Since there have been some additions to the board, PP suggested a new Roll Call.
Name:
Location:
Age/Partner Age:
LO Birthday:
Occupation:
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby:
What are you looking forward to the least:
Summer plans:
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever):
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever):
Anything else you want to share:
Re: Roll Call 2.0 (Getting to know you)
Location: Mississippi
Age/Partner Age:22/31
LO Birthday: 10/10
Occupation: Pharmaceutical sales
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Talking! I can't wait for her to say mama or dada.
What are you looking forward to the least: Her being mobile! I'm excited for her to be more active and moving.. but I'm lazy and am going to miss being able to leave her in one place and run to switch laundry over or something.
Summer plans: Beach trip in august
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Don't really have one
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Brittney Spears!
Anything else you want to share:
Location: Bawlmer (Baltimore for those of you outside Maryland)
Age/Partner Age: 30/32
LO Birthday: 11/17
Occupation: HR, it sucks but they pay me well
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Doing more interactive things with her
What are you looking forward to the least: trying to do regular meals
Summer plans: trying not to die in the swamp that Baltimore becomes in the summer. But we're traveling a lot more in the fall so I'm looking forward to that.
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): as a movie person, I have a million: Crybaby (maybe I was meant to move to Baltimore), A Place In The Sun, Land and Freedom, His Girl Friday
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): TLC, the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac
Anything else you want to share: sometimes I nap while I pump
Location: Orlando, FL
Age/Partner Age: 34/36
LO Birthday: Oct 23
Occupation: Banking
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: I guess I'm crazy, but I can't wait until she's walking. I will probably regret that when it actually happens.
What are you looking forward to the least: Teething
Summer plans: Pool, beach, possibly going to Atlanta at the end of Summer
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Love and Basketball
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Jay Z
Anything else you want to share:
Yes I am! LOL
Location: North Carolina
Age/Partner Age: 33/39
LO Birthday: 11/26
Occupation: Medical Massage Therapist
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: chatting and crawling
What are you looking forward to the least: teething
Summer plans: going to the mountains for a week with DH/DD & my mom and her hubby.
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): The Matrix & Labyrinth
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): TLC & Huey Lewis & the News
Anything else you want to share: I'm so thankful for this forum. It's nice to know I'm not crazy and alone in my baby troubles.
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Age/Partner Age: 34/41
LO Birthday: 11/22
Occupation: Health insurance/Benefits compliance
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: talking and walking/more stability for going to the park, etc
What are you looking forward to the least: teething, walking, and talking LOL oh and having to feed him real food
Summer plans: nothing, but I need to find something. This is the first year I won't be taking some sort of big beach trip, though usually those were more spring or fall not summer
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): You've Got Mail and Hope Floats
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Nsync during late teens
Anything else you want to share: Hoping to finally get myself back into shape (and get my knee to stop hurting) to start doing longer runs with my LO
Location: Wisconsin
Age/Partner Age: 28/29 birthdays this summer! My golden and his 30th!
LO Birthday: 11/20
Occupation: Graphic Designer
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: I'm looking forward to starting foods and her just being more interactive.
What are you looking forward to the least: Just her getting bigger. I miss my little baby.
Summer plans: Just a few summer gatherings. I think it is going to fly by way to fast.
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Goonies!
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Eminem, N'sync, Queen
Anything else you want to share: I just love being a mom!
- BFP: 3/10/16 — Baby Girl born 11/20/16
TTC#2 April 2019Its a lot of fun and I love helping people understand how their body works while working to improve their day to day lives. Most of the people i see have overuse issues from computer work. I also work with a lot of recreational athletes and pregnant clients.
Location: Northern California
Age/Partner Age: 29/32
LO Birthday: 11/1
Occupation: SAHM, former journalist/news editor
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Her getting be more interactive, playing games, laughing, starting to show more personality quirks
What are you looking forward to the least: As excited as I am for her to become more mobile, the thought of having 2 littles zooming around in opposite directions freaks me out
Summer plans: We have one big trip to Santa Cruz planned for the end of July
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Alice in Wonderland, not the Disney version, but there was one with live actors that was made for TV with Carol Channing, Sammy Davis Jr, and Ringo Starr among others.
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Backstreet Boys!
Anything else you want to share: I'm currently trapped on the couch with DD napping on me and I have to pee so bad!
Location: Boston
Age/Partner Age: 31/37
LO Birthday: Nov 12
Occupation: RN
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Talking and Crawling!!
What are you looking forward to the least: Teething aka biting while nursing!
Summer plans: Best friends wedding in August
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Home Alone and The Sandlot
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): HIM
Anything else you want to share: I loathe pumping.
@leighry my younger brother loved HIM for the longest! Good live.
