S(or more)TMs: tell me about your littles

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DS will be 2 in June. He loves anything with wheels, animals, blueberries and bananas. He's a little ginger and has the temper to match. Doesn't really talk much but gets his point across.

[hikingmama222]

DD just turned 3 at the end of December. She is awesome. Loves to be on the move. She loves gymnastics, dance and swimming. She always wants to help me with stuff around the house, I know she's going to be a great big sister, she's already talking about all the ways she's going to help me out.

[adouces06]

I have a DS who is turning one on 2/22! He is a total joy, and is developing such a spunky personality. He loves our black lab, Mickey Mouse, playing with his play kitchen, and feeding himself. It will definitely be interesting having 2u2... anyone been there before that can tell me it will be ok?!?!

[jwinct]

DD1 will be 9 in March and DD2 will be 7 in May. They are going to lose their minds when they find out I'm pregnant. I know DD2 will be beyond thrilled and I'm pretty sure DD1 will be happy, but I'm curious to see what her reaction would be.

DD1 is very smart and gets very good grades in school, very laid-back and go-with-the-flow. She doesn't care much about how she looks, clothes, etc. She isn't quite as "girly" as DD2. She loves horses and dogs, and is very tall for her age.

DD2 is also very smart and gets very good grades, but she is a drama queen, is stubborn and can have quite a temper (only at home, thankfully; everyone else is always telling me what a sweetheart she always is and can't believe that she could possibly be any other way). She loves music and is currently obsessed with Pentatonix. She loves to dance, and talks all the time. She loves sparkly, girly things and is her own little fashionista. She also loves animals and is dying to have a baby brother or sister - she is extremely maternal.

I cannot wait to experience pregnancy with my girls; I think it will be so much fun.

[jen3225]

DS will be two next month. I think he's pretty awesome. He loves cars, trains, construction equipment, climbing, painting and being independent. He's a chatterbox and says silly things in funny voices.

[WittyLittle]

DS will be one on Friday! He's really lovely though he's in that stage of constantly getting in trouble lately. example: we just got back from urgent care because he ran full force into the coffee table and got a lovely gash on his forehead. The sound of it was horrible but he's ok! DH is Greek and I'm Dutch but we speak English as the family language... so our big hurdle will teaching him 3 words for everything. He really doesn't get it so far! Love my little guy!

[jcrewgirl]

DD is 20 months old. She has my stubborn personality but she's also such a ham. She loves reading books - ever since she was six months old - we could read books all day long at our house. Her hair is a hot mess all the time because its so curly. She's currently in swim lessons and starts dance lessons in April. Her best friend is our dog even though she's constantly trying to grab his tail. She knows 24 of the 26 letters in the alphabet and every car is the color "yeyyow". And two months later, we still hate Santa. She'll wake up from her nap and the first thing she says is "noooo santa". Mom of the year over here.

[lavinia]

My DD turned 2 in Sept so she is 2 yrs,4 mos. She is so fun and I love her so much! She has a stubborn side but can also be very sweet and cuddly when she wants to be. I think she is smart and she is very independent. She plays independently quite well for her age. Her favorite toys right now are probably her Legos and her doctor kit. She talks ALL the time!
The main struggle we have is with her eating. She has never had a big appetite (even as a baby) and she is pretty picky with what foods she will eat. Things are better than they used to be but I am hoping we can make more progress before baby #2 comes along.
I think DD will be a great big sister. She likes being my helper so hopefully that will continue. She still sleeps in her crib so we plan to transiton her to a "big girl" room in the next couple of months so she is used to her new bed and room before baby comes along. She has never tried climbing out of her crib so we've just stuck with that. Unfortunately she rarely takes naps anymore so that should make the first trimester exhaustion quite interesting.

[ellabee]

My DD will be 2 at the end of March. She is the busiest little person I know. She keeps us busy with her antics.

She's a really good combination of both DH and I, with an extra dose of stubbornness from both sides. She's extremely observant and loves to sing and draw and read.

My favorite part of this age might be how she pronounces words. I'm going to miss the half jibberish when she grows out of it.

[hikingmama222]

Feb 8, 2016 15:05:33 GMT -5 lavinia said:

My DD turned 2 in Sept so she is 2 yrs,4 mos. She is so fun and I love her so much! She has a stubborn side but can also be very sweet and cuddly when she wants to be. I think she is smart and she is very independent. She plays independently quite well for her age. Her favorite toys right now are probably her Legos and her doctor kit. She talks ALL the time!
The main struggle we have is with her eating. She has never had a big appetite (even as a baby) and she is pretty picky with what foods she will eat. Things are better than they used to be but I am hoping we can make more progress before baby #2 comes along.
I think DD will be a great big sister. She likes being my helper so hopefully that will continue. She still sleeps in her crib so we plan to transiton her to a "big girl" room in the next couple of months so she is used to her new bed and room before baby comes along. She has never tried climbing out of her crib so we've just stuck with that. Unfortunately she rarely takes naps anymore so that should make the first trimester exhaustion quite interesting.

lavinia  We struggle so much with DD's eating.  She is so picky and refuses to try new things.  She is (and has been) really tiny her whole life so that stresses me out more.  Constant stress for me.

