Lots of new babies--lets do a check in!

AgrippaRidesAgain · February 2011

I want to know about the new little ones, how pregnancies are going, and how the bigger kids are doing!

AgrippaRidesAgain · February 2011

Maggie is 3 months old today and can do this:

My thoughts on this are: Big Smile and Indifferent and Crying

The formula with added rice still seems to making a world of difference, so I think we're going to stay off of Prevacid for good. She's got some sort of funky sleep thing going on right now--she wants us to get up multiple times a night just for cuddles. I love that she, well, loves us, but am kind of looking forward to when she's old enough for sleep training. Oh, and yesterday I got half of a laugh out of her, so hopefully full scale belly laughs will be coming soon!

Conrad is doing much better lately. I'm actually not sure where this kid has come from. I ask him to do something and his response is, "Well, ok," and he trots off to do it. I'm kind of hoping that this is a sign of things to come instead of just a brief respite before 3, which I hear is horrific. He is cracking me up a lot lately too. I love the things that kids say! My absolute favorite (my FB friends have already heard this one) is from a few days ago. We went to the library, and a boy took a puzzle away from him. Conrad pointed his finger at the boy and said, "Abracadabra! I make you disappear!" He then looked at me and said, "Mommy, why he not go away?" Guess we have to work on proper social interactions...

eeclem · February 2011

Wow, Maggie looks sooo much like her big brother in that 3 mo. photo!

C is doing great. His big hobbies right now are coloring and sweeping, both of which are adorable. He also loves to give hugs, which makes me misty-eyed just thinking about it. I'll ask him for a hug and he'll come up and put his arms around me and his head on my shoulder and say "Awww". AND!! He is finally saying Mama all the time. That took forever. And now he won't stop. We still have a fair amount of tantrums, but I was kind of expecting that. Ever since he was tiny he's had a rather melodramatic little personality. He does not get that from me.

The past few days we've heard him start to peep in his room waaay before his usual time (like 5 am) and one day he did get up at 6 am. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this is some kind of fluke and not a trend. It's possible that it's time to push back his bed time (7:30), but there are still some nights where he is super cranky and obviously needs to be in bed before then. He has slept like a total champ for almost a year - I guess we were getting spoiled.

Oh, and he's getting tested for food allergies. He's had some really crazy disastrous diapers off and on for a few months. DCP said it seemed fine to her, MIL was convinced he had a roto virus. I didn't know what to think. He already had the blood test and it came back sensitive to egg whites, so now we are off to see the allergist (Dr. White in Wheaton, in case anyone has any feedback). I'm guessing he's mildly allergic or sensitive to corn and tomatoes too.

QueSrah · February 2011

DD is going through a rough phase of drama ALL the time. She'll wake up up to an hour before we go in to get her and usually plays quietly, but as soon as we get her it's tears and flopping around. Tears and kicking through getting dressed, tears at medicine time, more big tears when we put on her coat to go to daycare rather than giving her breakfast right then and there (we give her some Cheerios and she gets a full breakfast at daycare 20 minutes later, so she's not dying). I *think* it's just hunger most of the time, and being tired a lot of the rest of the time, but I miss my happy kid. (Since before and after work during the week, we generally only see her when she's hungry and tired.) I'm wondering whether we should let her nap longer in the car on the way home so she would be a little less cranky in the evening, since she goes to bed ridiculously early (lights out by 6:40 at the latest)... But that may just substitute being tired drama for something else.

On a happier note, she's mimicking us saying please and thank you - "peas" after I say "please" and "dadoo" when she hands me something. It's pretty funny.

emack · February 2011

What cute kids! Agrippa, that story about C is really funny. We're doing well. We've been having sleep issues suddenly this week and aren't sure what's up (refusing to nap, having a hard time falling and staying asleep, etc.). She also has developed a love/hate relationship with her lovey. She adores her bunny, but will say "NO bunny! NO" and then throw her, but as soon as she hits the floor, wail "BUNNY!!!!!!!!!" This goes on and on... Anyone experience this ever? When we ask her why she's mad she says, "Bunny bit finger" which we know isn't true!

