so cuuuute
schwantz, i was referring to alex's boy's tshirt! but didn't realize that is what is on your boy's tshirt - haha neat
― rrrobyn, Monday, 5 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
That picture is ridiculously cute.
― ENBB, Monday, 5 November 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, I think I'm starting to be able to tell ben and owen apart finally. ben's the one with the crazy eyes, right?
alex, your kids are adorable. it's the tradeoff for being hard work maybe, so you'll just want to pinch their cheeks instead of selling them on ebay after a rough day.
after the hangover has subsided, here's lulu getting ready to open the pressies from her neighbourhood pals that came to her halloween shindig:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/1879500255_53b7047d14.jpg
and a couple from her actual birthday on friday, a fine excuse to light a candle on yet another cake. ava had to help with candle extinguishing, and since then has eagerly volunteered to help lulu learn how to play with her new toys.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2203/1879544703_957573871f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/1880342222_a10ae3b72e.jpg
― craft ho, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Aww, cute pics already!
Glad you're doing well Nath, apart from the engorgement and bad lochia.
Aidan and I are coming towards the end of a weeks stay with my parents. It's been interesting, fabulous to see Mum and ad with him, especially dad interacting more with him now he's a bit more alert and smiling. Aidan's really finding his voice and is still at the stage where strangers are fun rather than scary, so he's loved being shown off to all and sundry!
The little bit of expressing I have been doing, I thought I wasn't storing it properly as it always smelled sour whenever we tried to give it him. I couldn't understand why a bottle stored in the fridge for just 24 hours could have gone off already so I did a bit of googling and discovered that if your milk has high levels of lipase then it gets tainted very quickly. Some poor mothers build up hundreds of ounces in the freezer for when they go back to work, only to have to throw it all away. There is a solution, if you scald the milk as soon as it's expessed it's fine. Yes, you probably lose some of the goodies but as long as they're getting some proper boob time as well it's fine. I really wish it was more widely known about though.
Tummy time at grandparents, and the default poition of his fingers at the minute:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/1840004319_ea72ee851e.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/1885405703_a3b90e6b86.jpg?v=0
― Vicky, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:25 (sixteen years ago) link
haha vicky I was reading your post and as soon as I got to "smelled sour" I thought "lipase! I have to tell her about lipase!" :) Glad you figured it out for yourself, although it does sound like an enormous pain.
And congratulations Nath, I haven't popped in in a while, so happy to see everything went fine!
I am also thinking of biting the bullet and charging ahead on potty training...kiddo has always been remarkably good about peeing on the potty when we ask him to but only rarely will go over and do it himself. He just now seems to have the motor skills to pull down his pants, and I wish he was more verbal, but everything else is there. I don't want to miss a window, but at the same time, I really wish this window hadn't opened up right as the weather turned cold!
here is your picture: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/1809219016_591913520d.jpg
he will be 23 mos in a few days. Current interests: trains, jumping, playing chase, maisy, collecting sticks at the park, drawing with sidewalk chalk. Also he knows all the letters and their sounds!
― teeny, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Update: Lisa sleeps so much. It's quite a strange experience for me as Ophelia slept so little. It's freaky! I have to wake her up to feed otherwise she'd go without milk (so I feared today). I also use ILX: After a nighttime feeding I put her on my shoulder, read the board until she's asleep and then put her in her crib. She woke up at 12 am and 4 am for a feeding. WTF. If I get the hang of this, I can breeze through these months. roffle.
Teeny, some wait even longer to potty train. Apparently the longer you wait, the quicker they learn. Some wait till 3 yrs of age!
― nathalie, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG teeny do it NOW. Do not wait until he doesn't have interest or it's too late. I may not know shit about anything else in life, but I know your little guy is ready! What you do is commit to it and Do Not Back Down.
Also, he's super cute.
And congrats Nathalie! I totally even forgot you were pregnant as I haven't trolled the parenting threads in ages.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Congratulations, Nathalie! That picture is super-cute! Glad to hear everything is going well & I hope the good sleeping continues. Madeleine was pretty good, she used to wake about every three or four hours at night for a feed but I had to wake her in the day or she would sleep for too long.
― liz, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Aw Ophelia and Elisabeth look impossibly adorable, what proud parents you must be nath! Well done and congrats again!
