March/April Thread #3

[Nikki~Nathan&Danielle]

LMAO Judy.  Here everyone seems to have willies or boobies (or fluff  :oops: )!  Even poor Danielle didn't escape it yesterday when I had her on the floor with just a nappy since it's so darn hot and he looked at her strawberry birthmark on her back and was saying "boooooooby on yourrrrrr backkkkkk" - meanie!!

[Judy]

Nikki that's funny.  I can so *hear* how it's being said too.  Funny how they pick up on that 'teasing' tone so easily eh?

[becca24]

This reminds me of the time my friend came over with her lo. She had just told him the proper name for his penis so he was telling everyone about it. He said to me "I've got a little penis" Oh have you? "Yes and Daddy's got a BIG penis" Oh does he?? then he shouted quite loudly "YEAH AND MUMMY'S GOT A RAT" !!!!!!!!!

[FrasersMum]

LMAO

[Nikki~Nathan&Danielle]

OMG Bec, that's so funny!  I have a friend who's a primary school teacher and she said the stories that she gets told by 5 and 6 yr old was hilarious - and embarassing when she met the parents!

[sophieandhannah]

I have been reading for about 30 minutes and absolutely loving so many things and laughing and crying a little bit too.
The pics are too cute.  Sam and Ryan and the chopsticks and and oh I am so brain dead...
It's been a rough few days.  Here's one for ya. 
You know you're addicted to the bw website when your baby falls off the changing table and the first thing you think to do is post for help :cry:
Yup, I did it, the ultimate no no, I turned my back while Sophie was on the table and she fell and I watched her and it was not a pretty sight.  Sorry to post such a yucky message but I had to tell you ladies.  She fell flat on her back.  The sound was horrifying.  She was fine, after sobbing and screaming for about a half hour to an hour.  I called the doc and she said she sounded fine, told me what to watch for etc.  I just felt so horrible.  Last night when I got into bed and closed my eyes, all I could see, on instant replay was Sophie falling and hitting the floor again and again.  Ugh.   :cry:

So then, this morning was the first day she was supposed to go to Amy's for "daycare".  So Amy calls at 6:30am to say that her 3 year old was up all night with a fever.  Thankfully, MIL is willing to do anything for us (mixed blessing?) Anyhow, I call her up and she says "Just bring her over, we'll figure it out"  Speaking of the Queen of Denial, I am just sort of prentending like I don't know what that means and I drop her off just trying not to think about it.
I go pick her up at 4:15 ish and she is still sleeping!!!  No bottle at 2:30...argh!  Plus, MIL is at work showing a house so FIL is there alone with her.  Turns out SIL took care of her through lunch and what was supposed to be nap#2 while MIL showed another house.  I guess MIL called dh at work and asked him if it would be ok...hmmmm I wonder why she didn't call me???  I guess the truth is I don't know what I would have done anyway, I kind of knew that's what was going to happen and I guess I didn't really have a choice but to go with the flow :roll: or take the day off
SO Sophie  was completely wild at bedtime, screeching and crib crawling like she was having a party in there.  She did eventually settle....anyhow.

So, I know I should get over it but it's REALLY hard not to feel like double bad mommy for letting my child fall and for taking her to our local IL "patch it together daycare"

On top of all of that the kids in my class are giving me a bit of a run for my money.  It's kinda hard to be teaching a lesson that I painstakingly planned during MY weekend and have a classroom full of kids who are either 1. bored to tears or 2. completely confused and clueless as to what I am trying to teach.

It WILL get better I know it. 

Micky thanks for the card.  So lovely.
I am sending lots of hugs and good sleep vibes to everyone.  I can totally relate to the feeling of "now everything is going to be screwed up!"  The journey towards a good night sleep is a long one.

Take care ladies.
Hannah

[sophieandhannah]

BTW Richelle, Sophie is doing downward facing dog too

[james030405]

Hannah, don't think you are a bad mummy for that happening. The amount of times James has fallen whilst trying to stand - I have lost count. :cry: It is an awful sound though.  I am sure she is fine and will not remember anything.

