News Flashes

J
J is still all about the Dinosaurs. Everything dinos all the time. Can't get enough of them. He's also got his last soccer game coming up this Sunday and I'm not looking forward to the temper tantrums on the following Sunday! He holds amazingly mature and complex conversations and never ceases to amaze me with his logical mind. He LOVES the babies and loves to have company over so he can shout, "Look! We have triplets!" He gets very sad on Friday nights when we don't have guests over (we used to have guests over EVERY Friday night but I haven't had my act together every week lately), and says, "When can we have guestseses over again??" It's been more than two years since we've heard a single word from his birth monster yet I still feel the leash that ties us here because she won't let us adopt him. I know we're still the winners in this situation because we have him, but I still feel sad about it.

Abby
Abby now has TWO teeth. She is also no longer sleeping through the night, which is less thrilling. We are hoping the two are related and therefore the whole sleeping through the night thing will return when she gets past this. Teething stops in, what, a year and a half or so, right? RIGHT?

Sam
No sign of teeth yet. THANK HEAVENS. He loves to be carried, so I just bought a new kind of carrier because the Baby Bjorn KILLS my back. I bought a Mei Tai Baby carrier:

It arrived today and I've carried Sam both on my back and on my front and he ADORES it both ways. So it's definitely a winner and it doesn't hurt my back either, so I'm happy.

Ellie
Ellie lost a full pound in five days. Clearly weaning her off 28 calorie/oz food isn't a fully successful effort (she's still partially on 28 cal/oz food, but less than before). I'm not sure how to handle this. She should still be gaining 1/2 - 1 oz per day. Losing 16 oz in five days is pretty significant, but I've decided not to be neurotic about it - yet. I'll wait until next week to call the doctor about it. If the downward trent has continued, I'll call him. Meanwhile, there's nothing to do other than encourage her to eat as much as possible, so that's what I'm doing.

That's it for now. More when I get a chance.

Comments

[hadjare]

OH I like News Flashes! I need to post too...sigh...when to find that time.A pound seems like a lot! Ellie must be really active to burn through so many calories. Is she a wigglier?

[tara]

do you find it easy to get into the mei tie thing? when i borrowed carriers during the first month, it just freaked me out but now (month 6) it seems appealing. btw, the walk = you are amazing!

[Cadi, Lance and our 4 miracles.]

That looks like a really cool carrier. I have never seen it. I don't carry any of mine around because then they all want to be carried and I can't carry 3 of them. I miss being able to carry a baby, though. You're lucky.So sorry about J. I hope she lets go of him eventually so you can claim the title for real.2 toofies!! Yah!! I think Ashlyn finally quit teething at around 2.With my triplets someone is always teething. It sucks.Cadi

[Carol]

ooh, now you're going to make me want one of those carriers! I have a baby carrier addiction - I have too many already. but that one looks really cool and very simple. I have a very bad case of baby carrier envy. hmm.Ellie - gain weight girl! She'll look back on this when she is 30 and wonder what her secret was for keeping the pounds off. And darn that birth monster! - why won't she let you adopt him?

[chicklet]

Hey, re your comment on my F* post - you never lose your street cred. You've been here, done that, and I believe that damage is never ever forgotten. It gets less, but isn't forgotten. Thx for sticking around, you rock:-)

[Lucia]

I stumbled accross your blog accidentally, I don´t even know how, but it turned into a temporary addicton. I am not infertile, I do not have triplets, so When it comes to those, I have nothing in common. We could say I have it easy, conceived both my children first try, and it is definitely much easer to feed/bathe/change just one at a time. So for that reason, I must tell you I deeply admire you and respect you and think you are more than amazing. My youngest is 7 months old and has a hard time gaining weight, so I can relate to the worrying that comes with that, but not to worrying plus raising three more. Hats off to you, really, and God bless!

[singletracey]

I love reading about the babes and what is new with them and J. I just caught up on your mothers day blog also and I loved it. I can't wait to one day understand the joy that babies bring. :-)Hugs and Love~

[Chris]

Thanks for updating! Come Ellie!

[My Reality]

I hope that you can find a way to make J legally yours. He is yours in every other sense. Ellie has done it before, she will do it again.

[Jen Clark]

I'm a little behind in reading my blogs, thus the late comment here - hope you catch it!! :) Sorry to hear about Ellie. I worry about that with Mackenzie too. We're up to 36 cal/oz now, and she's finally gaining at a decent rate - gained 5 oz last week. 5 months old and a whopping 8 lbs, 5 oz. I dread the day we start cutting back on the calories, b/c I'm afraid of her losing, too. Hope it has gotten better by now!! Hugs!