kirstabelle -- LOL at some of those things on that link. And how did Lindsay Lohan become such a mess? I guess I know the answer to that but, yuck. And I had the same issue with finding a place that administers the test I need to take get into grad school next year!
Called every place in my city on the list on the test's website and not one of them offered the test. Then found info that the school I want to go to offers the test and called them and they said they're currently hiring a testing services director and won't offer any testing until that person is hired (so January or February even).
Otherwise, I'll have to drive 200 miles to take an hour long multiple choice test.
CUTE giraffe wall!
ReadytoMum -- The dresser is super cute!
ukgirl -- I'm sorry Luke is still sick/sick again! Poor guy.
doggylover -- Happy Friday! I'm thrilled about it. Then only 5 days to work until I get 5 days off. Then work 2 days and get 4 days off. YAY!
lily -- My daughter is almost 17 months and is hugely entertained by Mega-Bloks right now (big Lego-like building blocks). She can finger paint and color with big crayons (though she isn't hugely interested right now). She LOVES to dance, so music would be key for her. She likes kid board puzzles and loves books (but board books or plastic books because she wants to do the page-turning or to hold the book and "read" by herself). She loves jumping and bouncing and running around like a nut. She loves to be chased and LOVES hide-and-seek. She'll do both hiding and seeking and loves them pretty equally. I guess at that age it depends on the kid's personality because they
definitely have opinions already at that point.
Doggylover is definitely not wrong in that they'll let you know in short order what they do or don't want to do. And that BP is actually pretty typical for me (It runs lowish but I don't typically have symptoms of low bp so it's not a concern for me) but the pulse sure is high! My pulse would shoot up like that when I was having issues with hypoglycemia (after eating a lot of carbs or sugar).
nimbec -- Just wait until people who were due weeks after you are popping before you.
That made me nearly insane with dd, who refused to come out.
I had a friend scheduled to be induced a week after my due date and by that point I had had enough. I was like, "NO! I'm almost 41 weeks and you are 37 weeks. You are NOT having your baby before me!" and I ended up being induced the day before her.
Yikes about the furniture. Good thing you ordered it early! Good grief.
steph -- We have a Fisher Price swing very much like the My Little Lamb one (except ours has a star projector and a little canopy they project onto and a mobile). Our swing was a little loud when it was ramping up to swing at whatever level but it got a lot more quiet once it was at the swing level you wanted. It was really good for daytime naps starting around 3 months for us. Not super useful with dd until then, I'm afraid, but all babies are different. We used it until she was around 9-10 months. Had to add the tray to keep her in the seat well around 7-8 months. Until then, it's way too big of a hassle so we left it off. Sometimes I think about trying it now because she's still under the weight limit for it! I'm afrad she'd flip it over somehow, though.
maybesoon -- I didn't love being pregnant with Maisie at all but I really missed it once it was over (yes, I thought people who told me that were nuts, too). I'm enjoying it a lot more this time! I'm also perfectly fine with how long it takes this time since Maisie keeps me so busy.
Still an uncomfortable, restricting, PITA kind of time, though!
You first time moms are making me feel like a huge slacker.
I was right there with you with I was pregnant with Maisie and I was SUPER glad to have it all done by the time summer came and I was hugely pregnant. I haven't done a single thing for this baby!
I need to sort and wash newborn and 0-3 month clothes at least but I feel like it's too early for that at this point. So I'll wait. I did decide yesterday we'll need another crib because I don't think dd is going to be ready for a toddler bed at 20 months. So that gives me something to do. I also have half convinced myself to paint but I'm not positive about it. I want a sit/stand tandem type stroller but haven't bothered with it much because I'm not in a hurry to get it since I expect to wear the newbie everywhere for at least the first 3-4 months and Maisie walks well. My main goal right now is to get a bunch of our general clutter cleared out.
I hope everyone has a lovely weekend, and takes some time to put their feet up!
, its been forever how are we all doing??? 
no its only 1 but would have loved two lol can u tell 
) so we invited him for tea tonight as a Christmas present. But of course that means rushing home from work to clean and cook...
have a nice evening y'all 
xxx
but I know everyone's view is different, and as I had originally said is there any "right" way to parent? Just her view seemed a little extreme to me.
