October 2012 Rockstar Mamas - Page 5

[Baby_Cakes]

That actually sounds fun!! I think you'll do fine.

I'm starting to get serious with planning Nora's party. It's small so I don't have to go too nuts but I think I might see how $$ it is to rent a bounce house. She had too much fun in one today at a friend's party and asked for it for hers.

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[MarineWife]

We got a bouncy house for a party we had once. The kids loved it!

I'm going crazy with the way Dylan is nursing these days. He wants me to sit on the couch with my shirt pulled up so he can come and go as he pleases and switch from one side to the other over and over. He cries and screams if I pull my shirt down or tell him to pick a side. It's driving me crazy!

[Baby_Cakes]

Originally Posted by MarineWife 

We got a bouncy house for a party we had once. The kids loved it!
I'm going crazy with the way Dylan is nursing these days. He wants me to sit on the couch with my shirt pulled up so he can come and go as he pleases and switch from one side to the other over and over. He cries and screams if I pull my shirt down or tell him to pick a side. It's driving me crazy!

What a demanding little dude!!  

He's too much!  That honestly would drive me bananas as well.

We went to my BILs fire station open house today.  The kids had a lot of fun.  They had a huge bounce castle thing so Nora was in heaven, she went on it twice and used up 4 of her ride/game tickets!!  She wanted to go even more times, lol!  We got to see the fire trucks and they even had a helicopter come and land and the kids could see in and sit in the cockpit.  Was pretty cool even for a grown up!

Finn did amazing, he completely skipped napping the whole day.  I thought he'd be a fuss but he was in a great mood.  We even went out to red robin around 330 and ate with my ILs and he was awesome, ate well, was cute, the whole nine.  We pushed it and went to Fresh Market for goodies afterwards.  He then fell asleep in the car for the hour ride home.

Tonight chris and I are going to watch the Langoliers.  I'm so in the mood to sit and watch a crappy made for TV stephen king movie.

[MarineWife]

BBQ is over. It was fun. I feel like everyone left too early. They left before 9 pm. I've had way too much wine. hehe It was fun. The food was sooo good. People asked me what I made. I told them I didn't make any of it. It's the truth. Sean makes everything.

Carrie ~ I saw your firetruck pics. I loved them all. Nora and Finn driving the truck are too cute!

The worst with Dylan is in the middle of the night. What can I do? We fight because he wants to twiddle my nipples and flip back and forth. I put my hand or arm over myself but he just pushes and cries and screams. Ugh!

[akind1]

MW: Would Dylan still do that if you weren't there? (that's my only thought or suggestion) - re: the nipple twiddling. I am so thankful I have yet to have a nipple twiddler. That and the other nursing behavior would drive me bananas. I know lots of toddler boys that are the same way with nrsing, they just want it constantly available. It would cause me to want to be out of the house with lots of distractions all the time to avoid situations where he thought I could just sit there and nurse all day. Of course, this phase will pass too, but from what I've seen in my friends that nurse toddlers, it seems to last until around age 2 (which seems like forever, but it's not, I guess) I have yet to meet a toddler girl nursling that does that. IDK why. But also, I know far more toddler boy nurslings at the moment. I am really a bit sad that norah is not night nursing anymore. Not enough to want to encourage her to continue, or go back to offering during the day . . . But I miss nursing her already. I did not miss nursing Gabe when he weaned. But with him, nursing had become painful and frequent - I was so ready for him to stop. I had finally got to a place of contement with nursing Norah just once at night, and she stopped. LOL go figure. It wont be long before I have another boobie monster! babies do have to grow up. Carrie: I am so glad the kids had a lot of fun! Gabe loves a bouncy house. I rarely let him go on them - because they don't have specific start and stop times, like other "rides" and getting him off can be a real challenge. And I am not renting one. They are wicked expensive (at least here) I think a little over $200 for the day at all the places I've looked. Busy week ahead preparing for the birthdays. I am excited! and so glad that when this week is over I can be "out" and stop being secretive!

