Babies of Oct-Dec /04

[MorganLeigh]

Awww dog bites and sick children, Im so sad to read this. yes I wish we all lievd close by, wouldnt that be awesome?? Trading baby clothes and formula coupons! Well on a brighter note....


SHE DID IT! MORGAN WALKED TODAY ON HER OWN!

I was so proud, she took about 4 steps. Im so excited!

Night ladies, Im beat,
Jodi

[lil'monkey]

Congrats Morgan!!!

[jillybeansmith]

Wow, Morgan...walking!!!...
Connor has yet to crawl!...he gets around pretty good by pushing himself along, and rolling..

He was fine after the throwing up incident, so the leaf didn't affect him, but it was good that he got it out of him, and that he didn't choke.

First 1/2 day at daycare - was good, I snuck out while he was playing, but then got angry when he discovered I wasn't there, but didn't see any the worse for wear when I picked him up...tired though, he would not sleep at the sitters...He's been clingy last night and all day today...coincidence??? Is he afraid I'm going to disappear on him again??

Scary about the dog bite...I understand about the dog being like family, at one point, dh's parents had 8 dogs!!...they were their kids...they were like the 'crazy dog people'...Everything from an English mastiff weighing in at 230 lbs to a chihuahua...

[MomtoRee]

Kathy - so sorry to hear about Lexie.  That is horrible.  I hope that you have better luck with the doctors and nurses.  Sorry that everything is so crazy.  We'll say prayers for you and the family. 

Hope Gianna is ok from the dog.  I am so sorry that you have to get rid of your dog.  That is so sad for you. 

Morgan is walking!!!!  That is crazy!  Congrats on the steps. 

Reegan is now pulling up and crawled up one step.  Well, she can only pull up on the stairs but not on anything else. 

Sorry about Connor.  At least he got it up.  Good to hear that he can eat some solids now. 

Are you all getting you lo the flu shot?  I can't decide if we should or not. 

Well I am wishing for a good night of sleep for Reegan.  I think that she still might be teething and its bothering her.  She has been waking up a couple of times and then getting up early.  Just hope that she does better tonight.  Hope that everyone else has a long long night of sleep!

[Noelle]

Are you all getting you lo the flu shot?  I can't decide if we should or not. 

I like to pop in on the short answers...tee hee :lol:  :oops:

no flu shot here.....

[lil'monkey]

Jilly-one thing that helped me with leaving M for the day is to clearly say bye-bye to her.  I would give her a kiss and hug and then we would wave bye-bye.  I snuck out once and she was very clingy when I picked her up.  Since doing this bye-bye routine, she is so much better.  Also, make a big deal when you come to pick him up.  Plenty of smiles and hugs. 

Flu shot? - mostly likely yes.

[Gigismom]

mimi-we have had no luck period with sippy cups...milk or water.  she only likes the open cup.

congrats on the walking morgan.  so exciting!!!

jill-i know it seems easier to sneak out when they are not looking, but everything i have read says it's better to say bye bye and let him see you walk out.  he may have a fit at first, but will recover faster and not feel the need to keep looking for you.  btw, as a former nanny, i agree that the letting them see you leave method works a lot better than trying to sneak away.  hopefully he will begin to feel more comfortable at day care soon and look foward to going there to play!

momtoree-i doubt i am going to get gianna the flu shot.  i am one of those weirdos who almost didn't get the regular "mandatory" vaccines because of all the bad things i have read about them.  we are going to go ahead and get the mandatory ones, but as for the optional ones, i don't think so.  we will just do a lot of hand washing and praying that we don't get the flu!!  it's not like gianna is exposed to a lot of other people's germs anyway.  hope reegan's sleep improves soon.

[pdb]

Lindsey - Ugh!  That's the second time I've pmd someone and it didn't go through.  I'll try again.  I'm kind of weird about the vaccines too, but I did go ahead and let her get all the routine ones.  As for the flu shot, we're going to do that too.  I figured we better since I'm a second grade teacher and bring home every germ known to man. 

