Dec. 2004 ~ They're THREE! - Page 2

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Dude, I'm in denial. I looked and looked for the December thread in Toddlers.

C's birthday went fine. We had a whole weekend full of fun between both kids birthdays. I'm pooped!

How are all the pregnant mamas feeling?

[mezzaluna]

totally in denial about not having a toddler... tomorrow is the big day...

evidence of his big-kidness hit me yesterday - he was resisting a nap and asking for an apple, and i was saying that he could have a snack after nap time but that for now he needed to go lie down. a few minutes later a little voice calls from upstairs "mama did you know an apple is not a snack?"

potty - we EC'd - he's been grad for a long time, but seems to be like any other potty trained kid his age... more misses while traveling and with disrupted routines. the occasional i'm too busy or too stubborn to admit i need to go potty accident.

party - having a smallish one this weekend... 4 families coming. trying to keep it way simple - not presents, no loot bags, just hanging out and having cake & ice cream (vegan versions of both if we can swing it ).

picture - hope these facebook links work: http://mit.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...7&id=513215371
http://mit.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...4&id=513215371

in keeping with jewish tradition, we haven't cut his hair yet, but will for the first time once he turns 3. i'm heartbroken in advance about my boy losing his sweet wispy baby curls

one thing he's not being so big kid about is his renewed interest in nursing. he weaned sort of by accident just before DD was born. he was 27 months and went several days without nursing and forgot how to latch. the first 4 months he tried and tried to do it again but couldn't figure it out. then he stopped asking. now he's been asking again in the last week but still can't figure out how to latch. i hate to tell him no, but i just don't like the feeling of nursing without a latch : i feel conflicted about his weaning so i also feel conflicted about his renewed interest...

[Past_VNE]

Jett is sick as a dog. I think it may be an actual influenza, as I just got over 5 days of miserable sickness that had me practically wishing to die.

Regardless, tonight Flicker showed up. About 5 minutes after getting cleaned up from one vomit fest, he heads out to see his 'present' and was literally speechless. After getting him out to the barn, he found his words and wanted to ride right away. Well....the saddle is his Christmas present from my mom (my childhood saddle) and expecting only a moment of 'riding', I set him up on Flicker and snapped a few photos. I could hardly beg him to come back down, he just kept saying, "I need saddle. I want to ride, Mama." Well, we came back in a few minutes later to sign the bill of sale and he has another vomiting episode, the poor guy. A short while later, he nurses down and is now sacked out in my bed, while the linens for his bed are in the dryer.

What a night. Jett and Flicker (Terrible photo, happy kid.)
Here are photos from the last several days, and one from when he was three weeks old.

[sadiesmom]

Thanks Rainy. I guess I just feel huge! That was a snow day in Fullerton - the smallest, iciest patch of snow they could find apparently. But all the kids seemed to love it.

Had my amnio today and got a pretty good look of the baby on the ultrasound. Not 100% sure, but it looks like we're having a boy! I'm a little nervous now, a boy, I don't know ANYTHING about boys, well you know what I mean. I grew up surrounded by girls. I never even babysat for boys. There's extra stuff there that I'm not sure how to care for!

So if anyone has any suggestions for names we sure could use the help. Boys names are hard! We'd already settled on a girl's name, cause we kinda thought we were having another girl. Brian is not super creative in the name department - he did say that he wanted a "guy's" name, and nothing goofy, whatever that means. His suggestions were Steve, (as in McQueen) and Vince, as in, I don't know, muscle car guy? You can see what I'm working with here. Not to offend the Steves and Vinces of the world, but I was thinking of something a little more interesting.

[sadiesmom]

Jaclyn, we posted at the same time I guess. Love the photos! Poor Jett. But he does look happy!

[Past_VNE]

Congratulations on the news, Charlynn!!

I promise boys are fun....I was always scared of having girls, but am finding myself mildly 'hoping' for one, afterall.

I wish I had a good suggestion for names. We are fresh out, having used the only one we really liked. It freaks me out, to this day, that his first name is officially Steven and that it's so boring. I worry he might someday go by it. How 'bout that for a dumb worry? I almost wish we had come up with a way to make Jett his first name, not the middle. Ah well....no biggie.

I just ate some ice cream and now my stomach is in knots. Not the brightest, eh?

[sadiesmom]

Well we talked about using Steven, cause that sounds good with the middle name, Walker, (both Brian's and his dad's middle name as well), but worried that it'll get shortened to Steve, which sounds horribly dull with our last name. I'm obsessing, I know.

Oooh, ice cream...good idea!

[green betty]

Charlie just got his first haircut and it looks great but he looks sooooo much older. He's got the cute little 70's type bowl cut now. I'll post pics on his blog soon.

Just a couple months ago I was wondering if he'd ever speak in sentences and now he's standing next to my desk saying, "This is Santa's sleigh and this is Santa and these are the reindeer and Prancer is my favorite but I like Blitzen too and they're going to deliver presents to my house because they know that my house is the yellow house even though it used to be a white house and then they put candy in the stockings 'cause we hang the stockings over the fire." It never stops.

