Baby SA?

kjr · August 2009

Do we still have a say anything post over here?

I was just looking at the pics of my kids that MrsJules took this weekend and I got so sad. Alex looks SO big. Then I started thinking how Foster will be that big one day, too.... Why does time have to go so fast?
I am totally going to cry when Alex starts preschool this year!

LisaK2b · August 2009

Emmy is only 2.5 years old and I got emotional this morning listening to the radio about the first day of school. Then I thought about Emmy's first day of Kindergarden (which isn't until like 3 more years!) and then I got teary eyed. sigh...

KelleyA · August 2009

I was driving though a neighborhood near mine and saw "kindergarten roundup" (orientation) on the sign and it made me tear up. I thought about the fact that Amelia will be there far too soon for my liking. DH thought I was nuts since it's still 3 years away.

rayskit10 · August 2009

truitt started pretty much full blown daycare today. i have really mixed emotions but after last week, i think its best. i will be more patient, for sure. right now i am worn pretty thin.

KelleyA · August 2009

rayskit10:
truitt started pretty much full blown daycare today. i have really mixed emotions but after last week, i think its best. i will be more patient, for sure. right now i am worn pretty thin.

He'll love it. He is so social and thrives on that interaction. I hope it gives you the rest you need!

savannah11 · August 2009

KelleyA:
rayskit10:
truitt started pretty much full blown daycare today. i have really mixed emotions but after last week, i think its best. i will be more patient, for sure. right now i am worn pretty thin.
He'll love it. He is so social and thrives on that interaction. I hope it gives you the rest you need!

ditto. I think daycare/preschool is really great for toddlers. I've always said that even if I was a SAHM I would have Orion in some sort of full time school. At this point he needs way more mental stimulation and social interaction than I feel equipped to give him, especially now that I have a baby. Enjoy your time with Mathis :-).

savannah11 · August 2009

We're flying to Houston on Thursday. First time flying with both kids. I am petrified.

rayskit10 · August 2009

savannah11:
KelleyA:

rayskit10:
truitt started pretty much full blown daycare today. i have really mixed emotions but after last week, i think its best. i will be more patient, for sure. right now i am worn pretty thin.

He'll love it. He is so social and thrives on that interaction. I hope it gives you the rest you need!

ditto. I think daycare/preschool is really great for toddlers. I've always said that even if I was a SAHM I would have Orion in some sort of full time school. At this point he needs way more mental stimulation and social interaction than I feel equipped to give him, especially now that I have a baby. Enjoy your time with Mathis :-).

thanks you guys. i need to hear that. i feel guilty, then happy, then guilty for being happy. but if he was home, hed be spending too much time in front of the tv while i nurse mathis, etc and nap time was a nightmare. this will be good.

TexasHarmony · August 2009

rayskit10:
savannah11:
KelleyA:

rayskit10:
truitt started pretty much full blown daycare today. i have really mixed emotions but after last week, i think its best. i will be more patient, for sure. right now i am worn pretty thin.

He'll love it. He is so social and thrives on that interaction. I hope it gives you the rest you need!

ditto. I think daycare/preschool is really great for toddlers. I've always said that even if I was a SAHM I would have Orion in some sort of full time school. At this point he needs way more mental stimulation and social interaction than I feel equipped to give him, especially now that I have a baby. Enjoy your time with Mathis :-).

thanks you guys. i need to hear that. i feel guilty, then happy, then guilty for being happy. but if he was home, hed be spending too much time in front of the tv while i nurse mathis, etc and nap time was a nightmare. this will be good.

He will have a great time. It will be good for all of you.

BTW, I was super impressed with how well he and Avery sat and shared ice and mimicked each other for that last 45 minutes yesterday. I thought for sure I'd get a great nap out of Avery, but alas, all I got was 15 minutes in the car.

kjr · August 2009

Last night Alex made me laugh so hard. I was getting him ready for bed and he was stalling. He did not want to go to sleep so he kept singing to me and trying to get me to stay.
He said he was going to sing Twinkle Twinkle to me and I told him that was fine, but after he sang it I was going downstairs. He said "OK, after I am done singing it you can go."

Then he proceeds to sing the song like this:

Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinkle......

Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinkle.....

Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar....

darva · August 2009

Ditto everyone else V!

Kaitlyn has stopped going to sleep on her own. It's driving me crazy. (which makes me feel horrible lol)

missjake · August 2009

V, I'm in the same boat. Maddie starts MDO tomorrow and I cannot wait. Lately, she has been pushing my buttons like never before and I'm about to lose it.

