Recent content by Barbara!

Wow! I haven't posted in a lonnnng time. All the people who were pregnant last time I was on now have growing babies! Congrats to all of you. Ryland is 13 months old now. I'm single and going to school full time, working part time in Dallas. Going along great. Most recent photo I have of him:

That statement alone fires me up. Jesus, give the lady her dog back.

Haha, your pics were posted in the Guess The Breed Facebook group.

As far as feeding babies before 6 months, here's some anecdotal evidence: At my daycare, we don't feed them baby food until 6 months. We had a mom insist we feed her son (4 months) some green beans. We assumed she had done it at home, but I think she just wanted to test the reaction out on us...

How many of you have your children in daycare and how did you choose the facility? I recently had to switch Ryland's daycare providers because I got a new job and the hours were radically different and didn't match the daycare he was already in. I had literally 3 days to get my child care...

Ryland half giggled at me this morning. I can't wait fora full on one

My turn for an update: Ryland is just over 6 weeks old now and weighs a little over 12 lbs. He's rolling from his stomach to his back, and attempting to roll from his back to stomach. He's copying my faces (open mouth, closed mouth, smile, "O" shaped lips) and trying to giggle. He's making "uh...

Ryland was the same way for a lonnnng time. I coslept for the first 3-4 weeks and it was hard moving him all the way to his bassinet. Took time. He would wake up often, but eventually got used to it. He still sleeps with me on nights that he's particularly fussy or sick. Like last night, he was...

Yikes, vibes your way MM! I may have asked this before, but how many here use the IUD? I'm going to try to get Paragard this week. Also, Ryland is at his 6 week growth spurt and is sucking down twice as much milk. From 4-5 oz to 6-8!

Congrats, Cali! It'll all be okay. And don't let the stupid Internet scare you. Maybe I'm crazy but... I kind of miss being pregnant.

I see your adorably long eyelashes and raise you a crooked grin!

MM, maybe this will be helpful. http://purplecrying.info/ I'm glad that Ryland isn't particularly fussy, but I won't count my chickens... He's only two weeks old. It seems his mucous resolved itself... No sign of it and he's kept everything down for two days now. He has developed this awful...

What technique do you use to do this? I have a bulb and saline drops and haven't done it yet... It seems like such a horrible thing to do and that end looks so big compared to his nose. I've been using it to put down his throat, but I don't think that's right and I never get anything, anyhow.

He doesn't want me to switch until he can see him and rule out a virus because last time we tried a different formula, he had a pretty violent reaction so we are treading carefully this time. He seems to do well on what he is on, with the right amounts of poops and pees, he is just starting to...

Ugh, when do they settle into a sleep routine that doesn't involve sleeping in increments of 2-3 hours? I'm exhausted. All. The. Time. Also, Ryland has developed large amounts of mucous in his throat that have been causing him to choke and throw up while eating and sometimes he loses entire...