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EXCITING...Mandy asked me to be in the room for the birth of Mackenzie!
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 455232" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It is truly amazing to be there as a new life enters the world outside of the womb. I am just thrilled that you will get to see your grandbaby being born!! I invited all of the Gma's to be there when Wiz was born and actually, if my mother in law and stepMIL wanted to travel to where we lived when Jess and thank you were born I would have invited them in also. StepMIL and father in law only married a few weeks before Wiz was born (I didn't get to go as I was in the hospital with premature labor but insisted husband leave me and go to the wedding - he was the best man and I was sure the baby wasn't coming.) and stepMIL didn't feel comfortable coming. It truly was wonderful to have my mom there and husband's mom there. It actually is the only positive memory I have of her and I feel it is important to pass on as many positive memories of her to the kids. (She isn't dead but is nuts and refuses to see us. NOT because anything we did/didn't do, she just is that way. Part of it is that haveing gkids makes her "old" in her own eyes.)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, this will help create a bond between you and Mandy and also between you and MacKenzie. </p><p></p><p>I would be truly shocked if Billie passed anything on to you. She feels such intense competition with Cory and Keyana that no way would she truly welcome another grandbaby into your life. It wouldn't be a shock at all to learn she had all that baby stuff in her own house and she still refused to pass it on to the new baby. It seems like it would be more in character for her to take an axe or saw to it rather than to let MacKenzie have it. </p><p></p><p>It isn't safe to keep most four year olds in a crib. They will be past the weight limit unless they are so little that a doctor needs to see them to rule out malnutrition due to neglect or another problem that is keeping them from growing. It is also stupid to keep a 4yo in a crib. They are so mobile and vocal and getting out should be no problem at that age. Unless they plan to put some type of lid on the crib there is little that they can do to keep him in the crib if he wants to get out. Plus there is the back strain from lifiting him into the crib (and out if they have convinced him he cannot get out on his own) - who would want that? 4yo's are heavy to hoist into a crib - esp if they don't want to go! I am surprised that they are not having problems keeping him in it now - Jess was flipping out of the crib before she was 9 mos old!</p><p></p><p>Is there a Birthright group or another anti-abortion group in your area? Often they will help an expectant mom with a crib, baby clothes, and lots of other stuff. Also be sure to check with Habitat for Humanity's ReStore and other thrift stores for cribs. the one we used for Wiz had the bars spaced wider than the current standards but it was not a real problem. first Wiz had a giant head - not due to any problems, just a big head - bigger than more than 99% of the population. So it would have been far harder for him to get his head it. We also used bumper pads, those things that go around the inside of the crib so the kids don't bang against the railings, and they helped. I used two sets of bumpers and sewed them together edge to edge. The I fastened them to the crib at the top and bottom so he couldn't get to the railings. Figuring that cribs were used for decades before this new standard was set and the kids survived, I elt it go at that.</p><p></p><p>If they don't have a wipe warmer, that is a MUST - nothing like a cold babywipe to upset a baby!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 455232, member: 1233"] It is truly amazing to be there as a new life enters the world outside of the womb. I am just thrilled that you will get to see your grandbaby being born!! I invited all of the Gma's to be there when Wiz was born and actually, if my mother in law and stepMIL wanted to travel to where we lived when Jess and thank you were born I would have invited them in also. StepMIL and father in law only married a few weeks before Wiz was born (I didn't get to go as I was in the hospital with premature labor but insisted husband leave me and go to the wedding - he was the best man and I was sure the baby wasn't coming.) and stepMIL didn't feel comfortable coming. It truly was wonderful to have my mom there and husband's mom there. It actually is the only positive memory I have of her and I feel it is important to pass on as many positive memories of her to the kids. (She isn't dead but is nuts and refuses to see us. NOT because anything we did/didn't do, she just is that way. Part of it is that haveing gkids makes her "old" in her own eyes.) Anyway, this will help create a bond between you and Mandy and also between you and MacKenzie. I would be truly shocked if Billie passed anything on to you. She feels such intense competition with Cory and Keyana that no way would she truly welcome another grandbaby into your life. It wouldn't be a shock at all to learn she had all that baby stuff in her own house and she still refused to pass it on to the new baby. It seems like it would be more in character for her to take an axe or saw to it rather than to let MacKenzie have it. It isn't safe to keep most four year olds in a crib. They will be past the weight limit unless they are so little that a doctor needs to see them to rule out malnutrition due to neglect or another problem that is keeping them from growing. It is also stupid to keep a 4yo in a crib. They are so mobile and vocal and getting out should be no problem at that age. Unless they plan to put some type of lid on the crib there is little that they can do to keep him in the crib if he wants to get out. Plus there is the back strain from lifiting him into the crib (and out if they have convinced him he cannot get out on his own) - who would want that? 4yo's are heavy to hoist into a crib - esp if they don't want to go! I am surprised that they are not having problems keeping him in it now - Jess was flipping out of the crib before she was 9 mos old! Is there a Birthright group or another anti-abortion group in your area? Often they will help an expectant mom with a crib, baby clothes, and lots of other stuff. Also be sure to check with Habitat for Humanity's ReStore and other thrift stores for cribs. the one we used for Wiz had the bars spaced wider than the current standards but it was not a real problem. first Wiz had a giant head - not due to any problems, just a big head - bigger than more than 99% of the population. So it would have been far harder for him to get his head it. We also used bumper pads, those things that go around the inside of the crib so the kids don't bang against the railings, and they helped. I used two sets of bumpers and sewed them together edge to edge. The I fastened them to the crib at the top and bottom so he couldn't get to the railings. Figuring that cribs were used for decades before this new standard was set and the kids survived, I elt it go at that. If they don't have a wipe warmer, that is a MUST - nothing like a cold babywipe to upset a baby! [/QUOTE]
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