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February 24, 2003
*Poll Question for my TTM board*
Please Please answer this Question truthfully! Even if you have to put a fake name. I promise to not bash you in any way! I just need the input. "How much TV does your child watch each day?"
A Child's Love
A child's love is like a whisper,
given in little ways we do not hear.
But if you listen closely
it will be very clear.
They often do not say it loud,
but in how they come to you...
Daddy, will you play with me?
Mommy, tie my shoe?
The many ways they tell you,
Changes as they grow.
Dad, I made the team today!
Mom, I've Got to go!
Pop, I need some money,
You see there's...this girl at school.
Mama, I met a boy today and
Wow, he's so cool!
Dad, I've got something to tell you...
I think she is the one!
Mom, he asked me to marry him.
Would you love him as your son?
Dad, I've got some news for you...
It's going to be a boy!
Mom, I'm kind of scared of this,
yet I'm filled with joy!
A child's love is like a whisper,
given in little ways we do not hear.
But if you listen closely,
it will be very clear.
They often do not say it loud,
but in how they come to you...
Grandpa, will you play with me?
Grandma, tie my shoe?
It is never ending.
A blessing from above.
Listen to the whispers
of a child's love.
2/20/03 ( I didn’t get a chance to proof read)
We made it through this week okay and everyone is still happy and alive. As everyone who follows my diary knows, I was a bit sad on Monday because it was Autumns Birthday. I got over it and we had a very nice birthday. We cuddled on the couch while the boys napped for about an hour and half. I played with her hair while she talked away about what she wanted to do when she was a big girl. I would go in a daze for a few moments here and there and think about when I would hold her when she was baby. *sigh* Anyway, Autumn requested Spaghetti for her Birthday meal and she was right next me as I cooked. Latley, Autumn LOVES to be in the Kitchen cooking with Joe and I. She pays close attention to what we do and can point out if we missed a step from the last time she watched us cook that particular dish. When Joe came home he brought in her gift and she knew right away without opening it that it was what she had asked for. Autumn is now the proud owner of a white PUUURRRRfect Kitten.( Personally, I think this toy is annoying and a bit spooky. I am surprised that more kids are not afraid fo this toy. The thing will go off in the middle of the night and meow or hiss..) Right away Jt and Alec wanted to pull the tail to hear it hiss and Autumn just wanted them to leave her alone and pet the kitty. Lol Joe was gone a lot this week and it was been tough because I came down with a bad cold and could have used the help with the bed time schedule. I was pretty good at sticking to it but last night I let the kids stay up an extra half hour. Jt and Alec fell right asleep but Autumn whined on and off for about 20 minutes. So for the most part, our bed time battle is now solved and on a good track. Now with the summer months I am sure it will get all screwed up, we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
2/24/02
LOOOOOOONG weekend
This weekend was FULL of activity and I am sitting here thinking “ Where the heck did my weekend go? “ On Friday night *Z* slept over so the kids were all up very late and having a blast. I think that they would have stayed up later then 11:30 had I let them. I figured that I would let them stay up late so we could all sleep in on Saturday morning. WRONG!!!! At 5:00 am I heard little giggles and feet running around in the hallway. I mumbled something about So much for sleeping in and dragged myself downstairs. Being the bad mommy I am , I put in a movie, gave the kids some waffles and laid on the couch with them. I think my eyes closed for a couple brief moments but I heard every little giggle, gripe, or song out of their mouths. After the movie was over I pushed myself off the couch and got up and straightened up the remains of the tornado that occurred in my living in that short hour and half and got the kids some apples and juice. I finally got myself in the shower and woke myself up. I came back downstairs and it looked as if the tornado retuned again, and this time it was made sure to leave double the mess behind. *Oh well. :o) * *Z* mom came to pick him up just as he was getting into his clothes around 8:30. She was SO nice and brought Joe and I some really good steaks as a thanks for watching *Z* over night. I felt bad because I had said I was watching him as a gift to her for her birthday and she went out and got me a gift. :O) I really need to get my butt in gear and schedule an evening to have them over to visit with the entire family. That is yet another thing I keep saying I am going