casina-- I don't think you implied I was pg, I believe it was *solsticemama* who asked!
s for your family. I am sorry for your loss. Great grandparents are so special.
DecemberSun- Scarlett has been using a child size fork or spoon for about 5 months now. She does well with them, but still chooses to use her hands a lot. Mealtimes are a total mess. I keep threatening to shave her head, because that is where a lot of her food ends up. There is no way she would let me feed her! Once she decides she wants to do something; she does it! Which means pretty much anything Revina is doing!
Last year's Mother's Day had a very different flavor for me. I remember anticipating it with something akin to the feeling a child has before X-mas. This year I kept forgetting that it was coming up until someone would mention it in conversation. I feel so completely saturated and overflowing with mothering that to have one special day devoted to being a mama seems a bit surreal at this point of round the clock nursing, diapering, playing, tending, boo-boo kissing, slinging, singing, laundering, nursing, sleeping with, bathing, going to the park, the creek, shopping, hiking, diaper dunking, reading to, nursing, toddling with, hugging, dressing, carseat maneuvering, breathing in the wonderful baby scent of....
I did give myself the gift of taking a nap with ds. I slept 1.5 hrs and he's just waking up after 2.5 hrs. Gotta run mamas
Utensils are a toy. That's how I see them anyways, for my DD's age. I will let her try to eat with a baby fork and spoon, but most of it doesn't get into her mouth, but she has fun playing with them.
Haeven is 34 inches tall...and she likes to take things off the counter.. like knives (and not just the butter knives, yikes
).. She can reach up and touch the element of the stove too, but luckily has never done that when it was on.
this mother's day..... i locked the keys in the car! Another car story. This kind woman in the car next to me could see I was having difficulty pulling the window open, and offered to give me a ride home and back to the car. Now isn't that nice of her? I used to hitchhike quite a bit when I was younger, so I was comfortable taking a ride from a stranger.
dd has been using a fork for a few months. at first it kind of freaked me out, as the tongs were a bit sharp.
but she has always been very careful. she is very focused on eating with the fork these days, in that she likes for things to be able to go onto the tongs. of course, she is also unpredictable. some days she will take food from me, some days she will only take food from herself, some days she will not take any food. gotta love unpredictability.... :LOL
solstice mama- i completely understand where your post was coming from. every day is mother's day, in that it is all about the mama taking care of the baby. :LOL
i actually got into a pretty serious brawl with dh this afternoon on what was supposed to be a fun walk around the block. so all in all it hasn't been the glorified mothers day you read about in the books.
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casina- i'm sorry about your families loss.
s to you...
i am glad you didn't have to cater the event too. i know how stressful that can be. my housemates and i used to run a restaurant, and i did the catering. not an easy task...
mamajaza- i'm glad you found a ride and that everything worked out.
lizc- i hope your day got better....
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in regards to climbing- dd is doing more of this everyday. she is pretty safe about it. she loves doing it and is very pleased with herself. i am doing pretty well on not being over protective, so that is a good thing.
thanks ladies. the loss is a good one. i mean that everything has gone the way maw maw wanted. she was so loved that she hung on for much longer for everyone else's benefit with the als/lou gehrig's. she had not been able to talk or eat normally in almost two years. last monday we went to visit her, and she had just started being bedridden. she had us read a note she wrote, which said that she was really tired and that it had been a great life. we cried and kissed her and said goodbye, and told her that she would be okay, and that we would be too. so i'll cry some at the funeral tomorrow, but i'm so glad she has been released from this body.
and i'll be lucky if i get to meet seven great grandchildren before i die.
Christopher does well with getting the spoon into his mouth. The part he has trouble with is scooping. I got some bowls that suction to the tray of the high chair and that helps. He can scoop yogurt, apple sauce, Mac-n-Cheese, and anything thing else that has a thick consistency.
Right now Chris is driving me nuts! He is perfectly fine to sleep in his toddler bed at night but naps are a battle now. He has figured out he can get out. He is fighting his naps. Yesterday he didn't nap until 4pm. <sigh> I've tried a mini version of our bedtime routine and that's doesn't work either.
i have a quick question about teeth. elwynn has 4 molars now and is getting his canines ( the sharp ones! ow) are your toddlers getting these teeth? people keep telling me that its early for him to have so many teeth. hes this tiny little guy with a mouth full of teeth and fangs. just curious.
Scarlett has her molars and now getting canines too. Revina didn't get hers until much later. I don't know what the norm is.
I got my Kozy Carrier today!! Now we just have to learn to use it. *Solsticemama* are you able to take you ds out of the Kozy while you are out and about and then get him back in without help?
