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February 5, 2003
Look Out Brittney. . .
Camryn is flipping! Woo-Hoo! I always knew she would, but am so relieved that she finally has mastered the task! She is steadily lifting her head trying to sit up; she looks as if she is doing stomach crunches. We joke that she is getting ready to wear her bikini this summer. Camryn is incredibly strong and has stomach muscles that even Janet Jackson and Brittney Spears would envy. Gosh, I envy them, my tummy muscles have seen there better days, now I think all they see is the floor.
Sleep. . .and lack there of
Camryn is still waking every night for a bottle, and she begins our day around 5:30 am as hungry as can be.
Hannah usually will sleep longer but still wakes during the night to crawl into bed with her dad and me. I love to feel her soft little skin close to me and am not concerned that she will sleep with us into her teenage years. I know that only to soon, I will be wishing that she would come and crawl into bed with us. So for now, I am not pressing the issue, her daddy on the other hand feels that we should break this terrible habit ASAP! He does not feel like he can sleep as soundly with a little one in the bed. Mind you, Hannah sleeps with her feet pressing against his back, so his opinion is validated and I try to keep it in consideration, but I just love having a snuggle bunny. I know the days are numbered, so I am enjoying it while I can.
I am thinking once Camryn is old enough the girls will probably fall asleep at night together. My sister and I slept together until she was a teenager, and insisted that I sleep in my own room. Although we did not like each other during the day, we both fell into a peaceful truce at night to fight off any monsters lurking during the night. I pray that my girls will be close to each other and find friendship in each other far sooner than my sister and me. What a great friendship to have throughout your life.
Lord Give Me Strength
Let me just say, if both Hannah and I make it to Hannah’s 3rd birthday, I have accomplished much in my life. We have hit the “Terrible Two’s” a bit prematurely and at mock speed. The whining will drive me batty long before Hannah will release it and then the mischievous nature that she has is giving me fits. I have always been one to observe every rule. I feel like rules are there for my protection and that I should observe them in a respectful fashion. I conform to what is deemed right and just, and tend to be extremely conservative. I stay in the lines so to speak, and rarely venture off the beaten path. This is true in every part of my life, even my career is in Human Resources, more specifically, policy making. Sometimes, I think I border on the line of obsessive compulsive.
Obviously, I do want the girls to be a bit more curious than myself, and test the boundaries that are set for them, so I am proud that Hannah is testing me, but I wonder if Hannah will begin to think that “Lord, Give Me Strength,” is a term of endearment I use for her.
Hannah’s daddy, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of me, if there is a boundary he is going to go right to the edge and sometimes past it; if there is a rule, he will do everything but break the law to understand why that rule must be in place. From speeding to more liberal political views, we compliment each other wonderfully. Again, I am proud that Hannah has a mind of her own, and is exploring her boundaries, and is inquisitive. I think my parents wanted to see me more inquisitive at times, but after my sister escaped her teenage years with relatively minor “bumps,” I think the break was welcomed. Both my sister and Gary have the sweetest disposition and are wonderful people, so I am comforted to understand this by no means indicates that Hannah will be characteristically defiant and refuse all authority.
Especially in this day and age, when children are being abducted and left to fend for themselves by neglectful caregivers, I have to remind myself that keeping Hannah within my protective barriers is not always the best answer.
Wiggly Giggles
Hannah’s loves to giggle, and her little chuckle brings such joy to anyone who can hear it. I get so worried sometimes that poor little Hannah is feeling to “boxed in” by the necessary boundaries we must set, but am comforted when the tickle monster can stir out the wiggly giggles from my precious little girl. In an instant, I can escape from the worst day ever, into the magical trance of my sweet banana boat’s laughter. There is no greater love than that of a mother.
Paw-Paw Perkins’ Birthday
February 4th was Paw-Paws birthday, and Hannah helped bake the cake. She even learned the tune of Happy Birthday to sing. As we began to sing, Hannah just sat around and smiled at everyone singing, I think she thought it was her birthday! She really enjoyed it! Hannah also taste tested each persons icing to make sure that itwasn’t poisonous. Before Hannah I never would have eaten something that a child swiped there finger through, now I think Hannah just makes it a little sweeter—my, my how motherhood will change you.
A friendship is born
On February 4th, Hannah and Camryn had a new friend enter into the world. Joshua Randall came into the world weighing 8 pounds and 1 ounce. He is gorgeous! Big brother Caleb is absolutely beaming with admiration for his baby.
(Okay. . .I admit it, after seeing a newborn, I have baby fever. Gary is sleeping in Hannah’s room for a while until it passes! LOL)
Blessings,
Jamie
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