3-6 Month Check-in 10/17 ***New Leader Needed!***

[westiemom]

Is anyone interested in taking over the check-in? My DD is 6 months in 3 days!

How old is LO?

How is breastfeeding going?

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)?

How are nights?

Any teeth/signs of teething?

Questions/AW/Rant?

GTKY: What does fall look like where you live? Bonus pts for pics!

[westiemom]

How old is LO? 3 days shy of 6 months

How is breastfeeding going? Pretty good though she was super distracted over the weekend and didn't eat great.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? I think it's time to change parts of my cold is messing with my supply. Down a bit the past two days.

How are nights? Hit and miss. Last night was awful! There were a few days last week with one wake up. I have no idea what makes one night great and others rough.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Lots of chewing and drool!

Questions/AW/Rant?

GTKY: Fall doesn't really exist here. It's 90 degrees today!

[melody330]

My LO will be 3 months this week so I'll hang out here. I can take over the check in too! We post them every Monday right?

How old is LO? Juuuuuust about 3 months

How is breastfeeding going? Great! He is starting to get distracted while NIP and we had a spray problem at CHOP today while we were at PT. oops! And he's also doing this chomping/biting thing which sucks a lot.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? My pump is still in the box. I moved it to the closet so it's not staring at me. I don't go back to work until middle of December. Maybe one of these days I'll take it out.

How are nights? Horrible, terrible, excruciating most nights. He's still up every 1.5/2 hours all night long. There are random occurrences where he will sleep a good first stretch (7:30-midnight), but it's rare. I send H up armed with his paci but B just screams and cries for H.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Nope. Not looking forward to this part of nursing!

Questions/AW/Rant? We have been battling reflux and torticollis since he's been a few weeks old. He's going to PT and it's helping a lot. I just wish I could get him to stay asleep at night. I'm dying a slow death over here.

GTKY: well it's 90 degrees here today so that sucks. It's usually pretty chilly out by now.

[emmyg65]

melody330, is he on meds for the reflux? That might help with the wake ups.

[melody330]

Oct 17, 2016 19:16:44 GMT -5 emmyg65 said:

melody330, is he on meds for the reflux? That might help with the wake ups.

Yes, he is on ranitidine twice a day. The medicine helped so much. He went from sleeping 45 minute stretches to 1.5/2 hours with the occasional 4 HR stretch.

Both of my kids are terrible sleepers despite all our hard work to foster good habits. They both fall asleep easily and on their own, but neither kid can stay asleep. Thankfully my big kid can self soothe and put himself back down (2.5yrs), but LO isn't there yet and needs my help for now.

[jewelsofthenile]

Just gonna jump in here I havent done any checkin before just participated in my bmb. I also nursed my daughter until she was 18 months

How old is LO? 3 months as of saturday.

How is breastfeeding going? Good other than DS having cold so at night the last two nights he has spit up a large portion of night time feeds. I think it maybe his coughing fits are causing the huge spit ups.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Fine. I am doing 2 sessions getting about 16oz for the day he is only drinking 12ish at the daycare. So I am building a little stash.

How are nights? Mostly good. He likes to sleep long stretches 6-7 hrs+ right now very different than his sister.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Nope

Questions/AW/Rant? None right now.

GTKY: What does fall look like where you live? Bonus pts for pics! Here is a bad pic i took last week. The leaves are just starting to change.

[teraiin]

How old is LO? 5.5 months

How is breastfeeding going? Good

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Working on my small freezer stash

How are nights? Same old, same old 2ish wake ups

Any teeth/signs of teething? He's been miserable lately, gallons of drool, screaming when he bites down and yet always wanting to bite

Questions/AW/Rant? Weight check tomorrow. Fx for a healthy weight!

GTKY: What does fall look like where you live? Bonus pts for pics! Crisp cold air, changing leaves, pumpkins everywhere lol

[westiemom]

Thanks melody330 for taking over! It gets post every Monday.

[frecklesnbrains]

Hi!

My LO will be 5 months in 2 days.

Breastfeeding is going well, though we're definitely dealing with nursing distraction. He breaks his latch to flirt with me. I don't discourage this behavior as much as I should because it's so darn adorable.

Pumping sucks. Literally and figuratively. My LO eats 18oz of pumped milk per day and I feel like all I do is pump all day long. I keep thinking I'm going to give it up but I'm too darn stubborn.

Nights are good. We're one of the lucky ones who emerged from the other end of the 4 month sleep regression in good shape.

Teething? Maybe? Lots of drool and mucousy spit-up, but it's hard to know what that means.

I love fall in New England! Here's the maple outside my house yesterday:

[westiemom]

Oct 21, 2016 19:02:22 GMT -5 frecklesnbrains said:

Hi!

My LO will be 5 months in 2 days.

Breastfeeding is going well, though we're definitely dealing with nursing distraction. He breaks his latch to flirt with me. I don't discourage this behavior as much as I should because it's so darn adorable.

Pumping sucks. Literally and figuratively. My LO eats 18oz of pumped milk per day and I feel like all I do is pump all day long. I keep thinking I'm going to give it up but I'm too darn stubborn.

Nights are good. We're one of the lucky ones who emerged from the other end of the 4 month sleep regression in good shape.

Teething? Maybe? Lots of drool and mucousy spit-up, but it's hard to know what that means.

I love fall in New England! Here's the maple outside my house yesterday:

That's a beautiful pic!!