Bec;  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: I cannot wait to hear James saying things like that.

today has been a good day (so far) naps going well.  down for 2nd one now.,  I hve had to put air conditioner on today as it is 34 degrees.   :cry:

I hope everyone has had a better night.

Take care

Lisa mum to James my textbook/spirited koala

[Little Bear's Mum]

LMAO at all the funny stories!

Hannah, I always said I wanted my baby(ies) to adapt to anything. And hopefully they will (within reason) so just think of Sophie's experience today as 'learning to adapt'. And she did a great job at learning. IMHO, your PIL (parents in law) were just doing whatever was needed to ensure Sophie was looked after and didn't want to worry you at the time. You are NOT a bad mommy.

Ooh gotta go, bathtime for Daniel while DH cooks dinner.

[Arwyn's mom]

Hey guys,

I still have tears in my eyes from ROTFLMAO at the vagina/penis comment... and all the others that followed up.

Hannah... {{{{HUGS}}}} to you on your rough day. Sophie sounds like she recovered fine with mommy's hugs and kisses.

And speaking of falling, Arwyn has fallen from standing about 6 times today, bypassing her bum and landing mostly with her head. Once, narrowly missing the TV stand :roll: .

Sorry for not commenting on anybody else's posts... after Judy's post, all was lost. I laughed so loud and told my DH he had to read it because reading it out loud to him would not do it justice  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: . I am sure, he too, has tears in his eyes still.

Nights are not getting better over here as per my last post. She is now waking and requires 45 minutes or more to put back down. Of course, this only occurs at the 2 or 3 or 4 am wakings, never the 9 or 10 pm when we have the energy and patience. :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

Anyhow, glad the chopstick feeding is going well for everybody. :lol: For uncooked apple, I get her Gerber spoon which is metal, and scrape the apple right off the slice and feed her from the spoon. I let her hold onto the apple slice and sometimes she too, gets a big piece that forces mommy to fish it out :shock: and make her cry. However, the scraping it off onto the spoon works well.

See you ladies... I so missed the chat on Friday. I realized at 9:42 pm PST and was very sad I had missed it. I've been getting ready for Christmas. We have had a couple of Christmas-y days here. Saturday brunch for the drop-in moms and then Sunday open house here for about 50 people, about 25 kids :shock: . Only 5 childless people showed up. Needless to say, Arwyn had no second nap (well, 30 minutes) and was good all day, dispite refusing her 11 and 3 BF and her lunch and dinner. I guess she was too busy seeing to all her guests :roll: .

[Taylor's Mommy]

Hi Ladies,

It's been Thursday since I posted and I am just feeling way too overwhelmed.  I promise I really tried to read through all 12 pages of posts I missed but I just kept getting distracted and couldn't get through them all.  It is so much easier when you are keeping up on a regular basis.   :?

Hannah, I am so sorry for the rough patch you are going through and for Sophie's fall.  gosh I know you must feel horrible but please do not he so hard on yourself.  I know it could happen to all of us if it hasn't already happened.  keep your head up  :wink:

So far I have received cards from Micky, Traci, Michelle, and Kate.  Thanks so much you guys!  they are all so cute and the babies just look amazing!  We took our picture this weekend and I am picking the prints up tomorrow, so hoping to get them all sent out by the end of the week.

Guys, I am feeling so overwhelmed right now Ijust want to cry.  Between trying to help DH out with his business, trying to start the baby company, be a good mommy to taylor, keep up with the house work and laundry and cooking, etc., etc., etc.  I have a tree sitting in the living room with no decorations.  No decorations up yet in the house.  No shopping done.  I swear I just feel completely sunk right now.  Don't know what is up with me...always have it so together KWIM?

Sorry for venting, just feelign kinda down right now   

On a good note, Taylor has been sleeping through for a couple of weeks now and naps are on the mend.  She is up to 3 hours A time in the morning and 3.5 in the afternoon.  So she is going down for nap #2 when she should be taking a feed and waking up at 4ish!  She is on a 5 hour EASY according to my book!   :lol:  :?

