Top o' the year to you, May (04) Mamas! - Page 2

[Sarah'sMama]

Hope you get a break, soon, Els! Its hard to be so touched out with no end in sight.

[elsanne]

thanks Sherri for the empathy. After reading Heather's post again I had a thought:

icoffeepod!

What would it be like?

what bells n whistles?

[mcsarahb]

Happy Birthday Renae! Welcome back! We've missed you, girlfriend.

I meant to respond to the treats thing in my last post. Lily has had so much sugar in the past 3 weeks. I can't even blame it in my parents - I got her all the chocolate for her stocking. : Oh well, it's back to sanity when we get home.

Ducette, mama, you're amazing. Be sure to take care of yourself too, hon.

Fiddle - the new teaching gigs and job sitch sound great. I'm thinking good thoughts for you.

Elsanne - I would take her to the chiro, if it were me. Icoffeepod: you could program it to wake you up with a certain song. You could download special recipes for frothy mocha drinks from St@rbucks.

Today I'm getting a massage (gift certificate from my parents). Soooo looking forward to it. We leave here tomorrow and home Friday. It's been good but I'm ready to head back.

S.

[DucetteMama21842]

NAK and trying to verbally referee between two wwf pro wrestling toddlers...

Just wanted to quickly say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENAE!
Hope you have some fun before you go Claudia!
Els- hope you get a delicious break soon!
Heath- Jas lays propped in the boppy while swaddled when we watch our nightly movie/play cards together after the boys go to bed. That just made me picture the similar things parents sometimes need to do to breathe...

Gotta run... they're fighting with their little playset chairs... :

[Mama Faery]

Els, I just had to come commisserate with you for a second (while Rowan has allowed me to go! ) about the mamaneedmamaneedmamaMAMAMAMAMAMAMA!!!!
Yeah, and I only have one. Sometimes it feels like a lot more. Haha.

I hope you get some time to yourself soon, dear Mama!

And getting three kids outfitted for snow? Now *I* need a second cup of coffee! Good luck!

Okay, MAMAMAMAMAMAMA is back on. Talk to you later.

It's GOOD to be back.

[Miss Juice]

Hmm, did I say earlier that I felt daunted by the prospect of gearing up three kids and going outside? I think next time I'll give myself license to listen to that little voice : The problem with trying to get three kids ready is that any time *one* of them cooperates, the other two are off creating chaos somewhere else. I couldn't find Ethan's snowpants at all but we persevered and made it outside, where all were happy for at least the first 30 seconds. Ethan thought it was the best thing ever, but kept running for the street. He's so dang cute, though! Allison started out thrilled, but I think she got tired quickly and had snow in her boots and mittens, so she didn't last long.

So in less than an hour we were all exhausted and ready for some hot cocoa. And though it was a lot of work, it was a lot of fun and even though I say I won't undertake that again without reinforcements, I'll probably be moved by the magic of it all again.

Now I need a nap.

[orangecanoe]

juice---you have me awwing out loud here. Visions of what our winter will look like next year! Is it me, our are your kiddos tall? They looks so much older than their actual ages!

Elsanne--I would take her to the chiro. E is a daredevil+clumsy...not a good combo and could probably stand to get adjusted every week at the rate she falls/tumbles.

FF--yay for saner job prospects! Teaching rocks!

Claudia-- hope the rain, rain goes away and comes again like Sunday!

Renae--*mwah* just makes me happy to see your purple!

Sarah--I think we need some pics oy! when you get back!


my iCoffeePod would most definitely download starbucks recipes and be remotely operable from upstairs...hmmm....would probably also grind/blend beans to suit my whim...playing soothing wake up music would be a bonus.


Girlies are enjoying playing together quietly! nicely! sharingly! in the attic playroom. Our house may be a little fixer upper, but I totally love that we have an attic playspace and sewing area.

I fear that HJ has much of C's same temperment wrt sleep. Desperately trying to find a sling/wrap/carrier solution to keep him content. gah.

onward!

[DucetteMama21842]

juice-

those pics are heavenly! you seem to have a talent for catching the magic of the moment, myself- not so much.

[Sarah'sMama]

Those pictures rock, Juice! I especially liked the pouty Allison picture! And the last one of Ethan was magical for sure! Remind me again how old Caitlyn is? Five? Six?

[elsanne]

Juice--your post was inspired. I loved the pics and the one of Allison's misery made me guffaw aloud. Don't tell her I laughed at her misery.

Heath--"sharingly" made me smile. I can relate.

ff--yaaaay at the job prospect! At being recognized by the higher-ups! Your NYE sounds really lovely.

icoffeepod: would also line up the day's tasks, communicating to coffee maker and to computer to a) make coffee, and b) get my email up on screen.
Hell, then it would make breakfast.

[elsanne]

Chiro dilemma #2: After being convinced that chiro for kids = good, I broached the subject to the chiro, who said that basically for them to treat anyone, they need xrays.
a) radiation on my baby's bodies!
b) $$$$$$!
c) $$!
d) $!

*sigh* complicated!

would you do it? ($ notwithstanding?)

[orangecanoe]

Els--xrays?? standard? ick! Our chiro has no such 'clause', but only inquired about them when C had her nasty fall and seizure last summer. That said, both girls have had xrays and I know the amount of them is miniscule, but then again the $$ factor. I guess there are different schools of chiro, but ours seems well able to use her blessed hands to ascertain what she needs to know. hmmm...

