Ruthxxx, I love your new avatar. It's adorable! Very Autumny, too.
Barb, uh oh, and here I thought the accident changed good old Robert from what I've read recently. Seems he's slowly easing back into his own ways! I hate, hate, hate when a man b*tches about paying child support as my dad constantly did the same. Why don't they feel they should have to? Urggh. It's a quality in a man that makes me literally cringe in disgust. I hope things get better soon.
Loriann, your ex is a gigantic word I can't say here so I'll use the word 'jerk' in replacement. I agree, that Robert shouldn't have said those things in front of the child!
Pacergal, don't tell me you're friends with Verne Troyer? Did you ever see his antics on that trashy show the surreal life... wow.
HcMacneil, yes Ugly Betty!!!!!!!!! And congrats on the 40lb loss.
Hi everyone else. Pregnant Ladies... did your doctors or birthing instructors or whoever tell you about that awkward cat arch pose? Mine did. She suggested doing that when I had back pain and other uncomfortable pains from the pregnancy. When BF and I were showed a video of a weird instructor doing said pose, we had to keep from laughing, like the immature children that we were. The thing was, that thing only seemed to work at the moment you did it, never after. They touted it as some sort of lasting stretch to ease your pain for the night but it didn't work for me. Did feel good when doing it (the cat arch pose, that is.)
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We bought DS a jumper/bouncer thing, whatever you call it, like the doctor suggested. It's in the shape of a big yellow car, complete with steering wheel and all. It is stationary and you stand in it and bounce up and down. So far he's not quite tall enough and seems to sink down in it. But it's adorable.
We decided we won't try to return the walker because my grandmother's feelings will be hurt, but we'll use it only occasionally. Say for example, I hear someone arrive, see my grandmother get out of her car, and head toward the front door. Occasions like that!
Plus, at the moment, he can't really walk anywhere in the walker, he just stands up in it and presses against the floor with his feet. So I figure for now he's getting good leg exercise out of it since he's not propelling himself all over the place. So I put him in it sometimes, like now while I'm at the computer. It's like a little spaceship and he likes to press the steering wheel button because it plays noise and play with the big beads on it. Soon he'll be on his dreaded tummy time which is getting easier for him.
Last night he went into the crib with no problems. He lay there for awhile and then went to sleep. I finished up this really good book I've been digesting the past week or so. This was not a quick read, this was a slow digestion process because it was a particularly detailed book with deeper lessons in it than your normal typical book fare. "Stones from the River" by Ursula Hegi. Probably one of the better-written books I've read in awhile although it was depressing. But definitely something to chew on.
Sheltiemomma. Thanks for joining the crazy daily chat thread. 
