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[Villain-lover]

Cute Denise!!! I think Sam has the onesie that Mo is wearing today..does it have a big ol' frog on the butt? If not it is very similar!!! Carters I think!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Cute Denise!!! I think Sam has the onesie that Mo is wearing today..does it have a big ol' frog on the butt? If not it is very similar!!! Carters I think!

He's got the giraffe one too with the big ol' giraffe on the butt!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

I'M OVER IT! Understand, this is NOT a vent against my hubby.

So today is my birthday and since hubby worked we were gonna hang out on Sunday after I got off. I forgot to take this Sun. off, but typically, I'm done by 2 so we still could have gone shopping. Anyway, hubby calls me today and asks me to ask our 2nd babysitter to watch Mo on Sunday and when he works it's all damn day! Sunday is the ONLY day we have together, that's why I only work every other Sunday, but my husband's damn job is so busy he has to work on Sundays. Because of our faith, he cannot work on Saturdays nor can we go out and hang out that day. (We follow Judaism) We're either at synagogue or we stay at home and pray and then just read and hang out with Mo. I REALLY HATE MY HUBBY'S BOSS RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I should be thankful my hubby is working, but we haven't had a Sunday together since Father's Day. We usually go to their house on Friday nights, but I'm NOT going tonight. I wouldn't be a very pleasant person to be around and I just don't want to talk to him. What can I say though? Give Charles a day off will you?? I need some time with him AND Mo. Can Charles not work this Sunday I don't care how much printing you have to do for the gov't?? Yea, that's real nice isn't it? I'm at a loss. I think 3 people loss their jobs where my hubby works so that doesn't help any. This very same boss I'm pissed at, has also provided me with a new dryer, provided Mo with his nursery furniture, and provided Charles' mom money so she could fly home to LA for her mother's funeral. He is a good guy with a good heart, but right now.....I'm over him. I haven't a day with my husband or son in nearly a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well.....happy birthday to me.

I'm done....thanks for listening girls.

 

[Villain-lover]

I haven't seen the Giraffe one..my sister bought him that and Zoe one with purple polka dots and a ruffle butt!!


Question ladies..how much do you think your babies are eating each solid meal? Sam & Zoe are probably splitting 4- 5 oz of homemade baby food..pretty thick, like mashed potato thick. Wea eat three solid meals a day now and have started that this week. I Sometimes though, Zoe is probably only eating like an oz and a half of it. We do some finger type foods too, mainly biter biscuits, a few puffs (they don't pick these up yet, they try sometimes) Sam is drinking 7 -7 1/2 oz formula every 4 hours and Zoe we try to get 6 in at least. She is just not a real great eater and it worries me. I took her for a weight check yesterday and Dr. says she is doing fine, but I still wish she were a better eater and easier to feed. She gets tires and cranky in the high chair. I hope that when she is able to self feed she will do better...thanks for listening,and any tips are appreceated! BTW..i cannot believe my babies are 8 months old today!!!!!!!

 

[ashjohnson80]

Denise, sorry about not getting to see your DH. I'm glad that we had last week to spend with mine on vacation because with his work schedule he will go days sometimes without getting to spend any time at all with Ellery. It's really hard.

Food. I was making my own baby food and then I got super busy. I'm going to try to get back to it. But right now Ellery eats solids twice a day, two of the gerber level 2 sized ones at each meal. In between those she drinks 6 oz of formula every 3 hours.

 

[exwdwcm]

hey guys- lol Ash- i read your slip and slide incident too love the dresses you have on there.....if only i had a girl!

Denise- happy birthday. hope you have a great one!!!! Mo looks so grown up in those pictures, he really is a cutie! I hope the weekend turns out better than you expect. sorry DH has to work, that is really a bummer.

meredith- i feel will a stage 2 or 3 thing at every meal (3x a day), sometimes he will eat two stage 2s if he is hungry. The stage 3 are pretty big as it is. i give him juice once a day and usually a snack- wagonwheel or something. He is moving up to the next room at his day care. he's been in the baby-6 month room since there wasn't room for him to move up yet. he'll start the 6month-12month room on the 21st when we return from vacation. He's been visiting the room all week and likes it so far. He'll get to eat in a high chair in that room (the baby room they just hold them and feed them or use bouncers). so he should enjoy it. he was out on a buggy ride today when i went to get him early. he will probably start eating more snacks and stuff in the bigger room now.

well off to finish packing- we leave at 6am to meet my mom at her house and then head to san antonio. wish us luck! i probably won't be back on until the 21st. have a great weekend everyone and happy bday again Denise!!!!!!

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Denise, sorry about your DH's work schedule and your birthday. Hang in there!

Cute Denise!!! I think Sam has the onesie that Mo is wearing today..does it have a big ol' frog on the butt? If not it is very similar!!! Carters I think!