Casina I've been thinking about you and your clan today...wondering how it all went.
I've been up since 4
. It was one of those insomniac nights and I should be napping right now with ds but it's just so hard to do when his naptime is the only 'me' time I get. Anyone else napping with their dc?
Lately he's been telling me when he's going pee or about to poop so I'm thinking I should probably go out and buy a potty. Anyone have any suggestions for one?
A baby sling is something else I'd like to get for him.
Lilmiss's mama yes, I can get ds in and out of the Kozy without help. In fact help, which is often proferred, is more of a hindrance. I just position ds on my hip after I've tied the Kozy round my waist and then swing him 'round and up high on my back and then, bending over, I pull the staps up and over him and tie them under his bum using the car window to make sure he's in properly. Piece of cake. The key is doing it with confidence, mama
Oh casina that is so beautiful. She sounds like a very liucky lady to have had all of you and what a beautifu passing. i hope I am so lucky as to go peacfuloly surrounded by people who love me so dearly.
hey just wanted to update on Avas speach eval and give the low down on exactly what is and isn't normal for 18 months. :LOL
She is on the low side of acceptable and some of that they were giving her so she may be a little lower than that. they gave me some things to work on and they are going to do the mini eval again in a month and see if there has been improvemet or if I have been more aware of speech and speech patterns in her and if she is really doing better than we thought. She has a very high level of understanding so it isn't a whole language thing but just a speaking thing. we will see where hse is in a month and in the mean time will se about what the ofdds of her getting her tounge clipped at a reasonable price are. They agree that that could be part of it.
On a side note she has highly advanced fine motor skills, advanced in gross motor skills and they thought her social skills were exceptional to the point of wanting to wrap her up and take her home. I must admit she was in especially good form today during the evaluation and really latched on to one of the ladies doing it. :LOL
what is normal:
by 18 months most babies will say 10-20 words. 6 with gestures and vocalization and other attempts to communicate with obvious understanding is considered the minimum. If they say less than that or don't communicate in other ways or can't follow simple instructions (put it in the box. get a diaper. kiss your doll). So that is whjere it is at. Ava says about 5 words if you count whoa! yeah! eeeIIIII (the sound a martial artist makes when striking - they counted it because she uses it meaningfully. It is too funny. she hits targets and boards on cue but refuses to do it without wearing her sisters belt :LOL) . She also says Daddy and no (but no is not meaningful). She has used inflection a lot to obviously mimic what were saying. So anyway . . .
the last two mornings have been early for me too- but that is dd's fault, not mine. although i did have a bout of insomnia from 2-3 the other morning. UGH!!! her top left canine is coming in and it is a doozy. i feel so bad for her. it has broken the skin, but still seems to be bothering her. not much drool, however. :LOL she is still getting over this virus thing or the teething is reeking havoc on her insides, as she is still having wierd poop. GROSS!!!!! esp. since i dunk in the toilet.
and she has been warm- her head is always sweaty it seems. but no fever. teething is so dramatic sometimes!!
no napping for me when dd naps. i can count the times i've done that on one hand. i just can not relax enough to sleep "on command", and i always have things i want to do. moreover, it seems that when i do lay down, start to get comfy and sleepy, she wakes up! BAH
we got a mock kozy karrier (cheaper but very similar) a month ago. i like it alot. i usually put dd in a chair, or the back seat of the car to get her strapped in. she loves it. it is also great for relaxing her right before nap time. i put her in that, do a few chores or laps around the house :LOL and she will be ready for a nap when i take her out. fyi- this does not always work, but has been a help
Ava says...eeeIIIII (the sound a martial artist makes when striking - they counted it because she uses it meaningfully .
There is something so poignant about this, that she uses it meaningfully and that meaningfulness to the child is how the speech folks determine the validity of a word. So it all comes down to breath, really. A word has meaning breathed into it thru tone and inflection by an 18 mo and is counted as valid. Beautiful. That we are capable of such evanescent and subtle things as tone and inflection so early in our lives is remarkable.
I've been having some really long days. The regular contractions have begun, but I can't call it labor. They don't hurt and I'm fairly certain they're not doing anything, and NewBean is far from engaged... she's still turning somersaults.
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EliBean was sick this week. I think it was roseola, but... everything I've read says that the fever lasts 3-7 days, and he only had the fever for 24 hours before it broke and he developed the rash.
He's still quite rashy, but he's obviously feeling fine.
