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TV ClubHouse: Archive: 2003 April: New Parents to be........Tips and advice for us (ARCHIVES): Archive through December 28, 2002

Draheid

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 12:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, shoot, if I'd known you were going to have your baby giving ME a raspberry, I might not have been so willing to help!

Just kidding, what a cutie you have there. Glad to see it worked for you!

Bakerygirl

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 12:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Draheid!!!

Zachsmom

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
awwwwwwwweeeeeeeeee what a sweetie!

I swear..seeing all these pictures of little ones makes me want to have another..

Kady

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me too, Zachsmom!!!!

I was just sitting here oohing and ahhing over the babies. My son was in the room. He looked up and said awww how cute but cats are cuter. I think he likes being an only child.

Zachsmom

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 02:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Kady!!! I think my son likes being an only too..:)

Sia

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 06:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bakerygirl, the warning about blankets is about piling several thin blankets on the baby--especially those with fringe, which can pose a choking hazard--because they can be easily pulled up around the face, trapping the baby's exhalations (increasing the level of carbon monixide he would inhale). If you have a Onesie on the baby and a warm sleeper (with feet in it, as opposed to a two-piece outfit which can let the little leggies get cold, imo), the baby should be warm enough with a baby-comfort as his blanket.

Don't be scared. I know it's terribly scary just having a new baby to take care of, but just be cautious and keep toys and chewable blankets out of the crib till he's old enough to pull his face away from things. Your little boy is such a sweetheart! I love the pic in your profile.

Enbwife, your Nate is beautiful, too!!

Danzdol

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
AWWWW what cutie pies......ENB I love that jumper!
The one I got DYlan scares me because he always goes so close to the side walls and he looks down so I think he is going to hit his head! I can only put him in it when I can stand right next to him!

BAKERY- what a sweetie! How old is he? Dylan always responds to the caressing of his head and face! I have been using that now because he has been waking up like at 4/5/6 because he notices that his pacifier fell out and you see him looking for it with his tongue (it's adorable) but instead I comfort him and he goes back to bed.

I too have been worried about the blanket situation because D likes to rub it against his face and fall asleep with it. He also then kicks it away in the middle of the night!

I tried to get him to dress warm but my hubby and I put the AC very cold so we end up shutting his door a but and closing the vents becausedressing him won't do!

Bakerygirl

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 12:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone!! Ian will be 3 months old on Christmas day.. He is pretty big for his age.. At his 2 month check up he weighed almost 14 lbs. In the 90 percentile. So no telling what he weighs now. Getting kind of tired of the fat comments about him, I just want to look at them and tell them they are fat too.. He can't help hes a little chubby and neither can I. He eats the same thing every other almost 3 month old eats and maybe less.. I'm not going to starve him. I try to just ignore them. Its just really starting to get on my nerves. Even my family does it, I tell them it runs in the family. Not much I can really say to strangers. I think he is so adorable! I'll post new pics as soon as I get them scanned.

Wargod

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 12:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bakery, I alwawys had the opposite problem. My son especially was skinny, skinny. My daughter was too, but not as skinny. I always had people asking if the kids ate enough. Drove me up the wall. all they had to do was take a peek at my husband and they could see he was skinny as well, but I got so tired of the "Are you feeding them enough?" questions.

Don't worry about it..Ian's a doll and very cute. Sometimes people forget how hurtful or annoying it is when someone says something...unkind or unthoughtful about your baby or the way your parenting them.

Danzdol

Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 12:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ugggggghhhhhhh!

Dylan has chubby cheeks and a lean torso which you can't see with all his clothes and people are always saying the same thing......."ooohh he's so cute and chubby" Now I just smile quietly. They don't realize it comes off cruel. At his 6 month check up he was 16lbs 12 oz and was 27 1/2" long. Doc hays his weight is right on with a 6 month old and that he is a bit taller than the average.

Here are some new pics:

a
His official 6 month picture


b
Dylan meets Santa

Alegria

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 02:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gee that looks like the REAL santa!!!

Beautiful, cute babies in this folder.

As far as people's insensitive comments go...I got tired of people (after I had my baby) saying I looked like I had not had the baby yet! :)

(the weight came off eventually but I didn't need that kind of pressure at the time - ugh)

Enbwife

Friday, December 20, 2002 - 08:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great pics and great looking Santa. The one we had was a grump!

