Wacky Wednesday Randoms 2/15

[lgsdesigner]

What's going on?

[lgsdesigner]

Today is my dad's birthday so I am making dark chocolate salted caramel cookies tonight and bringing them to Writers Block poetry to celebrate.

[honda13]

I have a short day at work because I work Saturday. I'm already planning on getting a Shamrock Shake after work.

[lgsdesigner]

We have a tradition of a heart shaped pizza on Valentine's Day. It was soooo good! DH also surprised me with roses and had the kids make homemade cards. I loooove homemade things, and seriously about cried. My oldest put inside the card "You're a good mom".

[lgsdesigner]

Feb 15, 2017 8:25:13 GMT -5 honda13 said:

I have a short day at work because I work Saturday. I'm already planning on getting a Shamrock Shake after work.

Last time I got one, Eli stole it. Haha!
Can't blame him.

[emu0013]

DD was up 3 times last night, twice claiming she just wanted an extra smooch...so tired today! I am looking forward to the weekend, we are taking the girls to see Paw Patrol Live!

[bethypoo83]

We're home watching the Wiggles. We had a middle of the night vomit/diarrhea situation and then more this morning. I feel so badly for him but he's actually in relatively good spirits.

Fingers crossed we're done with all the sick.

[linny12]

W and I had an awesome day yesterday. Library story time was great and she is starting to get the idea behind it- like she started dancing along to the songs and clapping with the books and such. It's so nice to see her understanding grow.

And as a special Valentine's gift, she slept through the night last night from 9- 5:15! I got to sleep all night for 2 nights this week! I feel like a new person, haha

[linny12]

lgsdesigner, now I really want pizza. Thanks a lot for the craving before 10am, haha

[robotpcr]

I'm at work, still being grumpy about my lack of anything for Valentine's Day.

Also, DH is annoyed that I said no to either of us going to Singapore in April. There is Zika in Singapore and I'm a mosquito magnet always. We're supposed to TTC in May. He's a stats guy so he thinks because there's only been a few hundred (diagnosed in general, not birth defect) cases and the population is like 5 million that the odds are so low it wouldn't matter. No.

[honda13]

Feb 15, 2017 8:30:26 GMT -5 lgsdesigner said:

Feb 15, 2017 8:25:13 GMT -5 honda13 said:

I have a short day at work because I work Saturday. I'm already planning on getting a Shamrock Shake after work.

Last time I got one, Eli stole it. Haha!
Can't blame him.

This is exactly why I am stopping before I pick dd up.  She drank my last one!

[bethypoo83]

Starting to feel not so hot myself. Counting the minutes until nap time.

[lgsdesigner]

Some young kid at work just jokingly said I was old.
Listen millennialist...I will reach across the table and show you what "old" people can do.

[hotcoconuts82]

ya know what's loud at 7 am? A toddler with a harmonica.

[robotpcr]

Feb 15, 2017 10:56:30 GMT -5 hotcoconuts82 said:

ya know what's loud at 7 am? A toddler with a harmonica.

OMG.  Nooooo.

[obi]

Aw, I hope J is feeling better soon and you dont come down with anything bethypoo83!

[obi]

C is now obsessed with Megablocks. Just what I needed. Tons of pieces to bend over and pick up.

Luckily he is getting pretty good at helping me tidy up. I also got smart and am limiting the number of blocks he can take out at a time.

[smilesp]

Our open gym has a bounce house today!!1!!1!

[bethypoo83]

obi Thanks. I think I'll nap when he does and see if that helps.

[linny12]

Yesterday,I had the windows open to air out the house. Today we have an inch of snow. I hate this back and forth weather. I'm ready for spring and playing outside without bundling up!

Normally I don't mind snow/cold but dealing with getting a kid in and out of the car, or being stuck inside for the whole day has changed my mind about it.

[linny12]

So W is up to 17 words now, but most of them are one syllable sounds that only a few of us get- both cheese and please come out as "eese" and they mostly happen if she's asked to repeat us. Dad is Dah. She still doesn't say anything close to Mom (which makes me sad, if I'm being honest).

Her Pedi said to call for a referral at 20 months if she wasn't up to 25-30 words, but H is kind of fighting me on it and saying she's fine. She has made a ton of progress since her 18 month appointment when she only had 7 words, but I'm feeling uneasy about it.

Would you be concerned and go ahead and make the call for a referral?

[robotpcr]

Feb 15, 2017 11:45:03 GMT -5 linny12 said:

So W is up to 17 words now, but most of them are one syllable sounds that only a few of us get- both cheese and please come out as "eese" and they mostly happen if she's asked to repeat us. Dad is Dah. She still doesn't say anything close to Mom (which makes me sad, if I'm being honest).

