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09-29-2007, 02:31 PM
Kellen (the infamous nephew) started his terrible twos at birth, lol. I wish I had videos to prove I'm not exaggerating. I've taken care of good babies, and then there was him.
I do miss his baby days sometimes, but I know I'll have my own in the next year, hopefully. I'm just going to go ahead and expect mine will be as temperamental, that way if it's not, all the better. xD;
Apparently a lot of babies on my mother's side have carried that same temper. My mother would throw random tantrums until she passed out. My grandmother stopped freaking out every time it happened when she realized they weren't going to stop.
I was a good baby though, save for one issue in the beginning. My mother was trying to get through school when she had me (in fact, she left the hospital to go take a final before coming back), but I guess one day I was pitching a fit over something. I wasn't more than a month old, I don't think. I imagine I wanted attention when she had too much work to do? Either way, I was inconsolable.
She picked me up and put me in my crib and said something akin to how important it was she get her work done, and how I had two choices. I could either quietly sit with her and watch/be halfway entertained/be with someone, or I could simply stay in my crib all day crying, alone.
She then told me she left the room and sat on the foot of the stairs, waiting to see what I'd decided. (Full of guilt, of course. No one likes to hear their child wailing incessantly.) After a minute or two I stopped, then was good from then on out.
Go figure. >>; Guess I'd make my choice.
Babies are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. I think so much more goes on in their little minds than anyone's ever researched.
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09-29-2007, 02:47 PM
Oh goodness I know that much is true! babies are darn smart! They just dont like to show it. I would kinda do the same things with my daughter. I was taking statistics when I had her and really had a lot to study, because te formulas were different than anything I had taken before and so she would throw fits if I wasnt holding her so I would hold her and read if i had to put her down for a minute I would tell her 'just give mommy two minutes ok? i will be right back. sure enough about two minutes would pass before she started screaming for me XD
Children are amazing. <3
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09-29-2007, 04:19 PM
Aww, how cute! ^-^
Man, I can't wait to have my own. I really can't. We're both just in a complete baby cloud right now. It's about all we think of. Baby this, baby that, and any long-term plan includes said baby, and it's not even here yet.
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09-29-2007, 04:32 PM
lol thats so cute <3
Since you're both in the same state of mind I'm sure baby will be here soon enough. At least you have time to prepare for it in the mean time!
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09-29-2007, 06:04 PM
Oh definitely. We're really lucky, too. Our friends have given us so much baby stuff. It's all sitting down in storage, just waiting. xD
I think we have everything but a crib (we have a bassinet, but judging by how big babies run on both sides of our family, I doubt it'll use it for long) and the basics... bottles, diapers, stuff like that. Tons of clothes, toys, a bath seat. All kindsa good stuff. xD
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09-29-2007, 06:36 PM
lol wow, do you have a swing? sometimes that was the only way I was able to get any sleep was to put the baby in there and just let them sleep @[email protected]
I think wal- mart has a pretty decent crib/changing table/dresser set for $200 I got it as a gift from my grandparent-in-law's :P
lol when they were first born I could put both of the twins inside of a bassinet I have a picture somewhere... >.>
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09-29-2007, 08:56 PM
Awwww, how adorable.
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09-29-2007, 09:32 PM
lol thanks. thats 15 pounds of baby in there @[email protected] I think they both fit in the bassinet together for about 2 weeks then they were in their own bassinets for maybe a month after that? so you should have at least a month of your baby in a bassinet before (s)he outgrows it chi ^^
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09-29-2007, 10:28 PM
Sooo cute!!
Oh wow, your little girl's hair has really darkened from the last time I saw her. At least, I'm pretty sure it was you I once saw on Gaia. It was years ago, and your profile had an adorable picture of her with a rubber ducky I think? I don't remember... was way long ago!
I don't think we have a swing, but thanks for the heads up on the Wal*Mart set. We'll definitely look into it when it's time! ^-^
I remember Kellen hated the swing. He had to have hard rock before he'd sleep. I remember one day my sister was having an argument with his father and he'd yelled something like, "Why is it so damned loud over there?!"
"Kristina's putting the baby to sleep."
"What?"
