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Hi Girls! Sorry I've been MIA for a while. We've had all kinds of sickness at our house. Not finished yet - I think Emma's coming down with it now, she sounded horrible this morning. Bobby had a horrible ear infection and he still is quite the little grump. Lets see - Bobby's birthday party was great, we had tons of people over, I made spaghetti, Bobby did a great job making a mess with his cake. And Christmas was fun too. Emma got playdoh - and Bobby has been "playing" with it - mostly just eating it everytime I look away. The kids seemed to enjoy the big boxes better than the toys that come in them.

Hi! Well said, Tish, and welcome back, Zeke! I don't have any news to share, just thought I would say hi. Thanks for moving us over to the Toddler board.

Hi Girls,
I don't really have anything new but I thought I'd bump our thread. Turns out Bob didn't get over his ear infection so we are on our second round of antibiotics. It stinks having sick babies. How many teeth do all of our little guys have? Bob has had 6 teeth since 8 mos old now. I thought he'd be getting more by now. Hope you all are having a good day.

Thanks for the bump! I would have been double posting if I did it. :-) Maddie has six teeth right now...two on the bottom and four on top. She got the two bottom ones at about 7 mos, then the four top ones came in almost all at the same time around 10 or 11 mos. Zeke, I feel for ya with a sick baby. Knock on wood, Maddie is going through a healthy spell right now, and I hope it lasts. She was sick non stop from fall to early winter and I thought she'd be like that all the way till spring.

Tish, have you had your checkup with your OB yet? Hope all is going well.

Hello everyone! It has been a long time I know...the last I talked to yall I think I was battling the chronic migraines and looking at a computer screen made me feel like a knife stabbing in my head and all dizzy (which was fun with work considering I work on a computer all day!). They got better for a while and now are slowing starting to come back so hopefully it won't last as long this time. I did find out that I have slightly high blood pressure, which is really wierd because I never have before, in fact mine has always been really low even when pregnant....but then since I had Angel it has been a bit high. It might have something to do with the fact that I STILL haven't lost my baby weight! I have never weighed this much in my life so it's kind of hard for me to deal with and I'm sure it's possible it has something to do with the blood pressure? But I don't know. It's just coming off really slowly.
I read about all your birthday parties in the thread on the infant forum. Sounds like a blast, except sorry that yours was a mess Tish. Our party was pretty simple, at my sisters house and very loose theme of Disney/Mickey Mouse since we took her to Disneyland a week after her party. We had a blast! She got a picture with Santa at Disney and even though I thought I told him not to, Tony just handed her to Santa and of course she started wailing, haha, poor thing...that's part of the tradition for the first Santa picture it seems in our family to have them crying at Santa.
I am officially biting the bullet and going to school this semester even though its going to be hard to work and go to school both fulltime, I have to for my family. I am getting a degree in Early Childhood Education, Angel can be at the same preschool that I will be teaching at so that will be awesome because I can't even afford daycare for her right now, thank goodness Tony watches her in the mornings when I work and then I am working from home in the afternoons while he goes to school and it works out, but my job won't continue to be flexible like this for long I'm sure.
Angel has 7 teeth now, the 7th one just started to pop through on the bottom. She is starting to look more beautiful everyday.
Wow.....so who is pregnant here???? TISH!! Please update me on your ultrasound...I would continue to request getting them if your falling short of when you knew you concieved, I don't want to scare you but thats what happened when I miscarried right before Angel's pregnancy....I was put on progesterone with her. Let me know how it is going, that is so awesome that you are pregnant again!!! :-) How exciting!
Ugh, work to do right now.....I'll talk to you all again later!

Hey ladies, sorry its been a while, things are busy here...I am waiting on my next appt which is at the end of this month... but I may have to go sooner, I have been having big issues with my hernia, the pain from it now is really really severe to the point that I can't even move, yesterday morning it caused me to pass out fall out of my bed smack my head on my side table a lay unconcious for god only knows how long... (DH had just left for work, i woke on the floor with my head pounding) but today I am just sore...(please dont worry its just pain nothing life threatening)

