Tasha's Post Baby Journal (Comments of course welcome!)

[Blueeyes101817]

hope you have a great week tasha

 

[Blueeyes101817]

just checking in and saying hi tasha

 

[Minniespal]

Hi Tasha ~ Hope you are doing well and have a great week

 

[lillygator]

Hey Tasha - we also wanted kids close in age...our girls are 27 months apart...sure it is hard at times but it is great fun!

We've taken Samantha to WDW since she was 18 months and Haley since she was a month old....as far as not needing diaper bags etc when they are two...we still always took a bag in with snacks, change of clothes etc...with kids you never know what is going to happen.

We also took Samantha on a Disney cruise at 18 months and this December we are taking both girls who will be 3 and 10 months at cruise time...I am sooo looking forward to it.

Pop Century is great...we have stayed there a few times...your DD will love the huge icons everywhere....so much to look at!

You guys will have a great time! When are you looking at cruising?

 

[Cruise04]

Glad to hear the crying out worked. I think it hits your patience more than bothering the kids!!!! Nice plans you guys have thought out and very reasonable. I hope it all works out for you.

Keep on
Chris

 

[Blueeyes101817]

have a great weekend!

 

[goldcupmom]

I like your plan! - for WDW and for baby #2!

Just quickly dropping in to see new pics of the little doll.

Sounds like things are going well.

Have a great week!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hello, everyone! Wow, thanks for keeping up with me even though I have pretty much been MIA the last few weeks!

A lot has changed here. I will try to update as quickly as I can since Scott is rocking Kylie right now. Good thing I type pretty fast. Anyway, let's see...

Well, Scott's raise was much better than we had anticipated so we are now going to stay at the Wilderness Lodge when we go to WDW next May. I have already made our reservations (got a package with the tickets and dining included) and have paid a good little bit on it already. Things are definitely improving financially! I can't wait till Kylie's 1st b-day since we will be at WDW then!

Kylie has now started rolling over both ways, talking non-stop, trying to sit up, and eating cereal. She is majorly growing. As of Sept. 8 she weighed 16 lbs 8 oz! She is about 25.5-26 inches long. She was kicking so much they had a hard time getting her length so I am not sure exactly what her height is right now. Problem we are having now is that she has gotten to where she will roll onto her stomach in her sleep which wakes her up and crying it out doesn't work when she does that. She knows how to roll back onto her back and has been doing it for over 3 months now but for some reason doesn't do it at night so I end up getting up with her. So much for the crying it out doing wonders. It did for several weeks at least. We aren't completely giving up. We figure eventually she will figure out that she can roll back onto her back and go back to sleep. Plus, she is getting her first tooth. It hasn't broken all the way through yet but we can see it. It has been bothering her some which may have something to do w/why she isn't sleeping as well as she did before. All I know to do is give her infant tylenol, baby orajel, and wait it out.

Anyway, for those of you that don't already know I live in Mississippi. I had my location under my screen name at one point but I received some pretty nasty "redneck" comments for living in MS so I decided to leave that blank so nasty, snippy people wouldn't have ammunition to verbally attack me b/c of where I live. I am not actually from MS but Scott and Kylie are so I do tend to take attacks like that personally. Sad that some people are that way but oh, well. Anyway, I live in NE MS about 20-25 min. from the AL line and an hour and a half from Memphis, TN. We were not affected too badly by Katrina. Most of the state lost electricity for days. We didn't though. We were in the 5-10% of the state that didn't lose power. The rest of my family did lose it. Trees and limbs were knocked over but were cleared away fast. Unfortunately I know all of you know that the southern part of the state wasn't so lucky. We opened quite a few shelters here and have had quite a few evacuees from southern MS and NO staying here. When I was not too busy I did what I could to help like donating things, etc. The state has really come together to help those that need it. It has been a blessing to see how people have helped.

Well, I am sure much more is going on here but that's all I can think of right now. Thanks for keeping up with me. Someday I will get to all of your journals again, but right now Kylie keeps me on my toes! She's becoming mobile which means less computer time for me! I have her 4 month pictures but haven't developed them yet. (She turned 4 months Sept. 5). I will develop those tomorrow and post some when I get a chance!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Tasha,

Glad to hear that everything is going okay with you and yours.

Congrats on the raise being more that what was expected. That is always nice to have that little extra surprise!!!!!

Update us with pics of the little one when you can!

Take care

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, all!
Just a quick note to say that apparently we are back on track with Kylie's sleeping...hopefully! I guess it was just a fluke b/c of her teething. I know she is definitely teething and has been for 2.5 months and I am 99% sure that is a tooth I see coming in but who knows? I could be wrong! Anyway, she went to bed on time last night and slept pretty well. She woke up once to eat and then I layed her back in her crib. She talked to herself a few min. and went right back to sleep and slept till 9 today so we seem to be getting things back to normal. I figured out a trick to keep her from rolling onto her stomach. Right now she rolls to the right and hasn't really figured out how to roll to the left side yet so I lay her really close to the right side of her crib so when she tries to roll she can only get on her side and doesn't have enough room to roll all the way. Granted she can move all over the crib and undo that if she wanted to but so far it has worked. Don't know what we'll do when she starts rolling to the left. Hopefully by then she will start rolling back onto her back before she wakes herself up too much. Just thought I'd share!

