June 2006 Mamas - happy September! - Page 11

[sehbub]

My "toddler" still does not toddle. Now we're not expecting her to walk before she's 2.

She and J are almost exactly the same weight, and mama is getting REALLY tired of carrying/slinging 2 babies everywhere. Srsly.

And, um, The Destructo Twins are going to tear my house apart. Baby gates do not stop them, nor do outlet covers or any other "childproofing". Am s.c.r.e.w.e.d. They're tricksy and smart.

[Selesai]

I am having a girl! :

Pampers smell, Huggies are not so bad. Lately, considering the yuckiness of Philip's poo, I wonder how you cloth users do it. How do you get the yucky toddler poo off? shower sprayer thingie?

Also, we are in a food rut. What do y'all feed your kids? Philip does not like meat unless it is lunchmeat (nitrates!!!) or fish. He also does not like hummus or yogurt.
I especially need vegetable ideas.

[Selesai]

Originally Posted by sehbub

My "toddler" still does not toddle. Now we're not expecting her to walk before she's 2.

She and J are almost exactly the same weight, and mama is getting REALLY tired of carrying/slinging 2 babies everywhere. Srsly.

And, um, The Destructo Twins are going to tear my house apart. Baby gates do not stop them, nor do outlet covers or any other "childproofing". Am s.c.r.e.w.e.d. They're tricksy and smart.

I can't babywear anymore because my kid is almost 30 lbs. I can't imagine how you would handle two!
I think she'll walk eventually (not that I believe you're worried). I mean, how many crawling adults do you see?
Also, we call Philip Destructo baby. The smart ones are the most annoying, huh.

[papayapetunia]

Originally Posted by Selesai

I am having a girl! :

Pampers smell, Huggies are not so bad. Lately, considering the yuckiness of Philip's poo, I wonder how you cloth users do it. How do you get the yucky toddler poo off? shower sprayer thingie?

Also, we are in a food rut. What do y'all feed your kids? Philip does not like meat unless it is lunchmeat (nitrates!!!) or fish. He also does not like hummus or yogurt.
I especially need vegetable ideas.

Congratulations! Girls are awesome. Also, I think it would be easier to help with suggestions for food if you gave some examples of what he does like.

[dawnfla]

Your post reminded me of my friends dilemma... she is having a very hard time packing lunch for her 13mth old for daycare. What do you pack healthy but easy to send?

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by Selesai

I am having a girl! :

Pampers smell, Huggies are not so bad. Lately, considering the yuckiness of Philip's poo, I wonder how you cloth users do it. How do you get the yucky toddler poo off? shower sprayer thingie?

Also, we are in a food rut. What do y'all feed your kids? Philip does not like meat unless it is lunchmeat (nitrates!!!) or fish. He also does not like hummus or yogurt.
I especially need vegetable ideas.

Congrats!

S2 eats pasta, chicken, mashed potatoes, fruit, veggies, hot dogs (i know, i know), tuna...pretty much everything

Originally Posted by Selesai

I can't babywear anymore because my kid is almost 30 lbs. I can't imagine how you would handle two!
I think she'll walk eventually (not that I believe you're worried). I mean, how many crawling adults do you see?
Also, we call Philip Destructo baby. The smart ones are the most annoying, huh.

Strap one on the front and one on the back, or more often than not I wear S2 on my back and carry J on my hip.

I know she'll walk eventually, I'm just exhausted.

She's very smart and sneaky. Kinda sucks for me.


Seriously, how am I not losing weight?! I drink a gallon of water every day, barely eat anything, and get to sit down for about 2 hours a day, tops. I'm not even sitting now, but am standing in front of the desk leaning over the keyboard while I balance J with my foot.

[chiromama]

Sarah, is S2 standing unassissted and walking holding your hands? If she is... what if you just didn't wear her for a few days to see if she just goes for it? If not.. well then i guess she's just a stubborn kid who will do it in her own time

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by chiromama

Sarah, is S2 standing unassissted and walking holding your hands? If she is... what if you just didn't wear her for a few days to see if she just goes for it? If not.. well then i guess she's just a stubborn kid who will do it in her own time

not standing unassisted, and when we hold her hands she'll take steps sometimes but not others. when she does take steps, she does this Frankenstein walk sometimes where she'll take a giant step with one foot and drag the other. it's never the same foot, so it's not a subluxation or development issue, she's just not ready.

