March/April '05 Thread #4

[Erin M]

Hi Micky 
We posted at the same time....and Traci too!
What are we all doing up now?...oh wait Micky, you're in a different time zone - but Traci - go to bed!  I'm going too!

[mickymuscles]

Hi Micky 
We posted at the same time....and Traci too!
What are we all doing up now?...oh wait Micky, you're in a different time zone - but Traci - go to bed! I'm going too!

 :lol:  i was out all night...I had to come home and get caught up, relax, visit with my friends... :wink: i'm going to call my DH now then go to bed and read a book!  :shock:

[sophieandhannah]

Hey ladies.  I have been reading all day but haven't had time to respond.  Things get a little wild around here when we have Brendan...
Actually dh and I took Sophie shopping this afternoon.  He and I both got new jeans...a little sad...our jeans keep getting bigger...sigh.  I was putting mine on this morning saying.ugh my jeans are tight today! So dh said let's go buy new jeans!  I NEVER pass up a shopping opportunity especially one condoned and shared by dh.

Kate, I have heard of the meal thing.  Here it is called Dinner's Done.  It sounds awesome.  If I could find one for veggies, I would totally do it.  Cooking at the end of a long day of work/Sophie is not something I enjoy doing.  I have to say though dh is awesome about cooking if I do the meal planning he will do the actual prep/cook of the meal while I get Sophie down for the night...it's really wonderful.

Thanks for the bottle weaning input.  Sometimes I just start doing/thinking something just because I read it somewhere or someone else I know did it or is doing it and I forget to think for myself....I mean really.  Nikki it was such a breakthrough for me when you posted about homo milk and not really giving them tons of it to drink but just making sure they were getting the same nutrients etc...Anyhow.  It was a good reminder that I can make some decisions for my child...I don't have to do everything exactly the way a book/person suggests.  I know a thing or two about nutrition...so I can probably figure it out...probably Maybe

LOVED the steal blue pics of Carter.  LOL...too funny.  What a looker.  I want him for Sophie....Sorry all you mom's of the other girls...He's mine (I mean Sophie's

I still think Ryan and Katie are well suited...Erin and Kate you should really consider that...

Sorry about the ear infection Michelle.Hugs for the upcoming mayhem.  Ankie,  you just need to drop that little tiger off here when you guys come down...Sophie's going to have words with her about sleeping. 

Congrats to Cole!!! And Traci!!!  Good luck from here on.

BTW...Judy, I had to  chuckle a little as I was lurking on other threads and I noticed your post on the whole control issue in the discipline/social skills thread and I so appreciated what you said but I chuckled and thought...hmmm...she and I are a lot alike...hard to keep your mouth shutt huh? 

I have been working hard this weekend actually with Brendan because I have been noticing his tendency to lie a lot...about anything and everything.  I decided that maybe he lies because he is afraid we are going to say no to him...which I think we do a lot.  SO I have decided to really stop saying no so much...he is so agreeable, it is easy to say no to him because he just says "ok"...Buuuuuttttt apparently it's not so ok if he is doing the lying thing...more on that later.
Got to go to bed.
I wish we could chat every night
Hannah

[Olivia's Mommy]

Just got back from a MUCH-needed girls' night out with my best friend. She is expecting her first baby in June and I've already turned her on to BW. She's not read the book yet, but already said she wants to, so I'm going to get it for her b-day in March. Anyway, had a great time, but am so exhuasted. Just wanted to catch up real quick:

CATHY--sorry for your rough night. Adorable pics!!! Hope tonight is better for you. Those pics are priceless...what an adorable guy you have!

KATE---yeah!!!! Another chubby baby! How cute. We just got Meal Makers here and I was wondering what they were. I keep meaning to check it out...might have to give it a try. Do you just go and pick stuff out, or do you have to order ahead of time?

MICHELLE--did you give Mason formula in a sippy after he dropped the bottle at 8 months? Liv has also lost interest in her bottle now that she's eating more solids. (Her intersest has picked up again in the last couple of days, but I'm trying to figure out what to do if it drops again.)
I'm sorry about Molly's ear infection...hope she's feeling better soon. 

TRACI---yay!!!! for you and Cole! Way to go, Cole!! Hoping for a good night for you both!!

ANKIE----((((((((HUGS)))))))) to you. I wish I had advice, but I'm sorry to say I don't know. I know Liv did the separation anxiety thing pretty fierce last week. Nights seem to be much better now, but she's still pretty clingy during the day. And I got bit twice yesterday, too!!! Hang in there, and I hope things are better for you tonight.

