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― Maria :D, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Ophelia's urinary infection RETURNED after less than a week. We noticed immediately that after two days she was slipping back into sicky mode. :-( She threw up and had a fever again. I'm a bit fed up with the doctor not being able to cure her. We went back foir a check-up (the first time she had it) and he just stared at his computer asking if her fever had gone, how her appetite was,... Didn't really LOOK at her. I mean, wtf, man, at least fake some concern. Now we went back and he just said she had to take her antibiotics again. I am doing this but if it comes back, I'm going to another doctor. I don't like to continue giving her such heavy meds and I want her back to her old self. Poor thing. That said, I don't think there's much we can do: she's just very sensitive to have these types of infections. When she's four years old, we'll be able to do the operation (*cut* the skin that connects the two labia). *sigh* Poor thing. Maybe it'll be less when she goes on the potty. Hope so anyway. :-(
Also, she's very capable to walk on her own for a while now but REFUSES to do so when mummy and/or daddy are around. Clever and stubborn girl she is. When she's with my mother or father, SHE FRIGGING WALKS ON HER OWN. But when she notices me, she immediately stops and reaches out to me. I find it funny but also realize she's taking advantage and needs to walk on her own when I'm around.
That said, her linguistic advancement is amazing. She understands a lot of things and *mumbles* a lot of words already. One of which is (worryingly) television. :-)
― nathalie, Saturday, 19 May 2007 09:15 (sixteen years ago) link
poor O. i hope shes feeling better. were all sick with daycare colds at the moment. :(
anyway, beeps and bunny:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4679/bunnyxz3.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/392/weegx8.jpg
― sunny successor, Monday, 21 May 2007 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Aw. :-)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 May 2007 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
She's just lovely.
― luna, Monday, 21 May 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Beeps is a CUTIE!
― schwantz, Monday, 21 May 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Has anyone here had experience with infant sign language? My daugher is 4 1/2 months and she's so expressive and inquisitive that we're going to start with the ASL (american sign language) as soon as possible, but we're not sure we can get her day care providers to buy in. any tips appreciated.
― DJ Logan5, Monday, 21 May 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
We are planning to try the signing classes, but at the moment Howie's diary is pretty full up with NCT group, baby massage, baby rhyme time... anything that gets us out of the house, basically! He loves meeting new people and going to new places, so it's all good.
On a downer, his eczema has really flared up in the last couple of days :(
Think it must be the heat making it worse. And all the creams don't seem to be making much difference. I find it really upsetting to see his skin so red and raw - though it doesn't seem to bother him as much as it does me! Taking him to the GP tomorrow to see if they can suggest anything - think it might be time to bring out the steroids.
― Meg Busset, Thursday, 24 May 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
We have the signing book, and we've tried to do the simple ones (food, drink). No reaction from the boys whatsoever. We're gonna keep doing it, though.
― schwantz, Thursday, 24 May 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The boys playing on a blanket: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/508833438_20be36f771.jpg
― schwantz, Thursday, 24 May 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I am very weary of teaching your (or rather MY) child anything but proper Dutch. I say proper as I don't use baby talk either. It's not that I shy away from cooing or once in a while using a *cute* word, but like my developmental psychology professor once said:"Why bother? There's no reason to." So she doesn't even say dada when waving people goodbye, she says "Daaag!" like every other person. Ok, this sounds like I'm putting people down who use signs and/or babytalk, but in essence I don't see the point really.
Ophelia has finally let go of my finger. She was able to walk on her own for a while now, but never wanted to when I (or my husband) was around. Yesterday I put my hands behind my back, after my husband told me she had walked on her own with him around, and she decided that she didn't need my finger anymore. It was silly really, she was able to walk on her own for quite a while, but she didn't want to (when we were around). She's such a clever girl. :-)
― nathalie, Friday, 25 May 2007 07:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, Teeny where the hell are you! I miss your posts! And pics!
― nathalie, Friday, 25 May 2007 07:46 (sixteen years ago) link
hello and thanks! We're doing fine, just a bit busy with all the fun summer stuff.
I will say that baby sign language has been an enormous help to us. They say it doesn't interfere with the development of spoken language. I was a late talker and knew there was a chance my boy would be too, so I gave it a shot. I started, kind of half-assed, with the sign for "more," around 9 months and he picked it up right away. Some of the signs are ASL-based and some we just made up. He knows more, all done, nurse, eat, water, bed, bath, brush teeth, diaper, wash hands, poop, help, and he recently made one up for 'bird' for some reason. All the others he's had since around 12 mos though. I can't imagine how frustrated he'd be without them, since he doesn't have many words. Maybe he would have been motivated to talk earlier without them, but he's very communicative so I'm not worried how the job gets done, I know the day will come when he'll be a chatterbox regardless!
djlogan, have you asked your daycare person about signs? My mother-in-law runs a daycare and they all use signs, so maybe yours are already into it!
