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

LBH · 08-21-2007, 11:30 AM

Ann Marie! She's gorgeous!

principessa · 08-21-2007, 02:26 PM

Thanks IrishJoan and Lauren!

realitymom · 09-13-2007, 02:23 PM

I have 2 beautiful daughters, who are shown in my avatar. Haiven is 6 & started kindergarten this year.

Raelin is 2 & my spitfire. Love them both so much & if we could afford it I would have another one! lol

imagda · 10-24-2007, 11:43 PM

Hi, I have two mine and two hubby's: 11, 9, 3, 2 = chaos at home but I am in love with my smallest baby. I cannot live without him! (although he is typical two-year-old, getting into everything and his favorite word is "noooo")
Sometimes I wish they would all grow up and move out...sometimes I wish they would just skip teenage years...and sometimes I wish they would always stay babies.
This sounds as if I have ADD myself! LOL

Greetings everyone!

Treighsie · 10-29-2007, 02:24 PM

Well, hello again!! I just read through this whole thread!! I thought I would give an update on my 3.

Samantha got braces in August. She has a herbst appliance in her mouth too, to move her jaw forward. She is a true metal mouth! She just started 5th grade and it loving it, and doing very well. She's awesome in so many ways!!! She's a tomboy- loves sports! She is just finishing cheerleading and starting basketball. She also does softball and wrestling, and wants to play lacrosse. She's LOVES to read and plays the sax too.

Will got glasses in May, and has had braces for almost a year now. In the spring he was also diagnosed with ADD and is now on Focalin, although he fights me everyday and doesn't want to take it. I don't usually give it to him on the weekends but then I pay because he's just awful. He is classic "middle child"...cries constantly, has horrible social skills, lies, etc. We are looking into bringing him to a counselor. Sometimes I just don't know what to do with him. He is 8 years old and in 3rd grade, where he is actually doing pretty well. He plays tae kwon do, bowling, and is starting basketball too.

Colby is in 1st grade. He doesn't like "group sports" but begged us to play basketball, so we will have 3 in basketball!! He also does tae kwon do with Will. He's a cutie, my little sweetheart. But, oh!! He is something lately... his temper is out of control. He actually told me the other day that I should have knife in my throat...where is that coming from???? So odd really. Same day he told us a girl on his bus is "hot"...oh boy!!!!

1970baby · 11-01-2007, 10:19 AM

i have three girls. 9, 14, and 18. my 18 year old is expecting in april and i am sooooo not old enough to be a grandma

LBH · 11-28-2007, 02:33 PM

Just thought I'd post a little update...

I took the boys to the dentist Monday - it was the first time for both of them!!

Peter did awesome, as I expected he would. He was completely facinated with the whole experience. Robby flipped out, as I expected he would!

Actually, he was better than I thought he'd be, but I still had to hold him and lay his head in the hygenist's lap to get the job done.

They both have good, strong teeth, aligned acceptable, etc. She did flouride treatments on both of them, which surprised me, but not with the trays, she just used their new toothbrushes and brushed the flouride on, while using the sucker-outer-thingy.

They got stickers and their pics taken with a polaroid. I have to figure out how to scan them, so I can post them.

In other news, on Friday, 12/14, I have to go to the school for the eligibility meeting for both boys. I'm pretty sure Robby's a shoe-in, but I'm doubting that Peter will be accepted....he's soo friggin' smart, they'd have to admit him on behavior alone. We'll see...

IrishJoan · 12-13-2007, 10:26 AM

Lauren ~ just wanted to wish you luck with the meeting on Friday. Keep us posted as to how everything turns out. Will Peter start Kindergarten next fall? He'll turn 5 in January or February??? My youngest DD will turn 5 on January 11th.

Also, glad to hear the dentist experience was a positive one. I took Liam to our dentist when he was 5 and it was a horrible experience! He was diagnosed with Aspergers until he was 6 so we didn't know what was going on with him. The dentist had zero patience and I felt embarrassed about the whole thing. I never took him back there. I don't even go him any more, I switched dentists for myself after that. Our pediatrician suggested that we start taking Liam to a pediatric dentist. I love this place that I now take all three kids there. They look *so* forward to going to the dentist. This place is so cool and the staff are great ~ I wish I could go there LOL!

