May Wobblers

[fancyn]

Wow! It's been a while since I've started this.

Me - 27
DH - 33
DS - Nicholas, 15 months yesterday!

Not too much new with us, but I'm happy to report THE TANTRUMS HAVE CEASED, well they're at least under control! :D We finally had a low-key weekend at home for the first time in months. I had to work Saturday am to close out the month, but other than that it was lovely! Yesterday we went to the nursery to get all of my flowers (little late to the game), and Nicholas had such a blast pointing out all of the flowers, plants and trees! His latest and greatest game is twirling and dancing. Sometimes they are one in the same! He has this great dance move where he bounces and throws his arm over his shoulder. Then he twirls, sometimes until he falls. I think he likes being dizzy....or something. ;)


Tomorrow is our 15 month check-up - I'll report back how it goes!

How are all the other little ones?

[JenZen]

Me: 28
DH: 38
DS: 16 months
Baby #2: Due Oct. 18

Hi Wobbler Moms!

We're doing pretty well over here. Like fancyn, we deal with tantrums periodically. This morning, it was because Gabe wanted French toast instead of oatmeal. I know this because he saw some old French toast from Sunday morning sitting on the counter and he kept pointing at it and crying throughout his breakfast. It was so dramatic.

Gabe got all of his eye teeth in last month. I think we might be free from teething for a little while.

And, he's talking a lot! New words every day. He still babbles up a storm, but I'm starting to understand more and more of what he's communicating.

ttfn,
Jen

[NMG]

Me - 25
DH - 24
DD - 2-1/2
DS - 14 months (tomorrow)

Nothing too new on my end either. I took the kids to the Aviary yesterday and then we had lunch out in the park. The kids had a ball (although I think they liked the park better!). Mikey was trying to talk to the birds which was pretty funny :D If I ever get the pics developed, I'll post a few - I think I got some good shots.
Nancy - I'm glad the tantrums have settled down - I know it isn't any fun. That's cute about pointing out the flowers and the dancing (I bet he likes being dizzy - I know my kids do :p ). Does he stop and smell almost all of them???
Jen - Like Gabe, Mikey is really starting to communicate so much better and gets so excited when I actually understand what he's saying :p new words all the time and even a few small sentences - "I'll get it" and "I got it" are the 2 main ones I understand.

[RebeccaT]

Am I a Wobbler mom, considering that my DD has yet to Wobble? I don't know, but I do know that I don't really feel like a New Mom anymore! :o I guess I am in limbo.

Me: Rebecca, 31
DH: Charles, 32
DD: Julia, 10 months

I seriously don't know where I fit in right now. I am feeling quite a bit of anxiety (though I am fairly successful at squelching it most of the time) at the fact that my daughter doesn't pull herself up to sitting and doesn't want to crawl. She seems like she is physically able to do either, and has been for a long time; she just doesn't want to. She loves to stand, but again, no pulling up. Loves to walk too if we hold her hands. I try not to worry, but it's harder and harder to dismiss everyone assuming that she should be do very mobile by now, and she just isn't.

We are taking a big trip this month, starting tomorrow. We fly to Atlanta, visit my family for 3 days, then DH will join us and we drive to Florida for a week. Then back up to the Atlanta area for 5 more days, then fly home. I am doing the flying alone with Julia, which will be interesting. I guess I should be glad that she won't want to jump onto the floor and crawl! But we can't wait for the vacation, and to give Julia her first beach experience!

[Laura]

Am I a Wobbler mom, considering that my DD has yet to Wobble? I don't know, but I do know that I don't really feel like a New Mom anymore! :o I guess I am in limbo.

Me: Rebecca, 31
DH: Charles, 32
DD: Julia, 10 months

I seriously don't know where I fit in right now. I am feeling quite a bit of anxiety (though I am fairly successful at squelching it most of the time) at the fact that my daughter doesn't pull herself up to sitting and doesn't want to crawl. She seems like she is physically able to do either, and has been for a long time; she just doesn't want to. She loves to stand, but again, no pulling up. Loves to walk too if we hold her hands. I try not to worry, but it's harder and harder to dismiss everyone assuming that she should be do very mobile by now, and she just isn't.


Rebecca, delurking to say that my dd was very much like this. I don't remember about pulling her self up to sitting, but she did not crawl until she was 9 months old, but then started walking when she was 10.5 months. I can't tell you not to worry, because as parents, that is what we do. Pedatricians mark milestones in different ways for children and crawling is just one of many. If you are concerned talk, to your ped, find out if there are other things that she should or should not be doing, that she isn't doing yet.

Okay, back to lurking. ...;)

[kimszy]

I am feeling quite a bit of anxiety (though I am fairly successful at squelching it most of the time) at the fact that my daughter doesn't pull herself up to sitting and doesn't want to crawl. She seems like she is physically able to do either, and has been for a long time; she just doesn't want to. She loves to stand, but again, no pulling up. Loves to walk too if we hold her hands.

My son is a couple weeks younger than Julia and this describes him to a tee. Try not to worry.

[Katie-Did]

Me - 31
DH - 31
DS - 16 months

We're doing pretty well. We just returned from a long weekend at my mom's. I was looking forward to the visit, but partly dreading it because at Christmas Aaron did horrible sleeping away from home. This trip was so much better. His naps weren't as long, but he slept great at night. It was so wonderful to see my family getting to love on him and receive joy from him. Aaron was so much more social and friendly with everyone.

Overall he's doing quite well. He's also adding lots of new words to his vocabulary. It was appropriate that a new word at his grandma's house was "cookie!" He's working on another molar. He was literally cutting teeth over the weekend, I could see his gums bleeding. Poor guy!

[zippy478]

Me - 30
DH - 30
DS - 18 months

Not much new in our household either. Just waiting for my bar results and trying to find a job. It's been frustrating because Zachary is in daycare 4 days a week so I'm just home twiddling my thumbs trying to find a job. I feel like we are wasting our money but at the same time, I don't want to pull him out and try to get him back in as he is thriving there and loves going to play with his friends. Especially since I don't know how much longer it will take me to find a full time position. Sigh - hopefully soon. Zachary is developing quite the vocabulary and most of the time will try to repeat words we say. I try to keep it simple when talking to him but it's hard for me to remember to do that sometimes! His new favorite word is No... :rolleyes:

Rebecca - I wouldn't worry too much about DD. It's much easier said than done, I know. A friend of mine - her DS was walking at 9 months while my DS didn't start walking until 16 months. Encourage her to try to stand and spend time working with her but don't force it. Like someone else said - if it bothers you a lot - ask your ped. about it but keep in mind that all infants/toddlers develop at different paces and from what I've heard/understand - it all evens out by 2 yrs anyway. Hope you have a great time at the beach!

