My wife went to this program for new mothers. They have a nurse, dentist, teacher and other programs that they talk about different things.

Well the nurse tried to tell my wife it is too early for our boy to say mama. He has being saying mama for the last couple of weeks now. He is a little over 6 months. I remember my baby sister saying algebra when she was 6 months old.

Anyway, another thing they are surprised about is that he does not suck his thumb.

Many people think it is strange but he never does. Same as a pacifier, we tried using a pacifier. No such luck so we never bothered with it again. I guess these are two things we do not have to worry about him getting out of the habit of. Lol

What are your thoughts on this? What are some baby stories that you have.

Oh you, he is already starting to copy different things and imitating us. Lol

It is so funny.

Proud pa pa.

Joe

Hey there proud papa! My oldest son never wanted a pacifier either. He would spit it out. One time he and I were going to the grocery store, he was about 9 months old. I passed a McDonald's and he got so excited. He kept saying, "e e donalds" I could not, for the life of me, figure it out. He was pointing and then I saw the golden arches. Neither I nor his Dad ever took him to McDonald's so we wondered where he picked that up.

One of my favorite baby stories about my oldest son is the following. I took him for his 6 week checkup and we saw the nurse practitioner instead of his pediatrician. She was cooing over him and had his diaper off. I told her to be careful but she said she knew what she was doing. She bent over and poked his tummy and he immediately peed and hit her glasses and lab coat and face. I nearly died of embarrassment.

The story about him peeing in the face of the nurse. OMG. I would have pissed myself laughing if my little boy did that, I would have said to the nurse or doctor guess you were asking for that. I would tell my little boy I am proud of him and let him know it was hilarious what he did.

Lol lol lol

My son pissed on my face the first night he was ever home. That only had to happen once!
My daughter created some odd language when she was first learning to speak... for months she kept saying she wanted moonuck. I had no idea what she was talking about. I'd just say, OK, and she'd get mad because she knew I didn't understand. Finally I figured it out... moonuck was gum. Go figure. Oh, and boo harries, they were gummy bears. She also vomited all over my face once. Oh there was an incident in her bedroom... she was 18 months and was playing in her room. I went in and found no diaper on her and brown stuff all over her body and her furniture. I instantly didn't breath through my nose. I wasn't sure if I should start the clean up with her body, or the dresser, or her bed... I finally inhaled through my nose by accident only to discover she hadn't been playing in poop. She had held a bunch of hershey kisses and let them melt, then smeared them all over. You wouldn't believe how happy I was!

I had my son into the pediatrician the other day who asked me how his speech was and I told him that My son was speaking sentances and sometimes even had a sense of humor... my doctor told me that at his age, he probably wasn't really speaking sentances, but I was turning his words into sentances (whatever that means) and then went on to say that he wouldn't have the capacity to make jokes yet... My son replied with "Oh for the love of pete" I about died of laughter... and beemed with a teensy bit of pride...

Sometimes I think that doctorate degree goes to their heads... no one knows a kid better than his parents!

I agree... now I'm not saying my kid is a genius or anything... I mean he still calls rice crispy treats "rice christmas treats" and McDonalds "Old McDonalds" but I mean I know what a sentence is... and I definitely know when I hear humor... even if its 3 year old humor...

And every baby is different and learns differently depending on whether their parents read or sing or joke or dance or talk a lot or ignore them... They will pick up on the things their parents do. My friend is the most talkative person I know, and her daughter is the second most and has been since 9 months of age...

He's nearly 3 and your doc doesn't think he can make a joke or intentionally try to be funny? That's a riot! My boy will be three in a couple of months, and he loves to make jokes and be funny! His doctor didn't believe he was riding a two wheeler with training wheels last September. Kind of a stupid thing to make up at the doc's office, right? I love how they always have some sort of info for you to follow about safety and precautionary measures, etc... Sometimes I feel like saying something along the lines of, "Outlet covers? What are those? Should I pick some up after his play date on I-80 this afternoon?"

I know... he asked me to make sure that I was providing a good fitting helmet, knee pads, and wrist and elbow guards for my son on his big wheel... I was like... sure... I mean I have a helmet, but the knee pads and wrist/elbow guards? He would hardly be able to move... and he's going like 3 mph down the sidewalk... not doing backflips of the bike ramps... I could see that for a skateboard or skooter, but a big wheel? Im notreally an anal mom if you couldn't tell... I try to let him be a boy..

I am with you on that note. My son won't even wear a band-aid. I can just imagine telling him to wear knee and elbow pads! He is totally rough and wild. I love it. It's such a nice change from my fragile little girl. And I do think boys need a little more room than girls. Boys are so much more physical. My son learns by doing things. My daughter learns by watching someone else do it!

Helper, I think your son is doing great! He is even a little above on his cognitive developmental traits, from the "mama" and imitation, as those usually don't happen for another month or two. Just remember he may be able to say mama, but he hasn't yet connected the word with his real mama. As for the thumb sucking and pacifier, like you said, at least now you won't have to break him of it! Thumb sucking (or the use of a pacifier) is usually the way little ones relieve stress, but some, possibly like your son, may only have this sucking need for the first few months of life. Therefore, its definitely not strange that he has no urge to suck, except when feeding. Keep up the good work!

