Infant check in 1/26

[lindy04aggie]

This check in is for all SAIFers with an infant 4-12 months. If you’re new to SAIF or the check in, just join right in and please tag me so I can add you!



nikiswimr – Girl, E, 01/26/16 - Happy birthday baby girl!!!
shytimes – Girl, E, late Jan. 16 - what day is her birthday?

emmuffy – Girl, 02/12/16
dominicandreamer – Girl, L, 02/13/16
kristip – Boy, Jackson, 02/14/16
meggo – Boy, N, 02/20/16
megrae12 – Boy, Superman, 02/24/16
mshandlebar – Girl, L, 02/24/16

LavishPeach – Boy, J, 03/01/16
lindy04aggie – B/G twins, Aiden and Riley, 03/01/16
daydreamsam – Girl, C, 03/21/16

supermorena – Boy, 04/08/16
shananagins – Boy, 04/13/16
westiemom – Girl, 04/20/16

wanderlust – Girl, L, 05/31/16

@diordra – Girl, HQ, 06/18/16
madamewaffles – Boy, 06/21/16
tumbleweed – Boy, 06/16

oceanhutt – Girl, Madeline, 07/04/16
disneykate – Girl, Emma, 07/19/16
tikoberry99 – Boy, 07/22/16

bocaburger – B/G twins, M & G, 08/10/16
@remylove – Girl, 08/25/16
blueinred – Boy, N, 08/28/16

calindi – Girl, Charlie, 11/14/16

Check in:

1. Age this week?

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week?

3. Challenges?

4. How are the adults doing?

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share?

QOTW: Favorite fast food?

[lindy04aggie]

1. Age this week? 10 3/4 months

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? The babies and I made it through vacation! DH and I had some nice relaxing time and the babies did well away from us for 5 days. They slept great for my ILs! Aiden started crawling (yay!) and Riley cut her first tooth while we were gone!

3. Challenges? Keeping the schedule. We worked so hard on getting to where we weren't feeding the babies every couple of hours. Now that we're on the daycare schedule, we're back to that. I mean, it's great that they're finally eating the daycare food that they pay for anyway... but it's so often! LOL. I'm really griping about nothing. At least they will eat pretty much anything I give them.

4. How are the adults doing? Great! The vacation was a nice break.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Dressed up for daycare class pictures


QOTW: Favorite fast food? Whataburger. HANDS DOWN.

[shytimes]

lindy04aggie Oh my gosh, those pictures are so incredibly great!

BabyShy's bday happened .... AND .... she's 1! So, I'm going to take my toddling toddler and her infrequently posting mother over to the toddler check in. Can't wait to see everyone over there.

Shy

[megrae12]

Happy late bday, baby Shy!!!

1. 11 months. I can't even

2. He obeys simple commands!! I tell to go get good cup and he gets it. I'm pretty stoked about it.

3. He woke up this morning with a 102 fever and has been on antibiotics for a week. Cue my wtf is happening call to his doc. One visit later and they have no idea what is going on. We have to watch him for worsening symptoms. Meanwhile, he woke up from his nap with an almost 103 temp. I'm legit concerned. I just want to know what going on when all tests came back normal.

4. See above.

QOTW: I love chick fil a.

[westiemom]

Thanks lindy04aggie!

Quick check-in here because we are moving today. I'm taking a pump break! DD is 9 months and doing well. She is social and happy most of the time. Moving is our only challenge. Everything is taking way longer than anticipated so I'm trying to figure out what we will do tonight.

[wanderlust]

Hi ladies! It has been far too long since I checked in with you all. Life gets in the way but I'm going to try to check in more often!


Check in:

1. Age this week? 7 months, will be 8 months next week on 1/31!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Girl really wants to crawl! She does that thing where she rocks back and forth on all fours. Exciting stuff! And scary at the same time that she'll be more mobile soon.

3. Challenges? She has 2 bottom teeth which is great but not so awesome for my nips. She sure loves to bite (& the reaction she gets when she does).