Location: Florida
Age/Partner Age: 31/34
LO Birthday: November 19th
Occupation: SAHM / Accounting for our business
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Crawling and talking. I was really looking forward to him being able to sit in the grocery cart and he can do that now so next up is being more mobile so we can play more.
What are you looking forward to the least: Teething
Summer plans: So far none but we live in paradise so no complaints here!
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Clueless, Spice Wolrd
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): N'Sync
Anything else you want to share: We are weaning while sleep training in the middle of a leap... I may not be posting much for a while but I'm still here lurking!
Name: Anne
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Age/Partner Age: 28/29
LO Birthday: 10/18
Occupation: 3rd grade teacher
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: talking! I can't wait to hear what his little voice sounds like!
What are you looking forward to the least: becoming mobile lol
Summer plans: relax! I need to learn how to do that. Excited to go to the cabin with my LO
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): sound of music, newsies
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): oh gosh... Backstreet Boys?!
Anything else you want to share: rough pregnancy has made me double thinking about having another. The anxiety I get is like nothing I've ever experienced before!
Location: Pacific NW
Age/Partner Age: 32/33
LO Birthday: 10/26
Occupation: Sr Admin Assistant
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Sitting up on her own so I can run with her in the jogger; also introducing her to all the wonderful flavors and textures found in food
What are you looking forward to the least: Helping her learn to eat solids - I just want her to know how!
Summer plans: Hopefully a couple camping trips, but nothing set yet
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Princess Bride, Into the Woods, My Best Friend's Wedding
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): NSync, Natalie Imbruglia, The Monkees
Anything else you want to share: Nope
Location: Minnesota
Age/Partner Age: 26/30
LO Birthday: 11/18
Occupation: YMCA member services
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: I'm so excited for crawling!
What are you looking forward to the least: Also very nervous for crawling - we need to baby proof! I'm also not very excited about solid food poops since we cloth diaper.
Summer plans: a barbeque party, a cabin weekend, and a camp out (fancy RV camping).
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): I am a twin, so my sister and I loved It Takes Two when we were little.
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): hmmmmmm, I wasn't huge into music when I was a teen. I liked N'SYNC because my older sister loved them.
Anything else you want to share: I am currently sitting watching Netflix when I should be putting our diapers in the dryer and washing dishes.
@leighry My husband loves HIM! I've been to 2
of their concerts H has been to 3 and supposedly they will be touring this year sometime.
- BFP: 3/10/16 — Baby Girl born 11/20/16
TTC#2 April 2019Location: Indianapolis
Age/Partner Age: 27/43
LO Birthday: 11/23 (Thanksgiving this year!)
Occupation: Marketing
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: Being outside. We stayed inside in our home bubble all through the winter and flu season. I'm excited to hang out outside!
What are you looking forward to the least: More growing, in general. Stay little! Real food, for sure.
Summer plans: We'll spend lots of time outside by the pool. We're headed to Florida in July with DH's family. Good thing I like humidity.
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Crybaby, Edward Scissorhands, Grease
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Korn
Anything else you want to share: Soccer is back in full swing, so don't have too much fun here without me
Also, what cloth diapers do you use? I want so much to cloth diaper, but just haven't made the full leap yet.
Also, re:sold food poops, my brother and his wife keep a dollar store spatula in the bathroom to quickly scrape it off the diaper into the toilet and said it made it an easy thing to deal with.
Location: Jersey
Age/Partner Age: 32/35
LO Birthday: 11/25
Occupation: High school teacher
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: His interacting with his big sister more. He stares at her and smiles when she comes into focus, but I look forward to watching them play together.
What are you looking forward to the least: My little guy getting more independent... I think. Though teething super sucks, so there's that.
Summer plans: Time off means beach and pool all the time!
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Wimbledon and Center Stage
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Evan & Jaron (spelling?) back in middle school and through high school and even today, Something Corporate
Anything else you want to share: I am freaking exhausted all. the. time.
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
I was born in Livingston, but have family all over from Basking Ridge to Newark to Vincentown.
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Age/Partner Age: 38 / 34
LO Birthday: 11/20
Occupation: accounting clerk
What are you looking forward to most about this next stage with the baby: mobility! I can't wait for him to start crawling all over the place
What are you looking forward to the least: ummmmmm, real poop I guess? After he starts solids.
Summer plans: Visit SIL after she gives birth in August.
Favorite movie from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): Terminator! "I'll be back"
Favorite singer/group from when you were young (kid/teen/whatever): NKOTB!
@kvruns it's such a classic right? My girls now love it. My 2 year olds favorite part is when they all barf on the ride after using the chewing tabaco.
@lajoliedreamer "here we come... walking down the street.." ugh loved the monkees!
I also have no idea who HIM is.
- BFP: 3/10/16 — Baby Girl born 11/20/16
TTC#2 April 2019