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@ALV91711: Same old - same old. He's still just eating breads and crackers.
@jodyblair: We haven't taken Xander swimming at all yet. But my ILs live on a lake, so I'm hoping to take him a bunch this summer, but I suspect since it's a lake, it'll be too cold for him and he won't really be into it!
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We'll get there the 20th until the following Friday (I think the 26th?). So fun!
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@jodyblair: Hopefully the swimming lessons will help him like the water more. We haven't taken Isaac swimming yet but I'm hoping he will like it since he loves splashing around in the bath.
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Ugh ladies - I'm trying so hard to get along with my SMIL, but I swear everything she does annoys me!
We wanted to spend Father's Day with FIL, so we talked to him about it today, and then after, SMIL comes over to tell us what the plans are. Apparently they already made plans with SIL's family AND SIL's boyfriend's parents, so we're invited over, but as always, we're the last ones to be invited and they already have these set plans and she even went so far as to say we couldn't spend the night. Not that I was planning on spending the night anyway, but it just sucks that we're always the afterthought to them. So then I said we'd probably leave around 5:30 in order to get home and get Xander to bed and SMIL just gave me grief and insisted that we stay later and Xander could sleep in the car and blah blah blah.
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@jodyblair: Pete liked the water last year but I have a feeling it won't be as easy this summer. He's much more vocal about his likes and dislikes now! And he absolutely despises the sand. Today we went to a playground that was on sand and he stood on his tip toes, with a disgusted look on his face, screaming for me to pick him up. I hope the lessons go well!
Your vacation sounds like a lot of fun! Sorry the nights have been rough with teething. This is definitely a trend with this age!
@Adira: Ugh, that's supper aggravating! Do you have any idea why she seems to prefer SIL so much and make all plans revolve around them? Don't let her give you grief about getting home to bedtime! Father's Day is a morning holiday and regardless, baby's bedtime trumps all!
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@QueensBee: I'm guessing they prefer SIL because they actually see her more, haha. But a lot of that is because they make plans with her and then invite us last minute and we often can't go. But another part is that SIL has also been really needy in the past - she hasn't always been in a great place, so she's needed their help a lot with watching her kids and stuff, so they just tend to talk to her and see her more because of that I think. Hubs and I are very independent, so we just don't see them as often.
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@Adira: that stinks! ILs are hard to deal with
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@Adira: That sucks, a lot. I would definitely leave to get home in time for bedtime.
Isaac is getting so spoiled by his grandma. New toys & clothes. They are having fun and it is awesome!!!
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@Smurfette: @ALV91711: Thanks, girls!! I know part of the reason I'm so annoyed is just because I've had issues with her in the past, so I'm letting all that color my view. It's just so hard not to get annoyed, haha!!!
@ALV91711: Yay!!! That's awesome they're having a fun time together!!
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@Adira: I wouldn't be too happy if we always came last to other siblings. You think that at least sometimes they would include you in the plan making instead of being invited as an afterthought. Why does family have to be so hard?
Isaac is sooo close to walking. He is doing so much standing and he pivots. I must be crazy but I can't wait for him to toddle around.
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@ALV91711: Yeah, I think in recent memory, they've included us in the planning all of once.
Oh well.Ahhh!!! Isaac is so close!!!!! It'll be any day now!!!
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@Adira: He took about 8 steps this morning before his grandma left and about 5 more at daycare today. He is figuring this out!
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@ALV91711: How exciting!!!
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@ALV91711: yay!!
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@Adira: Sorry you have to deal with that. They seem so inconsiderate! It would be hard to want to make plans with people like that!
@ALV91711: Whoohoo! That's so exciting! How nice that he did it while Grandma was visiting!!
Pete's been having a REALLY hard time sleeping this weekend. He missed his nap yesterday because we went to church at 10am and by the time we got back, he was overtired and wired. I thought he might sleep on the 40 minute drive to a farm later in the afternoon but he stayed awake playing with SIL in the backseat. Last night he was just so overtired. He was screaming and thrashing and inconsolable in every way. After about 1.5 hours of crying (even though we were holding him and rocking him the entire time), he finally fell asleep in our bed. Of course he decided to lay across the bed, perpendicular to us, and took up the whole bed! I kept trying to move him but he'd grunt and find his way back. So we got no sleep...
Tonight, same deal. He screamed and screamed for over an hour at bed time. This time we tried to have him cry it out. At the one hour mark we went in and gave him a pacifier and he collapsed in the crib and went to sleep. It's so sad to see him like this. I don't think it's teeth because he's so happy all day long. Last night we tried Motrin but it didn't help at all so tonight we skipped it. I hope the whole week isn't like this!
