Infant Check-In - 3/17/15

[ClassyMrsA]

Age:


Milestones:


Challenges:


Funny/cute stories:


How are you?


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day?

[meagpt22]

Age:
4.75 months


Milestones:
Consistently eating baby oatmeal every evening
While semi reclined comes up to sitting
When she's ready to get out of exersaucer she now lifts her hands up


Challenges:
Constipation still. Without prune juice she has no BM or very hard small BM. When I called doctors for suggestions they were less than helpful. Said babies can go 5 days without a BM and can cry with BM when not constipated. And suggested switching to the formula we already use. Even when I explained this isn't her norm they kind of blew me off. So frustrating bc I know she's in a lot of pain and discomfort.



Funny/cute stories:
We get pictures from daycare and she's always trying to hold hands with other babies in her class..it's so cute.



How are you?
Good. Can't complain. The extra daylight helps make the evenings feel so stressful.

QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day?

Nope! This was my month for partying years ago...times sure have changed..and I love it!

[docamy]

Age: Just a few days shy of 1 year old!


Milestones: Pointing at what he wants, listening when I tell him to do small things, and climbing into his bit toy truck.


Challenges: Still eating but it's getting much better.


Funny/cute stories: He had his 1 year photo shoot today and of course he had a total melt down with his cake. Not really funny at the time but I know looking back it will be. Kind of a "it's my party and I will cry if I want to" deal. Oh well it made for some cute pics.


How are you? Not so great. My anxiety has been really bad this week. We are having issues with my MIL and with big man turning one, I guess it's been a little much. Things are definitely better with DH so that's a plus.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? Nope, we had Eli's photo shoot and DH is working night shift. Currently watching The Purge Anarchy cause big man's asleep!

[happyin14]

I haven't been around a lot lately - an update below! Sorry about that. I should be around more now.


Age: 4.5 months


Milestones: we are super close on a couple, but not there yet!

Loss milestone: MH and I started a foundation in honor of our son. We are officially launched. 501(c)(3) status and all. We threw our first fundraiser/benefit two weeks ago. It was so much work but I am so happy with how it went! Now I have a bit more time on my hands...


Challenges: Things have actually been going well lately!


Funny/cute stories: nothing specific comes to mind. He's laughing a lot. Nothing makes him happier than grabbing his feet and rolling side to side.


How are you? Good. The benefit was really healing for Mh and I. My whole family, actually.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? Not really. I made ham and cabbage for dinner. And took a bunch of photos of C wearing the same St. Patty's Day onesie as Jack wore 4 years ago. And did a side by side of the two brothers.... It's my first "sibling photo".

[eliz77]

Age: 3.5 months

Milestones: Rolling onto sides and close to sitting up! LO is also beginning to grab onto and study his toys with a bit more purpose. Everything goes into his mouth, so I wonder is teething is around the corner.

Challenges: Daytime naps are hard. He STTN, so not complaining, but when he's home with H, he will cat nap and wake up very fussy, so that stresses H out, feels like he's doing something wrong. I work weekends.

Funny/cute stories: Nothing specific...I love getting him to laugh he has such a deep belly laugh! Lately changing is fun because blowing on his belly and having toes kissed are his new favorite things!

Me: Doing good...very glad spring is around the corner and hopefully will jump start my weight loss/get fit plan...ugh...why is it so hard?! I WANT to want to exercise...I wish there was a Soul Cycle class nearby!

QOTW: I cooked and had my parents and MIL over. Came out delicious! I cooked one in the slow cooker and one on stove. I prefer boiling on stove while H prefers slow cooker (adding Guinness makes it sweeter).I even made a cake from scratch! LO was very accommodating yesterday!

[peggels24]

Hello all - this is my first official check-in!

Age: 7 weeks


Milestones: She actually enjoys her playmat now. She held a rattle for the first time and shook it. She is able to pull her pacifier out of her mouth and she pushes her bottle towards her mouth now.


Challenges: Last night was the only real challenge - she wanted to be held and really didn't sleep too well. It wasn't awful but she's going to be exhausted today - hopefully she takes a long morning nap.


Funny/cute stories: She's a formula baby but last night when I was holding her, she managed to scoot herself down and across and started nuzzling my boob, then started sucking on my shirt. I finally gave her a pacifier and held her against my boob and she was content and fell asleep that way.


How are you? I'm tired and a little stressed because DH's brother is in town this week and they don't make plans in advance so I constantly feel like we are moving schedules and a week is a long time to do that - I'm very much a schedule person. I have work and appointments and I can't keep shuffling everything around because you don't think it's necessary to tell me what your plan is.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? DH went to the hockey game with his brother so I drove them in town and then DD and I went out to see my friends for one soda (they were hanging out at a local restaurant / bar) so that I could show her off Then DD and I went home and cuddled.

