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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 7:38:23 AM
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Chelle, so cute. It must be so fun getting him to talk and say things!
Our friend's little girl is about the same age, and we were trying to get her to say "Devo" (hubby's nickname) and she kept saying "dee-doe!" It was cute.
It IS sad how fast time goes by...I can't believe it's been almost a year now!! unbelievable!!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 7:58:11 AM
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Aw, Maggie, I'm sorry you're feeling bad about weaning. But remember, there are lots of other wonderful milestones to look forward to now that Biruk is growing up. ((Hugs))
Nathan babbles quite a bit, but still has very few understandable words. He understands a lot of what is being said to him, and he certainly chatters a lot, but he isn't really talking, you know? We're working with him, and trying to wait patiently.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 8:37:18 AM
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It hit me yesterday that I don't have a baby anymore, but a full blown toddler. Wow. Dh and I have been noticing it the past few weeks but yesterday was so extreme in that everything she said to us, we understood.
Yesterday in church she said to me "poop, change." I looked in her diaper but she hadn't pooped so I just said "no poop." She looked at me again and said "poop, change." So I said "no poop." Then she stood up on the chair, lifted up her dress, pointed to the front of it and said "change!" In the past she's only told us when she poops but I guess she's telling us now when she pees!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 9:05:05 AM
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Tried her with the potty yet, lexie?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 9:14:43 AM
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lexie
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I tried a couple of times on the regular toilet and she didn't like it very much. So we're going to go buy a seat to put on it for her (I'm not a big fan of the pottys you can take with you.) I'm still kind of relaxed about it (since she's telling us after the fact), but know that I now have the opportunity to begin with her.
Any tips? (I know there is a potty training thread in parenting so I'll get over there.)
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 9:23:41 AM
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I tried a couple of times on the regular toilet and she didn't like it very much. So we're going to go buy a seat to put on it for her (I'm not a big fan of the pottys you can take with you.)
You're not supposed to be! They're not for you, they're for the little ones!
Honestly, IMO without using one of the little potties it will take you much longer, because Akeelah will not only have to know she needs to go, but she will then also have to hold it while she gets to the bathroom, and that is asking a lot of a toddler.
Also, the training seat perches them quite high up (and the toilet is high up anyway for a toddler), so she might find it quite scary. They often worry they're going to fall - either fall off or fall in.
We didn't use the training seat for the toilet till they were about 3 - before that it was just the potty. Or potties, rather. (We had 3 downstairs (kitchen, living room, bathroom), 1 upstairs (bedroom) and 1 for the car).
What's your issue with plastic potties?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 9:56:54 AM
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What's your issue with plastic potties?
I'm just not into the idea of having them everywhere. Neither is my husband - it's hard to convince him of things like that when they were all trained on a regular toilet seat with nothing to put on that even. He doesn't see the need for it when no one was trained that way back home....I'm not saying there's a right or wrong way but I'm sure you understand what I'm getting at! So he won't want a potty all over the house.
If I do get one, it would stay in the bathroom. We live in an apartment, so even then there wouldn't be far for her to go. Right now when she poops, she gets up and runs around the apartment for about a minute before she settles and then does her thing, so I'm not too worried about her getting there on time. It literally takes her 5 seconds from anywhere in the apartment to get to the bathroom.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 10:49:53 AM
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I don't like having little potties all over my house either.  My germaphobe self likes all pottying done in the bathroom. It may take a bit for Akeelah to be able to hold it to get there, but she will get it. You can also "schedule" potty times if there is a time you notice she usually potties. With Hannah, I would sit with her and we would read books and sing songs while she sat...we made it a fun, no pressure time, and sometimes she would go, which fueled her excitement to do it on purpose.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 11:14:38 AM
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Lexie, they make stand alone potties that convert into a step-stool/on-the-toilet-seat. You may wanna get one in case you find that Aleeka gets scared to sit on the big toilet. We have one, and it's great.
The putting their hand in warm water technique works too so long as they didn't JUST pee minutes ago. I remember the first person to fall asleep at sleepovers would get their in hand in warm water, and it never made anyone wet their sleeping bag (much to our disappointment at the time). But, it did make Timmy pee on the potty. I knew that if I could get Timmy to pee for the very first time, it would be easier after that since he does real good with praise.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 11:35:13 AM
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Am I crazy for wanting to put my 20 month old in ballet lessons? Actually by the time classes start she'll be more like 22 months.
Not at all! Isabel loves to dance, too. A new dance studio opened up right down the road from us (in our dinky little town!!) and I stopped in the other day to check it out. They take little ones as soon as they're potty trained. So we're looking into it for her (I don't forsee her potty training before her birthday in December, but who knows). I think she'll love it! And if she doesn't it, then we won't make her. I bet Akeelah would love it!
