August-September 2010 Moms

Most moms don't want to hear it. But kids are born manipulators!
Kerry, that must've been so cute!


Iz learned to throw such a strop if she sees u eating or drinking something. But refuses cereal or purity. Oh, give her something she can chomp on herself, then she'll take it. (biltong, carrot)

Sunday we went to Ocean Basket after church, and madam decided she wants to sit on our lap and tear the paper off the table. Did she now enjoy that! She went crazy, arms flapping, legs kicking, drooling, yelling, in an attempt to direct those little hands to the paper to tear it to shreds. And don't try to sit to far away! She mastered the art of throwing a tantrum. She knows exactly which noises to make and which muscles to use! No unco-ordinated movements there!

School starts tomorow! Urgh! My poor mom, now she has to look after Iz alone till 1. Can't believe its Abz' last year in Primary School. We going to have such a blast this year. My best friend is moving her kids to our Primary school this year. She's also a stay at home mom, and together we decided to take over the school...bwhahahaha!!!!! Hehehehe. All I can say is...my poor kids, cause me and Jess together in public is never a good idea. Bake sales, market days, pta meetings, sports events is never going to be the same.

Charnenay, needless to say, we never have a dull moment in our house. Drama queen (abz, 12, hormonal teen, balerina, prefect currently on a power trip), Grace (sensitive soul, 10, artist, athletic, with anger issues), hubby (perfectionist, neat freak, musician), Iz (5 months, stil discovering her personality) and mommy...trying to hold everything together without weekly visits from either the police or child welfare! Hehehe.

KerryA how GORGEOUS! Sho your LO is doing so well

Evan rolls over tummy to back loads, wriggles in all directions but still only does back to tummy sometimes. I roll him over back to tummy every day... He now wants to sit with his back to me while I give him his bottle so he can see even more so hopefully soon he will start holding his own bottle. He rests his little hands on it but wont hold it. He also lunges himself at things he wants when he's sitting on his own or if we have him. He's constantly trying to look in all directions.. He also tries to grab his food spoon to feed himself! So messy!

Girly how're the studies going? Have had my BEEEGGGG bosses out from the uk since last week, we went away with friends this weekend and I was finally going to get some time in last night and ended up hugging the toilet instead. Think I have a stomach bug soooo naar Have late meetings tonight and a dinner tomorrow, so soonest I might get is Thursday night Definitely have to put in time this weekend!

Sorry, so busy at work havent had time to catch up here but I hope you and your angels are all super well!!

Oh on baby # 2. DH wanted another straight away, I got him to agree we should wait till Evan's 1 before we start. I want them close together but not too close My niece will be 2 1/2 when her new sibling arrives and I think that's perfect

Okay so it was sooo cute i have to share. on friday Kaylin held her own bottle... practically snatched it out of my hands. then last night were sitting eating supper and she starts staring at my fork... so playing i show it to her and she opens her mouth.... hmmm so i quickly redirect and put it in my mouth... well did she only pull a face! So i got up and mixed her a little cereal... so now shes on 2 feeds a day... lol... guilt trip mommy.... hmph

We plan on having two bundles of Joy, and wanted a 2 year gap between, which means were looking at anything after November this year, scary stuff!

EileenB - nah Kaelyn doesn't have toothies either... shes younger... only born on the 26th of Aug though... but shes rolling over happily holding her own bottle at night meeting all the other stuff waaayy early, can even sit unsupported, but you have to be ready to catch her when she spies something she wants to put in her mouth coz she really makes a dash for it

Sorry about the dedication too i know how it feels, but don't stress when it happens however it happens it will be special

Okay so it was sooo cute i have to share. on friday Kaylin held her own bottle... practically snatched it out of my hands. then last night were sitting eating supper and she starts staring at my fork... so playing i show it to her and she opens her mouth.... hmmm so i quickly redirect and put it in my mouth... well did she only pull a face! So i got up and mixed her a little cereal... so now shes on 2 feeds a day... lol... guilt trip mommy.... hmph

We plan on having two bundles of Joy, and wanted a 2 year gap between, which means were looking at anything after November this year, scary stuff!

Eileen

BabyK - Emily had a rash on her face last week and then the teeth came over the weekend (not sure if it is related though) ??

Eileen - sounds like lots of fun in your household Iz is a lucky little girl Hope the 2 weeks goes by pretty fast.