Alexa has 4 teeth on the top, and 3 on the bottom so that makes Seven. Shes just growing and growing.... its crazy she trying hard to talk...and tries to walk around all over.... but she isn't staying upright...she takes 6 or 7 steps then falls over... but shes trying. I have an ultrasound I think some time this coming week, things are so hectic around here... Well ladies gotta run...have fun

ok ... sorry it has been so long for me ladies... i have had a bit of free time lately I have just not had the effort to write anything... her birthday party went amazingly.. i guess i will eventually have to get those pictures up on piczo... christmas was a hit... things are going alright here... i passed all of my classes and they start back up on monday.... no more kids right now for me... Veronica is walking most of the time now... talking up a storm...s he says mama, dada, dog, cat, hi, buh bye, all done, all gone, yogurt, apple juice, rj (her uncle), ebey (her other uncle), bad baby (when she's being naughty), and good girl... she has a bit of a vocab lol... she styill only has the 6 teeth 4 on top 2 on the bottom... she's still bf 3 times a day and napping twice or once a day...things are still weird between me and her father as usual... he's actually being cheated on by his gf at the moment... ill write more later ladies

Welcome back everyone! Good to hear from you guys. Last week I started classes for a certificate in Medical Office Assisting. I'm still working, but things are looking worse and worse here. Just this last Friday we announced the closing of the division where I'm at. I'm not sure how long I'll be here though. I'm actually part of the corporate group that "moved in" here last summer, and now we'll be down to one manufacturing plant in Texas. I still do their payroll and several other things for them, but I wouldn't be surprised if they start outsourcing that. So maybe after I finish W-2's and our annual tax filings later this month, I'll be laid off too. Who knows...I just keep going with the flow. :-) Anyway, back to my classes, I finally decided to go back to school for some education in the medical field so I can hopefully start doing HR work at a hospital or something like that. Right now, my 13 years of experience is all in manufacturing. Back when I was on maternity leave with Maddie, I almost went into Nursing, but found out it's a much more involved and longer program than I thought, so I stayed where I was. I couldn't quit a paying full time job to go into nursing, but now I might be unemployed soon. The medical office certificate is only a one-year program, and I comped out of several of the classes, so even if I go part time I should finish pretty soon. And the nice thing is, the two classes I'm taking right now are the same ones as in the nursing program, so if I decide to pursue that later, I'll have those already completed. I interviewed for an HR job at another manufacturing company last month and was selected for the 2nd phase of interviews, but now it looks like they might not fill the position because their sales are down too...surprise, surprise. That might have been my last hope to stay in manufacturing, so I'm really glad I decided to start classes. If I'm going to be unemployed soon, I'd rather be taking classes while job searching than just job searching. And it gives a silver lining to losing my job too, because I'll have much more time to devote to the classes then! Right now I'm taking four credit hours which seems daunting to me while I'm still working full time. But glad I'm not the only one. :-)

ouch tish! im glad you weren't hurt too severly with that fall! you better get in to the doc asap!!! socurbaby...glad to hear from you! ive never asked, but what are you going to school for? wow, veronica really is talking up a storm! anjelica can say a few words, she says mama dada hi babye baby bot (for bottle) tickle book (but she only gets out the ending k sound). buffi...it is overwhelming thinking of working, school and raising a baby isn't it? im terrified but im kind of in the same boat as you, my job is not entirely stable either, a lot of oursourcing to other countries like india and china. i feel like im safe for now but i dont know when they will change that...they had a massive layoff here in 05 right before i got this job and left only one person in my group, I do configuration management for honeywell aerospace and definetely not a job that only one person can do easily and actually meet our deadlines with customers! its like they just didn't really care. they say that medical and education are the two most stable job markets right now, so it looks like we're both headed in the right direction at least! speaking of work....gotta get back to it, check back with you ladies later!

i am double posting today :-) i was just sitting here daydreaming for a moment and wondering when i am going to be ready to be pregnant again. originally i said that when she turned a year i was going to try to get pregnant again...but now that year has flown by and i dont feel ready yet, for one thing i am not in a financial situation that would be wise to bring another child into our family, i still haven't lost all the weight from the first pregnancy and i have high blood pressure now and would like to get into better physical shape before getting pregnant again, also for emotional reasons--having a hard time imagining her sharing our love with another one cause she is so spoiled by everyone in my family..also i had a miscarriage before her and a very scary near miscarriage with her in the beginning and it may take an emotional toll on me worrying about that and she still needs me a lot to be there for her, i was thinking it would be better to wait another year like maybe when she's 2 i'll be ready. i want at least 2 more so i dont want to wait too long either since i am already 30, which i know isn't that old now but i dont have a wide of an age span as some younger women do when they start out. so heres to my question: for those of you that are already pregnant, were you always planning on getting pregnant around this time? for those that aren't pregnant yet, when are you planning to be and why are you choosing that time...or are you done having children? just wondering, maybe some of your perspective will give me some insight into my own decision.