Totally stubborn.

[chiromama]

Hmmm has she been checked out by a pt or chiro? sometimes kids don't want to walk because something is out of balance, and a little adjustment can get them on track.

Or, she's really stubborn. 3 is gonna be fun for you!

:

[earthmama369]

Originally Posted by Selesai

I am having a girl! :

Pampers smell, Huggies are not so bad. Lately, considering the yuckiness of Philip's poo, I wonder how you cloth users do it. How do you get the yucky toddler poo off? shower sprayer thingie?

Originally Posted by dawnfla

Your post reminded me of my friends dilemma... she is having a very hard time packing lunch for her 13mth old for daycare. What do you pack healthy but easy to send?

Congratulations!

I just shake it off into the toilet. Or I use the rice paper liners. Biodegradeable, safe for septic, pretty cheap. We get Diaperaps -- $8 for a roll, and a roll lasts us for MONTHS. Just lift them up and drop them in the toilet, along with the poo, and flush. I know some mamas use a plastic spatula to scrape off the poo, then run the spatula through the wash with the diapers. That seems to work pretty well if you have yucky poos to contend with.

Lunch for a 13-month-old -- I'd go with a lot of finger foods and some spoonables. Chunks of avocado, yogurt, tofu, hummus, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, roasted and mashed squash, tempeh sticks, fresh fruit, rice or quinoa, nut butter sandwiches sliced into "sticks," cheese cubes.

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by chiromama

Hmmm has she been checked out by a pt or chiro? sometimes kids don't want to walk because something is out of balance, and a little adjustment can get them on track.

Or, she's really stubborn. 3 is gonna be fun for you!

:

We see a chiro every week, and he hasn't noticed anything. I trust him enough that if there were a problem structurally, he would have picked up on it by now. We've been going for 6 weeks now, with no change in her motor abilities. Methinks she's just NOT ready.

OH! As a result of her regular chiro care, she is finally over her constipation! Hallelujah, 'cause I was getting so tired of watching my baby scream and bleed during every bowel movement. Now she's regular, and pain free. Although that has its own issues, I'll take it any day over the alternative!

[The4OfUs]

Originally Posted by Selesai

I am having a girl! :

Pampers smell, Huggies are not so bad. Lately, considering the yuckiness of Philip's poo, I wonder how you cloth users do it. How do you get the yucky toddler poo off? shower sprayer thingie?

Also, we are in a food rut. What do y'all feed your kids? Philip does not like meat unless it is lunchmeat (nitrates!!!) or fish. He also does not like hummus or yogurt.
I especially need vegetable ideas.

Congratulations! Girls rock - then again, so do boys....aw, shucks - babies rock!! :

K loves sliced cucumbers and bell peppers, grape tomatos sliced in half, and sometimes will eat carrot matchsticks (if I put a little ranch dressing on them, she's more likely to eat carrots than if they're plain : ). That's about it on the veggie side for her. Halved grapes, whole bananas, and whole apples are about all the fruits she eats. The girl wants her stuff as close to its original form as possible and refuses to eat it if I chunk it up. : Oh, except avocado - she'll only eat in guacamole form, but then she'll eat an entire avocado's worth if I let her. . She LOVES colbyjack cheese. Will tolerate mozz. Likes mini pretzel sticks and graham bunnies. Likes my macaroni/pasta salad, but not DH's (yay me!) I am a lunchmeat snob and will only buy the off the bone, all natural expensive stuff for myself anyway, so she usually has some turkey or ham on whole wheat for lunch. How about cream cheese? I'm thinking of spready-type stuff for a sandwich. Sometimes we do crackers with cream cheese to spread on them. I don't remember if you guys do lots of dairy or not. She basically eats whatever we're eating for dinner. Tonight we're doing chicken quesadillas and guac

[sehbub]

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[Megs_BK]

Aw, Jes (Selesai), a girl! Wheeeee!

