Mommy Survey

MelissaAB5579

Sorry about the format...I copied & pasted from a website.   How many children do you have? One of my own, one stepdaughter
What is their age/ages? 4 months and 7 yrs
What is/are their name(s)? Zachary & Brianna
The Pregnancy and labor
Did you go full term? Yes, 39 weeks
Any complications? He was getting stuck in the birth canal so they had to do a CS
How long was labor? About 18 hours..
Was an epidural used? Oh yesssss.....
All about baby
Are they in school yet? Brianna is
Who watches them while you work? He goes to an in home daycare
What is their favorite thing to do? Jump in his jumperoo, snuggle w/ Mommy
Do they like music? Loves it!
Who are their favorite play pals? His sister, and our friends who have twins about 3 months older
All about Mommy
How old were you when you had your first child? 30
What has been the best thing about being a mommy?
Who do you call when you have a question about motherhood? I come to the Bump
What do you do together for fun? Go for walks, play, read
Do you read to your child/children? Yes
Will any other mommies take this survey? Maybe, if they are bored like me

MelissaAB5579

Best thing- the unconditional love

cmbrown

How many children do you have?  one!
What is their age/ages?  almost 13 months
What is/are their name(s)?  Allie (Allison Leigh)
The Pregnancy and labor
Did you go full term?  Yes, water broke 37w 6d
Any complications?  didn't dialte past 5cm, so we did a c/s
How long was labor?  20 hours from water breaking to c/s
Was an epidural used?  yes
All about baby
Are they in school yet?  no
Who watches them while you work?  dh is laid off, so he is home with her
What is their favorite thing to do?  run around outside, snuggle with mommy and her stuffed animals
Do they like music?  yes!
Who are their favorite play pals?  our neighbors' grandkids, and our dogs!
All about Mommy
How old were you when you had your first child?  24
What has been the best thing about being a mommy?  everything.  i could not love being a mommy anymore then i do.
Who do you call when you have a question about motherhood?  the bump, private board, or my best friend
What do you do together for fun?  play outside, dance, she loves bathtime, read books
Do you read to your child/children?  Yes
Will any other mommies take this survey?  Yes

ngunn04

How many children do you have? One
What is their age/ages? 11.5 months (1 year on April 11!)
What is/are their name(s)? Aaron
The Pregnancy and labor
Did you go full term? yes, 40 weeks
Any complications? Yep, I was having labor for a month (yes real contractions!) but he was too big to go down so I had a CS
How long was labor? See above- actually having him was a couple of minutes
Was an epidural used? yep
All about baby
Are they in school yet? no
Who watches them while you work? He goes to daycare
What is their favorite thing to do? Anything I am doing, and walking!
Do they like music? Loves it!
Who are their favorite play pals? sadly me and DH, I would love to get to have play dates!
All about Mommy
How old were you when you had your first child? 31
What has been the best thing about being a mommy? Everything, he has learned to hug and kiss which melts my heart!
Who do you call when you have a question about motherhood? My sister
What do you do together for fun? play, and read
Do you read to your child/children? Yes
Will any other mommies take this survey? Maybe, if they are bored like me

mikkimikey

How many children do you have? Three--my daughter, my angel baby, and my son
What is their age/ages? 3 (so close to 4!) and almost 7 months
What is/are their name(s)? Riley and Logan
The Pregnancy and labor
Did you go full term? Pretty much-- 38 1/2 weeks
Any complications? Nope, it was a scheduled c-section
How long was labor? The c/s from start to finish was 29 minutes
Was an epidural used? Some sort of spinal was, yes
All about baby
Are they in school yet? Not yet
Who watches them while you work? I do   They stay with me while I run my daycare.  Which is the whole reason why I started doing daycare in the first place.
What is their favorite thing to do? Cuddle with me.  This is for both of them--they are all about the snuggling!
Do they like music? Oh yes!  Logan likes making it, and Riley loves to dance!
Who are their favorite play pals? Riley loves to play with her little brother and the other kids at the daycare.  She loves when people come over to play!  Logan likes crawling toward the two other babies I watch.  It is hilarious watching him army crawl toward them on a mission!
All about Mommy
How old were you when you had your first child? 21
What has been the best thing about being a mommy?  Allllllll the love and smiles.  They light up my whole day!
Who do you call when you have a question about motherhood? My mom, sister, or the bump!
What do you do together for fun? We love to go play outside and in the grass.  Logan just discovered it for the first time yesterday, and he makes his way toward it every time!
Do you read to your child/children? Every single day a few times per day!  They both love books!
Will any other mommies take this survey? My guess is yes!

StephanieDeanne

How many children do you have? One
What is their age/ages? 4 months
What is/are their name(s)? Kennedy
The Pregnancy and labor
Did you go full term? No, delivered at 32 weeks, 3 days
Any complications? Sudden onset of pre-eclampsia, and partial abruption.
How long was labor? Induction started on Saturday morning, labor really started Sunday night around 9, had LO Monday morning at 9:32.  Active labor was all of an hour though.
Was an epidural used? YUP!!!!
All about baby
Are they in school yet? Nope
Who watches them while you work?She currently comes to work with me, when she can't come to work we have a babysitter
What is their favorite thing to do? Snuggle, be held and danced around to music, play on floor mat
Do they like music? See above, she absolutely loves it!
Who are their favorite play pals? Our friends little boy, she loves him!
All about Mommy
How old were you when you had your first child? 27, just shy of 28
What has been the best thing about being a mommy?  Seeing the joy in their faces when they learn something new, or see you walk into a room.  The love they give you!!
Who do you call when you have a question about motherhood? The bump, sometimes my mom but she drives me nuts.  Quite often my SIL, I love her to death.
What do you do together for fun? Read, play, walks, cuddle.
Do you read to your child/children? Yes

luckyangel

How many children do you have? One of my own, 3 stepdaughters who we have 24/7/365
What is their age/ages? 4 mo, 5 yrs, 7 yrs, 9 yrs
What is/are their name(s)? Moose, Ms. Priss, Sweetpea, and Peanut
The Pregnancy and labor
Did you go full term? Yes, 39 weeks
Any complications? He was getting stuck in the birth canal and his heartrate was dropping and not coming back up so we did and emergency c-section
How long was labor? almost exactly 24 hours but never really reached hard labor
Was an epidural used? only because they said I had to
All about baby
Are they in school yet? My step daughters are
Who watches them while you work? I'm a stay at home mom
What is their favorite thing to do? the skids love art, little man loves snuggling and throwing things
Do they like music? The girls are huge country fans and little man loves loud rock
Who are their favorite play pals? siblings and friends from their classes
All about Mommy
How old were you when you had your first child? 30
What has been the best thing about being a mommy? Definitely the unconditional love!
Who do you call when you have a question about motherhood?  call my mom or bump
What do you do together for fun? Go for walks, play, read, do art projects
Do you read to your child/children? Yes