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09-29-2007, 10:35 PM
lol! thats awesome. all my children like emo music >.> and Im pretty darn sure it's my fault. lol.
and yup that would be me you saw on gaia all those years ago lol. though I think I may still have the picture up in my profile, I forget. That picture is about a year old now though, since it was taken a few days after we got the twins home. Children change so much in the first 5 years its amazing. I was looking at my son today and realized that he has a child's face and not a baby's face. it made me sad. </3
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09-30-2007, 02:08 AM
It does bug me sometimes to know how old Kellen is now. Three or four more years I fear puberty. ;_;
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09-30-2007, 02:16 AM
they grow so quickly ;_;
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09-30-2007, 03:15 PM
Hehe... List of things that I had for Michael... (not necessities I suppose but still)
An antique crib
5 crib sheets (2 were flannel for winter)
tons of baby clothes ages NB-2T
A vibrating bouncer
A stroller
An upright bouncer
A walker
A portable swing
A play pen
A 7lb to 40lbs car seat
two diaper bags
a baby book
2 high chairs (one was an antique it was gorgous I have a picture put it is all covered with food)
not to mention toys and lots of other really small stuff

This was over 2 years ago >.<
For this baby I have:
A new crib
All of the clothes I saved from Mikes (not quite as many as he had I have weeded them out)
A bassinet...
A car seat (7lbs-20lbs)
A newer crib
a diaper bag
a baby book
Not saying that these things are necessities but they are useful... I never got to have a baby car seat or a bassinet for Mikes so I wanted to buy them for this baby... More or less just so I can say I had them!
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09-30-2007, 03:22 PM
portable cribs are really useful, some even have a bassinet attachment. Those are really useful. You can visit with friends and if it gets to be nap time pull out the portable crib and there is a place for them to nap! (I think both of mine were from graco they are about 100 for a standard model)
I need to get new carseats. The ones I have are only up to 20 pounds, and the kids are just over that now. (so about a year and it will need a new one if the infant one only goes up to 20 pounds) I prefer the ones with the 5 point harness system though. And I cant seem to find any pink ones that have the child sitting up with the 5 point system. :/ any one know where to get one? I wasn't able to get pink for my first daughter because we didn't know if she was indeed a she and now that I have a girl I really want the pink car seat! D:
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09-30-2007, 03:33 PM
Michael was 20lbs by the time he was 6 months he is a BIG boy... And the way daddy is for this one... Well he/she is looking to be the same way... If I have twins (which I really want) I am going to keep them both in the theme until they get a little bigger. Then I will do the blue and blue, pink and pink or bulue and pink... I really want to have boy girl twins (probably cause I was a boy girl twin) And if this pregnancy winds up being boy girl twins I am getting my tubes tied... Cause I think that my boyfiends genes are what are making me sick this pregnancy... Even his mom says that it probably is. LOL... And I couldn't handle being this sick again... I want a big family but like I said I am miserable.
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10-01-2007, 12:20 AM
I hate the feeling sick part! *hugs Jazz* Stick with it! One of my sis-in-laws is 7 or 8 weeks and is feeling miserable too.
When I was pregnant with Amber, we didn't buy a single thing for her until she was almost born, and then just a crib. A few days before she was born we decided we needed newborn diapers (which she still can't fit into yet) and 3 neutral onesies (also too big right now) and neutral blankets. We didn't buy things for a long time because there were people close to us having miscarriages, even more than halfway through, so we were scared.
Amber still doesn't use a car seat in the car. She's still in her preemie car bed that we got from the NICU, which holds up to 9 pounds. She's currently 6 pounds 7 ounces at over 5 months. Her big sister was born at 6 pounds 10 ounces, and Amber's still not quite there!
We bring in Jade's old car seat sometimes when we go to restaurants and want to lay Amber down and not hold her, but people think it's odd seeing us carry Amber in in our arms and carry the car seat separately, because who takes the baby out of the car seat and carries it separately? They don't realize she doesn't ride in the car with it, and it takes 20 minutes to strap in that car bed, so we don't move it!
One time we took Amber out of her car bed, then opened the trunk where the car seat was and laid Amber in it, and then pulled the car seat out with her in it, and a couple that had just driven up only saw us pull a car seat out of the trunk with a baby in it, and I think they were wide-eyed, thinking she rode in the trunk like that!!
(Sorry this is so long, I have a lot to reply to!)
Aliena, my advice for hopefully starting to curb those temper tantrums about not wanting to leave some place fun (Jade did, and my sister's girl too!) is to start warning her ahead of time. "We're going to leave in 10 minutes, ok?" "You have 5 more minutes, and then it's time to leave!" At first, that didn't even help and we'd still be carrying her out kicking and screaming sometimes, but eventually she got used to that routine and could "prepare" herself mentally and emotionally for time to go.
Chi, how long have you been trying for a baby so far? I know it's hard, but try not to get discouraged if it takes a while. I tried desperately for 2 years before my first was conceived, and every month with a negative result was devastating, while everyone around me was getting pregnant by accident. It was meant to happen when it was meant to happen, but it was so painful thinking I'd never be pregnant when I really wanted to be!