We're excited because she got into the Montessori school we love for next year. The hours aren't as good for me for work and it is more expensive, but we love the school, know it will be a good fit, and the 2 year old classroom has a LIVE BUNNY, which is a huge hit with DD.

Her second birthday is at the end of the month which I am having a hard time coming to terms with. I still want my second baby but haven't made much progress on that at home, especially since above-mentioned school costs a lot of $$!!

tomandcourt · February 2011

J is doing great. After a bought of ear infections/colds/other illnesses, he is totally healthy right now (knock wood). He really loves it when we sing, and he knows all the hand motions for "Wheels on the Bus" - the other night I caught him on the monitor, singing it to himself and going "waa waa waa" and rubbing his eyes. He knows all the animals sounds in his books and is picking up words left and right.

Unlike Baby C, he still doesn't really say "Mama," or really call DH or me by our names. When he wants something he mostly just makes an "ehh ehh" sound and points, which is sometimes cute but mostly annoying. He's also into hugging right now, and when I'm sitting on the floor he'll come up behind me for a big bear hug. He also "kisses," which mostly means he just turns his cheek to let you kiss him. Eh, close enough.

Oh, emack, since you mentioned your dd's rabbit obsession - J is equally obsessed with dogs and I think they have similar hats:

AgrippaRidesAgain · February 2011

emack:
What cute kids! Agrippa, that story about C is really funny. We're doing well. We've been having sleep issues suddenly this week and aren't sure what's up (refusing to nap, having a hard time falling and staying asleep, etc.). She also has developed a love/hate relationship with her lovey. She adores her bunny, but will say "NO bunny! NO" and then throw her, but as soon as she hits the floor, wail "BUNNY!!!!!!!!!" This goes on and on... Anyone experience this ever? When we ask her why she's mad she says, "Bunny bit finger" which we know isn't true!
We're excited because she got into the Montessori school we love for next year. The hours aren't as good for me for work and it is more expensive, but we love the school, know it will be a good fit, and the 2 year old classroom has a LIVE BUNNY, which is a huge hit with DD.
Her second birthday is at the end of the month which I am having a hard time coming to terms with. I still want my second baby but haven't made much progress on that at home, especially since above-mentioned school costs a lot of $$!!

Sounds like she is starting to experiment with imaginary play. DS started by putting his stuffed animals in timeout for hitting him. He also would yell at them and throw them across the room, then run and cuddle them, saying "Poor ____ got hurt".

tomandcourt · February 2011

AgrippaRidesAgain:
emack:
What cute kids! Agrippa, that story about C is really funny. We're doing well. We've been having sleep issues suddenly this week and aren't sure what's up (refusing to nap, having a hard time falling and staying asleep, etc.). She also has developed a love/hate relationship with her lovey. She adores her bunny, but will say "NO bunny! NO" and then throw her, but as soon as she hits the floor, wail "BUNNY!!!!!!!!!" This goes on and on... Anyone experience this ever? When we ask her why she's mad she says, "Bunny bit finger" which we know isn't true!
We're excited because she got into the Montessori school we love for next year. The hours aren't as good for me for work and it is more expensive, but we love the school, know it will be a good fit, and the 2 year old classroom has a LIVE BUNNY, which is a huge hit with DD.
Her second birthday is at the end of the month which I am having a hard time coming to terms with. I still want my second baby but haven't made much progress on that at home, especially since above-mentioned school costs a lot of $$!!
Sounds like she is starting to experiment with imaginary play. DS started by putting his stuffed animals in timeout for hitting him. He also would yell at them and throw them across the room, then run and cuddle them, saying "Poor ____ got hurt".