[peggels24]

meagpt22 Poor baby! I hope that the constipation clears up soon and it sucks when the doctors don’t listen to the person who knows the baby best.

docamy MIL issues are the worst!

happyin14 I’m glad the benefit went well – I am sure that it was a ton of work!

eliz77 Sounds like things are going well – that’s awesome. I was just cleared to exercise yesterday (no abs for another 2 weeks though) – I can’t wait to get back to the gym this weekend.

[yummmy]

Age: 9.5 months

Milestones: His third tooth came through on Saturday. He is so close to taking his first steps. He 'walks' while holding on to us all the time and creeps along everything. One of these days he is just going to let go and go.

Challenges: He was behind at his 9 month appointment for milestones. The pedi wanted to wait a month and reevaluate. We have been trying to work with him but he still isn't doing half of the things they say a 9 month should be. We go this Friday for the reevaluation. I already know we are going to leave with an EI eval appointemnt. I am trying to be ok with that, but am currently just feeling like a bad mom whose kid is behind

Funny/cute stories: Levi didn't want to go to bed last night, so he kept sitting up in his crib and then trying to pull up to standing. I went back in to his room to lay him down again and he was on his knees with his head poking out over the top of the crib, and when he saw me he got this look on his face like "I win! You came back". He was so proud of himself. I had everything I could do not to laugh at him and just lay him down and say night night time.

How are you? I am doing a little better. DH and I have been having a rough go of things lately and this week it came to a major head and I said "fine, then leave" I think that was his wake up call that I wasn't going to be putting up with his crap anymore, because we had a serious discussion until 2am and are now both actively working on making things better instead of being miserable. Hopefully this will be a turning point for us.

QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? Nope. Dressed Levi in a cute outfit, but that was it.

[yummmy]

meagpt22 - Constipation is the worst! Hope she feels better soon!
docamy - Hope the pictures come out cute, and you can look back at laugh at how the session went!
happyin14 - Congrats on the benefit! That is a huge project. Glad it helped you and DH.
eliz77 - WOW! You were busy and productive yesterday. I am lucky a lot of days if I have the energy to put a pizza and fries in the oven. A cake from scratch?!?! I want to come to your house for dinner!
peggels24 - Sorry about all the schedule changes. I definitely understand how frustrating that is, I am a planner and DH isn't, drives me nuts. Hope you are having some fun this week!

[meagpt22]

yummmy if your son is close to walking at 9.5 then he is ahead on that milestone! It's not an all or none..so if he's doing most of those milestones then I wouldn't worry too much about the ones he's not doing. So basically you are not a bad mother at all..and I'm glad you and DH are trying to get through a rough patch. Parenting is hard and it's easy to start to resent each other (DH and I struggle with this at times).
eliz77 DD is also a terrible napper but STTN...on nights that she doesn't she's then a great napper. I feel like they can't be both..so I always pick STTN haha.
happyin14-that must have been such a cute picture.
peggels24- emma did that once after she'd been on formula for several weeks except she did it to my BIL.

[peggels24]

yummmy,I'm glad that you and DH talked and are trying to work through it. DH and I made each other miserable for a couple of years about 5 years into our marriage - it was awful. We worked through it though and I'm so happy that we did.

[2redtulips]

Age:
7 months




Milestones:
Nothing new, really, but he's sitting up alone for much longer periods now and he's holding his own bottle really well.




Challenges:
This week has been pretty good. He had bad gas after he tried chickpeas for the first time and it took him two hours to fall asleep as a result - sigh. I think we'll be skipping those for awhile.




Funny/cute stories:
We met some people for lunch yesterday, and there was a big mirror in the lobby of the restaurant. He caught sight of himself and started laughing. He does that a lot at home, but he was more animated this time. It was cute.




How are you?
Good. Still trying to focus on work. Balance is hard!




QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? We just went out to lunch and wore green.

[2redtulips]

Mar 17, 2015 20:30:31 GMT -5 meagpt22 said:

Challenges:
Constipation still. Without prune juice she has no BM or very hard small BM. When I called doctors for suggestions they were less than helpful. Said babies can go 5 days without a BM and can cry with BM when not constipated. And suggested switching to the formula we already use. Even when I explained this isn't her norm they kind of blew me off. So frustrating bc I know she's in a lot of pain and discomfort.

Our pediatrician said all the "P" foods help: peaches, prunes, pears... (that is if you're offering fruits and veggies yet)

[2redtulips]

yummmy, You are a good mom! Each kid is different and they all hit milestones at different times. I see people post about their babies rolling over at 3-4 months, and my R. didn't roll over until 6 months.