[jcrewgirl]

Feb 8, 2016 15:14:46 GMT -5 hikingmama222 said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:05:33 GMT -5 lavinia said:

My DD turned 2 in Sept so she is 2 yrs,4 mos. She is so fun and I love her so much! She has a stubborn side but can also be very sweet and cuddly when she wants to be. I think she is smart and she is very independent. She plays independently quite well for her age. Her favorite toys right now are probably her Legos and her doctor kit. She talks ALL the time!
The main struggle we have is with her eating. She has never had a big appetite (even as a baby) and she is pretty picky with what foods she will eat. Things are better than they used to be but I am hoping we can make more progress before baby #2 comes along.
I think DD will be a great big sister. She likes being my helper so hopefully that will continue. She still sleeps in her crib so we plan to transiton her to a "big girl" room in the next couple of months so she is used to her new bed and room before baby comes along. She has never tried climbing out of her crib so we've just stuck with that. Unfortunately she rarely takes naps anymore so that should make the first trimester exhaustion quite interesting.

lavinia  We struggle so much with DD's eating.  She is so picky and refuses to try new things.  She is (and has been) really tiny her whole life so that stresses me out more.  Constant stress for me.

not sure if there is any correlation, but did you either of you do BLW? We did it with DD and she eats pretty much anything we put in front of her. I'm chalking that up to the fact that she was introduced to so many solid foods at such a young age, but I could be totally wrong...

[hikingmama222]

Feb 8, 2016 15:18:15 GMT -5 jcrewgirl said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:14:46 GMT -5 hikingmama222 said:

lavinia  We struggle so much with DD's eating.  She is so picky and refuses to try new things.  She is (and has been) really tiny her whole life so that stresses me out more.  Constant stress for me.

not sure if there is any correlation, but did you either of you do BLW? We did it with DD and she eats pretty much anything we put in front of her. I'm chalking that up to the fact that she was introduced to so many solid foods at such a young age, but I could be totally wrong...

We didn't jcrewgirl.  Which I now regret.  She was so so with purees, but as soon as we moved to anything with chunks, she refused to eat it.

I plan on doing BLW with this next one.  

[jcrewgirl]

hikingmama222 - we did it and loved it. Highly recommend. I'm sorry you and lavinia struggle with that - I bet it is definitely more stressful for you then your LOs. (hugs)

[jwinct]

What does BLW stand for?

[lavinia]

Feb 8, 2016 15:14:46 GMT -5 hikingmama222 said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:05:33 GMT -5 lavinia said:

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The main struggle we have is with her eating. She has never had a big appetite (even as a baby) and she is pretty picky with what foods she will eat. Things are better than they used to be but I am hoping we can make more progress before baby #2 comes along.

lavinia  We struggle so much with DD's eating.  She is so picky and refuses to try new things.  She is (and has been) really tiny her whole life so that stresses me out more.  Constant stress for me.

I feel your pain! My DD is small too- currently in 5-10th percentile on weight. That definitely adds to the stress because I feel like I have to get her to eat something. Some friends have advised me to not worry about the pickiness right now and just let her eat the foods she likes all the time to get more weight on her. I keep hoping it is a phase she will get over eventually.

[jcrewgirl]

Feb 8, 2016 15:34:56 GMT -5 jwinct said:

What does BLW stand for?

Baby-Led Weaning: linky

[lavinia]

Feb 8, 2016 15:18:15 GMT -5 jcrewgirl said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:14:46 GMT -5 hikingmama222 said:

lavinia  We struggle so much with DD's eating.  She is so picky and refuses to try new things.  She is (and has been) really tiny her whole life so that stresses me out more.  Constant stress for me.

not sure if there is any correlation, but did you either of you do BLW? We did it with DD and she eats pretty much anything we put in front of her. I'm chalking that up to the fact that she was introduced to so many solid foods at such a young age, but I could be totally wrong...

We tried to do some BLW around 7 months but DD pretty much gagged on everything for a while. She was actually not a bad eater from 15-18 months but around then she got much more picky and hasn't recovered. She also just doesn't have a big appetite. Your DD may be a good eater because of BLW but she may have been a good eater regardless. Some kids are just better/bigger eaters than others.

[jwinct]

Feb 8, 2016 15:45:11 GMT -5 jcrewgirl said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:34:56 GMT -5 jwinct said:

What does BLW stand for?

Baby-Led Weaning: linky

Got it. Thanks. We basically did this, but I didn't realize it had a name. My kids were both eating everything we were eating by 10 months old. They decided to start being picky when they got older. Annoying.

[hikingmama222]

Feb 8, 2016 15:41:45 GMT -5 lavinia said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:14:46 GMT -5 hikingmama222 said:

lavinia  We struggle so much with DD's eating.  She is so picky and refuses to try new things.  She is (and has been) really tiny her whole life so that stresses me out more.  Constant stress for me.