4. How are the adults doing? We are good! Tomorrow we'll be taking her on her first flight (2 hrs, heading to Phoenix to visit my SIL) ...so we're a bit nervous about that!

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share?




QOTW: Favorite fast food? Oh man, I have a few of these unfortunately! My favorite would probably be the Mexican pizza at Taco Bell.

[meggo]

nikiswimr Happy Birthday to E!! I hope she had a great day yesterday!
lindy04aggie Thanks for the check in! I'm glad you enjoyed vacation and the babies did well! Yay for crawling A!! Your babies are so adorable. I love their eyes. 
shytimes Happy Birthday to Baby Shy! I hope she enjoyed her party!
megrae12 I'm so sorry Superman is sick. I hope he feels better soon.
@diordra Good luck with sleep training! I used to love Taco Bell too, but I haven't had it in years. 
westiemom I hope the move went well!
Welcome back wanderlust ! Good luck with your flight today!

1. Age this week?
A little over 11 months!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week?
He can climb the stairs really well! Thank goodness for baby gates He had a PT appointment yesterday and she thinks he's doing really well. He still leans his head to the left a little, but she thinks it'll straighten out fully when he starts walking. Based on his progress, she thinks he'll start walking in a couple months. 

3. Challenges?
Sleep and food, as usual. He did try egg yolk for the first time this week and likes it!

4. How are the adults doing?
Okay. I'm in need of a mental health/me day.


QOTW: Favorite fast food?
There's this chicken place here called Bojangles. So. good. 

[megrae12]

meggo Bojangles is amazeballs!!

[meggo]

Jan 27, 2017 9:44:49 GMT -5 megrae12 said:

meggo Bojangles is amazeballs!!

It is!!! Best chicken tenders I've ever had! We didn't have it in OH, so I didn't discover the deliciousness until I moved to NC.

[megrae12]

Jan 27, 2017 9:47:55 GMT -5 meggo said:

Jan 27, 2017 9:44:49 GMT -5 megrae12 said:

meggo Bojangles is amazeballs!!

It is!!! Best chicken tenders I've ever had! We didn't have it in OH, so I didn't discover the deliciousness until I moved to NC.

I think it's just a southern franchise. So freaking good tho!

[eponine1007]

Can I come play, lindy04aggie?

1. Baby girl is 18 weeks old this week!

2. We gave her her first big girl bath in her whale tub (she was using a puj) and she loves it!!! We sprayed her with some bath squirt toys and she erupted in giggles! It was so cute!

3. She's starting to get more distracted while feeding at the breast. But sometimes it's so damn cute. She'll just stop eating, start looking up at me and babbling. I love it!

4. Adults are okay. I wish I had more time to do things like clean, work out and sometimes even shower, but it's alright....

5.Of course I do!

QOTW: I love me some chick fil a!

[eponine1007]

I can't believe little L is almost 8 months wanderlust! And look at all that beautiful hair!!!

Happy birthday, Shy Baby!!!

Hope your little one gets better soon, megrae12! Sick babies are no fun!

[eponine1007]

Jan 27, 2017 9:47:55 GMT -5 meggo said:

Jan 27, 2017 9:44:49 GMT -5 megrae12 said:

meggo Bojangles is amazeballs!!

It is!!! Best chicken tenders I've ever had! We didn't have it in OH, so I didn't discover the deliciousness until I moved to NC.

You know, I've lived in the south my entire life and have still never been to Bojangles! I've heard their biscuits are off the chain..

[megrae12]

Jan 28, 2017 21:58:17 GMT -5 eponine1007 said:

Jan 27, 2017 9:47:55 GMT -5 meggo said:

It is!!! Best chicken tenders I've ever had! We didn't have it in OH, so I didn't discover the deliciousness until I moved to NC.

You know, I've lived in the south my entire life and have still never been to Bojangles! I've heard their biscuits are off the chain..

Get thee to a bojangles!!! You will not regret it!

