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Ooooooo!!!! Thanks Lauren!

Springy helps me to feel a bit less crazy....well, it's either that or too much sinus meds.

Tracy, try a neti pot! I'm telling you it works so much better for me than sinus meds...ugh, hate that feeling. Hope you're feeling better!

K

Lauren- Thanks for the new thread!

Tracy- I hope you're feeling better. I'm trying to stay indoors as much as possible, the pollen is getting bad and I can't take anything this year.

Well, Chris had his first soccer practice yesterday and it did not go well. He was so excited but when we got there, we registered him and he did not pay any attention to the coach, he kept wandering off on the field and walked along the white lines! He was lost in his own world so hubby went to talk to him and told him he had to chase the ball etc. and he got so mad, he said he did not want and he was too tired to and thats all he repeated, so we left. Once he says he doesn't want to do something theres no making him do it. We're gonna try one more time next week though although he strictly said he's not going to play.

Maria

Kristyn~ I've heard great things about neti pots.... I forgot all about that option, I guess I need to search for that little item and give it a try. It's raining this weekend so hopefully that'll help too!! Wash the air....

Maria~ I'm sure he'll enjoy it a bit more the next time he goes. Sometimes it all depends on what time of day you try to get a 4 year old to do something.....

Maria, the first year Sky played she ended up standing around picking dandelions and then sitting on the side line for each game after the first! Will did the same thing his first season. Just smile and encourage...I promise it will get better later on!

I am going crazy. We went a whole two weeks (3 of the 4 were on antibiotics) where no one was "sick" and then Ian hasn't been sleeping all night and then Ada woke with a fever lst night...I am ready for some warm weather!!!!

Maria - We've tried t-ball and soccer and neither was well loved at our house. T-ball was the worst... it moves SOOOOO slow. This year Matt is doing flag football and Kimmie wants to try golf. We'll have to see how it goes.

Kristyn - I feel your pain, I swear someone in the house has been sick since January!

Kristyn~ I would send some of my warm weather too ya, but it went somewhere else apparently because it's NOT here this week! Hope that everyone can get over the crud once the windows can be opened and the fresh air comes in. Course then it's allergies from pollen if it's anything like here.

Jackie~ Golf?? I can't imagine a kid liking golf over t-ball because of t-ball being slow moving. Can you tell that golf is not my sport of choice??? Ansley doesn't want to sign up for anything.... Can't say that I push her either simply because we stay so busy anyway, but I think I'm going to encourage her for tennis. She enjoys that on the Wii and in the yard so let's hope to get her involved with something.

Tracy - I think the golf thing came up because my ILs belong to a country club and my MIL always used to talk about buying Kimmie pink clubs and a pink bag and pink shoes... We'll now she's dead and Kimmie still wants all that stuff! (I know that's sounds harsh but putting it bluntly is something that we laugh about over here). Think she's going to get cheap clubs and wear regular shoes. Not sure about the bag...

Talk to Brian's dad about that!!! I'm sure he'd make that promise come true!! "Nana" would be smiling from heaven with her in all pink attire!

My parents play golf, and I was always make to walk the course in the early days of their games. I don't know if you know the landscape of northeast GA, but seriously these hills are killer when you really don't want to be there and it's hot! Thankfully they got into the game enough to get a golf cart!! I never saw the point of the game, plus---it's expensive!! Good luck with her learning though!! I might be watching her on the LPGA tour one Sunday afternoon in the future!!

Jackie, Sky wants to try golf and neither of us play, but we drive by a place every few days and that is her choice right now...but first it's softball - not into that at all!!!!
How is Matthew? Getting ready for the big 5!!!???

K

Tracy, oops, I forgot to respond. Does Ansley do any sports or music? Skylar always wants to try something new and I want her to do it, but i feel like she is just bouncing around and maybe doing nothing would be better...just curious?

She doesn't.... It kills me because I was always playing ball since I was 6 and she doesn't care anything for it. I was posting earlier that I think I might try to get her to try tennis just so she'll have something to do instead of begging to go somewhere all the time.

