Tammy, I would have liked a basketful of snacks, box of nursing pads and a crossword book. I used to sit for 45mins breastfeeding and doing crosswords and nibbling. I too got constipated, maybe add in a bottle of prune juice.
Heather, I don't notice she's getting theeth till one pops thru and then I look and feel that the matching one is puffy and it pops out in the next day or so. Emily just recently got her top two teeth and the two beside those started about a week ago. Also she has two eye teeth that came thru at 4 months, so that's 6 teeth now! And Yeeeeahhh about Kelsely's ECHO:) That's the most improtant thing:)
Hazel, that's so awesome that Daniel did so well during visiting. It just makes you love them that tiny bit more;)
Debra, eesh, sounds like a horrible time at your friends house. I too would be crying. We were at my parents the day after christmas for a big family party and everyone was screaming (and I mean I had to plug my ears) the answers to Pictionary and thank god Emily slept thru the whole thing. I was shocked. But they all left by 10:00 and I was in bed in a quiet house by 11:00pm.
JulieB, your reply to Deb made me think about one morning when Emily woke at 5:30 and I had fed her and put her down to play and my grandma (visiting) comes out of her room and says 'oohh, what are you going to do (in a worried voice)? She's up so early!' And I'm thinking, gosh this woman has had three children and she thinks it's the end of the world if they're up by 5:30am? About potty training, I'm waiting till Emily can sit really stable and then we'll try. I'm hoping soon after her first birthday.
Us, Christmas had it's ups and downs. I loved Christmas day cause we just stayed home and my parents visited. We started presents at 8:00am and though it was overwhelming for Emily she loved all the excitement and attention. And it was really special to see her walking by herself in front of the Christmas tree. The day before we visited the inlaws (45mins drive) for lunch and Emily wouldn't sleep in her pack'n'play. It didn't help that I asked for a dark room and although it has only one window it was super bright and the cuckoo clock around the corner rang and I wanted to throw it across the room. So I told dh we were leaving and he kept wanting to stay cause his mom made him feel bad and kept hanging on to him and I just grabbed the baby, the keys and went out to the car. Dh came out about 10mins later, oooohhh I was fuming. I called later to apologize that we couldn't stay to make dh feel better but I mean I really think she should have apologized to us! But thank goodness emily slept perfect in the car. Then MIL calls today and asks can we come for dinner this Sunday, and I said no because dh hasn't had hardly any days at home to relax and is at work today. And she says 'well I already thawed the duck', and I'm thinking well I guess you'll have a lot of duck to eat! She's such a guilt tripper and gets this tone in her voice to manipulate/guilt you into doing something you don't want. Anyways we have some bad history with them and so I have no patience for playing 'games' with them.
Happy Emily news, she went from tummy to sitting once! She can easily walk across the room and turn around. But still no crawling and can't fall properly! Very strange but exciting!
Phew, I'm so glad I had a chance to post and read about everyone's holiday! Now off to make bottles...