Nicole, what a cute video of Nath (a couple pages back), look at him go so fast, LOL! Adorable.
Ruth, that's hilarious about the pink kitchen. When Isaac was about that age we bought him a set of play dishes and food as well. He loved playing with it (still does). We bought him a kitchen at a yard sale, too, but it just happened to be yellow and white, LOL. I wouldn't have cared if it were pink, though.
Yolanda, yay for Chase! Isabel liked watching the video.
Potties -- I've only trained Isaac so far, but he didn't like the big potty, either. He was afraid of falling in. So I borrowed the little plastic potty from MIL's house. We kept it in the bathroom and he started out on it, it didn't take long for him to get used to it and start to use the big potty. Also, he sat on the big potty backward at first so he could hang on to the lid as it was flipped up. It made him feel more secure. I don't know why that wouldn't work with a baby girl, too.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 11:49:35 AM
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Ruth, that's hilarious about the pink kitchen. When Isaac was about that age we bought him a set of play dishes and food as well. He loved playing with it (still does). We bought him a kitchen at a yard sale, too, but it just happened to be yellow and white, LOL. I wouldn't have cared if it were pink, though.
I wish my hubby did not have such a phobia about our son playing with things that are not necessarily "masculine". I don't know why, but he seems to think a toy broom is not a good idea for a little boy. I think he is afraid it will make him feminine so I could only imagine if I tried buying him a kitchen. The play food might be fine, we all eat regardless of our gender...lol! Silly hubby...I have no went against his wishes on the broom though I know our little boy would love one. I am working on him though...
I saw a Bob the Builder tool bench for $30 at Target that we are probably going to get him for Christmas. My nephew has one and Hunter loves to play with it when we visit. I want to get a toy chest to put in his closet so that we can cycle his older toys into there and keep the newer toys in the play area.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 12:07:04 PM
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I saw a Bob the Builder tool bench for $30 at Target that we are probably going to get him for Christmas. My nephew has one and Hunter loves to play with it when we visit. I want to get a toy chest to put in his closet so that we can cycle his older toys into there and keep the newer toys in the play area.
Oooh, really!? Robert and I were just talking about getting Timmy a nice play tool bench for Timmy's b-day in September. I'll have to check it out.
Rachel, that is so funny about Isaac "playing daddy". I nearly spit my coffee onto my screen.
Robert was not too keen on getting Timmy a real baby doll when Jimmy was born, so we got him a Woody doll from Toy Story. But, he ended up babying his Elmos a little after Jimmy was born. We made Jimmy's old bottles into play toys because of the BPA that could possibly be in them, and sometimes Timmy bottle-feeds his Elmo.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 12:44:22 PM
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I wish my hubby did not have such a phobia about our son playing with things that are not necessarily "masculine". I don't know why, but he seems to think a toy broom is not a good idea for a little boy. I think he is afraid it will make him feminine so I could only imagine if I tried buying him a kitchen.
Ah, so your hubby isn't into cooking or cleaning at all? That's a shame. You could tell him all the top chefs are men and well paid for their work!
Will your husband be ok with Hunter doing house chores when he's older, or will Hunter only be doing stuff like taking out the trash and mowing the lawn? I apologize if I sound sarcastic, but you'd think Hunter will eventually be using a broom anyways...
I guess I have a hard time relating to the concept of a "man's man". My dad is/was the leader of his family and very much a MAN, if you know what I mean. But he'll tear up at sad movies, loves to cook, and will pitch in with the cleaning if my mom is overwhelmed. I think I even told you guys before that he made my mom a quilt once as a present. So, he's my image of a "real man".
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 12:48:05 PM
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I'm just not into the idea of having them everywhere. Neither is my husband - it's hard to convince him of things like that when they were all trained on a regular toilet seat with nothing to put on that even. He doesn't see the need for it when no one was trained that way back home....I'm not saying there's a right or wrong way but I'm sure you understand what I'm getting at! So he won't want a potty all over the house.
What trained my two was having a potty in front of the TV during the daytime and using it as a seat.
I'd put a DVD on and sit them on it for up to an hour while they watched - mid morning and just after lunch. I also had a potty in the bathroom that I would sit them on (bare bottomed) while I washed their faces and cleaned their teeth, morning and evening.
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We live in an apartment, so even then there wouldn't be far for her to go. Right now when she poops, she gets up and runs around the apartment for about a minute before she settles and then does her thing, so I'm not too worried about her getting there on time.
