Another Unofficial Chatterbox Thread- Everyone is Welcome!

[staley7580]

Okay.. my babies are going through a growth spurt. it was never noticeable with just one baby for me. But with two of them pounding down the milk every couple of hours.. GEEZ. Jazz went through so much milk yesterday...We were just waiting for her diaper to EXPLODE!! I was up ALL NIGHT last night. Only to finally wake up Frelan and have him yell at me for not waking him up sooner! Dork. How hard is it to wake up when you have two babies screaming??

Yesterday we took the kids to the park for a picnic, and walked around the lake.. it was lovely! Then we went to the inlaws house.. yuck. but they were nice enough I guess. THen we came home, and dh and watched Transporter, Death Race, and Crank... If you can guess the theme, you get a prize! Lets just say... hubba, hubba!

 

[staley7580]

hmmm... a bunch of the twin mommies are recommending the book Babywise.. I need to check into that I think.

 

[funnygarcia]

what sizes do you need for the babies? I bought a few things and stuffed them in a box, completely forgot abut sending it.
oops! Just wanna make sure it will still fit.

I know my sis tried to sell off her 18 to 24 month sized... they wouldn't take it at our local Once Upon a Child (they buy used kid stuff/clothing). Something about no seperates for infant clothing.. when is 18 month considered infant?? Besides they sell seperates in the store.. grrr!

Anyway, I can see what she has for say 12 month .. well the seasons thing might be a problem.



Here have these 12 month sized winter clothes.. and Vinny is in that size this summer.

 

[funnygarcia]

hmmm... a bunch of the twin mommies are recommending the book Babywise.. I need to check into that I think.

You will find that some people swear by Ezzo and others are vehemently against the practices outlined in the book.
As with most parenting advice books, read it and choose the parts that work for you.


I did get J to sleep using some of the techniques in Babywise when he was 8 months old. At that time, the point of it was for him to learn to afall sleep without help..

With N we took a more child centered style..Dr Sears was in vogue at the time. He co-slept or was at bedside in a bassinette until he was 3 months old, eventually establishing a routine of a last feeding at 10 pm, 4 am feeding and then waking around 8 am ready for the day. But the daytime naps and getting him down to sleep was awful .. hence I loved him but didn't really LIKE him until he was sleeping better at three months old.

Even now, he has occasional sleep issues. I think it's just his temperament..very similar to E.

hmmm, Temperament, there's another philosophy for you to think about. Fiesty/Difficult/ Active
Slow to Warm Up/Cautious
Easy/Flexible


Having an easy child first and then more of a difficult child.. big changes in paretning styles and just coping!! Looking back, not sure if we would have two if J hadn't been an easy child.

 

[staley7580]

what sizes do you need for the babies? I bought a few things and stuffed them in a box, completely forgot abut sending it.
oops! Just wanna make sure it will still fit.

I know my sis tried to sell off her 18 to 24 month sized... they wouldn't take it at our local Once Upon a Child (they buy used kid stuff/clothing). Something about no seperates for infant clothing.. when is 18 month considered infant?? Besides they sell seperates in the store.. grrr!

Anyway, I can see what she has for say 12 month .. well the seasons thing might be a problem.



Here have these 12 month sized winter clothes.. and Vinny is in that size this summer.

They are both in 3 month now.. still teeny weeny buggers! But out of newborn stuff.

You will find that some people swear by Ezzo and others are vehemently against the practices outlined in the book.
As with most parenting advice books, read it and choose the parts that work for you.


I did get J to sleep using some of the techniques in Babywise when he was 8 months old. At that time, the point of it was for him to learn to afall sleep without help..

With N we took a more child centered style..Dr Sears was in vogue at the time. He co-slept or was at bedside in a bassinette until he was 3 months old, eventually establishing a routine of a last feeding at 10 pm, 4 am feeding and then waking around 8 am ready for the day. But the daytime naps and getting him down to sleep was awful .. hence I loved him but didn't really LIKE him until he was sleeping better at three months old.

Even now, he has occasional sleep issues. I think it's just his temperament..very similar to E.

hmmm, Temperament, there's another philosophy for you to think about. Fiesty/Difficult/ Active
Slow to Warm Up/Cautious
Easy/Flexible


Having an easy child first and then more of a difficult child.. big changes in paretning styles and just coping!! Looking back, not sure if we would have two if J hadn't been an easy child.

Yes... I know all about that! Alex was an angel baby.. Mikalah was the devil baby! But I have always coslept with my kiddos.. Not so easy when there are two of them!

Ugh... ill have to finish this later. The beasties are calling.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Hi Hyenas! Long time no talk.

I pm'd you, but only got one response, and I think majority rules. If you guys have discussed on this thread, I haven't seen it, so sorry if this is redundant.

We now have a Disneyland Community Board, and I wanted to touch base with you & ask you if you wanted your thread moved over there, or do you want to stay on the main CB?

Please let me know whatever you all decide.

And Rochelle - looks good!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hi Hyenas! Long time no talk.

I pm'd you, but only got one response, and I think majority rules. If you guys have discussed on this thread, I haven't seen it, so sorry if this is redundant.

We now have a Disneyland Community Board, and I wanted to touch base with you & ask you if you wanted your thread moved over there, or do you want to stay on the main CB?

Please let me know whatever you all decide.

And Rochelle - looks good!

