April 2007 Babes -- It's May! - Page 3

[tabrizia]

Originally Posted by doudat

Hope you feel better Tabrizia!!
I was thinking of buying liam this Ikea bed that way he'd have a play area underneath it, I'm just wondering about the whole heights thing... Cause then I'd be able to give romi Liam's old bed (this one in red)
I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with liam being so high up yet...

We looked at the bed you want for Liam, online, we need to look at the store too, but we really want a full bed for him. The nice thing about that bed though is you can flip it so if you don't want him high up yet you can put him close to the floor until you do feel comfortable with him up high.


arismomkoofie: No I haven't seen the Urban Retreat place, but it looks interesting, maybe I'll get DH to go down next weekend. We're still in the looking not buying yet stage right now. I did the see kind of bunk bed I wanted on their webpage, so I'll have to check and see.

Queen: I am glad she likes the play silks, Desmond likes to run around with his too.

Oh so we just gave Desmond a bath, because he was playing in the toliet, and we figured if he wants to play in water a bath would be a better choice. He kept climbing out of the tub, so I guess he didn't really want a bath, I have video and pictures to put up of him bathing now (though probably not on youtube since I need to pixelate parts of the video to make them "safe").

The hives are a pain and they are back sort of, I only took 1 benadryl earlier and it didn't work as well as the two did, but I figured it gives me the chance to take another one before bed (okay I am totally going to cheat and take two before bed, but still it will have been 3 and a half hours since the last one so it isn't too bad). They itch which is the most annoying part and I need to remember to drink a lot because they tend to make me dehydrated, ugh.

Desmond is being a grump, I just tried to nurse him down and he nursed then looked at me like I was insane for thinking he might go to sleep, sigh. He is quiet and downstairs right now, so maybe he'll fall asleep there.

[koofie]

Sarah, I take 2 benadryl to sleep every night (weeknights), and at times I have taken 3 because of extreme insomnia or allergies... I hope your hives go away soon. I have had two major hives episodes in my life and don't know why, but my mom is allergic to the cold (seriously) and gets them a lot if she isn't on allergy meds all winter.

Feel better soon!!!

[finn'smama]

OMG! Our offer was accepted on this house today!! Just conditional on financing...keep your fingers crossed for us everyone!

A

[kewpie-o]

Oops - I forgotto check here for our thread. I was hanging out in the baby forum wondering where everyone went LOL

Originally Posted by finn'smama

OMG! Our offer was accepted on this house today!! Just conditional on financing...keep your fingers crossed for us everyone!

A

Yay!!!! That's awesome! Hope all the financing stuff goes smoothly for you!

Shydaisi - I'm so glad Micah is finally over the flu! When Scout got really sick a while back, she lost a lot of weight and it worried me too. But she gained it back pretty fast. The same thing happened to us with the whole walking thing too - she was just starting to walk before she got so sick and then it seemed that she had forgotten how to after she got better. It didn't take long at all for her to "remember" and soon, she was practically running! I bet Micah will be the same way.

[MizLiz]

Wow! May is really quiet for this group compared to other months... I guess I should stop lurking so much and start contributing a bit more to the thread!

How do your little ones sleep throughout the day at this age? On a typical 'good' day, Chloe wakes up around 7am, has a nap at 10:30ish for about 45 minutes and then another nap in the afternoon for about 45 minutes before going to bed around 8 for the night. She does stir to nurse throughout the night, but we co-sleep so it isn't a problem.

On a not so good day (which has been about 6 times over the last week and a half!), she's been going to bed around 9pm, then waking up to PLAY for a good 2 or 3 hours and then going back to sleep for a couple of hours before I have to get up to look after my other two kids. She's also only having one nap a day sometimes, so she'll fall asleep really early and then wake up refreshed for fun in the middle of the night! I'm getting kind of run down... I hope she grows out of this soon!

[4lilfarmers]

Originally Posted by finn'smama

OMG! Our offer was accepted on this house today!! Just conditional on financing...keep your fingers crossed for us everyone!

A

congrats!!! that's so exciting! : it looks really cute inside!

[tabrizia]

Originally Posted by MizLiz

Wow! May is really quiet for this group compared to other months... I guess I should stop lurking so much and start contributing a bit more to the thread!

How do your little ones sleep throughout the day at this age? On a typical 'good' day, Chloe wakes up around 7am, has a nap at 10:30ish for about 45 minutes and then another nap in the afternoon for about 45 minutes before going to bed around 8 for the night. She does stir to nurse throughout the night, but we co-sleep so it isn't a problem.