Nancy - glad the tantrums have settled down a bit - it can be frustrating, eh?

[Chelle D]

Me: Michelle, 30 (31 in 6 days!)
DH: Jesper, 32
DS: Maxwell 1 year old TODAY!!!!

Things here are going well. We are getting ready to fly to Denmark tomorrow afternoon and hoping Maxwell does okay for the trip. He has been waking up crying the last day or so and I decided to get him to the doctor in the morning jsut to make sure he is okay. I will just have them do the 12-month check-up and do the shots when we return in three weeks.

Well, I have to get to bed and also finish packing ! I wanted to share a couple pics. You can see more of his party on our website - Maxwell (http://family.dinesen.us/?menu=gallery)

Here are a couple pics. I made the cake, copying Molli's cake from Charlie's b-day last year :)

http://family.dinesen.us/gallery/albums/1st-Birthday/DSC02445.sized.jpg

A Little Engine for the Birthday Boy
http://family.dinesen.us/gallery/albums/1st-Birthday/DSC02446.sized.jpg

CAKE!
http://family.dinesen.us/gallery/albums/1st-Birthday/DSC02500.sized.jpg

[aprilbride]

Chelle, Happy Birthday to Maxwell!!!!!!! The cake is fabulous:-) Have a great time on your trip!

DH and I just got back from a trip to Austin, we had a fabulous time! Elliott got to spend time with his Oma and Opa, who are going back to Germany on Sunday:-( I can't believe their three week visit went by so fast. I'm considering taking the little man over to Germany in September, allthough I haven't 100% convinced myself yet that that's such a good idea...we'll see.

Other than that, not much new. He's walking pretty well now and got tooth # 7, we're still dealing with his ignoring "no" on a consistent basis so I'll need to read some of the books Nancy recommended...

Better get to work...hi to everyone else!

[MinEaston]

Happy Birthday Maxwell, and Bon Voyage! Enjoy your trip.

me: 35
DH: 38
DD: Anna, 14 months

Things are going fine on our end. I'm crazy busy at work and about to accept another project that's exciting and frightening at the same time. DH has been very busy singing and has had very few evenings at home, so we are dealing with Anna being (IMHO) more attached to Mama than what might be the normal expectation at her age. I have such an admiration for single mothers.

Anna is sounding out more words and likes to "chatter," and is certainly figuring out how to push her limits. If she isn't happy about something she'll sit herself down on the floor and cry. A quick redirection and all is rosy again, until the next roadblock :rolleyes:

But, I can't complain. Sailing season starts tonight; yesterday she happily tried on lifejackets in the store (she has one but we were looking at options) and looked really cute. She's still tiny (27" tall, no clue on weight but close to 20lbs) so she looks even cuter walking around!

[aprilbride]

Hi...
I need help:-( I don't know how to properly address Elliott's scratching...it's been going on for a while and he seems to mainly do it when he's tired. We always tell him "no" and that it hurts in a firm voice but I don't know if he understands that it does hurt. He can pat 10 times in a very nice manner and the 11th time will be a scratch. My mom said that he did it this morning when he got to school to one of his classmates...I guess he'd been trying to sleep in the car but my mom kept him awake so he could have his proper nap at school, so I know he was tired....Anyone else have this issue? How do you deal with it other than what we're doing? We have his 1 year check up today so I'm planning on bringing it up...

[TerriS]

Rebecca, I am so glad you posted that, because that is Caroline to a T also! No interest in crawling - zero. She loathes being on her tummy and will not stay there for more than a few seconds - she just rolls over. She will not sit up on her own from laying down, and she has only pulled up from sitting to standing by herself once. She loves to stand and has done some tentative cruising or stepping with our hands, but that's it. Oh, and she's still just starting to self feed, won't hold a sippy, and while apparently she will hold her own bottle at daycare, she hasn't done it for me.

I was also just thinking I am not sure I fit in with the new moms but we are not quite wobbling yet!

Me: Terri, 31
DD: Caroline, 10 months

Those of you who know me from the New Mom thread know that in addition to dealing with glasses and eye surgery we are now dealing a new accessory - a helmet to treat her plagiocephaly (flat head.) She seems to be adjusting okay - she's either fighting a nasty cold or just has pollen allergies like her momma who is miserable right now so that's not helping. But it is amazing, she is just such a happy girl and hardly anything gets her down.

[valchemist]

delurking with kate being 10 months on 5/14. also, I have julia who is 4.

terri and rebecca, you both mention not liking being on the tummy...

kate was never a tummy gal either. but she didin't (nor did my julia) start to crawl from tummy position. they both were in sitting up position and just saw something of interest and slowly started lunging and then finally crawling. you've probably tried putting something coveted just out of reach to try to lure them while sitting, but just thought I'd throw that out there. they'll get there soon.

new developments with kate: has started to hand us objects. will stick out her tongue if we say "where is your tongue?" pointing at things. also, she has a first word. well, almost. she will point to cats or to pictures of cats and she will say, "cap." so, I guess not quite a first word. oh, and kate is blowing a lot. blowing at dandelions, and blowing through julia's recorder and making "music"... pretty funny.

julia's first word was "tape" (as in scotch tape), when she was 10 months. kate isn't quite 10 months now, so she has a few weeks to get that word right to be on par with her big sis. ;)

anyway, she is tons of fun but still doesn't sleep well. up multiple times during the night. she does have 2 to 3 naps per day, though.

[TerriS]

they both were in sitting up position and just saw something of interest and slowly started lunging and then finally crawling. you've probably tried putting something coveted just out of reach to try to lure them while sitting, but just thought I'd throw that out there. they'll get there soon.
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I had to laugh. You cannot imagine how much time I spend doing this. It is to the point where I don't know who is more frustrated, me or Caroline! In fact, she's done the lunge forward thing. Then she realizes what she's doing, and immediately flips to her back. Sort of mid-lunge. It's pretty funny. If I keep toys out of reach, she'll play with the carpet, her shirt, look around...anything but move.

When I am not doing that, I am engaged in a wrestling match to get her to spend time on her tummy, or encouraging her to pull up. I try to not let it get to me, but it is hard seeing so many other kids her age (virtually and IRL) who are doing so much more.

Sigh. At least she says "mama" and generally means it - she says it when she clearly wants me or wants something.

[jphilg]

Saskia just started crawling with gusto this weekend. She seemed thoroughly disenchanted with it (she'd crawl or commando about 1.5 Saski-lengths, and then flop down and cry) but then, she just did it, with no warning. Same with pulling up; she's always loved standing, but she'd only pull herself up on people. But then, one day, she started pulling up on everthing, and now she is pretty much always upright.