Also, I am sorry things are rough with your DH. It's hard with a baby. Mega hugs and good wishes that you guys can reconnect. (Unsolicited tip: My DH and I chose a marriage book to go through together. We read from it together each Monday night and then talk about what we read. It's been really wonderful for helping us talk about things when we're not in the middle of an argument, and I think it's bringing us closer together again.)

[MoreThanSparrows]

Age: 7 weeks


Milestones: he's so much more alert during the days, and he's smiling a lot, and trying to mimic sounds we make. He also "talks" to us when he's in a good mood.


Challenges: sleep... still not sleeping through the night, which is ok, but then
at couple days he's only been sleeping in 2 or 3 hour stretches, where he used to give me 4 or 5, so that's been hard.


Funny/cute stories: so, he's usually on an every other day BM schedule. We'll yesterday it had been 2 days without one. I got up from bed yesterday morning to go potty, and asked DH to hold him for me. Not 10 seconds after he's with daddy, he had one!!! DH thought it was hilarious that he made our baby poop!


How are you? Exhausted, but that seems to be becoming the new norm around here. I started my new exercise program Monday, and so far, so good. I'm very sore, but at least I know it's working and building muscle to eliminate the fat.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? We did absolutely nothing! My older boys are on Spring Break this week, and I didn't bother making sure anyone had green on.... we went for a morning run/bike ride, and then lounged around the house all day.

[meagpt22]

My daughters office redeemed themselves. They had a formula rep in their office and afterwards called me to recommend a formula to try. And the rep left me 2 samples to try...fingers crossed it helps. Of course it's more expensive but if it makes her comfy and no screaming then it's worth it.

2redtulips haven't started fruits and veggies yet but planning to start sooner rather than later with the p foods to further help things. We just started oatmeal (skipped rice cereal) so getting her used to that then moving to purées. Making some today.

[ClassyMrsA]

Hey ladies! Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. We had a bit of an adventure today and we didn't get back home until about 45 minutes ago. Hopefully next week when DH is back at work I can reply in a bit more of a timely fashion.
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meagpt22 I'm glad the formula rep had an idea of how to help. I hope the new formula and soon p foods will help her constipation quickly!

MoreThanSparrows I know the sleep stuff is frustrating, especially when they sleep less than before. Lillian did that when she went from sleeping 6 hours a night to waking up every 2 again. I hear it does get better eventually! On the bright side, the smiles and little sounds they make are so adorable and always make all my frustration melt away.

2redtulips Sitting for longer periods and holding a bottle are awesome accomplishments. Sorry the chickpeas caused such bad gas!

yummmy I agree that being almost to walking before 10 months is pretty ahead of the game for that milestone. Every baby is different and you are certainly not a bad mom at all if there are things he isn't doing yet. I'm glad that you and your H are working on things. Hopefully things will smooth back out for you guys.

peggels24 How exciting that she is holding and shaking things! That is so sweet that she fell asleep against you with her pacifier like that.

eliz77 We wondered about teething when Lillian started chewing on everything at 3 months. I could feel a ridge forming on her gums so we were even more suspicious. One of our pedis pointed out a white spot where a tooth was starting to come in, so we got confirmation that way. It's so hard to tell since they chew on things for other reasons, too. Your St. Patrick's day dinner sounds amazing!

happyin14 That is wonderful that things have been going so well. I'm glad that the benefit went well and that it was healing for you and your family.

docamy Happy early birthday to your LO!! How exciting! I bet those pictures will turn out pretty cute even if he did have a bit of a melt down. I'm sorry your anxiety has been so bad. I hope that it is replaced with some peace soon. Good to hear things are better with your H, though.

[ClassyMrsA]

Age: 4.75 months


Milestones: Banging things, sitting up straighter and for longer, randomly sleeping for 6-8 hour stretches (OMG!!), getting herself into crawling position, pulling herself around more, can almost float on her back in the pool.


Challenges: What I assume is fussing from teething pain and wanting to nurse every 1.5-2 hours again. Also, still sleep to some degree. She is waking up less and sometimes even STTN, but she does so by sleeping on her stomach. We know that since she has really good head control and can roll both ways that it's ok for her to choose to do that, but we have a hard time sleeping when she has her face straight down in the mattress. We've talked about getting a Snuza, but so far are just waking up every 1.5-2 hours to check on her. Ugh. Why is sleep so anxiety producing?


Funny/cute stories: We took her on a walk to see the bluebonnets that are growing in one of the yards in our neighborhood over the weekend. DH took her out of the stroller and was holding her so I could take a picture of her with the bluebonnets behind her. She thought they were very interesting and I got a really cute picture of her reaching out to grab the flowers.