Hi All,
I'm fairly new here, and have been reading up, I'm glad you started a new thread, I was having a hard time leeping up with the old one... I have been wondering for a few days.. what is a Neti pot? I've never heard of one??
As for the little ones with sports.. We have had some horrible ones! My oldest played soccer, and loved it, my second stood on the field and cried every single game! Never once did he move from his spot! We have tried soccer, football, t-ball, wrestling, tae know do, cheerleading, gymnastics and dance, with our older 3.. None of them seemed to work out.. but they ALL loved the art classes at the local art institute, and swimming at the Y, and now our 3 younger children swim as well.. maybe that might be an option to look into?
       Just an idea.. Sarah

Sarah - Good point! My kids sound like yours. My daughter LOVES art classes and the only sport they both seem to enjoy is swimming. We've been doing lessons for over a year any my daughter is doing pretty well... my son is finally making good progress. I'm still thrilled since he started when he wouldn't even put his face in the water.
My son starts flag football in a couple of weeks... I just don't know what to expect. My husband played football all through high school and then started ref-ing it in college. He LIVES football in the fall and I think he'll be devestated if Matt doesn't love it. Matt can actually tackle very well (he's 4 and took down the neighbors 9 year old) but I'm afraid he won't understand that you can't tackle in flag football.

And I don't understand the neti pot thing either. I googled it and it looks like a teapot you pour water up your nose with!

Glad you posted and I hope you check back in frequently!
Jackie

JAckie~S. is the same he doesn´t like any sports at all..... for deception of my DH, since he is crazy for soccer..... S. the first day of training received a soccer ball on his face..... so he detest the game...... swimming is the only sport he can bare..... and he is not constant I have to drag him to lessons, which at the end exhaust me more..... And I planning to put miss V in ballet....hope she likes it..... but she seems like a little tommy boy for me.....

Sarah~Welcome!

Kristyn~I have read about those things, but it seems like little difficult to use with small kids..... by the way I read your questions in Q and A ..... I would have swear you were blond..... glad to finally "meet" you.... Hope you can make it to Washington this year....... I am saving my pennies, well and also hoping I get an invitation this year .......

Maria~Glad everything is fine with you...... Hope Chris enjoy soccer practices...... Are you still in bedrest????

Good Wednesday everyone.....

L.

Oh Kristyn~So sorry to hear about your weeks with antibiotics..... I also in the same boat..... Miss V started school in March, and the first week she got a nasty flu, 14 days of antibiotics, since she had green awful stuff, which made her nights awful, and she was the same, so I went to specialist, and my poor baby her first flu and she got H1N1..... can you beleive my luck???? Me neither......

All of your talk of golf..... well I think....let the kids give it a try..... what can you lose???? who knows maybe you have the next Tiger Woods in your house...... S. wants to try fencing.... you know that sport with swords....

I don´t know if it happens to you all..... when S. was a baby I swear I will put him in music, swimming, soccer, painting lessons..... now I am so tire of driving him around that all enthusiastic goals are all gone.....

L.

Sarah~ Welcome to the thread!! I'm glad that you're here....

A netti pot is used to flush out / wash out your sinuses!! You pour water up your nose while your head is tilted and the water comes out the other nostril. It sounds gross, but I've heard wonderful things about it!!

Maybe that can be one of our "learning sessions" at SU11!!!! (Netti Pot Use)---course then some goof ball would say we were teaching "Pot Use" and get us all in trouble!!

Sarah- Welcome! I don't know what that pot thing is either =/ Someone please tell us!

Lorena- Things are going well. We stopped taking Chris to soccer because he was not interested at all. We came to the conclusion that he's too small and with the speech barrier its kind of hard for him to take instructions if not explained slowly or in a step by step process and the coach is probably not going to slow things down for him so we didn't push him anymore. Maybe in a year or so. How have you been? No bedrest for now I'm just taking things slowly because I get soooo tired if I do to much.