Charlynn--I want to throw "Charles" in the hat! My Charlie is actually John Charles DH'sLastName. I loved it before he was born and I love it even more now. It's well known without being too popular. I think it goes great with Walker. And with Sadie, as in, "Sadie! Charlie! Time for dinner!"

The one thing I wasn't prepared for was women cooing, "Chaaaaarlieeeee!" everywhere we went when he was a baby. It was like living in an episode of Charlie's Angels.

Also, you look totally amazing.

[rainy32]

Jaclyn, Flicker is such an amazing gift! You are the coolest parents ever. Somehow, I didn't realize that he was actually *getting* Flicker, I thought you were renting her, not buying her .... Sorry to hear Jett is sick, glad you're getting better.

Charlyn, Brian wouldn't want our help with naming, LOL. If we had another boy he would likely have been "Waylan Quoyle," seriously. Or "Liam Ezekial." We also like Jeddediah. But i think Zeke and Sadie would sound good together, and go nicely with your last name. ( I think you're right, Steve Yourlastname doesn't work ... Steven's a bit better). HEY: find some great surfer or biker that Brian could name him after! Lance??

But dont' freak about having a boy. I sure did and now I've found its wonderful and amazing and easy. (except when its not, but then its not because he's a boy, anyway).

Wyatt is SO into the hugely long sentences. We have true and actual conversations now. We also have ones like this:

Me: Wyatt, your coat is on the floor. Can you please hang it up?

DS: It isn't a coat, it is a dragon, and it lives on the floor of the entry way.



OR,

Me: Your coat is on the floor, can you please hang it up?

Ds: No its not.

Me: Yes it is

Ds: Unhuh

Me: Uhuh

DS: Unhuh

Me: Uhuh. I get into the 3 year-old thing a bit too much.

[rainy32]

ps i love walker as a middle name.

and, another idea --- Seth.

[mamasgroovin]

I'm quite sure I've mentioned this before, but all our kids' names are verbs. It's fun to try to come up with names that are themed, YK? Our kids are Neil, Grant, Reed, and Carrie (could also be a boy with a spelling change). You'd be surprised how many boy verb names are out there. I think we probably came up with 30 or so. Boys are fun, and now that I have a girl, I think as babies they were a lot easier. And BTW, you are SOOO not huge. I actually had to go back to see because I didn't remember you looking big at all!

Carrie told me yesterday she want 3 pissmas trees so she could run around them.

Flicker is awesome.

I hope everyone is well and staying as stress free as possible.

[EnviroBecca]

Sadie's Mom, how about Adam? It's a classic, solidly male name, easy to spell but not extremely popular. But maybe it doesn't go with your last name...hmmm...some of my other favorite male names that sound good with Walker are Douglas, Gregory, Timothy, Kevin, and Russell.

[Past_VNE]

I hate to interrupt our great conversation like this....but need to tell you guys.

I miscarried today. I'm still bleeding and cramping a little tiny bit, but apparently we had a blighted ovum and I've passed a ton of blood, clots, and a few hours ago, a plum-sized placenta. It started yesterday with some spotting that happened intermittently and overnight was 'calm'. This morning, things went downhill quickly and my midwife was here all day. She has gone to her part time job now, since I'm stable, but is coming back around 1 am, to help out, since Jett is still flu-ish and Shanon's trying to care for us both. I'm absolutely heartbroken....but in a tiny way, I'm relieved...this pregnancy hasn't felt 'right' the whole time. I'm at a loss for words.

Please, please PLEASE don't let this kill our thread at all....I want to keep chatting about names and kid-isms. But, I had to tell some friends who would understand.

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Oh hon, my heart breaks for you. I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm here if you need to talk. :

[mezzaluna]

i'm so sorry wishing you strength and healing...

[green betty]

I'm so sorry, Jaclyn. You're on my mind and in my heart. I wish you strength and healing.

[nannymom]

Jaclyn-I am so sorry.


I just spent a week in the outer banks with my best friend who was poregnant with her first abby and it ended in a misscraigae. I know what a sad time this must be for you.

Let us know if you need anything.

[rozzie'sma]

I am so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. If there is any way I can help please let me know.

We had Rozzies party at my moms house. I will post pics as soon as I have the cash to get them developed. She is so cute and wants a dog so much. I would get one for her but I don't think we can afford it at the moment. Thank goodness I got the kids presents back in the summer. We have been strapped lately.

Rozzie is such a sweet child. She is talking in sentences, makes up songs and dances. She is soooooo good to her little brother it makes me cry sometimes. She plays with him and blows on his belly it's too cute. She finally hit the 30 pound mark. Zann is already about 20, she is such a wisp of a thing. She is enjoying the christmas tree, just keeps re-aranging all the ornaments on it.

I am really enjoying her lately, her speech has exploded and it has calmed her down considerably. There were a few months that I really was at the end of my rope with her.

For her birthday we bought her a 10 gal fish tank. Now I just have to set it up and buy the fish.

[sadiesmom]

I'm so sorry Jaclyn. Thinking about you guys here too.

[shalena]

Thinking of you Jaclyn