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July 2011 Moms
Mason&Mama
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We haven't done an anti-brag post in a while ...
Mason&Mama
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For those of you that weren't around, I started an anti-brag post one day when I felt like I was bragging about my son too much. Here is an updated version.
My kid doesn't STTN. He still takes a bottle overnight.
He whines. A lot.
He doesn't crawl. I don't think that he will.
He doesn't wave and only claps when he has objects in his hands (like playing the cymbals.)
I am not sure I love his circumcision. I asked EX if my son had an ugly penis. His useless answer was that all penises are ugly.
He still spits up.
There are so many many things that I could say to brag about my son. He is advanced in many ways, but he is behind in other areas. This is true for EVERY SINGLE BABY. There are no perfect babies and no perfect parents. We all need to remember this. I think sometimes some of us forget that. All of our babies are wonderful, and we are all trying to be wonderful parents.
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Re: We haven't done an anti-brag post in a while ...
this whole thing reminds me of this from out 0-3 month days.
I remember that post so well, and Katie saying "remember the mom's with difficult babies aren't on here". I think I actually cried my way through the responses, because Cam and his crazy ass reflux made him a very difficult newborn. I even posted about not liking the newborn phase, and hoping it would get better. And I still look back and don't have very many memories of those first few months. Thanks for the reminder sailor! So now, the anti-brag.
Cam doesn't crawl, doesn't want to crawl, hell doesn't even want to be in a horizontal position. Unless I am holding him upright, he is whining, non-stop.
Cam is frightened of almost anyone but DH, my mom (who watches him full time during the week) and me. It makes me crazy, offends our extended family, and basically makes me not want to take him anywhere with groups of people because he FREAKS out (red-faced screaming that doesn't stop until he's completely removed from the situation).
no crawling, no walking, no pulling up, gags on all sorts of solid food, doesn't sstn and we had to finally do CIO because I cannot have a 1 year old who doesn't sleep through the night.
He still rocks my world, though!
We'll miss you sweet Debbie Girl (4.21.12) and sweet Cindy Girl (8.9.12)
I remember that post. I felt for that girl So much.
We'll miss you sweet Debbie Girl (4.21.12) and sweet Cindy Girl (8.9.12)
My baby started out being really in love with solids, for a month. After that every meal ends with him looking like he is undergoing some very crunchy baby spa. I don't keep track of what he eats because most of it ends up on his hair. I try to give him the spoon but he uses it like a drum stick (the percussion kind).
He doesn't sleep through the night and lately it's taking longer and longer to get him down the first time.
This month I have gone back to letting him nap in my arms because I don't want to entertain him if he is awake. *edit* because his naps are mostly 20-30 mins in the crib. Sometimes more sometimes less.
He has figured out crawling forward though (sometimes) and is just too cute.
LO has never STTN, has massive stranger anxiety, and is a wreck if his schedule gets off track. I never tried to put him on a schedule because I didn't want to be that person who couldn't do things because of her baby but here I am.
Oh man. I never saw that post since I'm rarely on those x-ymonth boards but yikes. Poor girl. I hope things got better!
My LO has the pinchiest pinchy pinchers and they f u c k i n g hurt. I have bruises up and down my arms from her pinching me. I take her hand and hold my hand closed around hers and tell her NO but she is delayed ( ;-) ) and doesn't know the word no. I can't let her hands near my face b/c she pinches and scratches and rips at my mouth.
Gah, that's the only one I am going to list b/c I feel SO BAD about my reactions to the pinching but OMFG it hurts so much. (I am also a wuss.)
I was just a creeper and stalked her posts. It doesn't really look like things have gotten better. Poor girl.
We'll miss you sweet Debbie Girl (4.21.12) and sweet Cindy Girl (8.9.12)
I never saw it either, but wow that could have been me who written that when Timmy was born. Except, Timmy would cry even if my husband held him. My mom and I were really the only ones who could get him to stop crying... problem was I don't live with my parents. My MIL was convinced he hated her.
Anyway, has anyone heard from that girl? How is her baby now?
Lets see Nick,
For starters STILL doesn't sleep through the night, yes ladies I have 2 non sleeper through the nighters... be jealous
He also takes the worst naps.
Still no crawling,scooting,pulling up,
Still needs the boob to fall back to sleep
It's been over a year now that my husband and I slept in our bed alone
My kids already fight!
Nicks a teething hot mess right now-pretty cranky
The list could go on but Ill stop
Talk to your pedi to make sure it looks like it was done correctly, if it isn't there's a good chance he'll need to have it corrected.
And I won't tell you that Timmy STILL spits up on occasion lol
Ricky still doesn't STTN. He will wake up between two and three times a night, sometimes more.
I nurse him most every time he wakes up to get him to fall back asleep.
Most nights he nurses to sleep. The whole put him down when he's drowsy never worked and still doesn't. He wakes right up and either screams his head off or thinks it's time to play.
I hold him for most of his naps. Partially because I want quiet time and partially because I love how snuggly he is.
He usually ends up in the bed with us every night. Either because I fall asleep nursing him or because it's the only way to get him to go to sleep.
"STTN" in our house means that she only gets up twice during the night. If she only gets up twice, I call it a farking win. She has to be nursed to sleep, and will only sleep if she's snuggled right up against me. This is for nighttime sleep and daytime naps (one exception being in her carseat, in a MOVING car).