to do and never do it. I really like Angela though and want to be closer friends with her and Paul and I guess I just need to put that on my top 10 list of things to do . Anyway, on to our weekend… after *Z* left I set up for my Creative Memories workshop and cleaned up as much as I could. At 9:30 Autumns friend *K* arrived to spend the day and night. The girls were really good and stayed up in her room and played almost the entire time I had my workshop. My workshop ended up being small and ended early so I had a little time to clean up before we had to leave to take the kids out. We went to an indoor fun land with rollercoaster’s, cosmic bowling, games & etc… We made the mistake of going there in a very fixed budget and you could easily drop a $100.00 there in a blink of an eye. I am happy to say though, that we made the best of it and the kids had a great time and ate dinner for $40.00. I would have loved to get each of the kids a $20.00 wrist band so they could ride all the rides they wanted over and over again but that would have been $80.00 eeekkk . Sometimes it REALLY stinks to not have money, however the kids all said they had a great time and that is really all that matters. On the way home the kids were treated to Krispy Cream doughnuts and almost fell asleep in the van. Luckily, everyone was tired and went upstairs to watch a movie in their sleeping bags without an argument. Joe and I watched “My Big fat Greek Wedding” and then hit the sack somewhat early (11:30) for us on a Saturday. Sunday morning Jt surprised us by getting up (sneaking downstairs very quietly) and making the family toast for breakfast.We ate at 6:45 am… still to early, but better then 5 a.m. He can be such a sweetheart when he wants to. :O) We ate breakfast and I was faced with yet another mess to clean up but did it without complaining and then got the kids all dressed and ready for the day. After *K* left at around 9:30 I had to get the house ready for Autumns small family birthday party at 1:00. I was so tired and just wanted to sleep, but NOPE… I have to keep moving. My house was not nearly as clean as I would have liked it to be but I was just out of energy so I moved slow. At 1:00 the guests arrived and we served appetizers and then had cake and Ice Cream. Autumn got several cute gifts that she has continued to play with non-stop with in the last 24 hours. We had to rush around and stop the party because everyone was going to Jt’s last Hockey game and it started at 2:45. When everyone arrived at the Hockey rink the look on Jt’s face was priceless and my heart melted. He had about 15 people in the stands rooting for him. Unfortunately, the other team could not make it to the rink so they had to do a scrimmage instead of having a real game. It was still fun to watch though and everyone there could not believe how well Jt was skating considering he had never skated up until 3 months ago. He looked so big out there and had no problems keeping up with the other players. After the game, our weekend was finally over and we were able to go home a rest… aaaahhhh. :o)
*Alec*
Alec was a little stinker this week and has turned into a little monster over night. Well, not exactly a monster he just gets into EVERYTHING and makes messes everywhere he goes. I have found that when I am turning my attention on Jt he uses that to his advantage to get into things he shouldn’t. This morning he snuck into the kitchen and was greeted with this Dennis the Menace look on his face with frosting all over. “Mommy I got some BIRD-DAY cake” How could I not chuckle at that? Alec also likes to take an entire roll of toilet paper piece by piece and flush them into the toilet over and over. He waves bye bye to the paper and says “Bye-Bye Pee and Poo-Poo” The minute I get excited and try to put him on the potty now he runs away and says “nnnnnnnnnnoooooooo”. Goof ball can play with the potty but won’t go.
*Jt*
We had a bit of a challenging week with Jt. Well, I should not say we I mean I had a challenge with Jt this week. I get SO irritated with this entire situation sometimes and I just don’t get why he does not listen to me? Joe is way more of a push over and I am more of the consistent authority. This week he was constantly arguing and challenging everything I said . There was no reasoning with him what so ever. I tried so hard to talk with him and get to his level and we got know where. He just screamed at me and once he even rammed his head into my stomach. After he did that I tried to put him in his room. He would not go and I eventually had to carry him ( not east to do) to his room. I set him on his bed and explained why I was putting him in his room. He just screamed some more and said he could not control himself and that he just felt like yelling at me. Any hints on what I could do about this?