Things have been ok lately. I'm 20 weeks pregnant! I have to post a pic and show off my belly on my blog. I love it! My belly button is poking out already, Chris thinks its a button you push, he pushes a little too hard though. I have my 20 US next week, I'm so excited. On a another note, I had to get a molar taken out yesterday, not fun at all but I could not stand the pain. I'm gonna start dealing with my cavities after my pregnancy because this is my second molar taken out and I'm only 23. I'll probably have vineers (sp?) later on maybe in my 40? Lol. The pain is not too bad, I didn't get any pain meds or antibiotics due to the pregnancy. My mom took Chris today so I could rest, but I cleaned all day.

We went to the zoo on Monday and Chris loved it! We had a great time except that after about an hour of walking my blood pressure suddenly dropped and I almost passed out, good thing my dad was near by to grab me and after a couple of minutes I felt ok and we continued seeing the animals. Chris did not want to leave but we walked for 3 hours and I was exausted!

Maria

Pot use at the share meet? Hmmmm. LOL !
I'm not sure if I'd like pouring soumething up my nose... maybe I'll just stick to the vapoorizer for now..
~ Arnara- I definitely understand being sick of driving the kids around! I loved watching the kids intheir sports, but honestly couldn't wait for the seasons to be over (especailly football and cheerleading) 2 hours a day 5 days a week practice, plus games on weekends was a little more involved than I wanted to be.. thankfully it was only a few years till they outgrew the love for those sports.. and fencing would NOT be a sport I'd be comfortable letting the kids try...

Tracy- I know what that is. I used one a while back. It actually works great to clear out all that mess when you're sick. I learned about it while doing my externship at an ENT. I've been thinking about SU11! I hope I can go this year, Johnathan is going to be very small but with a little bit of luck I can make it.

Maria

Does anyone else feel more like a referee than a parent?? It seems as if I spend more time giving toys back to the original posessor, than anything else!!! (but, I suppose with 3 kids close to 2, it's gunna happen) and the other thing... One of my sons absolutely refuses to eat off of a plate! If I put the food directly on the table, he'll eat with no problem, but if I put it on a plate, he'll just dump it! any ideas on how to solve this one?

Sarah~ Yikes!! Not sure how to "fix" that problem.... Hmmmm....What if you made him pic up the food when he dumps it and put it back on the plate?? I don't mean off the floor necessarily, but off the table.....????? I'm stumped!

Maria~ Sounds like a good day at the zoo! Better to go now before it's so hot that you can't stand it! I hope you'll be able to make it to SU11 too!!!

I swear there was something else I was going to say, but.....can't remember it!?! Must be the heat today that got me!!

Sarah- I was going to say the same thing. Maybe if you made him help you clean up he'll stop putting it on the table. Chris only refuses to eat at the table, he always wants to eat on the sofa but we're starting to work on that cause I'm tired of having to vacuum his mess everytime he eats! Good luck!

Tracy- Tell me about it! Its soooo hot today I can't stand it, and with my belly and all its even hotter!

Gotta get ready for a party, not in the party mood with this heat but my mom is begging us to come along, she took Chris to her house yesterday so we have to head to Atlanta and pick him up anyway.

Wow! You ladies have been chatty!

Sarah - I have 2 thoughts....
1) get one of those disposable place mats that stick to the table and just let him eat off the table. Chances are it's a phase and he'll get over it soon.
2) Buy him some really cool dishes (favorite character on them) and tell him he can only use them if he keeps the food on the plate. Otherwise, they get taken away for a week.
3) I know with Kimmie I used to have plates that suctioned to the table, I wonder if they still make them....

Ok, Tracy, I'm telling James that you are in charge of the "Pot" session. (And I am not ok with putting things up my nose so the whole netti pot thing turns my stomach!)

Maria - Glad you are doing well, but how scary about almost passing out! Be careful!!!

Lorena - Funny how people look different than you expect huh? Part of the reason I love SU!

