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post #21 of 102
2/3/08 at 11:12pm
Hello!

My DS is fussier lately too... I think he's teething too.

Hard time getting to sleep also....more later! baby is crying!
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post #22 of 102
2/3/08 at 11:29pm
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii everyone! I miss you all!

(I just wrote a post and it got deleted. Grrrr.)

Add Sydney to the list of non-rollers. And the list of "swimmers." However, I won't lie, she goes to bed on her own really well : but she is still up 3252534 billion times a night :.

Lemme show you all this hair, she looks like Elvis, I swear.

I think she might be a thumb-sucker, she's always stuffing her fingers or hands into her mouth and occasionally falls asleep with her thumb in her mouth. But she could just be teething.

We are having one problem she's having some neck/spinal issues. She will only turn her head to the right, and refuses the left. She pulls off a lot when I bf her on my right breast because it hurts her to look that way. Tonight we went to a screening of "The Business of Being Born," and it was sponsored by a chiro practice so she has an appointment tomorrow morning at 9:15AM. Wish us luck and good thoughts!
post #23 of 102
2/3/08 at 11:36pm
thanks for the food advice!

sorry about that ankle MT. And I hope that chiro appt helps Yuma. How as the movie, btw?
post #24 of 102
2/4/08 at 3:20am
DD has been fussier too this past week. Glad to know I'm not alone there! It's starting to get to me. Could she be teething already? She's drooling and sticking her fist in her mouth a lot? Are Hylands okay for a 4mo? The fussing is wearing me down..

DD goes to bed fine at night but still catnaps BIG time during the day. She's not getting enough sleep during the day. She hates the crib so I'm going out to pick up a sheet for the pack n play tomorrow. Maybe she'll nap better in that during the day??

She's showing a preferance to DH and I too. We went to a Super Bowl thing tonight at MIL's church and DH let the pastor's wife hold her and she just cried. I know the woman felt a little offended but DD doesn't know her. What does she expect? She cried when MIL held her tonight too. Bleh..If I get one more "spoiled" comment from someone I'm going to be upset..She's with me or DH ALL THE TIME..What do they expect??

DD is otherwise a happy baby though..No rolling over here either..The kid is trying to sit up though. She loves her Bumbo seat and when she's in her carseat she sticks her head up trying to sit up. It's too cute!!
post #25 of 102
2/4/08 at 3:32am
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yuma: wow Sydney has a lot of hair. my DD was born with hair but it has pretty much dropped out. I had someone ask me if I gave her a haircut because she doesn't have as much hair. Hope the chiro helps your DD. My DD has been going to a chiro because I thought maybe it may help with the catnaps etc. Well it relaxes her enough that she zonks out in the car on the way home (meanwhile on the way there she fusses in the car)

stayseeliz: you think after having one child and having already gone through the "spoiled" comments that it would be like water off a duck's back huh? It still irks me but I try not to let it show to people.

Abylite: I'm hoping that my DD starts teething about 6 months as her older brother because I'm not ready for her to become fussier at night.
post #26 of 102
2/4/08 at 5:17am
Matt's Mom - I'm so sorry to hear about the ankle! Eek! I saw one of those knee rollers in the airport last month. They look so cool!! (This is coming from someone with LOTS of ankle injuries!) Seriously, I wish they'd had those when I need them! (May I never need one again! ray I've managed to hurt my ankles badly while pg, but thankfully never with an infant. I hope you're up and back to feeling well soon!

Yuma - did I miss something? Did you guys move? Or just get tired of the name? When I was driving to my dad's near San Diego I saw signs for Yuma and thought of you! I hope the chiro helps out. How great to have an appt so soon! I've wanted to see BOBB but couldn't make it to the screenings here.

Our sleep issues have been helped dramatically by the Miracle Blanket. I am SO glad I invested in it this time! I've had the hardest time getting him to sleep at night, until I started swaddling him again. Before that, I could only get him to sleep while wearing him - which was okay for a bit, but eventually *I* needed to go to bed, too! And he'd often wake up when I took him off. So now I swaddle him in the blanket and then nurse him to sleep, or sometimes I can have DH swaddle him if he's already been fed and just give him his pacifier. I got a lovely bubble bath one night that way!

Judah is MOVING!! It's crazy!! I finally saw how he does it tonight - he typically waits until I'm out of sight. He's basically rolling but pivoting while he does it. So like tonight, he was on his back right in front of me, feet pointed at me, and then he rolled and pivoted until he was on his tummy, feet 90° from where they'd been. He'll pivot without rolling, too, and you can barely tell he's doing it. But he'll inch his way around, as though his legs were the pivot point. So funny! We need to try to get a video one of these days.
post #27 of 102
2/4/08 at 5:35am
what does a chiro do to a baby? is it gentle?
post #28 of 102
2/4/08 at 10:17am
chiros are very gentle with babies, yes we took Felicity in a few days after she was born and he did slight adjustments on her after her whirlwind trip down the birth canal, and she was fine. Weve never used chiropractic as a family, and didnt use it to treat colic like some have done, but I would trust my chiro with my infant, yes.