This is a bit late for Halloween and the pic was taken in August(?) anyway but: http://photos-932.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v110/108/9/616388932/n616388932_194675_5678.jpg
― Archel, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 12:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Hm, do Facebook pics work? I thought I was linking from Flickr, sorry. Again: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2253/1901789495_fdd74307ea.jpg?v=0
― Archel, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Ava singing one of her fave Chris Montez songs (this was back in August):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPTr8B5iRdA
STOP PRESS: Lulu just took ten steps! Previous record was three!
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Steps!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GGW8FiFEcg
― onimo, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, onimo, that's proper walking! it's hard to imagine a time when lulu will be so steady and confident on her tootsies. or running around with ava, even!
archel, alice looks extremely pleased to be lucifer's minion, I'd watch out for that one. she's going to be a biscuit thief for sure!
louis is looking so grown-up! it sounds like he might be ready and willing for the potty training but I know what you mean about wishing it was a bit warmer. ava wasn't very verbal at first either, it took ages of us asking her every half hour if she needed a wee before she'd volunteer the info without prodding, I think she just got so irritated at being badgered about it that she started telling us when she needed to go!
I'm taking lulu for her first MMR jab in a couple of hours, urgh.
― craft ho, Thursday, 8 November 2007 09:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My goodness, Ava's pitch is great for a toddler. She's going to turn into a supersongstress like Mom.
― Madchen, Thursday, 8 November 2007 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
That's some great walking from M! Alice shows no sign of wanting to strike out alone yet, although she is never happier than when cruising round the furniture.
And you're so right pam, in fact she's a massive biscuit thief already. She can sniff out an unwary toddler at fifty paces and is expert at distracting them while she quietly reaches out for the custard cream in their hand. This morning she got stuck under a chair at baby group because she had spotted a hula hoop underneath it from the other side of the room...
― Archel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Aw, Pam, Ava is like your mini-me! That's adorable! Megan walking is so cool as well, as is devil-Alice and pumpkin-Louis. These threads are so great for watching them all grow up :-)
― ailsa, Thursday, 8 November 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
(oh, and obviously massive AAAWWWWWWWW at Ophelia and Lisa)
And I though Ava couldn't possibly get any cuter. Wow.
― ENBB, Thursday, 8 November 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
It's their first birthday today, so... here are some pictures!
Owen on his sweet new trike: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2394/1882750390_c8adf1620c.jpg
Ben and Owen at the park: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/1927200796_bfe9a074dd.jpg
Owen at one year: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/1927247960_3ce382294c.jpg
― schwantz, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
happy birthday O and B!!
― sunny successor, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
They're plotting in those little caps of theirs. Activating their Wonder Twin powers.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Already a YEAR? My god, does time fly! Congrats!
Hey Teeny how's the vocalizing/linguistic skillz going? O has been forming sentences for a few weeks now. It's freaky how much she understands and how well she's able to express herself. :-)
― nathalie, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
"Mommy, want computer."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 November 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Happy birthday to the handsome crimefighting duo Ben + Owen! Ava and Lulu raise a glass and bottle respectively to their continued good health! Also I'm pretty sure I heard Ava mutter "party on".
― craft ho, Friday, 9 November 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Please, someone on this thread with children, explain what the hell this is:
http://sillyape.org/trash/get_ready_for_blastoff.jpg
― HI DERE, Friday, 9 November 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
It looks like a device for teaching kids how to go to the toilet without having to undo your pants.
― StanM, Friday, 9 November 2007 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
It appears to be a last ditch solution for stubborn kids who resist potty training. "You want to be let out? You know what to do."
― mike a, Friday, 9 November 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
THE TARDLET
― Mark C, Friday, 9 November 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Something to do with waterboarding...
― schwantz, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The shinstraps are the worst bit of that contraption. And the colours.
I've now digitised two hours (26GB!) of mini-DV tapes so I may get carried away with YouTubing the gals. Here's Lulu snoozing...finally, in her high-chair at Grandma's back in September. I could mix in some Harry Hill preamble and a laff-track if you like...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YacFEByCHKM
― Michael Jones, Friday, 9 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
So Beeps did this for the first time yesterday:
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/2236/im003758bx7.jpg
And yes, we've moved the books out of the way now.
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 11 November 2007 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
cute!!! in the last 2 weeks beeps learned to sit up from laying down position, creep on tummy, crawl on hands and knees and pull herself up to standing. progresso! oh, and say "mama mama mamamamamamamamamammmmmmmmm"
― sunny successor, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Tardlet? TURDLET.