Weve tried all methods of sleep training. I'm going to punch the next person who says "have you tried..."
No crawling, no pulling up, no words.
Massive stranger danger. She will scream bloody murder if someone other than dh or I gets within 18 inches of her.
Many times during the day, I think that I am farking nuts for expecting #2 when #1 is so very high needs.
BFP #3 via cancelled IUI ~ C (2lb 3oz; HELLP) 5/16/11
BFP #4 via the natural (free!) way ~ E (8lb 11oz) 9/13/12
Saoirse has started picking her nose! It's totally gross and she doesn't really "pick" so much as put her finger up there. I take it out but she just laughs and puts it back in. I don't wanther to be a nose-picker! I blame DH.
I'm pretty sure she's racist. Up until recently, Saoirse cried when anyone other than DH or I talked to her or got near her, but in the past few weeks she has been a bit better. However, last weekend we went to a car dealership and she was friendly and smiling to everyone there - until the salesman (who was the only black person there) started talking to us. She screamed her head off in absolute terror. I felt so bad because he was such a nice guy and she had been so sweet with everyone else. DH and I were horrified. He just kept saying "She's such a racist!"
Let me start off saying I loved this post, because now I feel that I'm not alone. I too had a difficult, no horrible 0-2 month stage. DD would scream bloody murder nonstop every single day from around 6pm-11pm. (I believe to this day it was gas, but no one could tell me for sure) Then at 4-6 months DD wouldn't or couldn't sleep unless a stuck a paci in her mouth pinned her arm down close to her body and pressed against me rocked and bounced her to sleep. All this while she was kicking & screaming and people looking at me like I was crazy o hurting my child. I would even have neighbors calling me to check if everything was ok. ( yes, that bad).
Ok as for the present:
1. Since birth, DD will only BF at home or if I'm lucky off in a private room if I'm not home and at someone's house. She will NOT BF in public (She'll kick and scream) or in front of guest if we get a visit. So, I have to go to my room or if I'm out pump milk. 2. The carseat in a moving car, rarely in her stroller and always in my arms attached to my boob is the only way she will nap or sleep. 3. She get extremely whining and cranky if we are out and she's missed any of her 2 naps. 4. She absolutely HATES being in her stroller. She'll whine & sometimes cry the whole time while in there. 5. Separation anxiety! 6. She's still on purees and the ocassional puffs or yogurt. She barely eats & it takes about an hour to get her though a meal. She swats and claps on the spoon & rubs the food all over her face. 7. She can & will pick up anything and put it in her mouth, except food! She will only eat puffs if I stick them in her mouth. 8. I give her water in a sippy cup and she will just gnaw & babble with the spout in her mouth. (it's kinda cute, though). 9. The elderly scare her.
I not sure if I missed anything, hehe Yes, I can sometimes have a difficult and fussy baby, but that just gives her character and sass! I wouldn't trade my lil diva for anything!
Squirmy glares at strangers. He doesn't smile, he doesn't giggle. We live in a small town and it's pretty acceptable for people (*cough*old ladies*cough*) to come up and talk to babies at the grocery store. If I'm lucky, he just glares. If not, he screams.
Crawling? Ha. He moves well enough that I'm not concerned, but he has no interest whatsoever and will react to any crawling-like position by flinging himself into a different position. He's a very dramatic baby.
He's terrified of loud noises. The vacuum cleaner = end of the world. Bathroom hand drier at Target? Most horrible thing ever. Ever!
Teething. That's all I really need to say. Holy f'ing craap, teething. DH finally got him down at 10pm last night. He was up 3 times with me between 11pm and 3am. At 3am, I told DH that he was taking the baby. Now. Plsthx. At 4am DH woe me up to as if he should give him some Tylenol. Abso-f'ing-lutely. Why in the world didn't I give him some sooner?
*Rubes is not the best eater. We're still on 4-6 oz bottles. Does okay with solids but depends on the day....she either eats a ton or none at all. Doesn't "do" purees anymore. That's just asking for WWIII. She's completely addicted to the bottle.
*She rarely sleeps in the car. She's fine until she thinks it's time to get out and then screams.
*She stands up in the bathtub and giggles when I say no/redirect her. It's like a game to her.
*She's not really scheduled but if she doesn't want a nap...there will be no nap.
*CIO just makes her more p*ssed off.
*she hates jeans. There goes half my cute outfits.
This is Rubes too. When she's happy, she's happy but the second something is wrong in her universe (teething, a small cold) it's life ending. I feel for her obviously...teeth have to hurt...but she's a whiner. I swore I would never be "that" mom who drugs her kids with Tylenol or Motrin on the regular. Turns out I am. That sh*t works.
LO is the biggest wimpering baby about teething. Yes it sucks. I know it hurts. BUT LET ME TRY HELP YOU WITH ORAJEL OR TYLENOL OR SOMETHING. He refuses to let me get near his teeth so he just crys more.
LO drinks the bath water. Gross. Every time I pull his face out of the water he giggles and face plants again.
LO gets too excited in the high chair he flails. He has bit his lip and his tongue as a result....crazy kiddo.
LO loves all of the dogs treats and toys. More than once he has gotten his hands on an old bone....eww...
Rereading my post in the quote I realized that I should mention that the k is out on my keyboard, so I'm pasting in all on my k's -- and forgetting about half of them.