[Arwyn's mom]

Hello... back again... this time to read and respond (well, to some of you anyway)... and to vent (yet some more)

Traci... Congrats on the breakthrough tonight. We have had no such luck... still needs us to fall asleep... we don't mind that as much... takes us less than 10-15 minutes usually but it is the SLEEPING THROUGH that I want. (I am sure you can relate!!) Also, your little man is just developing in leap and bounds -- climbing up??? Holy moly! And did you say he could still fit into 3-6 month clothes in some makes?? Insane... crazy how different manufactures figures a size, huh?

Cathy... cute, cute pictures of Carter! I love the bath one... I love towel wrapped babies... I'll take naked too but towel wrapped is very cute.

Hayley... very cute about Daniel waving to DH. Can't wait for Arwyn to make that connection.

Karen... happy working!

Hannah... hmmm... weaning to a cup... books say 1 year but my gut tells me that between 12-18 months would be good. I know some children with bottles at 2 years and IMHO, that is too old... but... there are worse things, right?

Erin... thanks for the info on reading. I went to a conference where Richard Allington (sp) was the keynote... he cited similar stats. Really hits home that good readers continue to practice where poor readers just don't (and really need to be). I love teaching reading :!:  That's where my passion is! Uh-oh... could I be looking forward to going back to work?

Okay... I mentioned that today was a very clingy day. Yesterday night was the same thing. Do you think that Arwyn misses her daddy? DH was off during the holidays and we are a pretty home-body type of family so she got LOTS of Daddy time. He was back to work this week and only saw her for 1.5 hrs or so Tues. & Wed. and for only 0.5 hr on Thurs. On Fri. she freaked out if he left the room. He came into the kitchen to say hi when he came in from work and she smiled. When he turned around to leave (to change and take his contacts out) she had a meltdown in her highchair. Wanted him to pick her up and wouldn't let him put her back in, not even after 15 minutes of holding her. She wouldn't let him leave the bathroom either, during her bath. Today, she did pretty much the same thing BUT... she wouldn't let either of us leave her with the other. WTH? All three of us had to be in the same room. I left the living room and went into the kitchen where she could still see me... she freaked out and wanted me to hold her but I couldn't leave the room where DH was. Sheesh... what is going on?

Anyhow... I have been giving some thought to the "meat" meal at night. Because Arwyn eats so little, I have no idea if she is indeed full or not at night before she goes to bed. I haven't a clue whether she is truly hungry at night when she wakes either. I continue to feed out of sheer survival. I think she is hungry because she nurses well for about 5 minutes and that is her usual length of time during the day too. So... ladies... any suggestions to guarantee that she is full? I literally have to fight her for 30-45 minutes to get her to eat about 3 oz. of food. Tonight... all she ate was 25 Teddy bear shaped pasta (really tiny ones) and about 1.5 tablespoons of steamed peas. She wouldn't eat the fish congee I made, nor the yogurt, nor the prunes. Was just content picking up each flippin' little pea and popping it into her mouth. DH finally got tired of watching her and shovelled them into her mouth with a teaspoon (she won't take anything off her own spoons anymore) all the while, she is continuing to pick up each pea... la ti da... got all the time in the world style and popping them into her mouth.  :roll:

Between watching her eat/ figuring out what she will eat/ making it/ feeding it to her/ I am thoroughly frustrated. I am sure that this eating thing is part of the crazy night wakings. But... how do I know?

Also... (I know, this is turning out to be a long vent) she is having great naps again... 2 naps of 1.5 each. Should I be trying to shorten them to get her to sleep more at night? I am so confused... I don't want to screw up the naps as they are finally settling down and fairly consistent (with the exception of maybe a couple of days in the past month). What am I to do?

[Nikki~Nathan&Danielle]

Ankie, Nathan also has always been affected at the end of holidays when DH has been at home, it usually calms down when things get back to the norm.  She's probably going through a bit of separation anxiety too, it's a trying time alright and I hope the phase passes quickly.  As far as being full from dinner, is there any food at all that you know she will eat until full?  If I'm in doubt I know I can offer rice cereal after Danielle's dinner and she'll eat until she's had enough.

Nancy, your night out with your girlfriend sounds fun!

