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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 7:12 am
I actually have, Julie, it is pretty bland! 
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 11:10 am
No name for baby girl yet. We really need to start that discussion because Nate was the no-name baby for 2 weeks after his birth!! I have an electric heating pad Kimmo so I'll keep that in mind this time around. The length of time people choose to nurse their children is a completely personal decision - no one elses busines IMHO... Breastmilk is kind of sweet I found.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 11:40 am
I also tried breastmilk-- I think it is really mild and sweet. It probably depends on whether you're getting the foremilk or hindmilk. Lisa, I agree it's a personal decision-- Every baby/mom is different, and I'm still wondering what it will be like with our next one. I hope s/he'll do well with nursing but everyone's different....
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 4:17 pm
Wasn't sure where to post this..but thought it was worth mentioning. We have taught our girls about what their "privates" were and how no one should ever touch them there and if they did who they could tell etc. But, on the news tonight in a city near by a man is sitting in his cars without pants/underware on and approaching girls and wanting them to touch them there. I never thought about it until my 5 year old, who also heard the story said repeated "he wasn't wearing any pants?" I then discussed with my dh that we teach the kids about not having anyone touch them that we have never told them that they shouldn't be made to touch anyone elses' privates. So we had this conversation and let the kids know etc. I thought that since we had not thought about mentioning this to our children..that perhaps I would post here for others to talk to their children about this. Sad isn't it, that we have to live in a world with this going on..but that is another topic, another day.
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 8:39 am
It is sad how there's so many wackos in this world and how innocent children are violated!! Makes me so mad. You are absolutely right that we should all be talking to our kids about this as openly as possible. Thanks.
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Secretsmile
Member
08-19-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 4:23 pm
Enbwife, just a warning from prior experience. We had not picked out a name for our 3rd child and our then 2 1/2 year old decided he'd choose the name for us. He called the baby by that name for the last couple of months of my pregnancy and when the baby was born, introduced him to everyone by that name. (I had a home birth, by the time my husband and I came down stairs he had told the whole neighborhood, "My brother Kyle came today.") To make matters worse, he was born late Friday afternoon Memorial Day Weekend, so by Tuesday when we could file the birth records, he'd been Kyle for too long to change it. The lesson I'm trying to pass on is, pick your daughter's name before your son does! LOL!
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Justavice
Member
07-12-2003
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:38 pm
Secretsmile- My brother named my younger sister.... after the dog!!! The dog's name was Jack, he told EVERYONE her name was Jack, so my parents settled on Jacqueline. She has gone by JJ (her request) since she was 4 years old.
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 11:39 am
Oh that's hillarious! I don't think Nate quite gets it yet. He points to my belly and says "baby" then "OUT" which is funny, but I'm not sure he really understands. It's his 2nd birthday this Friday the 13th... we bought him a bunch of stuff and have a Big Brother book for him which we will read to him a lot. He's been around a newborn since day 1 (was born in November) at daycare, and he's so sweet with the baby and very gentle. Latest funny Nate story... He naps every day for 1.50-2 hours around 1pm. Lately, on the weekend he's been fighting naps (only with me) and putting up a big fuss. I don't care if he sleeps, I just think he needs some quiet time for at least 1 hour a day. Anyway, he was yelling and carrying on in his crib and I came down and started cleaning the kitchen. All went quiet so I thought he was going to sleep. Then I hear a noise and thought Neil came home. I look behind me and there's Nate standing there with this devilish grin on his face. If he could have he would have said "TA DA"!!! He has figured out how to climb out of his crib, scale down and land so softly I can't even hear him. It's quite scarey because now I know he's not "safe" in his crib... He never does this at night. He's been a great sleeper at night since 5 months old... it's only during naptime. He's never done this at daycare either. I fear that if I move him to a bed (which is what everyone says we should do)... there will go his naps forever, which I just can't stand the thought of right now.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 11:44 am
You don't want to chance him hurting himself. I would say get the big boy bed in there right away and use a baby gate at his door (to at least keep him in his room.) Worked great for us...
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 1:31 pm
Skootz, thanks for the reminder-- I hadn't thought about children touching other people, either, just not having people touch children. Lisa, I think they make mesh covers to put over the top of the crib to prevent climbing out. Here's a link to one, but it's pretty expensive: Crib Tent I'm so glad Rowan never climbed out of the crib! He has started turning doorknobs, though. I'm thinking we will move to a real bed while the upcoming baby is still in the bassinet-- Rowan slept in a bassinet for around 5 months at home, so I'm hoping this one will do the same thing. We are hoping to find and move into a bigger house soon, I hope the traumatic events are somewhat spaced out (this week, teacher leaving daycare, starting potty training at school next month, hopefully moving within the next 3 months, a baby in 5 months, maybe the bed in 9 months)? Ack....
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 4:19 pm
You might want to remove the crib sooner, so the older one does not see it as the new baby "kicking" him out of his bed.... Also, a lot of newly potty trained kids revert to a non-potty trained status after the birth of a sibling.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 4:23 pm
They may also want to go back to nursing, or a bottle. If so, experts say, let them. 9/10 times they only do it once, and never want to again. Not fulfilling enough, and the urge and desire to be a "big kid" is stronger than the revertion.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 10:52 am
ENB- Dylan has been attempting to climb out as well and kicks and screams at nap time and night time. He wants to fall asleep on his own on the floor or on the sofa and then we transfer him. He has not figured out how to climb out but we see him in the tv monitor pushing off and he is super close to perfecting it. We have his new twin bed all ready to go but he is starting school next Monday so we are going to wait. Too much stress at once you know.... I am also afraid that once he goes there he will forgo his naps and it scares me to death. It's the only time I get to shower, etc... In the last 2 weeks he has been showing so many signs of changing his tried and true routine. It's just a reminder that he is not a baby anymore
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 10:53 am