On a not so good day (which has been about 6 times over the last week and a half!), she's been going to bed around 9pm, then waking up to PLAY for a good 2 or 3 hours and then going back to sleep for a couple of hours before I have to get up to look after my other two kids. She's also only having one nap a day sometimes, so she'll fall asleep really early and then wake up refreshed for fun in the middle of the night! I'm getting kind of run down... I hope she grows out of this soon!

Desmond sleep seems to be all over the place the past two weeks, but he did have cold/fever during that time. Normally we get up around 11am (we're working on pushing it back to 10am, slowly) he then goes down around 3pm for a 2 to 3 hour nap and then he goes to bed sometime between 10:30 and midnight (we're also slowly working on getting this earlier). He is sleeping about 7 hours straight 3 out of 7 nights now, which is nice, the other nights he is up around 2am to nurse still, but since we co-sleep no huge deal here either. We have avoided the up and play around 4am thing fortunately, though we did have two days where he was up by 6am and played for 2 hours or so before going back to sleep.

I'm hoping he'll get back into the grove this week so we can work on the earlier wakeup/bedtime thing.

[doudat]

Originally Posted by finn'smama

OMG! Our offer was accepted on this house today!! Just conditional on financing...keep your fingers crossed for us everyone!

A

Woohoo!!!! It looks ADORABLE!! Hope it goes well for ya!

Originally Posted by MizLiz

How do your little ones sleep throughout the day at this age? On a typical 'good' day, Chloe wakes up around 7am, has a nap at 10:30ish for about 45 minutes and then another nap in the afternoon for about 45 minutes before going to bed around 8 for the night. She does stir to nurse throughout the night, but we co-sleep so it isn't a problem.

Romi doesn't sleep in the morning anymore... Well, she would, but it would be around 11am, and then that would mean she'd nap at around 4pm which doesn't work for us since she'd miss supper. So we try to keep her up until 12h30 and she normally naps for 2-3hrs then goes back to sleep around 7h30pm.

[Queen of my Castle]

Holy! No one's around!
Well, Evangeline got one tooth- and it turned out she was getting 3 teeth! I didn't notice 2 coming in on the bottom, plus the last middle top. Poor thing. She threw up today, just like the last tooth. Does anyone else's kids get funny poop and throw up (once) when they're teething?? Or is it a strange coincidence?

[UltimateSerj]

hi everyone i keep losing the thread! its to busy over here!
Caroline is a monster! she is getting into everything! shes driving me crazy! her sleep is weird and i think she is getting 4 more teeth 1st molars!
today she got her first rubber soled shoes, we go out side a lot and robeez just don't protect enough tho she will still wear them a lot to the shoes will be for out side play

today she called me Mammeee lol so cute!!

[doudat]

Originally Posted by Queen of my Castle

Holy! No one's around!
Well, Evangeline got one tooth- and it turned out she was getting 3 teeth! I didn't notice 2 coming in on the bottom, plus the last middle top. Poor thing. She threw up today, just like the last tooth. Does anyone else's kids get funny poop and throw up (once) when they're teething?? Or is it a strange coincidence?

Romi just got 2 new teeth at once (3 in all now!) and she's been having weird poops for the past few days... And the same thing happened with the first tooth. So I'm thinking it's related.

[MaxiMom]

Sure has been quiet over here...

finn'smama - good luck on the house
arismom - hope something else comes through soon

what else - well, Scarlet has been making this scrunch face that Max always makes and has been putting her hand down the back of her diaper - hanging out with big brother too much?

I have some fun pictures to post and neighbor kids are over, be back later.

[MaxiMom]

How many teeth does everyone have now (babies,that is ). Scarlet still has 8, but working on four I think.

[tabrizia]

Originally Posted by MaxiMom

How many teeth does everyone have now (babies,that is ). Scarlet still has 8, but working on four I think.

I haven't counted lately but I most of Desmond's have pushed through finally, so I am guess he has about 14 now with 2 still to go, but it could be 12 with 4 more to go. Maybe I'll check next time I nurse.


I still have hives, I haven't gone to the doctor yet, but I think I am going to try to tomorrow or Thursday. Does anyone know if steroids are safe while nursing? Since it seems to be the main cure for hives if they aren't going away, which these aren't, sigh.

