I was reading the March 2003 thread and getting quite jealous. DS was due in March, but not interested in being born until April. So I was wondering if there are any April 2003 mams who would like to have their own thread?
Hi, I'm Alison, and DS is Andrew, born April 6 2003. He's amazing, and likes to talk and dance and read and watch Thomas the Tank Engine, and he can name pretty much every engine. He loves dogs and birds (he can even say chickadee, pigeon, chicken, duck, and starling!). He talks all the time, it blows my mind how much he can say! He actually said "excuse me!" the other day when he had to squeeze past someone at the grocery store! He's totally the love of my life. We cosleep, are still nursing, and are starting to toilet train. I hadn't planned on starting so soon, but Andrew started asking if he could pee pee in the toilet! He goes to daycare, and I think that he is watching some of the slightly older toddlers toilet train. I WOHM full time as a children's librarian, and DH brought Andrew to a programme at work one Saturday, and Andrew now thinks that when mummy goes to work she plays with green play-doh. In fact, whenever anyone says they have to go to work, he says "work, playdoh". Ah, to be so young that you think work means green playdoh!
Any other April 2003 babies out there? What is your child mad about?
: ....and it had been so happy and peaceful around here lately. Okay I must admit AF showed up today so I might be partly to blame for the grumpies
: ....but dd is also not herself. She is very demanding and fussy. Last night I don't think she slept well...I remember waking up quite a bit because she was moving all around without completing waking. I'm really not sure what the deal is, just wanted to vent and hopefully today will get better and tomorrow even better
Originally Posted by surf mama
oh what a day we are having
: ....and it had been so happy and peaceful around here lately. Okay I must admit AF showed up today so I might be partly to blame for the grumpies
: ....but dd is also not herself. She is very demanding and fussy. Last night I don't think she slept well...I remember waking up quite a bit because she was moving all around without completing waking. I'm really not sure what the deal is, just wanted to vent and hopefully today will get better and tomorrow even better
You and me both. I'm in exactly the same boat right now. Andrew is teething, I think, so he's not restful at all. And I nearly passed out at work yesterday afternoon--they sent me home. I had thought that AF was coming, because I'm all crampy, but then just got hit by waves of nausea. Feeling alittle better today, but it's no fun being sick with a 2 year old who's grumpy! Plus I've got thrush (one of the joys of EBF!), and the nystatin doesn't seem to be doing much, but the doc insisted that we try that way first instead of going straight for the systemic medication. I suppose I should admire her way of thinking, but cream on your nipples 4 times a day is a big hassle, and the way I feel right now, two doses of diflucan seems a lot easier to cope with. Plus going to visit the inlaws for ten days on Sunday, and they keep e-mailing me for stranger and stranger things to bring down to them (they moved to the US from Canada about 5 years ago now). So far the list consists of a maple leaf windsock, maple leaf decals, and windchimes with the Bluenose (famous schooner, it's on the Canadian dime). Can't wait to see what tomorrow adds to the list! At least Andrew went happily to daycare this morning, so I didn't start the day with the guilt that always comes if he doesn't want to go!
Originally Posted by Tine
Hmm, Alison...crampy, nauseated, and feeling faint...could you be...you know....???
Don't think so--I had some spotting yesterday, and AF usually starts with a day or two of spotting, so that's right on schedule. And my temp dropped yesterday too, which is also right on schedule. And even if I was, I couldn't be more than a week or two max, and does morning sickness show up that early? although my temp was WAY up this morning, I figured it was just a little bit of fever from being sick.
I don't WANT to be pregnant right now, we were planning a 4 or 5 year gap, for my sanity and DH's sanity, but also so that I'd be off on mat leave for Andrew's first months of school. I thought it would be nice for him to have mum to come home to in those first months. Although we're not using BC, except for timing, so it's possible. Just unlikely.
Originally Posted by Alison
What is everyone else planning for child spacing?
Sorry for my nosiness. Your symptoms were just screaming PG, though, and I couldn't stand it that you hadn't said anything about the possibility! Guess I'm turning into a dirty old woman.
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Our ordeal with infertility has caused us to dispense w/ any notions of child spacing. Planning/timing pregnancy is, frankly, impossible for us. We've recently started TTC#2 now b/c (1) DS is now MUCH easier to parent (sleeps well, communicates well, etc.); (2) DS is such a hilarious, loving little miracle that we want another, not to mention a sibling for him to love and enjoy; and (3) Time's a-wastin'. DH is 49 and I'm 36.
TICK! TICK! TICK! TICK! Hear that? It's my biological clock.
Tine & Alison, I thought PG too ) so funny...
spacing - we are leaning towards only Lily, can go down the list of why or why not, but what it really comes down to is that we feel complete...but we'll see. if I were to have a 2nd (and only 2) I would ttc this fall so that they would be about 3 years apart...