― C J, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
dude, that had better be an xxxxxxpost
― sunny successor, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, yes!
― C J, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Beeps is such a cutie!!! <3
― nathalie, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm waiting for her and Charlotte to form a band.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
That's some good development spurting from beeps, woo!
I am currently praying that Alice has not caught chickenpox, after one of the baby group mums found out that she's got it... in the meantime, here's a toothy A with a toothsome pineapple:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/1985701946_0a035f4a89.jpg?v=0
― Archel, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, beeps is going to be running a marathon by the end of the month! and the chatting is great! we have yet to get so much as a single 'ma' out of lulu, much less a 'mama'. she's got 'gah!' down pat, with an occasional 'da' when she's feeling fruity.
cute picture of alice! unlike you archel, I have been trying to get chickenpox out of the way for going on three years now but no dice. every time any of their friends get it we're over there like a shot but just can't catch it no matter how close they hang out together. I'd rather her get it now than when she's in school. there's never a good time for them to be sick but if alice gets it now it may not be so bad, ava's friends lucked out with not many spots and not much more discomfort than a bad cold. mike didn't get it till he was in his 30s and it's so much worse to get as an adult. I knew someone who got it in college and he had blisters the size of QUARTERS!
― craft ho, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I have never had mumps, this worries me intensely.
― Porkpie, Monday, 12 November 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Mumps is part of the MMR vaccine though? So there's no reason kids should get it these days (and therefore you should be okay).
― Mark C, Monday, 12 November 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
chris, you can book yourself in for an MMR vaccine, it's not just for kiddies anymore. after a routine blood test when I was preggers with ava I was told that I'd never been vaccinated for rubella in my untamed youth. they no longer give single vaccines so I had to get an MMR before I could get pregnant again.
it's pretty unlikely you'd get mumps but since kids don't get the MMR jab till after a year old, I guess there's a slight chance a baby could catch it and pass it on, there was a measles thing going around a couple of years ago right when a few of ava's pals were scheduled to get the jab (she'd just had it so had a narrow escape).
here's munchkin the younger cruising furniture:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/1955100982_3b26b136f0.jpg
― craft ho, Monday, 12 November 2007 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Funny to think that when our kids are having kids and worrying about these things, we'll be telling them that we had mumps or German measles or whatever when we were young, and they'll look at us like we had scurvy or black death?
― Mark C, Monday, 12 November 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Now I realize what it means to have two kids: Both have a cold. :-( Liesje has to take some meds - *squirt* it in her mouth as she doesn't do the bottle - because she has phlegm (???) on her lungs. This night was a disaster as both were coughing 'n' wheezing. Ophelia's alright but lying down the phlegm builds up and she doesn't know how to get rid of it, I guess. She had the nastiest cough ever. Sounded like a asthma attack. *sigh* Apart from that, Liesje sleeps quite a bit but drinks less as she has a runny/stuffy nose. Poor thing. :-(
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Also her reflux is pretty bad as a result. Again: poor thing. I have to hold her up slanted (and enchanted heh).
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 13:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Poorly baby here too -- we have just spent three nights in hospital as Howie has bronchiolitis. We called the doctor out on Saturday night as he was sounding a bit wheezy, expecting to be told to give him Calpol and put him to bed -- next thing we know, we're being blue-lighted an ambulance and hooked up to oxygen in hospital :(
Anyway we are back home today after a worrying few days, he is still poorly but breathing much better, and will recover faster without nurses coming in every 20 minutes around the clock to poke and prod him.
― Meg Busset, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my lord. That's frightening, Meg. Good thing you can call out doctors on a saturday night. Sure can't do that here.
I hope O, L and H are feeling much better soon. Beeps' ear infection sure seems trivial now.
Archel, you take the best photos!
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Awww and sweet lulu! Did you guys get a lot of falling and resulting baby injuries when they started pulling up/cruising? Beeps busted her lip open last night falling from a standing position on to a toy. First time she's bled, I guess. I'm thinking we'll see a whole lot of this in the near future.
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Yikes, Meg. Poor Howie and poor you, hope he's better soon (and I'm sure you'll all get back to normal quicker without the prodding and poking - we have SO had enough of that after Alice's two hospital stays.)
The only injuries Alice has really sustained are bumps on the head from when she was at the standing/cruising stage but couldn't yet manage to land on her bottom if she fell, she'd just go straight backwards in a vaguely comedy fashion.
