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LO is 7 months this week and is just the sweetest little guy. He is so smiley and giggly at home and while he's kind of serious when we're out, he likes to smile at ladies 
He is really trying hard to crawl, and if he just figures out how to move his arms and legs at the same time, he'll get there soon. He's still managing to move around a bit rolling and inchwoming and we've had a few near misses with power cords and bed edges. Of course, DH and I are right there and swoop him away, but we need to start thinking about babyproofing. I am also trying to figure out where to put him to crawl as our floors are hardwood and we don't have a lot of area rugs. I'm not worried about his knees -- it's that his head still thunks down occasionally.
My favorite thing in the world is when I come into a room or come home, he turns around to look at me and just beams. He does the same for his dad, and we both feel like the best parents ever when he does that. I can invariably make him laugh with peekaboo and lifting him up into the air, and his little baby giggle makes all of my worries disappear.
He's on week 3 of solids and seems to be taking to them fine. We're not really on a set feeding schedule. We've tried out 4 or 5 foods and no bad reactions so far.
I can't believe he's almost 7 months old. I can look at him now and imagine him walking, which seemed impossible just a few weeks ago.
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M is still cruising all over the place, and he can stand by himself for a long time. I think he probably could walk if he wanted to, but he hasn't decided to do it yet.
We're still nursing in the morning and at night, but if all goes well, I will retire my pump on Friday.
Oooh yay! I think I missed the last one.
Let's see. J is going to be two in 3.5 weeks! I cannot believe where the time has gone. My urge to start TTC#2 is growing by the day (but that's a whole different topic).
He is talking like crazy (as always) and loves to narrate what he/we are doing as we go along. He's starting to sing more and more, although his favorite is still the "Happy Birthday" song as he is obsessed with birthdays. So far we have determined that his birthday should involve singing, an orange cake, and birthday hats.
I think he also went through a growth spurt recently, because we had to loosen the waistbands in all his shorts. Yikes.
He is getting more and more affectionate--he loves to give hugs and kisses--and is also in love with this little doll (which used to be mine) and seeing him play with it cracks me up.
He is getting better and better about listening. I posted about DH being gone on travel and losing my patience a little bit, but he really does listen when I tell him I'm going to count to three and then [whatever]. I'm not sure if he picked this up at daycare because I certainly never actually explained the 1-2-3 concept to him but it's awesome when it works.
I just wish potty training was going ANYWHERE. He will sit there for as long as 10 minutes some times but there has been no action since the first week or so after we bought the potty (which I'm guessing now was a fluke).
And WineNotWhines - that's so awesome about being done with the pump! I remember the day I quit too (September 17!) and it's so liberating. The morning/nighttime feeding schedule is great.
TTC #2: BFP 12/17/11, m/c 1/7/12 and D&C 1/12/12
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We are in one of those awesome little lulls where everything is going swimmingly. C is really a joy to be around these days (people used to say that about their newborns and I never got it. Now I do.). He is sweet as pie, always trying to "help" me and hand me things, big on the Thank Yous and loves to just sit in my lap and read a book.
He and DH are doing some serious boy bonding these days - DH is always up to chase him (the game is called "circles") or spin him around or faux wrestle. He's obsessed with anything that has a motor - planes, helicopters, tractors and oddly, blenders. He's getting a toy blender for his birthday.
I can sense an issue with sharing looming on the horizon. Everything is "mine" or "C's" and it's always "C's turn". Is it bad that I'm kind of hoping this will sort itself out in daycare?
He did the funniest thing last night after his bath. We had just finished brushing his teeth and he kind of wiggled out of his towel and jumped to the floor (from my lap). Then, when I opened the door he ran out, buck naked, to the living room. Once he got to the other side of the room he yelled "One! Two! Three!" and ran to the other side and then did it again. He did four naked, gleeful laps around the living room and then was ready to be his jammies on.
Your day is going to seem twice as long (in a good way)! Congrats!
DS is almost 22 months old - I can't believe that I will soon have a 2 year old. We had a fun time at Va Beach last weekend. DS was a star. DH and I are getting more comfortable traveling and dining out with him. Gone are the days of leisurely meals with multiple glasses of wine. Buffets have become our friend.
DC2 is getting bigger by the second. We find out on the 19th if it is ribbons and bows or more mud and bugs. I feel girl right now, but I don't care either way.
Thanks for doing this. I love reading these!
The LOs are doing great. They're 11 months, and it is just unbelievable how fast time has gone.