Originally Posted by Tine
(1) DS is now MUCH easier to parent (sleeps well, communicates well, etc.);
Yeah, if Andrew slept well we might be considering a smaller gap. It's only recently that DH has even admitted the possibility that we'll have two. He was totally against it after the first few months with Andrew. But I don't think newborns have the same effect on most men that they do on most women!
You're not that much older than me, I'm 33 now. DH is 36. We had no trouble getting pg with Andrew though. Sometimes I worry about leaving a 2nd one so long, we're talking about 2.5 more years before even TTC. I'll be 36 then. I guess if it's meant to happen it'll happen!
Tine, I saw Kathleen on Sunday. Her DS is a lot like mine, it sounds, very verbal, wants to go out and shovel snow! Andrew is always saying "I shovel snow" every time it snows. And that's been a lot lately!
Originally Posted by Alison
Tine, I saw Kathleen on Sunday. Her DS is a lot like mine, it sounds, very verbal, wants to go out and shovel snow! Andrew is always saying "I shovel snow" every time it snows. And that's been a lot lately!
Kathleen was just telling me the same thing about snow & shoveling. Funny! I'm still floored by this whole 2-degrees-of-separation thing.
I know I'm not ancient for a mom, but my DH thinks he's positively prehistoric (never mind his stellar health and the fact that he looks and acts younger than me) and doesn't want to wait too long. Plus we know it'll probably take us a while. So combine all that with low (and waning) fertility, and you get a very loud ticking noise.
Incidentally, Kathleen was the 1st person to foresee our marriage, less than a week after DH and I met, and before she met either one of us. Weird, eh?
Tine, I have a high school friend who was a long-awaited long-wanted late baby, and her father always seemed more like the rest of us expected our grandfathers to be. I can understand what your DH is thinking. You say that he looks and acts young, and I've always thought that was the key to staying young, but I'm sure there are days where he feels his age!
You lot have me all paranoid. I still feel vaguely sick and dizzy, still feel crampy. Never had sickness or dizziness as an AF symptom before. I'm SURE I'm not pg, I can't be! It hadn't even crossed my mind until it was mentioned here! Now I'm stressing. Thanks guys!
Originally Posted by Alison
Tine, I have a high school friend who was a long-awaited long-wanted late baby, and her father always seemed more like the rest of us expected our grandfathers to be. I can understand what your DH is thinking. You say that he looks and acts young, and I've always thought that was the key to staying young, but I'm sure there are days where he feels his age!
You lot have me all paranoid. I still feel vaguely sick and dizzy, still feel crampy. Never had sickness or dizziness as an AF symptom before. I'm SURE I'm not pg, I can't be! It hadn't even crossed my mind until it was mentioned here! Now I'm stressing. Thanks guys!
Alison
Thanks for the insight on your friend and her dad. It's good for me to keep that in mind.
Sorry for adding stress to your day...you didn't need that on top of everything else!
Tine, I just wanted to add that I wasn't implying that your husband was too old or anything, just that I could understand what he was feeling, knowing how my friend's dad always felt!
No misunderstanding. You're saying pretty much the same thing DH says. Ironically (age issues aside), he is the one all gung-ho about having another kiddo. I'm more ambivalent--excited one day, terrified the next. Maybe because I remember oh-so-vividly all the nausea and contractions and mastitis?
I am ttc right now but it is taking awhile...originally I wanted to have kids two years apart and well I missed that....but now I am grateful that didn't happen. My dd is big enough now and easy enough most days that I am ready to add being pg and then having another when she is getting closer to 3. I am glad my body decided to space them further but I also hope my body cooperates soon
Alison-hope you are feeling better soon and hope you get the answer you are wanting for pg or not.
How is everyone doing here? It's been a few days since anyone posted. I'm off on vacation tomorrow--just Andrew and I going down to visit the in-laws. I'm a little worried about flying with Andrew by myself. I've always had help before. We only have to switch planes once, in Newark, we'll see how it goes! Especially now that he's so darn active. He's still sitting on my lap, since he's not two yet!
The nice thing is that it's already Spring in North Carolina, unlike up here where we had more flurries today.
All is well here. We just had a spring blizzard, and I went cross-country skiing this morning. Alone at a nature center, with not another soul in sight. (Well, except the geese--but they're more like demons.) Aaahh, now THAT was a treat! Normally I wouldn't call snow in March a treat, but our snow has been pathetic this season. This was only the 3rd time I got to ski, and I live in Minnesota fer cryin' out loud!
I hope you have a wonderful time in NC, Alison. Even though I'm enjoying the snow, I'd like some sunshine and warm weather even more. Wish I could offer you some tips for the plane, but I've never flown w/ Tony yet.
Alison-I hope you have a great trip! I haven't flown yet with my dd but I have heard suggestions from other friends. The best idea was to wrap small gifts that can be opened one at a time as needed....opening the wrapping is fun and takes awhile....the gift could be a box of raisins or dried fruit that will take awhile to enjoy....or a small coloring book with a couple crayons..or a bag of favorite crackers...etc. I'm going to try that idea whenever we decide to fly with her.
