library every week until i bought him a copy of his own for his birthday. he also loves 'runaway bunny', 'goodnight moon', 'the very hungry caterpillar', anything by dr. seuss (his cousin reads those to him and he loves it!), 'where is baby's belly button?' and anything with letters, numbers, or cars & trucks. :LOL he's very interested in new books, so while the old favorites have a strong appeal, he loves to listen to something new.

eli's favorite household item toy is probably the shower or a mixing bowl with water and a measuring cup. he loves to play with water, just about anywhere. we don't have a bathtub, but if we did i'd let him play in it every day! instead, i turn on the shower and let him sit there with a washcloth and empty shampoo bottles. he has the time of his life, and he gets to be naked, too! :LOL