So Louis is 17.5 months right now and I have not gotten tired of him yet. ;) He's really active, climbing all over the playground equipment. He is not throwing tantrums yet and just this week started saying "no" occasionally. We got him a potty because he will pee on command and tell me when he's about to poop, so I thought I might as well give it a shot. He thinks the potty is so cool that he pees every thirty seconds when his diaper is off, so I'm not sure what that means. Not sure he's got the control to go a long time between pees. Not making a big deal about it either way.
We started doing baby gymnastics and it is funny to see all the little kids around his age and how they're all different. Like there's a girl lou's age who has around 50-60 words but just started walking. And there's an older boy who yesterday pulled Lou's hair and his mom had to deal with the situation. I feel like jane goodall amongst the apes.
Here is a picture: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/506032595_a62ff4836a.jpg he looks a lot like my husband.
― teeny, Friday, 25 May 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I think part of the reason I also don't do sign language is the fact Ophelia seems to be advanced when it comes to language. She understands a lot and has started *half-saying* words. I realize it might not interfere, but I am still dubious of these things. I rather take things slower.
I mean, shit, she could walk for a long time now - though she certainly wasn't advanced like some kids - but only yesterday decided she didn't want to drag me along.
― nathalie, Friday, 25 May 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Alice and I will probably start 'sing n sign' in September (and my mum already uses BSL signs when she talks to A.) All the evidence is that it supports and even accelerates spoken language development, but if babies are verbally advanced anyway then maybe you're right nath - why bother? Except for fun!
I don't seem to have any recent photos of Alice. Shocking! Especially since she's growing and developing so fast at the moment - her new favourite thing is standing up holding our hands, with a manically proud grin on her face at her achievement. Too busy to take pics I guess!
― Archel, Friday, 25 May 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, here we are - fat and sleepy at around four and a half months:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/232/514371818_9977354d44.jpg?v=0
― Archel, Saturday, 26 May 2007 07:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Aaaah, how cute! :-D I also like the blanket!
― nathalie, Saturday, 26 May 2007 11:48 (sixteen years ago) link
last week at the health club swimming pool two cute girls who looked to be the same age as my son -- 11 -- arrived on the pool deck as we were leaving. expecting miles to take no notice I was mildly astonished as his head swivelled 180 degrees as they passed, "checking them out" with a classic application of the MALE GAZE. When he turned around and we continued on to that citadel of male bonding known as the locker room I couldn't resist turning around myself and checking out his peers -- they were of course both watching him intently as well. so it begins.
― m coleman, Saturday, 26 May 2007 12:33 (sixteen years ago) link
A friend of a friend just related that her 12 year old, a Goth, had pierced her own lip! WT*bleeding*F! She also does a bit of auto-mutilation. :-( God, I thought I would be saved of this for at least 16 years. Seems it starts a lot earlier. *sigh*
― nathalie, Saturday, 26 May 2007 12:51 (sixteen years ago) link
We decided to try the swing today! http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/519026170_61ebaf638e.jpg
― schwantz, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/433147978_b4433083cc.jpg
do they make these for adults???
― river wolf, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, those twins!
Ava has always played rough with her little sister, but last week she bit her:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/512740249_c0f940512f.jpg
Here's the hellion trying to explain herself:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/516834344_65010cb5e2.jpg
Progress report - Tallulah still not able to sit unsupported, so she's a wee bit behind her sis on that score. Trying to crawl but no forward motion yet. She's up in the 60-odd percentile weight-wise but is the same flavour of shortstack as big sis - hugging that 9th-percentile (about 65cm at 29 weeks). They're both destined to be five-two in their socks if they're lucky.
Ava's sentence construction is still more or less stuck at the "May Ava have..." stage (the third person thing is very cute and we don't really want to discourage it!) but she's starting to identify words now. It's not reading, more a feat of memory, but she'll look at the label on a carton of cream and say "ice cream van" or an issue of ReadyMade and say "ready now!"; certain words crop up in her stories so she recognises "London" from her Madeline stories, "pesky" and "rat" from That Pesky Rat (though they both mean "that pesky rat") and so on. Also her own name, Lulu, Mummy, Daddy and so on. Still having trouble with lower-case letters.
While the in-laws have been staying we've all been in the same room which may be a step in the right direction as regards Ava and Lulu sharing space but is a step backwards in getting Ava to sleep through the night in her own bed (she invariably gets in with us around 3am). This summer: toilet training! Oh joy.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice mantlepiece, schwantz.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
xxpost I bought such a chair for Ophelia. She didn't like it AT ALL and cried every time I put her in it. SHe doesn't like to be *restricted* at all.
― nathalie, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link