Mine is checking out my tattoo right now and generally being jabberish.

Her daycare lunches usually consist of hummus, yogurt, milk, pasta/rice/tortilla, sometimes tofu or whatever chunked up meat I can find. Today it was leftover lentil/squash soup. It works much best if I put her lunch together the night before.

Today was orientation for PT school and tomorrow classes start. We hit the ground running, so I still feel woefully underprepared. Oh well! Just gotta pass and graduate. In three years.

[chiromama]

Originally Posted by sehbub

We see a chiro every week, and he hasn't noticed anything. I trust him enough that if there were a problem structurally, he would have picked up on it by now. We've been going for 6 weeks now, with no change in her motor abilities. Methinks she's just NOT ready.

OH! As a result of her regular chiro care, she is finally over her constipation! Hallelujah, 'cause I was getting so tired of watching my baby scream and bleed during every bowel movement. Now she's regular, and pain free. Although that has its own issues, I'll take it any day over the alternative!

Yay for regular poop!! yeah, sounds like she's just stubborn... again.. 3 is gonna be fun at your house. so are the teen years.

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by chiromama

Yay for regular poop!! yeah, sounds like she's just stubborn... again.. 3 is gonna be fun at your house. so are the teen years.

oh i know. we've been through 3 twice before, and survived it, so we should be able to do it again. theoretically.

i know, s2? stubborn? whatever would give you that idea?

[Selesai]

Thanks, everyone, for the congratulations. I think it will be great to have one girl and one boy. I'm slowly getting used to the idea-- I tried not to think of the baby as girl or boy before finding out because I didn't want to be disappointed.
Girl clothes are so much better than boy clothes.

As for food-- candace, the reason I didn't list foods Philip does like is because aside from the things he doesn't like, he eats most anything.

Fruits: banana, cantalope, watermelon, kiwi, grapes, apple, mango, tomato, pear
Vegetables: canned gr beans, canned limas, peas, cooked (stirfried) carrot, stirfried broccoli
Other: kidney beans and bean salads, tuna sandwich, salmon sandwich, fish by itself, pasta (w/ red sauce), turkey sandwich, pb&j, grilled cheese, cheese by itself, toast, muffins, pancakes, oatmeal, egg (rarely), tofu, cereal (Os and others), crackers, goldfish

Most of what he eats is limited to what we eat, which isn't always that exciting or varied. Or maybe I just say that because I think I am boring!

[*guest]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. we are in virus hell ova heah. i have some form of coxsackie that skips the hands and feet and goes just for the throat and mouth (but starts out like a death flu before the blisters show up), and harper has croup and potentially what i have. am so over it! she hasn't had much food in a week, and she's lost weight. i feel like my supply stinks, but then again she's making dipes. last night i thought i would go insane from being nursed to death. has anyone ever died from nursing? you people with your kids who eat! pish! how do i upgrade to this model of child? i bet your kids sleep too.

[The4OfUs]

Originally Posted by mommitola

you people with your kids who eat! pish! how do i upgrade to this model of child? i bet your kids sleep too.

Um. No.

Was up from 11pm-1am last night/morning with a certain someone who didn't want to sleep - wasn't crying or anything, but didn't want to sleep. Didn't want to nurse. Wanted to play. I played dead and made sure she wasn't hurting herself, and just waited until she climbed up with me and fell asleep on her own - didn't know what else to do. I NEVER should have written to you what I wrote to you the other day. I was too excited about that eep-slay and jinxed myself.

[Megs_BK]

Ugh. We are having a Rough Night here. All I hear from upstairs is screaming and angst. I am *very tired* of crappy nights here. But... to be fair to her, our typical routine has been upset the last few nights due to evening engagements.

I'm just freaked out that she is never going to adjust or get better and I don't know how I will handle nighttime studying (which will be a MUST) and this child. I just don't know. I just... ugh. It ain't pretty right now.

Oh, Dan is walking her. She is not alone. Duh.