Owen has the same onesie, too! Love the big frog on his bottom! He also has a romper from a different brand that has a big crab on the butt that cracks me up. I love calling him "crabby butt" when he's wearing it.

Question ladies..how much do you think your babies are eating each solid meal? Sam & Zoe are probably splitting 4- 5 oz of homemade baby food..pretty thick, like mashed potato thick. We eat three solid meals a day now and have started that this week. I Sometimes though, Zoe is probably only eating like an oz and a half of it. We do some finger type foods too, mainly biter biscuits, a few puffs (they don't pick these up yet, they try sometimes) Sam is drinking 7 -7 1/2 oz formula every 4 hours and Zoe we try to get 6 in at least. She is just not a real great eater and it worries me. I took her for a weight check yesterday and Dr. says she is doing fine, but I still wish she were a better eater and easier to feed. She gets tires and cranky in the high chair. I hope that when she is able to self feed she will do better...thanks for listening,and any tips are appreceated! BTW..i cannot believe my babies are 8 months old today!!!!!!!

Owen eats about 5oz of solids 3x a day, about mashed potato thick, too. (fruit + yogurt + grain/starch in AM, then veggie + protein + grain/starch for lunch and dinner) He drinks about 2-3oz formula or breast milk with each meal, and then nurses 3x a day and I'm guessing he gets about 3-4oz each time. I'm trying to get him to drink more during the day so I've started giving him water or watered-down juice in a sippy cup in between meals and snacks. He's just starting to get the hang of it, and it's been helping him drink a little more. (He won't drink water or juice from a bottle - only wants milk-like substances in his bottle. ) I also have started giving him those Gerber puffy finger food snacks. He's about 50/50 for getting them in his mouth on his own. And he chews on bits of fruit in the mesh teether feeder things.

Sometimes Owen will go through a short spell where he doesn't want to eat or drink as much, and it can be frustrating when I've gotten used to preparing a certain amount of food for him and then he only wants half of it. We've found that occasionally when he's refusing food, he's thirsty and wants to drink something before we switch back to the solids. That's helped us get more of the solids into him, by going back and forth between the bottle and the spoon.

I guess if your dr. says she's fine, then maybe Zoe is just a light eater right now. I think it's a fine line between trusting our mommy instincts and not being a major worrier! That happens to me all the time..."is something really wrong, or am I just being a worry wart?!" Try not to worry, but if you think that she's not developing or something, don't be afraid to push your dr. some, too. After all, we're with our babies more than the drs are.

 

[7beasley]

Hi Guys...

Miss one day lately miss alot on this thread!! I had a full day of depositions yesterday and got home late from work so I wasn't able to post a QOTD.

Denise -- Happy (Belated) Birthday. Sorry about your DH having to work on Sunday - I know that must suck. Looks like a fun zoo trip with Mo though!

Ash -- I checked out your blog and website -- your stuff is adorable!! As is your model, Ms. Ellery!

Michelle -- hope you have a great trip.

Hi Jen and Pollito and Tiggersac and everyone!!!

Meredith -- we feed Izzy 4oz of food plus oatmeal at breakfast. 4 oz of food at lunch and 8 oz at dinner! Good luck with the twins.

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Old QOTD - weekend plans -- we had BIG plans to go to Hampton beach in NH w/ Izzy but we have decided to scrap them - DH was nervous that she was too young to endure a day at the beach. So instead - we are swimming in the In-laws pool. I got her a float like you guys suggested -- we will see how that works!

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Where is Kelly/Brady? Vacation?

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Question of the Weekend: Does baby use a pacifer...how old...at what times...when did you wean the baby from a pacifer if you did...

Have a great weekend girls!
-Nicole

 

[kellyf2626]

Hi ladies! I am here...just super busy lately. We were at our lakehouse for the 4th and into this past week. Now we are home, so hopefully I will get more of a chance to get online!

Denise....Happy Belated Birthday! Looks like you and Mo had a great day at the zoo. He is getting to be so grown-up!! Sorry DH had to work. (((hugs)))

Ash...LOVE your blog! I put your link on Brady's blog...is that ok? The slip-n-slide looked hysterical! And the dresses you make are beautiful! If only I had a girl to put them on!!

Old QOTD: This weekend we are just relaxing today at home with Brady. Tomorrow I am going to the Red Sox game with my mom, so that should be lots of fun!

New QOTD: Brady used a pacifier until he was about 5 months old. He really didn't use it all the time though - just kinda when we were out and he got fussy I would give it to him. Then he just started playing with it more than using it, so I just took it away. Now he sucks his thumb when he gets upset or when he is trying to fall asleep. Not sure if that is any better? I think it will be harder to wean from, since I was a thumb-sucker until I was in 2nd grade!! Lol!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Oh - question - does anyone have any good ideas of how to wait in lines at Disney with a 1 year old that doesn't walk??? Yikes - I just started thinking how last time with Brady we just put him in the Baby Bjorn in line. Now he is too big for that, and we need to park the stroller and just take him in line. He is ok with being held for a little bit, but not for an extended amount of time. I was thinking of getting one of those back-pack things that you carry kids in?? Any thoughts?

