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@MamaG: @theotherstark: Running!? So cute but challenging of course And we're still not walking over here...

@winniebee: So sorry about the night And that is definitely an important perk of having a nanny! My job is so inflexible I don't know what I would do if I didn't have childcare while they were sick. How was T's first day of school?

@josina: J has been picky lately too (and throwing food, of course). I try to limit snacks and focus on mealtimes, particularly because I can't give J snacks and then tell M that she has to eat her dinner instead. I usually give them exactly what we're eating for dinner and then supplement with fruit afterwards.

I remember with C finding this age to be exciting and fun but challenging. I found her inability to communicate really frustrating. When she started signing it helped some, but still was frustrating. We are in the same place with K. Throw in an unruly pre-schooler that the little one wants to be like and it's pretty much a constant shit show around our house.

Kids are made cute and cuddly for a reason, I promise.

@MamaG: yeah I definitely found from 12-18 months pretty hard because they want to communicate but can't (or at least T couldn't very well). So, LOTS of whining : )

@winniebee: Yeah, we end up taking his tray away pretty early. He thinks is fun to feed the dogs now so food doesn't last long on his tray!
@MrsF: Maybe I'll try fruit after supper instead of before. It tends to be my way of getting him to sit still so I can make dinner.
@snowjewelz: Jealous of her vocabulary. Can't wait for E to say more words. He had recently learned 'down' and said 'bath' a couple times but we're pretty limited yet.

Any babys signing? I've been thinking about trying to teach E.

@MrsF: I feel like the more words she knows, the more demanding too b/c she knows what to ask for

@winniebee: hahaha oh great, thanks older brother for egging him on!

@josina: K was signing a bit before but then she decided she rather talk. And I also got lazy with it...
We always to fruit after, but I wonder if she knows and starts messing around mid-way to get fruit. She also knows fruit is in the fridge and will demand to open the fridge door *sigh*

@josina: We sign and K learns it at her daycare. She can now do "more", "all done", "eat" and "bye". I'm trying to work on "please" and "drink".

@FaithFertility: I guess it's easier when nothing you do will make them happy anyway haha so I just let her throw her tantrum... G has a flair for the dramatics, lol! K makes her ugly cry face

micah doesn't have much of a vocabulary yet but he points at EVERYTHING. sometimes i don't even think he wants anything... he just likes to point at stuff. and random people when we're out in public. haha

he also sucks at eating. he throws so much food on the floor and loves watching the dog eat it. last night i gave him some lasagna on his tray and the only way i could get him to eat it was if i fed him off of my plate.

@whenoceansrise: yes G thinks what I have is not what she has and points to my plate and says ohhh what's that... lol

@whenoceansrise: J points at everything (objects, people, anything) and says "dada!". Maybe he's saying "that"? Silly kids....

@FaithFertility: Me too, and over a week early

@MamaG: @snowjewelz: Blahhh .....

Any thoughts on how many times a baby can hit their head without sustaining permanent brain damage?.. kidding... sort of I want to cry because I feel like I just can't keep this kid safe. He is crazy! Between wanting to crawl straight off a ledge and trying to dive out of my arms while I'm holding him I'm on edge all day long. It's so much harder when I'm also trying to watch big sister!

@MrsF: K has figured out how to climb off things by scooting backwards, which is fine some places like the couch, but is kind of scary when she attempts it off the changing table.

@MrsF: I feel you! M hit his head 3 different times the other day. The first time was on the tile entry way where he leaned back too far & toppled over, then twisted while DH was trying to keep him away from the litterbox & down he went, and I don't even remember what he did the third time. Plus he likes to bang his head on things (wall & coffee table mostly)....this kid has a hard head!

@MrsF: No this is like the 5th?! It just is Bad Bad!! I'm so happy that my cycle seems completely regular as it NEVER was before G!

@MrsF: Hahaha yes, dings, bangs, knocks..... Wish she had hair to cover some of these marks

I think my one post from yesterday got lost, but I was saying that E has been a MUCH better eater since we night-weaned. I think the MOTN/early morning milk was setting her up for snacking a big chunk of the day. Now she wakes up starving and eats huge breakfast and lunch. Dinner can still be hit or miss, but she seems to do better if we eat earlier (530ish...ick).

Also, 2 new molars! No idea when they cut, since she rarely lets me look in her mouth. But I caught a glimpse (and risked my fingertip) yesterday. One more, and we'll have a full mouth of usable teeth. It's so much easier once they can actually chew things and not just bite off too big of pieces!

So after bedtime battles this week thinking it's b/c she's sick, I realize she is now pushing her last stretch of wake time to 5 hrs. She woke up at 4:30, went down super easy at 9:30. But now the thing is I don't want her going to sleep at 9:30! We don't get anything done! So I'm wondering if it's time for us to gently start pushing her to 1 nap...

@snowjewelz: we officially (and sadly) are done with morning nap. i napped her twice in the morning over the holidays when we were home for 2 weeks. both times, she took a long/good morning nap, but ended up only sleeping from 1-2p maaaaaybe in the afternoon and then was just a hot little mess by normal bedtime. on the days we're home all morning, i'm at a loss for how to entertain her without a morning nap but it's even worse when she wakes up at 2p and i don't get my afternoon of productivity (or a nap myself!).