I feel your pain! My DD is small too- currently in 5-10th percentile on weight. That definitely adds to the stress because I feel like I have to get her to eat something. Some friends have advised me to not worry about the pickiness right now and just let her eat the foods she likes all the time to get more weight on her. I keep hoping it is a phase she will get over eventually.

Same percentiles here.  She's 25 lbs at just over 3.  Although I think we're gotten to a point where she's playing me.  She'll refuse dinner knowing that I'll feed her something else in a few hours when she says she's hungry because I hate the idea of her going to bed hungry.  I've started giving her her dinner plate back and half a cup of milk and that's it.

We were at a friends for dinner Saturday night and my girlfriend managed to get her to take one tiny bite of steak and rice.  She's never done that for me.  It was a small victory.

[raechay]

Feb 8, 2016 14:53:46 GMT -5 @kitchen said:

adouces06 my kids are 22 months apart, but developmentally WAY closer because my older one has global delays. I won't lie, the first year was really really hard, but I love having them so close.

Ours will be 21 months apart. I'm definitely looking for the silver linings!

[raechay]

Feb 8, 2016 15:52:15 GMT -5 jwinct said:

Feb 8, 2016 15:45:11 GMT -5 jcrewgirl said:

Baby-Led Weaning: linky

Got it. Thanks. We basically did this, but I didn't realize it had a name. My kids were both eating everything we were eating by 10 months old. They decided to start being picky when they got older. Annoying.

BLW is the name someone from LA made up for "finger foods" and now all the rest of us get to put up with it ;-)

[caer]

DS turned 2 last week. He's the most affectionate little one I've ever met. My day is filled with toddler hugs, kisses and snuggles. He's also a very active, adventurous and stubborn kid so he keeps me busy! He loves swimming, Mickey Mouse and our dogs. He's definitely a mama's boy right now and I love it. I can't wait to see him as a big brother.❤️

[caer]

lavinia and hikingmama222 - I'm so sorry for the food struggles. Toddlers can be so damn tough with their eating habits. I've had numerous friends with two or more kids tell me that one kid is a good eater and one is bad even though they did the same things with both. I think so much of it is luck and personality. Hope it gets easier soon!

[k2tog]

DD1 is 19 months. She's pretty awesome. Super smart and highly communicative even though she doesn't have a lot of words that even I can recognize. She swings back and forth between being a bookworm and wanting to spend all day, every day outside. We still struggle with sleep half the nights and more often than not we're up before 6, but things in that regard used to be much worse.

A few days ago, I was lying down in her play space with her and she pointed at my belly and said "baby". She was just getting the pronunciation of belly wrong, and I hadn't even taken a test yet, but it was pretty cute anyway.

[kelpsu]

DS1 was born in July 2014. He's a little lover who can't get enough of his mama (the feeling is mutual). He's into reading, cars, balls, and animals. He says a ton of words and is always talking or "singing". He is either sleeping great or eating great. They are mutually exclusive and cannot happen at the same time or his universe explodes. At least that is what he leads me to believe.

[lettricern]

DD will be 3 in August. She loves to eat all kinds of fruit, soft pretzels, and fish sticks, lol. She currently loves dinosaurs and pirates. She has a head of curls and a beautiful smile.

[brusselssprout]

My DD will be 2 next month. She is a bundle of energy - she woke up at 4 am this morning ready to party. She's starting to understand everything, but is a bit slow to talk (she's doing two languages at once so I don't blame her!) Her favorite hobbies are hiking and slides, and skyping her grandparents and cousins.

hikingmama222, lavinia, we are also struggling with some picky eating at our house - we found a very good resource here. She's been a 10 - 15th percentile baby since birth so I know what you mean about stressing when she doesn't eat - it's hard to let go and trust her!

[jillian]

My son will be 14 in June. So 14.5 years difference between kids. DH and I have been together since he was 2, but it was never the right time to have another baby. Plus DH just wasn't ready. Now that he's pushing 40 and all his friends are having babies, he's realizing what he's missing.

DS is very fun and sweet and kind and generous and a huge pain in my ass. I love him like nothing else, but he is just like me in wanting to get his way that he is very challenging. He also has severe ADHD that he is medicated for. We waiting too long to medicate him, but we wanted to make sure we tried everything we could to prevent it beforehand.

He starts high school in the fall and wants to be an engineer. He plays football and baseball for his middle school and plans to play for high school as well.

[ducktale]

DD is 1 next week, I cannot believe it. She is spunky and fearless and energetic and stubborn. She wants to be one of the big kids but isn't even walking yet. Shovels food in her mouth but is pretty meh about the sippy. Crappy sleeper, still wakes up once or twice at night, but fortunately goes right back to sleep with a paci.

And yeah, eating, sleeping, everything. You can try different techniques but I'm convinced they are who they are.

[jwinct]

Bump.