 

[HollyJoy]

Question of the Weekend: Does baby use a pacifer...how old...at what times...when did you wean the baby from a pacifer if you did...

Nope! Amanda Joy has never taken a pacifier! And not by my lack of trying!! There are times that I'm thankful, for it's one less thing to worry about, but OMG, sometimes I wish she would! LOL


Wanted to share a blog entry w/you ladies.. *I* finished it just a bit ago... it's quite cute, if I must say so myslef! LOL Check it out : http://hollyjoys-happenings.blogspot.com/

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Holly, that blog post is hysterical! I love all the pictures of Amanda - totally cracked me up! Now I'm inspired to see what I can get Owen to do if I pose him with my laptop...

QOTD: Owen was a big pacifier baby - as in, if it fell out he would scream until someone popped it back in for him - and I was about at my wits end with it. I was getting up 3-5 times a night to put it back in his mouth, plus nursing him once or twice, and on car trips I often had to sit with my arm out to hold the paci in his mouth. Very awkward and painful. So when he was about 5 months old, I stopped giving the paci to him when he was going to sleep, and it was hard at first, but he quickly learned to go to sleep without it. We also switched from regular pacifiers to WubbaNubs, and he can get those into his mouth easier than the smaller pacifiers, plus he chews on the tags and legs if he can't get the paci part into his mouth. I hadn't intended to wean him off the paci's so early, but I just couldn't handle getting up so much in the night when he'd lose the paci. I get really cranky when I'm tired! We still give him a regular paci from time to time when he's not feeling well or we need him to stay up just a little later than usual, but mostly he's gotten so he has other things to soothe him now, and the WubbaNubs work great as toys/pacifiers.

Kelly, I've never had a 1 yr. old at WDW, but I have used the baby backpacks quite a bit in my childcare days. I've found that some kids really like them, and some kids can take it for a little while and then they want out, and some kids hate them, and it's best to try it out for a while before you NEED the child to cooperate in it. I love the backpacks myself - I like that the babies are up higher and can look around, my hands are free, and the weight is easier to carry than in the front/side, I think. Of course, I also used to go backpacking a lot, so having a baby in a backpack carrier feels more natural to me than the other baby carriers! You do have to prepare yourself for having drool down the back of your neck and little sticky hands in your hair, and that sort of stuff.

 

[TiggerStac]

QOTD: Neither of my kids used Pacifiers. Ty would suck on it for 2 seconds and spit it out. Brady same thing.

I guess I was lucky with that. Their soother was the swing!! Gotta love those swings!!

 

[TiggerStac]

Ash...LOVE your blog! I put your link on Brady's blog...is that ok? The slip-n-slide looked hysterical! And the dresses you make are beautiful! If only I had a girl to put them on!!

Ash....Ditto on the dresses!! They are great..same thing, if only I had a girl!! Well, maybe next time around


Kelly....We had Brady at WDW at just over a year. Is your brady walking yet?? I can't remember if you've said. We held him for a little bit, then just put him down and let him stand. Make sure have "parent gates" on both sides of him. We would give him a snack in line while we were holding him...that would give us a little more time. When he was on the ground, we'd give him simple things that we had to play with, hats, the plastic container we bring his snacks in, opened snacks of his brothers. Luckily my other son is a few years older and he can entertain Brady, as well.

 

[TiggerStac]

I just remembered...I double checked my email and the address for the Mickey Moms Club is
disneyworldmoms dot com

Try that one and see if it works. I'm not sure if you can join after the fact or not...but I wouldn't see why not. I'm at work and tried to click on it and got access denied...oh well....but I'm able to get onto DIS.

 

[Villain-lover]

Zoe never really cared for a paci. She chews her cow blankie!!! Sam used a paci for a bit, but hasn't really used ot on a couple of months. He chews his bear blankie!

 

[kellyf2626]

So after much reseach this morning about backpacks for kids, DH and I ordered the Kelty KIDS Pathfinder. A person who reviewed it on Amazon actually talked about how she brought it to Disney and they loved using it! It was on sale from $190 to $119, so it seemed like a great deal. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Brady likes it!! He's not walking yet, so hopefully this will be useful in line. Just not sure what to do when we go on the ride...hmmm...will have to see how big it is and how compact it can get. Here is a pic....

 

[Pollito916]

Question of the Weekend: Does baby use a pacifer...how old...at what times...when did you wean the baby from a pacifer if you did...