Hannah, I first heard about not HAVING to offer milk on this board when Nathan was about this age, I did a bunch of reading and confirmed what I felt.  Just make sure you're offering high fat alternatives as well.  Something I read the other day....quinoa is almost a super food and has a similar amount of protein as milk (it's a wheat free grain), so I've brought some to try with Nathan.  One of the recipes that Karen gave has cous cous which is a no-go for us, so I'm hoping that will be ok instead.

Traci, what's with the iron supplement for Cole?

OK, just going to share some quotes from some articles I've been reading that I really liked and thought you girls might find them interesting (mostly about toddlers, but the philosophy is the same for babies).  Here's the website I got them from for the full articles:

http://www.naomialdort.com/articles.html

To respect and meet their needs is the best way to assure happy and cooperative children. Play and experimentation are the "job descriptions" of a toddler, and he needs our vote of confidence in him. Making a sculpture out of mashed potatoes harms no one, is low-cost, and cleanable. Running away from us at bedtime is an invitation for play, and taking apart an old phone is a learning adventure. Most no’s can turn into yes’s easily: "Yes, you like to cut books, here is a magazine you can cut."; "I see you are making a lake out of your juice. Here, let me move your project to the sink."; "Yes, you love to paint on the wall, here is a big sheet of paper." and "Yes, you can play with the phone." (I unplugged it).

Sometimes the mess is too overwhelming and I end up doing much of it

by myself. My commitment to order, self-discipline, and responsibility is being modeled with, or without, my children’s participation. Watching me clean up the food that spilled on the floor, or voluntarily helping me with this task (at his request), are much better teaching tools for Oliver than being coerced to do it by himself before he is truly ready for that stage. Similarly, my gentle tone of voice, and my generosity and kindness in responding to his needs teach him what a million words would fail to convey.

When a young mother consulted me on how to stop her 2-year-old son from throwing his spoon and fork on the floor after each meal, I asked her how she was feeling about his behavior. She said she had been grinding her teeth with anger and frustration while trying to prevent him from developing bad table manners. But as she listened to her own inner conversation, she was able to separate her emotional reactions from the real needs of her child. She remembered the pain of feeling "used" as though she was the "slave" in her family. She recalled having to do chores she hated to do, and being scolded and shamed when she didn't do them well enough. She also remembered the pain inflicted on her if she acted with childlike freedom, and the inner fear that prevented her from being fully curious and vivacious as she grew up.

As she realized that her negative reaction to her son’s behavior was based on her own past hurts, she could see what was really going on for him: he wasn't exhibiting "bad table manners"; he was a young scientist, experimenting with gravity. When she was able to see things from her son’s point of view, she could then marvel at and enjoy his experiments as well as his other creative ideas. She could then play with him: she picked up the silverware, handed it back, and he dropped it again and again. They could both laugh at this, because she was going with, and not against, his need.

Not surprisingly, the "throwing spoon and fork on the floor" game disappeared by itself as her little boy became interested in other things and activities. His general behavior improved, and his mother’s ability to enjoy him grew by leaps and bounds. She learned to see her son as an individual with his own perspective and his own motives. Every stage in a child's life is there for a purpose. If we can respect and respond to their needs fully during each stage of life, they can be done with that stage and move on.

What do we expect a child to learn when we tell him: "Say thank you to your friend"? Most parents believe that the child will learn to be grateful, and to express her sense of gratitude. But do children learn these things by being told to do them? How did we feel as children when told to say "thank you"? When did we really develop a sincere sense of gratitude? Did saying "thank you" before we had the feeling to match the words make us grateful? Or did we develop a sense of gratitude later on in no regard to those instructions? Is it possible that some of us feel resentful when needing to thank someone, share, or apologize, because as children we hated doing these things?

Maybe we are dealing with our inability to trust. Is it possible that gratitude is not likely to be felt by a child or at least not in the way adults feel and express it? Could it be that when childhood needs are fully satisfied, gratitude will naturally develop? Perhaps we need to allow children to observe gratitude, generosity and kindness, rather then teach these behaviors to them.

[albertasweetpea]

Morning?? all!!  Thanks for the well wishes and thoughts for Molly. She seems a bit better this morning so maybe no infection yet!!  :lol:  :lol:
She was up quite a few times in the night still so could be just some separation anxiety tied into daycare, who knows? Also, up at 5 am :shock:  :shock: but went to bed at 5:15 so to be expected I suppose. She is happy so it's all good!


Nancy - yes, gave Mason his formula/milk out of a sippy or regular cup, I think starting when he was about 6 months old. By 8 months he pretty much had it mastered himself!  :shock:

Nikki - thanks again for the insightful quotes. I have bookmarked the site to read it when I have time (when I'm back at work later this week!!  :wink:) Great take on forcing kids to say "thank you" before they even realize what it means.