The same is true with pulling to a sitting position, when I think about it. She just did that last week.

It's been a crazy-physical week for her, between the crawling and the mastery of hard-core cruising. Peter and I are debating what/where to gate. Right now we've plugged the outlets and latched the "underthesinkpoisoncabinet" and we are thinking about gating the top of the stairs. The bottom of the stairs I think we'll leave open, for learning.

The other new thing is the first signs of separation anxiety. The first signs are kind of heartwarming, but I imagine it gets old, fast. Last night Peter and I were at a meeting at church, and he had to leave early (to go play video games with his friends. I'm not kidding), so he stuck his head into the babysitting room and said goodnight to Saskia, and then when he left, she cried until I finally came and got her. I'd never seen her so worked up....

Sigh.


All in all, I'm having such fun with her though!

Love the birthday cake, Michelle! I'm starting to think about Saskia's birthday. We're jsut doing something low key, probably a barbecue with the neighbors. I think I am going to make a ladybug cake, and make both kids and adults wear deedly-bopper antennae.

[EmilyK]

Terri, in regards to holding her own bottle/sippy cup, Gavin just started holding his own sippy cup (FINALLY!) a few weeks ago and he's 14 months old. They do things at their own pace.

Still no walking, though he's up to 5 steps on his own at a time. It's only a matter of him making himself start walking. :rolleyes: He's very enjoyable at this point, so happy and "flirty" with everybody. Whenever he's faced with new people, he turns into a complete ham and gives this big cheesy grin. Silly little monkey.

[Katie-Did]

Happy Friday, Wobbler Mommies! It has been a long week for me, after being with my family last week. We had a big day yesterday - Aaron's first haircut. It was bittersweet for me, he looks much more like a toddler and not as much like my baby boy. Overall he did well - he sat in my lap and cried off and on, but was very still and it was over quickly. I'll attach a picture of the "new Aaron!"

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p169f8b2010f0c00ffbac4fa96ed6ec81/ef2427d2.jpg

[Chelle D]

Katie - Aaron does look like a little man! I trimmed the "whispy" hairs around Maxwell's ears and I can't believe how much of a difference it made. I have the greatest before and after pics. I'll have to share once I get home.

Claudia - I don't know what to tell you on the scratching. Maxwell will grab at my eyes and cheeks and dig his nails in. I tried just kisisng his hand and putting it down and everything in between that and a VERY firm "NO" and nothing helps. He also pulls my hair....I am hoping it's just a phase and I can just keep discouraging it until it goes away. But we have not had trouble with him doing it to other people.

Thanks for the compliments on the cake. I made the exact same thing here in Denmark today, just with the Danish words :) People seemed to enjoy it. They never do any cakes like this over here. It's mostly a Scndanavian torte type cake with sponge cake and layers of whipped cream. In fact, you can only buy red, green, or brown food coloring over here. I am happy I brought my own. I had a time converting measurements and oven temp, but it all worked out. Everyone loved Maxwell and nearly everyone commented on how cute, content, playful, and an all around great kid he was. It made me so proud :D

[NMG]

Hi everyone!!! Hope you all had a good weekend - ours went well for the most part. Mikey fell down the stairs on Sat and gave us a big scare, but he was ok - we were at his aunts and it was like slow motion - you know when you just cant get there fast enough but are watching it. It was pretty scarey for both of us and I'm just glad he's ok. He does have a big black and blue mark behind his right ear and one on his forehead where he took the actual tumble :( He cried for a little while and then went off to play with his cousins (and tried to sneak up the stairs again - man, what the heck is up with that??). We also had a 30-45 min scream fest yesterday with him. Mikey has a little felt bunny (we have a few at home) that he can't live w/o. Well, he had been carrying around 2 of them and then all of a sudden they were both gone - I'm still not sure where they are, but luckily DH found one and it seemed to solve the problem.
Michelle - that cake looks awesome!!! Maxwell looks like he was having fun gobbling up the cake! How did he do on the plane ride?
Katie - what a little man Aaron is!!! Can you believe how fast they turn from little baby to little boy??? Mikey's still pretty bald so I'm sure it will be quite a while before he gets his hair cut!!! I'm taking Tesa to get hers cut next week and want to take Mikey so he can see the place.
Terri - I hope Carolines cold or allergies have gotten better!
JPHILG - Yaaaa for Saskia and crawling!! What an accomplishment!

[fancyn]

Hi guys!! I had a VERY rough week last week (read about it here (http://community.cookinglight.com/showpost.php?p=1036221&postcount=14) ) But now that the scare/excitement/news crews have calmed down, so have we. :rolleyes: And Nicholas was so happy to be back! At his 15 month appt he was 31 1/4 inches (50%) and 23# 6 oz.(25%) He's steadily growing, but the chicken pox shot really got him. This weekend he even picked up several new words: No, Don't and Stop. :rolleyes: Great, eh? ANd I think we're working on our eye teeth because he's been a smidge touchy this weekend. I've finally caught up on everyone's post so here's my attempt at quick personals!

NMG - How scary he fell down the stairs! And how helpless you must have felt. TG all is okay and he recovered from the event!

Chelle - GREAT CAKE!! (And Happy Birthday BTW). Very wise woman to bring your own supplies - who knows what would have been otherwise. Maxwell is so cute and my has he grown. :) How was the plane ride?

Katie - WOW, Aaron does look much older! His hair is adorable - I've been so afraid to cut any of DS's because it's so blond and fine as it is, I'm afraid he'll look bald! :eek:

Emily - how's that flirty little monkey these days? We need updated pics! :)

Jen - Congrats to you and Saskia!! In regards to the church daycare, we haven't been in months because the last time we left DS, he screamed the entire time. :o We really must try to brave it again soon...

Terri and Rebecca - Come on over and join...the more the merrier!! :D Don't worry about you little one's development - when you least expect it they'll make their big move!

Mineaston - Anna sounds like such a little cutie. How'd she like sailing? We took DS out several times on my parents ski boat last year (scared the cr@p out of me) and he loved it - I'm hoping he still does this year.

And since we're sharing pictures...(here (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2106677485) are more!! :D)http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pbae856ddd57fcf4735926d85d58a44e4/ef235dc9.jpg

[NMG]

Nancy - OMG, I'm glad everything turned out ok - that must have been awful not knowing what was going on.
Nicholas is a little cutie pie :D

[EmilyK]

Nancy, glad to hear everything is going better now! I promise to e-mail you soon, work has been crazy hectic and no computer time at home. :o Nicholas is so adorable!!