[nikiswimr]

Jan 28, 2017 21:58:17 GMT -5 eponine1007 said:

Jan 27, 2017 9:47:55 GMT -5 meggo said:

It is!!! Best chicken tenders I've ever had! We didn't have it in OH, so I didn't discover the deliciousness until I moved to NC.

You know, I've lived in the south my entire life and have still never been to Bojangles! I've heard their biscuits are off the chain..

I lived in NC for 6 years and never once went either. Now I'm wanting a biscuit!

[eponine1007]

Jan 29, 2017 19:57:04 GMT -5 nikiswimr said:

Jan 28, 2017 21:58:17 GMT -5 eponine1007 said:

You know, I've lived in the south my entire life and have still never been to Bojangles! I've heard their biscuits are off the chain..

I lived in NC for 6 years and never once went either. Now I'm wanting a biscuit!

Duuuuude.... Butter biscuits sound GREAT right now!

[nikiswimr]

Well, I have a one year old, so it's time for me to move to the toddler check-in (sob)! Thank you for all the birthday wishes, we've had so much fun celebrating our sweet girl!

A birthday pic for fun

[remylove1011]

1. 5 months!!

2. DD has now been sleeping through the night for 2 weeks! Its glorious! DD is loving this eating thing. So far she loves the veggies and is really unsure of the fruits. She made the best faces while eating apples.

3. Naps aren't great. She takes like 4 30 minute naps. I wish she'd take some longer ones, but I'm not sure how to get her there.

4. Doing ok. Need to work on getting more done around the house. It's a mess.

5.

[disneykate]

Happy first birthday to your little girls shytimes and nikiswimr!!

1. 6.25 months

2. Emma is eating more solid foods. In addition to rice cereal, she has now had bananas, avocados, and sweet potato. I thought the bananas might have constipated her, but she just had another poopy diaper. These solid food poops are no joke!

3. She was diagnosed with bronchiolitis at her 6 month checkup last Monday. We have been giving her nebulizer treatments this week. Then tonight she started puking. She puked all over herself and me in the middle of a breastfeeding session in the living room. Then puked a little more when we tried to give her a nebulizer before bed. Then I gave her a bath and tried feeding her on the other side. It seemed to go okay until I sat her up afterwards and she puked it all up. At least she still seems happy despite the puking.

4. We are okay right now. I was super excited to finally go to the hairdresser for the first time since Emma was born. I chopped off a lot of hair so I now have sort bob.

5. Emma and I getting ready

QOTW: taco bell gordita crunch and McDonald's French fries

[lindy04aggie]

Jan 29, 2017 21:00:48 GMT -5 remylove1011 said:

1. 5 months!!

2. DD has now been sleeping through the night for 2 weeks! Its glorious! DD is loving this eating thing. So far she loves the veggies and is really unsure of the fruits. She made the best faces while eating apples.

3. Naps aren't great. She takes like 4 30 minute naps. I wish she'd take some longer ones, but I'm not sure how to get her there.

4. Doing ok. Need to work on getting more done around the house. It's a mess.

paging daydreamsam... care to explain your awesome nap schedule?

[daydreamsam]

Jan 30, 2017 8:37:55 GMT -5 lindy04aggie said:

Jan 29, 2017 21:00:48 GMT -5 remylove1011 said:

1. 5 months!!

2. DD has now been sleeping through the night for 2 weeks! Its glorious! DD is loving this eating thing. So far she loves the veggies and is really unsure of the fruits. She made the best faces while eating apples.

3. Naps aren't great. She takes like 4 30 minute naps. I wish she'd take some longer ones, but I'm not sure how to get her there.

4. Doing ok. Need to work on getting more done around the house. It's a mess.

paging daydreamsam... care to explain your awesome nap schedule?

