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Twiggyish | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 07:03 am     Yes, I remember that with my daughter. I should have clarified the difference between sleeping and laying. They also learn to roll over. We knew someone who's child died of SIDS in a private home daycare. So, it's important to make sure the caregiver is also doing the right thing. |
Julieboo | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 07:06 am     Coincidence or not???? As soon as I stopped breastfeeding, my son started having terrible ear infections. This went on for a few months. All I can say is if your baby ever starts ear infections, do not hesitate to get ear tubes. I cannot promote them enough. I was very hesitant about putting my baby through surgery, but it was the BEST THING I ever did for him. They put him under for a very short amount of time, stuck the tubes in and it was over. After we left our baby with the doctor who carried him in his arms to the O.R., my husband and I went to the cafeteria for coffee. Well we were only down for a few minutes. When we came back to the waiting room, the doctor was already there waiting to tell us it was done. Okay, sorry I went on a bit.... but my point is that I was scared of surgery for my little guy, but it turned out to be such a great thing. Honestly, he has not been sick since! And from the first few minutes after he was in the recovery room, he was fine. I expected him to be drowsy all day, but he was all over the place...okay, sorry again, I am making this too long of a post.... |
Dahli | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 06:40 pm     Julie! how can it be too long of a post - in this my most favourite thread!?? It was a wonderful post, and no, I doubt very much that it was coincidence - there definitely seems to be a connection between b.f. and prevention of all manner of problems. Another thing I learned during my research was how important it is for your baby to creep and then crawl before walking Avoid the walker things like the plague. The studies I saw showed how cultures with no written and reading language are typically those with babies carried around on the mother until they walk, that they never were down on the ground doing those basic moves It is that all important eye hand co-ordination that is developed as the baby first creeps (watching their hands move one and then the next) and then crawls is very important in future writing and reading skills. And now there are programs that are conducted for kids with different learning disabilities in those areas sometimes incorporate the actual creeping and crawling moves in order to lay down that basic strengh. I had no idea how important that natural progression was and even though my kid had a jolly jumper and such - NO WALKERS - not to mention how dangerous they are.... okay now THAT was too long  |
Car54 | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 06:58 pm     Dahli, don't have kids, but was one... LOL, and I was one of those kids that never crawled... just got up and walked. I was a really uncoordinated kid... my mom always said I could trip over a crack in the sidewalk. When I was in the fourth grade, they finally had my eyes tested and the doctor was an old-school practitioner... his first question to my mom was... did she crawl... and he said exactly the same thing you did. This was years ago, and he ran a program in his office of therapy for kids with coordination problems... eye exercises... basically re-training us on the stuff we never developed. |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 07:20 pm     I heard the same thing,too. I think there is something to it. |
Spygirl | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 08:46 pm     You learn something new EVERY DAY!!! I'm gonna ask my mom about my progression...I'm interested to know now. |
Dahli | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 09:29 pm     Ain't that the truth Spy every darn day... and Car it just seems like yesterday that you were a kid... *chortle* Who'da ever thought 'creepy' kids were a good thing? REMEMBER NO WALKERS!! It is so wonderful to have a place to share all our combined info |
Julieboo | Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 10:05 am     Did anyone mention babycenter.com yet? That is a great site with tons of info and links. You could get lost for days.... |
Julieboo | Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 10:12 am     There are lots of things you should actually get at a garage sale, rather than pay full price for. (especially something like an exersaucer or a swing). Because those things are like 80.00 full price and you only use them for a few months. Though I found our exersaucer worth its weight in gold. But you can get them so much cheaper and they can be found in great shape. You can also hit resale shops too. but the best bargains are at garage sales. You should also consider garage sales for doubles that you can keep at the grandparents' or babysitters' houses. This would include: exersaucer, highchair, toys, bath toys, swing, play yard. Check your local paper for garage sales (if you can find a community one, that is the best). At least here (in a Chicago suburb), Friday mornings are best. But get out there early, cuz the good stuff goes fast. Sometimes, people have them on Thursdays too, or sometimes only on Saturdays. The Fri-Sat combo seems to be the most popular. But It's only worth going early on Fridays. Out by us, many of the gradeschools have sales about 2 times a year. It is a children's clothing, equipment & toy resale. That us where you can get great deals too. |
Julieboo | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 08:00 am     You might want to stock up on plastic bins. You won't need them for a while, but as your baby grows out of clothes and toys, you'll want something to put the outgrown stuff in. (Or for that matter the stuff that he/she has yet to grow into.) |
Grooch | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 08:10 am     If you do go out and buy used items for the baby, there are 2 items I would suggest you buy brand new. Cribs (if you can afford to) and car seats. These 2 items seem to be constantly recalled because of safety hazards and these are things that if something goes wrong, you have no control over. And car seats rarely come with the installation instructions. Also, something to look into to see if it's available in your area. Down here, the police department is starting to have demonstrations on how to properly install car seats. I cannot remember what the percentage is, but is was very high (like 80%) that people install the car seat wrong. And god forbid if they were ever to get into an accident. |
Karuuna | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 08:17 am     Grooch, that's very wise advice! |
Danzdol | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 07:17 pm     Wow gang......thanks for all the great info. keep it coming! Thank you all for nice comments on the name. He has been kicking up a storm and moving a ton. I love to feel him move to the point that I wait until he stops to get out of bed in the morning. My husband and I are real silly and talk to him with the bebesounds machine and play from Mozart to Rock for him through the speakers all the time. We can also hear his heartbeat already since the 5th month with the machine. It's awesome! Tomorrow I make 27 weeks, one more week and I am 7!!!!I can't believe it! Here is my latest pic with my belly, I hope it comes out.
