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Karaoke Germann Style

I love my kids! We have too much fun together. Eldon and I set up the Karaoke Machine and let the kids sing their hearts out. We encouraged them and well tried to have the tame it down a little bit. Rayna was very sensitive about everything and Peyton was a little too expressive with his singing. Rayna has the dance moves of a future pop singer and Peyton is a true rocker. Eldon fixed up the video and edited it. Sometimes it is a little crazy on the vocals but it is very entertaining. If you love to rock out to the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star watch this video.

Peyton's Camera Pics

My kids are addicted to dip.

I love dips and my husband loves dips and we have two kids that love to dip too. At first it started out trying to get Peyton to eat chicken or some other kind of meat. I have found that pretty much everything is dipped now. He will even dip his mashed potatoes in ranch dressing. I find if we don't give him the dip right away he will eat his potatoes and vegetables without dip (of course not all the time). We have even named the dips Spiderman, Buzz, and even Jessy. We did this to convince Peyton to eat his meat. We have convinced Peyton to eat his supper several times using lots of different techniques. As for my daughter, Rayna, I think she just started because she saw Peyton had some. She is convinced that whatever big brother does she has to do to. I don't think that I have to take all dips away but we do try to limit them. Sometimes, we even try not to give them.

I love to dip and my husband loves to dip so I can understand why our kids love to dip. We are just a dipping family. If I can say just this..... We at least dip together.

Kids and Pets Are Too Funny

My daughter loves to chase our cat Catty around. It is quite hilarious. Catty is getting much better at dealing with kids. At first he really didn't like kids. He now allows Rayna and Peyton to play and pet him. He definitely doesn't let them maul him. He has his boundaries. I love the fact that my cat is interacting more with our kids now and hope that this teaches them to respect and love all animals.

Soother or Not?

The question is out there as parents do you give your child a soother or not. We have many questions as parents but this is a very simple one for myself since both my kids did not want soothers. As for my future children I guess we will see what they choose.

Peyton(boy) is three years old and never wanted a soother. I think he took it 3 or 4 times for a short amount of time. He either gagged or pushed it out right away. My little girl, Rayna, is one and she sucks her thumb. We tried a soother on and off but she would also gag and push it out. She would rather have her thumb.

It is very obvious that babies love to suck, it is soothing for them. I breast feed both my babies for one year. I sometimes would let them use me as a soother for soothing them at night or during the day when they were having a fussy time. Some people don't agree with doing this but it was a great way to soothe them and comfort them. I also found that I enjoyed that bonding time. Maybe this is also why my kids did not take a soother since I was that for them. I was there comfort instead of a soother.

I wonder what the ratio of kids that have soothers to who don't is. Take my survey.

I have found that Rayna sucking her thumb has made it easier to lay down to go to sleep than what Peyton was. He was a lot of work. I have noticed with friends and family that kids that have soothers do tend to lay down easier and fall asleep easier too. This is totally understandable since they have that soothing sucking which they have loved since they were babies.
I have also noticed that when the first born has a soother usually the second will too. Now is this because parents have got used to the first having a soother it is just natural to give the second one too or is it just genetics that they both love the soother or is it just coincident.

My findings are not true to everyone since these are only my experiences with babies, soothers, and sleep. Please let me know about your experiences and feelings on this issue as parents. Please take the survey?

More Info Febrile Seizures

On the Huggies Happy Baby there was an article about Febrile Seizures that might interest some of you. I did noticed that with Peyton, my son, having 4 seizures within 24 hours it puts him at a greater risk of developing epilepsy. I am finding that with every year that passes the more and more information comes out about febrile seizures and they change. We are trying to keep up with the new info. We try also to keep our families and friends informed since they are around Peyton and may have to witness or even deal with a seizure without us. I hope that this helps to info others who have little ones with febrile seizures .