LBH · 12-13-2007, 11:15 AM

Joan, yup, Peter will be 5 on 1/23 and will start K in September. Robby will be 3 on 1/13!

tamely · 12-13-2007, 11:52 PM

I have a 14 year old daughter, that takes all my clothes & cute boots and a 10 year old mommy's boy. I know, I know, his future wife will hate me.

Shy Moment · 12-13-2007, 11:57 PM

I have two children Daughter 17 going on 90 and son 20 going on 15 ( he has adhd, asberger, tourets, and a few other things. Don't we just love docs who give us meds to keep us out of labor but have no idea what they are going to do to our baby's. Thank heavens they no longer give those drugs to woman in labor.

The other day I over heard my daughter plotting with the dog and cat my sons murder ( I can't swear to it because I didn't over hear but I think she has the rabbit, the fish and the hamsters in on it to ). WHAT, all he did was tie her bra to the cars back bumper right before she went to work. She called home and told me she had honks and hoots and people laughing at her all the way to work. She didn't know why until she got out of the car and went into work. One of the woman she works with came in behind her and told her about the bra.

I think. God made baby's warm and sweet and wonderful so we will take care of them. He made toddlers full of laughter and wonder so we don't go nuts looking after them. He made grade school and jr high kids the way he did so we see the world with new eyes and ears. He made teenagers the way they are so when they decide to leave home we are glad they are going lol.

LBH · 12-14-2007, 02:19 PM

Shy, Very funny!

So I went and had the eligibility meeting this AM. Both boys were denied. Apparently I have a couple of near geniouses on my hands.

They both scored average to above average.

Robby scored slightly below average on self-care, but that is because 3 of the questions related to toileting and he's not potty trained yet. He also scored low/average on another section, but they're attributing that to him being at the school in strange surrounding w/o anyone he knows. Interestingly enough, he scored above average for Speech, his main diagnosis. They were impressed that he used contractions "don't", and the correct tense on certain things, which is not expected at barely 3. They commented that even though his speech is "fairly intelligable", that's in line with his age, not below average.

Peter scored pretty much above average in all categories. The one area he scored low in was, not-coincedently, the last area the tested him in, after a looong session. He was supposed to match numbers to symbols, and he did one or two, then just scribbled over the page. That was "Peter" for "I'm done".

And they understood that. They figure he probably would've scored higher if it had been spread out into shorter sessions. They were very impressed that he was grasping addition and subtraction concepts too.

So while I'm sad that I won't be saving any money by having them go to the preschool in the AM, I'm happy to have reinforced that my boys are very smart!

lois lane · 12-14-2007, 04:47 PM

Lauren, it's good to hear your boys scored well. It's unfortunate that you won't be saving $ for school. Is it a head start program? I've never heard of such testing for pre k. I was just thinking today... is it okay, that I'm okay that my kids are average...I know it's a strang Q, not sure if it makes sence.

Joan, LOL at being too embarrassed to go back to the dentist. I can def. relate. DS had a Female pediatrician, omg it was a nightmare. She was so frustrated with him.

Shy Moment · 12-14-2007, 06:59 PM

I am glad your kids tested high.

I really have a thing about tests. Not sure they are the best measures. Can a kid brush their own teeth, tie their own shoes and remember where they live? Can they put their own toys away, remember to say please and thank you and not kick the cat? Can the child use a tissue to blow their nose and not their shirt, keep their gum in their and not in their sister or brothers hair and can they not run the bath tub over and then play in the water with their toys? These are the real important questions lol.

christih · 12-14-2007, 11:30 PM

Ok I'm joining this group so I thought I would tell ya'll a bit about my kids =)
Jordan-She's 6 and started Kindergarten this year. Boy she is a highly emotional child. Everything she does is girly and if she doesn't get her way, she cries and whines until she gets it! Ahh typical girl...and I hope she grows out of that before the teenage years hit!
Emery-She will be 2 in March...She makes me want to pull my hair out and give her kisses all at the same time. We are potty training so she is constantly taking off her clothes. Total mommy's girl and these days will not have anything to do with anyone else, partly because of the new baby and I'm home on maternity leave. gonna suck when I go back to work!
Leah-my new and last baby. She was born in October and will be two months old on Christmas Day. She is just a cutie..I'm Breastfeeding her and she's loving it, except she's having lots of gas issues. Otherwise she is a great sleeper as of right now and just starting to get her own little personality!

So that's my children in a nutshell... love 'em to pieces!