DD is just a case. She's a hysterical little daredevil who is into everything and doesn't miss a thing. Her latest trick is climbing the stairs. DH and I can't take ours eyes off her for a second, or she's makign a beeline for the stairs. She's starting to cruise more, but still hasn't mastered standing unassisted or walking, but like Wines, I'm not pushing it. She also makes the funniest faces and "says" the funniest things when she babbles. Her favorite time is when she's done with her bottle and just plays with it and laughs at us. It's awesome.
DS is terrific too. He's our little snuggler and thinker. He loves his blocks, ceiling fans, and giving hugs and kisses. Nothing is better than when he crawls over to me and gives me big, fat wet kisses and snuggles up to me. He also makes these adorable noises that make DH and I think he's half Wookie (aka Chewbacca), which DH just loves. He doesn't talk quite as much as DD, but the noises are out of control. He's also pulling up on everything, but not walking. I have a feeling DD will walk before DS. She does most stuff like that first b/c DS is so big. All of his clothes that fit him well are 24 months-2T. It's crazy.
We've finally reached a point with the babies where I can see how now, despite all the past work, twins get to be a little easier than having one baby. They'll happily play together without DH and I for a long time, and they love nothign more than when they can follow each other around the house or play peekaboo with one another behind the curtains. They just crack each other up, and DH and I feel all warm and fuzzy watching them.
DD hit 9 months old last week. At her appointment, she weighed in at 16 lbs 14 oz, but for some reason they weighed her fully clothed and in a wet CD. So, I think she's probably closer to 16 lbs even. She's 28 inches long, which is TALL for this family. DS was 26 inches at 9 months, and only 29 inches at 12 months!
She is definitely saying hi, waving, clapping, signing "more" and "all done". She also answers yes and no questions by either making happy sounds or remaining silent, which we're pretty impressed with. She's still trying desperately to learn how to crawl, pull up, and cruise all at once. She can walk short distances while holding on to your hands, so I don't know what she's going to end up learning first.
DS is every bit a 3 year old. He is like a mercurial teenager trapped in a preschooler's body. Happy to screaming to hilarious to crying within two minutes flat. He just started his third week of summer camp (9-12 every morning) and is still crying at every drop off. However, this morning he wanted to go back to tell his teachers good bye, so I'm calling that progress. Perhaps by the time preschool rolls around in Sept., he won't be crying anymore.
Yay, I love reading about all the DC area LOs.
O is turning two in a couple days. We've had his little parties and celebrated with friends/family so when the day comes I just want to enjoy him and have a relaxing day doing some of his favorite things.
I am still spotting brown from my SCH. I'm 13 weeks or so and starting to get over the m/s I think! Which is great, but I'd really like to stop spotting and have my bleed heal up. I have to wait a couple more weeks until my next u/s to see.
Baby Handy is way attached at the moment. Anytime I leave the room, it's a national emergency complete with whining, crying, etc....He usually adjusts within a few minutes, but when I come back it starts the whole process over again. We just moved into a new place with an awesome downstairs that is great for playing. However, he could care less about any of his toys. All he wants to do is climb up the stairs. (we didn't have any stairs at our last place). It's annoying because all we can do is watch him climb up the stairs...But that is all changing when we get the baby gates that I just ordered on amazon.com. I'm having a love affair with amazon prime right now and it will hard to let it go...
In other news, he is taking a few steps here and there and tumbling over promptly. When not missing me, he is laughing and playing and keeping us amused with his conversational babbling. Another funny thing is whenever I get his diaper off, he is reaching down there. He just loves himself (as most guys do). He will be whining and crying and voila! happiness is a little man who can play with his penis.
I'm down to two pumps a day at work and still nursing plenty on evenings and weekends. But we're all sleeping through the night and have been doing it for the last month...
PSA - Moving with no movers and an attached 1-year old is one of the least fun things you can do...You have been warned.
Off to the beach
DS 7/18/2010
Handy 2.0 Due Early August
2011/2012 Races
12/17/2011 Christmas Caper 10K
2/11/2012 Have a Heart 5K
3/17/2012 DC RNR Half Marathon
4/22/2012 10M Parkway Classic
10/28/2012 Marine Corps Marathon
DD is 4 months and is just the easiest baby. I know I've jinxed myself by admitting this out loud, but she really is. DCP calls her her "good" baby because she loves to watch the other kids and plays by herself really well. I absolutely love picking her up at DC because she gives me the biggest grin and does her little baby giggles. We even take a little nap together after we get home, which is awesome. I'm going to be so sad when she drops that nap. She isn't rolling over regularly yet, but she has found her feet and just last night figured out how to get them in her mouth, which is pretty adorable.