Hi Mary Jo! How are you? I don't mind having our thread moved. I don't think the others mind too but I'll wait for them to post a response. Thanks for the tag compliments.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

It's 2:16am and I'm wide awake...not good. I need to force myself to sleep soon. I think I slept in too long. I hope you all had a great weekend.

In the morning it was windy and then by noon it was hot hot hot. I don't like the heat and I think we will have yucky hot weather (in the 80's and above) for the next couple of weeks. I don't like the hot weather at all....it makes me crabby

Didn't do anything exciting this weekend. Disney Store and disneyshopping.com has a cute organic/go green line of t-shirts. On the disneyshopping.com website, they also have something where you can upload a video and choose 10 scenes that you like and have it made into a personalized flipbook. I think that's kinda cool.

 

[XTinabell]

Ladies who else do we need to hear from about moving? So far as I know -

Sameyeam: move
Xtinabell: move
Pixter: move
Funnygarcia: move
Staley: move
Alex: move

So there are just a few more that we need to hear from or do you think it's safe to move at this point?

 

[staley7580]

Ladies who else do we need to hear from about moving? So far as I know -

Sameyeam: move
Xtinabell: move
Pixter: move
Funnygarcia: move
Staley: move
Alex: move

So there are just a few more that we need to hear from or do you think it's safe to move at this point?

Move us baby!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Move us baby!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hello Everyone,

Today is 92 degrees!!


I decided to cut my hair a bit shorter. It's getting warmer. I'll try to take a pic for you guys to see. I have an appointment after work.

It's really busy at work today. I have so many new orders from my customers overseas. I'm playing catch-up at work since I was off on Friday.

I hope you all are having a great day.

 

[tinkermell]

I say move the thread too!!!

I never got a PM by the way?

 

[XTinabell]

Oooh, look, we've moved!

 

[tinkermell]

Oooh, look, we've moved!

Hi Christina!

 

[dizzyami]

We've moved??? I didn't even notice because I have the link bookmarked - I am glad it still worked

Not that it matters but I totally voted too move

So Good Morning Hyena's!!! Fortunately today is only a 3-close - but we have a benefit night today so we will be super super busy

Alecia got a migraine last night, and stayed up all night in the bathroom. The poor thing finally fell asleep - so hopefully she can get the stupid thing to go away

 

[tinkermell]

We've moved??? I didn't even notice because I have the link bookmarked - I am glad it still worked

Not that it matters but I totally voted too move

So Good Morning Hyena's!!! Fortunately today is only a 3-close - but we have a benefit night today so we will be super super busy

Alecia got a migraine last night, and stayed up all night in the bathroom. The poor thing finally fell asleep - so hopefully she can get the stupid thing to go away

Aw...Alecia is too young too get migranes. Poor thing!

Have fun at your partay!!

 

[dizzyami]

Aw...Alecia is too young too get migranes. Poor thing!

Have fun at your partay!!

I know - the poor thing she has had them since she was almost three. I feel terrible though because I had chronic migraines from 3yo - 24 yo (they went away when I got pregnant with her) so I feel horrible that it is my fault

 

[dizzyami]

Ok - I change my vote....move us back (j/k)

I already have dreams about disneyland, I really really really want to go back, and now I am sitting here reading the dl boards!!! I can't handle this kind of stress!!!

 

[sameyeyam]

what sizes do you need for the babies? I bought a few things and stuffed them in a box, completely forgot abut sending it.
oops! Just wanna make sure it will still fit.

I know my sis tried to sell off her 18 to 24 month sized... they wouldn't take it at our local Once Upon a Child (they buy used kid stuff/clothing). Something about no seperates for infant clothing.. when is 18 month considered infant?? Besides they sell seperates in the store.. grrr!

Anyway, I can see what she has for say 12 month .. well the seasons thing might be a problem.



Here have these 12 month sized winter clothes.. and Vinny is in that size this summer.

Good thing about living in the PNW, we don't really seem to have a lot of "seasonal" clothes. We aren't overly warm or cold, we layer a lot. Even if it's warm during the day, we almost always cool down in the evening. Mornings also tend to be chilly. So almost any clothes will work here at any time of the year.

You will find that some people swear by Ezzo and others are vehemently against the practices outlined in the book.
As with most parenting advice books, read it and choose the parts that work for you.


I did get J to sleep using some of the techniques in Babywise when he was 8 months old. At that time, the point of it was for him to learn to afall sleep without help..

With N we took a more child centered style..Dr Sears was in vogue at the time. He co-slept or was at bedside in a bassinette until he was 3 months old, eventually establishing a routine of a last feeding at 10 pm, 4 am feeding and then waking around 8 am ready for the day. But the daytime naps and getting him down to sleep was awful .. hence I loved him but didn't really LIKE him until he was sleeping better at three months old.

Even now, he has occasional sleep issues. I think it's just his temperament..very similar to E.

hmmm, Temperament, there's another philosophy for you to think about. Fiesty/Difficult/ Active
Slow to Warm Up/Cautious
Easy/Flexible


Having an easy child first and then more of a difficult child.. big changes in paretning styles and just coping!! Looking back, not sure if we would have two if J hadn't been an easy child.

BABIES COME WITH BOOKS??!! Great, now you guys tell me. Now I'm going to have to go get some of these books and see what I did wrong.