NMG, WOW! So glad to hear Mikey is okay after the fall!

Chelle, your trip sounds like it's going very well! Can't wait to see pictures when you get home.

Katie, Aaron looks like such a little man! So cute!

Gavin seems to be making more of an effort to take steps, though he thinks it's easier to drop and crawl most often. He's so darn funny most of the time, though he seems to be getting into that phase of melt-downs. :rolleyes: Great. We did a walk that benefits SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) a little over a week ago and this picture was taken of the 2 of us:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pe5cdba5476a90bff146d5b7085b0cdd1/ef14f324.jpg
He wasn't really sure what to think about the guy taking the picture, but really enjoyed the walk. He (of course) was Mr. Flirty Pants with everybody he saw.

[MinEaston]

Bummer, all my most recent pics are on the camera at home.

NMG - WOW on the daycare scare. But goodness, doesn't calling in a SWAT team and blocking off the street seem a little extreme for a cybercrime? I guess they must have thought the kid would run off?

My parents took Anna out in their runabout (small powerboat) last Weds to watch the sailing races, but it didn't last long b/c she was not overly fond of her lifejacket. I bought her another type which allows her to get her hands together so hopefully that will work better (we'll try again tomorrow night). Last year she wasn't mobile and we could prop her in the carseat or in the booster seat on the boats, but this year is an entirely different story. She's just going to have to learn to live with the lifejacket!

Can I say once more that I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for any single moms out there? Since early April DH has hardly been home in the evenings (lots of extra curriculars) and the crazy schedule won't let up for another 2 weeks. So I have Anna, who is really quite easy, plus all the household stuff. I'm getting really tired of it! I feel like DH is being selfish and the family thing is an extra, as opposed to the invitations he gets to sing, etc. What about MY extracurriculars?
/rant

[fancyn]

NMG - WOW on the daycare scare. But goodness, doesn't calling in a SWAT team and blocking off the street seem a little extreme for a cybercrime? I guess they must have thought the kid would run off?

I think they used a swat team because they didn't know what/who they were looking for, and esp. b/c child p*rn is so serious. Things are back to normal now, and Nicholas had an awesome day yesterday. The sitter was so surprised that he now can jump. I guess I never noted it b/c I didn't think it was such a big milestone...apparently I'm wrong! And his climbing is starting to get scary - last night he climbed on his rocking chair attempting to climb the microwave stand. I made it there just in time before he could have fallen. Crazy monkey! :rolleyes:

Mineaston we had to buy DS 2 life jackets last year b/c once in the first one, he'd scream until he was out. The second one was MUCH better. Hopefully Anna will find the sailing too exciting to be concerned with her discomfort. :)

And as far as DHs go...I think it's a male thing to be inconsiderate. Usually if I explain to mine in detail what I want and need him to do, he's a little more sensitive to me. After all, Mamas need their time too.

Emily - Gavin is soooo cute. He looks like a miniature big boy!! ;)

[MinEaston]

I really really hope this second lifejacket is more acceptable, because she's going to be spending a lot of time out on the water this summer!

I try to remember that DH's think completely differently from us women, before I make comments, but in the heat of the moment and out of sheer frustration and exhaustion, sometimes that doesn't work as well as I'd like it to. Thanks to all for listening!

[Katie-Did]

I should buy a life jacket for Aaron for the summer - where are you finding them? He won't need it a lot, so I don't want to spend too much on one.

I'm feeling frustrated about adjusting to this small town. I've been taking Aaron to the one play group I know of in town, but almost every time we go I leave angry and upset. The other moms haven't been friendly to me, and don't watch their kids in the gym where they meet. Last week a 4 year old boy continually bullied Aaron - first taking toys just because he was bigger, then yelling at him and maybe even hitting him before we left. The other mom did nothing! Poor Aaron was just being a curious 16 month old. My DH, who is worried about me feeling so lonely here, wants me to keep going and to talk to the other mom about it - but I think I'm just going to quit. I feel like a fish out of water here. Most of the other moms of young children I see are at least 10 years younger than me, and there are no toddler "classes" to sign Aaron up for to meet friends. Yesterday I was thinking about going back to work just to have some adult company, but I'm not ready to do that either. I need to look in the neighboring bigger towns 30-45 minutes away for some activities for the two of us. These days get long!

Thanks for "listening" to me vent. I love my little boy, but I am lonely for some friends here.

[NMG]

Katie - where are you at in PA - I think you've told me before, but I can't remember. I'm south of Pgh (about 8 miles out of town)........

[Katie-Did]

We're in Ellwood City - about an hour north of Pittsburgh.

[fancyn]

(((Katie))) Sounds like you're really having a rough time right now. I don't have much advice but want you to know we're here to listen. Does your town have a "Y"? or a Park and Rec Assoc.? Even museums offer art classes to little ones. I always see other moms at the grocery so that might even be another way to network.

ETA - what about your church?

[zippy478]

((Katie)) I don't have much advice but want to encourage you to hang in there. When I first moved to New England, my DH (then boyfriend) was all I had as far as friends. It took a while but I did eventually meet new people and now have my own circle of friends. Maybe check with your local library to see what they have as far as information? Our library has those "kids' pages" and there's always good info in there as far as play groups, things to do/see, etc. Maybe you can get involved in a story-time there or something, too. Or, maybe see if there's a daycare center in your town that he could go to once/twice a week or something at least until you get used to it and he can meet some friends that way? I know that's more expensive and costly but it may be worth a shot. In the meantime, hang in there.

MinEaston - DH's do think completely different than we do. For instance, last night, DH was exhausted when he got home from work. Granted, he works hard during the day but he was too exhausted to even help out with DS (who was unusually crabby, even with a good nap during daycare). It gets frustrating and I totally understand the heat of the moment thing - it's hard to bite your tongue sometimes, isn't it?

Nancy - glad to hear that things are back to normal. Wow what a scare though!

Emily and the others - great pictures!

As for my world, Zachary is really starting to climb everywhere. He knows how to get up steps and tries to get back down them like we do so we have to be really vigilant when he's near the stairs so he doesn't climb them and get stuck, or fall. Last night, though he almost fell off the kitchen chair. He has figured out how to move it away from the table and use the back of it to pull himself up on it. He then stands up on it. Usually not too big of a deal and we get him down right away but last night, the chair was a little further away from the table than usual and he went to reach for something on the table and almost fell. Fortunately, I was already on my way to the table to take him down from the chair but geez, how do I get him to stop climbing on these chairs?

