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Originally Posted by snozzberry
 Your turn, Jen!
Are you going to find out the gender? Why or why not? How is your emotional journey towards UC going? Have you and your DP worked out your job schedules? |
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Originally Posted by smokeylo
Tell us about your first birth, your older kiddo, and what you think will be different about raising your second!
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He's quite stubborn. He loves playing outside in the dirt, picking berries, or playing in the water.
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Originally Posted by LoveChild421
Grey's birth was amazing but was harder than it should have been because I had cervical stenosis I was in hard labor for 20 hours, but it was truly the most empowering experience I have ever had. Here's a link to his birth story:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=269655 It's hard for me to express how his birth was without telling the whole story. Brevity has never been my specialty My son Grey is 2.5 and he's the sweetest, smiliest, most sensitive soul I've ever met. He is so affectionate and has a very pleasant disposition...as long as he gets to do as he pleases He's quite stubborn. He loves playing outside in the dirt, picking berries, or playing in the water.His speech is a little delayed and he seems to have some sensory issues so we have actually just started the Early Intervention process and are having a formal evaluation on Halloween. It's been hard for me to watch him getting frustrated because he is so smart but can't find the words to express what he is thinking or feeling. What do I think will be different about raising the second? I will definately be less nervous and I won't feel like everytime she/he cries something must be wrong. I read about the whole crying in arms deal after Grey was older. I think knowing that would have helped with him a lot. Everytime he had a colicky spell I felt like a horrible mom who wasn't doing things right and frantically tried to placate him. Now I realize that isn't the best way to handle things and getting frantic just makes it worse. That they feed off of your energy. I wonder what our routine will be like with a 3 year old and a newborn, I have no idea what is in store but I feel much more chilled out about it and know to just go with the flow now. |
| on to my ????'s what do you do for work? what do you do for fun? what does your house look like? do you like where you live? tell us something about yourself we may not know? how would your close friends describe you? are there more children in your future? i know you like the dead and p-funk, what are some of your other musical interests? what is the best show (concert) you've ever been too? if you could go anywhere or do anything in the world (money/jobs/family no object) what would it be? |
I love to go on weekend adventures with Matt (dp) when my mom babysits Grey. We will drive into the mountains (with are only about 15 minutes north of us) and see where we end up. There are all sorts of great creeks, waterfalls, side of the road produce stands, little Bavarian village, etc. We love it though since its a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 storage rooms house (all on one level so no baby gates!) with a nice open floor plan and big living room. It has a great yard and I really like our neighborhood. We used to live in a tiny studio apartment before we moved here.|
Originally Posted by ScarletBegonias
hooray! it's your turn!
before i ask my ????'s i wanted to throw this out there: have you ever considered teaching Grey sign language? it's never too late, and with what sounds like his quick wit, he could pick it up easily. my dd is a "high-need" child and teaching her sign language has helped sooo much. she doesn't throw too many tantrums compared to other children her age. i sincerely feel that it is because she has a way to communicate her wants/needs, even though she wasn't talking yet. it really is very easy. i highly recommend the "say it with a sign" dvd's. they were made by a mom with a down syndrome baby. i like that they feature lots of children signing and the different moms (4 of them) say the word several times in a different tone of voice while signing and making appropriate facial expressions. it is very raw and real. |
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Originally Posted by sunkist33
Jen, I loved reading your birth story! And Grey is sooo cute (watched the video link)...on to some more questions...
Do you have any names picked out? How did you & dp first meet? Stacy |
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Originally Posted by LoveChild421
I'm going to check out that sign language DVD! I haven't tried signing with him, he's funny he learned the words for pretty much every noun he wants (knows the names of all his toys, movies, places he likes to go, people) and some verbs "out" if he wants to go outside, "on" (if he wants you to turn something on) pretty early, he just doesn't put them together and doesn't have the vocab to express his emotions and more complex needs/wants. It's like I can see him thinking "no I don't want to go into this restaurant there's too many people!" but he can't express that so he just freaks out. I guess I figured since he was an "early talker" that I didn't need to try signs, but I will try anything now to help him express himself! How does signing work? Can it teach them to express emotions and complex ideas too?
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Originally Posted by operamommy
I noticed you co-sleep. Will you move the new baby into the family bed too?
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Originally Posted by gingerbane
Your music list could have been mine too!
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