We went through a major growth spurt last week! DCP said she was eating constantly and, when she wasn't eating, she was sleeping. Her eating calmed down over the weekend but she is still eating very fast and last night she wanted an extra feeding when I was going to bed which is unlike her. I've had to go back on Fenugreek to keep up with her as we've already blown through the freezer stash.
T is really focused on language still. She occasionally uses four-word sentences (with some prepositions and verbs left out, of course), and is so sweet when I hand her something and she says "thank you, momma." You can almost watch the gears in her brain working when she wants to say something and is searching for the words. She also walked down the stairs yesterday for the first time (with help). Usually she gives up after two or three, so I'm excited that she was willing to try. Carrying a toddler up and downstairs is good exercise but hard work.
On the downside, this picky eater thing is getting rough. Last week she subsisted on french toast, waffles, animal crackers and blueberries for the most part. I tricked her into eating some carrots (which she used to like but lately avoids) by offering them to "T Bunny" since she knows bunnies eat carrots. Her schedule was all off on vacation (taking an hour+ to fall asleep, waking at least once per night and up between 5:15 and 6:15), and I now have the theme songs from Special Agent Oso and the Mickey Mouse Club House in my head on regular repeat. Darn you, Nick Jr. for being a good helper when I'm half asleep at 7:30 am...
I think she's just starting to grasp the idea of consequences. (You have to eat a bit of peas to get a strawberry...if you keep screaming about the Cheerios I gave you because they're not Goldfish, you won't get anything to eat until you get to daycare.) I'm hoping it helps with the tantrums a little, but I'm not overly optimistic.
I think DC is helping with T's sharing issues hasn't been a miracle cure. She gets the idea of sharing, but usually it's "momma turn" when she doesn't want to do something and "T turn" when she wants whatever it is... She loves when other kids share with her, but is terrible about actually sharing herself :P
DD is 13 mos. old now and is turning from the sweetest baby ever to a "toddler" (although she has walked, she prefers crawling) with a bit more personality. Her current favorite face to make is a scowl because she likes the surprised reaction she gets from strangers...it's a little embarassing!
She sings a lot. For a few weeks, I thought I was hearing what I wanted to hear, but she actually sings "ABC's" "Farmer in the Dell" and does "Itsy Bitsy Spider" complete with hand motions. It's really cute.
We have 3 months before DS turns 3, and he is just a lot of fun. Largely due to our own laziness, potty training has been a complete fail so far. I need to get motivated and figure out what will motivate him. He's just a loveable little guy. My current "favorite" thing is that he likes to say "mommy, you're my best friend." I love it.
He still doesn't have a lot of hair, but what he does have is getting long on top (still close to non-existent in the back and front). I think he's finally getting his first haircut next weekend.
we are doing well for the most part. DD's tantrums have taken on a whole new level, holymoly! And no, sharing at DC has not translated to sharing at home. No matter what DS has, even if I give her the exact.same.thing, she wants his and only his! Sibling rivalry is alive and well in our house. Any advice? But on the positive side, she's so sweet! When DS is about to poop (always in the middle of a meal), DD jumps up, says "I'll go get the toilet ready," and runs to the bathroom, puts the ring on the seat, rips off a few pieces of paper and gets everything ready. She's a great helper!
DS is a real toddler but b/c he's not verbal yet (it's driving me crazy!! that he's not) he screams a lot. It really really tests my patience. But he's still very snugly and just loves running everywhere. He still won't drink much milk from a straw cup but it's the only thing he's getting. We put lots of milk in his morning oatmeal and he gets yogurt each night. Otherwise, he's a great eater, so different from DD.
We definitely have our hands full with these two, not a dull or quiet moment!
Well, my lovebug is now 18 months and loads of fun! Her language has exploded which is nice in most respects, but in others she asks for cheese all day to which I have to say no most times.
I survived my first solo flight with her-- we had our moments, such as 20 minutes of solid crying due to being upset about having to take off in my lap versus her seat. But after that she slept the rest of the time. On our return flight, we went up and flew for an hour-- then landed right where we started... They rebooked us on a flight 7 hours later. I dreaded that time in the airport. But thankfully some kids from the same flight took to her and decided to play with her the bulk of the wait!