The other thing he did was got his finger caught in one of his toys last night - it got pinched and the skin broke but didn't bleed. The poor thing - his finger was a little swollen and bright red this morning. Unfortunately, I couldn't put a band-aid on it at all so I told the daycare to keep an eye on it and if he seemed in pain/fussy or whatever, I signed the paper so they could give him tylenol.

[fancyn]

Hope this will show the last post... :confused:

[MinEaston]

I should buy a life jacket for Aaron for the summer - where are you finding them? He won't need it a lot, so I don't want to spend too much on one.

Katie, West Marine and Boat US and Boaters World are all boating supply stores that carry them. Some outdoor gear stores may also have them. West Marine and Boat US have online stores. We did spend some $$$ for one since Anna will spend a lot of time in it. The most recent one I bought cost me $36, but there were others that were in the $20 range which would be perfectly fine for occasional use.

[NMG]

Zippy - Zachary sounds like Mikey. The school kids at daycare taught Mikey to beat his chest like King Kong so the other day his teacher told me Mikey got up on one of the tables when the kids were coming in and started beating his chest like king of the mountain!!! I would have loved to have seen that one!! Mikey is quite the climber though - always has been. I can't tell you how many times I've turned my back for a second and he's up on something........

[Katie-Did]

Thanks, everyone, for your ideas and comfort. There's not a lot going on here - the rec center where I had been going to the yucky play group is the only place of its kind in town. There are other kids at church, but no other stay-at-home parents for me to hang out with. I'm hoping to run into other moms at the big park or pool in town this summer. Overall things are OK, but some days get very long!

Aaron is into climbing these days too. I think before long he'll be climbing up the kitchen drawers like a ladder - yikes!

[zippy478]

Zippy - Zachary sounds like Mikey. The school kids at daycare taught Mikey to beat his chest like King Kong so the other day his teacher told me Mikey got up on one of the tables when the kids were coming in and started beating his chest like king of the mountain!!! I would have loved to have seen that one!! Mikey is quite the climber though - always has been. I can't tell you how many times I've turned my back for a second and he's up on something........


*snort* That is just too funny. I can totally picture Zachary doing that, too.

Last night was ROUGH. He has slept through the night consistently for more than a year now and at 2am or so he decided to start screaming. DH got up with him and calmed him down to put him back in his crib. Within 20-30 mins., he was screaming again so I slept on the couch with him for a few hours. Not super comfortable really. He was cranky when he got up this morning too. I think he may be getting some more teeth or something but I'm not sure...he won't let me see really and if I stick my finger in there - he bites. No fever but a slightly runny nose and runny diapers. Is a runny nose a sign of teething? I've read conflicting things on it.

Katie - another thing too - as summer gets into swing - there will probably be more kids and neighbors to interact with and more stuff to do. I understand about the days getting long though. (((Hugs)))

[fancyn]

I know it's late in the day, and I'm sure we've all been busy BUT....
HaPpY mOtHeR's DaY !!!
More tomorrow!! :p

[MinEaston]

Happy belated Mother's Day !!! Hope everyone enjoyed it.

I just had to share this picture, entitled "Gotta LOVE those blueberries!"
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p03f36c2e404313104d20a13b93bb28e5/eefbfd4c.jpg

[Chelle D]

Hello from Denmark!!! The trip went well. Maxwell was great on all three planes. He had a little meltdown boarding the third one, but he was SO tired and went to sleep as soon as we took off. Things here are going well. We have done some day trips that have been fun. We spent time in MIL's cabin this past week and went to Legoland and Maxwell LOVED it. He kept pointing at everything and talking to all the people and the trucks moving. We also went to an Aquarium in a fishing town and he loved that too.

Here is a picture of him and his daddy at Legoland

http://family.dinesen.us/gallery/albums/Jutland-Trip-Legoland%2C-etc/DSC02608.sized.jpg



There are a lot more pics of our trip so far - Family Website (http://family.dinesen.us/gallery)

Just be sure when you go in the Denmark album that you notice the two sub albums on the second page. One has a Legoland pic and one is Maxwell's Danish birthday party and you can see the train cake repeated in Danish!

[aprilbride]

We've been quiet!

Chelle, sounds like you guys are having a grand time! I'm glad Maxwell did well on the flights. I've pretty much decided that I'll take Elliott to Germany either in September or November, gotta take advantage of him flying free!

Elliott has started his two week transition into the toddler room! I'm not sure how I feel about it but they think he's ready. The criteria are that he puts himself to sleep, is off the bottle (which is true except for the fact that he still gets one at night) and can walk (almost). He's started sitting on a real chair (very small:-)) for meals and in the new room they all sleep on cots! That one I'm not sure about...I just don't see it. We have a meeting with the new teachers next week so we'll see. My baby is growing up so fast!

What has everyone else been up to? It's been 100 degrees here...yikes!

[Chelle D]

Wow, this thread D I E D...............

Claudia - Yeah, I think we are coming back in April of next year for our nephew's confirmation and that will just beat Maxwell's 2-year birthday.


Things here are still going well. We leave on Wednesday and will be back home Wednesday night. The weeks have actually gone by fast and it's been a very nice visit. Things went more smoothly than I thought they would.

Okay, TALK people! lol

[EmilyK]

Okay, I'll talk! ;)

We sold our house after 4 days on the market and found "our" house the very same day and just signed the papers for the accepted contract. Closing on both will be the last days of June! :D I just called several daycare centers that are close to the new house to get a little more information and am kind of in shell shock at how much it's going to cost. Wowza! At least he'll only be super $$ for 2 months and then he can move up to the 18 month bracket. Jeez! I think we've been a little spoiled by our $130/week sitter. :o

So, we've been pretty darn busy! How are the rest of you hanging in there?

Oh yeah, still no walking on our end... he's been very cranky due to a messed up sleep schedule with showing our house and looking for a new one. Such a great little guy, though, I'm impressed with how flexible he's been for us.

[rnbcook]

Hi, I'd like to join in here! I've been a CL fan for years and have been lurking on this board for a while. I don't have many close friends with young children, and I'm very excited to have found this group.

Me: Yikes, 36 this Thursday!!
DH: 41
DD: 11 months

DD is definitely a wobbler. She's been cruising since February, but just refuses to walk. She can take a few steps and her balance is good - I've decided she's just lazy. I guess I'll be carrying her to kindergarten.

For those of you with babies over a year old, how often are you still giving a bottle / formula?

