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Caroline S. - 04 Jun 2004 16:35 GMT

Last night, </proud momma> my daughter took her first tentative crawls in
the -forward- direction. (Backwards has been mastered for some time.)
Hopefully she is gaining some confidence and skill while at daycare today.
The cats don't yet realize what they are in for :)

I've been scrambling around installing cabinet latches and baby gates
(another obstacle for my lazy boys to negotiate).

-Caroline S.

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Takayuki - 04 Jun 2004 23:36 GMT

>Last night, </proud momma> my daughter took her first tentative crawls in
>the -forward- direction. (Backwards has been mastered for some time.)
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>I've been scrambling around installing cabinet latches and baby gates
>(another obstacle for my lazy boys to negotiate).

Oh, that reminds me of the rule that if a milestone (like a first
step) happens at daycare, it doesn't really count. Some daycare
providers will keep quiet about it, so that the first time can happen
at home. :) Crawling forwards is something to be proud of.

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Yowie - 05 Jun 2004 01:39 GMT

> Last night, </proud momma> my daughter took her first tentative crawls in
> the -forward- direction. (Backwards has been mastered for some time.)
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> I've been scrambling around installing cabinet latches and baby gates
> (another obstacle for my lazy boys to negotiate).

Yay! Congrats to the mobile rug-rat! Got any jpegs of the little crawler?

Cary has been smiling for 3 weeks, and now he's laughing. Boy do those
smiles andl aughs make parenting so much easier to cope with.

As some of you know, my nick-name for him is "Chicken". Has been since the
day of his birth. When he cries a particular cry, he sounds just like a
chicken clucking.

here is a (pathetic) song I made up for him

I'm a little chicken, 1, 2, 3
I'm a little chicken, can't you see?

I'm a little chicken, 2, 3, 4
I'm a little chicken and I want more

I'm a little chicken, 3, 4, 5
I'm a little chicken and I like to jive

I'm a little chicken, 4, 5, 6
I'm a little chicken, we've got lots of pics.

I'm a little chicken 5, 6, 7
I'm a little chicken and I smell like heaven

I'm a little chicken 6, 7, 8
I'm a little chicken, aren't I great?

I'm a little chicken 7, 8, 9
I'm a little chicken, he's all mine

I'm a little chicken, 8,9,10
I'm a little chicken, can we sing it again?

Its amazing what a sleep deprived,
desperate-for-him-to-stop-crying-and-go-to-sleep brain will come up with!

Yowie

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Nan - 05 Jun 2004 02:31 GMT

>> Last night, </proud momma> my daughter took her first tentative crawls in
>> the -forward- direction. (Backwards has been mastered for some time.)
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>Yowie

I remember (and my "baby" was 40 this year). I used to sing "On Top
of Old Smokey" to one of mine, until my DH said if he heard it one
more time it was grounds for divorce.

Nan

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Sherry - 05 Jun 2004 04:17 GMT

>I remember (and my "baby" was 40 this year). I used to sing "On Top
>of Old Smokey" to one of mine, until my DH said if he heard it one
>more time it was grounds for divorce.
>
>Nan

LOL! You didn't sing the
"On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed" version did you? Now *that*
would be grounds for divorce. :-)

Sherry

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Nan - 05 Jun 2004 14:17 GMT

>>I remember (and my "baby" was 40 this year). I used to sing "On Top
>>of Old Smokey" to one of mine, until my DH said if he heard it one
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>Sherry

Nope! It was the original version, but after a couple of dozen
repetitions in the middle of the night it gets pretty old. (That was
the only song that DS would go back to sleep with. I think the kid
would finally go to sleep just to shut me up.)

Nan

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Tanada - 05 Jun 2004 17:55 GMT

>>Its amazing what a sleep deprived,
>>desperate-for-him-to-stop-crying-and-go-to-sleep brain will come up with!
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> Nan

Rob used to sing the only song he could remember in the early hours of
the morning..."Silent Night." It's both of their favorite Christmas
carol. I used to pop a "Peter, Paul, and Mary" tape into the player and
sing with that. The kids all love PP&M.

Pam S. who can't find her PP&M CDs today and is grouchy

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