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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 10:56 am

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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 10:57 am
that is Dylan's pic with Chip (or Dale..) when we took him to Disney for his birthday.....He was not afraid of the characters at all. He did so good!
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 12:39 pm
Wow Danz - he's such a little boy now! Julieboo - we placed a thick foam mattress around his crib when he first climbed out (fell out) a few months ago.. and he never climbed out again until last weekend. But now he's figured out how to get out without even a thud on the floor. We use a babygate outside his room so he can't travel around. I'm just so fearful if I put the bed in there, he'll never nap for me again. Also, we plan for the baby to sleep in with us for the first few months, so we won't need Nate's crib until Spring I would think - at which point he'll definitely be in a big boy bed.
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 12:41 pm
How are you feeling Kimmo??
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 4:06 pm
Dylan's so big! And handsome. Yes, I am scared of giving Rowan the idea that the baby is usurping his crib... I'm thinking when we move to a new house, we can explain that a new room means a new bed, so that moving to a bed doesn't seem related to the baby taking the crib. I'm just worried about him falling out of bed, but he's been sleeping in a cot-like bed at daycare for a year now, so maybe that isn't a problem. Also stressed at thinking about the potty regression-- Rowan is still reluctant to potty train at home. He clearly chooses to "use his diaper" so, who knows. I wonder if Rowan really will ask to try nursing again. He didn't have bottles at home. Lisa, I'm feeling good-- I had my checkup this morning and everything was fine. Hope you're doing okay, too! We have our 20-ish week ultrasound on the 7th! I can't wait to find out "who" I'm carrying. 
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 4:18 pm
I'll follow Danz's lead and add a picture!

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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 5:12 am
Great pictures!
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Secretsmile
Member
08-19-2002
| Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 6:37 am
Kimmo, I know I'm just picking one fact out of your post but it's something that happened to me and I'll share how I dealt with it. Once my oldest son asked me if he could nurse after he saw me nursing his baby sister. I cuddled him up like a newborn and we talked and that was the end. He wasn't really interested in actually nursing, he just wanted to be the baby on momma's lap getting the attention. From that point on I made a point of asking if he wanted to "nurse" after I fed the baby, he wasn't usually, he was too busy being a big boy, but he liked having the option.
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Moderator
Moderator
06-30-2002
| Friday, August 20, 2004 - 10:30 am
...test bump...had a reported error from someone who was trying to post to this thread... <ND>
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, August 23, 2004 - 1:31 pm
Thanks for sharing, Secretsmile-- Basically saying, "You can't drink anymore, but we can still cuddle/hug/etc," whenever he asked, is how we dealt with stopping nursing in the first place...And it wasn't very long ago that we stopped, so I hope he will remember why we stopped! But I have no idea how he will be feeling when the new baby comes. Pre-empting the asking by asking him if he wants to cuddle seems like a better idea, though. Thanks!
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 11:07 am
That's a very good idea. My friend's 2 1/2 yr old son wanted to nurse when her second son arrived, so she offered him some breastmilk in a cup and he drank some and decided he didn't like it. End of story... Kimmo - keep us posted on the appt. on the 7th. Can't wait to hear what you're having. I had my 28 wk appt. last Monday and had the sugar test for gestational diabetes. No news is good news. That drink is gross! Gained 21 1bs in 28 weeks so feeling ok with that. At least 10 1bs less than with Nate the first time around. Getting ready to potty train, probably the weekend after next, after friends from England go home. I'm excited but scared all at the same time. If it doesn't work, we'll forget about it until next spring.
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