7/18 Baby Check In

[housecarder]

With the recent boom I need baby updates!

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: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity?

[housecarder]

1. Age this week? 5 weeks old Wednesday

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? They slept really well last night.

3. Challenges?
H struggles with soothing Finn so I feel like I'm always on baby duty.

4. How are the adults doing?
Tired. H is ready to go back to work and have time away from newborns.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share?
From the wedding on Saturday


QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity?
If I was kid free I would nap. I love sleeping with the sound of rain. With the kids we try to get out and walk the mall or something.

[acorn99]

1. Age this week? She will be one month old on the 23rd

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We are getting the occasional random smile. She's a very snuggly baby. She also prefers to sleep without a swaddle, which is good and bad. She doesn't have really bad startle reflex so it is kinda nice to not have to worry about it.

3. Challenges? Sleep is tough. She doesn't give us more than 3 hours stretches still, and she prefers to sleep on my chest. I can occasionally get her to sleep next to me or in her swing. But on the plus side, she has been better about going back to sleep after eating, just assuming she is someplace of her choosing.

4. How are the adults doing? Tired. I have felt very emotional the last couple of days, but I am trying to keep it together.

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

QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? Laying on the couch reading.

[glaze]

1. Age this week? 3 weeks on Wednesday.

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Has been a lot more alert during awake time!

3. Challenges? Still eating every 2hrs during the night. Was hoping for some longer stretches. She's got a cold now too.

4. How are the adults doing? Tired. Also going a little stir crazy because the weather hasn't been the greatest.

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

QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? Watching movies.

[cabbagecabbage]

Jul 18, 2016 8:15:41 GMT -5 housecarder said:

With the recent boom I need baby updates!

1. Age this week? 1 Day!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? I had a great labor and pushed him out in 6 contractions!

3. Challenges? He didn't want to eat all night last night and I got worried but he's a hungry peanut now!

4. How are the adults doing? Good. Dad slept well. I got about 3 hours.

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

QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? Nothing better than a good book and some coffee. Since that never happens anymore, I like to take DD 6o this indoor playground where we have a membership.

[comicSans]

1. Age this week? 4 days 😊

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We came home yesterday.

3. Challenges? Baby likes to eat really often at night and sleep a all day.

4. How are the adults doing? We've only just begun...It's already hard for me to not overdue it. Doing my best to sit on my bum and let h and mil do everything but feed the boy.

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


QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity?
If it were just me coffee, movies, books, knitting or crocheting. With DD we work on puzzles, paint, and do sensory activities.

[jenn83]

1. Age this week? 2 weeks on Friday

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? She has been more awake this week and we have been getting out and about. DH didn't really take anytime off of work because he has missed so much with everything going on before Harper made her arrival. I have mastered giving her a bath by myself and go on errands! It's the small things

3. Challenges? Seems like she is going through a growth spurt - always wanting to nurse, overall fussing

4. How are the adults doing? Doing pretty good. She is pretty good at sleeping at night and just waking up to eat. Hopefully it stays that way. I forgot how much nursing takes the energy out of you and how starving I am all the time.

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



QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? Sleeping in and binge watching my shows

[jenn83]

cabbagecabbage He's adorable!!!

[lostinfaith225]

Age this week? 2 weeks on Wednesday tear!!!!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We took a family trip to the park over the weekend and had a picnic!

3. Challenges? Dd has lost some weight. Dr wants us to wake her every 3 to 4 hours to eat. It is also challenging spending time between the 2 kids. I have mom guilt.

4. How are the adults doing? Hanging in. Tired, but managing.

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

QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? Sleeping or reading

[Susan0utLoud]

1. Age this week? 3 weeks tomorrow! Time is flying by!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We went out for lunch to Red Robin. Our first time out to eat as a family of 4. It was fun, we followed it up with a trip to ds's favorite park.

Dd is sleeping more towards 4 hour stretches... Yay!