margie... i am 10 years younger than you so i guess i have quite a few more years to wait... but i am waiting 5 years i guess... i mean i would love love to be having another child soon... i almost wish to be pregnant... but where i am at in my life i can not possibly afford another... not to mention my lack of a marraige lol.... anyways 2 children are keeping me busy right now... i think getting preg when the first is 2 1/2 almost three is a good age.. because then the child is learning about caring for others, family dynamics, and such stuff and by the time you had the baby they would be 3 1/2 which is a very good age... (potty trained, goiing to preschool)... hopefully that helps a little... and ladies i know where you all are going through... school full time.. which means 5 courses, the two kids and working part time... im going to school for fine arts in the focus of srchitecture, and then i want to get my masters in historic preservation so i can get into restoration of historical homes !!!!! with the way the economy is though i doubt there will be much of a demand for that, so i can always just work at the museum i am already employed at... o btw ladies... if u ever have a baby shower and u need a nice creative gift, i make those diaper cakes and you can customize them any which way you like so just let me know... have a great day all

Hey ladies, I had my 2nd Ultrasound today and my Dr appointment... Well here is the big news, the tech said from what she could see, we are having another girl (there are lines and depending on vertical or horizontal shows the gender) and well this lil one shows the same lines as Alexa... so looks like another girl (uh oh 2 teenage girls at the same time??!!) Which also has opened my mind to thinking about us trying for one more (not soon but try at least once more for a boy) At least I have all the lil girl stuff already so that will be easy... but I was kinda excited by the idea of getting lil boy stuff.

The Dr said my hernia is bigger, and its popping out more, which is what is causing the severe pain, and when it pops out I have to pop it back in... however if I can't then I have to go to the ER and go from there. She said they are going to try to hold off on the surgery, but it may become neccessary... (i hope not) But everything else looks well, the baby is growing perfect and she was just a moving around today... it was awesome to watch, they have their machine hooked to this HUGE flat screen you get to watch it on, so I got to see her on that (they didn't have that when I was preg with Alexa)

So here's the names, Alivia Braylin or (this is the name we are leaning more towards Amelia Braylin. Dh says it has a really strong sound so he likes that...and I like that no one I know of around here has that name or has a child with that name.

I went to see mom, she is up and able to kinda talk (she is in speech therapy though) and she can walk short distances with little help... she knew who I was and Alexa, and Dh...so that was good... but she still loses her thought process every so often and gets nervous and confused... but she is doing a lot better.

They are still saying that I am due around July 23-24. Margie... We weren't really trying, I was on B/C but this lil lady really wanted to be here apparently. So we are excited...it took a while for me for the shock to wear off...I am frightened of how difficult it will be and how Alexa will react, having to share the attention, since she is super spoiled and is the center of my attention ALL THE TIME, and now she is going to have to share that with another baby...so that worries me, but she will have a sibling and a playmate that is always here so that is good... We were gonna wait till Alexa was 2 or 3 to give her time to no longer be the baby, but this way maybe it will be easier, since she wont have SOOOO long without a sibling...if that makes sense... its really up to you and what you feel in your heart, economically i dont' see that it is that much more to add another (at first it doesn't seem that way) its not until they get older that they begin to cost more... (clothes and college...school supplies etc..) for me it should be pretty easy since we have all the girl stuff already... :)

Well gotta go, sounds like lil miss is waking up from her nap, have a great week ladies, and glad to see you are back Margie, we were all getting worried...

Tish, I'm so glad your OB appt and u/s went well! That's funny what you said about the bigger screen to watch it on, and how they didn't have that before. In the five years between my two kids, there were A LOT of changes in how they do things, and for the better. It's fun to check out all the new improvements and baby gear.

