http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/ Infertility and Adoption online interactive support community for your family-building efforts. Information and discussion includes infertility, adoption, pregnancy, parenting and surrogacy issues. en Wed, 22 May 2013 02:05:54 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/ http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24728-binky-free-day-2.html Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:25:56 GMT Today is day 2 of being binky free.... I feel like caving in.... She is currently up and down the stairs asking for something.... ANYTHING... She has been in bed for 2 hours and 15 minutes and we are ready to crack. She is not asking for binky but we know that is the reason she is playing... Today is day 2 of being binky free.... I feel like caving in.... She is currently up and down the stairs asking for something.... ANYTHING... She has been in bed for 2 hours and 15 minutes and we are ready to crack. She is not asking for binky but we know that is the reason she is playing up....

BUT I am sooooo freakin proud that we have made it through 2 days so far...

Everyday gets easier right? RIGHT? (INSERT RIPPING HAIR OUT OF MY HEAD SMILIE) ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24728-binky-free-day-2.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24732-brothers-sisters-rolleyes.html Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:43:40 GMT Amy is taking her sister role very seriously. Today, Amy was playing with her blocks and Cameron was in his walker. Amy was trying to build a tower and Cameron was very interested. He was trying to help her and accidently knocking down her tower, she got sooooo mad at him. She kept telling him... Amy is taking her sister role very seriously. Today, Amy was playing with her blocks and Cameron was in his walker. Amy was trying to build a tower and Cameron was very interested. He was trying to help her and accidently knocking down her tower, she got sooooo mad at him. She kept telling him "No" No Cameron, Go away.... He obviously doesn't understand what she was saying to him so he kept trying to join in.... Amy was getting angrier and angrier, so in the end she wheeled him into the kitchen and left him there so he couldn't "play" with her anymore.

I was so shocked, I asked her where Cameron was and she told me, I putted him in the kitchen Momma! :laugh: ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24732-brothers-sisters-rolleyes.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24793-christmas.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:38:05 GMT It is coming pretty fast and I need to start to look at what I am going to get the kids this year, It is Cameron's first Christmas so I need to get him something to put in his memory box as well as get our Family ornament which I have done every year.

I have been thinking for Amy I am going to get her I don't have them all here but here are a few I can think of right now.

Baby doll
Nursery set for her baby doll. It includes a swing, pack n play, baby gym, stroller etc,
Barbie and a horse of somekind as she is obsessed with horses.

Big gift ideas
Motorized Jeep or car
Radio flyer bouncing horse
small trampoline

For Cameron
Walk along toy...
some cars and trucks.
building blocks to add to what we have got

Big toy
Wagon
Rideon truck


See I am stumped with Cameron. I haven't really had to buy Cameron many toys so far as I have a lot of baby toys from Amy that can be used by boys or girls....

I need to get out there and have a good ole look around. Although this year I am going to give them both a $$$$ amount and stick within that.... I am not going as crazy this year as I have in other years. ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24793-christmas.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24794-decorated-half-bath.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:24:46 GMT But I am not sure I like the color,.... Hmmm well I am going to have to live with it for a while as I am not doing it again in the next few weeks or so... I have put on a sage green but the room is just too small and it makes it look dark in there..... oh well I guess you can't get it right all the time.... ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24794-decorated-half-bath.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24795-tomorrow.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:20:03 GMT Tomorrow is the day I finally get to meet Jen and B! I am so freaking excited... We have got so much planned and are really looking forward to spending time together.

We really have become very close, we just seemed to click and are very comfortable with each other. I can't believe I am finally going to meet her after knowing her for over 3 years! :hug:

I know tomorrow is going to be a huge day for both Jen and B, It is B's first flight. I know she is going to love it.

Amy is getting excited and when I ask her who is coming to stay with us she tells me Beeanka! :D I know they are going to have sooo much fun and I know the Mommies are too.... ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24795-tomorrow.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24796-can-really.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:15:58 GMT Yesterday was a really hard day with Amy and Cameron. I had a terrible night sleep the night before so I am sure I was extra cranky, Anyway Amy threw the tantrum of all tantrums yesterday. It was all over something silly and then giving me backchat when I told her off. Cameron is seriously... Yesterday was a really hard day with Amy and Cameron. I had a terrible night sleep the night before so I am sure I was extra cranky, Anyway Amy threw the tantrum of all tantrums yesterday. It was all over something silly and then giving me backchat when I told her off. Cameron is seriously teething so he is not feeling his best either. Well, Amy is still addicted to her pacifier, I have spent the last few weeks telling her that she is getting a big girl and that big girls don't have binkys. I kept telling her to throw her binkys in the trash.

Well after the tantrum it was nap time, I didn't give her a binky. She cried for it for a few minutes but soon forgot about it and went to sleep. Something I never thought would ever happen. Never since she has been born has she ever fell asleep without one in her mouth. When she woke up she asked for it and I told her there was no more Binky for Amy That she is a big girl now, and she seemed to accept it. She did find one of her many stashes and brought it to me to tell me to throw it in the trash. :yikes: I am sure my jaw dropped in shock. We went all afternoon without the binky and I kept it going last night. We had one small crying jag about the binky but only because DH brought 2 upstairs with him and put them on her bed ready for her after the bath, I saw them but unfortunatly so did Amy. I took them and went mad at my DH. I had told him on 4 occasions that evening that there was no binky but he thought I just meant that afternoon. :rolleyes:

So after the bath she got into her bed for her stories and she never even asked for the binky. She slept and did so all night long, I was sure she would wake in the night to find her binky as she has done in the past and very recently. She awoke this morning and hasn't asked for a binky at all... :D

I am sure today is going to be harder than yesterday as far as the binky goes but it is time. She is over 2 and a half and I really want to get past this binky stage with her. The hard thing for her is that Cameron has a binky but they have their own and if anyone knows whos is whos it is Amy,.....

