Hello Mudduh Hello Fadduh: ILX Rolling Parenting Thread

*sigh* I think in part this is why my parents are so great. They learned what not to do. They are the bestest parents I could have wanted. Maybe a bit too perfect.

ANYWAY, Beth, you have such cute sons. Post more pics!

Oh okay, twist my arm. Nigel, the still-huggable one.

See! Still a hugger! He came home after one semester of college in California because he missed this gf so much. Then they split up, but natch.

Another of Tucker at Joshua tree.

my sister went through a period of worrying about this shortly after she became a mom. she was like, 'all my friends hate their parents! i don't want my son to hate me!'

i told her, look, if he makes it to adulthood alive and capable of taking care of himself, you've done your job. anything beyond that is a bonus. sometimes it helps to take a biological perspective.

Happy the lorikeets are pooping on something/someone else.

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Petting the sharks.

There must be a scouse joke in here somewhere.

Maybe: imagine Ray Stubbs saying it?

Ugh Maria, I feel for you. I remember when my son went through a bout of sickness that included lots of vomiting and vile disgustingness I don't like to talk about. I ended up taking him to the ER because he couldn't keep any liquid inside and I could see him getting dehydrated and I needed help. Yeah, I know doctors are smart and they've been through tons of school and stuff, but sometimes I wish they would give moms credit for knowing SOMETHING. They didn't think he was dehydrated and decided to take a urine sample to see what was making him sick. It was so bad, I wanted to strangle the doctor. In the end I got very mean and told her that I said he was dehydrated and I meant it and if he's dehydrated he's not going to have any urine and she could take that little tube out of my screaming boy right now, thank you very much. They ended up giving us a prescription for an anal suppository (another vile thought) and sent us on our way. That little butt pill worked wonders.

Being a mom is so great. Thanks for letting me share.

me at 7 months and my boy at 3 months.

Teeny, we thought Cyrus was teething at very young (drooling, gumming things like crazy). He just cut his first two teeth a week or so ago. He's 9 months old. We thought those teeth were going to pop out any time, but it took a long time.

and thanks alison for that post, not to open a can of worms but going through pregnancy and childbirth and motherhood has made me a lot more pro-choice than I used to be but also a lot more mooshy about babies and fetuses and stuff. I think it's said so often that babies change your life that it's lost its meaning. Making the decision to have a kid means that my body will never be the same, my brain will never be the same, I've lost a good portion of my economic independence that I've worked so hard to get. And I'm a healthy, married, college-educated, white American 30-year old, I have everything going for me.

happy b-day to sterling. a year is quite an accomplishment, when it's the only one you've had.

Me with my late grandfather.

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Ophelia

Ophelia's been wonderful. She doesn't sleep through the night like Teeny's baby did. Teeny, didn't he sleep through the night when he was seven weeks old? Well, Ophelia wakes up about two or three times a night now. I think it's GR34T. I now go to sleep at around nine-ish to catch up on sleep because my body's a wreck. Either my iron is too low or my blood pressure, cause I'm floating on clouds at the moment.

Ophelia has laughed a lot lately. I remember when she turned her head, looked at me and cracked a big smile... and then a bigger one. I nearly started crying, I was so happy. :-)))

Breastfeeding is great by the way. I have to say, few women I know did breastfeeding. Really strange... Well, not really, I can understand cause the first three weeks were painful and, heck, when you need to go back to work... I have given her a few bottles of formula (one time cause I was away for a perm and haircut and the second time for a photosession).

The other week we went for a photosession. hahaha What an experience. She cried of course but the photographer was great.

Teeny, are you back at work yet or will you remain at home for a longer time? It's been quite hard combining work with taking care of Ophelia. Thank god, I have a fantastic husband who will sometimes take care of her while I work.

I was always pro-choice but having Ophelia I now fully understand the implications of becoming a mother and thus understand even better that pro-choice is necessary. That said, I would never ever have an abortion. But that's because I have the luxury of making that choice. Not everyone is up for it. (Is that well put? My English has gone down the loo. heh)

Sorry for the long post.