[MarineWife]

It would be a bit impossible for me to nurse him and not be there at the same time. He does that while he nursing, not while just laying there or sleeping. Sorry I wasn't clear about that. I don't mind him wanting to nurse a lot, either. I can sit pretty much all day and let him nurse if that's what he wants. What bugs me is that he won't pick and side and nurse. He wants to continually switch from one side to the other every few seconds. That drives me batty!

[akind1]

Ah, that makes more sense! In that case, I hope it is a phase he grows out of soon. One friend was able to offer a pinching alternative (in his case a plush doll) to spare the hands that were being pinched when said child was being sleepy and tired. IDK if that would work in your case. For the switching sides, also seems to just be a common toddler nursing thing. No help, just lots of sympathy. Great day out with friends I don't get to see much, now back at work. *sigh*

[AnnieA]

Whew! Busy, busy weekend! Ava and I are back home and recovering from our time away. We had a great time. After waking up so early, she went back down for a 2 hr nap so I slept with her even though I should have packed. I just couldn't do that drive on so little sleep. So we left about an hour later than I had wanted to but we still arrived before traffic got too bad up there. Ava did great on the drive up. She slept some and talked and looked out the window. She didn't really start to get upset until we were about 20 mins away. I just kept feeding her goldfish one at a time and that kept her relatively happy. She had so much fun playing with her cousins. My 3 yr old niece and Ava are two peas in a pod. And since Ava likes to spend her days in various states of undress, Grace decided she needed to do that too.

Do any of you have sisters that you are close to? I'm trying to figure out if my sister's girls and Ava are drawn to us because we sound like each other or if they have some biological knowledge that we are related. It's the most interesting thing to me, especially after having spent time with MW and Baby_Cakes. Dylan and Finn didn't mind me but they didn't really tolerate me doing stuff for them and vice versa with Ava and the other moms. But my nieces have never had a problem with me taking care of them, they never have to "re-learn" me when they haven't seen me for months and Ava is the same way with my sister. She just goes to her, no problems. In fact, she was following her around the house begging my sister to pick her up. What do you guys think? Do they feel safe with us because we sound the same? Just something interesting I was thinking about on my drive back yesterday.

Baby_Cakes, if you have the space to store it, it would probably be more economical to just buy a bounce house to use for future parties. I don't think they are much more than what it costs to rent one.

MW, I got the biggest chuckle out of you being sad that everyone left before 9 PM. They probably left because it's a Sunday night and kids have to go to school today! Glad the party was a success though! I wish we had yard space to do something like that.

akind1, I can't wait for you to announce! I was thinking the other day that if I get pregnant again, I would try to make it to 20 weeks before announcing. I don't like people pestering me.

JJ, how's Miss Ten doing these days? Did you get the extra crib to sidecar?

Teething is going to be the death of me! I'll be so happy when these incisors (I think that's what Ava is working on right now) comes in. She's literally biting her own hand from the pain. Messy dipes from upset tummy, interrupted sleep, drooling, bah. Go away teething!

[MarineWife]

Annie ~ I do think there is something to what you have noticed. It's probably a combo of looking and sounding similar. When I was little I used to switch mommies whenever I was around my aunt. I'm not close to my sister but my mom has always had a pretty easy time of taking care of my babies.

School was closed today for the holiday. I think, though, it was probably because we all have young kids. We had a good time. We set everything up in the backyard but it started pouring rain right when the food was ready so we all ended up staying inside. Well, the kids were outside playing in the rain. They got soaked.

[AnnieA]

Oh that's true. I forget that some school systems close for Columbus Day. Ours doesn't. The BBQ looked so good in the pic you posted on FB. I wanted to drive down to you guys so I could eat it!
 