Yeah Morgan!!!

Kathy - Omg!  I sure wish there was some way I could help you!  The one night we had to spend in the hospital with Susana about did me in, I can't imagine how you are doing it all!!!

jilly- I waved bye to my lo the first day I left her.  It about broke my heart because she reached out for me.  Now she's so busy looking for the sitter's dog in the yard when I pull off, she doesn't even look at me when I leave.      They definitely adjust faster than we do.

I do not know what is going on with my dd.  Last night it took 2 hours to get her to sleep.  I was on the verge of putting her in the car and driving around to see if that would work when she finally dropped off.  It's so weird, she goes to sleep fine usually.  But every few weeks or so we go through this.  This was definitely the worst.  I tried letting her cry awhile, but there is a point with her when I know she's not just going to cry and then drift off.  I can't take screaching and outright screaming, so when she gets to that point I have to go in.  I tried sitting by the crib, but that was no better.  When I held her, she stopped crying but was twitching and twisting everywhere.  It was like she couldn't get comfortable.  I gave her 2 oz. of a new formula yesterday morning at the doctor's request.  We are trying to wean her from Neocate to Pregestimil.  The only thing I can figure is it was hurting her tummy???  She didn't have any weird poop or anything though so I'm not sure.  I didn't give it to her today and she went down pretty easy, still kind of squirmy though.  If only they could talk.

Has anyone had any reactions to foods?  Last weekend I gave her spinach.  She had mucus in her stools and a horrible diaper rash for about a day afterward.  I think it was the spinach, but I'm not positive that it wasn't a bug.  There have been stomach viruses going around here lately.

[MomtoRee]

When I leave the house sometimes I say bye to Reegan and sometimes I don't.  When she is really having a bad day it is better if I sneek out while she is playing.  All the books say it is better to have a good bye routine.  It might be a little different for me because she stays at our house and I'm not leaving her somewhere different.  I know how lucky I am to be able to have someone come to the house so she doesn't have to leave her anywhere. 

pdb - sounds like she had a tummy ache.  Good that tonight was better.  Not sure about teh food reaction.  We haven't had anything like that. 
I think Reegan had a tummy ache last night too.  She was awake about 5 times but I only had to go in 1 time.  She still has problems going to the bathroom and I had pumped her full of prune juice Monday and Tuesday.  So, today she had the little hard balls when she went to the bathroom and then....a couple hours later it all came out!  We had a puddle of poop on the floor  :shock: Oh, it was so gross.  It was coming out of the diaper at both the legs and out the top in the front and her shorts were full and running down her legs!  The gross things that you get to deal with as a mom.

I scheduled the first flu shot for next Tuesday.  Hope that it doesn't make her sick. 

Kathy - hope that things are getting better for you.

[Gigismom]

is anyone else having problems logging off?  i tried to get help on the glitches board, but nothing is working...it looks like i am logged on 24/7! 

phoebe-is susana getting more teeth that could be causing her trouble sleeping?  it seems like that is the biggest sleep buster for us.  whenever gianna is really bad at getting to sleep, a tooth is usually to be found right under the gums.  she has had problems sleeping with because of tummy aches too.  a couple of times i fed her too many prunes and she woke screaming and farting like there was no tomorrow.  i felt really bad!!  i too look foward to when they can just say what's wrong!  as for food rxns, we have had a few diaper rashes, but nothing too severe.  and i can never usually pin down exactly what food caused it.

momtoree-that poopy story was funny.  since our home is for sale now, we had some realtors touring the house the other night.  we were all standing in the kitchen talking and gianna was eating in her high chair.  she kept looking down her side so i thought she had dropped a piece of food down the side of her body.  so i reached down in there as i was talking to all these people.  i felt something warm and squishy (i didn't remember feeding her anything warm and squishy!), so i pulled it up.  before i got it all the way up to her tray, i noticed it was a piece of POOP that had somehow scooted out of her diaper!!  i was mortified, but didn't want to pull up this big turd in front of all those people.  so i dropped it back in the chair and ran to the sink and washed my hands, all the while praying gianna wouldn't pick it up (she didn't).  i tried my best to rush those people out so i could rescue my kid from sitting in her own poopies and clean her up.  it was horrible at the time, but sort of funny now.