Jackson is doing great. He is a long thin baby right now, and his legs are much shorter than his body. He is in 6-9 mo onesies, and his upper body fits into 6-9 month clothes better than his lower body.

He is very even tempered, tolerant, patient, loves to be swaddled and have a blanket and a paci to go to sleep. We discovered that he liked having something to hold while he sucked on his paci when he began holding our hand with both of his after we gave the paci. I have nursed all 3 of my other kids to sleep. But by just a few days old, it was clear to me that he did not wish to comfort nurse (my second oldest didnt either, she wanted to be held and cuddled, but didnt want the breast unless she was hungry).

He can kick himself around in a circle on the floor, and has rolled each way a few times but I think its more by accident. He loves to coo and talk to people, and has a great big smile that the women all swoon over.

I posted this on the email list, but Candy (candyapplez) came to NC to visit her sister last week, and she and I got together twice. She is really sweet, she gives great hugs, she is beautiful, giving, was so instinctive and helpful with my kids and her sisters kids both times we were together. I hope we get to spend time together again when she visits!

We were exposed to chicken pox about a week ago, so I am going to be trying to psyche myself up for dealing with that. My 2 yr old has a friend who was shedding it at homeschool co-op and at church in the 2 yr old class, so having been exposed twice in 3 days, I dont see how we are going to miss it. My family doctor said he doesnt anticipate any complications with Jackson, as he is totally breastfed and still small. He said the worst cases in small children he sees are formula fed infants under a year.

I am in the midst of trying to decide on homeschool curriculum for next year. I am trying to decide if I want to comtinue doing eclectic stuff, or get a boxed curriculum with pre-set lesson plans, or start my kids on the stuff that the private school near us uses. We will likely put the kids in private school at some point, and they use math and grammar that we can get ahold of for homeschooling.

Just wanted to check in. The kids are up now, so posting takes a back seat...
post #29 of 102
2/4/08 at 10:28am

we are sick

yesterday i woke up early and was sick and then my sneezing woke dmitri and while we hung out in the living room so the papa could sleep dmitri started rolling! he is not gracfull and really wants to crawl so he is trying to do that. i don't think he relizes he can use rolling as a mode of tranportation. we have been lucky in that dmitri has for the most part been a really good sleeper but this being sick business is really messing that up. this poor baby is sick now to and congested and the conmgestion makes him sleep so lightly that if i sneez that wakes him up or if he needs to poo that normally wakes him up but once awake he can't fall back to sleep cuz of all the congestion. and now my tummy is hurting really bad so i had to wake the papa who has only had 4 hours of sleep and he is rocking dmitri while i post here and feel queasy. this is not a fun house to be in but dmitri is rolling at least which is exciting and fun.
post #30 of 102
2/4/08 at 10:54am
Hi Everyone!

I'd love to join all of you....I posted an "intro" on the Jan thread, but I think we were transitioning to this one.... I've been on MDC for a long time and didn't notice OCT 07 moms until the other day!

My DS is just about 4 months....doing pretty good. We've been battling cradle cap (which is finally better...) and eczema. It's been hard finding good skin products for him and cutting out dairy...

He's turning on his side...does that "swim" thing at night too...drives me crazy. We still have to bounce and sling at night to get him to sleep and then he's ok...waking every 3 hours STILL.....but most of the time goes to sleep after nursing and patting his back. At least he doesn't stay attached to the boob like his DS did...

I'm a college teacher...so I'm back at work now and he's started daycare. Pumping has been "interesting"....and at least he's taking a EBM bottle for them at daycare and napping in the crib just fine. We REALLY worked on that one at home....although I still have him sleep "on me" to get a really good nap in on the weekends....

Any other working Oct mamas????

I'll enjoy reading and cathcing up on everyone's LO!
post #31 of 102
2/4/08 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by IfMamaAintHappy View Post
I am in the midst of trying to decide on homeschool curriculum for next year. I am trying to decide if I want to comtinue doing eclectic stuff, or get a boxed curriculum with pre-set lesson plans, or start my kids on the stuff that the private school near us uses. We will likely put the kids in private school at some point, and they use math and grammar that we can get ahold of for homeschooling.

Just wanted to check in. The kids are up now, so posting takes a back seat...
We're trying to decide on homeschool curriculum right now too! I've been doing a literature based program but I think DS needs something a little more hands-on. It's hard deciding though!!
post #32 of 102
2/4/08 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by DoomaYula View Post
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii everyone! I miss you all!

(I just wrote a post and it got deleted. Grrrr.)

Add Sydney to the list of non-rollers. And the list of "swimmers." However, I won't lie, she goes to bed on her own really well : but she is still up 3252534 billion times a night :.

Lemme show you all this hair, she looks like Elvis, I swear.

I think she might be a thumb-sucker, she's always stuffing her fingers or hands into her mouth and occasionally falls asleep with her thumb in her mouth. But she could just be teething.

