Mothers and babies birth onwards 2010

Hey Sapphire, welcome to the mama thread! This is a great place to find out all kinds of things as that cute little Ainsley starts growing. It is always nice to ask about something you think is totally strange that your baby is doing, and find out here that everyone else's babies have gone thru that stage and it's really normal. Or what to do with that horrible diaper rash. Or you don't know what is causing her to act like she is. All kinds of important things like checking to make sure they don't get a hair wrapped around their toes! If you need a little encouragement, or just someone to vent about your baby to. And we all love to hear about the progress everyone is making as they grow up. I personally don't htink I would have made it thru the first year without being able to come here!

Ok. I got Lucy to do some jumping this afternoon. At 19 months she officially gets an inch to two inches off the ground with both feet.

Wow, it is so great to see all the updates from everybody!!! After a super busy time before and around Christmas and the start of a new semester, I finally had time to read everybody's posts.

Leanne -- Cloie is such a cutie! Can't believe how fast she is growing!

Sparkles -- This is so great that Kyrah is in her big girl bed and is using the potty. What a big girl you have!! We are thinking of transitioning Kian into a big boy bed but are not sure if we should do it before the baby comes or shortly after as a big boy special thing??? Not sure on that one...

Angel -- that is so cute about Tia-Li giving speeches. I caught Kian talking and talking to the cat yesterday, lol.

DM -- sorry about the eating issues. Lucy is so adorable - loved her pics at the playground.

Mommabear -- Great that Isaac is in his big boy bed, too. That is fantastic! Sorry about the difficulties with the eating. And no, I haven't had Kian at the dentist's yet.

Lou Lou -- so sorry that you are going through the no food phase, too. No fun. Hope that everything else is going great.

Tiff -- Yay for LM's two word phrases. That is so much fun!

mscherry -- Glad to see you around; I missed you. Hope that Jadah will get to like school again and that you'll find a job soon. Jayden sounds like so much fun.

Chris -- Kian cannot jump yet either. He has been doing the motion, bending the knees, but then he doesn't jump, just kinda steps forward.

Sapphire -- so great to see you here. Ainsley is adorable!!

Hi to everybody else!!

As for us, we are doing great. Kian is so much fun to be around, but can totally test my patience. He is in the 'me, me, me' phase wanting to do everything by himself; like putting shoes on, cutting his food, getting dressed - and of course he can't do it yet and so everything just takes forever sometimes, lol. He is eating EVERYTHING. He loves any kind of fruit and veggie (raw and steamed), and eats everything we eat (tofu, chicken, potatoes, pasta, rice), he tried Mexican food and Indian food (not spicy of course), finally started drinking milk, loves cheese, bread - really anything (can't think of anything he doesn't like). It is great that he is such a good eater. He uses the spoon and fork so well and drinks out of a regular cup. His speaking is also coming along great. He speaks mostly German, but says 'hi' and 'bye' in English. He puts together two and three word sentences and talks about everything (little chatterbox).

ok finaily found time for updates lol, been studying and had the flu for almost 2 weeks because i couldn't sleep so couldn't rest but im getting there now almost gone been studying alot got a test thats 40% of my grade at 6am (panic mode) because my head been so fussy nothing been sinking it but here is my cloie up date .

I have been doing the Your baby can read 2 times a day we have the full set she is now on dvd 2 (volume one) and she can grab her bib when you say bib grabs her head and hear for the singing part of "head sholders knees and toes"
she is very heavy handed though she trys grab everything but slap it so hard each side,
she just knocked it over then yells, Her new bad habits yelling allll the time and this
spitting i go through 6 bibs easy a day, She pulls her self up to a standing point on
your shirt she loves try and stand but hasn't attempted crawl, in fact she dont like being on her tummy for maybe longer than 10 min what worry's me some times because she can role over on the bed but she dont try do it on her play matt on the floor. She getting very hyper (gets that from me) but she dose a half stomach crunch always tryin sit up then gets frustrated. and also loves to sit up right if she slouched she whines till you sit her back straight lol.

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Sapphire- Cloie did that only cryed when she was hungry then started become when she wanted
go sleep (she fights her sleep ALL the time) I think that the odd whine and cry
is just the attencion cry i picked up on cloies crys pretty quick but she would throw
me off with a new one every now and again.

chri- My nephew (in england) was 2 1/4 when he jumped with both feet my nephew (two next month)
at the min only jumps one food to the other never seen him do two as the same time.

Lily- Yeah she turning in to a little madam lol i call her madam fussy knickers, or spit box
on the account she is constantly spitting.

Thank you everyone, I feel much better now knowing the kids are in all different stages of jumping around these ages. I guess her gymnastic class kids are justa bit ahead of her.

Leanne- let me know how your baby can read goes, i have seen it and found it interesting but didn't know ifit workeded and was worth the money.

i think its worth every penny, she not even 4 months and can tell difference in arms up arms down making growing sounds to tigers shakes her rattle when it says "here is a rattle do you have a rattle" if her arms are not up and the dvd says arms down she will put her arms up so she can put them down it has alot of info for parents too. here is a short clip i just got (keep in mind she about have nap time so she tired lol)