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It's been a long time since I've posted, but all is ok here. Wyatt has 2 bottom teeth, can roll over in both directions, and is trying his best to crawl. He is having his first cold right now--no fun. And he's been doing this whole not sleeping thing and I have no idea why. He used to get up once, maybe twice a night--now it's every hour on the hour till about 3am then he crashes till we get up. Anyway, on the high chair thing, we have the Rainforest high chair and I love it. It has a little toy that snaps into the tray and it keeps him occupied while I am cooking dinner. We are getting ready to put him into his big car seat. We have the Alpha Omega Elite. It's supposed to stay with him all the way to a booster, so we'll see how it goes. He says 'baba" a lot and he's starting to imitate you if you do something. Can't belive how fast the time is going. Anyways, hope all is going well and if anyone has any suggestions for the sleeping thing--let me know!!! Talk to you all soon.

Astra: Wow, fleece! The weathe's gotten much more comfortable here - highs in the low 90's instead of 100's. Jack's still comfortable in just a onesie, though. Val: I don't think I have a lot of help on the sleep. We have a cd of ocean sounds that helps Jack sleep. It may just be one of those things you have to ride out. Jack woke up a lot when he first started rolling over to his tummy. He'd roll in his sleep, then start yelling because he couldn't get back on his back. For several nights, I went in to roll him back over every hour on the hour. BTW, we have that same Alpha Omega car seat. It seems to work well, though it was a pain to install and we had to put a piece of pool noodle under it to make it level. Oh, and it turns out, the reason Jack's been so fussy lately is teething. I discovered a hard ridge on his bottom gums yesterday. Maybe now he'll finally eat solid food! - April

I don't know what I'd do if DH had to leave for a trip and I had to keep Claire by myself all the time. I guess I'd survive but it sure wouldn't be fun! Congrats on the teeth, Little Jack! It's about time. Hehe. Claire has another tooth on the bottom now. I can't remember if I shared that or not, but it makes 2 teeth total. It really hasn't been bad with the fussiness, though. She's been a tad bit irritable but nothing bad at all. I think the Hyland's teething tablets really help. She'll start gnawing mercilessly on her thumb, I give her a couple of those, and then she quits. We also have the Alpha Omega Elite and she seems to really like it. It took DH a stinking long time to install it, though, and yeah we had to put a towel under it to make it level. DH didn't want to redo it after he put it in and saw it wasn't level so poor Claire had to sit straight up in that thing when she was exhausted one night and cried the whole way home because every time she fell asleep her whole body would slouch forward. She likes it now though. Leaves me about zero leg room, though. We need a new car! Which is too bad since our car is fairly new. I think Claire is in love with her zwieback toast. Every time I give her one, she holds it in her hands and talks to it and coos so sweetly at it. Too funny! We also moved her out of our bed and straight into her crib. We bypassed transitioning her into spending the whole night in her bassinet and went straight to her room in her crib. She did so well I was shocked. The first night she cried about 15 minutes (checked on her every 5) and was out for an hour. She did this until about 11:30 PM and DH went in there and put his arm in there with her and she latched onto it. So I rolled up a blanket and put it in a pillowcase I used for a few days so it would smell like me and put it between her arms and she grabbed it and was out for several hours. Since then she'll put herself to sleep so easily in there. Usually without any fuss, even. She just looks at me, puts her head on her pillow (yes, pillow, she's spoiled) and closes her eyes and she's out. So easy! After one night! I am so happy it's over. Anyway I have lots of e-mails to forward.

Sarah, that's too funny! Ethan does not have any super food loves, but when I put him in his bouncer to eat he smiles and looks happy. He still makes faces at the food but at least he's eating. No sign of teeth yet, but he has been so cranky today I wonder if they are on the way. The drooling continues on! I'm managing ok with hubbie being away. Ethan got up at 12 and 4 to eat, and I changed him, but then he slept until 7 which was great. Right now I just put him down for a nap since he seemed really unhappy. I'm not sure if he'll fall asleep but I hope so. recently he's been holding out on the afternoon nap until 4 or 5 and then I have a hard time getting him to sleep in the evening. Today I wanted to take him to a story hour at the library but his naps were at strange times so we missed it, well, there is always next week!

So is anyone else getting the baby itch again? It is driving me insane. I want another one soooo bad lately. Almost as bad as I did when I got pregnant with Claire. I'm still too afraid to go through with anything stupid that might cause me to get pregnant, not to mention most likely I can't get pregnant since I still don't have a period, but I was reading some Third Trimester posts and got the baby itch bad! Now I see why people have tons of kids! Just thought I'd share that I'm driving myself crazy.

Sarah, I don't think you are alone. I also think about when will be time to try again. Of course then I look at moms with toddlers and newborns and wonder how they do it. I definitely want to have another before I'm done with horrible sleep and diapers because then at least your are still in it, but I think it would be great to have a child that is a little older and more independant so I don't have to feel bad about not giving them both all my attention. I think having two is hard whenever you do it, so why not, and if I remember correctly your guy is more then happy to have more right now. I do understand your reservations, just the financial stuff is really stressfull. Is it horrible that I want to have another boy just because it will be easier? They can share a room, clothes etc.please tell me I'm not monster mom...

