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Originally Posted by loving-my-babies
I thought I'd start a thread for us here... can you believe we're mamas of TODDLERS?? I just can't.. anyway, let's chat away!! how are you sleeping?? if cosleeping, what arrangement is working for you? how many times a night are you nursing? how many teeth does your baby have? is he biting? (can you tell I have lots of questions?)
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Thanks for starting this thread!
I am co-sleeping - dh isn't which is not too good for our marriage, we are in a twin bed in my dd's room where she will eventually sleep alone...maybe when she is say 18?!
Nursing - say a zillion times a night! But she has been sick and getting 3 molars so its understandable. I enjoy that quiet time with her.
She has 8 incisors one full molar, and 3 molars that have erupted all at once. She was biting when nursing, then scratching but has stopped now, she has not bitten anything else though luckily!
Still very verbal and still not walking! She has about 8 words and 10 signs but lately DAT has covered a multitude of sins!
Anyhow love hearing about everyones babies and ideas of how to entertain their beloved toddlers!
Also:
Books I am reading (and taking what works leaving what doesn't) would love to hear more!!
Tears and Tantrums - Aletha J Solter (very interesting)
The Emotional Life of Toddlers (interesting but dry)
Happiest Toddler on the Block (good for understanding your toddler)
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for toddlers (disagree with a lot of it but some is good)
The Discipline Book - Dr. Sears (very helpful esp. when frustrated!)
The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness by ******, Alice (in the mail)
The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley (excellent and working on it slowly but I have a high needs child here)
Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma J. Bumgarner (excellent!)
Parenting the Fussy Baby and the High-Need Child: Everything You Need to Know-From Birth to Age Five
by William Sears (excellent - need to re-read toddler section!)
I read when she is asleep luckily I don't need a lot of sleep myself!