Can it be real, that we are on the road to being Binky free???? ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24796-can-really.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24950-nail-biting.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:00:52 GMT Amy has started to bite her nails... How do I stop her from doing it? I do not want her to create the habit of nail biting. I do not bite my nails so it is not me she is getting it from but my DH knaws his down to the nub at times... Is it a learned habit or something that is just going to... Amy has started to bite her nails... How do I stop her from doing it? I do not want her to create the habit of nail biting.

I do not bite my nails so it is not me she is getting it from but my DH knaws his down to the nub at times...

Is it a learned habit or something that is just going to happen no matter what I do? ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24950-nail-biting.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24959-hmmm-midnight-snack-anyone.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:10:04 GMT Amy is just something else. Last night we put her to bed, read her the 2 stories and said goodnight. Lately Amy has been getting out of bed and trying anything and everything to come back downstairs. So it is common for DH and I to be running up and down the stairs most of the evenign putting Amy... Amy is just something else. Last night we put her to bed, read her the 2 stories and said goodnight. Lately Amy has been getting out of bed and trying anything and everything to come back downstairs. So it is common for DH and I to be running up and down the stairs most of the evenign putting Amy back to bed.

Last night she had tried the usual I need a kiss, cuddle, drink, potty etc....

We thought we had finally got her down for the night, so DH went to put all the trash down ready for the morning pick up, I had a mammoth day of laundry yesterday so I was folding in the laundry room. From my laundry room you can see all the way through the kitchen into the family room. So there I am busy folding when I hear a rustling sound... I looked up to a see a huge bag of chips walking towards the stairs.... :laugh:

Amy had come downstairs and helped herself to a bag of chips and was heading back to bed loaded up! :yikes: Where do they learn these things from... It was so funny I had a hard time telling her off about it! ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24959-hmmm-midnight-snack-anyone.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24961-sleeping-baby.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:02:46 GMT Cameron is funny He just loves to sleep on the pooh couch! LOL! I love to see a sleeping baby! ahhhh Image: http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o41/elinde/Kiddos021.jpg And another.... Image: http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o41/elinde/Kiddos020.jpg Cameron is funny He just loves to sleep on the pooh couch! LOL!

I love to see a sleeping baby! ahhhh



And another....

]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24961-sleeping-baby.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24962-zoo-pictures.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:00:45 GMT They are not very good but here are a few from the zoo last week. Can you tell Amy loved the Giraffe! Image: http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o41/elinde/Kiddos044.jpg Image: http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o41/elinde/Kiddos046.jpg Cameron chilling out They are not very good but here are a few from the zoo last week.


Can you tell Amy loved the Giraffe!





Cameron chilling out


The only one I could get her to look at me and not the animals... Why would she want to look at mommy?



Checking out the monkeys

]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24962-zoo-pictures.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24965-my-gorgeous-babies.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:33:05 GMT Image: http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o41/elinde/Kiddos052.jpg ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/24965-my-gorgeous-babies.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25015-thrush-still-around.html Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:47:06 GMT Will this thrush in Camerons mouth ever go away. It looks like it is getting worse not better, it has been 3 days now and no improvement. The poor little guy is miserable.... Any tricks anyone can help me with? He is on Nystatin 4 times a day swabbed onto the inside of the cheek for 7... Will this thrush in Camerons mouth ever go away. It looks like it is getting worse not better, it has been 3 days now and no improvement. The poor little guy is miserable....

Any tricks anyone can help me with?

He is on Nystatin 4 times a day swabbed onto the inside of the cheek for 7 days.... ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25015-thrush-still-around.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25016-what-great-start-my-day.html Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:44:35 GMT I am just so fed up today, I guess I will get out of my mood in a little while.

All I have to think is that in 4 days I will be meeting Jen! That is going to be so much fun....

Jen I can't wait..... :hug:

Well if I get permission to have fun I guess...... ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25016-what-great-start-my-day.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25017-feelings.html Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:42:34 GMT Why is it that people get their feelings hurt when they do something nice for someone?

I just don't understand sometimes why people just won't think from another prospective other than their own. I always try to see things from all sides, certainly before I go saying anything.

You know this time I am really peed off!

I will not be sorry for what I did or what I said... Just seems like a shame that is all..... ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25017-feelings.html http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25039-even-more-decorating.html Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:24:36 GMT Today I have been decorating again... I have been scraping the awful wallpaper from the skylights. It was so hard to get the stuff off. I am sure they superglued the stuff up.... I still have some to do but I was so sore from looking up and scraping the ceiling.... I will have to do it another... Today I have been decorating again... I have been scraping the awful wallpaper from the skylights. It was so hard to get the stuff off. I am sure they superglued the stuff up....

I still have some to do but I was so sore from looking up and scraping the ceiling.... I will have to do it another day, But I did also scrape all the wallpaper in the downstairs half bath and I changed the vanity light and the faucet.... It is looking so much better in there already, now just to decide on the color.

I am nearly there now with the decorating.... I still have the spare bedroom and bathroom to do but I am in no rush to do that! ]]> Emma2 http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/blogs/emma2/25039-even-more-decorating.html