August 2004 Moms, June Chat

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amazing what lax mothers of 5 will not remove from babie's mouths.....

Thanks, as always, Dodo.

Just adding myself here. I think you all know now that my boy is crawling. Has 5 teeth. Sometimes poops every other day. Eats bits of everything. Even things he probably shouldn't have. : He's still very snuggly. He just has a very sweet, gentle spirit. It's the only and best way to describe him. He's like a human koala bear. I'm not kidding.

Expanding our family of three to four has been such an intense, amazing, experience.

And btw, I still don't think my older son has fully forgiven me for bringing the little one home :

Any of you take your little ones into the pool this early? My parents are visiting this weekend and I'm wondering if it's too early to take her "swimming." She adores bath time ...

#5 likes peanut butter.

Thanks #4

The babe is Crazed these days! Did wonderfully on his first plane trip & week long vacation in New England, but is going through so many transitions at once that he's suddenly very high needs. Whining, screeching, crying when things don't go his way, general fussiness balanced by new levels of socialization, flirting with anyone who would smile on the plane, and a desire to be standing at all times. He's on the verge of crawling and can lurch from a sit to a forward moving position but can't quite get that last foot out of the way and behind him.

I might be winning the shameful things pulled out of baby's mouth contest as I fished out a piece of dog bone that had been dragged in and left on the play rug. : Not small enough to be a choking hazard really but the dog likes to let them ferment outside for a while before really enjoying them.

We're planning to go swimming as soon as we can convince him to blow bubbles instead of drinking any time his face gets near the water.

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: Long lost Aug Mamma friends...
I thought I would try to jump in on this thread since it is new and see if I can pull up a seat and join you girlies sharing about our babies.

5 teeth already Bears, eh? DD has 4 ..the U/S tech showed them to us when she was in utero so I knew we would have teeth early. And the ocean..how did that go with the two little ones?Any tips? We are going in July amd are looking at a 8-10 hour car drive. Should be interesting.

Dodo..here you on the crazy baby front. DD is a spitfire compared to her brother. She hates diaper changes and getting dressed. Anything that takes time away from her being mobile is not fun for her...I try to sing to her, give her interesting things to hold ,look at, while we do the chore and she just hates it ...

DD is pulling herself up onto everything and crusing around like nothing. Mastering the stairs this week. Hanging herself off her brothers train table and jumping up and down making these deep throaty growls and cracking herslef up...so fun....Again nothing like her older brother who hardly crawled and waited until 15 months to even walk. I so did not want a 10 month old walking baby ...LOL,,oh well, at least I will have a strong willed independent woman to give to society,watch out boys!!! j/k..

ok gtg

Hey everybody, just found this thread. I must have visited MDC and NOT our old thread and somehow never got reminded about the old thread. Did that sentence make any sense? <shrug>

Anywho...

It's never too early for the pool! I'm a Floridian, and Duncan was actually in the pool last September, at barely a month old. Just tuck them in the sling, they'll be fine. Close to mama, nice and warm (if the water is), it's all good.

We just went to the beach today. We've gone to a local lake a lot which has a sand beach, but today we ventured to the Gulf of Mexico (an hour or so from my house) for the first time with Duncan. He LOVED it. Fistfulls of sand in his mouth. Crawling around in the waves lapping the shore. Watching the birds fly past. Splashing in the tidal pools. Very happy baby.

And, man, have I laxed off since Bonnie was born. Duncan had an ear of corn today. He loved it. I swear, the boy practically knocked me over for it, and wrenching it out of his hands when he started actually eating the cob was quite a task, let me tell you. Now, it was an ear that my daughter had already gnawed on, so there were no intact kernels, but there was plenty of good sucking action left on it. So, it kept Duncan happy while I enjoyed my lunch. Am I bad? LOL. Actually, I don't give a hoot. He was happy, and that's all that mattered.

Okay, gotta go give the kids a bath. Hoping they'll both go down to bed early and I can have nice dinner with the hub. It's our 7th anniversary on Monday. My, the time has flown!