I put up a couple of videos of Desmond walking and swinging on my blog, but I still need to put up recent pictures. His newest trick is to climb out of the bathtub which makes bath time so much "fun". I have a video of it too, but it isn't public since I am pretty sure if breaks youtube's rules (the whole naked baby thing), plus I am not sure I want naked baby video available for anyone to find.

We've had a pretty quiet week so far with the hives and such, since I don't want to drive while taking benadryl every 4 hours or so. I really hope these hives go away soon, but it isn't looking hopeful so far.

[MaxiMom]

what a drag, tabrizia. hope the doc can take care of the hives.

[kewpie-o]

Originally Posted by MaxiMom

How many teeth does everyone have now (babies,that is ). Scarlet still has 8, but working on four I think.

Scout has 8, but I think 9 and 10 are starting to poke through the gums as well. She's been super cranky lately....just whining all the time, being clingy, and not sleeping well. She keeps chewing on her index fingers and won't chew on a teether or washcloth. Poor girl!

Sarah - hope you find a way to clear up the hives!!! I don't know whether or not there are any steroids that are safe for breastfeeding moms...I thought that steroids were a no-no for pregnant and nursing women, but I'm not sure where I got that idea.

[4lilfarmers]

Originally Posted by MaxiMom

Sure has been quiet over here...

finn'smama - good luck on the house
arismom - hope something else comes through soon

what else - well, Scarlet has been making this scrunch face that Max always makes and has been putting her hand down the back of her diaper - hanging out with big brother too much?

I have some fun pictures to post and neighbor kids are over, be back later.

that's funny... zenon mimics kaylo but mostly with his fits. :

Originally Posted by MaxiMom

How many teeth does everyone have now (babies,that is ). Scarlet still has 8, but working on four I think.

he's had 6 for about 4 months...but i think #7 is just poking through.

btw, maximom...how's dh's quitting smoking going??

Originally Posted by tabrizia

I haven't counted lately but I most of Desmond's have pushed through finally, so I am guess he has about 14 now with 2 still to go, but it could be 12 with 4 more to go. Maybe I'll check next time I nurse.


I still have hives, I haven't gone to the doctor yet, but I think I am going to try to tomorrow or Thursday. Does anyone know if steroids are safe while nursing? Since it seems to be the main cure for hives if they aren't going away, which these aren't, sigh.

I put up a couple of videos of Desmond walking and swinging on my blog, but I still need to put up recent pictures. His newest trick is to climb out of the bathtub which makes bath time so much "fun". I have a video of it too, but it isn't public since I am pretty sure if breaks youtube's rules (the whole naked baby thing), plus I am not sure I want naked baby video available for anyone to find.

We've had a pretty quiet week so far with the hives and such, since I don't want to drive while taking benadryl every 4 hours or so. I really hope these hives go away soon, but it isn't looking hopeful so far.

sorry to hear that you still have hives! i don't know about steroids and nursing but i bet someone over in the breastfeeding forum will.

[doudat]

I've said it in my previous post, but Romi has 3 teeth now.

I'm so peeved about the whole BPA in Avent products right now... Health Canada decided BPA's were toxic and shouldn't be used in baby product. Avent's whole friggin' line of stuff (including my breastpump) has BPA. So now I have maybe 1 month of pumping left and I have to buy a new pump. Some stores were taking back the pumps without receipt but I called and they all told me no.
DO NOT BUY AVENT PRODUCTS!!! Even if BPA is toxic, that company will still be making BPA products for babies. Gross, huh?

[4lilfarmers]

Originally Posted by doudat

I've said it in my previous post, but Romi has 3 teeth now.

I'm so peeved about the whole BPA in Avent products right now... Health Canada decided BPA's were toxic and shouldn't be used in baby product. Avent's whole friggin' line of stuff (including my breastpump) has BPA. So now I have maybe 1 month of pumping left and I have to buy a new pump. Some stores were taking back the pumps without receipt but I called and they all told me no.
DO NOT BUY AVENT PRODUCTS!!! Even if BPA is toxic, that company will still be making BPA products for babies. Gross, huh?

that sucks! can't you just use it one more month?? :

i love my pump (avent isis)... what is comparable and not scary???

[MaxiMom]

Originally Posted by krismarie

:

btw, maximom...how's dh's quitting smoking going??

Pretty well, he's not huffing down two packs a day any more, but I think he still has the occasional one. It's better though. He's a person that really enjoys tobacco, so I know it's difficult. Thanks for asking! We have yet to test out his stamina.