The new rolling ILX parenting thread, since the other one was getting unwieldy

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6682/dsc0287im9kj8.jpg

Charlotte last weekend...

http://vassifer.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/18/lollie.jpg

Fark!

http://vassifer.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/18/lollie.jpg

oh I give up

Should you care, just click here and scroll y'selves on down.

http://vassifer.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/18/lollie.jpg

Here you go (I think).

That's my girl.

OK, she got old! I've been posting here for too long :-O

I was just browsing the original baby thread the other day! And now here she is three years on. World conquest is next.

AINYC, she is incredibly beautiful

Oh my goodness... You know I love me some CINYC - what a beautiful little girl she's become!

Alex NYC, I can't believe your daughter has gotten that big! I too have been posting on this board too long.

My wife and I went to our first Lamaze class on Monday. Hmm.. don't know what to say about that exactly. I am sure it'll be helpful in ways.

It might and it might not. My best friend thought it was the best thing ever, but I'm still waiting for it to be helpful for me, and my son is nearly 10.

There was quite a bit of talk about pain and fear. I don't know if that was this particular session and the instructor's point of view or what. Is insighting fear part of the Lamaze approach?

Wow, three years went by fast.

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-08-04%2008.02.11%20-0700/Image-7C160B7AE62611D8.jpg

Anyway, here's a picture of me and Beeps that was taken earlier this afternoon:

http://www.saintclair.org/pictures/Noah_M_StClair_Sr_with_Granddaughter_Heidi.jpg

okay so this is apparently a couple of months old now but i'm going to post it because we got our birth certificate today. meet m0lly.
http://i10.tinypic.com/4pduwjp.jpg

whoa that wasn't supposed to be that big, sorry

How fantastic is Lytton?

Tallulah apparently crawled a bit yesterday...which is enough of an excuse for another pic of her...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1352/577649021_ab713e7954.jpg

Hooray for M0lly! And her huge huge eyes.

Yay Molly! Welcome to ILX.

All these babies with their gorgeous eyes!!! My heart is just thrilled to pieces for the Dimension 5ive clan :)

Oh gosh! So so pretty! Molly (and the rest). :-)

My husband is off to another doctor. Ophelia has yet another urinary infection. Third time in as many months. :-( We're going to ask for a referral (for a urologist) and hopefully have an ultrasound to see if there's nothing really serious. For now we assume it's the *extra skin* that connects the small labia (?) which causes the infection. Also, we're just tired of having to give the poor thing antibiotics. Even though it's a light one, AB are *evil*. :-) She had fever (about 39 degrees) in the middle of the night. Poor thing.

Bah. It's more serious than the other doctor thought. We have to do an "echo" and check what's exactly wrong. also we have to give her a bath every time she urinated.

wow. poor O. i hope to new dr fixes her properly.

molly is gorgeous, btw. congratulations!

Congrats on Molly!

Tallulah looks lovely in the pic.

Sorry about O. Nath. Hopefully they can figure it out. UTIs aren't too uncommon in babies are they? I'm sure she hates it though.

Well, the echo didn't show anything (which I read on the baby site doesn't mean much). Bt at least it's not a kidney stone or something. We'll see how this works out. If the UTI comes back, we'll need to do a more serious test (catheter urgh!). I am so not looking forward to this. :-( Poor thing.

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/lytton/JunSit2.JPG
Best picture ever!
"If I wanted milk I'd ask for it, OK? Now where's my damn bourbon?"

Nath: love and support from here, it's a big hassle I know but I'm sure she'll be fine.

Dimension, she's beautiful! Congrats! And great choice of names, btw.

Here's another crybaby picture for that sicko, Rock Hardy.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/543/dsc00513cb2.jpg

Beeps's mood did improve later...

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8971/dsc00504eg7.jpg

awww. it must have been those duck feet shoes i made her wear.

Everybody can go back to their normal cheerful baby programming -- I just wanted to make sure that Schwantz's twins weren't animatronic or something. They remind me of that Youtube "happy baby" video.

