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Hi ladies! It feels like I haven't been on our thread in ages.

Caden: Is doing great. Becoming more social, talking lots, kind-hearted & snuggly. Still not gaining weight very well. He weighs 25.7lbs...I am still waiting for that growth spurt I have been told about. I want him to be able to fit into some of his 18-24 month clothing. The only meal that is tantrum-free seems to be breakfast, and I think that is only because he is starving. He hates dinner time. When he sees me making dinner in the kitchen, he runs away yelling, "No, no!!" like I am torturing him or something. He goes and hides in the dark bathroom yelling, "Bath time!" He hopes to skip dinner altogether. And when dh physically puts him at the table he cries and screams the entire time. I don't know what else to do, isn't it just crazy? I have never met a kid who hated eating as much as he does. He is sick with a cold at the moment. Yucky snotty nose and cough. He is helpful with Jaxon, they play nicely together for the most part. Still there are tears when Jaxon snatches a prized toy or demolishes something of his. And Caden likes to push him down when he is annoyed with him. Big no-no! I am working on that with him, but he thinks its hilarous. I hate those smirks they give when you're trying to be serious.

Jaxon: He turned 10 months old yesterday. Crawling, pulling and cruising furniture. Lots of energy, but also suffering from major seperation anxiety. If I could hold him all day long he would be in heaven. He is growing like a weed...off the charts for height (31 in) and 22.4lbs. He finally got his first set of teeth last month. Still has fair hair and blue eyes...he is very cute, or at least I think so anyway.

DB: It's great to hear from you again! About Owen's napping problem. I went through the same phase with Jaxon. It last about 1-1.5 months if I have to guess. And then all of a sudden he went back to napping again. At 10 months he takes 2 naps with the morning one lasting about 2hrs and the afternoon one lasting about 1.5hrs. He is in bed by 7:30-7:45pm and up at about 6-6:30am. It is just beat at the end of the day but because the boys share a room they have to go to bed at the same time. I undertstand about the TV issue. Caden watches about 2hrs in the morning...I can't function properly without that distraction from 6-8am. He watches on and off. But we do get out of the house at least 3-4x a week. We go to the drop-in toddler playtime at my local community center. It costs $2.75 for 1.5hrs of crazy toddler play time. Jaxon is free until he is a year old. So, it's cost-effective and burns off a lot of their steam right in time for the afternoon nap. We go 3x a week. Caden isn't very clingy...thank goodness because Jaxon is my clingy one at the moment.

Justine: Hope you have a great time in South Africa! I am sooo jealous! Hope you get unpacked and settled into your new place. Congrats again!

K&J's Momma: I think I would probably go cold turkey to. But I cut out one bottle every couple of weeks. His bedtime bottle was the last to go at 13.5 months. Jaycie will be made for a couple of days but you will just have to grunt and bear it. The short-term tantrums are worth the long-term benefits of being off the bottle. Hope things start getting better with her.

mamagoose: How are you? How is Chloe doing? and Tyler? we should try and get together some time before I have to go back to work. I can't believe my Mat leave had gone by so quickly. I have 2 months left! I go back on the 1st June.

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