6-12 month check in - 2/6

[jewel441]

How old is baby?

How often are you nursing? Solids?

How are nights?

How is pumping/nursing going?

Q/rants/cute stories

GTKY: what is the last book you read? Any good?

[jewel441]

How old is baby? 11 months, where did the time go!

How often are you nursing? Solids? NOD 6-8 times a day, solids 3x

How are nights? Overall good, 7-7 with 1 wake up to eat around 3... teeth and sickness caused a week or so of bad nights but last night was much better so hopefully she is back on the sleep wagon! I am really hoping she drops the last night feeding on her own by a year but I guess we'll see.

How is pumping/nursing going? Great, no pumping here

Q/rants/cute stories LO has turned into such a nipple pincher. Lol. When she is done she loves to pop off and stare at the nipple and then give it a few squeezes!

GTKY: what is the last book you read? Any good? I just finished the glass sword (red queen book 2) it was pretty good...

[halfahippy]

How old is baby? 11 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? Nursing 7ish times a day. Solids for 3 meals and a snack

How are nights? Good. She pretty much might weaned herself. Now that both kids are sharing a room we sometimes have very early wake ups for the whole family. This morning we were all up at 5:30. But everyone was happy so there's that.

How is pumping/nursing going? She's turning into a little biter. I think it's because she's stuffy right now, but I'm over it. My pump output has also dropped to about 1.5 oz a day (I only pump one side first this in the morning). All of this just solidified my desire to be done at 12 months.

Q/rants/cute stories counting the days until I can wean some of the harder/more inconvenient nursing sessions. I think before bed will be the first to go. We barely have time between work and bedtime and she doesn't really care. She gets some bm in a cup already so I'll just start mixing a little wcm in with it in 3 weeks or so.

GTKY: what is the last book you read? Any good? I just finished the Blue Heron series by Kristin Higgins. Just little romance novels, nothing substantial. They were good though. They are about a family that live in a small town and own a winery.

[melody330]

How old is baby? 6.5 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? He nurses 6-8x during the day, 3-4 overnight.
Solids are going great. He shakes when he sees food and swipes/grabs at it. He's eating 2 ounces 2x/day. Sometimes I'll give him a banana in a mesh feeder and he goes to town.

How are nights? Horrible. He had croup about two weeks ago and his sleep never recovered. We are up at least 4 times.

How is pumping/nursing going? Pumping is going terribly. I'm working hard to get 9oz/day for him. Nursing is great. He gets a little lazy and impatient if letdown takes too long.

Q/rants/cute stories. My whole chest is scratched to hell. His fingernails are like tiny razors!

GTKY: what is the last book you read? Any good? Outlander. I was just swooning over Jaime and Claire. I need to pick up book #2. The first one was fantastic!

[westiemom]

DD is 9 months and 3 weeks.

Nursing is good! We have amped up a bit I think due to a new tooth coming in. It's been 6-7 times a day and 0-2 overnight. Solids 3x a day.

Nights are so much better!

All is well!

Question: she is refusing my right boob completely. I'm kind of letting it dry up. Is that a mistake? I can't stand the thought of pumping it for the next few months.

GTKY: A Court of Thornes and Roses. Soooo good!!!

[manybellsdown]

How old is baby? Almost 8 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? NOD on weekends, 3 bottles plus about 3 sessions per day on weeknights

How are nights? Great, thank you baby

How is pumping/nursing going? Oh, fine. I really dislike pumping. Also, if I could get fewer bites, that would be great.

Q/rants/cute stories. It's the best when he pops off and smiles and babbles at me. Swoon. It's the worst when he pops off and screams.

GTKY: what is the last book you read? Any good? Big Little Lies, in anticipation of the show! An addictive, entertaining read

[clbness]

How old is baby? 8.5 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? Nursing once before daycare and twice in the evening. 3 (5 oz) bottles of BM at daycare. 3 solid meals + a snack.

How are nights? Great! She sleeps from 8p-6a with 0-1 wake-ups per night to search for her wubbanub.

How is pumping/nursing going? Nursing is still great, despite a tooth coming in. Pumping at work sucks ass, as usual. I feel like I'm not responding to my pump as well as I used to (in my prime). *le sigh*

Q/rants/cute stories B pops off, stares at my nipple (and looks cross-eyed while doing so), points to it, "talks" to it, giggles and then latches back on. It's hilarious.

GTKY: what is the last book you read? Any good? Embarrassingly enough, I can't remember the last time I picked up a book. I need to get on that!

[jewel441]

@ismellbooks does your LO have a dairy sensitivity? I think you could use WCM to make the oatmeal at this point if you don't want to pump. Or even water.

[westiemom]

@ismellbooks I'm glad he's rebounding! It's so stressful worrying about their growth. Solidarity.