We are having one problem she's having some neck/spinal issues. She will only turn her head to the right, and refuses the left. She pulls off a lot when I bf her on my right breast because it hurts her to look that way. Tonight we went to a screening of "The Business of Being Born," and it was sponsored by a chiro practice so she has an appointment tomorrow morning at 9:15AM. Wish us luck and good thoughts!
Wowza, look at all that hair! What a cutie! Hope you find a way to help her neck problem..
post #33 of 102
2/4/08 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by Stayseeliz View Post
DD has been fussier too this past week. Glad to know I'm not alone there! It's starting to get to me. Could she be teething already? She's drooling and sticking her fist in her mouth a lot? Are Hylands okay for a 4mo? The fussing is wearing me down..

DD goes to bed fine at night but still catnaps BIG time during the day. She's not getting enough sleep during the day. She hates the crib so I'm going out to pick up a sheet for the pack n play tomorrow. Maybe she'll nap better in that during the day??

She's showing a preferance to DH and I too. We went to a Super Bowl thing tonight at MIL's church and DH let the pastor's wife hold her and she just cried. I know the woman felt a little offended but DD doesn't know her. What does she expect? She cried when MIL held her tonight too. Bleh..If I get one more "spoiled" comment from someone I'm going to be upset..She's with me or DH ALL THE TIME..What do they expect??

DD is otherwise a happy baby though..No rolling over here either..The kid is trying to sit up though. She loves her Bumbo seat and when she's in her carseat she sticks her head up trying to sit up. It's too cute!!

I can't believe people are giving you the 'spoiled' line at this young of an age. My little guy doesn't like being social away from me, either. It's NORMAL.
post #34 of 102
2/4/08 at 9:16pm
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Originally Posted by IfMamaAintHappy View Post
I posted this on the email list, but Candy (candyapplez) came to NC to visit her sister last week, and she and I got together twice. She is really sweet, she gives great hugs, she is beautiful, giving, was so instinctive and helpful with my kids and her sisters kids both times we were together. I hope we get to spend time together again when she visits!
That's so wonderful. I think of her all the time.
post #35 of 102
2/4/08 at 11:21pm
Hey all, I just noticed something new on Kayleb... he has a small patch of rough dark hair on his back.. does anyone know anything about this? What could it be? Anything to be worried about?
post #36 of 102
2/4/08 at 11:32pm
oops I accidentally double posted... sorry!
post #37 of 102
2/5/08 at 3:42am
I've only been reading and posting here and there. I've always got 1 hand full. Miller is doing great. I weighed him the other day and got 16lbs. He's still in 0-3 month clothing but his torso is getting too long for some onsies. I think he is growing out of his small cloth and into mediums. He is such an easy going baby unless we are in the car. I think he knows when we are getting ready to leave and starts fussing. Bless his heart. He screams nearly the whole ride. We are removing the infant bucket seat and installing the convertible to see if that helps. I need to take him to the chiro and see if that helps.

I happened upon the "Happiest Baby on the Block" book and the "Happiest Toddler on the Block" and I feel like I've hit the lotto. Both of these books have helped me connect with the boys. I just can't say enough about Dr Karp!

Miller sleeps from about 11pm to 9am waking only once or twice to nurse. HOWEVER my toddler is waking every hour. I have really considered weaning, night weaning, moving him out of family bed, moving him on the other side of Papa all depending on how bad of a night it is. Any tips or tricks from other tandem nursers?

We all have a cold right now, just the start of one but I hope it passes quickly.

I wanted to remind everyone that we have the yahoo group going. PM me for invite. I realize some of the invites I have sent from yahoo never made it to their destinations or got put into spam folders. LMK and I'll re-invite.
post #38 of 102
2/5/08 at 5:38am
Happy Feb mamas!

DD is so sweet. She seems so different than my DS did at this age (3 mo.). She just lights up when she sees me. DS mostly just cried when I left, or could I possibly be forgetting?

DH goes in for his CAT-scan on Wed.

I am working too, but only atiny bit. I am teaching a grad school course as well as rstarting my private practice. So I am actually working a lot, but most of the work is at home right now.

I love The Happiest Baby on the Block! It was a life saver, we don't need it anymore. I want to check out the toddler book!

Valentine's day? Oh!!!! I hope that means chocolate, even though we don't really do anything for it...I would not scoff at chocolate...oh how I love chocolate!!!

It is a leap-year too...so happy leap year month.
post #39 of 102
2/5/08 at 8:43am
yeah i know about the hair, ds has a ton.... heres him normally http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...15-08_1532.jpg and here he is with the mohawk daddy likes to give him
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...h/IMG_4773.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...h/IMG_4775.jpg

i get the spoiled thing too, i jsut smile, and say yep he is, and we love it
post #40 of 102
2/5/08 at 11:22am
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Originally Posted by ashleyhaugh View Post
yeah i know about the hair, ds has a ton.... heres him normally http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...15-08_1532.jpg and here he is with the mohawk daddy likes to give him
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...h/IMG_4773.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...h/IMG_4775.jpg

i get the spoiled thing too, i jsut smile, and say yep he is, and we love it
I'm loving all the hair on these babies!
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