[EmilyK]

Welcome, rnbcook! DS was completely BFed until he weaned himself at around 11.5 months. At that point, we started him on soy milk (not formula) and he's been on that since. He's been on a sippy cup since around 7 months, so that was when his last bottle was. Hope that helps! :)

[MinEaston]

Yowza, Emily - congrats on the house stuff. As far as daycare, at least you will be saving some on commuting costs?

welcome rnbcook! My DD is almost 15 months, and she still nurses first thing in the morning and last thing at night. During the day I send a bottle of whole cow's milk into daycare/my parents, which she gets before her nap. I started out with mixing bmilk and cow's milk (probably around 11 months - it was getting increasingly difficult to get two pumping sessions in at the office) and then gradually increased the cow's milk.

I have been so incredibly busy here at the office it's not funny anymore. I shouldn't even be taking 5 minutes to post but I needed a brain break.

The good news is that DH has finished his singing for this season and will not have crazy weeks of no nights at home until fall. Hooray!

[aprilbride]

Hi rnbcook....my DS turned 13 months on Sunday and has been off of formula for a few months...he is still getting a bottle with whole milk at night, but I'm planning on this being the last week...

He is officially walking! So cute...but he's such a daredevil, I think I'm going to get premature gray hairs!

Transition to the toddler room has been going great and he's sleeping well on the cot. And because of the recent walking development it's a good time for him to move on and be more challenged and entertained...

I'm off to Rhode Island for work for a few days...have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Emily, congrats on selling and buying!

[RebeccaT]

Hi all - we're back from our 2+ week trip, and it all went so well! Thanks again to all who posted advice for me on one of many threads. Julia did fine on the flights (TG I was able to get her a seat of her own, since neither flight was full. made things much easier since I was flying solo with her) and on the 7 hour car trip. She loved the beach, loved the sand (ate the sand!), loved the pool... just loved loved loved everything about FL. She was a little mermaid! She did amazingly well with all of my family, too, and let herself be passed from one random family member (step-great-aunt-in-law???) to another without a problem. I was so proud of her! We just did our best to keep her on her nap and feeding schedule, and she responded very well (with the exception of a couple of "this is not where I expected to wake up!" freak-outs).

She also, just in these last 2 weeks, has really started trying to move. It's as if frustration has finally moved in, and she's not content to just hang out and play with whatever is nearby. Now, she wants stuff. That's over there. And she tries to get to it. As a result, we are finally seeing some commando-crawling, and moving backwards. She's still not pulling up to sitting or standing, but I am pleased that she is making some progress. We've also added a bunch of new finger foods... lots of changes in the past two weeks!

welcome rnbcook! My Julia is almost 11 months old, and still gets 4 bottles a day (each 4-5 oz or so and she usually leaves some in the bottle). She gets one with breakfast, one as a snack after her AM nap, one as a snack after her PM nap and one right before bed. I am trying to transition her to a sippy cup, with mixed success. She has very little interest in apple juice and only slightly more so in water, unless it's from mommy's cup or water bottle, so I think that cup training will have to take place with formula. I have actually been presenting the cup to her for a few months now, but she's only started sucking on it (as opposed to chewing) recently.

[rnbcook]

Thanks for all the replies re. formula. This transition period from baby to toddler is going to be interesting. DD is in daycare fulltime, and some days she'll only take one bottle there. She's very dependent on her nighttime bottle, though, and I'm a little worried about getting into a new bedtime routine without the aid of the bottle.

Rebecca, my DD is also not very interested in sippy cups or in juice in general. She loves to drink out of a regular cup, and we've had moderate success with straw cups and sippys without the valve. Other than formula and sweet tea (yea, I know, I'm a bad mother - at least it was decaf! :D ), she's really unimpressed with liquids.

[JenZen]

Hi all,

I've been missing in action for a while ...

We just found out on Monday that we're having a girl! Very excited and shocked at the same time. Even though my mother's intuition was saying girl, I was still expecting to see boy parts on the ultrasound.

Gabe turned 17 months this week. We are just at the end of a nasty ear infection. It's his first one, so I guess I should consider myself lucky, but still ... He started out with a cold which turned into a fever. We got him on meds, and then he had an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin. So, now after five days on amoxicillin, a really bad rash and two days on some other name brand antibiotic, he's finally better. I kid you not, he screamed every morning at breakfast this past week. Oh, and he did a lot of night waking. DH and I will be very happy when he's well.

New words this week: bubbles, bird and please. He also says "whoah" when he's really amazed by something.

He also tried to feed my belly toast this week.

rnbcook - Gabe was breastfed until just before he turned 1. He pretty much self-weaned. We gave him a bottle of whole milk before bed until he was about 14 months old. I thought he would never get rid of it because he seemed so dependent on that night bottle, but before we knew it, he self-weaned himself from that, too. It happened really quickly, like within a week. Now, we just give him a sippy cup of water before bed as I'm reading him a story.

[Katie-Did]

I've been missing in action too... I'm glad that everyone seems to be doing OK, and welcome rnbcook!

We've been busy entertaining and visiting family. My brother in law just left yesterday. Aaron LOVES his uncle, and yesterday was a detox day for him from all the extra attention. Back to "boring" mommy all day! He was so cranky all day, but today seems better - he was dancing and laughing a bit ago to his Raffi music. We leave Saturday for almost a week at my mom's, so he'll get more attention there.

We're still in the process of finding a house. We've been staying at the house the church owns since January. I'm so tired of not having a home to settle into. We've been searching, and have put offers in on 3 houses to no success. I'm hoping that something comes together soon.

[jphilg]

Hello, all.....

Rebecca, so glad that you had a fun trip and that Julia was such an angel. :)

rnb, we're right where you are, 11 months-ish. Saskia gets 2 milk feedings a day, 1 bottle of formula (8 oz) first thing in the morning, and then, as of yesterday, a sippy of whole milk after her afternoon nap. She didn't seem to have any problem with the milk on day one. My pediatrician suggested never putting cow's milk into a bottle, instead transitioning straight to the sippy cup as we transitioned off of formula. Saskia's not great with the sippy cup yet; she still takes it like a bottle, reclining in my lap. We give her a sippy cup with water at every meal, but she hasn't figured out how to lift it past 90 degrees so she can actually drink. A genius, this one. :p

Cruising like crazy around here, and speed crawling too. It's become a lot more physically exhausting to keep up with her! No unassisted walking, although she *runs* while holding onto two fingers.

We've just decided to start TTCing #2 next month, which is thrilling! I wanted to lose a little more weight (I lost my preg weight, and then, over this winter, I think I was depressed and unfocused and just sort of flailing a bit, and managed to pack on 20 pounds. Heartbreaking.) but I feel like I am on the right track with diet and exercise, and I am really ready to start trying again. It took a while the first time, so.... Anyhow, I am just really excited.


Take care, everyone!