Yes! remylove1011 we were in nap and night sleep hell forever and finally I started reading articles about sleeping and realized C needed more wake time. We had just been putting her down when she seemed tired, about every two hours, but she'd only catnap and she was up every two hours all night long. I read about the; 2, 3, 4 schedule and we tried it and C started sleeping through the night. She also sleeps for at least 1.5 hours per nap. It's very easy, first nap, 2 hours after waking. Second nap, 3 hours after waking from first nap and bed time 4 hours after waking from second nap. Like I said, she sleeps a minimum of an hour and a half for each nap and wakes once or none at night now. It is amazing. We started it at 7.5 months but would have started earlier because I was miserable for a couple months there. Transitioning is a little tough, there's some entertaining that needs to be done to stretch to the three hours midday but once they get used to it, it's easy. Since you're currently at 4 naps, you might want to modify it and go to three naps first but it's up to you.

[bocaburger]

Sorry I'm late!

1. Age this week? 5.5 months

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Oatmeal (M loved it) and peas (G loves it)

3. Challenges? I'm really struggling. I don't know if it's just the months of sleep deprivation catching up, or life stress, or a touch of PPD... but today was particularly rough.

4. How are the adults doing? Not great. See above

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Tons. I'll come back with one.

QOTW: Favorite fast food? FRENCH FRIES

[emmuffy]

J is 11.5 months - she's almost one! She has started to really show affection and to give hugs (to her blankie, her stuffed animals, and to us). It's super cute. Unfortunately she has pinkeye right now so I have to keep her home from daycare tomorrow. We are looking forward to a family vacation in a few weeks to Florida. We will actually be there for her birthday staying with my parents, who are having an extended visit to try out the snowbird lifestyle.

[madamewaffles]

Hai everyone! Baby A is 7.25 months this week. We are going through hardcore teething right now--he's got a little nub of a tooth peeking through, wish it'd just pop all the way already! But hes miraculously slept pretty well (knock on wood), save for a pretty consistent 3:00am wake up that nursing takes care of pretty well. Pulling up on things and trying to crawl are his current hobbies/frustrations. The adults are doing alright. We hit a snag this week but talking and communicating needs has helped.

QOTW: McD's french fries and Taco Bell crunchwraps

[blueinred]

Such adorable kids.
Baby N is just over 5 months old.
He seems to enjoy eating solid foods, especially squash, applesauce and PB. He's less thrilled with avocado but did not spit it out. It do adorablevseek g him open his mouth in anticipation of food.

Now that he has really mastered rolling, diaper changes are a real challenge. The music box I used for DD doesn't work because he listens while he rolls. He seems to live practicing yoga moves during changes. so just have to be very quick and use one hand on his body. I can already tell that he is a much more physical baby than DD.

DH and I are doing well together but are both having a really, really hard time with what's happening to our country. I have real anxiety about the US moving closer and closer to a dictatorship and fear for the future of the planet. It is the worst angst I've ever felt, even more painful and dispiriting than IF.

I really don't eat fast food and haven't in at least 10 years. Occasionally I'll go to Panera with coworkers and have soup and salad.

[murrt]

Hi all,

Can I join lindy04aggie

Check in:

1. Age this week? 4 months (18 weeks)

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week?
She's rolling over from belly to back a bunch now. I'm pretty sure it's because she hates tummy time so much and is telling me "yeah, keep trying that tummy time stuff Mommy. I'm not doing it!" She's also giggling a lot more which is too damn cute.

3. Challenges?
She won't really nap anywhere but her crib now, and noises wake her which shocks me because the sound machiene is super loud.

Another challenge is the weather. I'm hating how cold it is and how much of a pain it is to get out with her for a walk or really anything. She's on the 4 hour easy schedule now so I basically have two hours to feed her and do whatever before tired crying starts.

Any recommendations?

4. How are the adults doing?
Doing good. I'm going to try to plan a getaway with DH for our big birthdays coming up. Also planning to getaway with baby in September for a week. Also started looking for a job but I think I need to write out what I want first because I don't seem to want to apply anywhere

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? I'll be back

QOTW: Favorite fast food?
Chipotle burritos

[lindy04aggie]

murrt - sure thing! I'm about to post this week's check in, so you might want to copy and paste there


ETA: what is your LO's birthday?