I'm really just babbling and procrastinating the laundry folding. Which needs to be done before the kiddos wake up lest it get unlaundered all over the living room. crud...squeaking baby. so much for that!

[mcsarahb]

Hmmm. I've never had to have xrays for chiro work. Juice??

P.S. Your pics were amazing! What cuties.

[DucetteMama21842]

An x-ray to do chiro work on a child? I haven't heard of that....

Could be wrong...

So mamas of three... did your mmf baby adjust well to a new sibling and then have a hard time with behavior after another sibling was added as well?

Be back to explain ? later... babe is crying.

[orangecanoe]

C was fine after both kiddos, but that's just her quirkiness working in our favor for a change! She did get out of sorts with other people caring for her (read: messing with her schedule) in the early days. That still throws her off, baby or no.

[Miss Juice]

Thanks for all the props on the pics! It's very, very rare that I actually get them from the camera to the computer, and then to get them uploaded and posted on the very same day?? Practically unheard of. And Danile - that was an unusually good group of pics. I have a whole folder of attempts to get a good pic of the kids for a holiday card, it's titled "16 reasons people hire professional photographers". No holiday card was made this year.

And yes, my kids are tall. Caitlyn will be six in 10 days *eek!* and she comes up halfway between my elbow and my shoulder, and I'm 5'10. (Nope, I don't have a tape measure nearby )

Elsanne, I think X-rays for a kid that age is NUTS. I don't even do them on big people. I think chiropractic care for kids is fantastic, obviously, but I've never even HEARD of requiring X-rays for them. $$ aside, it just isn't necessary.

danile, I can't help as my maybaby is my #2, so she's only had to adjust once. I did find that my first had a hard time with the arrival of #3.

Well, my adventures in the snow paid off in terms of the girlies taking themselves upstairs and reading quietly to each other for an hour, and Ethan being down for over 2.5 hours right now. Wahoo!

[jstar]

Happy Birthday Renae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Julian's sounds yummy : i hope you have a faboo day even though you have to work. and a great year!

juice - AWESOME photo-story. oh the fun! we haven't had snow and i was telling doug we need to go up to mt. hood and snowshoe. he thinks ebin will die and getting all the gear and blah blah is too much effort for what may end up being 20 mins of fun. but i want the experience...however brief so we'll see if i talk him into that one

fiddle - that's great about the work possibilities!

i haven't even been feigning to make decaf lately. i like the icoffepod idea

i'm in the middle of tearing out allllllll our clothes in our bedroom and organizing them. it is like moving in again. but ebin just went down for a nap so i'm taking a break. i realllllly want to put the christmas stuff away too. i'm ready for the 'fresh new year' look not the 'christmas is over but dusty' look.

we had ebin's wbv this morning (7mo). i was guessing 25 lbs but he was 24 lbs 11 oz. can't remember how tall. 30.5"? he flattened a bit on his curves. she said that he could (theoretically) sleep through the night now if i wanted to nightwean and breastfeed him a lot more during the day. that sounds tempting....but not likely yet. but i may contemplate it after our upcoming vacations. i feel like kind of a harda$$ but he was such a good sleeper before i do know he's capable. and he's mr. busy during the day now so i think a lot of it is convenience for him. this is likely the talk of a sleep deprived lady. i should at LEAST go to 3-4 hr blocks instead of nursing him when he wakes after only an hour or so. i've created a milk monstah!

i need a snack :

[elsanne]

I GOT MY SOCKS!!!!

tHEY ARE purple, beautiful, soft as anything. I love them to bits.

Only a month, Jstar!!! A month it took them to get here!

YAAAAY and what a great thing at kind of a crappy juncture in the day.

RE: chiro/xrays. The woman I saw today is a student of the main chiro I see, so I'm going to ask him personally about Amara's care. She said it's important, just in case some vertebras are not fused or something like that, which she wouldn't know by feeling.

[orangecanoe]

els--still not sure about that explanation. HJ's been getting adjusted since a week and E from about 8 weeks on.... fu$ed schmu$ed ....just my two cents...

And all this chiro talk made E want to go. oy! no really oy! not that oy! She fell off her bed yesterday and seemed fine, but was complaining that her back was 'ouching' when she got up from nap. So off we went!

I think I *finally* have the moby thing figured out to HJ's liking thanks to a kind mdc'er. phew! pics on the blog in a bit...

btw...you all need to give sherri some love on her bloggity blog and get on her protected list. she promises semi-regular porch pics there if you sign up for xanga and message her. okay, not really, but I reading her blog and you should too!

[Miss Juice]

Originally Posted by elsanne

YAAAAY and what a great thing at kind of a crappy juncture in the day.

And yet again, the socks pull through as much more than socks! BEST exchange idea EVER. (Who thoughta that? I think elsanne but I can't remember for sure.) So glad you got them and so glad they are perfect. (Yes, I realize I didn't send them. But I'm just that happy for you!)

HF - that was two $, not two cents :

And I'm sorry, but I still think X-rays on a little one are not necessary. While spina bifida is comparatively common (but not what I'd call "common"),it's almost never diagnosed unless it's visible from the outside, and it rarely causes problems. A good chiro shouldn't be using so much force that it's an issue - certainly less than the fall that produced the concern in the first place, yes?