Margie, as you know my kids aren't close together in age, but we originally planned on having them three years apart. The hold ups started with my son's hearing impairment that got diagnosed at 17 mos of age. Having a special needs child made a huge difference in us waiting because we were so overwhelmed with learning about his condition, weekly speech therapy, numerous 3 hour trips to Indy for cochlear implant appts, etc. Also, since he was born so prematurely (32) weeks and almost died from a preemie complication he had at a week old, we were VERY skittish about having another baby. By the time he was three, we were finally at a "smooth sailing" point with his hearing impairment, but then DH got cold feet about us getting pregnant again. It took about a year to convince him otherwise, then I spent about a nine months trying to get pregnant after that. I was diagnosed with PCOS during this time, and also had to stop trying to concieve a few times because my thyroid went hypoactive on me and had to be stabilized before I could get pregnant. I finally got pregnant about a month after going on a diabetic drug called Metformin, a common treatment for PCOS. Because of our preterm history, we decided early on that we wouldn't undergo any fertility treatments to get pregnant, like if it was meant to be, it'd happen on its own. I tried Metformin because there aren't any multiple birth risks with that unlike Clomid, and apparently it made me ovulate right away, and that's all it took. So that's how my kids are now five years and three months apart. It's tricky in some ways because their interests are so different and they'll never attend the same school, etc. but WOW does my son help out a lot with her. He's never once seemed jealous of her and loves to play with her. He's old enough that I trust him to be alone with her for a few minutes at a time (enough time for a shower!) and he's self-maintaining too so I don't have double the work. By that I mean he can dress himself for school, brush his own teeth, etc. while I get Maddie ready in the mornings. I do feel like he's neglected sometimes because he is so self-maintaining, but he also still gets all the attention when it comes to conversations and playing. He talks enough for both of them, which is probably why Maddie isn't talking much yet. :-) So that's our experience with having a second one. Don't let fear of your past experiences keep you from trying for another. God knows we had reasons to not have another, but I'm so glad we gave it a shot because Maddie was born perfectly healthy and full term and I couldn't imagine not having her now. BTW, I'm 35 so I had my kids around your age too, the first at 29 and the second at 34.

hey ladies, how is everyone doing? things are ok here, i have a cold that includes a lovely sore throat...bleh.... but dh is feeling better thankfully, and alexa is fine...(oh but there is BIG news!) she is cutting more teeth, but guess what kind? MOLARS!!! 2 on the top and one on the bottom! shes been a bit fussy and sleepy from it, but shes doing pretty good for such big painful teeth coming in.... i was just so excited when she opened her mouth and BAM there were 2 lil molars poking out looking at me! Shes talking a bit, but not as many words as everyone elses lil ones seem to be doing...but im happy with the few she says..like yeah, and hey, dad, daddy, moma, mom, more, kitty. She knows how to express to me what she wants or needs, and that works for me, she is still working on perfecting her walk, she takes 7 or 8 steps but loses her confidence and falls, but shes steadily working on it, and since she is taking a while for that i figure talking will be a slower process, but everything else is so advanced, she can open doors, and climb over anything, and figures almost everything out on the first try, its amazing to watch her. Well i just laid her down for a nap, and i am feeling like relaxing myself... so have a great day ladies...

Hello all Sorry it's been so long alway busy here at my house with 3 teenagers and a baby. Now expecting number 5. Tish how far along are you? I am not due till aug 30 my u/s put me back another week. I was planning this pregnancy Margie. I am 37 years old and since we had Joe we knew we wanted another for him to grow up with. There will be 19 almost 20 months between these I am nervous but know the older I get the higher my risk. Otherwise I would have waited a bit longer. Joe has 9 teeth working on number 10 yes molars. He's been walking fluently for a couple of months now. Climbing and getting into everything. DH and I are going shoppin in awhile to get safety locks and other things can't believe how fast that happened. He listens pretty well so we didn't do it yet but think nows the time. Tish hope things go well for you and your pregnancy hope the hernia doesnt cause to much trouble when my son had his the dr reduced it ( put it back in ) by tipping the bed down head down for 20 min it went back in gravity moved it back so try laying head down legs elevated if it comes out it may save you some er trips. Good luck to you and Margie hope the migraine go away. My 14 year old gets them frequently as well It would be hard to take care of a baby with one. ttyl and will try to keep upbetter! Pam

FUN FUN FUN!!! This past weekend Old Navy did a 50% extra off all clearance items! So we went and picked up TONS of clothes for Alexa, and some for Alivia (we have decided on that name) I realize I have the clothes that Alexa wore, however I want Alivia to have some stuff of her own, not use everything that was Alexa's. We have also decided that they will not share a room, they will each have their own room, and their own space. Alexa has had her room this long, and I dont want her to feel that this baby is "invading" her space. Anything to make this transition from Only child to a sibling easier. I picked up new crib bedding for Alivia's bed, and some toys for Alexa's next birthday & Christmas.

