~* In The Spotlight *~ - Claudia

Sys:Spotlight wrote: In The Spotlight For Jun 22, 2004

	Name:	Claudia
	Birthdate:	September 12, 2002
	Parents:	Kirsten & Mark

amynicole21 replied: What were some of her first words?
Is she usually a wild woman, or is she a calm child?
Does she like animals? Any favorites?

ediep replied: does Caludia like to watch TV?
What is her bedtime routine like?
Does she have cousins?

ediep replied: What is Claudia's favorite food?
What does her room look like?

Kirstenmumof3 replied: What were some of her first words? Her first words were Mum, Da Da and Sandy (the dog)

Is she usually a wild woman, or is she a calm child? She is usually a pretty mellow child. Except in the mornings, she is such a BEAR in the morning.

Does she like animals? Any favorites? She loves dogs and every dog she sees she calls "Sandy".

Kirstenmumof3 replied: does Caludia like to watch TV? Claudia loves the Wiggles, Zooboomafo and Dora the Explorer. I'm trying to get her to watch sesame street, but she doesn't like to watch it.

What is her bedtime routine like? Claudia has a snack, then we give her a bath, brush her teeth, read a story and then we put her to bed. She is usually pretty good about going to bed, but lately (I think it's because of if still being light out) she has been fighting it. But then it doesn't help that Spencer won't stop talking to her.

Does she have cousins? She has 2 cousins. My nephew Andrew is 13 and my neice Katie is 8. She loves to play with them and they both adore her.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: What is Claudia's favorite food? Claudia loves meat (hotdogs, steak, lunchmeat, meatloaf, chicken, chicken nuggets, sausages etc.). She will eat all her meat and then ask for more before she eats anything else.

What does her room look like? Right now she shares a room with her older brother. On her half of the room she has a Winnie the Pooh poster, and Winnie to Pooh plaques with her initials. Her bedding is Winnie the Pooh, but she prefers to sleep on top of the comforter with her blankie. Next summer we are putting Emily and Claudia in our room and we are painting the room a light teal withan antique teddy bear border. The curtains and bedding will be in a dark berry colour.

coasterqueen replied: How is she with her siblings? Does she like to be just like them?
How does she like that Little Tikes Car? I just got one for Kylie this morning for $8 and it's in great shape! I hope she likes it too, lol.
What's her favorite color? Got one yet? What's your favorite color for her?
Is she still liking the potato bin?

Kirstenmumof3 replied: How is she with her siblings? Does she like to be just like them? Claudia loves her sister and brother. She likes her brother more though. She loves to do everything they do and gets so mad when the go upstairs to play and leave her downstairs.

How does she like that Little Tikes Car? That's her favourate thing. When we go outside she has to go to her car first, then the sandbox.
What's her favorite color? Got one yet? What's your favorite color for her? Claudia loves PINK! Everything she picks out to wear has to be pick. I really like pink on her, she just looks so cute!

Is she still liking the potato bin? She hasn't been into it much lately. Her new spot is the cupboards in the end tables.

MommyToAshley replied: I love that picture of Claudia in the car, she looks like she is having such a blast!

What is her favorite thing to do at the park?
Is she a girly girl or a tomboy?
Does she like to wear dresses?
What's her favorite song?

Kirstenmumof3 replied: What is her favorite thing to do at the park? At the park she loves to play on the slide. I would really love to get her one of those Little Tykes Climbing toys with the slide attatched.

Is she a girly girl or a tomboy? Claudia is a girly girl. She loves her babies, she loves to put cream on her cheeks, she carries a purse with her, wears her necklaces (Mardigra Beads) and a little plastic bracelet from McDonalds.

Does she like to wear dresses? Claudia loves to wear dresses. But she does not like to wear tights, so I'm glad its summer so we can just put frilly socks on her.