Well...back to work this Wednesday. Hopefully I will have time to catch up on here during the day or I will be one cranky girl!! "Uhhhhh sorry I couldn't do that report...I was checking my BW site." - Yes, you know you're addicted when...

[Richelle]

Hi ladies,

Thanks for the interesting reading Nikki!  I thought I had caught up but I seem to have missed why you don;t give Nathan milk to drink...just wondering why.

Hannah - I hadn;t even thought of weaning from bottles.  I hate to say but Sophie just seems to go along with most things so I don't get too uptight about stuff.

Traci - YEAH COLE!  I hope he did well last night, remember this success if he regresses!!  I bought a GERRY potty for Sophie.  I could have sworn it was safety first but I went and looked and it says GERRY on it  :?: !  I like it and bought it b/c Sophie can sit on it and still have her feet on the floor for balance, I think it really helps her feel more comfortable.

Erin - thanks for the reading info, very interesting!  I always read to Sophie but I am not thinking that will make her a 'reader' per say.  My mom read to myelf and both my brothers ALL the time but I am the only reader in the family!  I also think that I had wonderful teachers while I was in my early years at school, the first time I got a bad teacher was grade 7 and she was horrific but besides her I had wonderful teachers.  Out of the 4+ we have here are any of you high school teachers?

Ankie - {{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}} 

We have had no such luck... still needs us to fall asleep... we don't mind that as much... takes us less than 10-15 minutes usually but it is the SLEEPING THROUGH that I want.

Do you think that b/c Arwyn needs you to fall asleep that she also needs you to fall back asleep when she wakes up?  Please tell me to stuff it if you like, I just sort of had a light bulb moment when I read that.  I don't know what to tell you about food, I am in the same boat - Sophie is adament about feeding herself.  She basically refuses anything off a spoon, execpt in the morning.  I have started giving her penne instead of macaroni, I give her the whole banana, the bottom of the bun instead of strips.  Basically I give her bigger things so she takes bigger bites and she does.  I made her turkey patties and if I cut it into little pieces she takes forever to eat but if I give her the whole patty it takes half the    time.  Also I thingk 2 naps of 1.5 hours are great and I would leave them.

Nancy - hmmmm a night out, what is that?  I hope your friend gets on the BW wagon!  So glad Liv is back to sleeping, phew.

Hayley - How cute is Daniel?

Cathy - great pic's, i had a good laugh re. the Zoolander reference, so totally gouuud louuking!

Well here is our house in a nutshell this weekend; I have raging PMS and DH is trying to quit smoking, ya probably not the best combination!

[Judy]

BTW...Judy, I had to  chuckle a little as I was lurking on other threads and I noticed your post on the whole control issue in the discipline/social skills thread and I so appreciated what you said but I chuckled and thought...hmmm...she and I are a lot alike...hard to keep your mouth shutt huh? 

  Was I being blunt?  I try to hold back a bit but not always successful. 

Micky - the chamomilla I get in tiny vials of pellets, find them at my grocery store in the natural food/remedy section.  I crush 3 pellets between two metal spoons then give the powdery stuff to them on a baby spoon.

Nikki - awesome quotes - I really like what she has to say.

[Jayri]

Hi girls, I think the last post I had was on page 13 or so.....
I have been watching, just not really felt up to much with being sick.
I can't be long on here, Jay and Ri are both very clingy today :roll:
I was wondering something, seems we did the card thingy at christmas, how about doing a post card thingy....I was thinking it would be a neat way to show eachother where we all live, especially as we are all so far apart.....
Righty ho, back to the land of clingdom......

[Richelle]

Ankie - I forgot earlier to ask if you are still feeding Arwyn purees?  For protein Sophie loves egg and tuna which are easier.  I have an ever expanding skill set with new and tasty finger foods if you would like me to PM you a few of the things that I have made for Sophie that have been successful as there was alot of trial and error.

[Erin M]

Nikki - I liked those quotes, thank you for sharing the article. 

Traci - random thought - is it possible you're giving Cole too much iron and that could be causing his morning rabbit poops?  Katie eats a fair amount of cereal 1-2 meals a day and has vitamins, but no drops that are strictly iron.  What I was PG the doc made me take extra iron, but warned that it might make me constipated.

