**Note: This thread is, ostensibly, a follow-up thread to the Nov/Dec 02 thread in Toddlers; I'm all for welcoming parents of older threes and even fours into the group, but I thought that you might like to know where we're coming from. 
I thought that it was time for a change as we are "officially" out of toddlerhood, for the most part. What's new with our little boys and girls? 
I'm thinking that this might be a good time for reintroductions, and perhaps to broaden the group a bit since things are not so malleable from month to month at this age. Feel free to follow suit, or not. 
I am Rynna, and my BeanBean turned 3 in November. He's my oldest child, with an 18 month old sister (BooBah) and a new sister coming in the spring (BellyBean). BeanBean has not been a toddler for quite a while, but he's a fascinating and fun kid. 
I love him to bits, and really enjoy spending time with him. 
We are "formally" home educating BeanBean as of August. He's still co-sleeping with us and is interested in nursing but is taking a break until BellyBean arrives (at which point he may well start up again). He's totally out of diapers, still in a rear-facing carseat (that will probably change after this weekend... 
: ), and he's a wonderful big brother. I could go on and on about how fabulous I think he is for hours on end, but I'll try not to bore you all. Suffice it to say, I love my children dearly and think that they're some of the most wonderful people ever to walk the face of the Earth. 
I thought that it was time for a change as we are "officially" out of toddlerhood, for the most part.
What's new with our little boys and girls? I'm thinking that this might be a good time for reintroductions, and perhaps to broaden the group a bit since things are not so malleable from month to month at this age.
Feel free to follow suit, or not. I am Rynna, and my BeanBean turned 3 in November. He's my oldest child, with an 18 month old sister (BooBah) and a new sister coming in the spring (BellyBean). BeanBean has not been a toddler for quite a while, but he's a fascinating and fun kid. I love him to bits, and really enjoy spending time with him. We are "formally" home educating BeanBean as of August. He's still co-sleeping with us and is interested in nursing but is taking a break until BellyBean arrives (at which point he may well start up again). He's totally out of diapers, still in a rear-facing carseat (that will probably change after this weekend... : ), and he's a wonderful big brother. I could go on and on about how fabulous I think he is for hours on end, but I'll try not to bore you all. Suffice it to say, I love my children dearly and think that they're some of the most wonderful people ever to walk the face of the Earth. 
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: She takes Scottish-highland dance classes. She has her own room...but has never slept in it. She loves playing with 'babies', dressing up like a princess, playing with wool food, playing with Brio trains, building with Lincon Logs or blocks, playing with playdoh, 'reading' to herself (from memory)...although her passion is really coloring. 
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: I'm Sarita, and my son is Razi. He is still nursing and I don't mind except from 4am to 6am. He has his own bed that he's gotten in once for about 5 minutes before he requested the 'big bed'. He recently started Montessori school, which is weird and nice. I prefer waldorf but there isn't one here 
. His newest thing is cutting pieces of paper w/ his new scisoors and glueing them together and sending them to his friends in AZ (we just moved to WA).
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It was a very difficult pregnancy. 
How exciting for you to be planning and hoping for a new little one... 
My mom and friends don't want me to have another one because we are finally starting to "have fun again", which means I am able to go out of the house without kids, and travel again. 
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for Sarita!!! 
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(I'm fat, so it's hard to tell that I'm pregnant until I'm 7-8 months, if you don't know for sure). She said that she wanted four, too, but she's got seven. 
In fact, most people, when I tell them that we plan to stop at four, say, "Yeah, I wanted to stop at four, too..." they've either got two kids (had difficulty concieving 
) or more than six. 
) He can change BooBah's diapers as long as they're not poopy, he helps her to put her shoes away and to get dressed, and all sorts of other things. He's a total love, he just adores his sister and loves helping out with her. 
: Maybe I'm not a good enough mother to handle more kids... I am trying not to screw up the ones I have, and sometimes it's a daily battle. Mostly it's an internal battle with myself- do I give in and give up "control" to avoid the conflicts, or do I stand my ground and "force" my kids to be "good"??? I want my kids to be kids, I want them to learn from experience, so I try not to put too many restricitons on them... BUT I also want them to clean up their messes and share without hitting each other, so I need to have SOME guidelines... Anyhoo... I probably make things harder than they are because I'm a control freak Capricorn! I have been struggling with that a lot lately- whether or not I am angry at the kids for their behavior, or if I'm really angry at *myself* for not having that "parental control" over my kids, that is so important by societal norms. I need to break loose from my chains and just be free! 
I'd like to plan the conception so that I'm due anywhere from early February to early June. I have already mentioned that I don't want to be huge/ due in the middle of a sweltering desert summer!
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