~September Babies It's May!~ - Page 19

[Marimami]

Oh, I'm not at all upset that she is going through this because like you said it shows that she was obviously well loved and attached.

I just feel so awful that I can't help her through it except to just love her, talk to her, etc. It just hurts to see her in pain.

Holli

[JenInMpls]

I got my 3 pair of shoes for $40 plus $3 postage.

Can someone convince T that it's time to go back to bed? :yawning:

j

ps word has it that T's website has been updated.

[Yo Becca]

Jen - Just checked out the pix - what an expressive face! Very cute - although the naked-with-hat/bandana pix may come back to haunt you (or him) later!

[hjohnson]

Oy Vey! What a thunderstorm we had last night. I am a big chicken when it comes to Thunderstorms so I spent a good hour awake watching big bolts of lightning flash. Weatherman said 3-5 inches of rain came down.

David has an annoying new habit. He loves to crawl over to me and start chewing on my bare thighs. I am not a teething toy!!!! Christopher bit me the other day as well. Not maliciously though. More like a love bite. What is it with my boys and love bites?

I am staying away from Northeastern Charlotte/Concord, NC. this weekend and next weekend. It is Nascar Mania up there right now. It is amazing that Lowe's Motorspeedway can hold 200,000+ people for a race. It is a traffic nightmare!

[msrog]

Omigosh, Jen, those pictures are sweet! I reallllly love the naked bandana picture. I wish I knew how to tie on a bandana... And who is the cute fat baby friend on top of page 25? Do we know her (at least the eyes look girly...)?

William decided to wake up all bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning at 6 a.m. also. Ugh. Dh was not impressed, LOL. He went back to sleep at 7 for an hour and a half; I hope you had good luck like that too, Jen.

[bendmom]

Okay, I'm not bitching or anything, but would it be possible if YoBecca was ybecca and I can be bbecca~ using the first letter of our username on our real name? Or you could just call me Rebecca, whatever. I keep reading Becca and wondering why someone is telling me things I didn't talk about, likewise for the other Becca as well. Thanks!

Jen~ I agree, those pics will come back to haunt one of you, most likely during his early dating years :LOL

Holli~ Thanks for the link, just what I need, more shopping :LOL
I agree with PP about you having a routine w/ babe. Dh was always left out and he started doing Aidan's night routine-brushing teeth, getting ready. He also goes to work w/ dh sometimes which helps, but did I read that you work from home?

It took Hans and I no time when we were ttc the first time. In fact I was already pg when we were researching ttc. With Bryn it took almost a year after getting off BC and getting into a regular cycle wich took about 7 months. The spacing worked perfectly though.

Nascar~ Yah, we have a couple of really big events here during the summer that make driving impossible through downtown because people walk all over the road. In response a friend of ours has started twisting his winshield washer fluid holes outward adn when he is trying to get through he will turn on the fluid and it sprays everyone trying to walk infront of his car : it works though.

[MamaAcorn]

For the NC gathering here in another week or so, what timeframe are we aiming for? I put in a request for time off and I'm having some issues, so I'll likely only get half a day off and have to make up the time.

All of our guests have left and we're still in recovery mode. I've been reading all the posts, but I just haven't had much time to post myself. Hopefully, I'll get some time this weekend. Today's my birthday, so I'm hoping dh will give me an hour of kid-free time.

Okay, back to work while Jackson naps. Happy Friday mamas!

Pam

[StacyL]

Originally Posted by msrog

We'll be in Phoenix/Glendale. How far is that from Mesa? I'd love to visit you when you go home.

Savannah - My Mom now lives in central Phoenix, which will be a lot closer to where you guys are moving to. Mesa is far to the east. I don't know when I'll be headed to Phoenix again yet, but I will definitely let you know. I'd love to meet up in person!

Alex is so fascinated by other babies. The other day we saw a lady with a 6 month old girl whose name was Alexandria and Alex reached out and stroked her face really gently and then took her hand and looked at her fingers. It was so sweet, and he was smiling the whole time.

We are still waiting to hear about a seat opening up for dh at the med school he has been accepted to in Washington, D.C. Hopefully we should know by the first of June. The bad part is that if he doesn't get a seat, there is a good chance we would be sent to Japan for three years - yuck. Please pray for us that we go to Washington!

[leomom]

I have to go back and read all the post from yesterday, but I wanted to ask you guys something and I keep forgetting.

Kate has zero interest in crawling...NONE! Everytime I put her on her tummy, she flips over immediately. She is however pre-walking. She pulls herself up on things and takes sideways steps around them. My mom keeps bugging me about not letting her walk first b/c this causes all kinds of developmental problems...is this true? I assume she's full of &*^$, but I want some reassurance, I guess. Or advice on whether I really need to push the crawling...TIA!

[Marimami]

Crawling-- I've read a lot of info that is contradictory (what a surprise), I was worried too b/c Mari is showing signs of pre-walking too instead.

However, her pediatrician said they don't even consider crawling to be a major developmental milestone and as many as 1/3 of kids never crawl. He's even a fairly mainstream doc.

I think most information I've managed to piece together suggests that as long as they are trying to get around in some way by this point, everything is probably just fine.

So, we're not worried!

Holli

[leomom]

Thanks, Holli!

