Infant Check-In 9/27

[tkford216]

Happy Tuesday, ladies!

(If you've missed the last few weeks, I'm your new check-in leader since boxer's baby has graduated from infancy. Yay baby boxer!)



Age:

Milestones:

Challenges:

Funny/Cute stories:

How are you?

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both?

[hollyberry]

Thanks for the check in tkford216!

@enchanted, I can't even imagine the babies turning one. But i suppose it will come fast! Congrats on the first year! And way to go for those first steps little one!

Age: 9 weeks b/g twins

Milestones: baby girl is starting to chatter and coo a bit more.(baby boy has already been doing this for a while) baby boy is on the verge of real happy social smiles. Any day now I think.

Challenges: baby boy is going through a growth spurt and is sleeping quite a bit, but is also having gas issues because of the growth spurt and going from pooping all the time to less times a day, he is in pain. Poor little guy.

Funny/Cute stories: I may have one tomorrow the babies and I are meeting with other moms and their babies so I am interested in seeing how they behave around others.

How are you? Doing ok. A bit overwhelmed at times. Especially when I think about being without help during the day. I have this and next week then I am alone with the two for the whole day. It's going to be a wake up call for the babies too, who are used to bing in peoples arms quite a bit. And that makes mw feel a bit bad for them when I think of it.

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both?

I like squash soup, in fact I should try to make one soon!

I am not really a hot beverage drinker. But a mint flavoured hot chocolate is yummy. But its.maybe a bit more christmasy then fallish

[sarcaztic10]

Age: 2 months old today!!

Milestones: his head control is improving and we are getting more smiles and talking.

Challenges: getting a bedtime routine. S goes from content at night to crying inconsolably in a matter of minutes. It's a fine line between him being tired and ready to have a bath, massage, and bedtime and him just screaming through the whole thing.

Funny/Cute stories: I love his coos and smiles. He is so lazy during tummy time lately and has fallen asleep twice during it.

How are you? Doing ok. Dreading my return to work in 2.5 weeks. I have over 100 oz of Brest milk in the freezer that jam really hoping I don't have to use. I just really don't want my supply to tank. I will be able to pump 3x a day so hopefully I will just be able to pump enough for the next day st DC.

I have a lot of anxiety over my return to work...

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both? Soup hands down. I love soup on a chilly day. When I get my instant pot one of the first recipes I want to try is chili. I also love sausage and kale soup, potato soup, and vegetable soup.

[gratefulgirl]

Age: 7 weeks tomorrow

Milestones: she got into a mini pushup position (on her elbows during tummy time) on her own once, and she can hold it if you place her there. She was giggling in her sleep last week, but still waiting on real awake laughs with intent.

Challenges: sleep, ugh sleep. So she went 7-9 hours (!) after her bedtime feed last week when MIL was here. Last night she was up every 45 minutes or so. I'm suspecting over tiredness, but she's also a very gassy little girl at the peak of fussiness. I have not yet ruled out the possibility of MSPI in my own mind because she has mucous poop. However DD2 also had mucous poop and a strict elimination diet changed nothing about that, so I know mucous poop can just be a thing. Basically I find this age where my kids completely stop sleeping and I have no idea why to be really rough. 10 weeks and it should end - since mine don't stop newborn gassiness until 16 weeks :-P .

Funny/Cute stories: the giggling in the sleep thing

How are you? tired, stressed over the whole lack of sleep and fussies thing.

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both? I love soup. My favorite is probably loaded baked potato. I made corn and cheese chowder for dinner tonight, though! For a hot beverage I'd have to go with hot chocolate. Mmmmm....

[Smootiepie]

OMG THIS IS MY LAST CHECK-IN! Srynotsry for yelling, I srsly can't comprehend the fact that my BABY will be one on Friday.

It was toward the end of last week, but we finally have a first word and it's "uh oh." Except usually "uh uh" or "oh oh" and always after he's pushed something off the couch.