Interesting! I wonder if it would help to go along with it and say "No, bunny! No biting!" Maybe she's just trying to work out the whole "no biting" thing in her head. Who knows what goes on in their little heads.

tracy042206 · February 2011

QueSrah:
DD is going through a rough phase of drama ALL the time. She'll wake up up to an hour before we go in to get her and usually plays quietly, but as soon as we get her it's tears and flopping around. Tears and kicking through getting dressed, tears at medicine time, more big tears when we put on her coat

I remember this phase well with Maggie. I thought that dressing her in the morning was worthy of an Olympic sport that required mental toughness, agility and brute strength. I wished I could just send her to daycare in her PJ's but she needed a diaper change anyway which also often took a lot effort. All I can offer is that it is a phase and eventually it gets better. For us she would often let other people dress her - like when we had family staying with us, Uncle Jimmy could do it but for Mommy it was a disaster. I tried letting her play for a while in the mornings so it wasn't wake up and then bam get dressed right away, I tried feeding her first etc but nothing helped for us.

Luckily Molly is a lot more laid back and while she might cry about it, at least she doesn't fight us and even the crying is really sporadic - she just has a much more laid back personality while Maggie is all go-go-go all the time.

tracy042206 · February 2011

We are doing well. Maggie is back in the 'let's test mommy daily' mode which is not so much fun for me since I need to get firm again with the TO's and following through when I ask her to do something. It is so easy to just ask a few more times to see if she will listen that I forget to count and then follow through with the TO, because that does delay us more and then she cries which is no fun all around, but discipline is about consistency and she really starts acting up if I get a little a lax on my follow through.

Molly is talking more which is great. It is mostly babble or repeats of our words or the words at the end of each line of a song. She will say some things consistently though like "done" at the end of a meal or when she is done with her sippy and she is finally saying Mommy consistently and she really loves pointing at Maggie and saying her name. I am torn about calling EI though for her speech. She is definitely progressing which holds me back from calling but Maggie was doing all of this stuff a year earlier which I know is a little early but still. She did have PT from EI when she was younger and the PT always said she was just doing things at Molly pace and there wasn't anything (like a disorder or autism) holding her back. Her pedi says the same thing about nothing underlying her delays and to just give her time. So I waiver between letting her develop at her own pace and wanting to make sure I am giving her everything she needs.

kafunder · February 2011

Everyone's kids are so cute (and smart too, of course--I love the bunny story).

We're doing pretty well. LOs had RSV, and are finally recovering. However, it's completely messed with their schedule. Piper is finally back to normal at night, but Fletch is a mess, waking up to 15 times a night from 11pm-3am (when we usually give in and put him in our bed). We're debating how to solve this problem b/c it's killing DH and me.

Other than the sleep problems, the babies are awesome. They are getting more fun everyday, and I can start to see them turning into little "people' as opposed to babies. My favorite time of the day is when I pick them up at daycare and get to see how they 'changed' during the day. I feel like they are always learning something--a new sound, figuring out how to hold new toys, getting better at tummy time, etc.

jlm245 · February 2011

Just a lurker joining in... I am 15 weeks pregnant with my first child! I have been feeling so much better in the last few weeks.

And by the way, it has been really helpful to read everyone's posts. Smile

slukd79 · February 2011

Hadley is right at a year and is proving to become more dramatic every day. I am hoping it is a phase... Long story short-- she is starting pretend play and learning body parts which is great! However, she only has "uh oh" "eat" "up" and "dada" as words. This lends to alot of frustration on both her part and ours!

As a PT, I feel like a failure that she is not functionally walking yet, but only with a pushcart. I know, I know that this is typical and that she is not behind. But my mommy brain has a hard time comprehending what I know professionally!

Finally, my sister is pregnant. While I am thrilled-- let the drama begin! She told me that she was peeing more frequently at 4 weeks along. To which I rolled my eyes. (I know I shouldn't have. But come on...) She is the queen of attention and this will no doubt facilitate more of it!

(Any advice for handling a sister who is newly pregnant? She wants no "advice.")

Sofka · February 2011

We are doing well. DD is so cute, she starts lots of sentences with "look, guys" or "hey, everybody" and doesn't just say things but is clever and gets nuances. The other day we were at the store and she saw some snack w/ Mickey on it and she told me "grab it, Mommy, grab it." DH was doing dishes and she says "Be careful with breastmilk, Daddy, Mommy made it for DS." - yes! someone who understands how hard it is!!

