Parenting Check-in Aug 22

[karlamo]

Howdy Parents!

What's new in your worlds?

QOTW:  Is it too early to talk Halloween costumes?  

[cetcar]

M just turned 7 months on Sunday! She's still not too interested in food and thinks she wants to drink water but spits a lot of it out. She's still loving tags and sitting up. She's not too interested in moving yet but she will sit and carefully reach and bring everything that's interesting around her to her lap. If something is out of her reach, instead of trying to move towards it, she will pull the surface (like a blanket) that it's on towards her to bring the object closer. When she's excited her arms and legs flap. She rubs her feet together and works up quite a sweat. She ends up with clammy little feet.

She got her first diaper rash and it happened so fast. Like in the time between one diaper change. It was pretty bad- raw on both sides. Luckily we've been putting an ointment on it since Saturday and it's already a lot better!

It's not too early this year! I think M and I are going to be runners and CET is going to be a spectator. She wants to hold a sign that on one side cheers us on and on the other says, "holding a sign is exhausting." Now to figure out where we are going to wear them....

[2brides]

See TTT. Illness. OMG. The illnesses in my house.

C started school yesterday and seems really excited for 5th grade (except for the writing he was told to expect!) G missed his first day due to illness, but is there today.


QOTD: Shockingly, no one has mentioned Halloween this year. In the past, the kids had decided by the beginning of the summer. I think the excitement of Halloween is waning. I am sure they will rally and head out with the neighborhood kids this year, but who knows what they will be. We make them decide by Sept 30, so we have enough time to plan/buy.

[bexincanada]

Ahhhh, sorry to hear 2brides. Hoping you stay healthy!!

Is is 13 weeks tomorrow, 3 months on Thursday.

Last night's sleep was brutal and I'm wondering about teething though it's still early - she's drooling up a storm and mouthing a lot more than usual. See TTT for our cloth diaper follies. She is much more aware of her surroundings which is awesome, it also makes napping more tricky as she's easily distracted. She continues to make my heart soar and break (when crying) on a daily basis. Next week we have a check-up at the GP, no shots for 3 months so that's good.

[calsurb]

Sarah is almost 15 months and is in the dumping delight stage. She dumps blocks, water, clothes, cloth dipes, basically anything. Fun stage, just a messy one.

For Halloween last year we were Ice Ice Baby, which was way easy. What else can we do for a family costume? Totally open to suggestions!

[kona]

O is 2 yo and S is 5 days old.

Parenting a toddler and a newborn is no joke. Things are going well overall but it's sometimes minute by minute. O is showing a lot of behaviors that we never saw since S has been home. It's hard. M the is also struggling since she can't be with O as much. I keep trying to remind myself that S is only 5 days old and that everyone will find their own routine.

I was trying to look up babywearing costumes earlier this month. I think it would be cute to do something like that. On the other hand I feel like O doesn't know anything about Halloween (i know deprived child) and I'm tempted to skip it again this year.

[wittyandwaiting]

DS and I are sick...C is fighting it.

Not to much is new here, winding down for the summer and getting back into a routine. Recently implemented 2 tech free hours (5:30-7:30pm) in our house; it's tough.

Halloween is a huge topic in our house....DS is obsessed with him dressing as O for Halloween and her dressing as him. Ugh. I do not like this.

kona, I didn't know that Babywearing costumes were a thing...amazing.

[cetcar]

I bet baby wearing costumes are pretty cute! I never end up wanting to spend the money on costumes.....hoping the simplicity of this years idea will feel more doable.

[bexincanada]

So when Is was in her looong witching hour phase, H would calm her by holding her stomach down across her forearm. We used to call her our baby koala and wanted to dress H. as a tree and Is as a koala for halloween. She'll be too big though at 5 months.