Bakery - Nate is big too - almost 18 1bs and only just turned 4 months. Everyone says how big he is and how little his cousin is (12 1bs and one day older).... It gets old!!! Just nod and smile. As far as after pregnancy weight goes, I have so much work to do in that department but am really unmotivated. I have to go back to Weight Watchers in the new year which is always a good thing for me. Too bad it just didn't come off but I only have myself to blame for that - I went a little overboard when I was pregnant and now have a terrible addiction to deserts. :(

Anyway, keep posting pics and I will too. :)

Bananaclip

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Caden and Santa

We got this free at Wal-Mart, they gave us a Polaroid pic and I went back with my digital camera the next day.

Here are some of his Christmas photos.
Photo 1

Bananaclip

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Photo 2

I love all the pics of the babies! People also call Caden fat! One lady even called him "FATASS!" Then she had a baby two months later and it's huge. At Caden 2 month appt. he weighed 13lbs., 12 oz and her baby weighed 14 lbs, 12 oz, haha! People have said so many rude things but I just ignore it.

Moondance

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
VERY CUTE!!!!!!

They are all so happy! Thanks for all the pix. These babies are beautiful!

Lancecrossfire

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Enbwife, Bakerygirl, Danzdol and Bananaclip--you all have such great looking kids!:)

Infants are so great to look at--they don't have any filters they hide with--they show us what people are really like. Thanks for sharing your kids with is, and the stories behind each one.

So much life in all of their eyes.:)

Abbynormal

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 08:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think TV Clubhouse has the most beautiful babies on the web! Jewels needs to post a pic of Jenna, we need our little girl fix with all these boys. :)

To all the mommies: I hope you have a wonderful first Christmas with your little guys!

Jewels

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Such cute little boys! I posted a picture in my profile of Jenna since that was the only way I knew how to do it, but I just read Draheid's instructions to Bakerygirl so I will try it....

my picture

Jewels

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, so it is a little big, but I'll work on that..at least I know how to do it now!

I am jumping on the "Everyone calls my son fat" bandwagon too. It drives me crazy. They don't actually call him fat, they just say "What a big boy!" The sad thing is that if you see him with out a shirt on he is skin and bones because we have a hard time getting him to eat. He just has a really round face and broad shoulders.

When he was a baby he was very large (17lbs at 4 months). His dr. suggested not feeding him solids until he was 9 months old because he was obviously getting enough food. By the time he was 9 months old he had lost a bunch of weight and we all of the sudden had to test him for everything from metabollic disorders to cyctic fibrosis. It was scary. Turns out he just needed more food. I felt bad. I think that is one of the reasons why he has problems eating now.

Squaredsc

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ooooh cutie patootie babies. i love them at these ages. almost makes me want another. almost.

Bananaclip

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Awwwwwww Jewels she is beautiful! I miss Caden being that small. They grow way too fast!

Danzdol

Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh my gosh,how awesome!! I love looking at pictures. They are all so yummy.....and those cheeks! Makes you want to bite them....


Congrats to all, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Teatime

Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 09:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Awwww...can I come to everybody's house to hold your babies? I would even take the midnight shift! Have a wonderful year with your special little people!

Bakerygirl

Friday, December 27, 2002 - 03:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
A new pic of my little one.. I sent this out in Christmas cards.. mypicture

Enbwife

Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 07:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Very sweet. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We did! Nate was spoiled rotten by his grandparents.... it was a great day!

We discovered that he really likes his big carriage stroller so we've been taking him out for 1 - 2 hour walks. It's great because he'll fall asleep in there which means I can get some much needed exercise and fresh air! I'm working on teaching Nate how to go to sleep on his own and it's painful I tell you! I'm starting with his first nap of the day, putting him in his crib awake when I know he's tired and letting him cry. I go in every 5-10 minutes to rub his tummy and let him know I'm there but not pick him up. The first two days it went well - he was asleep in 15-20 minutes, but he's been up there for 25 minutes and he's still crying. It breaks my heart but he's just too heavy to continue walking and rocking him forever until he finally falls asleep. Unfortunately he's become accustomed to constant motion in order to sleep and it's breaking my back!!! But this is breaking my heart so I'm not sure what's worse. :(

We're supposed to start him sleeping in his crib next week at night... we'll have to see how this nap training goes.