Babies of Oct-Dec /04

[caljaccol]

Never mind the time change, travelling from one time zone to another has done us in :roll:   Dd has always went to bed with the sun, got up with the sun.  When we went on our holiday it took a short time for her to start waking up that hour earlier    We have been home for a few days now and with some help from blackout curtains and my persistance she is back on track.  I have been putting her to bed gradually earlier then the hour difference and it seems to have worked.

Dd popped her 3rd tooth through on the last day of our trip.  She had been a little fussy, but sleeping well.

As far as eating goes, she is eating anything and everything she can get her hands on!!!!  'I' have been feeding her cereal for breakfast, apple sauce or diced fruit for lunch and a jar of meat for supper.  She also snacks on crackers, biscuits, and cheerios.

Her crawling is unbelieveable.  She likes to crawl so far get up on her knees so she can grab something then with one hand holding it, crawl back to where ever.  The other day she also pulled herself to standing let go of the table and stood there for a good 10 seconds before falling. I was only kidding when I told dd's teacher she would be walking by September, I didn't think there was any chance!!!!!

[pdb]

Susana also is starting to whine and cry when you take something away she wants.  Usually she only does that when she's getting close to naptime.  It's the same with crying if she falls down.  If she's rested she can fall on the rug and it's no big deal, but if she's tired you'd think she'd cracked her head open or something.  :?

More exciting developments here today.  Susana stood up by herself for the first time.  She has been trying to pull up on everything for weeks but has only been able to do it once in her crib.  Today she was on the floor and pulled up to her little activity table by using a nearby basket to help her balance.  I was quite impressed.  She has also discovered this weekend that there is a whole house to explore, not just the area rug we put her on.  :shock:

Thanks for the advice on the time change.  I kind of figured that's what I should do.  I haven't read the part about potty training in Tracy's book.  I think I'll check out  the other posts.  Susana's only 7 months, but if it's possible to start at 9 months, I guess I better get prepared.  Everything happens so fast doesn't it?

Well, I'm headed to bed.  I've got to work tomorrow so it's 5:00am wake up for me.    Not that Susana would let me sleep much later anyway. :roll:

[pdb]

Hey I have another question I've been meaning to ask.  Can anyone tell me how to attach a picture beside my posts?  I love seeing everyone else's los and would like to add a picture of my dd.  Thanks!

[MorganLeigh]

Weekend was great. Spent the whole time running around with family, swimming eating not napping but she wasnt cranky. She was havind fun! Both nights she slept from about 8 to 6:30. She is def working out some more bottom teeth, I cant believe we have 8 teeth already, now if she would only get some more hair! Im not giving up on the sippy cup, I want her to use it so badly, its frustrating!!!

[hannah'smom]

hello ladies

I was wondering how you children react when they have a reaction to food.  DD has spots all over her and I don't know if it's a food reaction or something else

[Gigismom]

hannah's mom-what do her spots look like?  gianna has these red/pink spots that appear randomly in random patterns on her torso usually.  they are only there for 30-60 mins, sometimes longer.  i thought it was from buttons on her shirt pressing into her skin, but she gets them even when she is not wearing clothes.  i was going to ask her doctor when we go in for shots on the 26th of this month.  they don't seem to itch or bother her at all.

[Noelle]

Nothing too much new to report on my end     Dropping the bottle isn't going the greatest....but not going horrible either.  When I offer the snack with the sippy, I usually end up giving her 3-4 oz an hour or so later so I'm still playing around with it a bit.  Though I have noticed her dinner solids seemed to have increased

Phoebe....for help with your avatar take a look at the announcements in the photo forum.  If you still need help, just PM me 

[Jadynsmom]

Where did the weekend go??? Jadyn's top tooth is out and she paid for it dearly this weekend.  She had a fever of 101 two days in a row and has been waking up sobbing! :cry:  She is glued to my hip as I cannot put her down for not one second.  I've had to give her Motrin & Tylenol back & forth 2 times a day.  Her next top tooth is starting to poke through.  Wow. I guess it's better to go ahead and get it all done at one time but I feel so bad for her.  She's in so much pain.  Oh, yeah, she's doing the teeth grinding and it's driving me crazy.  She thinks it's neat.  She gets very quiet and just focuses on grinding away. :lol:

She's trying to pull up on everything.  I nursed her this morning in our bed and walked to the bathroom, and she held the headboard and pulled up.  I was saying "Be careful.  Don't go too close to the edge." She just turned around and smiled at me and kept on trying to stand. :shock:  We finally lowered her crib.  Last couple of nights she's had a hard time going to sleep.  When I go in after 10 mins to see what she's doing, she's sitting at the side of the crib, trying to pull up.  Yikes.  I'm scared she's going to knock her teeth out when she falls & hit the crib.

