Catherine Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine is 17 1\2 and is spending 10 months in Germany as an AFS exchange student. Nan said hers in headed to Japan. Next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Doing the dishes while listening to Frank Sinatra on his iPod... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Well, my SILs said the boy in my signature would never learn to walk b/c I carried him so much. He walked at 9 months but I still carried him in a sling until he was almost 3 yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My former colic baby is at this very moment out ice-skating with his (very sweet) girlfriend. If we didn't like her so much we might try to scare her away with pictures of him screaming his little head off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendedforecast Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My high-needs baby, now twelve, is playing loving family with her little sisters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine's off playing. Based on who's rung the doorbell asking to play (and thus not who she's playing with), we've got it down to 1 of 2 houses she's gone over to. The whole winter break she's been out the door around 9 AM and maybe checks in once or twice before being made to come in at 5:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 They are both upstairs, and I believe one is reading the final book in the Harry Potter Series, and the other is playing with the wii. My ds can lift me now, lifts all the heavy stuff, and gets the high stuff down for me if dh isn't around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 He's outside with his sister trying to filter water from a natural spring he found on our property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Teenager, ignoring parents as much as humanly possible. Preteen, bored and spending a lot of time in the kitchen chattering away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine's only 15, but he can't wait to go off and dance in some company far, far away. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine is only 14 months, but I know I will miss him when he is grown :( ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My often held baby is over sledding at a friend's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My highly demanding baby is almost 19 and is in Orlando, doing parade and Fantasmic crowd control at Disney through New Year's. My sweet cuddly baby is in that teen stage (15yo) where we parents are only tolerable in small amounts. My arms remember the feel of them cuddled close, lo those many years ago. But it is so nice to be able to putter around the house without having to "wear" a baby!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleGreen Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Cleaning his bedroom so he can go over to a friend's for an overnight. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My second dd, who loved to be held, is upstairs avoiding doing schoolwork that has to get done. The 2nd boy, who had to be held all the time and could not leave my side, is tearing through the house with a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine ... ds17 just returned from picking his dad up from work (we are down a car right now.) ds14 (high need, sensory avoiding baby) is up in his room reading a book on Lego robotics. dd10 is playing a game on the computer before she cleans up the kitchen to prepare for making dinner. Nothing Earth-shattering, but they are not begging me to carry them everywhere;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 The one I was warned would never walk if I didn't put him down is pouting because I won't let him play outside in the rain without a raincoat. I just sent him to read his library book. the collicky one (who crawled at 4 months and walked at 10 months, requiring no warnings from concerned strangers) is fighting over puzzles with the one yr old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 In her bedroom listening to Spanish musicfor her quiet time... alone. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My very high needs baby is ten years old now. At this very moment she is sitting at the dining table, holding her 3 month old baby brother, lovingly cooing over him and showing him things, while talking to her older brother. She used to scream like her skin was being peeled off if a stranger attempted touching her in the store. Now she'll talk the ear off that stranger. At two her own dad was worried to be left with her while I went out, now she runs off to scouts and overnighters without even looking back over her shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 oldest very demanding baby, slept with me till 3 1/2 just to give me a chance to sleep, sleep apnea, getting up every hour etc. He is now 17 is out for a hike my youngest that I was still picking up and holding until he was 9 (yeah not carrying but he still would run up to me and get picked up and hugged) is currently age 13 1/2 running an air compressor fixing something in the garage Both learn to walk, run, bike :tongue_smilie: They were not sissified and all the other garbage that people predicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My former clingy one (youngest) is downstairs dancing with a friend and her sister to Just Dance 2 (which I should say is terrific exercise and if I didn't have a broken leg, it would be a way I would be exercising). Oh and my former totally non clingy one, very independent, is having a very hard time adjusting to going off to college next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 My 4yo, who is just recently losing the nickname Klingon baby, is currently building Legos in the kitchen after spending the day with his Dad and sibs while I got to go shopping with my mom kid free WOOOHOOO!