I am going to take the time to say that I am really proud of the two of us surviving the past 13 weeks together. We have 7 to go with DH gone and while its been tough, we are making it. I am even keeping our place clean for showings! I am a little down that it hasn't sold yet, but keeping my chin up that we can do it. (And I ordered a St. Joseph statue to bury in a pot and put on our balcony!)
Ben will be 1 this Saturday. I'm a little sad because no one from my family is coming - my dad is sick, my brother is sick, and my other brother gave me a kind of lame excuse that I think amounts to they are still mad about something that happened a while back (in my sleep deprived state I forgot to include them on an email about Ben's baptism and all hell broke loose - ironically)
We will still have all of Steve's family coming though - and a bunch of friends - so we will still have a great time.
In other news, we made an offer on a house - and we are now going back and forth on offers/counter-offers - hoping it works out. Not exactly a Ben update - but still big news around here...
Ben is becoming a true toddler - not walking yet - but capable of full-on tantrums. He is exploring all the time though and developing a love for the cat - which is good to see since the cat doesn't get as much attention from me these days..
I've never done a check-in before, but since I've been posting more often, I guess I should.
DD1 will be 3 this weekend, and I just.can't.believe.it. It has been absolutely amazing to watch her grow up. She is a funny, bossy, little thing and stubborn as anything. As DH says, she gets it honest. She's kind of a mini-version of me, even if she looks just like DHs side of the family. She has been potty-trained (#1) for almost a year now, but refuses to do #2 on the potty. Requests a diaper everytime. We have offered the sun and moon and nothing will get her to budge. She LOVES DD2 and it is so awesome to see them laughing and "playing" together.
DD2 will be 11 months old in a couple weeks. She's had a rough go of it the last few weeks. Strep, followed by a two-week bottle strike (in which I determined I have excess lipase) and now HFMD. Today was probably the worst day she's ever had in her life. She cried so hard for two hours I almost rushed her to the emergency room. I shouldn't complain though, she is the best baby ever and even with everything going on she is just so happy. She has no interest in crawling, but is starting to pull up and cruise. She is also repeating lots of words and copying various things that we do (after her ped appt today she actually put a tongue depressor in Elmo's mouth and said 'ahh'). She has been veerrryy slow to take to solids. During the bottle strike our pedi was thisclose to sending us to a feeding team, but we've sorted most of it out now. She is a strong and independent definitely knows her own mind. My family calls her the zen baby because she is so chilled out and my sister is convinced she will be the next Mother Theresa or win a Noble Peace Prize
No baby yet is the major check-in update. Tomorrow will be 41 weeks on the nose. I have a MW appointment on wednesday where they will do a fetal non-stress test and, if there is STILL no baby by friday, then we'll go through the biophysical profile. Induction date is set for august 16th, which will be 42 weeks. I'm trying very hard to maintain perspective but some days are easier than others. I figure my little girl needs some extra 'cooking' time but i really can't wait to meet her.
Exciting news on the house! I'm sorry your fam is not able to make the party.
More Green For Less Green
Bambino is walking, climbing, running...another here throwing temper tantrums. They aren't super bad but enough is enough!
I like the way winesbutnotwhines put it - I did retire the pump about 2 or 3 weeks ago and that has been marvelous. We nurse between 1 and 3 times a day right now.
Right now, I am enjoying listening to DH play with DS before bedtime: reading, giggling and laughing. It's the best sound in the world.
LO is 7 months and a smiley, cuddly guy. He has two teeth and is working on 2-3 more--yowza! He's been eating solids with BLW for a month and has liked just about everything. He still likes to nurse every 2-4 hours around the clock, which is still working for us. I just sleep through the night nursing as much as possible.
He is starting to babble more and more and he also now responds to the sign for milk and responds to potty cueing when we do very part-time EC. He loves to sit up and play and is starting to lean really far forward to grab things, so we are at least slightly on the path to crawling. If we put him on the wood floor on his bum, he will scoot backward a bit.
In personal news, I am finally making some headway with healing in my pelvis and back. It is hard to believe that the pain started 11 months ago when I was 24w PG. I have an amazing PT who I see weekly, and I am finally no longer in non-stop pain. At work, I am still waiting to see if I am getting a executive director position. I never planned to move vertically at this stage of new-mommyhood, but it felt right to go for it. I am excited about the prospect, but am really happy with my current position. We'll see what happens.
