Yay Janine... walking! I couldn't help but have a giggle at the 'old soul' moment. I could almost hear the 'high noon' music...
Liam's learning to stand also. He gets himself up holding onto something, then deliberately lets go to see how long he can stand without touching anything. It's funny to watch because it's obvious he's "trying" it... He hasn't learnt to clap yet - but I haven't been trying to teach him either.
As you can see from my latest ticker, his favourite sound is "GUG GUG GUG UG". Goes on and on all day. Very funny. Sounds like he's trying to carry a conversation. He's also pointing at everything. He's been pointing his finger for a while, but now he's using it to point to what he wants (the radio for music, the doorway that Dad just walked out of, his room to play in, etc) - usually accompanied by 'Gug gugug'.
He's had a growth spurt in the last few weeks (think it was while we're at Qld). Some of his size 0 clothes are getting hard to put over his big head! length is still ok (fits snugly, but ok) but his head's bigger! Noooooo - he's not ready for size 1 at 9 months!!!
Like you Janine - I'm loving this age. He's showing so much personality! Does anyone else's bubbas love being upside down??
Oh wow, reading Janine and Nettie's posts are like reading about my own boy!
Yes, 9 months is lots of fun, although I am lamenting the loss of my 'baby'. He is such a big boy now. Loves kisses still, but won't be cuddled unless he's upset or just woken from a nap. Too cool for school thanks very much Mum!!
Baxter is cruising the furniture and boy, does he love to climb, especially when one of us lays down on the floor with him or if he's in bed with us.
Nettie - Baxter's word is zizi, like gugug I guess!
Sorry for no more personals, Baxter as awake from 2.45am til 4.15am and we have no idea why, but I'm bloody tired!! Off to bed.
No way no how. Done with kids, time for travel again. DH and I are big travellers, having itchy feet regularly. We don't like being tied down, it isn't comfortable to us. We finally got to where DD was very portable and now we have a new one! So we won't do it again, cos once he is portable, we're off. I have a lot of things I want to achieve also, I was never going to have kids and DH certainly wasn't interested. It all kind of happened. They are both extraordinary people, and I wouldn't send them back if given the chance but it sure slows a person down. I'm just not a very domestic person. I'd like to finish my degree and then go into medical school, but I also want to be there for my kids full term in that ol' fashioned way. So med school is way off the list for many years because it is a major time suck. I hope to travel with a doctorate as we don't just visit places we stay for long stretches and immerse ourselves in the culture. We also have several volunteer programs lined up which only take kids from the age of 8. You can get an excemption so we'll try that also.
So all up, nope, no more. I had the male nutered anyway, so it can't happen.
Hey girls. Sorry been MIA. Sucked in to Facebook, like everyone said I would be.
Fire, look us up. Lisa Flockhart be happy to ad you to my friends list. I'm already on BW's list, as I think I remember you saying you were.
I don't think I'll be having any more either. hunter has been such a handfull. I honestly couldn't handle another. Sigh. I really wanted a big family. Well. At least we have Hunter.
I've been a bit MIA too...been busy, and sorting out the years activities with Benjamin.
Well done on the walking Fire...I'm so glad Benjamin is only commandoing!! Partly because its easier to control but also cause its still a "baby" thing to do...walking is so grown up!!
As for another one, we are definitly having one.
We are planning on starting after Benjamin's 2nd birthday...(I feel like I've said this before cant remember who to!)
Lisa, we said that also because I had PND after my daughter and we only wanted one... etc. But things change, you never know! Enjoy your son as though he is the only one you'll have anyway.
BW, I don't like the crawling with DS. With DD it was ok because she is a very mellow person. DS and DD are not alike at ALL. Almost opposites. So where her crawling was tolerable, Ci is just a whinging mess. He is totally frustrated, he is the most determined person I think I've ever known and it drives me nuts. He was intent on walking for soooo long, but he knew he was just a little too wobbly for it all so he just cried and cried and often screamed in frustration each time he tried to step and didn't. So even though he is still practising walking, he likes the new level of control. I think once he is walking well, my life will get easier - or so I hope. This is the opposite of how it usually is, I know.
I am a great toddler mum, not a great baby mum. I thrive with toddlers, I can't stand the baby stage. I love tantrums and stuff, I really know how to lovingly handle them and feel proud as a parent when they're toddlers. Not so much that way with a baby. I just proof up my house (we live zen, nothing anywhere) so a toddler has free reign, I don't have to say "no" all day. So I find it really easy. Toddlers sleep, they eat without throwing, they don't cry much at all.... love it!
I've been cue-ing Ci for the toilet since birth, and I had some success. I can now put him on the potty in the morning and he poops! Haven't tried at any other time because the morning one is the only reliable one. One day, I got carried away with my morning emails and turned around and he had pooped beside the potty. I felt so bad.
Gotta go, take out dinner is walking through the door! Starved...
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but it sure slows a person down. I'm just not a very domestic person. I'd like to finish my degree and then go into medical school, but I also want to be there for my kids full term in that ol' fashioned way. So med school is way off the list for many years because it is a major time suck. I hope to travel with a doctorate as we don't just visit places we stay for long stretches and immerse ourselves in the culture. We also have several volunteer programs lined up which only take kids from the age of 8. You can get an excemption so we'll try that also.
be happy to ad you to my friends list. I'm already on BW's list, as I think I remember you saying you were.
Well. At least we have Hunter.
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