[pdb]

Sort of funny...that's hilarious!!!     We have had some nasty poops too.  For a month or so there before solids, Susana's poop would explode out the back of her diaper.  We would have to change her outfit every time we changed a diaper.  Thank goodness for grandmas who love to buy clothes!

I considered the teething too because that seems to cause the big sleep problems for us too.  I couldn't really feel anything though.  The nurse practitioner at the pedgastros office told me that it doesn't sound like the formula caused it.  I'm not totally convinced though since she napped better today and so far so good on the bedtime.  I'm knocking hard on some wood right now.  I did give her Motrin for good measure though in case it was teething, so I guess I'll never know for sure.  We had so many horrible tummy issues early on, I think I'm just paranoid about switching formula.  Why mess up a good thing??  I guess I'll have to try again though.

[alligirl]

Hi ladies....I know I've been in and out, forgive me.

MomtoRee, just wanted to let you know that we are getting the flu shot this year, probably for both boys, but Stephen had it the first time last year.  I've gone back and forth about it, but I feel good with the decision.  He's getting the first dose on Tuesday as well.

A quick update on Z...he's got 8 teeth!  He pulled up for the first time (I'll admit, though, that he cheated) on Tuesday and has done it again once or twice (still cheating) since then.   He's still a little guy, around 18 pounds, I guess.  Hmmmmm.....what else???  Nothing terribly exciting, but sometimes I consider that a good thing.

[Noelle]

8 teeth?  Holy crap!  Zoe still only has 4 (two top and two bottom).

Did any of your LO's pull on his/her ear when teething?  Zoe just started doing this a couple of days ago.  Wavering on taking her to the dr. to check for an ear infection.  She's still in good spirits..... :?:

[hannah'smom]

Well our extended vacation to my parents just ended and I couldn't wait to get back to check what is going on with everyone's LO. I can't believe how much I look forward to reading this.
I am so sorry to hear about the dog bite Lindsey. How are you guys holding up?
Kathy-so sorry to hear about all that is going on with your LO? I hope she is feeling better. Balancing family and work with sick children takes parenting to a whole other level.
Mimi-We had the same problem with the cup but I just kept putting different things into it until she took it. Apple juice, pear juice, peach juice all diluted of course. Eventually I diluted it more and more and then I put milk in it after she would take the pure water from it. I didn't want to wean completely yet but Hannah won't BF any more. When I try to feed her she would grab my nipple and twist it and then flick it back and forth. One can only take so much pain.
Jodi-Congrat's on the walking. Will you have to do any more baby proofing because of this?
Well there is so much to comment on but I have to go my sister is coming to stay the night. I wish everyone sweet dreams.

Ange

[MorganLeigh]

My house is currently completely baby proof, has been for awhile. I mean there are still some things out, but nothing that she could break or swallow. She isnt quite "walking" yet. She gets SO excited and claps so hard she falls right down on her bottom. She gets about 5 steps b4 that happens. More Good news, I put all my bottles away..NO More! All she drinks out of is her Nubby Sippy Cup, man it took awhile for her to use them. She had an appt with her Dr. today bc of her heart Murmur and she said to go ahead and drop the formula (just about 2 weeks shy of a yr) Lil did she know I had been giving her milk for a month, my sister did the same with my nephew. After this can of formula we are done..its a huge relief. I feel like I made it to the first yr I can do anything!!!
I so wish we could all have HUGE Bday party together for our LOs..that would rock!

Jodi