So far today, she has gotten into a bottle of acrylic paint and poured it all over herself while wearing her halloween costume from last year (which I WAS planning on selling on ebay, I guess not now). And she has gone into the refridgerator and decided that playing in the tub of Country Crock spread would be super fun (luckily, this was easier to clean up because I caught her early).

charlotteL · August 2009

Joshua got stuck in the play thing at chick fil a. Kelley went and rescued him. I just laughed.

dlphnlvr_25 · August 2009

I agree with everyone V, I know it's hard though. I have a hard time leaving Claire at home with my mom while I run to the store or something. I miss her too much.

I don't really have anything to report. Claire is just growing way too fast. Oh and scratches her face up really good no matter how short I cut her nails.

TexasHarmony · August 2009

I had to send Avery to school with undies and 6 outfits. While I look forward to the assistance with potty training, I do not look forward to the extra load of laundry. Daily.

charlotteL · August 2009

Go Avery!

TexasHarmony · August 2009

charlotteL:
Go Avery!

I am curious to see how it works. We broke the bottle in 2 days. The pacifier took 2 days. I have a feeling potty training will be like 2 years.

aprilprincess · August 2009

Addie has been "painting" my arm very seriously for about 20 minutes. she has the brush and keeps rubbing it on the table telling me what color she's using and what she's making. somehow even though it's imaginary paint she still won't paint over any part she's already "done."

nvp05 · August 2009

Rena has pretty much switched over to one nap. This should be a good thing, but her nap is only 1.5 hrs. She's never been a big napper but I was hoping that the one nap would be at least 2 hours. I knew that was wishful thinking. She's pretty much a crankpot by 5-6 pm.

And she's getting her molars and has diarrhea every 2 hours. I'm so tired of changing poopy diapers!

KelleyA · August 2009

charlotteL:
Joshua got stuck in the play thing at chick fil a. Kelley went and rescued him. I just laughed.

Yes, yes she did. She was wearing a dress so I had pity on her.

Nanner · August 2009

kjr:

Last night Alex made me laugh so hard. I was getting him ready for bed and he was stalling. He did not want to go to sleep so he kept singing to me and trying to get me to stay.
He said he was going to sing Twinkle Twinkle to me and I told him that was fine, but after he sang it I was going downstairs. He said "OK, after I am done singing it you can go."

Then he proceeds to sing the song like this:

Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinkle......

Twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinkle.....

<total silence til I said "Alex?">

Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar....

Hahahaha! I LOVE it! What a sneak.

alisa1228 · August 2009

nvp05:

Rena has pretty much switched over to one nap. This should be a good thing, but her nap is only 1.5 hrs. She's never been a big napper but I was hoping that the one nap would be at least 2 hours. I knew that was wishful thinking. She's pretty much a crankpot by 5-6 pm.

And she's getting her molars and has diarrhea every 2 hours. I'm so tired of changing poopy diapers!

hang in there, she may surprise you.

maddy was always a crappy napper... when we were down to 2 naps, they were 30-45 mins each... (less than that when she was even younger!!)... and when she first went to one nap, they were about an hour, 1:15... gradually, they got longer, and on average are 2 hours now... even 2.5-3 at least once a week or so...

nvp05 · August 2009

alisa1228:
nvp05:

Rena has pretty much switched over to one nap. This should be a good thing, but her nap is only 1.5 hrs. She's never been a big napper but I was hoping that the one nap would be at least 2 hours. I knew that was wishful thinking. She's pretty much a crankpot by 5-6 pm.

And she's getting her molars and has diarrhea every 2 hours. I'm so tired of changing poopy diapers!

hang in there, she may surprise you.

maddy was always a crappy napper... when we were down to 2 naps, they were 30-45 mins each... (less than that when she was even younger!!)... and when she first went to one nap, they were about an hour, 1:15... gradually, they got longer, and on average are 2 hours now... even 2.5-3 at least once a week or so...

Thanks alisa. A couple other friends told me the same thing. I hope it's true in Rena's case too. When she was taking two naps, they totaled about 2 to 2.5 hrs. So she's just not getting enough rest with one nap right now.

aprilprincess · August 2009

shopping for cabbage patch dolls (btw target is the place to get them for under $20.) it's making me all warm and fuzzy remembering how exciting it was to open up a new one and discover the name and stuff. my parents even took me to the cabbage patch, the "hospital" in georgia where they are born. i was so freaking excited. i had 6, including a circus one and a horse. that was kind of weird.