And she is a great listener, I'll ask DH where somethign is and she'll pipe and tell me where it is. She loves to help unload the dishwasher, unload/load the laundry, and throw away trash and clean.

DS is just all over the place! I'll sit him down and in less than a second he will haev crawled somewhere else and than sat there! He's almost 8mo old and the other day he pulled up to standing and was holding on with just one hand. He has 2 bottom teeth and the 2 top ones are cutting thru. I'm so so proud of making it eBFing to 8mo! I am pretty sure I'll go to 9mo now!

When did you guys start bathing your kids together? I'm wondering if I can do that soon.

I posted separately about our medical issues so I'll leave that off this post.

Sofka · February 2011

slukd79:

(Any advice for handling a sister who is newly pregnant? She wants no "advice.")

ignore her until she comes to you

(by ignore, I mean don't tell her anything pregnancy-related unless she asks)

****AWS**** · February 2011

Awwww, Reed can sit up like that too and he's 3.5 months. It's insane how strong his trunk is.

Let's see, Reed is sleeping from 7:30- 5am every night in his crib and then I get him and bring him into bed with me and we nurse back to sleep. not too shabby. He's SUCH a happy, laid back baby so different than carter when he was a baby. He smiles, laughs, coos and is doing pretty good at tummy time. He's rolled over a few times but not consistantly.

Carter is doing better. We had a rough adjustment period (he's 3.5) and he was acting out for a while there. He's so smart and fun to be around these days, he seems so old now!

Here's reed at 3 months:

RomeRomance06 · February 2011

I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow and up until about a few weeks ago, everything was going smoothly. After a long weekend in NYC with the girls I developed a lot of severe hip and back pain. So bad, that I couldn't walk more than 5 minutes and even sitting and standing were very painful. I went to a back doctor and I was diagnosed with Sacroiliac joint dysfunction. It's pretty common in pregnant women but it's frustrating bc normally they would just treat it with ibuprofen and maybe some steroid injections, but obviously that's not happening until after I deliver. So, it's twice weekly physical therapy and I have to wear some funky belt that goes around my hips. It's helping but my activities are pretty limited which sucks. I'm continuing with my prenatal water aerobics class, which I LOVE, because my doctors say it's the best kind of activity to do with this condition.

Baby Girl is doing well, despite mommy's ailments. Our crib and dresser for the nursery arrived yesterday so now it's time to decorate! Yay! And my shower is in two weeks! Yay!

It is so great to see all the mommy updates on their LOs. It's so helpful to get a feel for what we're in for down the road.

veruca5839 · February 2011

Ava is doing really well. She's almost 2 mos old now and is getting more and more interactive each day! Her favorite thing is to just "talk" to us. She watches our mouths so intently and tries to mimic what sounds we made and how our faces move. It's adorable! She's starting to get more interested in toys and sometimes reaches for things. She smiles all the time and is generally a very happy baby. She's sleeping really well and has a good nap routine (for the most part). It's so nice to get large chunks of continual sleep again. She's getting so big, which makes me have mixed feelings - I love that her personality is coming through and she is interacting with her world more, but I miss her tiny days too.

jess08200 · February 2011

Joey is talking so much more know. My DH taught him how to say his real name not daddy, so he loves to alternate between the two of them.

His favorite words are touchdown, football, and Elmo (Melmo)! He is always running around and chasing our dog and trying to climb onto everything.

He's also doing a great job a feeding himself with the fork and spoon. Still have a way to go to master it, but he's doing awesome!

HappyDaze12 · February 2011

First of all, let me just say that all of your kids are absolutely adorable!

Donovan is doing really well. We were a bit concerned about his speech for a short time because it seemed as though other people (aside from DH and I) had a hard time understanding him but that seems to have cleared up. He still says some words funky like "muugit" instead of "music" and sbategord" instead of "skateboard". I admit that I do not always correct him Embarrassed because I want to hold on to a little bit of the baby in him. He seems so much bigger/older to me since Lucas was born. I also still wash all of his clothes in Dreft to hang onto the baby smell. He loves being a big brother and calls Lucas "my baby". He always wants to help with him and spends a lot of time just sitting next to him & talking, making funny faces, etc.