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine wasn't demanding or anything, I was/am just the attachment type. She's in the living room reading. Most ppl would describe her as fiercely independent and so would I . . . except she still wants to sleep with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 In an effort to earn some iTunes cash, she's scrubbing the kitchen floor (on hands and knees!!) listening to the Beatles on her iPod. She's 13 and still snuggly. :001_smile: astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 She's 8 and spending the night with her cousin, an hour away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 One is watching a French movie, while the other is off making some masterpiece from paper and paint. Both no longer sleep in our bed. One has even gone off to ((gasp)) a public school, for the dramatic arts. So far neither seems damaged from all that time in my arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Mine is almost 11 and cringes at the idea of getting a hug or kiss from mom. She's very good with young children and babies, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) My first will be 16 in April. The one I carried in a sling until his sister came along, slept next to for ages, who could read before he weaned. The one that I was told would "never wean", "never get out of my bed" and would be "dependent" indefinitely. Today, he came home from a sleepover with friends he'll see much less frequently now that we are moving 30 miles away. He carried a dresser and a desk down the stairs and into the garage. He helped me fix the vacuum cleaner so it sucked again. ;) He just told me my spinach soufle looked liked mashed green throw up stuffed into a bowl and microwaved. :lol: When I wouldn't take him to WalMart for body wash, he offered to drive. :auto::D The other two I raised the same way, at least as much as I could with 3 closely spaced children I raised solo parenting. My dd and I spent the morning together making keys for the new house, and using gift cards we were given for specific stores at the mall. I got nice, professional, practical shoes for my practicum and she got some new clothes. She packed her clothes and emptied the dishwasher. My baby, now nearly 12!, came home from the same sleepover as his brother (they were visiting brothers I used to watch in my daycare) and has packed all his clothes, finishing his closet. Edited December 29, 2010 by Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I carried my ds around all the time. I didn't know slings even existed so he just got held in my arms, or balanced on a hip. Once I was diagnosed with this - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/de-quervains-tenosynovitis/DS00692 - my doc told me I needed to stop carrying him so much. Ds was 4 at the time and he adjusted to the change just fine. He is now attending CC full-time and preparing to transfer to a college in CA in a year or so. He sleeps alone, has plenty of friends, and is generally well-adjusted. He'll always give me a hug though, even in front of his friends. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Mine were carried in the sling constantly until they realized running was so much fun. Right now, two are playing magnet darts, one is at a friend's. :D My youngest is sitting in my lap. :D Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 DD30 was my 2nd born but my first with colic -- I nursed her till she was past 2 y/o and she was my demanding one. She is married, lives 10 minutes from here, is being treated for chronic lyme disease, is on leave of absence from med school (she has passed her boards and is ready for internships), and she is probably cooking dinner. DS10 is my 5th, youngest and the only boy. He is downstairs watching Where The Wild Things Are with dd11 and his twin sister. It all goes by in a :blink:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 My oldest who would never learn to walk took off on his first birthday scampering across the floor. I continuned to carry him until I couldn't anymore. He has one more year left on his degree in International Relations and Japanese from a university in Tokyo. The other two are currently building with Keva blocks with their cousins in the living room. They all went hiking this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Diagramming "Monkeys eat yellow bananas". He wants to do his grammar by himself after a slight dust up over the relationship between 120/60 and 12/6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 These are such fun to read! Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 My 14yo girl is currently doing her morning chores. She had a magnificent time this past summer at camp. My 9yo boy has always been BOTH a cuddler AND fiercely independent. He really just doesn't understand why he cannot go live in a hut in the woods and just visit us from time to time, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 One is married and in her husbands arms, one is in from school break and out most of the time, and one is at work with his dad most days......sigh.... Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) . It all goes by in a :blink:. That's for sure. The best thing about baby-wearing /carrying/gentle care is that there is nothing to regret. Edited December 31, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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