Ok...I've read the posts, and am caught up:

YBecca , I totally feel your frustration with needing to work on the house, packing, etc. and not getting enough help from dh. Seems like something always comes up when he's supposed to help....I can't really be mad at him per se b/c it's usually something he can't help (work), but it still makes me feel like a single parent.

Cute pics. Love the bath pic and the bandana pic!

Holli, I agree with what everyone said previously. Don't really have anything to add other than at night, Kate has started screaming bloody murder if dh tries to cuddle/console her instead of me. She immediately stops crying when I come in and get her from him and I know it breaks his heart, and mine for him. But, it's just a phase, I'm sure. FWIW, you guys sound like awesome, loving parents and I am so glad she has you!!!

Am I the only one who has no shoes for dc and no thoughts of getting some...am I crazy?? :LOL When do they need them??

[Marimami]

shoes--oh, they don't need them at all now..the soft soled ones that we're all looking at are not much more than socks. Developmentally you don't want to use hard ones at all. We use them because Mari insists on standing everywhere, all the time, so outside at the park, in stores, etc. I just like her feet to be a little more protected. They are cute too . I'm not sure what she thinks of them. She doesn't seem to mind them and kind of touches them. I think she wishes they made noise. LOL

Holli

[msrog]

we don't really do shoes, either. But I'm getting the itch to have a soft pair of cute ones like those...

--- Alex is so fascinated by other babies. The other day we saw a lady with a 6 month old girl whose name was Alexandria and Alex reached out and stroked her face really gently and then took her hand and looked at her fingers. It was so sweet, and he was smiling the whole time. ---
Hey, this sounds like our house daily, LOL. Except the gentle face touching part. McKenna has started doing a rapid clawing of the eyes and lips. It's like she's slapping and clawing at the same time. Niiiiiiiiiice. William pinches. And he pulls up on us, which isn't good for McKenna, who gets either trampled or knocked over. =O)

[mum2tori]

Originally Posted by Marimami

Oh, I'm not at all upset that she is going through this because like you said it shows that she was obviously well loved and attached.

I just feel so awful that I can't help her through it except to just love her, talk to her, etc. It just hurts to see her in pain.

Holli

Totally understand. Welcome to parenthood... it never does get easier to see your child upset or in pain. You want to take all that pain and frustration away.

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

Happy Birthday Pam!! : : :

We have lots of pairs of soft "mocs" for the boys. Unfortunately NOTHING will stay on Aidan's feet. Except those little ankle sweatsocks from Walmart He rubs his heels together and it causes the Robeez/Bobux to flip right off. I haven't tried in about 2 months though, he doesn't rub them together as much now. I always had to keep socks on Tori's feet because they were SOOO sweating, if I didn't they would get so grubby and nasty. Then when she started really walking we had hardwood floors and she needed that extra bit of traction that her Bobux gave her. Jack rotates between a couple of pairs of ShooShoos and a pair of LandEnd Mocs (for playing at the park). Oh and his Gymbo wellies for splashing in the puddles, he LOVES his boots. I prefer to use a little something on Aidan's feet for a little bit of protection. We have all hardwoods downstairs. About 2 months ago Aidan was laying on the floor chilling out playing with something and his feet were just off the edge of the rug onto the wood floor. He'd moved his toes back and forth (was happy) so much that he caused blisters and bleeding on the tips of his toes. And this was only a couple of minutes. They healed almost immediately but talk about freak me out when I noticed spots of blood on the floor and realized it was his toes. Now I try to keep something on them at all times when he's downstairs and out & about.

[msrog]

Oops, I also wanted to wish Pam a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Yikes, bloody toes... My in-laws have tile everywhere. Maybe I should hurry up on those shoes, LOL

[sistermama]

Happy Birthday Pam!!!!

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[sistermama]

About the crawling - it isn't that important if they walk before they crawl, but crawling is considered important for verbal development. Something about the cross movement it requires coordinates the opposite sides of the brains. So if your child isn't a crawler, just make sure they get lots of opportunites for crawling through playing games, going through tunnels, etc.

[Marimami]

Do you have any references for the relationship between crawling and verbal development?

I am ABD for a PhD in cog psych/linguistics and neuroscience.. my specialty was language development, and I did a lot of work with the otogeny/phylogeny of hemispheric development/handedness, etc. as it relates to language development, but I have never heard this. I would really love to track down some of the source information if you have any details!

Holli

[FeministFatale]

Happy Birthday Pam! Our birthdays are really close, mine was yesterday

I'm said this before, but I'll say it again. Chloë didn't crawl until 13 mo., but she walked at 7 mo. I don't see any difference between her and kids her age who have crawled. She is right on track developmentally, or a little ahead. Since everyone stressed how important it is to crawl, we had fun crawling around after 13 mo. I don't see why crawling has to happen before walking. Why can't you crawl after walking and get whatever you need developmentally at that point?

My friend's son also walked before crawling, and actually he still can't really crawl and he is 5 y.o. It's pretty funny trying to see him crawl, he does it very awkwardly. But he is a super intelligent child. I can't see that he is missing anything he would have gotten from being able to crawl.

[StacyL]

Harmony,

I just got my pouch! Thank you so much! I just put Alex in it to try it out, and it fits exactly like I meant for it to. The fabric I bought for it is almost too stretchy (if I were to do it again I would look for a 3% lycra instead of a 5%) but I really like the cotton knit. It's really comfortable around my shoulders/trapezius.

I'm going to go to Jo-Ann now and look at those silk brocades! :LOL

Stacy