Ruby's working on molars and has been for about 4 months, on and off. This last week, she's had several screaming sessions, poor thing, and her gums are so swollen, they're almost white. I can't wait till they're out!
I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted. Lots going on over here and not nearly as much MDC time as I wish I had. I miss my fellow March Mamas!
As far as our stats, A can scoot on his bottom and wiggle on his belly but is not offically crawling yet. He just started waving bye-bye, claps, says a couple words and is cutting tooth number 7. So it sounds like he is right on par with a few other March babes. He is super sweet and mellow and cuddly, but he's heavy! He was 28lbs at his 10mo visit. I'm starting to wonder how much longer I can carry him - by back hurts even with a Beco. 
Glad you remembered your long-lost DDC...seeing as it STILL says you're our President!!! 
Wow, 28#...I doubt my DD will hit that by the time she's 3...just not growing much here. But, I guess my back can be thankful, huh? Gosh, I hope he doesn't have a peanut allergy, too! That's one of the worse kinds, IMO. Are you feeding him peanuts or just eating them yourself?
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Originally Posted by DecemberSun
 Yeah, so... I have a BITER. And not just when I'm nursing her- she will come up to anyone and just bite them, bare skin is a favorite. She understands "No biting!", but it is still a PITA (or wherever else, lol). Fun times.
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| And how in the heck are y'all getting your babies to sign?! |
| We're considering further allergy testing but it's pricey and not super accurate at this age. Anyone have any experience with that? |
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Originally Posted by truemists
Well, er... Bunny is happily practicing standing on his own... still no teeth... Has started napping on his own and even SLEEPING THE WHOLE NIGHT IN HIS CRIB, all of the sudden... Just last week he still needed to fall asleep ON me, and would wake up if I moved away. So this is a huge developmental leap for him.
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| He's actually quite sneaky about it now. He'll lean over like he's giving you a kiss on the arm or cheek or whatever. He'll do that like 4 times in a row, then on the fifth time he'll just bite the heck out of you. |
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Originally Posted by didkisa
Paisley!!!! Good to see you again!
Glad you remembered your long-lost DDC...seeing as it STILL says you're our President!!! Wow, 28#...I doubt my DD will hit that by the time she's 3...just not growing much here. But, I guess my back can be thankful, huh? Gosh, I hope he doesn't have a peanut allergy, too! That's one of the worse kinds, IMO. Are you feeding him peanuts or just eating them yourself? |
Yes I am still the pres. I was thinking about going over to the March 08 DDC and trying to pull ranks, being as my DDDDC doesn't specify the year. I wish the cabinet members' DDDDCs would have lasted this long too!
And for the peanuts, it's just through my milk. I made (and ate 
) a batch of peanut butter cookies and 30 hours later he had the reaction. I was also eating a lot more PB than usual when he had the first bout.|
Originally Posted by Wild Flowers
Paisley!!!!!
I know Natalie, my oldest, had boody poop and when we cut out dairy it went away. I am sory you are having to deal with that, that is a scary thing to see when changing a diaper. |
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Originally Posted by DecemberSun
Yeah, so... I have a BITER. And not just when I'm nursing her- she will come up to anyone and just bite them, bare skin is a favorite. She understands "No biting!", but it is still a PITA (or wherever else, lol). Fun times.
Oh, and also SCREAMING! She'll just look at you and shreek. It's great. Then when we say "Shhhh" she'll try to copy us and make spitty sounds with her mouth, lol. She certainly is developing her personality and she is so much less mellow than when she was a tiny baby! |
He definitely gets the screaming from ds1, who hollers all the time and then gets upset when the baby screams back. 
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Originally Posted by cinnamonamon
Good to see you paisley! No advice on the allergy thing, really; just commiseration. My doctor did mention that at this age our dc are still in the "might grow out of it" stage -- at least with my ds's allergies/sensitivities: dairy, egg & soy.
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Originally Posted by Astromom
I would like to know more about this too. What's involved in allergy testing? I think that DS must have some sensitivities/allergies and it would be nice to know more. At what age is it more accurate?
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)! We saw a western Peds GI specialist and she wanted to do a blood draw for the allergy testing. She said that if we got a positive we could trust that, but there would be a high chance of false negatives. Basically, A needs to have eaten the different foods in order for his body to make the little allergic reaction proteins (I'm sure there is a more scientific term for them ). So without having directly eaten the various foods, the blood test can't definitively tell us if he'd be allergic to them or not. And for $300 we are thinking that maybe it's not the best use of our funds at this point. There may be other tests but I honestly haven't done the research yet. 
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She says that there was some study where they were trying to find a link between intelligence and baby milestones, such as age when first started crawling/walking/talking, etc. The ONLY correlation to increased intelligence later in life was a greater degree of stranger anxiety as a baby! My DD goes absolutely ballistic if someone touches or holds her and will even start crying if someone looks at her too long or talks to her! Now THAT'S extreme, right?? I tried to google the study when I got home, but didn't find anything. Oh well...sure made me feel pretty good anyway! (we always knew she was the smartest baby EVER, this just proves it! )
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Originally Posted by paisley
Thanks for love and good to see you too! Which of your boys have allergies/sensitivities? |
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Originally Posted by jo15
We all knew Miranda was the smartest baby ever!
Ruby's not going to be quite as smart-- she doesn't seem to mind new people. She won't smile at them for anything, but she won't cry either. She gives them mostly an unnerving stare. Today she went and played with a complete stranger (not to me, of course) for an hour and a half while I painted. I was pretty surprised. |
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