Astra: You're totally not a monster. I've been thinking about what having #2 will be like, and it would be easier/more practical to have 2 boys. I do like the idea of a girl and getting to do all the "girl things" too, though. I can't decide which I'd rather have for the 2nd, but it doesn't matter, does it? I mean, it'll be whatever it'll be! Sarah: I giggled about Claire talking to her toast - so cute! That's great she went into her crib so easily. What a good idea with the pillow case. Jack's back to his normal happy self now that the tooth has broken through. We just got back from mom/baby yoga, which he.. well he likes part of it but mostly just tolerates it. It's good for me though and good socialization for him. Astra, I know what you mean about missing things like story hours. I can't even count the numbers of yoga classes, play dates etc we've missed due to unexpected napping. It's just not worth it to wake him up and take a sleepy cranky Jack out in public. - April

April, thanks! I know I would be thrilled if I had a girl too. Practical stuff aside, I know that right now I don't plan to have more then 2 kids, and I think it would be really nice for Ethan to have a brother, but of course we have no control over that. Yesterday was the first time I had to wake Ethan up from a nap. He went to sleep at 3 in the afternoon and was not up yet by 5:30 and I didn't want him sleeping through and waking up at 10 or 11 so I got him up. I felt a little bad but he was not cranky at all, and I think it really saved our bedtime. Most of the time though it's so unpredictable I have to just go with his schedule even when we miss out. Today we have his 6 month appointment, wish us luck!

Nope Astra, you're not a monster mom. I think about all the time how it would be easier to get another girl since I have so much girl stuff. But DH really wants a boy so either way I'll be happy. One of the reasons I don't want to try to have another baby right now is I want a VBAC so I need to wait 2 years for safety issues. Also DH is graduating in May and after that we have to decide if we're going to move to Austin or Washington (depending on job offers received) and we really don't have room for another baby in our current home. Well, we have room for a baby but not another toddler. And I want to enjoy every stage of Claire's babyhood and toddlerhood and then enjoy every stage of a new pregnancy instead of trying to layer it and balance time equally. Ya know what I mean. So I have lots of good reasons to wait. Just some days I really, really miss being pregnant and the newborn stuff. Of course, other days I really miss being able to do things when I want all by myself, hehe. Claire had her 6 month checkup yesterday and everything is great. She got a flu shot, too. I really don't need her getting the flu because it can send her into an event, so I decided that would be a good idea. And she has to get another one next month. She didn't do too badly with it but she still cried for a few minutes. Poor baby. I wish we had some infant yoga classes or something around here but we live in a small town so there's nothing.

Hi Gals, sorry I've been MIA lately. I've been and am still sooo swamped with work. I just read up on everyone & sounds like everyone is growing, getting teeth, all that exciting stuff. As for Ford, no teeth yet. But I feel like it will be any day. He is crawling everywhere & getting into everything. We got him the cutest walker that looks like a red sports car & he's all over the place in it. He just loves it. I would highly recommend it. I got it from Babies r Us. He's saying Da Da constantly which makes my husband so happy. Even though he said Ma Ma first, now I can't get him to say it. Da Da is all I hear. He's still in our bed but I am going to have to start making him sleep in the crib soon because he gets so restless in our bed. Question for you gals. My pedi told me not to put Ford in a forward facing car seat until he is 20lbs & 1yr old. He absolutely hates his infant car set & I don't blame him. Sounds like all your lo's have made the transition. Wonder why he would tell me that? Well talk to you later.

Brandy, the bigger carseats will do forward facing as well as rear-facing, so you just put it rear facing for now. There are some seats that only face forward so you have to look at the box to make sure. Then the rest of the seat comes off and becomes a booster on a lot of them. That walker sounds really cute! Claire loves her walker as well. She still isn't a big fan of crawling, though. She gets frustrated and doesn't get very far.

Brandy, I saw that walker at B r us and thought it was so cute! Jack has a walker at my parents', and he LOVES it. He doesn't crawl yet - just rolls onto his tummy, kicks his legs and starts fussing when he doesn't go anywhere, poor kid. He really gets around in his crib, though. He lies on his side and pushes on the bumper pads with his feet to turn circles using his shoulder as a pivot point - kind of like an 80's break dancer. Uh oh, I think that dates me. - April

Hi Brandy, so cute that Ford is talking. Ethan is making some sounds, but the closest his has come to mama is saying something that sounds like mama in hebrew when he is upset. April, the 80's breakdancer routine sounds familiar, Ethan also has some of that going on (I'm just as dated!). Yesterday though he was doing the caterpillar really well at friends' house. I was such a proud mama!

Claire has started making the funniest sounds. She goes dada daka daka dadaka dikka... It is so cute! She won't say mama much anymore, she likes the da sounds lately. She is starting to try to pull up on me and she stands holding onto things. She actually started trying to let go and walk last night. She doesn't get far, of course, but I'm surprised that she's already trying. It is also getting more difficult to get her to nap out in public. She just wants her crib to sleep now. Even me holding her at home makes her cry when she's tired, unless it's at night. Once I lay her in her crib she's out like a light. Strange. But at night, oh no, she has to nurse to sleep. If I don't nurse her, she'll eventually settle herself but then she's up every 20-30 minutes until I nurse her and then she's out for hours. I know she's not hungry she's just strange. Speaking of hungry it's lunch time and I'm starving.

BRANDY - its 20 lbs and 1 year for REAR facing you can still transition Ford to a convertible carseat that rear faces. We did that with Justin about 4 weeks ago hes pushing 24 lbs and almost 30 inches though our infant seat went about 30 lbs and 30 inches he was miserable in it and was totally uncomfortable. He loves his new car seat. But regardless if Ford reaches 20 lbs before a year he MUST MUST remain rear facing their necks are not strong to handle a collision facing forward.

Everyone seems quiet lately. Claire is being a handful lately. I think she is bored with all of her toys. I've been seeing commercials for different fisher price toys that look pretty neat and I think I'm going to need to invest in a new activity center of some sort for her. She just whines all the time. She plays with her toys for about 5 minutes and then she's done with all of them and nothing I do seems to occupy her. It's wearing me out! It doesn't help that today is a rainy day so we haven't been able to take our walk. Normally I love rain days but this one is bugging me. Well she's lost her patience yet again, better go.