More Green For Less Green
My oldest son is not even 3 1/2 and is amazing me with his adult-like speech every day. It's the way he says things that just sound so grown up
The other day he said, "Mom, I heard Dad and the baby downstairs, so that's where I'm heading... " LOL. He is enjoying swim classes last week and this week, and it's really necessary for him because he throws a fit just when we need to pour water on his head in the bath to rinse the shampoo out. He is hesitant in the water, so this class is a great introduction.
My younger son is 15 months old and is such a smiley, happy guy. He spends all day imitating his big brother and trying to keep up with him. This results in a lot of frustration on big brother's part ("no babies allowed", "shooo baby!!") and a lot of bumps on LO's head from running too fast, climbing too high, etc. But, they do entertain one another. His main sound is "da da da" for most everything, but he has a couple of "words" that probably only I can discern. I'm anxious for him to start talking a bit more!
We're settling in really well to our new house (we moved just 6 weeks ago) in the Ashburn area. Although we still have boxes around that need to be unpacked, and frames to be hung on the wall, it does already feel like home. It helps that our neighborhood is so incredibly kid friendly and everywhere we need to go is within a 10 minute drive, if not walkable! It's such a great change.
My baby just turned 3. Hard to believe. It's gone so fast.
My ivf cycle got delayed again. My estrogen is too high. Im supposed to go back again tomorrow. It's been a really frustrating process.
slukd, I'm confused, your DH's been gone for 13 weeks and you are 8 weeks pregnant, he came home for a few days, right?
A quick update, since I monopolized the baord the last few days. DD (2.5) is adjusting better this week to pre-school. Still a lot of crying but she ate some food yesterday. That's definitely an improvement. She is so exhausted after school though that it is making the evenings miserable. I am thinking of changing my work hours to get home an hour earlier to see if that make a difference. The only issues is that would require me getting up an hour earlier and I am always so tired... Otherwise she si sweet, interesting, so much fun to talk to and play with. Lately her favorite game is to make me be the baby and then she mommy's me. It's really cute. Imaginative play is alive and well and I love watching and participating in it.
DS (7 months) is doing really well with solids. So far he eats any and everything (except broccoli). He is crazy mobile. He's been army crawling since 5 months and now he is so fast - I am not the most vigilant mom and he really keeps me on my toes. His DCP calls him a cat because he gets behind and under all furniture. He is still not STTN. I think some of it is just energy needs since he is so mobile and some of it is my fault because I take him into my bed when he wakes up in the middle of the night. Last week though he started sleeping 5 hours for his initial sleep period so I am confident he he can do it twice, he just chooses not too.
I love reading everyone else's updates. Best of luck all.
DD has been really funny the last few weeks. Her vocabulary is huge and it is funny what she remembers. She wanted pizza Sunday night for dinner and we were out so I said we had to go to the store to get some more. Well, Monday morning we had to stop at the store to get milk for daycare and she kept asking for the pizza. I was shocked she had remembered!
Also, everything belongs to someone- 'mommy's car' or 'daddy's bowl' or 'DD's cup' etc.... And I think she is getting my DH's OCD clean tendencies because we have to pick up things (and make sure they are in the right containers/bins) before she goes to bed or we leave the house. I guess it is nice that she is cleaning but some mornings it really stalls the whole leaving the house process.
He comes home a couple of days per month. Usually on the weekend. The pregnancy shocked the hell out of us due to the fact that our DD took awhile to conceive. Sorry for the confusion. But yes, I am a single parent about 24-26 days/month.
One more thing - LO has discovered our cat. He LOVES her. He will inchworm toward her on the floor or our bed and reaches out to pet her and to (unfortunately) pull her tail. She is so very patient with him, which is wonderful.
We do a lot of controlled gentle petting, and remind him to be "gentle, gentle." I'm not sure how much he understands that at 7 months, of course.
But he lights up for her and will happily squeal and chatter when she's in the room and he catches sight of her. And he lunges for her if we're not holding him tight. I can't wait until he's really crawling, as I'm sure we'll start to see some kitty-chasing around the house.
congrats! the same happened to us, too (minus the single-parenting!)
I'm way late due to major issues in our house....long story short, we live in a TH and our neighrbos AC flooded our first floor..not thiers but ours...our first floor has our living room/playroom and kitchen etc...making our house basically unlivable for a toddler.
DS and I have been going back and forth between here and my parents house in sterling because it is just too unsafe for him here...it is such a major pain, and may take a few weeks to all be fixed!! the silver lining is that we are going to get all new flooring and paint
That stinks! I hope it gets resolved soon-- for your sanity and safety!