Oh, man, here I am already behind...
Ok, I'm trying!
I had the ceiling of my older dd's room cave in, at our old house. But we owned it, it was our problem; I knew there was a leak but dh was supposed to take care of it (or get someone to) and didn't. Luckily it was in the middle of her room, not over her bed!
Sam, I wish I could still swaddle Reid, but he's too strong; he's been getting out of any kind of swaddle, including the miracle blanket, for a good three months now. I miss it, because he loved it.
I have never done the crunchy quiz, and didn't catch the link! No idea where I'd fall, as I'm very crunchy about some things, but not about others.
I talk to Reid mostly in grown-up talk, but sometimes I use "mommy voice" although Sears does say that "mommy voice" is instinctive, it the higher pitch and intonation is easier for babies to understand or something like that. I've pretty much done that with all my babes, alternating, but I never "talk down" to them; I always use grown-up words and if they don't understand I explain it. So far, my kids' teachers have all been impressed with their vocabulary, and my older ds especially goes to lengths to repeat a new word, and use it in his own context to truly grasp it. I've heard that there are studies that show that using the memory increases brain capacity.
My babes all talked really early, too, which made the "terrible twos" hardly bad at all, since they weren't frustrated about not being able to express themselves.
Lisa, as you can see from the Reid pix, he's still far from needing a haircut! He is finally getting some hair, but it's still not quite thick enough to make a true call on color. It's either sandy or strawberry blond, depending on the light. Lucy is so adorable! Personally, I would wait until she was asleep and just pull a comb through to hold the hair in place and do a quick snip.
Bunsmom, wow, I wish I had pix of older ds online... you could show MIL his baby pix, and his pix now at age (almost) 7! He was almost as fat as Reid (a bit thinner overall but a much bigger, fatter BUTT! LOL). fatfatfat baby! Skinny boy! Maybe find some studies about DHA and the other brain-fats in breastmilk; they consume as much breastmilk as they need to get the right amount of fat for them, for adequate brain growth. I think that varies a lot from babe to babe, but when talking about fat breastfed babies, I call it "brain fat". Also, breastmilk fat does not promote obesity in any way; it doesn't build permanent fat cells like formula does.
I used to get the same crap from MIL, and now she's actually said "Well, if we hadn't seen Cullen slim down, we'd be really worried about Reid!"
Actually, Reid really amazes me because he is so fat, with all of those rolls, but he is skootching/crawling, and doing that hands/feet/butt in air locomotion, pulls himself up superfast and is cruising all over the place. I mean, he's got to be STRONG to heft all of that fat! The other day, he pulled himself up on the table (like in the pic) walked holding onto the table to the other end of it, grabbed hold of the couch, cruised along it, over to the amby frame, back to the couch... We've already had to "baby proof" since he can get anywhere in the house, he's so fast. He's also been trying to get up the first step of the stairs. He opens drawers... oh, man, you get the picture! He's already gotten into the bathroom, pulled himself up and was trying to swish in the toilet, but he's not tall enough. Nevertheless, having him holding onto the toilet to keep himself upright... ewwww!
:LOL
Ok, I'm trying!
I had the ceiling of my older dd's room cave in, at our old house. But we owned it, it was our problem; I knew there was a leak but dh was supposed to take care of it (or get someone to) and didn't. Luckily it was in the middle of her room, not over her bed!
Sam, I wish I could still swaddle Reid, but he's too strong; he's been getting out of any kind of swaddle, including the miracle blanket, for a good three months now. I miss it, because he loved it.
I have never done the crunchy quiz, and didn't catch the link! No idea where I'd fall, as I'm very crunchy about some things, but not about others.
I talk to Reid mostly in grown-up talk, but sometimes I use "mommy voice" although Sears does say that "mommy voice" is instinctive, it the higher pitch and intonation is easier for babies to understand or something like that. I've pretty much done that with all my babes, alternating, but I never "talk down" to them; I always use grown-up words and if they don't understand I explain it. So far, my kids' teachers have all been impressed with their vocabulary, and my older ds especially goes to lengths to repeat a new word, and use it in his own context to truly grasp it. I've heard that there are studies that show that using the memory increases brain capacity.
My babes all talked really early, too, which made the "terrible twos" hardly bad at all, since they weren't frustrated about not being able to express themselves.
Lisa, as you can see from the Reid pix, he's still far from needing a haircut! He is finally getting some hair, but it's still not quite thick enough to make a true call on color. It's either sandy or strawberry blond, depending on the light. Lucy is so adorable! Personally, I would wait until she was asleep and just pull a comb through to hold the hair in place and do a quick snip.
Bunsmom, wow, I wish I had pix of older ds online... you could show MIL his baby pix, and his pix now at age (almost) 7! He was almost as fat as Reid (a bit thinner overall but a much bigger, fatter BUTT! LOL). fatfatfat baby! Skinny boy! Maybe find some studies about DHA and the other brain-fats in breastmilk; they consume as much breastmilk as they need to get the right amount of fat for them, for adequate brain growth. I think that varies a lot from babe to babe, but when talking about fat breastfed babies, I call it "brain fat". Also, breastmilk fat does not promote obesity in any way; it doesn't build permanent fat cells like formula does.
I used to get the same crap from MIL, and now she's actually said "Well, if we hadn't seen Cullen slim down, we'd be really worried about Reid!"
Actually, Reid really amazes me because he is so fat, with all of those rolls, but he is skootching/crawling, and doing that hands/feet/butt in air locomotion, pulls himself up superfast and is cruising all over the place. I mean, he's got to be STRONG to heft all of that fat! The other day, he pulled himself up on the table (like in the pic) walked holding onto the table to the other end of it, grabbed hold of the couch, cruised along it, over to the amby frame, back to the couch... We've already had to "baby proof" since he can get anywhere in the house, he's so fast. He's also been trying to get up the first step of the stairs. He opens drawers... oh, man, you get the picture! He's already gotten into the bathroom, pulled himself up and was trying to swish in the toilet, but he's not tall enough. Nevertheless, having him holding onto the toilet to keep himself upright... ewwww!
:LOL
We'll definitely be there for football season, though. I'd love to meet you.
Anyway, she sent me an email yesterday saying she wanted to make cookie dough and feed it to Thor while she was here. I wasn't sure what to do, because I don't want to make things worse, but I tried to explain that he barely eats solids and will gag on anything with a "solid" consistancy. I'm worried about the visit and find myself obsessing about things she might say, and ways I might answer. Of course, she thinks co-sleeping is insane and says that he'll never learn to soothe himself. The only thing I can think is to explain the theory of AP and co-sleeping.
I may want to buy one. The fabric is beautiful. LaRue is adorable and I love the photo of you and her sewing.
He should be crossing the Atlantic right now - It'll be good to have him home! Being a single parent, even with my parents help, sure is a alot of work. But it was SO nice to spend so much time with the girls. I had childcare covered except for Tues and Thurs - so I stayed home for two glorious days. Loved it.
she really said that.
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