Alex used a pacifier until he was ~ 5 months old. It wasn't a necessity ever, but he seemed to like, until one day when he just didn't anymore. He started sucking his thumb ~ 6 months, which he still does. I'm more worried about weaning him from that.

New QOTD: Brady used a pacifier until he was about 5 months old. He really didn't use it all the time though - just kinda when we were out and he got fussy I would give it to him. Then he just started playing with it more than using it, so I just took it away. Now he sucks his thumb when he gets upset or when he is trying to fall asleep. Not sure if that is any better? I think it will be harder to wean from, since I was a thumb-sucker until I was in 2nd grade!! Lol!

Alex was kind of the same way about the pacifier. And I was also a thumb-sucker until kindergarden. My parents tried everything to get me to stop, and my grandma even tried putting garlic on my thumb, but I guess I liked it, b/c I licked my thumb clean, then kept sucking it! My mom said I finally quit before school when she told me all the other kids would make fun of me if I sucked my thumb at school. I guess I caved to peer pressure at a young age.

Oh - question - does anyone have any good ideas of how to wait in lines at Disney with a 1 year old that doesn't walk??? Yikes - I just started thinking how last time with Brady we just put him in the Baby Bjorn in line. Now he is too big for that, and we need to park the stroller and just take him in line. He is ok with being held for a little bit, but not for an extended amount of time. I was thinking of getting one of those back-pack things that you carry kids in?? Any thoughts?

I think the backpack thing is your best bet, hopefully Brady likes it. I am worried about DS when we go in December. He will have already been walking for a year by then, but he doesn't like standing still, so I'm not sure how lines will work out for him. We have one of those monkey backpack/safety harness things, which he loves, but still tries running! Need to find a way to calm that boy down.

Anyone have any suggestions for keeping older, active babies in lines?

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Our visit to Japantown's Obon Festival was very fun today! Owen liked the Taiko drummers - he just stared and stared and stared for ages, and then started "singing" and kicking while they performed. It was so funny, and I'm totally bummed that I forgot to bring the video camera. DH loved wandering through all the food vendors and we shared a bunch of different things, although I always love the tempura best. I also got a Hawaiian shaved ice (strawberry and passion fruit...yumm!!) and shared some of that with Dh and let Owen have a couple of little tastes. He's not so fond of frozen food, but the super sweet flavors got his attention.

My favorite place in Japantown is a little shop called "Banana Crepe". It's a jungle themed store that sells all kinds of crepes, smoothies, esspresso drinks, and Hawaiian shaved ice. Usually I get a nutella-strawberry crepe, but I'm still trying to be good and lose these last 10-15 lbs so I passed it up. sigh. I came home and had strawberries and apricots with a teaspoon of nutella instead. Not bad, but not quite the same.

Owen's schedule got a little off, and he's now supposed to be sleeping, but instead he's in his bed talking and singing to himself (or his Eeyore). DH says that Owen is probably telling his Eeyore and his dragons all about the Taiko and Hawaiian shaved ice!


As far as thumb-sucking --- I sucked my thumb until 4th grade! Okay, so it was really sheer stubbornness that kept it going that long. My relatives & my friends' parents used to tease me about it (more so than my peers did), and it irked me so I kept doing it. I remember thinking "I'll suck my thumb if I want to, and nothing you say can stop me!" My mom told me later that she used to beg everyone to just leave me alone and that I'd stop as soon as they all stopped talking about it. Sure enough, one day I just stopped sucking my thumb and that was it. Mom told me that all it took was one month of no one harassing me about it to get me to quit! DH sucked his thumb into 2nd grade, and his mom told me that even when he was in middle school, if he was tired and zoned out he'd start sucking his thumb again! I'm starting to think Owen has it in his genes to be an eternal thumb-sucker...we'll see what happens...he hasn't started yet.

 

[ashjohnson80]

Ash...LOVE your blog! I put your link on Brady's blog...is that ok? The slip-n-slide looked hysterical! And the dresses you make are beautiful! If only I had a girl to put them on!!

Oh yeah, that's great! If anyone has a blog they would like me to link to, just let me know!

My exciting news for the day is I GOT A NEW CAMERA!!!! I'm so excited. We had been saving up for one but then I had to pay off some unexpected doctor bills from that hematoma thing I had from the c-section, which just happened to happen on new years day, which means new deductible to meet. Anyways, I finally got one. I got a Nikon p80. I like it so far. I think I"m going to take Ellery to the lake tomorrow and take some outdoors shots.
I'm still figuring out how it works, but here are a couple of pics

 

[ashjohnson80]

Oh I forgot the QOTD: Ellery is totally hooked on her paci.

She used to just take it for going to sleep but now she wants it like all of the time. She hasn't even shown a lot of interest in crawling yet, except when her paci is in front of her she will try really hard to get to that. I have a feeling that is going to be really bad in the future.