Q: Has Jewels had her baby yet???
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Max

Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Holiday babies are a very, very special gift! Congratulations!!!! :)

Jewels

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow! You guys are awesome...Thanks so much! My heart feels warm and fuzzy now. I posted a picture in my profile because I don't know how to post one here...can someone leave me instructions in my folder, please? Doesn't it have to be a certain size?

Labor actually wasn't that bad...I was induced at 7:40am and had her by 1:21pm. I didn't get my epidural until 12:00 and that was a little to long for me. I wanted it at 7:41! LOL! Right when I got the epidural and before it actually had time to kick in all these nurses came running in...Jenna's heart rate dropped because she was ready to come out right then. It all happened so fast it was weird. Last time I had my epidural for 12 hours before my son arrived, so I was looking forward to a leisurely afternoon and BAM! all of the sudden Jenna was here. Very strange.

Jenna is being a little angel and only waking up twice during the night. She went in for her one week check up and has already gained 12 oz. since she left the hospital. So far everything is going just like it did with my son and he was a complete angel baby, so I hope this continues!

Can anyone help me with dealing with a 2 1/2 year old who has a new found attitude now that baby sister is here? He learned how to crawl out of his crib last week (before he could only do it if the side was down) and now he can't take naps during the day (he used to sleep for 2-3 hours everyday) or else he won't stay in bed at night. It has made for some interesting afternoons because he is so tired. Anyway, if you have any advice and want to post it in my folder, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks again for all the well wishes! You are all great!

Squaredsc

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
jewels she is a cutey patootie!!

Neko

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 09:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
She's soooo cute!!
How adorable!

Wargod

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels she's beautiful. All the boys around here are absolutely adorable, but it sure is nice to have a new little girl.

Alegria

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She is exquisite. Your little boy will get used to being a big brother over time. :)

Maybe you could lie down with him at naptime? If he settles back to his old routine you can then ease out of doing that.

Max

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels, she is gorgeous!

Maris

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 05:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is a beautiful baby. Your 2 1/2 year old reminds me of a friend of mine. She adopted both her children. When her first child was nearly three she adopted baby number two. Well there was much excitement with the arrival of baby number two. Two hours after baby number two is home, the three year old says ok mommy you can send him back now. She was not happy when she found out her baby brother was here to stay!!!

They are now 13 and 11 and get along pretty well for a brother and a sister. So it will work out. I think he wont nap because he is afraid he is going to miss something.

Whit4you

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 06:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels,

Your lil one is absolutely adorable :)


As far as your other child...it's not to hard to put yourself in his shoes for a moment. Imagine if hubby were to have a nice new surpise for you a 'new wife' - who will share his time and your house...who'll make all sorts of noise and changes around the house... could be a little unsettling to you and you might not quite act like yourself...might act up a bit eh? :)

It's very confusing to a 2 1/2 year old when a new baby arrives - and they go through probably every emotion in the book, including some new scary feelings. Acting up is normal and to be expected. Trying to maintain some of the 'old normalcy' would be helpful... and of course making sure he feels as important as he was before etc

Llkoolaid

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a beautiful little girl. She is adorable. Keep us posted with more pictures.

Make some special private time each day if you can for just you and your little boy. I also asked friends and family to pay attention to my younger kids first when a new baby came and they came to visit for the first time. I had them let the smaller other children show them their new baby sister. It really helps make them feel important and special. Don't worry, he will be fine.

Tess

Monday, December 23, 2002 - 09:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
She's exquisite, Jewels. :)

Sia

Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 11:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels, Jenna is just GORGEOUS!! What a sweet little baby. Seeing her photo makes me miss having a little babe of my own to hold and cuddle. My son is exactly two years older than my daughter, and he was jealous, too, especially when it was time for me to breastfeed the baby. To let him still be close to me and to keep him where I knew he wasn't getting into trouble, I asked my son to cuddle me from behind while I took care of the baby. He sometimes scratched my back or just cuddled against me, but he invariably fell asleep before I did.

The bad news? My kids are six and four, and they still want to be in my bed with me! They argue over who gets to be "in front" and who has to settle for being "in back" of Mommy. I give them equal time, though. I will roll over and cuddle the other one after a while. The good news? They don't always sleep in my bed. They sleep in their own beds part of the time!! Gotta love 'em!

Meme9

Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrats Jewels!!! She is so sweet in the pic!!!

now meme wishes her kids were little again...well not really...but they are so sweet when they are little.

Jewels

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 07:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone! My husband went back to work today so we are going to try to get back into some sort or routine. I think his attitude has more to do with being 2 1/2 than it has to do with the baby. He loves her and cuddles and kisses her all the time. He doesn't seem to get upset when I hold her or anything. I have been really observing him and I think he is just being a little boy with an attitude!

Squaredsc

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 08:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
jewels, good luck with the routine, lol. ah, babies. sometimes i wish mine were that young again. except for the terrible 2 stage. but i just love when babies have just had their baths and you lotion and powder them and they have that baby smell. and you can just kiss them all over and they love that. these days im lucky if i get a wave when i drop them off at school. enjoy these times jewels.