Parenting Check in June 6th

[karlamo]

It's Babypalooza up in here. Stringy, you're next!!

What's new parents?  Everyone ready for Summer??

[Stringy]

I better be next!

parenting right now involves lots of tv and snacks and trying to get someone else to parent. she keeps wanting to wear underwear and I'm not going to say no, but lets face it - she has no idea what that means. Which baffles me cuz she is on TOP of every other self-help type of activity and is a big PITA about diaper changes. Clearly this week doesn't need to be the week to make the change though.

Oh, and won't put on a pull up.

Whatever!

[karlamo]

Jun 6, 2016 10:48:40 GMT -5 Stringy said:

I better be next!

parenting right now involves lots of tv and snacks and trying to get someone else to parent. she keeps wanting to wear underwear and I'm not going to say no, but lets face it - she has no idea what that means. Which baffles me cuz she is on TOP of every other self-help type of activity and is a big PITA about diaper changes. Clearly this week doesn't need to be the week to make the change though.

Oh, and won't put on a pull up.

Whatever!

Clean up on aisle 5!

 This week is definitely not the week to do any major lifestyle changes.  But.....after 9 months of changing 2 kids diapers, I'm ready to PT the 9 month old. I think I'll have better luck with him than the 2.5 yo.

[bexincanada]

I am grateful for this thread because it will allow me to know when Monday is, and there's a handy date at the top and everything!!!

GP appointment this afternoon and I'm looking forward to/dreading the weigh-in. This monkey needs to start putting on some pounds, if she's gained since hospital on Thursday it will make me feel like a super-mom and re-energize me for all this feeding fiasco.

Cardiology clinic follow-up Thursday and I'm hoping they take her off the diuretic. So. much. poop. H. is in charge of that end but I do feel it will help her put on weight if everything isn't in and out so fast, but maybe that's just me.

Looking forward to being in this thread and learning from all you more experienced mamas.

[wittyandwaiting]

First off congratulations to the new mamas joining the group and those who are upgrading their membership by having a second!

Life here is pretty good. Things have calmed down quite a bit over the past two weeks. C has totally chilled out and is actually doing stuff which is awesome.

Baby O is such a busy, happy girl. She now rolls over from her tummy to her back during tummy time and pretty much sleeps through the night. Breast-feeding is going really well and will be introducing a bottle this week. I hate pumping.

DS is great, nothing new.

I am so looking forward to summer. C has time off every single week so so there are a ton of days whew all four of us will be home. Yay!

[cetcar]

All is good here! Waiting in the airport to board our plane home. Miss M fell asleep so she's taking a nap on me now. Operation bottle last week went well and before we left she was taking a bottle just fine. We're going to continue using them more often.

We had a nice weekend in the Seattle area. M met quite a few people and handled it well. We have noticed that when she is on and socializing for a while she will like some chill time after a while.

It was nice being able to spend the weekend with CET! She's been gone a bunch so this has been nice!

M is almost able to roll from back to front but hasn't made the final push needed to do it. Her shoulder seems to get on her way.

[calsurb]

DD turned 1 last week! Holy moly. That sure flew by. She got 4 shots at the Dr today and only cried the first minutes after. She's still toothless but I see those pearly whites just under there upper gum line.

Parenting wise, we're doing fine. Hoping to get her in some water this weekend!

[healz413]

All the babies are growing up so fast! I'm hardly ever on now that I'm back at work but I do like to pop in when I can and see what the news is.
Ellis is 9.5 months old. She has 5 teeth, very little hair, and a big personality. She loves crawling and pulling herself up and cruising. She loves people and lights up when she gets attention from strangers, aunties and uncles, etc.
She's too excited by life to drink her bottle (or boob, if I'm home) during the day so she's waking up twice at night to eat most nights. She loves solid food. We've been doing baby led weaning and she thinks eating is so much fun.

[kh826]

I was looking for the most recent parenting check-in so I could post a quick update... I am not sure if this is the right one. I'm sorry if it's not... I'm also sorry I have been so awful at keeping up and regularly checking in lately...

William is 2 and Lucie is 4.5 months.

William had a bday - yay! It was great. My family came and left. William got lots of presents and was totally spoiled. He refused to eat a cupcake, but ate his weight in pretzel bites, much to my dismay (not his usual diet).

Lucie is weaning from her harness. She has 10 more days of it just while she sleeps and then she is done. Her last hip ultrasound showed that her hip is now "normal." Yay! She is rolling from back to belly and vice versa. She likes to scoot all over the floor on her back by diffing her heels in and pushing herself backwards. Still no teeth, but soooooooo much drool.

Both kids had pedi appointments last week, and William is 98th %-tile for weight and 99th %-tile for height. Lucie is only 61st %-tile for weight, but also 99th %-tile for height. Everything else looked good. Next appointment will be for Lu's 6 month check-up. I can't believe it!!!

[bexincanada]

This is random, but does anyone have any suggestions for baby books that don't have pages with "father" written all over them? We're not really scrapbook-y people but want a pre-made baby book to stick photos, momentos, and notes in... but all we've seen have "all about father"-type pages.

[kona]

Maybe not what you are looking for but we did a shutterfly book. You can customize it that way. I know there have been recommendations here for what you talking about though.

[Stringy]

Jun 19, 2016 16:38:18 GMT -5 bexincanada said:

This is random, but does anyone have any suggestions for baby books that don't have pages with "father" written all over them? We're not really scrapbook-y people but want a pre-made baby book to stick photos, momentos, and notes in... but all we've seen have "all about father"-type pages.

We got one off etsy. Wasn't perfect but was good enough. We had threads on this on TB too sometime if you search.

[wittyandwaiting]

Jun 19, 2016 16:38:18 GMT -5 bexincanada said:

This is random, but does anyone have any suggestions for baby books that don't have pages with "father" written all over them? We're not really scrapbook-y people but want a pre-made baby book to stick photos, momentos, and notes in... but all we've seen have "all about father"-type pages.

We ordered one from Etsy. There are a ton there if you search 'lesbian baby books'. We ordered one from LoveLeafBooks and had a positive experience.

Sadly, no luck finding anything in store in the GTA.