Steph, that’s so funny!
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Originally Posted by PiePie  i know it has an older age range, but dd loved these http://www.amazon.com/Sylvia-Longs-M...1007937&sr=8-1 from as soon as she could sit up. i got them in the bargain section of borders for 4.99. i lust for this http://www.amazon.com/Haba-902-Disco...f=pd_sbs_ba_17 for dd for christmas this year but let's be real, the price is nutsy. my parents got dd this http://www.amazon.com/Parents-Busy-Z...1008152&sr=1-1 for her 1st bday, 2 mos. early, and she plays with it EVERY SINGLE DAY. it is available at target. and for the younger set, don't forget balls and puppets... i also lust for this shape sorter http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Toy-Shape...1008495&sr=1-1 and will probably get that.
eta: i have a melissa and doug puzzle but i am not in love with where the screws are. if i were doing it over i would get puzzibilities/small world toys/ryans room; it was just that m&d is more readily available.
eta: on musical instruments, i like those by remo aka lynn kleiner and woodstock percussion. but it is hard to find ones that are baby-safe. i ordered dd a set from a place called miscellaneous supplies. it contains plastic but the sound quality is high, better than some of the pure wood stuff. i've tested lots at various music classes. cking, some are available at kazams in princeton in palmer sq. |
Piepie,
Yes, we got nesting blocks similar to that for our friend’s 2yo’s birthday, but I think J would like them too. She certainly would like to chew on them (can’t keep her away from books, cardboard, wood, magazines, etc!)
I love that busy-box too. It seems like J might like that now too even though she’s probably young for it. She’d love to spin the blocks. I really want more things that she can use while sitting. There was an inflatable globe (beach ball) at the LLL meeting last night and she loved it!
And I absolutely heart Jazams!
Ok, speaking of music…..J got to check out the piano at my sister’s house and she was having a ball banging on the keys. Acutally, she sounded pretty good. Lol. So, I can’t wait to get her a toy piano. She loved banging her hands on the table, so I got out a set of bongos that I never use, and she is having fun playing with those too. (but she does want to chew on the skins) We are going to take a music together class starting next week, so I’m psyched for that.
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Originally Posted by snozzberry  at PiePie's toy fun time!!!
Anyone read Confessions of a Naughty Mommy: How I Found My Lost Libido? I was skeptical, but I'm 40 pages in and LOVING it. The author's description of Sex Life After Baby is spot on, imho. At least so far...and it's funny as hell too!
And now to go spend too much time on Oompa Toys when I should be sleeping... |
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Originally Posted by ~Shanna~ OMG, I need to read this. I so need to find mine  |
I so need to read this too.
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Originally Posted by witchygrrl Such cool toys to look forward to... 
I'm still thinking DD has issues with spitting up--she's very gassy (honestly Dh and I are too these days), and I've noticed that sometimes she starts choking on my milk...I think my letdown might be too fast for her. So between the two, she spits up quite a bit, although it's much less at night, especially if we do side-lying. But of course, after I said she's not screaming at the boob, what does she do? Not consistently, but it was heartbreaking
So we need to examine diet. We do eat a lot of fiber and dairy. Perhaps it's time to cut down. And I need to look at how to deal with fast letdown. It was all seeming so easy a week or so ago. Silly me.
On a related topic, my great aunt, who usually seems so progressive and cool, asked if my doc had talked about solids for DD yet...um, she's not even 6 weeks old yet?!? Apparently even though she breastfed her 5 children, she gave them rice cereal at night so they'd sleep through starting when they were only a few weeks old. Yikes! 4 out of 5 have food sensitivity issues/allergies that I know about...I can only think this practice did NOT help in any way. |
That's so sad about the solid's. Our neighbor's first ped was suggesting they add rice cereal to her bottle of EBM at 2 weeks old. They dropped her quick, thank goodness. But that was supposed to help her gain weight quicker.
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I had some problems with fast letdown too. Some suggestions were to try nursing 'down under' with you lying back, and the football hold with you lying back as well. And I think they also suggested coming off the breast when letdown happens and waiting until it slows down a bit to come back. DD still pulls off just before letdown occasionally, and of course milk goes flying everywhere. I now keep a diaper under us whenever we are side-lying.
and fwiw, we went through an extra-gassy phase around that age. I think she didn't really throw up until she was 5 weeks, and then it seemed to happen much more often after that. But it slowed down as she got a little bigger.
we would have to dramatically restructure our business to make it work, though. i have NO time for anything in the summer.
It might sometimes seem excessive concerning 1 kind of item, ie: lots of trains, I don't do a lot of editing, just wishing. 
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