30-Something's: Let's discuss our kids!

daydreamer · 03-02-2009, 04:09 PM

Hi! I am a sahm with 4 boys, ages 9, soon to be 7, 4, and 15 months. My house is very loud most of the time!!!! lolololololol

Ds1 and ds2 came to us through adoption in August 2004. They were 5 and 2 1/2 at the time (they are biologic brothers.) Four weeks later, I found out I was pregnant- after 8 years of unsuccessful attempts! As it turned out, I had a deformed uterus, which caused ds3 to be born prematurely. He was born at 24 weeks, weighing 1lb 13oz, and he was 12 inches long. He spent a long 91 days in the NICU, but is perfectly healthy now, with no long term effects of his prematurity. After ds3 was born, I had my uterus repaired, and was able to carry ds4 almost to term (with the help of weekly injections to make sure I didn't have pre-term labor again.)

BoJo · 04-05-2009, 07:19 PM

I have one kiddo - 'One and done' as my husband says.

Noah is 12 years old, going on 35. He is the light of my life. He's bright and funny and quirky and so cynical (yes, cynical already). He's as skinny as a toothpick and 5' tall. He is 100% boy - hates baths, has smelly feet, loves video games and action movies, thinks construction equipment and things that blow up are the greatest entertainment on earth and can't get enough to eat -ever!

amkenkent · 04-21-2009, 11:12 AM

I have twin sons (Sam & Dave) who will be 2 yr in June. They are my whole world and I love and adore them more than I ever imagined possible.

Now that the boys are approaching 2, people are asking if I want to have anymore. The answer is "yes" I want more kids, but won't because I refuse to go through pregnancy again. I feel like a bad mom for admitting this...but I had finally gotten to a comfortable weight when I got pregnant. Then between having twins and being put on strict bedrest for 4 months I gained almost 50 lbs and lost all of my muscle tone. Post-baby I was going to breast feed, but the boys never caught on, so ended up pumping until my milk dried up (about 2 months). Everyone talks about how you burn so many calories...but all it did for me was give me an insatiable hunger and make me GAIN weight! After I quit pumping I started doing WW and exercising 3-5 times a week but the scales weren't moving!!

Maybe it was the hormones from the pregnancy, combined with my turning 30...but it took 22 months before I could successfully lose more than 2-3 lbs! Most of my friends who were heavy pre-baby had similar problems, but of course our skinny friends were back to their old jeans 6 weeks later.

I love my boys...which is why I think they deserve a thin, healthy, active mom more than a little sister!

LBH · 04-22-2009, 02:55 PM

AM, welcome! Sorry you had a rough time of it with your boys. I loved being PG and had good birth experiences...for the most part. I would LOVE to have another baby, but DH isn't soo delighted with my infatuation!

wannabsexytra70 · 05-27-2009, 11:56 PM

Hi all I am new here!

Just reading some of your posts. Glad to see I am not the only one who has some issues that I don't understand. I have a very defiant 3 year old that just drains every bit of energy out of me. I need to get back into shape just to keep up with her. Was reading about ODD and I think that is my Sydney.

LBH · 05-28-2009, 03:01 PM

Wannab, welcome! Ah the joys of ODD.

Hang in there! I'm not gonna tell you it gets better, because honestly, it doesn't, until you learn how to deal with her. Even then, it's hard. Make sure you've got a good support system and someone that can give you a break when you need it!

TracyB73 · 08-13-2009, 07:58 PM

I have a nineteen year old who is about to go off to college, I haven't really had much trouble out of her, she is very strong, independent woman who makes me glad that I am a mother.

LoveBrad · 01-11-2010, 10:50 AM

Well I have three Kids. Really just typical kids. And all so smart not just saying because they are mine. They really are smart kids.

Matthew 6 born May 15 2003
Melaina 4 born April 15 2005
Katelyn 2 born March 12 2007

So every other year between being 25 and 30 I was pregnant. When I can post pics i will post pics of my cuties.

Aunty Jam · 01-16-2010, 01:00 AM

I have a 16 year old step daughter who is too beautiful for her own good. Blond hair and blue eyes... all she wants to do is dance dance dance! She's in 2 dance classes this year and if we're not hearing about dance it's her boyfriend Juan. Heh.. my husband was a very young father, how he ever managed to have a daughter as sweet as her is beyond me!

That's it for me (for now) unless we can count husbands or fured and finned kids.

lauralyn · 01-16-2010, 08:04 AM

My oldest daughter is 19 and a Freshman in college. She has no idea what she wants to do in life except hang out with her friends.