Hey JH, good on you, and your son! I bet he grows up a genius!

I've got 2 stories, one about my older brother, and one about my younger;

My older brother was having one of his first check-ups at the doctor, to check hearing they rang a little bell at various points around his head - most kids would turn to look at the noise - my brother didn't!
For ages they did tests on him, thinking he was deaf! Turns out he just didn't want to 'play' that day!

The other story is about my little brother. When he first started teething he just had the two on his bottom gum, with a big gap in between them! My Dad was laid on his back 'aeroplaning' my little bro, who was flailing all over the place! To get a better grip of him, my Dad laid him on his chest... my little brother lent forward and bit his nose! His two little razor sharp teeth fitted perfectly up my Dad's nostrils thanks to the gap in between!

Oh man did he shreek! Blood everywhere! I still laugh today thinking of that! He he!

Well the nurse tried to tell my wife it is too early for our boy to say mama. He has being saying mama for the last couple of weeks now. He is a little over 6 months.
Joe

Well of course the nurse responded that way Joe, she didn't realize you were referring to super baby :)




Anyway, another thing they are surprised about is that he does not suck his thumb.
Joe

Of course Superbaby doesn't suck his thumb! He is superbaby Joe... :)




Proud pa pa.

Joe


You and your beautiful wife have every reason to be proud :D

p.s. Let me know when he starts saying "Auntie Allheart" . LOL :)

I think their point about the 'saying mama' issue is that it's possible that the baby is saying indescriminate syllables and not attaching that meaning/label to his mother. I've seen that with my own kids but I've also seen babies learn skills at widely warying stages. The copying and imitating part is a blast isn't it! You suddenly are so aware of your own actions - wait until he can really speak and imitates what he hears :D. The second child does that part doubly so. I love being a dad, best thing that ever happened to me. Enjoy it Joe, take lots of pics and videos.

Oh, believe me he relates the word mama to mama, there is no doubt about it.

Joe

I just want to say everybody has awsome stories.

Joe

My little one was saying mama at 7 months and he definitely knew who his mama was!! I started doing sign language with him at 8 months and now he talks ALL the time! He is 18 months and will say 3 word sentences and will repeat EVERYTHING that we say so we really have to pay attention to our word selection! My oldest is 12 and he didn't really start talking good until he was two but walked when he was 10 months. My 18 month old talked early and didn't walk until 14 and 1/2 months. Neither one of them liked the pacifier. A couple of months ago a car pulled out in front of me on the highway and I said G** D*****!! And the baby would say that every time we got in the car but he hasn't said it in a while thank goodness!

Great stories! I love reading them!

Joe I think that's great about your child!
You and your wife are obviously off to a wonderful start.
Keep up the good work!

When my daughter was at the tender age of 2, we were walking down the isle of the grocery store.
She pointed and very loudly blurted out, "mommy, they stink".
I tried to hush her quietly w/o acknowledging her comment, but she persisted while directly pointing the smelly people out to everyone around us.
I was so humiliated and embarrassed.
Shortly after the incidence, a lady walked over to us and whispered, "it's OK honey, someone needed to tell them that a shower was in need."

Oh the things children say...

Kae

I actually have another story about my baby sister. Well she is not a baby anymore, but there are many stories.

My uncle was over visiting or staying with us. My sister was either one or two years old. Forget which it was. My uncle was cursing on the phone saying f---, f--- that. Well my little sister over heard. Guess what she started to say over and over and over again. You betcha.

Joe

I would not worry as long as your son in healthy. My son said da-da ALL the time from the time he was about 6 1/2 months old. He never sucked his thumb or took a pacifier. Although now he's 2 and he picks his nose ALL the time. Lol Im sure he's fine.

Actually we had a few scares with him this morning and this afternoon. This morning he woke up choking and coughing. He started to cough a lot in his sleep and choking lots when feeding. It is like oh no. Then he woke up this afternoon from a nap. He was okay for a while then he started screaming and crying so much that he started choking again and having a hard time breathing. He is scaring us a lot today. Earlier today my wife took him in just to get everything checked out and the doctor thinks everything is fine, probably just has a cold.

Lillian, Oh, they say that babies who do not suck their thumb or suck on a pacifier. The studies show that these babies have higher IQ then babies who are pacified all the time. Hee Hee, that means that superbaby really is super and will learn fast and like somebody said in an earlier post he must be content and happy.

Which he does seem happy most of the time except for when he is hungrey or sick with a cold.

Thank you for your post.