Lucas has been sick with bronchiloitis for 3.5 weeks now! I feel so bad for the little guy. We tried breathing treatments for 1.5 weeks but the pedi said to stop since they didn't help. We are running a vaporizer constantly and suctioning out his nose MANY times a day. I am going to bring him back to the pedi tomorrow to see if there is anything else we can do since nothing seems to helping other than alleviating some of his discomfort. He is big for his age (14lb 4oz at 10 weeks) and I know he can sleep through the night but he gets so wheezy and congested that he wakes up every few hours.

We definitely can't wait for Spring to get here!

special382 · February 2011

Things are good here!

We are getting ready to sign Kenzie up for K. She is in prek now and loves it!

Ian has a speech delay, but has been seeing a speech therapist for the past 2 months and has made huge strides!

Rhys is great. Always full of smiles. He is 6 months old now and is up on all fours and moving backwards. It is only a matter of time before he is going forward too. Time to put the gates back up.

vtmezzo · February 2011

DS is really a hoot right now. Most of the time he's delightful, and then he has his moments where he's a complete monster. His tantrums are more annoying than anything because they are always over the most ridiculous things - like the other day, complete meltdown because his mean mommy wouldn't let him pull dirty tissues and paper towels out of the trash to play with, and clean ones apparently just wouldn't do. He talks up a complete storm and it's hilarious to us that he uses complete sentences now! We ended up finally ditching DH's 16 year old car and buying a new Odyssey, which we LOVE, including DS...he never wants to get out! We were driving home from daycare the other day and he says, "Mom? I no want leave new car yet."

He's very into pretending things lately - trying to feed his snacks to his toys and having conversations with them. We're hoping this will translate into playing with his new brother, but not holding our breath! He doens't really seem to get that there's a baby on the way - he can tell people there's a baby in my belly but I am pretty sure he doesn't know what it means!

We're looking into other daycares for him - although we have loved the place where we are currently, I'm trying to switch schools next year and the location won't be practical any longer. I've toured one place close to home that I really liked and have another tour lined up next week. I also got rates from a few places that were so high, I literally almost laughed out loud!

I'm feeling pretty blech lately. I'm trying so hard to eat properly and get enough rest and keep exercising, but I've developed a really annoying painful limp in the past two weeks (see my post above) which I think is posterior pelvic pain. I really need to go see a chiro I think! It's making it uncomfortable to do just about everything - sit, stand, lie down, sleep, change positions, climb stairs, pick up DS, pick up ANYTHING, shift weight, etc. It's really a PITA (literally). The next three months can't go fast enough!

mssaint · February 2011

J is 3 weeks old and we're doing great. I still marvel that such a complete little person came out of my tummy. I am still paranoid about his eating, but ordered a baby scale on amazon so I can check him at home. He has stopped freaking out at every diaper change and now looks around about 1 in 3 times--never the middle of the night changes, though!I think his sleeping has calmed down a bit or I have just forgotten what sleep feels like. He spends part of the night in the bassinet, part in the swing and part sleeping on top of me. I pumped for the first time yesterday and dh fed him 2 oz from a bottle this morning. It didn't mean any extra sleep for me because dh was worried that it wasn't warm enough, then that the nipple flow was too fast, and then J started crying, and I ended up intervening all three times. But for the first try, I'm pretty happy.

Gigs2000 · February 2011

We're doing well...we've made it 2 whole weeks without a sick visit to the ped's office, which has been nice. Between the 2 kids, we were there every week between T'giving and the middle of January.

DD is 7.5 mos. old now and doing great. Due to illness, she had fallen off the growth chart in weight but is now up to 16 lbs. and growing like a weed. She is a very happy baby and babbles ALL the time. I keep joking that she is a genius, because instead of working on "da da" sounds, she makes "ma ma" sounds and lights up if you repeat it. I love it. She's not making any attempts to crawl, and I'm just fine with that.