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Moondance | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 07:21 pm     You look GREAT Danz!!! Sounds like Dylan is pretty active!!! |
Danzdol | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 07:26 pm     thanks! So far so good |
Bookworm | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 07:47 pm     Don't you look cute!! Glad everything is going good for you! |
Urgrace | Friday, February 22, 2002 - 09:23 pm     So glad you are enjoying your pregnancy and giving Dylan a great start with the music. Reading to him is a great idea, too. You look very fit. Hope you are walking, because that is the best exercise for easing the birth. <our newest arrival is still taking his/her time> |
Dahli | Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 12:58 pm     You look Mahvolous dahling! and happy or what?? If that gorgeous grin was was any wider I'd need a bigger monitor And Gracie oh Gracie - a Pisces a Pisces!!! |
Twiggyish | Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 01:47 pm     You do look great Danzdol. Grooch, excellent advice! We had a very good car seat, but it had a few problems. The carrying handle would not lock in place if it was in an UP position. There are a lot of problems with carseats. |
Julieboo | Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 06:09 am     okay, here are my pix for carseats: for the infant/carrier one: any Graco 5-point. for the bigger one (when he grows out of the carrier one, even tho you can use it from the start, you just can't snap it in and out like the carrier ones): Britax Roundabout. It is the most $$$$, but has really nice features, incl. straps that don't get overly twisted, sits up nice & high so the kid can look out windows easily, removable cover washes like a charm, no bare metal parts for kids to get scorched from when it's really hot outside. Also has the highest standards of safety. Made in Europe where the speed limit islike 100mph. So they have higher standards. (something like that). The graco has nice features like the 5 point which is safer than the 3 point. (Tho they also sell 3 points) but the 5 point is also nice when they fall asleep, becuase it is more like taking a vest off, with the 3 pt. you have to pull it over the head. The graco also has its releases (for both the carrying handle and the base release) in good places, so you don't get sore wrists. You can get the graco in a travel system (meaning the carseat comes with a stroller that is compatible for the carseat to snap into it). The graco is priced about the same as most. The Britax is really a lot more $$$. Actually any of the bigger (convertible) carseats are fine. They all need to be gov't approved in order to be sold. A feature to look for is straps that are easy to loosen and tighten. You want to be able to loosen and tighten the straps every time you put the baby in. And depending on his clothing, (especially if you live somewhere like Chicago where the weather can change drastically every hour) the straps may need to be looser or tighter than they were the last time the baby was in the carseat. (not to mention the size of the baby will keep increasing as time goes along!) |
Enbwife | Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 07:04 am     Great pic Danzdol! You look very happy & healthy. Not long to go now! Julieboo - great tips on garage sales. The area we live in (the Glebe) has the annual Great Glebe Garage Sale every May, where everyone has a garage sale... We're talking about a 1000 houses so it's really great! We're going out at 8:00 a.m. hunting for good stuff. A lot of people around here have too much money to know what to do with so sell really good stuff for nothing! Bring it on!!! Grooch, good point on the recalled items. The consignment shop near my house has all the recalls on record and talk about them often. They look everything up before they'll accept them to sell, and discuss this issue with their clients all the time. One woman mentions this issue to me almost everytime I go in. We heard the baby's heartbeat at the Dr. appt. on Thursday. It was great! So reassuring to know that everything seems to be going well. I gained 5 1bs in 4 weeks and had to struggle to compose myself. I KNOW there's a baby growing inside me, but for a person who's struggled with weight my whole life, I was not prepared for that little bit of news. Nevertheless, it was a bit of a wake up call that I need to be more conscious of what I'm putting in my mouth. I never ate desert all the time before I got pregnant, so why am I now? My sister and I discuss this topic often since we were both Weight Watcher members for many years. My belly is growing every day and I wore my maternity jeans for the first time yesterday - so comfy!!! Thank god for stretchy fronts. |
Bookworm | Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 08:01 pm     How exciting to hear the heartbeat!! That was always the best part of the doctor visits. Don't you just love maternity jeans! Wishing you and Neil the best Enbwife. |
Rogue | Monday, February 25, 2002 - 05:58 am     Danz, you look great!!! Please be sure to keep us all up to date. Can't wait for him to arrive. |
Danzdol | Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 02:58 pm     Thanks guys for all the nice comments..........Julieboo was I glad to read the post about the seats because that is exactly what we registered for this weekend: Graco travel system(stroller and small car seat) I think it's called Metrolite, an Eddie Bauer car seat up to 80 pounds with a 5 point system and for me the Britax in the animal print , of course!!!!!! |
Enbwife | Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 07:31 am     So much to think about... who would have ever known??? Bookworm - maternity jeans are the best! They should make all jeans like that so there's room to grow. Just kidding. Beginning to feel the fluttering of movements now. My sister felt her baby kick last week so I'm hoping I will soon too. Danzdol - when did you first feel your baby move/kick? |
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