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...
I've noticed that not many of us in here are platinum members.
BellyBelly have just done an announcement where they'll give someone membership when someone else renews theirs (or add on a year of membership if someone already has it). It's a Random Act of Kindness thing!
I will definitely be renewing my membership (due in March anyway) so I was wondering who here would like to be a member? I also figure that if all of us do this, all of us in our Baby Buddies group can reciprocate and we'll all get a bonus!
Like I said, I'd be renewing anyway so I just need to pick someone to give the bonus to. Please let me know if you're interested.
Liam's going great. He's learning to stand more and more on his own (look - no hands Mummy!) but no sign of walking yet.
Poor Dad is trying to get him to sleep at the moment and he's fighting because he's REALLY tired. Is everyone else's bubs down to 1 or 2 day naps now?
Nettie - that is so generous of you! I would love to say myself, but I'd love to suggest Fire. Although her parenting practices are different to mine (Janine, I mean this in the most sincere way), I love to read about her opinions and what she does with Ci.
PS - Baxter dropped a day sleep just before Chrissy, so now has 2 x naps of about 90 minutes each, I wish they were a little bit longer though.
Fire - Well done on Ci walking. He is a little champ! Sounds like things are starting to get a little easier for you. I'm so glad.
Shoegal - Hope Baxter is going well. We are going to start trying for another one when Jack is 1. It took us nearly a year last time, and a miscarriage, so we don't want to mess about too much, as it does not get easier with age. When are you thinking of trying?
Nettie - Jack went to 2 sleeps when he was 6 months old and has been wavering between 1 and 2 sleeps for about 6 weeks now. This boy HATES sleep. He still wakes about 4 times a night now. I gave up on the dream of having more than 4 hours straight sleep months ago. I had to really, or else I would have gone insane. We bed share full time now, so that way I get the most sleep. It's actually much easier now that he is bigger as I feel much more comfortable cuddling into him. You have probably already said, but when is Liam due for surgery? Best of luck with it anyhow, I'm sure everything will go perfectly.
BW - I so agree with you on the crawling/commandoing thing. I don't want my baby to grow up either! It all goes by so fast.
MagicSeahorse - I can understand you not thinking you can handle another one. I have those moments, too, but don't discount another one just yet. You may feel differently in a few years when all the hard times are a distant memory. Then again, I might change my mind about another one after a few more hard sleepless nights!
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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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