Jen

[zippy478]

Hi all.....it's been a busy week here, too. I have FINALLY graduated from law school/grad school and this past weekend was the big graduation ceremony/party/family hoopla. It was hard not having my dad here for my big day but I wasn't as mushy as I expected to be.

AND, we announced our big news....I'm having baby #2. I'm due 12/22 so a Christmas baby but if I'm late like I was with Zachary, it'll be closer to New Years. Haha. I'm nervous about introducing a baby into the house but my nephew was here over the weekend and Zachary was really really good with him.

Zachary is going through withdrawal now, too from the family. We had a houseful and they slowly filtered out and went back home so it's just the three of us again and last night was tough - he was up again at 2:30 and didn't fall back to sleep until 6! Yup, I was awake right along with him - not good when I'm so tired all the time to begin with.

Rnb...we didn't put formula into a sippy cup at all when we started the transition. We actually started working with him around 11 months and just put it on his high chair with some water in it. He would get his bottle, too and slowly, he started to realize that there was another option there and he sort of self-weaned, too.

Katie...good luck house hunting! We may be there next spring and I'm not looking forward to it AT ALL. Hopefully something comes through for you soon.

JenZen...congrats on the girl! We will be finding out in August I think. I would love another little boy and I feel the same as I did with DS but you never know. Plus, if we have another boy - the need to move won't be as great. Our house just doesn't quite work for a boy and girl to have separate bedrooms until they are much older.

Rebecca and the others....glad to hear that you vacations and trips went well. Sounds like they were all great!

Aprilbride...what part of RI are you going to? Not that it's huge or that there are many options but I'm just curious. :p :D

Today is Zachary's 18 month appt. Anyone have this yet? How were the shots this time around?

[TerriS]

Jen, I am excited to hear you are going to be TTC because I think we might be in the near future too! :D

Rebecca, Caroline also almost 11 months and has not yet hit that frustration point. She loves to walk holding onto our hands, but shows no interest in cruising or crawling. She has also refused all attempts at a sippy, go figure, and shows little interest in feeding herself. :confused: She still is not great at taking a bottle from us on weekends (I still nurse her mornings and evenings and she gets formula at daycare) so I don't know when I'm going to be able to wean her. Which will impact my ability to TTC! :rolleyes:

On the plus side, she has figured out how to play "catch" - if we roll a ball towards her, she will pick it up and "throw" it to us with fairly good accuracy! :) And her latest trick, which is not really all that exciting but is cute to me, is that she figured out that if, when in the bath, she grabs my hands and pulls herself partway up, she can plop down on her tush and make a big splash! She will do this over and over again. It's so cute! :p

[fancyn]

Another MIA mama checking in.. :o

Happy Birthday Rebecca!!! Glad your trip was such a success and congrats on Julia's newly discovered mobility. Frustration can be such motivation!

Congrats to Maura and JenZen!! I can't wait to have another one. I'm very envious of you all, Jen and Terri, we're waiting until DS is two until we TTC. Only because of financial reasons though... :mad:

Welcome rncook! I dreaded getting rid of the nighttime bottle too (DS had just turned one). We just switched around the whole bed time routine and stuck to it. After the first try, he never went back to the bottle again. It is possible!

Emily, congrats on the house. You must be under tremendous stress but hang in there. How are the daycares looking so far? I'd say you were getting a steal at $130 a week. Repeat to self - only two more months :D;)

Katie, hang in there. When the time is right, the house will magically appear. :)

Maura, congrats on your graduation. That's quite the accomplishment!!

Claudia, I'm concerned about DS transitioning to cots. Elliot did well, eh? At our daycare, they're not allowed to be in cribs/pack n' plays after 18 months. I'm thinking of transitioning DS to a big boy bed then too, that way there's consistency at home and school. And to rid him of the crib for when baby #2 comes along.

JenZen, Gabe and Nicholas have learned the same words it appears. Besides the "woah", we get "uh-oh" and "oh no". Other new words of ours are - blinds, door, car, truck, bath time :confused: , grandpa, grandma. The list is constantly changing. We're still working on please consistently. He'll say thank you, but I have to remind him to say please all the time.

Sorry if I missed anyone - I've been incredibly busy at work! Nicholas is quite the busy body these days. His new favorite activity is spinning. Not twirling but spinning. He loves to pivot on one foot and spin until he falls. (Then lets out a loud "WEEEE") Oh, and we have to dance about everything we do. It's really too cute. Biggest accomplishment - catching. We've been playing catch for a while now, but he could never catch the ball when it's thrown, only rolled. Last night he threw the ball at DH. DH caught it and threw it back. And he actually caught it!

Any big plans this weekend anyone? We're having a BBQ bash on Sunday and that's all that's planned. I've been cooking my hiney off! I think DS and I are going to the farmer's market Saturday morning to let DH get the yardwork done.

Friday's almost here!!

[JenZen]

Quick post ...

Congrats zippy!!!! Now get yourself over to the preggo thread! I want to move off the bottom of the list. :)

And Terri and Jen, looks like someone might have to start the TTC thread back up! Very exciting news!

Gabe is doing soooooo much better. I finally have my twinkly-eyed boy back. Thank goodness!

[RebeccaT]

Terri and Jen, that's so exciting that you're trying for #2 (or soon to be, anyway)! I remember when we were all on the TTC thread together (the original crew! :D ) DH and I are thinking around Christmas for us... hoping for >2 years apart. I'm still so irregular (have only had two periods since December, when I weaned Julia), so I am hoping to give my body a chance to regulate itself as well before I throw it another curve ball. I am not back on the Pill (which I guess means that we're not preventing! :eek: ) but my body has been so weird since having Julia that I seriously doubt that we could have an "oops." I am planning to start either temping or using OPKs soon, just to see if I am ovulating at all. Anyway. TMI. <sigh>

I have a sippy cup question. How did you teach you kids that you can suck on a sippy, and something will come out? Julia just chews or pushes it away - I have taken out the valve, bought soft spout cups, cups with and without handles... I just don't know how to help her get the point! ANy ideas?

Thanks for the birthday wishes, fancy! :D

[TerriS]

I wish I knew the answer to the sippy question Rebecca as Caroline just pushes it away too. I keep it out and around and occassionally drink from it myself, to show her that you can. Of course, that doesn't seem to help. :rolleyes: And she sees the older kids at daycare with their sippies all day.

Not preventing here either, but haven't had AF yet (!).

My folks are coming into town this weekend. Should be fun.