Richelle - Teaching - I've formally taught grades 1-8 and tutored at the high school and college levels.  Spent the most time teaching 8th grade.  As for reading, I don't think that we need to worry about turning our kids into readers as much as making sure they get exposed to loads of print and making reading a positive experience.  I too know lots of people whose parents read to them, had great teachers, etc, but didn't become readers.  However, it's not just books we're talking about here too, but internet, magazines, stuff like that.  Oh, and if you're sending finger food ideas, can you send some my way too?  I'm noticing that Katie is less and less interested in what comes off a spoon and more interested in what she can pick up herself. 

Ankie - my thought is to keep those good naps she's been getting as they will hopefully keep her from being overtired.  Oh, and I love teaching reading too (can't you tell?) - found my way there a few years ago and have been taking some courses on and off the past few years.  As for food, is she okay with bigger finger foods?  I find that Katie can eat quite a bit of finger foods and in much bigger pieces than I thought originally.  Katie is also less interested in pureed stuff than she has been, though if you think of it, they really should be moving in that direction.  Now, she'll eat good-sized pieces of bread, cheese, small pieces of meat and fruit and veggies, cut up pasta....I think she still gets more nutrition from her purees, but we're definitely moving away from them.   I find the whole power struggle with the spoon to be way more trouble than just giving her finger foods, though it does sound as if Katie eats much faster than Arwyn (she's a two fister when it comes to grabbing foods!).  Hope things get better soon.

Nancy - glad you got a night out!

Time to go check out Judy's discipline post - now I'm curious.

Here's a couple of our Christmas pictures I've been meaning to post...

[Nikki~Nathan&Danielle]

Richelle, with the milk, I guess to start with it was just a bit of a realisation tht I didn't *have* to offer milk (I just don't like being told I need to *do* something  :roll: ) to drink, we don't really drink it in our house except in hot drinks and cooking.  And knowing that it could easily be replaced through other food (and not just dairy) made better sense to me than chugging (thanks Naomi  :wink: ) through a litre of milk a day or however much.  To me, milk was pushed because it's an easy way for the majority of people to get it.  Other dairy products like cheese and yoghurt are a purer form of drinking milk (unless you drink raw milk) and if there is chance of lactose intolerance they are better for you as well.  So really it's just taking the pressure off up to comply to some hard rule, and trust that we can do it another way. 

Another good night here, although Danielle's now taken to waking up at 5.45am and waking before Nathan.  :roll:  He's obviously trained her so well over the months... :lol:

Thanks for the reading perspective (can't remember if I said so before, and I asked the question!  :oops: ).  I have heard that simply having high exposure to books is the key (something like a 1000 books gives the ability to be able to read?) and that's what we've always done.  I have been a little slack with Danielle, but have started trying to read to her more. 

Finger foods, ours are quite large and chunky now, she takes a bite (well a no teeth variety of bite) and does well, we've even moved onto cooked carrot sticks, but I just need to watch that I take the end off her that's left in her hand because it can tend to all be shoved in at the end. 

Judy, I think your responses are great, I think people probably expect blunt and in fact people tend to hold back until you get in there...

Ankie, I 2nd Richelle's question about how Arwyn falls asleep.  Does she go down awake at bedtime (apparently this is the most important place to work on independent sleep).

Erin, those photo's are sooo adorable!

Yuck, just having a cuppa and it tastes disgusting!  We're kind of in drought levels here (even though there's been heaps of rain  :roll: ) and the town's running on bore water and it takes like dirt!

[Carter'sMama]

Good afternoon!!!  I must admit I am still in my pj's!!!!  DH took Carter after I bf him this morning (after his 8:00am wakeup!!!) and fed him, played with him etc until nap time.  Then I got up to put him down for a nap and DH and I both had a nap!!  Then I got up and cleaned house soooo no chance to get dressed yet!!     It had been a very relaxing day for a change.  I even made some more baby food (avocado, pear and mango).

Carter had a great night!  After taking an hour to put him to sleep (finally down at 9:15!!!) he didn't wake again until 8 am.  DH and I had a late dinner (mine cold ... Thanks Carter) and watched 40 Year old Virgin.  Anyone see it yet?  I think Dh was more amused than I was.

