Infant check in 2/23

[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!



megrae12 – Boy, Superman, 02/24/16 - Happy Birthday to Superman tomorrow!!
mshandlebar – Girl, L, 02/24/16 - I can't believe she is ONE tomorrow!!  Happy birthday L!!  


LavishPeach – Boy, J, 03/01/16 - less than a week... can you believe it??
lindy04aggie – B/G twins, Aiden and Riley, 03/01/16 - Denial.... total denial. 
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: I can't think of anything this week... so give me a random.  

[lindy04aggie]

1. Age this week? T-minus 5 days... I still can't believe it!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Riley stood on her own and took her first step!!! Although DH claims she just fell. I'm calling it her first step. Both kiddos are walking behind the toy walker now. They're getting so big!

Also... we had their one year pics taken this week. Cuteness overload. If I had time to post them all here I would... but I'll just have to pick my favs.

3. Challenges? Aiden is home from daycare today. He had a 100.3 temp last night and it was 100.4 this morning. No sense in taking him to daycare just to get him sent home. My MIL came over and is staying with him. I really think it's just teething... his top two are bulging under his gums.

4. How are the adults doing? Good! We are so much more sane since they go to bed early now. They were both fed and asleep in their cribs before 8pm last night. That's TWO whole hours of adult relaxing time!! My parents are keeping them this weekend and I'm looking forward to getting some stuff done and getting to do some fun stuff!

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Seriously... I hope you can handle the level of cute...



QOTW: I can't think of anything this week... so give me a random. DH and I booked our hotel room in San Diego... now we are just hoping that we get tickets to Comic Con this summer! #bucketlist

[daydreamsam]

1. 11 months. Eleven. Months. I can't believe it.

2. Achievements/happy moments: C is walking with her sit to stand and walks holding onto our hands. It happened really fast. Dh put her on it and she fell once and hasn't looked back. She knows she can get places faster by crawling though so if she really wants to move, she plops down and crawls

3. Challenges: a molar. On her right side. It's pushing through the skin (hasn't broken through yet) and is making my little munchie miserable.

4. Adults: we are well. I'm PMS-y but dh is pretty good at cutting me some slack this time of the month.

5. Yes! Here she is, standing in her box fort!

[daydreamsam]

lindy04aggie, jelly! Comic Con will be so fun!

[shananagins]

lindy04aggie, Those pictures are amazing! So glad you're getting some time in the evenings!
daydreamsam, Love this picture! I hope the molar gets it's shit together and breaks through soon. Poor girl

1. Age this week? He was 10 months last week. Hard to believe I'm starting to plan his birthday party. Yikes.

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Our cat has decided MB doesn't totally suck. They actually started playing together this week. I wish I had gotten video. He'll throw a ball into the kitchen and she'll bat it around like a lunatic and eventually bat it back to him for him to throw it again. It's a pretty awesome truce. 

3. Challenges? Sleep and diaper changes. He's been waking up in the middle of the night, which isn't his normal. Usually he yells, finds his pacifier, and goes back to sleep. A few days he's woken up and screamed bloody murder. As for diaper changes, he has decided he's deeply offended that we put fresh diapers on him. Plus, he's a goddamn acrobat haha. So it's a bit of a workout!

4. How are the adults doing? For the love of puppies, I finally had my appointment this morning. I was given a prescription for an anti-anxiety medication and she assures me that this should significantly decrease my panic attacks, and should help with my day to day anxiety. Super hoping she's right.

QOTW: Random: I started sewing this month. My Mimi was crazy talented--made all of her grandchildren's costumes and dress up clothes, made us dolls and doll clothes. She loved it. By the time I was old enough to learn, she was too arthritic to teach me. So I took a class earlier this month in her honor. I've made a pillowcase and three sort of crooked minky blankets so far. My life goal is to learn to do pattern sewing by the time MB is in Kindergarten. Would love to be able to make costumes for him, and also for my classroom Pretend Play center. But for now, we'll work on the straight lines...

[megrae12]

Omg, my last check-in! I'm gonna have ONE year old tomorrow. I just can't.

@mrshandlebar Happy birthday to L tomorrow! I will never forget her birthday, haha.

1. He will be one tomorrow.

2. Y'all be is trying to climb things. It is both amazing and terrifying.

3. He had started scream crying when he doesn't get his way. It's God awful.

4. Adults are ok. I applied for a job and got sick to my stomach after because I'm not ready to go back to work. H still doesn't really know anything about his job. I guess we are in a holding pattern.

QOTW: Superman got a Mickey mouse for his bday. I'm pretty sure it has replaced all the things in his life. He freaking loves that thing.

He loved his smash cake!

[supermorena]

Happy Thursday everyone... Almost there!

LO is 10.5mos! How is my name so high up on that list? So crazy! He is just so much fun and I love him to pieces!
He figured out how to lift the flaps in books and it's making my teacher mommy heart swoon! Hehe. He's also pulling up (on me) and I swear he'll crawl any day, but he gets where he wants to go by rolling. Oh and he loves to shriek now! So fun at restaurants. Haha.
Biggest challenge is diaper changes. He is not a fan and quite the acrobat.
Hubby and I are good, nothing new. Starting to think about TTCA though... Are we crazy?