ETA: here is my favorite of her bluebonnet pictures.



How are you?I'm alright. DH has Spring Break this week and it's been really nice having him home. We've been pretty busy doing things together, but it's all been pretty relaxing. We are also starting the process to buy a house this week and we found a school for Lillian for the fall that we both really like. One bad thing though. I burned my ankle with boiling water while cooking last night so that was fun. Not. It hurt really bad all night and now I have a pretty crazy looking blister. It's actually not too big (about the size of a nickle) which is lucky considering I spilled half a pot of boiling water over the side of the stove.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? We sort of did. We all wore green and I made green funfetti cupcakes for dessert last night.

[KayVeeKay]

Age: 4 months


Milestones: She has decided rolling over is fun and does it all the time now. If I pull her into a sitting position and try to see if she'll support herself with her upper arms, she smile and dive into tummy time. It's adorable. She has also started eating her toes.

Challenges: The biting while nursing is getting worse. She's gotten to the point where she'll start just barely chomping down and then slowly escalates to biting down hard. She gets offended when I end the nursing session, but goes right back to doing it every time now. Suggestions are welcome.


Funny/cute stories: We were eating out over the weekend and DH was holding her after I finished nursing her. He started to take a drink of beer and she put her hand on the glass and leaned toward it. Parents of the year.


How are you? Today was a good day. I seem to be back on course with the depression again. DH is back, too, so that helps.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day?
We dressed LO up, but that's about it.

[ClassyMrsA]

KayVeeKay I'm sorry the biting is getting worse. I have no advice, but I hope it stop soon. The beer thing is funny. Lillian reaches for DH's beer glass too and she likes to chew on the bottom edge of the glass. We think she likes that it is cold and hard, but still probably looks weird.

[doglover31]

Sorry I'm so late to this! We were flying back home all day on Tuesday. And just now getting back into our routine

Age: 6 months!


Milestones: Trying to crawl, he can get up on all fours but then just falls over. He has also started grabbing onto our shirts or necklaces and pulling himself up to a standing position when sitting on our laps. We are going to have a mobile baby soon!


Challenges: Sleep, like always. And I think he is starting the teething process. He was up every 2 hours on the dot last night. And has been chewing on me when he nurses...ouch!


Funny/cute stories: Yesterday while DS was nursing he started chewing on me which hurt. I said ouch really loud, he popped off, looked at me, then started crying. It was cute, but I felt mean at the same time. I had to comfort him to make him feel better.


How are you? I am doing great. Tired from traveling, but I had a great time with DH and DS.


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day?
We were flying all day

[peggels24]

2redtulips Boo to gassy chickpeas! The mirror thing is so adorable.
MoreThanSparrows DD reverted to only a couple of hours sleep too – what the heck? Ugh – I need to start exercising.
ClassyMrsA Thank you for running this check-in! Love the picture.
KayVeeKay Toes and beer – dinner of champions! 
doglover31 The thought of a mobile baby scares the heck out of me! Good luck!

[MoreThanSparrows]

peggels24,I got a whopping 3.5 hours of sleep last night... ugh... If you friend me on Facebook, I can add you to the Bikini Body Mommy Challenge group I made for some other Jan 15 moms. We just started Monday, so you could just jump right in. PM me if you want to join us!

[mmheartspb]

Age: 10 weeks


Milestones: holding her rattle and links. So close to giggling


Challenges: she had a couple good days after her wonder week and now we are really fussy. Drooling, chewing on hands occasionally, hates being put down to sleep, wants to be held constantly... I'm not sure if she might be starting to get teeth in. She does have a little cold so maybe that is it. Green poop is gross.


Funny/cute stories: She loves her poodle. When she is crying Allie comes up and gives her kisses and she stops. She loves to smile and coo at her. She started reaching for her this week. So sweet. Allie is her bestie.


How are you? I'm tired. My hubby is getting surgery on the 31st and I'm stressing out about being a single mom for a week. He can't lift anything for 10 days. It's going to be so hard


QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? We didn't do anything just watched glee on Netflix which Olivia loves! We sing and dance to it

[racegurl87]

Age: 3w yesterday

Milestones: She's finally over her birth weight!

Challenges: Gaining weight is still a struggle and we're having to supplement with formula after I BF her

Funny/cute stories: Our pup loves to lick DD, especially when she's crying. I think that Nymeria hopes licking DD will calm her down.

How are you? Tired, but I'm not expecting that to go away soon. Physically I'm doing okay though... I wish the weather was nice so we could go on walks outside.

QOTW: Are you doing anything special for St. Patrick's Day? We didn't do anything special. I'm not a huge fan personally