Aw Beeps so lovely all dressed up!

And Molly is GORgeous, so excited to see her!

Upon her request, I photoshopped my mom-in-law out of this picture:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1222/626932427_420373328a.jpg

And Owen has found his tongue:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364/627801102_cf20cb185c.jpg

We are leaving in about 15 hours; Paris first and then Addis. Pixx to follow. Keep it real, parenting threaders.

Good luck!!! :-)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1147/682010243_424c6fda32.jpg

That ws yesterday. Today she's sick again. I'm getting a bit (hah! a bit?!?) worried here. We stopped with antibiotics last night! I mean, WTF! :-(

nath, is it still the urinary infection? beeps has had a cold/sinusitis for 7 weeks now. she finished her second round of antibiotics last week and she really doesnt seem that much better. so frustrating.

Oh my god, I just came to post that the doctor said a UTI was impossible and that, maybe, it was a cold. Maybe that's what she had all along? Poor thing. She went a big hysterical on us for a few minutes, so I went out with her and bought a Pooh Potty (hah! Pooh! Potty!) Check it out http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/695930708_be3d387dc3.jpghere. She loves it. I suddenly realized that she's 18 months (almost... Well, 17 almost) and that means we can officially start potty training! In the past they would start much earlier. In Japan they also start earlier. But here they advise you to wait till at least 18 months. But y'know, fuck it. Potty training has been one of the main things I was afraid of (when I thght of having kids). I think it's TIME. Now. Eep. :-)

So how's Beeps doing?

Argh! FUUUUUUUUUUCK! Sorry about posting another pic. :-(

beeps keeps going up and down - almost coming out of it then going back to coughing and snotty. pp and I have spent the last few weeks taking turns sleeping on the futon in the nursery because shes guaranteed to have a coughing fit she cant shake herself out of at least once a night and one of us needs to be close by to sit her upright before she really wakes up and gets upset. she's been in a great mood through all of this. if I'd been sick with something for that long I'd be pretty upset most of the time. babies are so tough.

i hope they've diagnosed O correctly this time and she starts feeling better soon.

Oh I shouldn't complain, really. O wakes up early, is a bit teary and/or screamy but all ni all she's such a good girl. I just hate seeing her this way. When she's healthy (or on antibiotics) she runs and shouts and laughs. I want to see her happy.

Hope Beeps recovers soon as well. :-)

Potty training? Jeez, Ava's 28 months and we still haven't crossed that particular bridge. I think most of her local contemporaries are in the midst of it or have it down. Every time we consider it, there's another excuse to put it off. July is the month, though.

I have potty trained two kids and the one thing I can say is don't push it and don't let it turn into a power struggle. Julia was very ready at age 2 and she trained really fast; Alex I didn't even really start until he was 3 1/2 and he still took a year to get it.

Three and a half? That would be nearly impossible unless we decided to keep Ophelia at home (instead of going to kindergarten). Yes, if a child *enrolls* (?) in kindergarten s/he has to be potty trained and *dry* (as we say here). Also, the crèche also starts potty training from around 18/24 months anyway. I'm not really *that* nervous about it and I am going to take it very slowly. But as she's prone to urinary infections and because the second one's on the way, I think I'll start now. If she's not ready, then we can wait. But when I came in with the box, she wanted to have a look inside and then proceeded to sit and play with the potty. I like to delude myself into thinking she's ready. ;-)

Apparently she has a viral troath infection. Which is sort of "yay." At least it isn't a UTI. :-)

Alex went to preschool at age 4; no kindergarten until age 5 here. I think it probably *helps* kids to train earlier if they are in day care or some kind of school program, so it sounds like you're good there. It sounds like Ophelia is showing interest, and that's the first sign that she's ready!

I hope she recovers from her viral infection soon... that would not be fun.

Alex went through a period when he was 3 where he just refused to poop. Which is, of course, impossible. He was still in diapers at the time. That was a trick to solve...