Well that is all for this week. I just took Alecs births story from my intro on his Baby Today diary and copied it here. I will go more into detail about his delivery soon.
Thursday (Sept. 7) I was having some contractions during the night that hurt pretty bad but they were not consistent so I didn't bother timing them. By early morning they had stopped completely. I got the kids up and took my son to preschool and promised him we would go to his favorite hot dog place and go to the mall when I picked him up. He was very excited we were going to get out that day!! I went home and laid down with my daughter on our bed and watched some TV. I was trying to get the baby to move and kick around a little more because I hadn't felt much earlier in the morning and I was getting paranoid. So Autumn and I just rested until about 10 a.m. when I decided to get up to get ready to go pick up my son. Well, I got up and went to the bathroom and then felt a huge gush!!! I smiled and got all happy because I was sure it was my water. Well, I looked down and there was blood all over and filled the toilet!!! I immediately panicked and told my daughter to get the phone! She got the phone for me and I called my mom to go pick up my son and to come get my daughter. Then I called my husband and said get home NOW!!!! Then my dad called back and said he would come over now too. I was starting to feel faint and the blood was still coming when I would move so I called 911. I didn't want to pass out with my 2-year-old sitting there watching me. So the ambulance comes and so do my parents. They told me they couldn't take me to my hospital and that I had to go to CDH because that was the rule. Meanwhile, my doctor had called back and was yelling at my mom to get me off the ambulance and to him (at my hospital). Well, they took off with me to the other hospital. Luckily, my doctor called over there while I was on my way and got a hold of someone he knew there in OB. They worked things out so I would be just checked out and then sent to my hospital if things were OK. The bleeding had slowed down and I was 4 cm dilated. They told my Dh to drive straight to the other hospital so we did ( although dh almost ran out of gas). My doctor was waiting for me with a room reading and my nurse. He couldn't figure out why I was bleeding so he did an amniotic saline transfusion just to make sure the baby was not breathing in blood. Baby's heart rate looked great so we filled out the paperwork and got all situated in our room. I was confined to the bed and was hooked up to an internal fetal monitor. After an couple of hours there was no progress so Dr L put me on Pitocin and the contractions started to get worse (of course )!! By 4:30 p.m. my back was killing me and I could not get any relief during or between contractions. I had said I did not want an epidural with this birth and I tried so very hard to get through it. Dh (bless his heart) was terrible at helping me through the contractions and I was wishing I had gotten a Doula at that point. I was still only at 4 cm which was discouraging to all of us. I got my epidural and we had a scare because my blood pressure dropped extremely low and they were pumping me up with meds for a long time trying to get it back up again. At 7 p.m. I was only dilated to 5 so we were all getting really antsy at this point. My epidural wore off and I had the WORST back labor. I was crying and begging for someone to make it stop. It took them over an hour to get the epidural working again but they got it. I was still only 5 cm though at around 8:30 pm arggggg!!! The doctor came in at around 9:15 p.m. and gave us this whole speech about how we should prepare ourselves for a c-section just in case because labor wasn't progressing. He was sorry for us and he really wanted us to have another successful vbac and yada yada yada. Then he checked me and looked up and grinned and said "Guess what ... Your ready to push!!!!" I was soooo excited!! We couldn't believe it!!! We ended up waiting another hour or so to push because the doctor wanted to turn the epidural off so I could feel the urge to push. We waited for me to feel pressure to push and got the camera and all that good stuff ready. I was finally ready to push and didn't push very long (about 6 or 7 pushes) and our sweet little boy came into the world!!!!!! :0) He had the cord around his neck but didn't cause him any problems and he was perfect!!!!!!
~Tanya B~
There are two ways to live your life,
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though Everything is a miracle
~God Bless~
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