My 2nd daughter is 14.5 and wants to go to college and is already in the process of writing her first book. This is not a small book either, it is going to be geared towards young adults/adults...think along the lines of Harry Potter!

She also wants to be an editor...are you getting the picture that she is a reader? :-)

My son is 9 and wants to be a WWE wrestler or a football player lol

AFChick · 03-10-2010, 03:19 PM

I have 2 boys (7 and 9). The oldest wants to be a video game tester...yes, he actually said that...He is super smart and tenacious, so if there is a way to be paid to do that, he'll find it. My youngest keeps changing his mind...don't know what his current future occupation is.

journey0f60lbs · 04-04-2010, 06:03 PM

I want to share about my kids =)
i have a 4 years old boy
and almost 2 years old girl.
My boy is into gymnastics and will do his first competition this month. He reads 1st grade books now and overall a bright kids.
My 2 years old is interested in gymnastics as well and do a lot of tricks just by watching her older brother. I am thinking to enroll her soon as well.

Rae1976 · 04-05-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LBH

I could write a book, but since I'm working a brand new job, and the internet here is s-l-o-w, I'll do what I can.

Peter (1/23/03) is 4 and the only "official" diagnosis he has is ODD=Oppositional Defiant Disorder (8/06). It's as bad as it sounds...google it!

I started to think he might be developing Hyperactivity Disorder since I've been home with him. Then I started reading. Apparently these days they call it AD/HD, even if he doesn't have AD. Whatever. The Neurologist ("N" from now on!) did not say he was diagnosing him with anything, but wants us to have b/w first, before drugs.

Some of the stuff he does:
Runs in circles like a wild man, trying to get out of the classroom at daycare, when things don't go his way. If restrained, tries to kick, hit, headbutt, punch. Often tells me, "You bad mommy!", or "You're a bad, bad mommy!", all while pouting...or smiling...depending on the mood.

Given the right circumstances, you can show him a circle and he'll tell you it's a square...or just deny that it's a circle, with a straight face. Can you say "Oppositional"?!

Peter can also be the sweetest boy on the planet. He will come and give me kisses and hugs for no reason. Tell me, "I love you mommy, you're bootiful (beautiful)". He's very empathetic. Once we were at this huge playground and DH was up on the structure with him and a child somehow whacked his head and was bleeding all over. While everyone else was running the other way, Peter's first response was, "Daddy, is that boy OK?" (He was, he ran off the structure to his parents screaming, I don't want to go to the hospital...the ambulance came and took them away. Get the feeling he spends a bit of time in the ER?

His favorite thing? Running around naked! (Yeah, that got old fast) Oh, and Thomas trains and Cars cars.

Anyway, #2:
Robby (1/13/05) is 2. Can you say "Temper Tantrum"?!

Oh boy, this kid is a pro! He is my lover though. He would be happy cuddling all day. He is slightly delayed in talking and probably a few other developmental areas, but I think...no I am convinced...it is because he will NOT give up the pacifier ("sucky"). I think we are *finally* done with the bedtime bottle. I guess my fragile nerves are not ready to go cold turkey with the sucky either! But he's only allowed to have it at bedtime, and actually, we've gone 2 nights in a row without it now.

He has been talking a lot more recently, favorite word being, "MONEY!!!" (say it like you're Jamaican, that's "Mommy")

He uses it with the perfect 2 y/o tone for everything. That and "oh wow".

I think he'll be an engineer...has always had to check stuff out to see how it works.

Favorite things: Chicken nuggets.

That's about it!

Try taking him off milk..I know it sounds crazy but I am a special ed teacher who works with a ton of different students and at 4 having that diagnosis already seems so young. We have been doing a lot of work with nutrition and behaviour and have found that some children are lactose intolerant and it affects their behaviour. One man now 40 said he could and can feel himself bubble and rage on the inside ...since milk has been removed from his diet things have changed. His son was also affected and was a "demon" child according to doctors....milk gone and behaviour changed dramatically! Just a thought.

cocomama · 06-08-2010, 08:10 PM

hi, i have three daughters aged 11yrs, 9yrs an my baby 4mths ... This morning my 9yr old was insisting we hurry out the door, so we were in the car on our way up our street when the 9yr old realises she doesnt even have her school shoes on hehe! You just gotta love 'em

Evee · 06-13-2010, 01:46 PM

So cute!! No kiddos yet, but maybe sometimes in the not so distant future!