Also, I spoke to my aunt who is a speech pathologist this weekend. She works with slightly older children but is trained in infant through elementary aged kids, and she helped put my mind at ease a bit. She wasn't concerned at all about Pete's lack of words because he is so communicative, his receptive language skills are strong, and he babbles a lot. She said that they use a totally different set of criteria to evaluate the boys at this age because the boys are usually so behind the girls! But, she did recommend the strategies on this website to encourage him to mimic and use words, in case anyone is interested:
http://teachmetotalk.com/2008/01/24/what-works-strategies-that-help-toddlers-learn-to-talk/I hope everyone had a lovely weekend with the family!
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@QueensBee: Yikes!!!! So sorry to hear about your sleep issues!!!! I really hope the rest of the week is better because dealing with that and then going to work is so hard! Poor kid - I wonder if there was just too much going on over the weekend? Maybe once he's back into his normal routine, he'll sleep better. One can only hope!
And that's awesome about your aunt! Thanks for the link!!
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@QueensBee: I am sorry you had a rough sleep weekend. It is so hard to deal with. I hope this week it is better. When are you done with school and off for the summer? That is a great link. I am going to read it more in detail today. Thanks!!
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Solo parenting from tonight until late on Sunday night. Cross your fingers that is goes well. This is the first time I've solo parented since I've been back at work. Thank goodness I have Friday off.
@QueensBee: That is a good article, thanks for sharing it. I hope sleep goes better tonight.
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@ALV91711: Eeek, good luck!!! I don't think I could handle solo parenting!
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@ALV91711: You got this!!
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So I realized that Xander does sort of have some words... or at least his own sounds he makes for certain things.
* gra! - presumably "graham cracker", his favorite obsession
* clo! - "block" I think... not sure why he doesn't do "b" sounds though
* car! - "cover" I think - he likes to play with the jar covers to his food
* da! - maybe "that"?
* duh! - seems to be "Hey you, do whatever I want you to do at this very moment!" Usually accompanied with pointingAlso still Mama, Dada, and Uh-oh.
And he makes car sounds, goes "mmmm" when eating (graham crackers), and goes "mwa!" when blowing kisses.
What are everyone else's LO's "words"?
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@Adira: That is a good amount!
R says bye bye, nite nite, Mama, Dada, hey (although never says it now), mo (more), side (outside). I think that it all. She said yellow the other night when I was saying colors to her. In her typical fashion she says most things once and then never again. So who knows what else she says at day care that I don't know about.
We are having issues with R just wanting milk ALL the time. Like she will down a sippy cup and then not want to eat. So we started not giving her the milk till after her meals. This morning I made the mistake of putting it on the table with her breakfast at school. She threw a fit. So I let her have a little and then I took it away. Tantrum again. The teachers had never seen her do that. When I left her teacher had picked her up and was feeding her the strawberries.
I don't know what else to do. I think she has lost weight cause her buddha belly is smaller. She just doesn't seem to eat much at all anymore. Like half of what she use too. Going to talk to her doctor more about it but we don't go till the 12th. Anyone else have this issue?
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@ALV91711: You'll be ok
@Smurfette: and I do it all the time. It's different but manageable.@QueensBee: B is going through something similar. He was awake between 00:45-2am yesterday and two days before that. He would be quiet in my arms but would not sleep. Monday I took him to bed with me. Yesterday I stayed firm and FINALLY got him to fall back asleep in his crib. It was a lot of work though. Letting him cry just makes him escalate soooo much. I think he would go on and on. Hope Pete does better tonight.
Other than that we went for a round of vaccines today. Hope he doesn't have to much of a reaction to it.
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@Smurfette: Jealous that R says ACTUAL words (or sounds that more closely resemble the words she's going for)!!
That's interesting about the milk! I don't have that issue because Xander tends to NOT drink enough milk.
It's so frustrating. Yesterday he only had 8 oz. So I have the opposite issue as you! I try to load him up on yogurt to compensate, but I'm worried he's not getting enough liquids. But Xander does act exactly the same as R when it comes to crackers! If he sees them, it's all he wants and will throw a tantrum if he can't have them!Do you think maybe she's just gotten taller? I think it's common for kids to fatten up right before a growth spurt, so maybe she was eating a ton because of a growth spurt and now she doesn't need as much? Have you tried weighing her a home at all? I know it won't be as accurate, but maybe it'll give you an idea if she's actually lost weight or not. And is she still teething? Maybe her teeth hurt so she doesn't want to chew on things as much which is why she's drinking so much milk?