[onetwoten]

Originally Posted by AnnieA 
 

Do any of you have sisters that you are close to? I'm trying to figure out if my sister's girls and Ava are drawn to us because we sound like each other or if they have some biological knowledge that we are related. It's the most interesting thing to me, especially after having spent time with MW and Baby_Cakes. Dylan and Finn didn't mind me but they didn't really tolerate me doing stuff for them and vice versa with Ava and the other moms. But my nieces have never had a problem with me taking care of them, they never have to "re-learn" me when they haven't seen me for months and Ava is the same way with my sister. She just goes to her, no problems. In fact, she was following her around the house begging my sister to pick her up. What do you guys think? Do they feel safe with us because we sound the same? Just something interesting I was thinking about on my drive back yesterday.

JJ, how's Miss Ten doing these days? Did you get the extra crib to sidecar?

Sorry, I've been reading along, and keeping a mental list of things I want to comment on, but haven't sat down at the computer for long enough to actually respond. 

I think there's probably a lot of truth to what you said. I think the looks and the sounds, but also I'm sure family members smell similar on a deeper level too. 

Tenley is doing good. She's having huge milestones lately with babbling a lot more, and has all of a sudden decided that she wants to walk. She's not walking -yet-, but she's cruising along furniture like crazy, and if she lets go of things, she's 'standing' for a little longer than she used to. She's really loving her books too. SO adorable to watch her crawl over, open up a book and just sit there quietly with it for awhile. 

She is however, eating hardly any solids, and not sleeping great. A better night or two with a few 2 hour stretches, and then back to the every hour or less wakeups. I'm been managing to get a bit of sleep in the mornings though, so I'm doing ok. She's teething again pretty badly, so I think that's contributing a lot to the sleep right now. You can see it in her face that she's wanting to sleep, but can't. 

I went out after that convo the other day and bought a few new shirts- 2 actual nursing shirts, and then two others that are just easier to nurse in or hide my belly. I'm in a much better mood when I'm not feeling fat :D lol 

Anywho... the house is relatively clean, and Tenley has been asleep for 1.5 hours already! She woke up about an hour in, and called out once but I went to her door, and she was quiet again, but I could hear her moving... and then she fell back asleep. I suspect she'll be up in the next half hour or so though, so I'm gonna get ready for bed, and play a game for a bit until she wakes up. That way I can do right to sleep after. 

[onetwoten]

Oh, and we didn't grab a crib yet, but I've been using my nightstand as a bedrail. LOL It looks trashy, but it kind of does the job. I push it down at night, so that it's around hip level- so I can lean that direction without falling out of bed. In the morning, I push it back up to the wall, so it looks pretty. lol. I've been keeping my eye out for a cheap crib on the sale site that comes with all the hardware, but also working on convincing Ten to sleep straight while she's in the bed! lol

[akind1]

So . . . Norah was inconsolable last night for DH (which hasn't ever happened) and so I offered the boob, and then of course we lost the paci in the bed last night so I had to boob her instead. And she was waking every couple hours. Oh well. Guess we aren't ready to wean yet, hehe. And I am really ok with that, surprisingly. JJ: I hope you find a sleep solution that works for all of you soon, I know going without really sucks. Sisters . . . despite my sister and I looking and sounding alike, my kids don't really like her. they tolerate her, but that's about it. Gabe prefers men in general as caretakers (except for me) - He adores his grandfathers and his great uncles - and Norah prefers women, generally, my mom and and DH's . . . I have always had good luck with babies liking me and accepting me as caregiver. I think thats because I'm comfortable around them. My mom says its the big boobs. very funny.

[Baby_Cakes]

I shove the blanket b/w me and finn during the night and pin his top arm down so he can't pinch!  I wouldn't be able to stand nipple twiddling.  My nips are toooo sensitive!  I don't like anyone (including DH) touching them.  The thought gives me heebs!

He's been sleeping 6 hour stretches!    It's been amazing and I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts.  And catch up on all the sleep I've missed!

re: bounce house -- nooo, no place to store it.  Tiny house.  Need to move.  Don't need more junk either!  I checked it out -- it's only $150 to rent for the entire weekend.  I ran it by Chris and he said maybe.  So.  Hopefully.  It's raelly only going to be her, and possibly one other kid besides Finn.  I worry both kids I invited won't make it.  Both their moms are due with babies any day now (within the next 3 weeks) so it's like, will they come if they are still pg?  They won't if they have their babies!  You know?  Sigh.  Tough sitch.  So if no other kids come at least she'll have a bounce house to play in with Finn (and I'd get in!!  LOL!)