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10-01-2007, 02:58 AM
fawN, we've not been trying for long. I had a Mirena IUD in due to a ton of menstrual issues in my younger years, and that was removed in June. We had to wait a month so the inflammation could go down (otherwise a tubal pregnancy had a higher chance of happening), and then a lot of things came up. My fiance's parents flew out during my ovulation week in August, so we've really only had two legitimate months of trying, haha!
I have a feeling deep down that it'll happen before January. I'm going to have an easy going mind about it 'till then.
Your statement is something I agree with, too. When it's meant to happen, it'll happen. :)
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Jaz, I need to find pictures of Kellen. He was a big boy as well. He had so many rolls... wouldn't surprise me if he had friction burns from crawling.
Michael is sooo cute. ;_;
I hope your morning sickness eases soon. They make special teas specifically for morning sickness, I hear.
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10-02-2007, 03:25 PM
I hope things are going better for everyone today.
Jaz- <3 I hope you get twins <3 My second pregnancy (with the twins) I had no morning sickness, but with my first daughter I had it all through out the pregnancy. So if this is a lot different than your first pregnancy perhaps it is twins! I kept mine in theme too. though we did green and pink because those were the main colors we had from my first daughter :P
FawN- Amber is so little! I would want to put her in one of the little native slings and just carry her around in that XD It would be so cute. Are the docotors concerned about her growing or is she on track for her gestational age? I can't think to do the math right now :P
Chi- I was considering getting an IUD after the twins were born. Was it painful to have inserted? I obviously didn't have it done (yet) But i'm still considering it.
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10-02-2007, 03:43 PM
I must say that I tried to have that particular IUD inserted and he couldn't do it. I've had many many problems with my cycle which is why I was never able to have children. But since I've not given birth and the fact that I'm overweight, he couldn't get it in. It was painful but he said it was more so for me because of never giving birth and not having enough room to insert it. Otherwise, it wouldn't have hurt much at all.
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10-02-2007, 03:58 PM
@ melody I do hope for twins (boy-girl preferably) then i think I'd be done with the baby business... I wanted a lot of kids but I am soooo sick.... I couldn't handle doing this all over again.
@ Chi that picture is sooo old... He was like 11 months in that picture... I was trying to show the antique high chair he had I was so proud of finding that thing... He had a crib to match.... But here are some more recent pictures of him... Taken in July....
So I don't stretch the page
Indiana Jones
Three years old
Handsome pose
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10-02-2007, 04:47 PM
Jaz- every pregnancy is different. My first I had morning sickness up until a month before she was born. and it was bad morning sickness, I would throw up just about anything I ate if it was more than a handful of something. I was hungry and wanted to eat more but my body wouldn't allow it. with the twins I was sick once, and that was due to food poisoning. It's different every time. <3
and OMG YOUR SON IS THE CUTEST! <33
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10-02-2007, 05:35 PM
He is a very handsome young man
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10-02-2007, 07:58 PM
Thanks guys... He is a butt sometimes but for the most part he is a good kid... I feel bad I had to take him to daycare today so that I could get some rest and start getting better from this sickness... But I haven't been able to cook much lately on account of the morning sickness and he will at least get some good warm meals there and some time to play with friends... I just hope he doesn't have so many accidents today!
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10-02-2007, 08:34 PM
Cute kiddo. ;_; <33
To answer your IUD questions, I had to have a D&C when I was 20. Or was I 19? I don't remember. I had polyps and heavy uterine bleeding since I was thirteen or fourteen years old, and enough was enough.
They just inserted the Mirena while I was under, so I'm afraid I can't tell you how uncomfortable it was. I was burning afterward, but that could have been from the surgery itself. I had to have it done when I was still a virgin. All that waiting for Mr. Right and I was deflowered by a cold metal speculum! T^T *wipes a tear*
Anyway... the removal wasn't so bad. It was like a huge quick cramp and that was it. It burned a bit.
To be honest, with my cycles having been so messed up, the Mirena helped, but it didn't fix it. I kept it in for three years. I had it taken out this past June, actually, since we've decided we want our one (and probably only) child. Now that I'm off the thing...
Okay, I'll be blunt. When I was on it, I spotted mid-month (again, keep note I was really messed up regardless), I was very dry. Since the removal, my periods have been on time and end within 6 days, not the 10 as before. With the Mirena I'd bleed the extra four days with just enough to be a bother.. it was a pain.
I am glad it's out, and having to choose a contraceptive again, I wouldn't have it. It did its job, and allowed condoms to be completely out the window, but its shortcomings really bugged me. There were more than I listed. n.n
Don't let me ruin it for anyone else though. It DID give me a short-term fix...
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