Joe

Yeah when mine gets colds he gets really mad especially when he was younger. It is frustrating for them because they can't tell you that they can't breathe through their nose-they just know they can't and it makes them mad!! Don't worry, mine did that too-choking and coughing and such. They are use to breathing through their noses not their mouths. I found that the Little Noses drops helped mine. I would put them in his nose when he was asleep-otherwise he would freak out. Also 15 minutes in the bathroom with shower steam helps a lot. Just giving my thoughts-hope you don't mind. :)

PS not sucking on thumbs or pacifiers-no wonder they are so smart!! lol

Yeah when mine gets colds he gets really mad especially when he was younger. It is frustrating for them because they can't tell you that they can't breathe through their nose-they just know they can't and it makes them mad!!! Don't worry, mine did that too-choking and coughing and such. They are use to breathing through their noses not their mouths. I found that the Little Noses drops helped mine. I would put them in his nose when he was asleep-otherwise he would freak out. Also 15 minutes in the bathroom with shower steam helps alot. Just giving my thoughts-hope you don't mind. :)

PS not sucking on thumbs or pacifiers-no wonder they are so smart!!!lol

Oh, I do not mind at all. Thank you very much

It is good to know others knows what is happening too. It is frustrating and upsetting seeing your baby sick, even though it is only a cold.

Joe

Well I've got to story-may or may not be funny. When I was about three or four, we were at my brother's baseball game and my mom gave me some money to get some candy at the concession stand. My mom always had me looking cute with ribbons that she would paint my name on to match my clothes and such. So I was a big girl getting to go get candy all by myself. (you can see the stand from the bleachers) Anyway I go up to the stand and the lady says, "My you are such a cute little girl what's your name?" And I said, "Well my name is Katie but my Mama calls me s*it head!!" My mom has told that story to so many people and they always laugh-I never thought it was that funny though! FYI my mom would say this as a term of endearment-you know "you're so cute you're just a little S*ithead.

On the east coast. I know there are lots of families that say things like that to their kids. I personally do not like it at all. I would say it was funny for that lady but not for you of course.

Oh yes, it is so hard seeing your babies sick... Wishing you could do something to just make them all better.

Lots of hugs, kisses, cuddles, and tickles seem to comfort mine quite a bit when they're feeling under the wheather...

Mine use to get choked up quite a bit because the formula or milk made an excess of mucus build up in their throats.
I'd give them a little nursery water to help them wash it down.
I dealt with a lot of criticism for giving my babies plain water, but it is what I would have done for myself, and it worked for them too.

Kae

I live on the east coast (southern part) and it's not a term of endearment I use - LOL ;) ;)

Maybe it's a northern thing ;) ;)

Water, yes, it is the wonder drug.

As for stories, let's see... When I was little like 2 or 3, Mom said I would say my ABCs and leave the P out. It went something like this

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO that's not nice QRSTUV... well you get the point.

Kae, I did the same thing with both of mine. If they were sick I gave them as little milk as possible. Milk absolutely does create more mucus and phlegm. My kids had water or pedialyte until the phlegm began to clear up. It didn't harm either of them.

Really? Your child's Dr. recommended it?
I got criticized for it by everyone...

It does work, doesn't it...

Water is wonderful, unless of course it is well water. Water has fluoride in it that the kiddos can't get anywhere else. Also, with water, it helps keep perfect hydration status.

I knew I was doing the right thing:D

This was when my children were still on the bottle though (under 12 months old) when I was criticized for it.

Yes-babies need to drink water too. Not just milk. Please I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about my story. My mom didn't go around saying this to me all the time. Please don't be so serious. I am from the South by the way.

I used the nursery water that you buy at the store.
It's also the water I made their formula with.

MissK, Just so you know, I thought it was funny. I too am in the south and hear it as a term of endearment sometimes. I have even been known to tell my hubby "Guess what Johnny did, that little s*it!!!" It is usually said when a kiddo does something funny.

I can't believe you were criticized for that-well I believe you but that is just kind of crazy. I have a 12 year old and 18 month old and when they were both drinking milk from the bottles, and were sick my doctor always encourged water. They just don't know what they're talking about. Lol :)

Achhh, I gave water from a bottle at about 2 months of age. Usually just about 4 ounces, but still just water. We all need water, our bodies are made up of mostly water. We need to replace what we lose daily.

Yes, I gave my babies water even when they were not sick. Just a little like J9 said. True, we all need water-even babies. The hospitals even sent me home with water-with both kids.

Sorry-I guess no one is taking it serious. I must be having a sensitive day!!

Sorry-I guess no one is taking it serious. I must be having a sensitive day!!!

Just to make you feel better, and to reveal the truth. My mother still says that too me. We live far far away. I came out of the blue to visit. I surprised her at the door with the camera. She pretty much chased me and started calling me you little sh$#. You little fuc---. Well that was the shock and surprise of it and I loved every minute of it. It was funny to see her react like that and we even have it on video. Ha Ha. Lol

That's funny lol!! Okay I feel better, thank you.

Your welcome, anytime.

I live on the east coast (southern part) and it's not a term of endearment I use - LOL ;) ;)

Maybe it's a northern thing ;) ;)

Missk, just thought I'd clarify too.
I was totally joking (hence the wink, winks)

Actually, those terms of endearment are used all over the US no matter where your located :D North, East, South, West, in the middle...
In Canada and probably the rest of the world too.
None of us are innocent... LOL

Yeah I know-thanks. I am a little on the blonde side. I am a sensitive thing sometimes!!