Fourth of July Baby Check in

[housecarder]

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: Does LO look like you or your SO? Or a mixture of both?

[housecarder]

Check in:

1. Age this week? 3 weeks on Wednesday which is their due date.

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week?
More alert this week. They've also surpassed their birth weights at their 2 week appointment.

3. Challenges? H struggles burping them and then they get upset tummies and fuss.

4. How are the adults doing? Tired.

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


QOTW: Does LO look like you or your SO? Or a mixture of both?
I see a mix of both and my older kids.

[acorn99]

1. Age this week? 11 days!!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Her umbilical cord fell off, thank goodness. It was getting awfully stanky. Otherwise, just generally enjoying newborn snuggles.

3. Challenges? Sleep is meh, as expected. She gets gassy and uncomfortable and when it hits motn, it sucks pretty hard.

4. How are the adults doing? I physically feel good. I am still struggling with J and how he is coping. He is having tons of afternoon and evening tantrums that really drain me and I haven't figured out how to help him get through it. I have been trying so hard to be patient, but he has been hitting me and the cats a lot and I am at a loss on how to get him to listen to me. H goes back to work tomorrow,so I will be doing nighttime solo during the week. Wish me luck.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Will have to do from desktop later.

QOTW: Does LO look like you or your SO? Or a mixture of both? She doesn't yet look much like either one of us, but I see a lot of my mom's side of the family in her.

[glaze]

1. Age this week? 1 week on Wednesday.

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Today is her due date! I still can't believe she came early.

3. Challenges? Keeping her safe from DD who just wants to smother her with love. She also has a very shallow latch.

4. How are the adults doing? Tired.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? I will upload one tomorrow if I have time.

QOTW: Does LO look like you or your SO? Or a mixture of both? A good mixture of both I think. My mom says she looks just like I did as a baby though.

[Susan0utLoud]

1. Age this week? 6 days old, today was her due date!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We've gotten 3 nights in a row with a couple of 3 hour stretches of sleep. Yay!

3. Challenges? Baby is healthy and doing great, I'm struggling with my decision not to breastfeed. I had a horrible experience with my first but had always said I would try when I had the second. I did try to do the initial feeding after birth and it brought back so many negative feelings. Add to that that she didn't really latch at all and I was a sobbing mess. I literally felt like I had gone back in time to the nursing experience I had with my first and I knew in my heart that it wasn't for me. I gave it one more try and the same feelings bubbled up and that made up my mind. We are formula feeding and logically I understand why I made that decision but I'm struggling with the emotions and feeling judged whenever anyone asks if I'm BF.

4. How are the adults doing? Other than the challenge mentioned above, really well I think. My incision is really painful but healing nicely.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Dh and baby girl!



QOTW: Does LO look like you or your SO? Or a mixture of both? A good mix of both I think.

[cavewmn]

Susan0utLoud The best thing you can do for your baby is feed her. Doesn't matter how.

[lovegrilledcheese]

1. 2 weeks tomorrow

2. Achievements/happy moments: We have had 3 nights the past week where she slept for four hours straight! Breast feeding is going very well.

3. Challenges? Cluster feedings around 8-11pm every night.

4. Adults doing? Tired but mostly trying to deal with my increasing anxiety.

QOTW: I think she looks like a mixture of both of us

[Susan0utLoud]

Jul 5, 2016 3:20:48 GMT -5 cavewmn said:

Susan0utLoud The best thing you can do for your baby is feed her. Doesn't matter how.

This is what I tell myself a thousand times a day

[madamewaffles]

1. Age this week? 2 weeks today

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Loving how much more alert he has become during his awake times. He loves to look around.

3. Challenges? This guy just hates being swaddled. I tried blankets, then Velcro swaddlers but no dice. He sleeps in his crib until he jolts his arms, which is about 5 minutes. So he is still sleeping in my or H's arms still. He doesn't really like the RNP either. I am wondering about getting a swing and seeing if that helps.

4. How are the adults doing? I am struggling a bit with anxiety and extended baby blues, I think. I attribute most of it to lack of sleep. I haven't been eating well due to lack of appetite and that makes me worry about my BM and hoping he is getting ample milk and nutrients from me. I spent my pregnancy being so worried about A's well being in utero that I didn't anticipate the huge, HUGE life change that would happen after he came. This is hard.

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

QOTW: Does LO look like you or your SO? Or a mixture of both? He def resembles MH but I see myself in him too. He has my chunky baby cheeks for sure.

[Susan0utLoud]

madamewaffles, maybe he's a candidate for the Zippity Zip. It's like a swaddle but not constricted.

[rungirlrun]

Susan0utLoud Do what's best for you. And even if you breastfed, people would find something else to make you feel guilty about.

[Susan0utLoud]

Jul 5, 2016 12:46:58 GMT -5 rungirlrun said:

@susan0utloud hugs. Do what's best for you. And even if you breastfed, people would find something else to make you feel guilty about.

Thank you! And that's so true.... There will always be something.

[rungirlrun]

madamewaffles my son was never really swaddled. We used the Velcro ones but left both arms out and his legs were pretty loose which worked great, and he slept fine in his crib from day one. Leaving his arms out might help him not startle himself.

And huge hugs with your anxiety and feeling overwhelmed. Take care of yourself. Baby blues is normal but don't hesitate to ask for help if it gets worse. Having a newborn is incredibly difficult. I remember getting so angry when all I received were congratulations and people talked about how happy and how much fun I must be having. Um no, I'm overwhelmed and tired and cranky - this is not fun. But every week gets a bit easier - hang in there!

[lostinfaith225]

madamewaffles

My son hated being swaddled with his arms in. We would swaddle him with small blankets or receiving blankets. He did ok. He also loved his swing.



Edited: swaddle him arms out!

[housecarder]

Susan0utLoud I feel you on the BF guilt. But I keep telling myself that my older kids are perfectly healthy having been on formula so the girls will be just fine being FF. Your DD is being fed, how is not important.
madamewaffles I'm sorry about your DS not sleeping. Finn is having some stomach issues and only is calm when held so I feel your pain. I remember the same thing with DD and how it really shook my idea of what it was going to be like to be a parent.

[mugster]

1. Age? One week today

2. Happy moments? Roar's arrival, figuring out breastfeeding, Roar gaining back a little weight, taking some photos, going for our first walk, trying our first cloth diaper.

3. Challenges? Surprise c-section, bitchy nurses, losing 10% of birth weight, Feeling like failures at breastfeeding when my milk hadn't come in and Roar stopped latching because he was so frustrated, and then screamed for 12 hours because he was hungry.

4. Adults? Exhausted. My pain is improving though, and we feel better now that Roar is eating.

5.

[housecarder]

mugster I'm sorry for your negative experience. The girls lost 12% & 13% of their birth weight too and I got super stressed about it and ugly cried when they wouldn't latch. But they are growing strong now so hopefully Roar does the same and you can relax some.

[housecarder]

And btw he is adorable and I love his fox hat!

[mugster]

Jul 7, 2016 18:57:41 GMT -5 housecarder said:

And btw he is adorable and I love his fox hat!

Well he is my little fall fox!!! We had to represent!

[madamewaffles]

Jul 7, 2016 18:57:15 GMT -5 housecarder said:

mugster I'm sorry for your negative experience. The girls lost 12% & 13% of their birth weight too and I got super stressed about it and ugly cried when they wouldn't latch. But they are growing strong now so hopefully Roar does the same and you can relax some.

+1! A lost 12% birth weight after 3 days and my milk took 4eva to come in and I cried lots when A struggled. Thinking milky thoughts for you and Roar. You've got this!