If she does this, then you know when she is going to go, so it could actually be very easy to potty train her for pooping. My son was doing all his poops in a potty by 20 months (he was always very regular - always pooped right after breakfast) - having done his first one in it at 18 months.
My daughter was more reluctant to poop on the potty, but she loved pooping in the toilet - once I told her that when she did it it would go splash!
If Akeelah is at all musical, it might be an idea to make up a toilet song. Take a regular nursery rhyme tune and set toilet words to it and it might be just the incentive she needs to do it when she sits there!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 1:03:30 PM
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I guess I have a hard time relating to the concept of a "man's man". My dad is/was the leader of his family and very much a MAN, if you know what I mean. But he'll tear up at sad movies, loves to cook, and will pitch in with the cleaning if my mom is overwhelmed. I think I even told you guys before that he made my mom a quilt once as a present. So, he's my image of a "real man".
That's really cool. My dad has always been similar, he's awesome at cooking dinner (he does most nights now that my mom works later than he) and cleaning and taking care of the kids. My hubby will gladly pitch in where I need help (for that I'm very thankful), but his parents did most everything for him when he was growing up, which today he regrets. When I say "man's man" I mean that affectionately and not in any way derogatory to men who do cook/clean. I just mean he's outdoorsy and likes to hunt and fish and get dirty, he's lost in the kitchen . . . . . and he refuses to wear slip-on shoes.(Which makes me ROFL, I found a pair of nice leather casual slip-on shoes on sale this weekend and he said he would NOT wear them, so it's kind of been a joke this weekend ) But in spite of his tough mach-o-ness he really is a sensitive guy. Which is good, because I'm not very sensitive at all, LOL.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 1:37:16 PM
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Ah, so your hubby isn't into cooking or cleaning at all?
No, he will pitch in when asked and he can cook too.
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Will your husband be ok with Hunter doing house chores when he's older, or will Hunter only be doing stuff like taking out the trash and mowing the lawn? I apologize if I sound sarcastic, but you'd think Hunter will eventually be using a broom anyways...
Every man is different and my hubby is who he is, right or wrong. Yes, he will be fine (sorry hubby won't have a choice, but to be ok because I won't be making Hunter's bed and cleaning his room forever) with Hunter doing chores around the house other than trash and mowing grass.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 2:04:59 PM
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I'm sorry if I sounded like I was putting your husband down, Chelle. I truely did not mean to.
My dad used to hunt when my family could not afford meat. So, during deer season he did his thing, my parents had a monster sized freezer, and there was our meat! Nowadays he prefers to hunt with his camera.  Actually, my dad used to be a park ranger when I was really little, and if he knew a family that was truely hungry, then he'd take out a deer regardless of season, but those were extreme cases.
As for us, it appears as though Nathan has caught my cold!  Rats on a stick! He's in decent spirits, but he woke up from his nap with a stuffed up nose. I have two questions:
1.) Should I cease and desist giving him milk? (I've heard dairy makes congestion worse.)
2.) If Nathan is still congested on Wednesday, is congestion alone enough to call off the playdate I'm supposed to host at my house?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 2:09:29 PM
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1.) Should I cease and desist giving him milk? (I've heard dairy makes congestion worse.)
2.) If Nathan is still congested on Wednesday, is congestion alone enough to call off the playdate I'm supposed to host at my house?
Milk is a mucus-maker, so personally I would stop milk for a few days and give foods that contain calcium instead (or a little watered-down OJ that is fortified with calcium)
I wouldn't call off the playdate - I'd call the other mum and let her know, but let her decide whether or not it goes ahead.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 4) - 8/11/2008 2:18:27 PM
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Thanks everyone for the potty advice! I think right now I'm just going to keep taking her to the toilet every time she tells me she needs to change (or shows signs) and take her diaper off and place there. We'll do that until we can get to the store and find something. She understands when I say "go to the bathroom" and she heads there, so we'll take it a step at a time!
Ruth - I agree with what Manda said, I would just let the other mother know and let them decide. One mom that I am friends with doesn't mind those things at all (though her child seems to be sick often...hmmm.) It's completely up to the other mom.
I have heard both sides of the argument for dairy making congestion worse. I remember once, milk was all she would have, but it didn't seem to make it worse. You could try just cutting back on the milk.
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Recently while playing with our nieces, Isaac was playing with a baby doll and pushing it around in a doll stroller. Hubby complained a little and was about to get Isaac to play with something else when Isaac said "I being Daddy" and popped a wheelie with the stroller. ROFL!! He couldn't say anything after that and just said let Isaac carry on. 