Mom was moved 2 days ago to a nursing home about 45 minutes away from me. She has been put in transitional care (which means they are really trying to prepare her to be independant & go home) The place is really nice, not what you expect at all when it comes to a nursing home! Its clean, smells wonderful, HUGE (but not a lot of patients just lots of different areas for them) and very pretty, done out nice. I spent the past 2 days decorating her room for her, with pictures and stuff, and then I went out and bought her tons of new clothes...the first day she was there was wonderful, she knew the answer to every question, she was walking around perfectly, even kinda could tell when she needed to go to the bathroom. She ate her dinner all by herself (including soup!) and didn't make a bit of a mess. I was so excited! Then that night I lost my voice and was afraid I wouldn't be able to go yesterday because you can't visit when you are sick, but I went anyway. The nurse pulled me aside as soon as I got there and told me they were having a seriously difficult time with her. Seems at midnight on the first night she left her room got into another patients room and sat in there and it took em a long time to get her out. Then yesterday she went into another patients room 4 times and stood over his bed staring at him-and when they came to take her back to her room, she yelled at them a lot, and scared the other guy. She also wouldn't let them take her blood or change her or anything, she just kept yelling for them to get out and go away. Its a complete 180 from what she has been like. She has never shown this aggression. Eating her dinner last night she made a HUGE mess, and barely finished any of it... she couldn't keep her balance, and didn't even know who I was no matter how many times I told her. It upset me terribley since I was so excited about how her progress had been the day before. I also had to give the staff permission to restrain her, and pretty much "command" her to follow direction. Since different families have different rules. They have to be able to change her (she wears a diaper since she can't tell when she has to "go") and they have to be able to take her blood to keep an eye on her dilantian levels (seizure medicine) and they have to check her blood several times a day for her diabetes and take her insulin, and if she wont let em near her then they cant so I told them to do what they had to, to take care of her. I know that sounds mean but its for her own good. She now has a 24 hour nurse...(a nurse that stays with her all day and all night) she was there last night when I went there, and I told her to take a break I would be there for a while, and take care of everything for her for a bit (poor thing I mean can you imagine just sitting next to a strangers bed all night to make sure they dont get out of it?) and I got mom ready for bed and settled a bit.

Its just a lot to deal with. Last week I found out my brothers father forgot to order his cap and gown and senior package, as well as his class ring, and the due date was DECEMBER 19!!! So I have been working on trying to get that worked out I mean he's graduating, thats a HUGE deal, since 2 years ago, he was gonna quit because he didn't want to go anymore, and now he has passed each grade, done well and earned this! And yet no cap and gown means no walking across the stage with his class! How can a parent forget something so big! I mean I know the thing with mom is a lot, but I am dealing with that, this pregnancy raising Alexa and keeping an eye on my brother and I remember these things! So how can he not??? HIS ONLY CHILD IS GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, that to me is a big deal, and to forget that and act like its nothing basically tells my brother its no big deal, and no one really cares, and that pisses me off. (sorry but I can't believe the level of horrible parenting he is doing) he goes to work for 3 weeks or more leaving frankie home alone hands him a wad of cash, and rarely calls to check on him. Last week my brother ran through $100 in 3 days and was out of money and gas in his cars. (his and my moms) and he called me cuz he was hungry so I took him to dinner and put gas in his car...he has no concept of money cuz he was never taught, and has no idea how to handle being alone, I offered him to move in here with me for a while, until I could teach him how to deal with adulthood, but his dad said NO, he can handle it...hmmm doesn't seem that way to me, AND he picked up smoking!!! WHAT THE HELL??!!! i thought the other night I smelled cigarettes on him, then we ended up behind him in our car (he didn't know we were behind him cuz it was dark out) and i watched him throw a cigarette out his window and when I called him, he finally admitted it to me... I mean what is going on!!??

Ugg, lots of stress... phew oh but my voice is Kinda back today, it really sucks not being able to talk...lol... and trying to play and take care of alexa by whispering, that was interesting... well gotta run bye ladies...