What's her favorite song? She likes the Hot Potato Song, the one that Wiggles sings. We have an intro of it on one of the Barney videos and she dances, claps her hands and gets all excited when it comes on.

kimberley replied: Claudia is so adorable and such a ham!

what is the funniest thing she did today?
does she have any boy friends?
does she have a security item?
what amazes you the most about her?
what do you think she will be when she grows up?

please post more pics

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Claudia is so adorable and such a ham! Awwww Thanks!

what is the funniest thing she did today? Today I had to laugh at her, she would not leave the back porch. Everytime somebody walked down the backlane she had to yell out to the "HI", they didn't hear her and she would get louder and louder. My poor girl.

does she have any boy friends? There is a little boy at Daycare Brady, my DH says he runs to the gate as soon as she gets there and then she walks right past him. DH thinks she's playing hard to get.

does she have a security item? She would take her blanky with her everywhere if we would let her, so she now just takes her stuffed Winnie the Pooh.

what amazes you the most about her? That she is so tiny, but yet she acts so big!

what do you think she will be when she grows up? I think she is going to be an Actress, she is so DRAMATIC!

please post more pics. The batteries died on our digital camera so it's going to be at least a week before I can use my camera again.

MommyToAshley replied: Does she like to take walks? Will she ride in the stroller or does she prefer to walk?

What's her newest word or phrase?

Is she afraid of anything?

Is she shy or outgoing around other kids?

CantWait replied: Holy, so many questions, I'll have to think of some, just wanted to say she's a beauty

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Does she like to take walks? Will she ride in the stroller or does she prefer to walk? Claudia loves to go for walks and is starting to not like being in the stroller or shopping carts. And boy can she ever get mad when we don't take her out!

What's her newest word or phrase? Her newest phrase is "where is he/she/it" and her new word is bobables (vegetables) We keep asking her to say vegetables, it's just too funny the way she says it!

Is she afraid of anything? Claudia is affraid of the Vacum cleaner. She starts to cry and run away whenever I have to vacum. I usually wait until she has her nap or vacum on the days when she is in Daycare.

Is she shy or outgoing around other kids? Claudia loves kids. She will walk up to anyone and say "HI". At Daycare we've noticed her starting to play with the other kids and not beside them.

A&A'smommy replied: What was her birth like?
What makes her laugh the most?
What amazes you most about her?
What is the cutest thing she does?

Kirstenmumof3 replied: What was her birth like? Claudia's birth was very quick and very hard. The morning of September 12, I woke up and had what they call "bloody show". Eell I've never experienced anything like this before and she was 3 weeks early. So i freaked and we went to the hospital. When I was there they did a stress test and I wasn't having any contractions, and she wouldn't stop moving so they could accurately record her heart beat. They wanted me to go out in the halls and walk for about 30 minutes, come back and do the stress test again. Still no contractions. The doctor came, checked me I was 3cm dialated and 80% effaced. He told me I wouldn't make it to the weekend. Disappointed I went shopping and then I went home and began cleaning. I did 3 loads of laundry, dishes, vacuming, dusting. I was a wild women. At 3:00 that afternoon I bent down to put a load of laundry in the dryer, when my water broke. By the time I got to the hospital 20 minutes later my contractions were 3 minutes apart. The nurse checked me and I was 6cm dialated ande completely effaced so they moved me to the labour/delivery room. I was having a lot of push contractions but I couldn't push, because I wasn't dialted to 10cm yet. An hour later my contractions were 2 minutes apart and it was all back labour. They wouldn't give me anything for pain because I was too far along and offered me the gas. I remember yelling at my DH that it wasn't working and I threw the mask at him (I've never acted this way in labour before) At 5:25 I needed to push and 5 minutes Claudia was born weighing in at 5lbs 15oz. My labour lasted 2 1/2 hours, but it was the worst labour out of all 3 kids. After she was born I was passing a lot of orange size blood clots, I was given demoral and tylenol 3 with condeine to help ease the pain. I had an IV and they gave me oxitosen to make my stomach contract. I was pretty much out of it for the first 7-8 hours after her birth. But it was all worth it.

What makes her laugh the most? When her brother and sister laugh, she can't help but laugh with them!

What amazes you most about her? I would have to say that it took her 10 1/2 weeks to finally start breastfeeding, that we have been seperated many times due to my mental illness and yet at almost 22 months she show no signs of wanting to wean. It's simply amazing.

What is the cutest thing she does? First thing in the morning when I get her from her crib she throws her little arms around me and pats my back. It's just so cute!