Her Pedi said to call for a referral at 20 months if she wasn't up to 25-30 words, but H is kind of fighting me on it and saying she's fine. She has made a ton of progress since her 18 month appointment when she only had 7 words, but I'm feeling uneasy about it.

Would you be concerned and go ahead and make the call for a referral?

That's great! But I'd still call.  There's no harm.  EI will do an eval and let you know if she doesn't qualify. 

[obi]

linny12 I would follow your pedi's recommendation and take advantage of any services available to us. In all likelihood it will only be beneficial for her, even if she would end up doing just fine on her own. I mean, why not, right?

FWIW, C doesn't have as many words as Id like either. In my case I am reassured by the fact that he is constantly "talking" in his own language, and is consistently adding new real words. He says "help" and "up" the same way. Every fruit is an apple. He doesnt really say mom either, but he will repeat it if someone says it. He calls me honey instead.
In our case I think it may be due to the fact that he isn't in daycare and is really only around me 99% of the time. It is easy to go on autopilot with his daily routine and forget to try to get him to ask for or identify things. I probably started enforcing this later than a daycare would. He is picking it up much faster now that I am making a real, concerted effort to work on his vocabulary. Maybe it is similar with W since she is watched by your MIL?

[hotcoconuts82]

Feb 15, 2017 11:45:03 GMT -5 linny12 said:

So W is up to 17 words now, but most of them are one syllable sounds that only a few of us get- both cheese and please come out as "eese" and they mostly happen if she's asked to repeat us. Dad is Dah. She still doesn't say anything close to Mom (which makes me sad, if I'm being honest).

Her Pedi said to call for a referral at 20 months if she wasn't up to 25-30 words, but H is kind of fighting me on it and saying she's fine. She has made a ton of progress since her 18 month appointment when she only had 7 words, but I'm feeling uneasy about it.

Would you be concerned and go ahead and make the call for a referral?

Make the call. It wouldn't hurt. I'm wondering why our pedi didn't say anything to us like that? Ds had 6 words at 18 months. He's really had a "Word explosion" since then but I'd say he's still only at 15-17 words.

[linny12]

obi, I feel like that's part of it. She's with MIL, me, or my mom all day every day. I know I get distracted with doing life and forget to talk when I'm with her, so I'm sure the grandmas do too. She just recently started babbling/ pretending to be on the phone. I just look at all the kids at the library and start comparing. Blah.

I really think daycare would benefit her. I think we're going to try to find a place for when I return to work after ML this summer.

[honda13]

linny12, I would call. It doesn't hurt and if she needs intervention the earlier, the better. Good luck!

[laur1020]

Hi Ladies. This has been a really rough week. DS had a stool study done and the results came back with bad news. He has a significant amount of inflammation in his bowel, so they are recommending an endoscopy and colonoscopy. I was assured that this is not something they typically recommend for a 20-month old, but it is very necessary. I'm a wreck. He will have to be on a clear liquid diet the day before the procedure. As if not being able to give him food isn't awful enough, I can't nurse him either. He's very attached to nursing, y'all. I'm ready to get some answers as to why he struggles to gain weight, but I don't know how I'll handle it if there's something seriously wrong. To make matters worse, my H is going through with the divorce process, so I've got to deal with that as well as trying to wean my baby. Sorry to be a downer, I just had to get that out.

[robotpcr]

Oh, laur1020, I'm so sorry you're dealing with all of that. That's a lot.

[hotcoconuts82]

laur1020 I'm so sorry. That sounds like a whole lot of stress. I'm sorry, but I don't remember what issues your lo was having that led to the testing. I hope you get some answers soon.

[CatLady]

Feb 15, 2017 11:45:03 GMT -5 linny12 said:

So W is up to 17 words now, but most of them are one syllable sounds that only a few of us get- both cheese and please come out as "eese" and they mostly happen if she's asked to repeat us. Dad is Dah. She still doesn't say anything close to Mom (which makes me sad, if I'm being honest).

Her Pedi said to call for a referral at 20 months if she wasn't up to 25-30 words, but H is kind of fighting me on it and saying she's fine. She has made a ton of progress since her 18 month appointment when she only had 7 words, but I'm feeling uneasy about it.

Would you be concerned and go ahead and make the call for a referral?

I would call for the referral. I don't know if I would consider words that she only says after repeating you to be "words" to count. I would only count "dah" if she's clearly talking to him.