― Archel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, and Matt is usually responsible for the photos, not me, I must confess...
― Archel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm happy for there to be a new one - it's been nearly 8 months. I can't do anything with "Citizens on Patrol" though...
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
ILX Parenting 4: We make our own people
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Itty-bittyzens on Patrol?
― Madchen, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha best part about schwantzs fathers day reading pic is he's the only one of the 3 who looks confused
sunny what is the story behind 'beeps' (the name/nickname)? because it is awesome
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
ummm..lets see. we had decided on the name Beatrice when I was still preggers. we started referring to her as Beats and then that changed into Beeps for awhile which just kind of stuck on ilx i think because i started a thread about "beeps" at the time. She is really "Beats" at home though.
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Before we leap into the inknown that is ILX P4, any news on rumpie?
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Her babe must be out by now.
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Fingers crossed!
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
sunny if i start a beeps vs beats poll thread & beeps wins out will you guys change yr mind on that one?
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I want her to be a drummer, not a keyboard player.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
YOU ARE LIVING IN THE PAST MAN, at least give her a chance!
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
DO IT
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i will - ILE or 77? thats yr only choice other than the vote - after that it is out of yr guys' hands
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
btw split vote = i choose
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
wow i dont know. more bros on 77 but more peeps on ile. you decide
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know, deez. Singing "Beats Street, Queen of the beat, you see her rocking that beat from across the street" to her at night ain't gonna sound the same if her name is "Beeps".
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
not to mention "we got the beat"
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
well you two might just have to get 'creative' & substitute 'beep' for 'beat'
deal with it motherfuckers
we are polling on 77 in t-5 min i submit that all ILXP's be invited if they have not been already
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
no mentions of 77 on this thread pls. Some of us aren't that cool.
― schwantz, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
(Or invite me)
― schwantz, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
whats yr ilx email SCHWAAAAAAAAAAAAN? ill feel very powerful if i successfully invite another user
― deeznuts, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Hi everybody, see you in December!
― Dr. Superman, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
preggers!!!
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Can I repeat: HELLISH. Last couple of days it was 4 or 5 am. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then an accident as well, she fell off the diaper table. But (I hope) nothing's wrong. Thank god. So has anyone gritted their teeth and let their baby cry? I still can't. Silly me. :-( I'm going completely k-razeee tho.
― stevienixed, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 05:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i could let beeps cry to some degree at infant stage but i cant now. i guess because she can communicate better now so crying more often than not does mean something is wrong. poor nath. do you have someone who can give you a day, or at least a night, off where you can hide in your bedroom with earplugs in?
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
3 months away.....and its a boy! just one, we thought two....but just one. We have decided to name him Cole.
― thebingoisback, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Thank your lucky stars ;)
― schwantz, Thursday, 26 June 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
BINGO! Awesome! Very happy for you and yours! (it's Huk-L, btw)
― Dr. Superman, Thursday, 26 June 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Huck and Chris! You guys!
― Mark C, Thursday, 26 June 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Yay! I like Cole - I have a beautiful nephew by that name.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 26 June 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, people be sprogging! congrats, you guys!
― ailsa, Thursday, 26 June 2008 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
More pics!
Ben: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2600886144_fb98f5b9a4.jpg
Owen: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2600881948_ca6ddc153a.jpg
Ben and Owen playing with a fountain: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2620180974_b6ee624f49.jpg
― schwantz, Sunday, 29 June 2008 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Beautiful. How old are these boys now? Do I remember you saying they could say the alphabet at 18 months? Beats is 16 months next week and all she says is "DADA!!!"
― sunny successor, Sunday, 29 June 2008 07:12 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, we're moving up to 4! Using sunny's title... ILX Parenting 4: We make our own people
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 29 June 2008 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Think we might be approaching this time with Howie -- in the last few days he has done a wee on the potty every night at bathtime, and asked for the potty this morning.
I have TEH FEAR over putting him in pants and spending the next x weeks wiping up accidents (especially as I'm glued to a breastfeeding newborn half the day) so am considering going via pull-ups, and leaving pants til he is reliable at letting me know when he needs to go. OTOH some say it's best just to stick 'em in pants and put up with the mess for a while...
So... any tips?
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 12:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Argh, meant to start a new thread on this. Pls ignore this one!
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link