My college BFFs are driving in today to do our friend Christmas. The weather is gorgeous! I predict lots of hanging out outside. DH is cooking dinner, so I'm feeling pretty relaxed.
My college BFFs are driving in today to do our friend Christmas. The weather is gorgeous! I predict lots of hanging out outside. DH is cooking dinner, so I'm feeling pretty relaxed.
I'm so jealous of your weather. I would love to be able to hang outside right now. My entire yard is covered in a foot and half of melting nasty snow.
Ew. Snow. DNW. Also sorry your ILs are making an unexpected visit. Can you seize the childcare opportunity and flee the house?
It's party day today! Can't wait for the company and food (I've been dieting hardcore)!
A year a ago my water broke today (my stupid OB said I peed, like I don't know the difference) and contractions started around 3pm. Memoriesssss *sniff*
DH had a four day weekend this weekend, and I'm at work playing catchup from being sick.
So is it weird that I don't think V has said any actual words yet? Other than maybe dad, the words he had repeated or said he doesn't associate with what they actually are or mean yet. Or maybe I'm nitpicking.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 30, 2016 12:45:19 GMT -5
kartish I don't think E has said any actual words yet either. She also seems closest to having dad down, and maybe hi (although that usually just sounds like aye). She does talk a lot though, and changes her tone and inflection like she is having a conversation so I feel like she is working on it.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jan 30, 2016 12:50:11 GMT -5
We did music class and our weekly trip to the vet for our dog's glucose check so far this morning. We're waiting at home now for a new washer and dryer to get delivered. DH got his work bonus and decided we needed new ones and ordered them without even consulting with me, so I'm a little annoyed and don't agree we actually needed new ones but it will be nice to have them and will probably mean DH will be so excited to use them that he'll be doing the laundry for a while.
kartish, G's doing basically the same as dmorgendorffer's LO. We've gotten things sounding like 'all done', 'hello mom', my monkey, and 'arf' (while holding Lord Barkington). He orates a lot and will converse with you.
We've been talking a lot this weekend and are in a better place than we have been for a bit.
Post by modernfairytale8709 on Jan 30, 2016 20:20:38 GMT -5
A doesn't use any words, and she still doesn't really point at what she wants. She makes a lot of growling/zombie sounds that makes me think I watch too much Walking Dead when she's around.
She did just start raising her hands over her head when we say "so big" though. That's pretty much the only reliable interaction we get from her.
I'm kind of miffed at DH, because he's been feeling crappy all week, and I've been begging him to make an appointment with his GP. He refused, and now tonight he's talking about going to the ER or Urgent Care because he's feeling so rotten. I want him to get medical attention, but I wanted him to go the affordable route, not the over-priced emergency route. He's got flu-like symptoms that are mostly alleviated with Tylenol, but when it wears off he's utterly useless. Symptoms have persisted for 5 days now, but no fever. He's got loads of allergies, so I'm thinking some kind of reaction to something.
We've just have mama, Dada, and no (with head shaking). Wails and screaming make up a good portion of verbal interactions especially at night or when I'm eating something and he's not. He has other sounds, but they're indiscriminate at this point.
Off to church today. We haven't been since DS was christened, but we were traveling and the church only has one English language service a month. The other ones, including the one we baptized him at are in German. It would be good practice for me to go, but lazy.
Part of my plans this week were to go to the bead shop because I'd like to get back into jewelry making. Passed the shop this morning. Out of business.
Part of my plans this week were to go to the bead shop because I'd like to get back into jewelry making. Passed the shop this morning. Out of business.
My friends all made it to town safely. We're having a great visit, except DH sliced the tip of his thumb nearly off while cooking supper. I'm irritated because he was being stupid with the knife, and he works with his hands so a thumb injury is especially bad, but I can't say anything because he knows he was stupid and I'm sure he regrets it more than I do.
Thankfully instead of spending too long at the ER on a Saturday night, his nurse practitioner aunt stopped by to determine no important things were damaged, then my dad drove over late in the evening and sewed him up. It's been a long time since I've assisted my dad in minor surgery, and I sure didn't expect to do it on my kitchen table anytime soon.
Our party was great. Everyone seemed to have a good time and Annie was a dream! It was so nice to visit with our OOT friends. And the room looked like a snowflake onederland. I posted pics in the birthday aw post. I forgot to take pics of the hanging decorations
Today my baby is 1. So many mixed emotions. We are going out to eat at White Fence Farm for DH'S family "Christmas" and back to our house for presents and such. Should be fun.
lilyelayne oh man, what a story. I'm guessing your father is a doctor or a seamstress lol jk. It's nice to have medical people in the family. I'm the closest thing in my family so I get a lot of questions but thankfully no samples have been sent my way I hope his finger heals quickly and it doesn't effect his job too much!
Re talking: Anna only says hi and uh oh consistently. She says Dada but not meaningfully. She does some other inflections of words like hello. But she babbles and vocalizes a lot more than DD1 ever did. She's even taking to holding up toy phones and chatting on them with friends.
Re: words. DS got several words all at once. He doesn't always perform on command, of course. His most consistent word is "done" but he also signs it. He loves to mimic most of the words we say but I figure they don't count unless he does them again.
Not all of them are really distinct though. I probably understand him better than, say, extended family who don't see him daily.
dreemkin yeah my dad is a doctor. I told him it was an audition to see if we should call him or his younger partner when DS needs stitches ETA: your birthday decorations turned out wonderfully. And happy birthday to your LO!
Post by kerrigrooves on Jan 31, 2016 10:05:10 GMT -5
LO just says hi and we think we've heard dada. Our DD was super vocal early so it's hard not to compare. We had a 60 degree day yesterday but waiting for the impending storm.
mommadozer how did you wean off the bottles? Im going to start after DH and I get back from our v-day trip
Home cleaning this morning. MIL just picked up the baby so hopefully we can get the cleaning and rearranging we need done before we go pick him up.
Thanks all for the reassurances about talking. When someone said he should have a few words by now I started to think he was behind. All of my family was in speech therapy for one reason or another as young children so I think I'm sensitive about it.
Post by 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) on Jan 31, 2016 11:51:02 GMT -5
We have words- not exactly said right but consistent: dog, more, hi, bye, dance Inconsistent: mama , up
Today we were going to go to a new brunch spot that opened but we were worried about ds bc he is sickish and Whiney. So we ended up going to friendlys which was good bc he was a little crazy but so are all the kids there
Post by mommadozer on Jan 31, 2016 14:22:32 GMT -5
kerrigrooves we kinda did cold turkey with him. He used to get 3 bottles during the day and still a before bedtime bottle. We were on 100% formula.
During the day, I just transitioned to sippy cups. I would try and get him to drink most it while in his high chair but, I would bring it to his play area after his meal and let him finish it. I would do 50% cow milk and 50% water with less than a full scoop of formula. It worked but, he had a hard time with not having his night time bottle. So we kept that up for a while. Then, I started giving him a another cup of milk right after dinner to fill him up before bedtime so he wouldn't want one and it is still working. Thank goodness!
While at the 12 month appointment, the nurse said we don't need to give him the same amount of milk as formula as long as he is getting other milk products like yogurt or cottage cheese. Another big helper is increasing his food intake- bigger meals and more snacks. Also, it helped that I did this while I was on vacation from work. I don't think it would have worked with his daycare situation with my mom and the nanny.
That is awesome that LO is talking, it's such a fun stage.
ETA: I almost bought every single type of sippy cup imaginable for DS.... Right in the middle of teething. We had luck with the tommy tippee 9 month old sippy cups( they don't sell them on Amazon). He loved the tommy tippee bottles before we transitioned.
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