Kat - sweet that she nursed!  Aww!  Guess she isn't ready to let go just yet.  Enjoy it!  You never know when that last nursing will be!

JJ - Yay to Ten for newfound mobility and standing!  Fun times!!

AFUs -  Finn is up and walking/running around!  He's def turned into a toddler.  He used to be so easy to take along shopping, now he tries to stand and climb out of the cart.  Here we go!  LOL!  Right now sleep is ok so I'm not going to complain OR jinx it!  Just ate a huge lunch.  Ugh.  Full.  Not doing well with watching what I'm eating -- I think I'm going to just be happy and try here and there but not drive myself or anyone else crazy.  I get so grouchy when I'm hungry.  Not worth it.

[akind1]

Wow! bounce houses there are much more reasonable! And holy moly, good sleep! keep it up Finn!

[MarineWife]

Dylan has been sleeping more, too. I think he only nurses 2-3 times a night now. It has been nice. Well, I just did the math and that's still nursing every 3-4 hours. Haha!

I've been wearing my nursing necklace again. It helps during the day but it's a pain at night. It gets spun around on my neck and then I have to fiddle with it, which ends up waking me more. Oh well.

[AnnieA]

Isn't it funny how the switch just happens? Like one night, they are a holy terror waking all through the night needing needing needing the milks and then the next night, eh, don't need the milks. So crazy to me!

DH is driving me crazy these days being overly cautious w/Ava. Lots of telling her to be careful, she can't do this or that or play with this or that because she'll get hurt. I don't feel like they are big deals and it usually things I let her do so I don't understand his push to correct her on them. Like the picture that I posted of her standing on the chair next to me while I pump. He doesn't want her to stand on the chair. Apparently she fell off one night with him. So he doesn't want her to do it at all. But when it's just me and her home, and she wants to stand on the chair and that gives me a few minutes to pump, I'm going to let her stand on the chair.
 

[MarineWife]

Originally Posted by AnnieA 

DH is driving me crazy these days being overly cautious w/Ava. Lots of telling her to be careful, she can't do this or that or play with this or that because she'll get hurt. I don't feel like they are big deals and it usually things I let her do so I don't understand his push to correct her on them. Like the picture that I posted of her standing on the chair next to me while I pump. He doesn't want her to stand on the chair. Apparently she fell off one night with him. So he doesn't want her to do it at all. But when it's just me and her home, and she wants to stand on the chair and that gives me a few minutes to pump, I'm going to let her stand on the chair.

Carrie posted an article about that sort of thing on Facebook recently. Maybe she can dig it back up for you. I had to get on DH about that with our kids for a while. It's such a typical way that people think they show they care but it has the opposite effect. I stopped telling my kids to be careful or be nice or be good. I usually say, "Have fun!"

Of course, then there's Kellen who seems to get hurt every time he turns around. Then it's really hard to not tell him to be careful.

[AnnieA]

I'm trying really hard to not say "Be careful" to Ava but instead say "Please be mindful of what you are doing." It's kind of a mouthful but I want to communicate to her that I would like for her to pay attention to what she's doing, i.e. not fall back while sitting on the edge of a step or something like that but not cripple her by saying "be careful"...maybe it's the same thing? Hmmmm, need to think about that a bit.
 

[Baby_Cakes]

Yes!! It's so hard!! I think I say be careful more for myself than for the child. Idk. I've started just saying to Nora, "you think you can do it? Try! I trust you!" Or something like that. With Finn tho...I'm more like, "whoa buddy, how did you climb up there? Falling hurts! Let me show you how to get down!" Or, "let's make good choices!"
Choosing wording is hard. I just want to blurt out no!! Be careful!!

How do you guys handle one child purposely hitting or pushing over another? I need ideas.



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