Random: I discovered a new library that has the cutest baby/toddler room and I'm ridiculously excited to take LO. Hopefully this weekend.

[peaseblossom55]

May I be added?

Girl, E born 10/25/16

[lindy04aggie]

Feb 23, 2017 23:32:14 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

May I be added?

Girl, E born 10/25/16

peaseblossom55 - you bet!  Jump right in!  

[peaseblossom55]

1. E is 17 weeks she will be 4 months tomorrow.

2. She is smiling at us so much more now.

3. Dealing with reflux

4. Doing good

5. I don't yet!

[shananagins]

peaseblossom55, Welcome! Those baby smiles are the best!

supermorena, I hear you on the diaper changes! MB can pull some impressive evasive yoga poses to get away from me!

[westiemom]

Thanks Lindy!

1. 10 months

2. She's getting way more mobile and starting to explore more!

3. The tantrums! She is just really not enjoying being told no lately. I'm scared for our toddler years!

4. We are good! We leave town Wednesday for 3 nights without DD. I'm excited!

QOTW: I'm about to go to the vet because my dog has a swollen eye. 😢

[tikoberry99]

Hello ladies!!

M is 7 months and huge!

He started saying "dads" last week and I'm a little jelly even though I know he isn't associating this word with Dh. He's also trying to pull up but can only get himself onto his knees.

He's been screaming at the top of his lungs when he cries which has been challenging, especially since we always go to him right away when he cries. I'm hoping this is teething related!

I'm not doing well physically. My lower back and shoulders are killing me and I just started getting knee pain when I go up and down stairs. My elbows are also swollen and hurting. I feel like I'm freaking 80 yrs old! I think the back and knees are from my huge baby! He's over 25 lbs for sure and I think the elbow pain is from shoveling a lot of heavy, wet snow.

[remylove1011]

Good morning!

1. 6 months today (where has the time gone!)

2. All about eating her feet this week. It's pretty funny. She's also getting more vocal. Loves to scream and everything makes her snort laugh. Also she's seriously the happiest kid ever. Just totally chill and smiley.

3. Tummy time is tough now. She so prefers to sit up, but really needs to be on her tummy. It's a battle. I end up having to be super entertaining to get her to even stay for 5 minutes.

4. Ok. I know I've said this a bunch, but we need to work on reconnecting at some point here. Everything is about baby girl right now.

Here's some mangos in the hair.

[disneykate]

1. 7 months

2. Emma is doing better with solids. She eats pureed foods two to three times a day. The latest additions are carrots and plums.

DH took her for her follow-up flu shot on Friday and she handled it like a champ. Only cried for a few seconds.

3. She has been struggling to poop lately, straining and sometimes crying. She went a few days without pooping but made up for it with four poopy diapers today.

4. Adults are good. We are visiting my in-laws this weekend and going out bowling tonight with his siblings while his parents watch Emma.

5. Emma got her first haircut today. Her hair was starting to get in her eyes and she had a mullet for a while now

[MellyKnu]

shananagins, my cousin made Ro a minky lovey and she said that fabric is the biggest pain in the ass to work with, so don't be too hard on yourself about it!

[shananagins]

Feb 26, 2017 1:05:40 GMT -5 MellyKnu said:

shananagins, my cousin made Ro a minky lovey and she said that fabric is the biggest pain in the ass to work with, so don't be too hard on yourself about it!

Thanks! I swear to you, it was like trying to sew water 😂 But it's just so nice and soft, I couldn't resist trying!

[supermorena]

shananagins My mom is an amazing seamstress and I regret not learning from her when I was younger. Now she lives across the country. A few summers ago I decided to learn and it was so fun! Such a concrete feeling of accomplishment (which I really needed at the time). Give a pillowcase a try... They're super easy and give you a reason to practice your straight lines.

[murrt]

Hi lindy04aggie ,

Sorry I sucked at checking in the past couple weeks. Can you add me back in?

1. Age this week? 4 months and 3 weeks

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? She's getting so much more personality! She yells if we are talking on our phones when holding her, loves the itsy bitsy spider and peeka boo, smiles at everyone more, and is very particular about needing to sleep in her crib in a dark room. She's also started swim class and is kind of meh about it, but I think it's cute!

3. Challenges? The fact that she needs to sleep in her crib. I have basically two hours to feed her and get out the door to do anything and then be back home before meltdowns needing naps. I'm a slave to the schedule.

4. How are the adults doing? We're good except I'm now trying to figure out how the heck I'm going to go to Paris and leave this baby for almost a week in May! I'm also having a hard time balancing taking care of her , trying to find a job, and keeping up with my TCF peeps.

5. Got a cute pic from this week? I'll be right back!



QOTW: I can't think of anything this week... so give me a random. DH and I are going to Paris on May for my 40th bday!

[lindy04aggie]

murrt - what's her birthday?

[murrt]

Feb 28, 2017 9:25:41 GMT -5 lindy04aggie said:

murrt - what's her birthday?

October 3, 2016