DS is 27 mos. and so much fun right now. It's great seeing what words he picks up at preschool, like "awesome man." After my potty training post the other day, I decided to try putting him on the toilet, and he definitely seems interested so we're going to give it a try. Should be interesting.

We had to switch him to a toddler bed a few weeks ago when he climbed out of his crib. It's been interesting. He won't sleep in his bed for naps and we find him sleepin in corners, the closet, the middle of the floor, etc. after he wears himself out from turning his room upside down. Luckily, he's fine in bed at night!

Cyndi&Matt · February 2011

Its hard to believe that my boys are 7 weeks old and have doubled the birth weight already!! They are sleeping 4+ hour stretches at night which is great! We have been trying to figure out how to get more tummy time in since they fall asleep after every feeding. 5 more weeks and I head back to work ... ugg, not looking forward to that at all!

doggylovr · February 2011

DS is 13 months old and still not walking......He is getting more and more vocal every day, he very clearly says, daddy, doggie, this and that...haha

he has also started calling me MUM...i asked if we were from across the pont, no idea where that came from, I have called myself mommy or mama from the beginning. He is doing great with his signing and is beginning to use the same babble when he uses a word, like when he signs please he verbally says his version of please. its really cute!

His continues to be super tall, off the charts and eating everything, we just tried peanut butter today for the first time, and so far so good.....his favorite came is to get me on the floor, lift up my shirt and find my belly button and laugh as he touches it...:-)

overall things are great, he has SUCH a personality!!

LeaLea · February 2011

A quick update:

Evan and Tyler are doing so well. Their first birthday is at the end of the month. Both boys are actively cruising but not quite ready to try walking on their own. I'm pretty sure Evan said his first discernible word outside of mama and dada this morning - it was "up".They are both such sweet and good boys.

mommmyz · February 2011

I love hearing how everybody is doing!

We have all just gotten over the stomach bug at our house, which was not fun...but I am hoping we are done for a little while! DS had his 15 month appointment last week, and I asked the pedi about talking (which I've mentioned on here I am worried about A LOT). When I told him he really doesn't have any "words" - he says "dis, dat" when he points sometimes, dada sometimes, babbles, "reads" to himself, etc. He wasn't overly concerned. He said he'll ask again at 18 months and then he'll start to be concerned but it would just be concern about an isolated speech delay. He said the receptive language is much more important at this stage, in terms of making sure they understand/hear/etc. and DS has that brilliantly! So, going to try not to worry for 3 months. Ha, ha, ha.

Other than that he is a lot of fun. Dance parties are all the rage in our house. The minute you say "dance" he starts doing this crazy knee bend thing, moving around, hands in the air...DCP says the same thing happens there as soon as she turns on any music. I am taking as many videos as possible and find myself watching them and laughing when he goes to sleep. I literally can't get enough of him right now!

cmh06 · February 2011

DD is doing great. We've been in the process of potty training. She has had 10 successful dry days. YAY!!! We've been giving her pennies every time she goes potty, then she gets to buy things with her pennies. She loves to come over to me with 2 pennies for a "big chocolate chip" aka Hershey Kiss. I will be so happy to not have pull-ups anymore except for bed time. The kids sleeps like a brick and never wakes up so I have the feeling she'll be in night time pull for a while.

VAJuneBride07 · February 2011

DD is five months old and so cute! She's such a happy baby. My only struggle right now is that I don't get to spend enough time with her.

WinesNotWhines · February 2011

M is doing great. He's exactly 6 months old today, and he's such a fun little boy. He babbles, smiles, and laughs a lot. He loooves our dog, and we're trying to teach him about gentle touching. We just started solid foods, and he tries to grab the spoon and shove it in his mouth at meal time. He loves to roll around all over the place. If I turn my back for a second, he's halfway across the room!

hsbbride · February 2011

I'll start my 27th week tomorrow. Had a doctor's appt. this morning and everything looks good. I got for my glucose test in two weeks, fingers crossed that I pass the one hour.