Will try to post more tomorrow but have such a busy day ahead can't guaruntee it. 

Take care everyone..I miss you all!

[Nikki~Nathan&Danielle]

Hannah, sorry to hear that Sophie fell off the change table, I think most of us get some sort of fright that gives us a wake up call and it's there to take note and learn from the experience (mine was when Nathan was just walking and gave me a heck of a fright by walking outside unattended or unnoticed  :oops:).

Ankie, Nathan got a black eye on his brand new activity table daddy had just made and brought into the house when he first learnt to stand, boy did we feel terrible since it happened right when I was next to him.

Andrea {{hugs}} - what a lot you've got on your plate.  It is hard to adjust to being a mother and not being able to do and cope with the things you normally would.  I struggle all the time at trying to find the right balance for all of us.  When I'm feeling like that I write a list, I list down one or two housework chores that I really want done that's the minimum to keep things ticking over, things that need to be bought, things *I* want to do for me and just start to knock them off.  I went through this in the last week since Nathan wasn't playing by my rules a lot of things suffered and I had to figure out a way for it all to work (or what things could be sacrificed).  Are there any things you can temporarily let go?  Does DH realise how things are affecting you at the moment?  I'm pleased to hear that Taylor is sleeping well - Yay!

[Taylor's Mommy]

BTW, here was some information I got from Michelle, my co-moderator in the nap forum.  Her dd is a little over a year old and has always been a reformed 45 minute napper.  When Taylor's morning nap went down to 45 minutes for 2 weeks in a row recently, I asked for her help.

Like I said, she is now at 3 hours A time and I let her sleep for 1.5 hours and no longer.
Her afternoon A time is 3.5 hours and she has been sleepign for 1.5 hours.  For the last week for the afternoon nap I have found that if I put her down at 3 hours either she a) fights me like crazy for 30 minutes or b) will settle down like a lamb but then be up 40  minutes later.  So it seems that 3.5 is the magic number for right now anyhow.

HTH!

[FrasersMum]

We miss you too Andrea.  Big Hugs!!  Sounds like you are trying to be "supermom" - I know we all do at times.  It is OK to need to take a breather every now and then.  This is a very busy time of year.  Cut yourself some slack OK?  Try to work out where you can give yourself some breathing room and let yourself sit down and relax.  We love you.  Take care of yourself.  And stop in for a HUG any time you need one.

[Colesmom]

Karen-Sam is such a cutie pie!  i wish it was warm here...maybe not as HOT as you guys have it.  I think I'm meant for temperate weather.  I don't like either extreme!

Judy-ROFLMAO.  Can't wait to tell DH when he wakes up.  Too funny!

okay-can't remember much more except for you Andrea.  Wow!  You do have a lot on your plate.  I just have my house and Cole and even last night I had a little cry because we're having an xmas function this saturday and I feel totally overwhelmed.  Is there anything that you can let go of?  For instance...while things are hectic with starting up the business you may have to let go of a clean home.  Healthy food and clean clothes yes, perfectly clean floors and washrooms, no.  I know it may drive you crazy for a little while but may gain you some much needed time to get stuff done.  Also, if you time is too valuable...could you have a cleaning service every couple of weeks?  just a thought.  Big hugs to you during this busy time.

okay-no details, just a crappy night again.  DH said cole should write a book " how to feel great on 10 45 minute naps".  DH took him from 3-6, unfortunately held him between 5 and 6.  oh well.

I am torn between wondering if he needs longer A time or shorter A time with return of the catnap :?  honestly, i'm completely at a loss.  His best sleep was sunday night after we shlepped him around all day in the car  :roll: Still hoping it's teeth but even tylenol doesn't seem to help.  Maybe we'll dress him warmer.  DH felt cold in his room last night and i said DUH-I've been saying that for weeks.  i'll try pants under his grobag tonight and see how he goes.

okay, off to make coffee and bathe.