3. Challenges? Toddler and newborn is tough. I feel like it will be a little easier once I'm more healed from the CS so I can keep up with ds easier. Right now he runs circles around me!

4. How are the adults doing? I'm doing well physically and sleeping enough to be functional. Dh is struggling with sleep (light sleeper) and working from home. It's hard with me and baby home all day.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share

QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? I live in Rain City (Seattle), so there's not really rainy vs non rainy actives. If we waited to do things because of rain, we'd never do anything. Lol. For really bad weather days, I like catching up on the dvr, cooking.

[katelou]

1. Age this week? 3 days!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We made it home. Nursing is going well. Last night she gave me a couple 2-3 hour stretches of sleep, which is way better than DD1 gave me at this age. Her first pedi appointment is tomorrow, I'm hopeful she's gaining weight.

3. Challenges? Postpartum recovery is hard I'm in much better shape than I was after DD1 but it's still tough. Plus, because my body always has to be weird, I had this insane allergic reaction to the adhesive dressing they used on my back for the epidural. My entire back has a raised, beet-red rash that is horribly itchy.

My 4 y/o is the biggest challenge though. OMG HELP.

4. How are the adults doing? We're OK. I feel horrible Mommy Guilt saying this, but I'd be great if I could outsource DD1 for a while. I just want to lay around in my pajamas and snuggle my newborn.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? This was about an hour after she was born.



QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity?

[rungirlrun]

Too many to tag individually, but I love these updates and pics! And hang in there with the struggles.

[lostinfaith225]

katelou

I also had an allergic reaction to the epi tape for both this baby and ds. It was awful!!!!

[mugster]

1. Age: Roar will be 3 weeks on Thursday.

2. Achievements: We had one night with some four hour stretches between feedings. Roar is over birth weight and spending more time with his eyes open.

3. Challenges: the lactation consultant thinks I might have thrush and that Roar might have a tongue tie.

4. I have a migraine and I'm exhausted.

5.

QOTW: I like cuddling on the couch and watching a movie or crafting or reading.

[housecarder]

katelou can a family member or your H take her out for a bit? I think we are going to send DS to grandma's for a night soon.
mugster all my sister's kids had tongue ties. It's a pretty easy fix.

We had their one month appointment today and Evie is 9lbs 5oz and Finn is 8lbs even. Growing like crazy!

[jewelsofthenile]

1. Age this week? 3 days

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We are home now. So figuring out how being a family of four works.

3. Challenges? Just fully engorged and waiting for my body to stop making milk for 6 babies.

4. How are the adults doing? My husband is helping a lot with dd. So currently managing okay.

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

QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity?
Movies

[madamewaffles]

1. Age this week? 1 month on Thursday' 4 weeks tomorrow!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? I got a half smile while playing with him today!! So cute.

3. Challenges? BF changes daily. Some days are great, others are awful. Can't wait for regularity. I got him to fall asleep next to me on my bed this morning. Amaze.

4. How are the adults doing? Better than last week. Sleep still tough, but it is the new normal. I might explode if I ever get more than 3 hours at a time ever again.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share?
I got a sneak peek at his NB pics

**PDQ**



QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity? Book, movies, blankets, and soup!

[rungirlrun]

jewelsofthenile, omg with my son, you would have thought I was Octomom with the amount of milk I was producing. Hope your body gets adjusted soon!

[tikoberry99]

1. Age this week? 1 week today!

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week?

Nothing but happy moments!

3. Challenges? Breastfeeding is difficult since Maddox doesn't have a good latch and I have flat nipples. So far I'm pumping every 2 hours and trying to latch him multiple times a day.

4. How are the adults doing? Really well. I had a freak out, crying moment when our neighbors wanted to visit, but I didn't want visitors. My dh handled the situation and told them we would see them in a few weeks. No other crying!

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



QOTW: It's storming here today. What's your favorite rainy day activity?

Watching movies on the couch!