Nanner · August 2009

If I remember correctly, the year of the Cabbage Patch Kids (when they were the hot Christmas toy) was when I was in 6th grade, I think. I was just getting out of the doll phase, so I never had one. But my best friend had several--more likely because her mom liked them. Her mom was strange. She collected cartoon stuff--Smurfs, Strawberry Shortcake, etc. It was weird. Tangent...

mrs.littlejeans · August 2009

I dropped E off at daycare this morning and she was not happy about my leaving her. I know she likes it there and enjoys playing with her new friends, but it was so hard to have to walk away from her while she was crying and reaching for me. It's so dang heart-breaking.

rayskit10 · August 2009

nvp05:

And she's getting her molars and has diarrhea every 2 hours. I'm so tired of changing poopy diapers!

i'm looking at her sweet picture and thinking that face and diarreah just do not compute.

rayskit10 · August 2009

mathis was up ay 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 and 7, then up for good at 8:30. looks like we hit the 4 mos wakeful.... sucks.

TexasHarmony · August 2009

I had to take one of K's t-shirts, squirt it with his cologne and put it on a pillow this morning because Avery wanted her Daddy-O. Crying

rayskit10 · August 2009

TexasHarmony:
I had to take one of K's t-shirts, squirt it with his cologne and put it on a pillow this morning because Avery wanted her Daddy-O.

awwww. cute!

missjake · August 2009

today was the first day of MDO. no hug, no kiss, no tears, nothing. All I got was a "Bye Mama". I guess it's better that way.

I, however, did shed a tear or two during the car ride home.

charlotteL · August 2009

Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

CindyandScott · August 2009

charlotteL:
Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

Reagan has done that to me before. Fun.

TexasHarmony · August 2009

charlotteL:
Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

Hilarious.

charlotteL · August 2009

TexasHarmony:
charlotteL:
Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"
Hilarious.

It really wss. It took all of my self control to not laugh out loud

nvp05 · August 2009

rayskit10:
nvp05:

And she's getting her molars and has diarrhea every 2 hours. I'm so tired of changing poopy diapers!

i'm looking at her sweet picture and thinking that face and diarreah just do not compute.

LOL! I'm happy to report that this round of diarrhea seems to be over!

Nanner · August 2009

missjake:

today was the first day of MDO. no hug, no kiss, no tears, nothing. All I got was a "Bye Mama". I guess it's better that way.

I, however, did shed a tear or two during the car ride home.

Aww! Well, if it makes you feel any better (or worse), the 2nd day has historically been the worst for us. Because they know what's coming, and they're not completely comfortable with it yet. But I hope it goes just as well for you!

______

Sam starts soccer on Friday! I am very excited about it. I was torn between soccer and swimming. I think it's important to teach him to swim--he's taken some intermittent lessons here and there, but nothing consistent--but I really wanted him to do something that is interactive with other kids too. Plus he's always seemed really good at dribbling the ball. I had ultimately decided upon swimming, but it filled up too fast, so soccer it is!

Nanner · August 2009

Hannah had her first full-on temper tantrum today. She's been a pretty even keeled kid. Sure, she's gotten mad and even had little tantrums, but nothing like Sam used to have. Until today. On our way to the bus stop. On a super SUPER busy road, where I absolutely could not just let go of her and let her scream it out, which made it worse. We sat at the bus stop holding her still for a good 15 minutes until she calmed down enough for us to get on the bus.

You should have seen us when it was all said and done. Sweaty, stinky...awesome.

TexasHarmony · August 2009

Nanner:
Hannah had her first full-on temper tantrum today. She's been a pretty even keeled kid. Sure, she's gotten mad and even had little tantrums, but nothing like Sam used to have. Until today. On our way to the bus stop. On a super SUPER busy road, where I absolutely could not just let go of her and let her scream it out, which made it worse. We sat at the bus stop holding her still for a good 15 minutes until she calmed down enough for us to get on the bus.

You should have seen us when it was all said and done. Sweaty, stinky...awesome.

That is the perfect setting for a Calgon commercial.

kreeper611 · August 2009

Last night I baked a cake for a coworker and had to carve it out quite a bit. We had a huge plate of cake leftover. DH walks in and says "Avery and I could tear this cake up."

I told him "Avery is on a diet, remember?"

He said "Everyone gets a cheat day."

charlotteL · August 2009

i wonder if my little one is actually sleeping. I need a monitor like V's. I have monitor envy.

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Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

Had a classic moment leaving the mall. I was putting Joshua in the stroller and he started screaming "help!"

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