November / December 2012 Babies

Hey everyone

Sjoe this forum has been nice and busy! Seems I have a lot to catch up on!

momtoc - awh beautiful pics! Once again I'm just amazed by technology!

ChantalMoss - lol, it happened in my previous pregnancy too and I thought it was hilarious that dad got a kick in the head!

AFM - baby still doing well, kicks getting stronger and stronger, not sore or anything just sometimes unexpected. We are doing a 4d again next week aswell as our normal scan, and got a maternity shoot booked. With the twins I did it at 28 weeks and had a big tummy, this time round I'm not nearly as big and wondering if the pics will come out okay. I also don't want to be too big when we take them, so don't really know what to do. Also planning a little get away next weekend, haven't been away in more than a year so I'm so excited to just take a break!

Hi

Hope everyone had a great weekend, i just could have done without the wintery weather

It is amazing how each week i feel my lg's kicks and movements much stronger than the week before. On saturday morning my husband put his head on my tummy to see if he could hear her heartbeat and she kicked him in the head He did get to hear her heartbeat though

@Momtoc:
Lovely pictures! Where did you get them done? Did it hurt when they did it? Reason i ask is because i got a story from another couple who said that they found it to be a waste of money cause they could not get a good scan and that she was poked and prodded alot. Which left her a little sore...

Beautiful pics Momtoc! What a cute little smile!

loving the pics momtoc. Marijke please explain the whole home schooling topic. i dont think my son fits in to a normal school as well. even the teacher addressed it, i laugh when the teacher says my son sometimes stands in the middle of the class and day dreams till the teacher starts commanding attention lol. i have always told my husband that kids are not the same and some kids dont belong in a conventional classroom. i want options coz i dont want my children restricted to public or private schools only there has to be more.

Marijke, it all does make sense. It is rough being in a smallish town only those 2 options!!!
To me, homeschooling does sound like the best option for your family & what I've read on moomie & fb, B seems to be coping just fine the way you are raising her.

So ladies, here are the 4D scans :


- Just look at those cheeks & double chin

- such a cute smile!!!!!

Clueless, I'm due the 8th of Nov but hoping for a vbac so we will see when this little one feels like appearing, if I were to go c-sec it would have been on the 6th.
It's ok to be scared and a little selfish, it is huge and life changing.

Interesting question you asked Mosaneo or should I say interesting word choice. I'd think that only exposing children to lets say drugs for example when their brain can actually process the dangers would be better than for example a 12 year old that can't comprehend because the brain development isn't there. I don't plan to get her inside and lock the doors till she's 18 or something, I'd like her to volunteer at for example the local shelter, old age home, soup kitchen etc. I'd like to think that giving her a solid foundation would make it easier for her to spot the 'wrong crowd' a mile away and be confident enough in herself to tell them to go fly a kite!

momtoc - Since birth with B I've been moving in the homeschooling circles, because she was home till 15 months and even when I worked I never felt like a working mom, I have much the same parenting philosophy as homeschooling moms because I also didn't fit into the stay at home mom sending child to daycare as soon as possible for socialization mold. I started her on tot school (or playing with a purpose as it's also referred to) at a young age and noticed a huge difference between her and her peers when she started daycare - not that I'd say she's smart or anything like that but there was/is a clear difference.
Yes and then there's curriculum 2005, nuff said!
And SA ranking 138th out of 142 countries with regards to quality of education
I'm sure I can come up with a list of reasons but mostly we live in a smallish town with 2 options, private school till grade 7 then public or public till matric, or she'd have to go a different town. Homeschooling options are so endless that I'd like her to get an international matric equivalent so her options for further studies are endless.

AFM, we had a busy weekend again. We went for our 4D scan sat morning. I had a coke & bar one but this little man didn't want to wake up. He gave us a few smiles & also pulled his lips here & there. She did a nice thorough scan with us & explained everything we saw & everything is functioning & growing nicely. She even showed us his full bladder & when he emptied it hahaha. He is weighing 1.07kg now & he looks just like my lg when we did her 4D scan!!!!!!!

We had a 30th surprise b-day party sat afternoon & it was a Grease theme. Will post some pics of what we looked like as soon as I get it from my friend & then I also had to go get my maternity forms to complete & have to take it back over the weekend..........

I will upload the 4D pics just now