[fancyn]

Hi guys! Just thought I'd share our pictures from last Saturday. For our 18 month pictures, we'll make them formal - I just love the hawiian theme! :)http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p618f6122b206f68380bc8e68c07093a8/eed351ab.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p7d1873765ab3502fdf7093dce1d4303e/eed351a9.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p3c37a57a37a710a093ecc1f2af337274/eed351af.jpg

In regards to sippies, my advise is just to keep offering it. Have you tried having them lay down and "pretend" it's a bottle? Maybe once they feel the liquid coming out, they'll attempt to drink it. :confused: Not sure I'm offering any worthy advice....

[zippy478]

Sippy cups can be tough. My suggestion to anyone having trouble with it is to just leave it out and available for them to use. They will eventually use it. I think if you push it, like anything else, you'll get a certain level of resistance but remember, no adults (well, mostly none :p ) walk around drinking from baby bottles.

Zachary's appointment was yesterday and he ended up not having to get any shots. Phew. I was prepared though as I gave him some Tylenol beforehand. He's got a cough that will wake him up every once in a while so the dr. said to just give him tylenol before bed to help with that but that cough medicines don't really do much. I tend to agree with him as I don't typically use cough medicines for myself so why bother unless the dr. says it's necessary? I figure he knows better than me, right? Obviously, if it gets worse, I'll take him in and have him looked at but the dr. said it was probably just a minor cold and there was nothing in his lungs or ears. I just have to watch and make sure it doesn't evolve into another ear infection. In other news, he has a slight heart murmur that we will have checked out by a pediatric cardiologist. He doesn't think it's a concern at all but the way he put it was if you lived in Alaska and had to take a helicopter to get to the nearest dr., he wouldn't recommend it but since I live 10 minutes from the hospital, dr., etc., to just go and have him evaluated. I'm not surprised as DH had a murmur when he was little and my brother had one so they kind of run in the family.

I have a little peanut on my hands - he's only 22 lbs and is 32 in long. I'm going to start calling him my little string bean. The dr. said he was a healthy little boy though and not to worry about his weight as it would catch up with him if I loaded him up with fats and stuff.

[zippy478]

Fancy....we must have been posting at the same time! What absolutely adorable pictures! Zachary has that exact same outfit, too. I'm anxiously waiting for his pictures from daycare - they had a photographer in there last week and I think they come back Wed. with the pics. And, he was wearing the same shirt (buttoned up) but with khakis. Haha. Too funny. I'll have to figure out how to post them when I get them.

[EmilyK]

Nancy, great pictures!! :D

It took us forever to get DS to hold his own sippy, but he always took it fine because he hated to take a bottle. Now, his newest trick is to bite the spout and hold it that way instead of with his hands. :rolleyes:

He's getting much braver on the walking front and will go from the center of a room over to something he's interested in... only a matter of time now.

[fancyn]

Fancy....we must have been posting at the same time! What absolutely adorable pictures! Zachary has that exact same outfit, too. I'm anxiously waiting for his pictures from daycare - they had a photographer in there last week and I think they come back Wed. with the pics. And, he was wearing the same shirt (buttoned up) but with khakis. Haha. Too funny. I'll have to figure out how to post them when I get them.

HA! That is too funny and so very ironic. Do post the pictures if you can. And thanks Em! ;)

[rnbcook]

I've bought just about every brand of sippy cup with very little success, even with the valves taken out. We've had the best luck with the Nuby straw cups from WalMart and the sipper lids from Tupperware. The Tupperware lids aren't leakproof, so be prepared for a mess, but DD is actually holding it and drinking something!

[valchemist]

I just bought the tupperware sippy cups (on a recommendation from LaraW, I think). Kate (10 1/2 months) had been having trouble with all of julia's old sippys but as soon as I gave her that one, she had no problems using it. They are great. I haven't found the lids to leak. (well, the spout will leak if the cup is turned over, but I have found the seal on the lid to be water tight.)

I got the tupperware ones off the tupperware website.

[MinEaston]

I don't think Anna fully caught onto the sippy until she was at least a year old (she's 15 months). Now, she has no problem with the Playtex sippies or the Avent ones.

Each day she articulates more and more. I taught her "uh-oh" about 2 weeks ago (just the sound), but now she associates it with an "uh-oh" moment like dropping something. It's hilarious, but I am sure it will come back to haunt me :rolleyes:

Here's a picture from last weekend, when she spent a few hours with my brother and his fiancee (he's an internist). It's entitled "hmm, maybe I should be a doctor too." Notice the pager in the foreground...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p530b324949383f91547579347ca1f240/eed2b7e3.jpg

[Chelle D]

Maxwell has been using a sippy for about 2 months, but just got that he has to tip it up himself. I have no idea, but it seemed to click overnight and now he will lift the cup and toss his head back with no problem. I know that in a couple more weeks, I will not even remember that I used to have to hold it all the time, or grab it and turn it around because he would chew on the bottom :rolleyes: They grow so fast.

Great pics Nancy! I just got Maxwell's 1-year pics back so I will have to share once I get around to it.

We arrived home LATE on Wednesday night after 3 weeks in Denmark. The flight home went fine, but Maxwell is suffering jet-lag, which means I am as well. The last two nights, he got up at 2 AM and played until about 5. The first morning, I went grocery shopping at 5 when DH woke up. Last night, I put him down for what I thought was a nap around 4:30 and he slept until 2:00 again. He is napping now, but I will wake him at 6 for dinner if he is not up. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon.

[aprilbride]

Chelle, I found Elliott's jetlag to be the toughest part of overseas travel...it took him a good week to get used to the time there and then another week to get used to our time again once we got home. I hate messing with his perfect (at least for us:-)) sleep schedule but I guess there's nothing that can be done about that one...

Elliott started full time in the toddler room yesterday..he's been through two weeks of transition and has done a great job sleeping on the cot, which I was a little worried about...but yesterday and today he was very upset when DH dropped him off...I'm hoping it's just a period of transition and he'll get over it by the end of the week. I feel bad for him and for DH, who's upset when the little man is upset:-(

We've also dropped the last night time bottle and I think our special mommy and baby cuddle time before bed has come to an end as well. I offer him a sippy with milk which he's been refusing and rather than wanting to be held until he nods off he wants nothing to do with me and points to his crib:-( I'm sad:-( Par for the course, I know :(

[buffygirl]

Oh Claudia, hugs. I know that time is coming for us as well and I'm so sad. I try to cherish every bed time snuggle these days.

Well, I'm officially an in-between mom :) Definitely not new, but no real wobbling yet either. Rex will be 10 months in just a few days. He is just starting to crawl, but really prefers the "army man" to traditional crawling. Just a few days ago he finally sat up on his own from the laying down position. No pulling up yet, but he is looking a little interested. He has 6 teeth now! 2 bottoms and 4 tops have just now pushed through.

Kim