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@Adira: She drinks at least 3 sippy cups full of milk a day. So 18-20ozs. She drinks like it is a bottle. Maybe we should switch back to straw cups and see if that helps.
When we were at the axquarium Sat, they had a growth chart to see how tall you are compared to the penguins and it looks like she is the same height as her 12 month appointment. But that doesn't seem right. DH thinks she is taller. I did have to retire her 6-12 months pants, so maybe, but the 12-18 are still too long. I don't want to weigh her at home cause our scale is always way off from the doctor's office. I don't remember how off it was last time, so I wouldn't know what to add, you know?
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@Smurfette: You could try straw cups, but it might not make much of a difference. Xander gets sippies at daycare and straw cups at home and seems to drink the same amount, regardless!
I'm guessing that the aquarium chart wasn't accurate (how'd she like the aquarium, by the way?). But I hear you about the scale at home - I know ours isn't the same as the doctor's either, but I have no idea how much it's off by, so I can't use it to compare either. Since her 6-12 pants are now too short, I have to assume she's gotten taller! Hopefully you'll get some answers from the doctor soon!
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@Adira: She didn't seem to care about it that much. She liked the penguins and fish for like 5 mins and then was over it. Just wanted to run around. She enjoyed the splash pads/ponds outside more then anything.
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@Smurfette: haha, good to know! Guess I won't be rushing to take Xander anytime soon. Our closest aquarium is an hour drive from us, so I'll probably take him when he's older.
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@Adira: Yeah we are going wait a while before we take her to the GA one since it is more expensive. She is weird, doesn't seem into anything yet.
Wait no, she is into climbing on us and everything these days.
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@Smurfette: haha, yeah, Xander's into climbing over everything too! I should probably take him to the play place in the mall - they have all sorts of stuff for kids to climb on.
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Oh I forget to mention:
I think our nursing time is coming to an end. This morning B flat out refused to nurse. Whenever the boob got near him he'd scream. Sad but also not sad because it's happening on his own terms and I think I'm kinda glad when I only have to grow a baby and not feed one at the same time. Maybe it'll make me less tired
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@Pumuckl: That's exactly how Xander was when he was weaning! He's just freak out at the boob!! I continued offering probably for another week, but the few times he'd latch, it would only be for a few seconds, maybe a minute tops, so I knew it was over. Good luck to you!
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@Adira: Did you have any trouble with engorgement? I'm kinda scared of that. Until now he has only eaten on one boob at a time (so on our schedule the last couple of weeks he'd drain one boob a day and the other the next day). I really hope it won't hurt. I'm hoping that the pregnancy hormones will help with it
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@Pumuckl: I didn't have any issues, but at the end, my boobs never seemed to be "full" anyway and I was probably drying up due to being pregnant.
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@Adira: Ahh, that's good to hear. The one that didn't get drained today feels fuller so far but it is not uncomfortable yet. Hope it stays that way.
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@QueensBee: We've had the same issue the last two nights. I've had to drive the boys around the last two nights to get them to relax enough to go to sleep. I seriously never realized that after babies start sttn that you still have sleep issues. Somehow, I thought that was like the end of sleep problems. So naive . . . I'm glad to hear what your aunt said. I'm about to check out that website.
Our boys still really don't have any words, including mama or dada. They do babble a lot, though. I can't decide if they have more receptive language but are just one and want to pretend they don't hear us or if they really are behind in that. This weekend my mom was saying that she didn't know why I was worried. So, I said, "Elliot, get the ball." And, of course, he went right to the ball and picked it up! I swear he did it just to prove me wrong. I do think both of them were trying to say "ball" this weekend because they were really into them and kept saying "ba!"
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@QueensBee: Okay, I just read the article and that gave me some good ideas for things to incorporate. We definitely need to "toddler-ize" our language. Reading that, I realized we talk to them like we're talking to adults most of the time, rather than doing more of the "Ball. Kick ball." type talk. So many helpful things in there. Thanks again!
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@Mrs. Blue: Sometimes with Xander, I'll tell him to do something and he'll do it and I'll be totally amazed!!! And other times he completely ignores me! I think most of the time, if he's engrossed in something already, he just has no time for my silly requests, even though he CAN understand me! But it makes it hard to judge how much he truly understands!
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@Adira: Yes! This, exactly.
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@Mrs. Blue: R ignores us half the time too. But I know she understands us.
@Smurfette: and I do it all the time. It's different but manageable.
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