My night wasn't so hot though **The following may be TMI**    I woke up at 3:00am to the sound of my dog vomiting. So, got up to clean that up and threw him outside where he also had diarrhea.  Had to put him out again at 5:30.  Hope he's not too sick.  To add to that my cat was vomiting/diarrhea all yesterday.  There aren't that many diseases that are contagious to both of them so who knows what's up.  Too bad my work is closed and my boss on vacation so I can't have them checked out.  I definitely don't want to go to the emerg clinic and pay full price when I could wait until tomorrow and get my discount at my work.  I'm a bad momma!!!!
The worst part is ... my dog Boss sleeps in his cage which is in the room across the hall from Carter's and ours.  The cage is VERY noisy to open (it's all metal and clangs etc) and usually wakes Carter up.  Therefore I wait until the furnace comes on in the house to mask the noise of me opening the cage and the dog running on the hardwood to the opposite end of the house to go out.  It's such an ordeal!  I'm such a freak! Needless to say Carter did not wake up!!!!

Kate:  We have something very similar to Meal Makers here but we have never tried it.  Friends of ours got a gift cert as a wedding present and they said it was great ... very convenient!!

Ankie:  I think 2 - 1.5 hr naps is great.  That is what Carter has right now and I am definitely trying to hold on to them for as long as possible!!!  As for meat at dinner .. I just started making sure that he has meat with his dinner.  I used to always give it with lunch in case it upset him at all but he sleeps better when he has it at night.  So, for dinner he gets chicken or turkey and a veg and a fruit and half a cookie plus some Nutrios!  Then before his bath he has cereal.  Before bed he has bottle of expressed milk and both boobs!!  So, when he wakes in the night I am pretty sure it isn't from hunger (I hope anyway)

Traci:  Erin made a good point about the iron.  It does cause constipation if you have too much.  Maybe that is what is causing Cole to have hard poops which in turn could make him uncomfortable through the night.

Erin:  Cute pics!!!!  Her eyes are so blue!!!

Have a good day everyone .. must go get dressed!!!

[Colesmom]

Nikki it was such a breakthrough for me when you posted about homo milk and not really giving them tons of it to drink but just making sure they were getting the same nutrients etc...Anyhow. It was a good reminder that I can make some decisions for my child...I don't have to do everything exactly the way a book/person suggests. I know a thing or two about nutrition...so I can probably figure it out...probably  Maybe 

yes, i meant to thank you nikki.  cole has taken to yoghurt and cheese so far...so i'm thinking that as long as i give him milk in cereal etc if he doesn't take to it right away it won't be the end of the world.  That is...if I want some time away then DH can make stuff with milk and he won't be any worse for wear.

We have had no such luck... still needs us to fall asleep... we don't mind that as much... takes us less than 10-15 minutes usually but it is the SLEEPING THROUGH that I want.

Ankie-you need to read below with my report because cole SLEPT THROUGH last night and I don't think it's a coincidence that he did it after falling asleep independantly.  shucks, just gave away my big news

Also... (I know, this is turning out to be a long vent) she is having great naps again... 2 naps of 1.5 each. Should I be trying to shorten them to get her to sleep more at night?

sorry i can't help with your food issues ankie...but i would leave the naps for now.  I don't think you can assume she's having too much sleep until she sleeps through.  Cole had 2:50 of naps yesterday and slept through as an eg.  (not trying to rub it in...just trying to help :wink: )

Traci, what's with the iron supplement for Cole?

have given it since 4 months onwards on advice from ped.  standard practice here in Cda if you're breastfeeding.  Judy-are you not giving iron, D, and maybe now even Vit. C?  I am thinking i need to move to a tri-vitamin supplement.  haven't read the rest of your post nikki-will later.  had to pop on to naps and DH needs the pc back.

I really gotta pick up the pace here...just noticed that a couple people (richelle and nikki i think) seconded my opinion that arwyn needs to fall asleep independantly.

michelle-meant to mention that cole loves avocado and it's great with banana.  maybe just make her stuff chunkier instead of pureeing for now.  how'd it go with the toast.

Traci - random thought - is it possible you're giving Cole too much iron and that could be causing his morning rabbit poops?

maybe, I had been lazy with the supplement for a while...but Hayley PMd me about lack of iron possibly causing restless legs in babies so i had reintrod it.  let me stop for a couple of days now that he's sleeping and i'll see. thanks!

k girls, the best part of the post.  COLE SLEPT THROUGH  He slept from 8-4:30, short feed then down until 6:30.  had a 45 min. morning nap (probably because more rested) and is past the hour mark on nap two.  WOO HOO.  I really felt it was going to happen last night.

anyhoo, anyone watch nip/tuck finale last night.  Holy intense batman...i was on the edge of my seat!

gotta run, hoping to be back tonight though...