Ubertulip-
Welcome!!! My dd also loves to read books alone and with us. Running and reading are her two favorite activites.
My dd isn't interested in dressing/undressing yet. She will help me when I am dressing her but I thought she would be able to do more by herself. From books I've read it sounds like kids this age should be undressing themselves. I'm curious what the rest of you think. Dd is on track for everything else so I figure she'll catch up on dressing when she's ready.
Our sunny weather recently left...dd and I are missing our outside time. When I open the door she peaks out and says "rain, lots of rain"....I'm thinking about putting on her boots and seeing if she'd like to try getting some fresh air in the rain....we'll see how it goes.
Woohooo, not pregnant. Didn't think so, but now I know for sure!
Andrew doesn't do much undressing himself. He can get his socks off, and his shoes, and his coat and hat. He will try to help with the rest, but he gets stuck and needs help. I figure he's bright enough, I'm not worried, he'll figure it out eventually.
Ubertulip, hope number 2 comes on the due date. I think that having birthdays close together sucks, but having them on the same day is kinda cool. My sister was born on my grandad's birthday, and they always had a special bond!
Welcome, Melissa! I'll be sending you vibes for a fast (but not too fast) and easy birth.
My DS is very into doing things himself, too. ("Tony do it! Tony do it!") Except dressing and undressing: When it comes to that, he yells, "Shoes off! Socks off! Pants off!" Obviously he thinks I'm his personal valet.
Alison: Glad you got the answer you were looking for.
I was wondering...but not feeling nosy enough to ask if you'd solved the mystery.
How's everyone doing? We are having a great visit in NC. Andrew practically imploded Thursday-Friday though. We took his Grandpa's race car to a track in Virginia for a test day, and it was as if the race car was his new best friend. We had to tell him it was sleeping in the trailer to get him to come into the hotel for the night! He wasn't even strange with his grandparents for a minute when we arrived, and he hasn't seen them since Christmas, and before that last summer. My BIL and SIL and their one year old are here now as well, so Andrew's feeling a little "mine-y"--as in "No, Geordie (his cousin) that's mine". Hopefully he'll get over it soon. It's funny, he plays well at playgroup where he knows things aren't his, but here, where he thinks stuff is his, he basically follows the little guy around and takes everything he puts his hands on and tries to put it out of Geordie's reach! How do people cope with toddlers this age and siblings, I don't know, I don't think I could!
Hope everyone is having as much fun as we are right now!
We are doing okay. Dd is getting over a croupy cough but she is staying pretty happy thru it all. She needs a little extra help to get to bed at night and for naps.
She is getting into songs even more. She tries to sing her favorites like Baa Baa Black Sheep and gets most of the words right or close
And she likes to mix it up and sing Baa Baa White Sheep sometimes too. I'm guessing that's because all the sheep we see in pictures are white.
For those of you who celebrate Easter...what are you doing? Dd is getting her first Easter basket tomorrow and first Easter egg hunt. Should be fun!
We don't celebrate easter ourselves, but I think that we will be doing something this year, since we're with the inlaws. I guess that my MIL is organising a egg hunt for tomorrow. I don't know if it's chocolate eggs like she did for DH and BIL until very recently! We'll see, I guess!
DS is also starting to sing his own songs. He sings horsey, horsey don't you stop and twinkle twinkle. And he was trying to sing the theme to Thomas the Tank Engine too. Funny thing is he changes words around. Yesterday, for example, he was singing horsey horsey while we were sitting on the stairs and he sang "horsey horsey go downstairs" instead of the actual words, even though he knows the real words!
The flight wasn't bad at all, since they were both really short flights. The hard part was because of a delay in the second flight, we ended up waiting for four hours in the airport at Newark. That was hard on both of us! Wouldn't have been as bad if I'd been traveling with another adult, but I was trying to make sure not to let our bags out of sight, as they repeat over the PA again and again and again, but also trying not to let a wired and rambunctious toddler out of my sight either! he ended up spending most of the four hours climbing over those golf cart type things that they use for passengers who need help getting around, cause we happened to sit next to the wall where they plug them in to recharge!
Went to the beach today and he freaked when the first wave hit his feet! Don't think he knew what to expect, since the last time it was warm enough for the beach he wasn't even 18 months. And the water was pretty darn cold still, even though it's beautiful here otherwise!
My mom sent an Easter basket for dd with empty plastic eggs and a stuffed bunny. It's nice that she is young enough to be excited about empty plastic eggs without the candy. She loves taking the eggs apart and putting them back together. Later this morning we are going to hide them around the house....since they are plastic if we forget one it won't get stinky
I remember when I was little we would always manage to lose at least one during an egg hunt.
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