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	Age: 27 Country: Canada Province/region: Ontario City: Toronto Partner: my husband Edward Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: stay at home with Eric
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04-10-2009 - just update

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Hello

I hope everyone is well :) We're doing great, i have been slowly packing our bags for our trip to Greece. Everyone is so excited to see us, it will be my mom my niece julianna and me and Eric. I haven't been back home since 2003 so i am very happy to go! I'm excited for Eric caz he will now meet everyone on my side as Eric met everyone on my husbands side when we went to Egypt earlier this year. Hoping the flight will be okay this time, Eric's a bit older so i;m not sure if he's gonna sleep or how he's gonna take it. When we went to egypt it went well he slepted in the basnet they gave us, no hard time. now that i don't have eddie i'm kinda scared lol but my mom will be there but she is gonna be taking care of Julianna too. So we gotta work as a team.

I just wanted to show a few photos i took last week, i gotta take more Eric's growning up so fast! Still having trouble with the sleeping, he won't sleep in the crib very long and once he wakes up that it he won't go back to bed unless eric is sleeping beside me. So we bought a railing that u put on the side of the toddlers bed onto ours and eric sleeps on one side as i am on the other and we sleep right through the night. i miss eddie :( trust me ladies we have tried sooo many things and even for weeks! nothing works. so we're just gonna let it be and when eric gets older and kinda understands we will try then.

As for the formula when do we stop that? and as for the bottle he is here there for it, but at night he always needs a bottle to sleep. so do we still give eric a bottle at night and durning the day use he's sip cup? Eric doesn't seem to wanna eat these last few days, he'll eat a little things here and there but nothing big. is this a phase?

omgggggggg eric is like stiched to my leg this passed week! he just won't let me go and if he plays he's toys or a video he has to come and see where i am. I go shower as eddie watched eric he cries like crazyyyyyy ! i work during the week at my dads place i drop eric off in the mornings to my mom and things go well and i;m out. but not anymore he cries if he see me leaving or putting on my stuff he grabs he's shoes too! its soo cute and soo sad all at the same time lol He won't go to my mom anymore unless i am out and not near him. he loved my mom and sometimes he would choose her for me lol he won't go to eddie if i am around. Is this an other phase? Eric also sometimes hits his head on the floor or comes at me and hits his head at my head. anyone else get this?

sorry it's long just been a while. take care and hope your all well :)

Kathy and Eric

Just going outEric playing outside

Eric being cute and ready to go bye lol

DSC08935-Copy.jpg picture by kaybaby898

3 Comments on just update

crystalmooon - Monday, 5 Oct
You are looking fantastic!!! Trent sometimes hits or shakes his head... I was told that it could be out of frustration or it could be because it feels weird. As we know, our kids can be so repetitive - and the feeling of hitting or shaking the head is a strange sensation. (Also, it can get them some attention they might want at that moment). As for Eric not eating well the last few days... from what I've read - maybe kids start getting picky and don't want to eat as much between 1 and 2 years old - for the most part they are just so busy and would rather be playing and running around then eating. It's normal as long as he isn't flat out refusing food all day for days on end and as long as he is putting on or maintaining weight. You could try to have little bits of food available all day long for him to graze on if you are worried he's not eating enough. Sippy cups: some kids really take to the actually sippy cup and others only like the straw kind... use whichever works for you and Eric. (I find that Trent isn't as messy with the straw cups). Well enough babbling from me... have a super trip and post tons of pictures!!!! Take care hun! ~Tina xo

ADDISYNS~MUM - Monday, 5 Oct
that is great that youll be going to greece soon!!! and that your little man can meet evryone!!! and i must say... you are looking GREAT!!! and eric is so adorable!

Debra - Monday, 5 Oct
Hey! A few answers as I've been there with Isaac...hitting head= frustrated b/c can't talk to you. it's helpful to say, "what's wrong baby? can mama help?" or something to that matter... or "i know you are frustrated" and explain what you are doing that is taking your attention away from him.The bottle- really, it's up to you and what you want him to do. He does NOT need formula now as long as he's eating a variety of foods that contain iron- such as meats etc. Your choice, goat's or cow's milk. Choose milk that is fuller in fat until age 2- so Homogenized. When he's 2 you can switch him to a lower fat milk as long as he's getting adequate fat in his food. Milk should also be fortified with vitamin D. You also might want to supplement him through the winter months with additional vit D- unless you eat a lot of Vit D rich foods. If you choose goat's milk, it should also have the vit. D added. Goat's milk tastes alot more like breastmilk (I found) so it was easier to transition. We went straight to a Nuby sippy. We never really used the bottle as Isaac was breastfed, so no habits to break. He's transitioned well to other types of sippy's too- so far my fav is our rubbermaid drink boxes (safeway) and I recently got a first years 'cars' sippy that i've been impressed with its lack of leaking (even though it's distance tossed onto the floor). If you want to break him of the night time feeds, you might want to offer the sippy at night. NOT as much fun for him and so, 2-3 nights of that, might just cure him of the night waking. Isaac broke the night waking routine when I went back to work on nights, and my husband had to deal with him. No warm boobs to soothe him back to sleep= what was the point of waking up? No more night waking. Yippee!As for the sleeping in your bed, if you like it whatever. He obviously likes it. I don't know how tough you've been in the past with really trying to change it. The toddler bible I have (what to expect the toddler years) offers some good advice- and mostly it revolves around the mom and dad having to be super tough, not getting much sleep for about 3 nights and it then being done. Their advice is, baby will always want to sleep with you and it gets harder and harder the older you get. Personally, I used to babysit a 7 year old who refused to go to sleep without mom and dad. They always let her sleep with her and so she did. No one likes to be tough with their kid, but the book advice is to keep putting baby back in their own bed, telling them its time to go night night and closing the door. This might mean that there's some crying, but keep going in every 5 minutes, tell him the same story and eventually he might get that you are serious. There is some other stuff in there too. I know I'm too much of a softie, personally, my husband is much better at being tough. I hope you have a good trip! I look forward to hearing your updates!.. and how the flight went. I haven't had Isaac on a plane since 5 months (and that was just vancouver to winnepeg) and I'd be kind of scared to take him very far now. Love to know how it turns out.

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