Ok, I'm going to sounds really dumb here, but when you are blogging,, and it says "archives" What is that? When I click on it, it says something about erasing my blog after a certain amount of time.. I am completely computer illiterate.. Does this mean it's going to rease my blog day by day after a certain amount of time passes?? I wanted my kids to be able to read it when they are old enough to understand it..
Jackie~ I tried the suction plates, but he just pulls and pulls till they FLY off the table. I am however, considering screwing the plate to the table
Tracy and Maria~ Ive thought about making him help me clean it up, but due to his developmental delays, I'm not sure he'd even understand why.. He's 23 months old, but tests at a 10-12 month age range... I'm kind of at a loss here.. Part of me says he's not too young to help, and part says "but he's my baby, my last one, let him be a kid.." I'm torn!!! And does anyone know if Physical therapy will help with balance and reflexes? Marc is always always always falling, and he hardly ever puts his hands out to catch himself, he just falls! He currently receives speech, OT, and special Ed, but we opted not to do the PT for now.. Now I'm wondering if I made the wrong decision... Sorry so chatty, I just have no one else to ask...
      Sarah

Sarah - As far as I know, that is the "intent" of the archives. But at this point I don't think we are deleting anything yet. There are blogs on here that haven't been touched in YEARS and they are still stored. We've talked about a way to allow people to print them out easier (or to pay a fee and have them printed for them), but haven't come up with a sure fire way to do it yet. Later this year Share is supposed to be upgraded so it matches the format of the March of Dimes website and at that point some things might change. But if anything will be deleted from blogs, you will be warned.

As far as PT, I would ask your OT. At least in our case our PT and OT worked in the same place and while PT focuses on big muscle groups, they often overlapped. But I think reflexes can be more of a neurological issue so I don't know how "teachable" they are.

Lorena- I felt the same way! I didn't know what yall looked like, lol. I hope you can make to it SU11 too.

Sarah- Chris also receives SP and OT. He's never received PT, we signed up for it because he was not walking so his ped. recommended it, but he started walking before it was to begin at 15 months. I understand how you feel about not making them do things, I used to be the same, I would let Chris get away with anything because he had some delays but the therapists always said its best to let them try, chances are they will understand more if you practice. But Jackie also gave you good ideas, maybe his favorite character plate will work.

I had a not so good moment today..... My uncle's (whos is jail) girlfriend has been sending my mom nasty texts claiming we have her property that was in my uncle's car at the time he was arrested, the car was towed and is still at the wrecker, anyway she claims we are keeping her belongings (make up, laptop, camera, etc.) we haven't even claimed the car because my mom is so tired of all the mess her brother keeps getting into. Anyways, today she sent a man to my mom's house to drop off a nasty letter with threats, my mom called me and I drove over there to file a police report, on my way over there the girl calls me and starts threatening me, she even said she would make me have a preemie if she ever ran into me. I went off! It takes a lot to make me upset, but as soon as I heard those words all hells broke loose! We made the police report and now have to file a restraining order. Ugh! She just got under my skin so bad I felt a headache coming. Needless to say hubby is soooo angry. I hope things settle down because I hate hate hate drama. Some people just don't understand how certain words can really hurt somebody.

I have an ultrasound tomorrow! I'm so excited. I didn't tell anybody only hubby knows but when I had my US at 16 weeks the US tech first said it was a girl, then she said it was a boy. I googled US at 16 weeks and read that at that point its too early to really be sure of the gender, so maybe maybe it is a girl right? I keep having dreams that its a girl, maybe I'm thinking about too much. I also hope Chris behaves, because everytime we bring him along he behaves so bad.

Maria

Maria~ I definately would be ticked, but would also take action to make sure that the psycho chick stays away from you and your family. She needs to talk to your uncle before she starts accusing his family of things that never happened. Stay safe!!!

UGH----Standardized testing begins for our students tomorrow..... Have I made it clear enough how much I HATE giving those tests??? It's not just because it's seriously long and boring for all who are involved, but they're not good indicators of what the children truly know.

Okay---I'm done with my rant!!

Maria, Definitely beware!! Some people are just evil.. I did hear one interesting thing on the radio.. Most people look to pepper spray to help keep them safe, but one officer reccommended using wasp spray! It can easily be kept anywheres, goes up to 30 feet accurately, and you won't be affected by it (like pepper spray) if you have to use it! Maybe throw a can in your car, just in case!! Keep safe! Sarah