We just received our second grandchild- another boy! All the scans said he would be around 7 lbs but after an unexpected c section, he came into the world at 10 1/2 pounds! My poor daughter weighed 110 lbs. pre pregnancy. Everyone is healthy and happy.
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Congratulations to your family😍
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Congratulations, @Onward! Happy and healthy is perfect!
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My D’s second baby was 11lb, 1 oz. For no descernible reason. He looked like such a bruiser when a baby, but now at almost three, he’s typical height, on the thin side, for a kid his age.
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DD had a big 3rd baby, 8 lb 10 oz; she says she didn’t watch her sugars as well. All other babies in the 7 lb range including the 4th. He is 2 1/2 now, and eats all the time but is slim.
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Congrats with the new healthy baby.
DD2’s second baby, scan showed big head and they induced a few days before her due date. Dad’s father from his paternal side have ‘big heads’ and that is what they saw. GD1 and GS1 with the big head - GD1, the matching hats or head bows for outfits were always too small. Their bodies have grown so head size is more normal now. GD2 looks so much like GD1 at similar age, but have not looked at hats/head bows on her, but will see her in less than 2 weeks.
D just had our first grandchild! Also had big head and that ended up causing a C-section. He’s 10 days early but still 8 lb 8 oz and is of course adorable. Hate that D has to go through longer recovery but happy everyone is ok.
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations, @scomom12! Healthy and adorable ~ wonderful!
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I had two, 15 mo apart. First one took two years of fertility treatments; I was still nursing when I got pregnant with S2. Big surprise! I was in the middle of interviewing to return to work; we moved when I was 8 mo pregnant with S1, so was not returning to my previous position.
It took a while to wrap my head around the idea of two under two, but ultimately, the reality was that I wouldn’t have done it any other way. They were both easy babies, even though S2 had colic. Three of us napped just fine in the recliner. Advantage: we got through the hard stuff all at once. Drawback: we got through all the good stuff all at once.
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to the family.
Our petite niece (through marriage) needed to have c-sections with both her sons; she just was too small through pelvic area. And she is done with it all now; breastfeeding younger child. Older child is more difficult, and this is her challenging time. She is self-professed OCD, and having been at their place for just a short time, she needs all the support and help to be able to relax a bit.
Niece whose birth canal was a bit small actually got a bit tore up with first baby, so second baby was C-section.
I guess time really does change how we remember. I just got home from 6 days at S’s house and the 3 1/2 year old can be very sweet as long as things are going her way, but a holy terror when things aren’t. Nashville GD will be 4 in about 2 weeks and 3 has also been a challenging age for D’s household. I can’t say it anywhere else, but the terrible 3’s (2’s weren’t so bad for any of my GDs) have a big influence on why 6 month old GS is currently my fav. He is an easy baby and stays where planted. I don’t remember either of my kids being so challenging at 3, but they probably were and I’ve blocked it out. I know it won’t always be this way with GS, so fully expect things to change going forward . Love them all and thankful to get to spend more time with them now that I am semi-retired.
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IMHO better to get all these children behaviors worked out when children are young. Everyone has to learn various things (like the world does not revolve around that individual). Very young children are learning many things. They often don’t have the skills yet to verbalize their frustrations, and therefore act them out.
DD1 was telling me some of the things with the 2 1/2 YO GS2 with how he avoids using the bathroom, sometimes holds it, so is in a diaper 24/7. The bathrooms that have the automatic flush, the noise scares him. I will be there in a week (and staying for 4 weeks), so I will spend more quality time with GS2 and hang out more with him in the bathroom. Like going #1 before the bedtime diaper. Having him use the bathroom every 2 - 3 hours during day at home and in the evening, and over the weekends. His night time diaper is not dry but I believe it may be with a little bladder training. DD1 says they can pause a movie or a kid show for bathroom break, but DD1 says he says he doesn’t need to go. Both parents not having enough emotional energy to take him and give him the support he needs. The older 2 kids are 14 months apart, and they were in another city/child care; GD1 is very verbal and advanced in many ways, so her potty training went pretty easily. GS1 had an example, and it went good for him.
So I have GSs to focus on. GS1 to do more reading with him, while GD1 reads independently. With have GS2 also on my lap with the reading. GD2 will get attention, and GD1 likes to help with GD1.
So much development going on with these little ones.
H and I feel the same way about our 4 yr old GD. We’re exhausted at the end of a full day of babysitting, which we do three times a week. She can be so sweet and loving; we try to focus on the good behavior and her affection. It can be tough some days. She resists going to the bathroom even though once there she shows no sign of any problems. It’s always a hassle when we try to get her to go after lunch (she flatly refuses before lunch), before her nap. She also pitches a fit when we tell her it’s time to go home and fusses about wanting to play more.
We tell GD ahead of time about transitions and have tried setting timers, pointing out the time on various clocks, saying we’ll do X after one more episode of Bluey or one more slide, but the cautions about needing to transition soon don’t seem to help. I think the expectations of her behavior in kindergarten will come as a shock in the fall and my sympathies are with her teachers.
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3 year old GD can be challenging, but that’s how toddlers figure things out. I don’t remember a whole lot about my kids at that age, but I do remember that they tested me often. GD started whining for things & I told her that if she whines, I won’t listen. She kept whining & I ignored her … so she threw herself on the ground and (fake) cried. I walked away. She got up & acted is if nothing had ever happened. It’s tiring, but at least I am not responsible for her behavior 24/7!
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My GD did that a lot at 3 to 4, because it worked with Mommy. I visit at least once a month, and told her GaGa doesn’t do whiny, and walked away. She tried it again a few hours later, walked away with GD2. Next morning it started, I looked at her and said GD1……… and she said oh, right, GaGa doesn’t do whiny (verbatim, with my intonations). I stifled my laugh.
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My kids didn’t ever do whiny, thankfully. Would not have liked it. My sister can get her Gkids to take naps when parents can’t.
D and SIL don’t respond to whining, so I assume GD will move on to some other test soon!
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