ILX Parenting 5: I'm a big kid now

congratulations, she is beautiful.

congratulations (n/a)

i cant believe i didnt see this . CONGRATULATIONS!! She really is remarkably beautiful <3

Thank you all very much. It felt good to get bak on here again and read the posts.

I did experience labor from the mild onset to a painful yet manageable peak to one continuous contraction that was non stop. I was stuck at that point for several hours. Our midwife was EXCELLENT! She gave me several options. We did break my water in the hope this would bring on dilation faster but it did not. It was a few hours later she said let's go to the ER, get an epidural, have you sleep and then induce with pitocin so I could still birth naturally. I was dilated to 8 when we arrived and then with some pitocin was soon up to a 10 finally. However, I was already in one continuous contraction before we arrived at the hospital this made it more painful. They had me pushing and I finally got into things and that is when we were interrupted. We were in creative positions and all in fear of the doctor coming in and shutting the party down. He came in twice and said things were not progressing so let's do a c-section. I got angry at one point and told him he was impeding my labor and had to leave. Things progressed after he left twice and the nurses noticed this. Finally he and the anesthesiologist and a head nurse came in and all used scare tactics. I went ahead and gave in, after all I had been awake since Monday morning, I wanted to meet her. Before I did I had them each tell me what they were going to do and answer questions.

Epidurals are weird. They just numb you to pain but not any other sensations. So I didn't have my dream birth, had someone else's. Plenty of women opt for epidurals and c-sections. I gave it my all, feeling sore from surgery and in my arms, neck, have broken capillaries even. It was an experience, quite a story for her when she asks one day.

Gratz!

Congratulations to you all! What a beautiful baby girl :)

Anna Maria August

love this name btw!

CONBABYLATIONS

ok I have a dumb question...is this a general parenting thread or specific to JS and Tera's kiddo?

bc I might need to start my own thread

when i started this thread i meant it as a general one, for everyone.

m bison: !!!!!?!??!?!??!?

ok cool
xp

oh nbd it's early buuuuuuuut my wife is pregnant

Congratulations! welcome to the club!

:D yayyyyy!

way to go tera and jacob and most of all, AUGUST!!!!

m bison!!!

http://yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.com/yes.jpg

My little girl has been giving us kisses for a few months now. She opens her mouth and thrusts her face at your cheek or nose or mouth or elbow (or whatever is closest to her face when she decides that she love you) and plants a big sloppy wet one. But in the past few weeks, her front teeth have really started to come in and those kisses sometimes cross the line into "bites". Still cute, but sometimes surprisingly painful.

Also, if I make an "mmmmmmmm" noise, she'll shove her cheek at me to receive a kiss from me (close-mouthed, of course).

awwww love the little vampire babies!

everything's coming up babies

toddler kisses are the best

Here's how dense parents can be.

Hank's been on a roll with the words lately. "I see you, Bea!" his first sentence (every word could be a letter, too.) His second sentence was pretty much "I'm going poo."

sunny and I were talking about our day yesterday when he comes strolling up and says "I'm going poo." Sunny takes him to get changed and comes back saying, There was nothing in there!

About that time, the bomb hits. Shockwaves. There's definitely something in there now in the fresh diaper. She finally puts two and two (no pun) together and says, He's warning us he's about to go. Little man's ready for the throne.

http://yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.com/yes.jpg

think i need to make this my new twitter avi

mbison yay!!!!!!

yeah whoa m bison i missed that in my congratulatory rush!! wowowowow

:D so pumped! we are also buying a house this summer, this will be an eventful year!!

Congrats, mbison!

Congrats, Bison!!!

pplains, beachville, loved reading your stories!

Day three with our little girl and I am finding that I don't seem to like anyone but Jacob holding her. This caught me by surprise.

It is just extremely uncomfortable. I begin to physically react almost immediately with a dull ache in my breasts. I try to be cool with it feeling it can be rude or hurtful to not let family have their time with our baby. Maybe it is just too soon.

i hated my father in law holding her for about six weeks. still not crazy about it.

but you havE every right to limit their time with her

I don't have kids but I can imagine I will feel the same way some day.

All of these concerns will pass really soon

Weve been a little concerned about Henry's speech development. He is definitely not autistic or aspie but up until a few week ago all he could manage was 'thank you', 'Uh-Oh', 'bless you' 'okay' 'car-car' 'BEEEE!' (sisters name) and 'DADDY!!!!!!'. I should point out that he is 2.5 years old.
In the past three weeks he's suddenly saying full sentences eg 'I'm hungry' 'what are you doing?' and FINALLY 'mama'. He's also singing the alphabet song, counting. Yesterday we caught him singing Katy Perry's Firework (uh oh) and later that day I. caught him singing ring around the rosie.
A few weeks can sure make a crazy amount of difference

has he had his hearing checked? srs q, not a katy perry zing

Other than at his check-ups, not really. We chalked it up to him being a boy, having a sister who does most of the talking, his continued use of the damn pacifier and some family history.

Before this deluge of complete sentences and Top 40 hits, he was still following directions. Six months ago when he was barely saying anything, I could tell him to get out of the car, watch his head (on the open cardoor) and go stand over there. He'd go 1-2-3.

That said, he's timing this nicely since we said if he wasn't making progress by the time he was 2.5, we'd start worrying.

He was just making sure you were paying attention.

my 7.5-month-old still hasn't rolled over but mainly i think it's because he's really fat

All of these concerns will pass really soon

so otm. it's nice to have family hold the kid for a little bit so you can nap/eat/read/stare into the void

At this very moment I have stomach flu and the in laws are over to help. Could not be happier to have them here.

my not-quite-7-month-old is pulling himself up to standing and crawling around like he's got somewhere else he'd rather be. My other not-quite-7-month-old is just starting to sit up by herself, but mostly is content to lie on her side and laugh at me. My just-about-3-and-a-half-year-old knows the words to Van Halen's "Jump". I'm so tired.

*tera, I still get jealous about my preschooler spending any time away from me. My sister took her to a museum a few weeks ago and I was all "But I wanted to take her there!" Though since the twins arrived, that's been easier to get over. In fact, my brother recently told me that he's happy we had twins because he never got a chance to hold our first kid when she was an infant. Not so much lately, but the first few months, anyone who came in the door was immediately handed a baby.

today was a nice day with August. she wasn't fussy and only cried when she was hungry or wanted to sleep on one of our chests. my sister came by and August woke up, she was happy and i let my niece hold her. she gazed at me a lot today and smiled.

and she has the same birthmark that both my sister and i were born with, a red spot on the back of her neck!

!!

wow thats so weird. i always thought birthmarks were the result of something happening in the birth canal but now that i type that out i see how ridiculous that idea is

beats was born with a 'strawberry' on her butt cheek. its still there. i thought it was very cute until my mom said 'oh the boys are going to like that!' WAHT MOM GOD

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