P.S. I still haven't developed Kylie's pictures. I plan to do that tomorrow evening while I am Christmas shopping. I'll post when I get a chance. Don't know when that will be though!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

tasha!! great to see you posting! i have missed you, but understand kylie keeps ya busy!! im glad you guys were not too badly affected by the hurricane!
cant wait to see kylies pictures have a great night!!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, everyone! Well, here are some pictures I took of Kylie at 4 months old (she turned 4 months on the 5th). Gotta love the "drugged" look she has in the first one. I swear I didn't "spike" her bottle, really!

 

[Minniespal]

Hi Tasha ~ Thanx for dropping in and telling us your news.

Wow, Kylie is growing so fast, she is so cute and I just love her eyes.

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Tasha!

Your Kylie is such a cutie!!! Thanks for sharing her pictures with us!

I'm glad to hear that Scott got his raise and that things are improving financially for your family. You'll have to let us know how your stay at Ft. Wilderness goes!

Have a great weekend!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hey, everyone! I think I told you earlier in my thread that my little brother who is deaf was getting a cochlear implant, right? Anyway, I posted an update to it on another thread and thought I would copy and paste it here so you all could see it too:

Just to let everyone know my brother's cochlear implant seems to be going really well so far. He is able to hear things that he has never heard before. He heard my family talking and thought it was background noise or something. The dr. had to tell him he was hearing people's voices. He heard the fry daddy the other day and thought that his implant wasn't working right. He explained what he was hearing and it was the fry daddy and he was in awe that he could hear it. It's really awesome that he is starting to hear things he has never heard before even though it is a big adjustment for him! He seems to be happy that he is hearing things now too. He still has a long way to go though but this is such a drastic change...it is truly a miracle! He has to start speech therapy (he's used to it since he has been going to speech since he was 2 anyway) soon because he is learning to say words correctly and pronounce sounds correctly but he is still having trouble with the "sh" sound and words such as invitation, celebration, etc. But it's only been a week and he has improved probably 60% already! And ftr, he will be 16 years old in a month and a half. I didn't know if I had mentioned how old he was before or not. Thanks for the continued prayers everyone!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

tasha--great news about your brother! it must be amazing for him to be able to hear things he was never able to hear! hope he continues to improve!!

now my cyber niece is adorable! she is getting so big, i cant believe shes 5 months already!!!

hope you have a great weekend

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, all!
Well, we just received our invitation for our childbirth class reunion. We attended it for 6 weeks from Feb. 28 (my b-day )- Apr. 4. We were told there would be a reunion sometime in Sept. and I was wondering if they were still planning to have it. It is scheduled for Oct. 1 and I am excited! Kylie loves other babies but very rarely gets to see any. All of my friends' kids are 2+ years old. As far as relatives she has 2 cousins. Both are boys. One is 11 years old and the other will turn 5 in Dec. My SIL is due to have a baby on March 29 but that'll be awhile. So anyway I am thrilled to have this reunion so Kylie will have other babies her own age to play with for a couple hours. It will also be interesting for dh and me since we haven't seen the other couples in 6 months almost! And I can't wait to see all the babies!

So now I am really going to have to get in gear w/the exercise! I plan to start walking on the treadmill for atleast 30 min. every night starting tonight until the reunion (well, hopefully longer, but that is my mini-goal!). I know I can't lose a whole lot between now and Oct. 1 but I also know that I am more than capable of losing a few pounds between now and then. And now that Kylie goes to bed between 7-8 p.m. every night (and is sleeping through the night now might I add! ) and is taking her naps on a schedule...sort of...I have no excuses not to do it! So wish me luck! I would like to firm up just a tad between now and then. I also need to buy a new outfit since I really don't have anything nice to wear anymore! My wardrobe really hasn't been my top priority while staying home taking care of a baby...esp. when you deal with being drooled on or spit up on every day! So I am also excited to use this as an excuse to buy something for myself. I buy things for Kylie and Scott all the time and rarely anything for myself! It's time for a treat, wouldn't you say?!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

tasha-
you definitely deserve to treat yourself!! the reunion sounds like fun--itll be nice to see everyone again im sure, and of cdourse, the babies!!
the mini goal for the treadmill sounds good..and now that kylie is sleeping through the night (yay!!!) hopefully you will be able to fit it in!!
dont worry too much about it and just have a good time at the reunion!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Don't worry, Jen! I would love to lose just a couple of pounds before next weekend but I won't stress about it if I don't. I plan to have a great time either way. Besides, these women have all seen me at my absolute heaviest I have ever been in my life! I had quite the belly when I was 8.5 months preg. which is the last time I saw them. I couldn't even see my feet over it and no, I am not joking! Scott had to tie my shoes toward the end! So I probably will look good to them either way since I don't have quite as big a tummy as I did when I was preg. And there were several "larger" women in our group so it's not that big a deal I guess. I'd just feel better about myself if I atleast made some sort of effort this week. It's motivation for me. I am excited though!

And I did well tonight. I managed to walk on the treadmill for 30 min. So the first night was a success! Hopefully I'll do well every night this week! I'll keep all of you updated! Okay, I really should try to get some sleep. I am such a night owl which is not good now that Kylie goes to bed early (she was asleep by 7 p.m. tonight) and gets up early (I am guessing probably by 6 and it's midnight now). I really need to try to learn to go to bed earlier. Oh, well, one more goal to work on! Night, everyone!

 

[Minniespal]

Tasha ~ Wishing you lots of luck on your exercise schedule for your reunion. I know that you are going to lose weight before then and as you said it does help to have a goal to aim to. Hope you find something lovely to wear, you so deserve a treat. Perhaps you could post a piccie after your night.
x.