. It's one of the baby rashes, at any rate! :LOL
Eating with utensils... he's been doing that for a while. In the mornings, I like to give him a (small!!) bowl of cereal on a stepstool. He sits on the floor and eats. It's a bit messy, but afterwards I hand him something and he wipes up the stepstool and his face. Then he tries to put the bowl in the sink, but he really can't do that (a stepstool that would be high enough for him to reach would be too high for me to feel safe about him climbing on). It is a bit messy, but he likes to do it so I don't have a problem with it. It's not the end of the world, kwim?
Am I the only one here who's baby has no problems with getting teeth?
: no drool, no fever, no red face, no rubbing her gums on things, seems to be no pain... but she did get really clingy when she got her first molars. I don't usually know she's getting a tooth till I see it, or feel it, I never associate her attitude to teething (except the molars).
She already has all 16 of her first teeth through, but not totally up yet, but I can answer that question to mamafern myself, because she just came to our house to visit (as to why she was able to post) :LOL
eilonwy~~ You are getting contractions already? I get that pully feeling in the morning sometimes, as my tissues are getting softer and stretchier from the proglastins (sp?) going through my body. Stay well!~
Originally Posted by lilyka
Ava says about 5 words if you count whoa! yeah! eeeIIIII (the sound a martial artist makes when striking - they counted it because she uses it meaningfully. It is too funny. she hits targets and boards on cue but refuses to do it without wearing her sisters belt :LOL) .
That is too funny. I'd love to see that. Haeven does the James Brown scream sometimes...
Thanks for all the info on self-feeding skills. I just wanted to make sure DS wasn't way behind or something!
Solsticemama- I got a small seat that fits over the toilet seat. Zach LOVES grabbing it and putting it on and taking it off over and over again, LOL. I think it was about $12.99 at Target. I like it better than a potty chair only because I don't have to empty and clean it, and it is SO cute seeing my little baby sitting on the big toilet, holding a book! :LOL
Zach hasn't been doing too well in the potty-training area lately. He's been sneaking off to do his business by himself- I can always tell he's up to something when he's quiet for too long... He was doing so well for awhile, but he's kind of regressed a bit now, which is OK. Maybe he got freaked out by moving too fast? He still likes to grab the seat and sit on the potty, sometimes he does something, sometimes he doesn't. On Mother's Day he asked to go potty at my mom's house and he peed! Without his little seat! I was so impressed- he's never used a potty away from home.
lilyka- Do names count as words? I don't think Zach has 10 words...
yes names do. Actually one of the concers with Ava is that she doesn't use any names or lables for the peopl ein our home. She says Daddy but not clearly, or nessecarily meaningfully. Other than that she has used her sisters names (well sorta a sing sony inflection of them but in her defense they are complicated names :LOL)
10 would be just about right at this age from what the ladies said.
My pg test came back negative. I'm sad. But I'm trying to not be sad because I *do* have 2 beautiful perfect children, which is more than some people have. But...I really had my hopes up too. Now I have to figure out why I didn't get my period, my boobs hurt, my abdomen feels "full"--guess it's hormonal related.
Hi all! My third boy is a November 7th 2002 babe, his name is Cameron. As far as nicknames go he has a TON - most popular though would be Cammie-bear, Cammie-kins, Cam-Monster, Sir Cam-e-lot, Cam-corder, Cam-era, you get the idea!!
He is a super sweetie pie - loves to snuggle and cuddle. Also has a bit of a Wiggles addiction - can't wait until they play around here so I can take him to see them Live. Other favorite things are his Blue's Clues ball - he will walk around with it at the park for hours, the slide at the park (he loves to toss his ball down the slide too!), his big brothers whom he just giggles at every time they come near him and our pets (three dogs and two cats).
I'm going to lose it if he poops again. Eli's getting a lot of colostrum and today he has had (thus far) not one, not two, but *THREE* diapers which were not only poopy but have leaked out and necessitated showers for both of us and much cleaning up through the halls. There's poop everywhere, I feel like I'm drowning in it!
I'm losing my mind!!!!!
I don't know what I can do about it, but I'm so close to telling Mike to bring home some liquid immodium for him! I can't handle any more poop!!!!! NO MORE POOP!!!!
eilonwy~~ right there with you :LOL A couple of days ago, I didn't get the chance to put her clean diaper on, and she crapped on the floor, and then walked in it, put some toys in it, and walked through the house.... where was I, you ask, well on MDC, of course (just checking in). My mom was supposed to be watching her, but she was watching the survivor finali on T.V. Argg!!! And when I saw the "damage" she had done, she turns to run away, poopy feet and all. Anyways there is ONE of my poop stories of lately.
BTW, eilonwy, yogurt and bananas are constipating.
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