I'm very fortunate that she has been waking only once or twice during the night and she goes back to sleep til 6:45 or 7:30am (Sat.).  I wonder what will happen with the time change.

Sharon - So when time changes, put her to bed at 8:45pm(7:45 usual time)??  I cannot remember what I did the last time change.  Also, does the new book you got go into details about potty training at 9mo?  Let us know and some tips if you decide to do it.

Kathy

[MorganLeigh]

All I have to say is I need a bigger house. Its SO tiny. This morning Dh had an early meeting so rise and shine was DD at 6:10 am. That makes every nap an hour earlier and we all know what that means. I have a hard enough time keeping her awake till 7:30 pm as it is! /Sigh
Well other than that she has been relay whiney this week so far but sleeping well. Win some and lose some.

[Jakes_mom]

Hello ladies,   Well it has been quite a few weeks for us.  i started work 3 weeks ago and have been trying to adjust to our new busy life.  I have not had much time to even catch up on all of the posts.  When i logged on i thought i would have some to catch up on but i never imagined it would be 9 pages    

Well here is where we are:  Jake is now eating 3 meals a day with 4 bottles.  we are trying to stop the dreamfeed.  We are hoping to start giving him some finger foods.  we have had a few scary moments where Jake choked on what we gave him so we are not sure if he is ready or not.  does anyone else have this problem???  He is getting ready to start crawling, rocking on his knees.  He is also talking so much.  i swear when he puts MAMAMAMAMAM & BABABABABA, he is really trying to tell me something, hahaha :wink:  :wink:  :wink:

I miss chatting with you all and promise to check in more.

Jenn

[hannah'smom]

hello ladies,
Gigismom-that is exactly what's what happens, let me know what the doctor says. 

We have had success with the sippy cup and she can know hold her own bottle. I though she was never going to take the cup or the bottle. What worked for us was removing the flow control part from the avent cup and giving her diluted apple juice. Once she realized what was coming out of the cup she decided she liked it. Now I have put the flow control part back on and she will suck away.

Still no sign of DD crawling. She will stand for ever and take steps using the walker but we can only do that for so long because my back kills. Is it possible she may skip the crawling stage?

Ange

Has anyone else tried the baby  mum mum rice cookies? They are the only finger food hannah can eat and not choke on because they dissolve so quickly

[Noelle]

Hi Ange,
John never crawled...and then at around 8.5 months he did this weird Igor crawl for about 2 weeks.  Up until that point though he had been whizzing around in his walker and standing/pulling up for a long time.  He then started walking, so basically only crawled for 2 weeks      Yay on the sippy cup and bottle 

Jakesmom....Zoe still doesn't really even chew yet, the couple of times she's actually put food into her mouth she's gummed it and spit it back out.

[jillybeansmith]

Tried Connor with a couple cheerios...still has fun playing with them, but gags and throws up everything else he had eaten that day.

Also tried him with tiny bits of watermelon...he loved the taste, but again, gags and tosses his cookies...He cannot deal with anything that has texture.

Construction is still going on...I probably should be trying to keep Connors schedule, but he's so cranky whan he's tired, and he's been fighting sleeping due to the noises, so when he does finally crash for a nap, it's 2 or 3 hours...

[pdb]

Jenn- How are you doing with going back to work.  I went back a couple of weeks ago and I'm feeling so overwhelmed.  My dd is also all off because she now has to do a 30 minute commute with me twice a day to get to the babysitter's.  That combined with the fact that she's waking up so early has really messed us up.

Ange  - Where did you get the rice cookies?  Are they sweetened? I was looking for something to give Susana for finger foods.  I bought some puffed rice cereal thinking that might be good, but I tried it and it doesn't dissolve so I didn't watn to give it to her since she only has two teeth.  I looked for the equivalent of Cheerios at the health food store, but the only kind they had were sweetened. 

Susana's been pretty whiny again.  Not sure if the ears are acting up again, if she's teething or if the change in her routine has her off and too tired.  We go back to the doctor for a follow up Tuesday.

[lil'monkey]

Phoebe - how are the naps and nighttime sleeps?  Are they ok?  Right now, I'm getting dd used to the commute to dm's place 20 min away and spending the day there.  Everything seemed ok last week with her taking at least some short naps (with crying) but the last two days, she would not nap for dm and I had to take over.  Her nights are terrible as she has multiple night wakings and waking up at 5 am.  Are you doing anything differently?