He got a stomach bug on Friday, then slept most of the day Saturday. DC claims he had loose BM yesterday, so really hoping that was just a fluke and not another bug.

I was holding him Saturday morning while he wasn't feeling well, and he fell asleep while drinking out of his sippy cup. I honestly feel bad for laughing at him when I saw it, but took a pic anyway

Emotional

QOTW: Give me all.the.soups. Potato is my all-time fav, but I make a pretty decent chicken noodle from scratch. And love me a Chai Tea Latte.

[tkford216]

7m 1w here.

He moves all over his room, but backwards and sideways, never forward, lol. He's finally rolling consistently back to belly both directions (still no interest in belly to back). He pulls himself up on me but not furniture or anything.

Naps and sleep have been hit or miss lately. It's either perfect or completely messed up, there is no inbetween. I think we have teething, mental leap, growth spurt, and the start of separation anxiety happening all at once.

I often put him in the door jumper while I shower. He's gotten pretty wild in that thing. A couple days ago when I peeked out to check on him, he was holding onto the door frame and his facial expression was like he had discovered the best thing ever.

Me, I'm good. I'm just a few days from being completely done pumping. My boobs are cooperating nicely and I'll be happy to have my body back to myself.

Omg I love soup, hence the question. Chicken noodle is always good of course, and cheesy baked potato. We also make chicken tortilla and green veggie minestrone often. As for beverages, I'm a huge hot chocolate fan as soon as the temperatures dip.

[tkford216]

Aaaand now we're rolling belly to back. I guess all I had to do was tell you all he couldn't do it, and bam.

[jenn83]

I've been slacking since I went back to work - must get better!!

Age: 12 weeks this week. Holy moly

Milestones: She talks all the time! It's so fun to just sit there and have full blown "conversations"

Challenges: Bedtime. She used to go down so easy after nursing and now I have to resort to the swing and pray like hell the transfer from swing to crib works.

Funny/Cute stories: All she wants to do is sit up. Every time we lay her in the bouncer/swing/car seat she swings her head forward trying to sit up. She has abs of steel! We got her a sit-me-up chair and she seems to love it so far.

How are you? Crazy. Work is incredibly busy because we are in turnaround. I am getting 3 pumping sessions in a day but I'm getting nervous about my supply. Today at daycare she had 12 oz before 1:30 and she had been having 12 oz all day at daycare. I only pumped 11.5 oz. I started taking fungeek so hopefully my body can keep up.

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both? Chili - I love chili in the winter!!

[tkford216]

@enchanted Only two more weeks?! That's nuts. I can totally picture your story - I love how babies get so proud of themselves and excited for new skills. (Also, thai chicken noodles sounds delicious - do you have a recipe you're willing to share?)

sarcaztic10 I hope you can find a good sleep routine. It took a while for us to figure out the timing and routine that worked best for him. It's a rough time, for sure.

Happy early *first* birthday to baby Smootiepie!

jenn83 The sit-me-up was the Best.Thing.Ever. I was so glad we bought it; it was like a whole new world opened up for him (he didn't like laying back in the swing or anything either).

[megrae12]

I thought I responded, but I guess it was all in my mind.

W just turned 7m/6m2d adjusted

Milestones: He gives me kisses! Especially since we are going through this leap 5, everytime I pick him he cups my face and plants a big wet one. Best. Thing. Ever. He is rocking up on his knees, so I suspect crawling will be in our future.

Challenges: He has texture issues when it comes to solids. If it is not the right consistency he will not eat it. It's kind of a PITA. Also, he is becoming more and more stubborn. He already knows his name and I've had to bust out the first and middle several times just to get his attention. I should not be using my mommy voice on him this young. Anyone want a spunky redheaded boy for the toddler years? I suspect I will need therapy to survive.