Hi all,

Time for typing is a very rare luxury.

Everyone is doing so great. I'm in my 2nd week of notice...hallelujah it's almost over. I miss my babycakes so much. She's gonna start thinking Abz (my eldest) is her mom! Iz absolutely adores her sisters. They can just walk past her as smile then she starts laughing. And Abz singing Justin Bieber's Baby Baby has her in stitches every time! All Grace has to do is do her own version of beat boxing...then Iz laughs so much she hardly breathes. NOT FAIR!

Though I am counting my blessings...I have 2 live in babysitters! When Iz peeps, there's always someone close to comfort or entertain her.

Yesterday we all had a nice swim. Iz loves the pool. We swim for about 45 min. Then she is exhausted and naps for 2 - 4 hours. Lately she naps over her bath time, so I sommer bath her in her sleep! Serioulsy! She only wakes up once we dress her! All smiles.

We tried a little bit of pap but Iz is not having any of it. She ate the first few times, but then decided it's not for her and not even the jaws of life would get that mouth open for food! She pulls her lips so stiff she looks like the Queen and pulls her neck long so she looks like a tortoise. Then I tried another trick, gave her the spoon, then she opened her mouth! But I decided I'll wait it out, she's only turning 5 months this week.

Is my child the only one without teeth? Da gaan nog niks aan nie! Drooling - check Niggly - check Chewing on everything - check Teeth - MIA!

My poor child is never gonna be dedicated! Things just doesn't want to work out! We have so many factors to take into consideration to choose a date, and we finally got one...only for the pastor to cancell on us yesterday!!!!!!!!!!! We chose yet another date 20 Feb, which by then both dresses I bought will be too small. What an absolute waste!

Girly, don't stress, your perfect job will come along! Just keep the faith.

BabyKsmom. I hear you about the finances. But do yourself a favour and talk to adults that is only children. I am an only child. Certain life skills you don't learn, like coping with conflict for one. My hubby is also an only child (his brother passed away), we don't have brothers and sisters we can go visit, our kids don't have cousins, we don't have the big cheerful Christmasses, it's just us and our parents. My dad passed away, all I have left in the world is my mom. Same with my husband, his mom passed away. There's no one to share childhood stories with. And my childhood stories differ from other kids'! School holidays is a nightmare, cause you can only entertain yourself for so long, and you can only go play at friends so much. But as I said, I hear you on the finances, and it is a valid reason for having only 1 child.

Well, I have 2 daughters (whom hubby loves as his own) , and now we have Iz, I don't think we will have another baby! However, if hubby feels he want another child, we will have another one.

Well, have a great day all!

Oh cool Kerry, Reggies vouchers would be awesome!

Charnenay, 2 teeth! That's fantastic. I really hope a tooth/ teeth are coming through for John as he has been so unhappy today, put him to sleep just now with some ashtons & parsons. He was grabbing for all his toys and desperately trying to put them all in his mouth and chew, not like normal, with more of a desperation to it. And I gave him 2 chew toys as well but they didn't seem to be enough or get to the 'right' spot

He's also got a rash on his chin and neck that he's had for a few days now, from all the drooling. Any body else's baby come out in a rash before a tooth appeared?

I know it could still be ages, I met with an old friend yesterday who's baby started drooling and chewing at 3 months and only got his first tooth at 10 months, so its a real guessing game.

I would love another baby but for now we are sticking to one child. Hubby is really not keen for another one from the financial aspect and the carbon footprint aspect but I would love John to have a sibling to grow up with and be best friends and all that. My sister and I have a large age gap - 6,5 years - so growing up we were at different stages but for the last 10 years at least we have been such good friends.

I had a pregnancy scare in December actually! Can you believe it! I would have had another baby at round about the same time this year, imagine how funny that would have been? I'm also on microval Girly and was struggling to remember to take it - and apparently you have to take it within a 3-hour period of the same time every day. So the first time hubby and I had unprotected sex, I forgot to take the pill that day and the next! And then my period didn't come 4 weeks after the first period so eventually I took a HPT but thank goodness it was negative. DH would have freaked out! Of course if I was pregnant we would have made it work and I would have been very happy but still, I'm glad that for now it is just my boy

Well done Kaylee! John is still only rolling from tummy to back and that is not all the time. But I'm not worried, his back and neck muscles seem quite strong so I'm sure he'll do it when he's ready.