Overall, (knock on wood) this pregnancy has been really easy. If I didn't have this belly, I wouldn't really feel pregnany majority of the time!

mcatmay · February 2011

I'm a lurker - introduced myself several weeks back but i don't have much in the way of comments yet because i have zero experience with anything relating to baby yet! I'm 14 weeks pregnant, excited to just read the responses on this board - which seems really friendly, supportive and informative.

Hopefully, once the wee one is born, i'll be able to participate more fully with you ladies!

ElissaKelley · February 2011

Awww.. I love to hear about the other babies (and mamas to be) on this board. I don't get on too often so it's nice to come on and see the updates.

New Baby M is doing fairly well. Despite having a newborn he is actually sleeping most of the night. He has been a little fussy for the past 36 hours but I am still hopeful it will change. He had his 2 week check up on Wednesday and is one ounce shy of his birth weight. He is healthy and strong and of course handsome as can be.

C is another story. He is acting out a bit since M came home. He is very sweet to M and very loving but wants mommy to do absolutely everything for him. He wants held and when I am nursing M he is right on top of me. Cutest thing is that he rubs M's head when he is going to sleep for naps and bedtime.

G is adapting really well to another baby. He is very helpful and sweet and gives M lots of kisses and is very gentle. We just had G's preschool teacher conference and they had great things to say about him. They did say that he is often joining in when other kids aren't doing what they are supposed to. He is never the instigator but a big follower. We are working hard to remind him that he is a big boy and a role model and needs to make good choices.

Me, I am pretty tired but surviving. I am reminding myself that if I ever have another baby it needs to be in spring or summer so me and the kids can go outside and not be cooped up all day long!

mstavish79 · February 2011

I'm a little late posting on this one but better late than never. I love hearing about everyone's updates. Certainly a lot of new babies!

We are doing great here. Settling in to our new house well and other than the god awful commute into work we love it. I had a mini melt down last week when DH mentioned me going back to work 40 hours a week when I returned from maternity leave with Baby #2 since that extra day will make up for the cost of daycare. The only reason why I stay sane during the week with an extra long commute is that I have an extra day off. I don't want to go back to 40 hours especially having a newborn. I remember just how hard it was with #1 to go back at all- as well as juggling pumping/breastfeeding and just wanting to spend more time with DS. Ugh I dread this conversation at a later date. Not to mention he brought this up on the same night I found at that a really close friend of mine gave birth to her baby at 22 weeks and lost him (after her third round of IVF). Men have the best timing huh?

X is doing well. I can hardly believe his 2nd birthday is next week. It's bittersweet as it's so much fun watching him develop into his own personality but I am sad that he will no longer "the baby" when #2 comes. His sleeping has improved a little bit and we had our first sucessful night in the twin bed last night hooray! His eating is really all over the place- one night he wants to eat nothing but his veggies and the next night he will inhale everything on his plate and ask for more. He really still is big into just eating veggies and fruit though and it's an amazing day when he wants anything else. He is a nightmare to dress or change his diaper as well. It's nice to hear that he isnt' the only one and it's a phase. I feel like this phase has lasted a long time though!! Most diaper changes these days happen standing up and even then he whines and tries to run away, making it impossible for me who can barely get off the floor to catch him.

My pregnancy is flying by and I can hardly believe #2 will be here in only 10 weeks. I'm having a scheduled c-section around the 22nd since I had heart issues with my first labor and ended up with a csection anyway. The hope and doctors thoughts is that without labor my heart should be fine. I'm feeling a little anxious about the birth itself but am really excited to meet my new baby boy. We have finally decided on a name as well. I'm hoping to be able to start working on the nursery one of these weekends- since we are running out of weekends. My only pregnancy complaint is that I have horrible varicose veins that are getting to be painful especially in the morning. My doctor gave me some lovely compression pantyhouse to wear so I'm going to try them out. Hopefully they will help but not sure how much I will want to wear them when it gets warmer. Speaking of warmer weather we are really looking forward to springtime. I was just commenting to DH last night that we need to get X to a playground as he was hanging on the handle of the oven door.

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