Me: I am....I dunno. I had to go to my doc last week. My BC options are extremely limited because of the cholestasis, I can only do progestin based. Well, turns out the pills give me massive migraine type headaches, so we discussed and the shot and iud would do basically the same. So I'm off BC. We talked about conceiving and I'm pretty much guaranteed to get cholestasis again and he thinks it will happen around the 20 week mark. Mine got out of hand with a quickness last time, so having it that early is very scary. I mean, it's not like H and I are having a ton of sex, BF has killed my sex drive, but I am torn about what to think/do with all this info. We got very blessed with a Superman preemie, I dunno if that will happen twice.

QOTW: Haha, chilly temps! It's still in the 90s down here altho the early morning aren't top terrible. I love potato soup, H makes an amazing homemade one that is to die for. I also love homemade chicken noodle. Give me all the mulled wine and hot chocolate.

[tkford216]

megrae12 this kid has texture issues with food too (though it's slowly getting better). I found if I mixed the unwanted textures with yogurt or oatmeal he ate it just fine. Have you tried that?

[megrae12]

Sept 28, 2016 9:56:11 GMT -5 tkford216 said:

megrae12 this kid has texture issues with food too (though it's slowly getting better). I found if I mixed the unwanted textures with yogurt or oatmeal he ate it just fine. Have you tried that?

I haven't tried it yet. I will have to look into it. He loves yogurt, no matter what kind.

[meagpt22]

Age: 1 month

Milestones: has given some 4-5 hour stretches between feelings at night, not consistent yet

Challenges:
Difficulty burping at night so ends up gassy. Sleeps but only when held.
Plus having a hard time telling when he's done eating vs sucking for comfort (will still gulp, but not as frequent). And when he over eats it causes issues with the silent reflux/gas.

Funny/Cute stories:
Has started to smile and track his sister. Love watching that.
How are you?
Good but tired.

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both?
Soup: broccoli cheddar soup
Beverage: hot chocolate

[taberbtb]

Age: 12 weeks

Milestones: So much "chatting". She's definitely making her preferences know these days!

Challenges: Naps and a "routine". DD2 naps well, but we are nowhere near regular nap times. Her day kind of revolves around DD1's schedule, and it's hard to catch her cues.

Funny/cute stories: Hmm, I can't think of any right now

How are you? I'm on the struggle bus a little bit this week. All three of us (the girls and myself) have been battling a little something and it's making this week hard.

QOTW: I love butternut squash soup!

[Deleted]

Age: 4mo

Milestones: teething!

Challenges: Still working on getting sleep. She hit the 4 month sleep regression, but I guess now is the best time. Lol. Possible trigger warning: I don't think I talked about it here, on the 16th I found Ridley blue and not breathing. I had to give her CPR and we stayed a night in the hospital. It was the most terrifying experience of my life. Most terrifying because had I taken a nap instead of a shower it would have been a case of SIDS. So I've not been able to relax enough to fall asleep in about two weeks now. Though I'm getting naps here and there, which helps.

Funny/Cute stories: She gave me a hickey! On my boob, she missed my nipple one night and I was too tired to realize it in time. Oh the glories of breastfeeding. Lol.

How are you? Tired.

QOTW: Fall is upon us, and it's getting cold. What's your favorite soup? Or hot beverage? Or both? Lentil soup! Can't wait to make some. And hot teas. I love getting a pot of hot water and just drinking cup after cup of hot teas.

[megrae12]

@led OMG! How scary!! I'm glad she is ok now.

[tkford216]

I remember you saying that in another thread, @led. So scary. It's so good you were at the right place at the right time.

[hollyberry]

So many hugs @led. Super scary indeed.

[taberbtb]

(((Hugs))) @led . I can't imagine how hard it must be to sleep now.

[Smootiepie]

So many ((hugs)) @led

[sarcaztic10]

Omg that is terrifying! Sending you so many (((hugs))) @led

[gratefulgirl]

((Hugs)) @led. I hope you can find a solution that helps you sleep soon! So glad all is well.