New Baby Check-In 2/9

[ls2012]

So many new babies this week! Congratulations and hugs to all  

Baby Age/ Weeks Postpartum:

How Are You Feeling:

Baby Highlights:

Struggles:

Goals For The Day/Week:

Pics (optional, of course):

[musicallyinclined]

Baby Age/ Weeks Postpartum: 8 days

How Are You Feeling: over all, pretty good. Still some tenderness, probably because I haven't been follow my lifting restrictions. I just can't stop picking up DS1. He's already feeling a touch displaced.

Baby Highlights: nursing better, though his latch it pretty shallow. I think it'll improve as he gets bigger

Struggles: shallow latch and mastitis.... again

Goals For The Day/Week: maybe a nap?

Pics (optional, of course):

[musicallyinclined]

Update: napped for about 20 minutes. DS1 has decided making a very loud screeching noise is the only activity he is interested in.

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Baby Age/ Weeks Postpartum: 13 days

How Are You Feeling: Really good. Cleared at my incision check and since no longer taking any pain mess can drive again!

Baby Highlights: Crabby babies last few days as we contrhis growth spurt. Hopefully they get over this tomorrow/Saturday. 2 week Pedi visit tomorrow.

Struggles: Night time. Between my incision soreness and Neither baby liking the RnP DH and I have been sleeping in recliners in the basement. I wish they would sleep more than 20 minutes before crying.

Goals For The Day/Week: see above. During the day my mom and I try to put babies into their RnP's so they tolerate them better.

Pics (optional, of course):

[musicallyinclined]

@jacks605 DS2 hates his bassinet. I keep saying I'm going to put him in it during the day so he gets used to it, but I never do.
So he sleeps on my chest most of the time....

[ellabee]

Baby Age/ Weeks Postpartum: 4weeks 5days

How Are You Feeling: Decent.

Baby Highlights: B hit 9lbs, so weight gain has been awesome! Every couple of days he'll also give me a 4hr stretch, so that's nice.

Struggles: Toddler be toddlering. I can't tell if it's normal 2.5-3yr old antics or acting out because of the baby. At any rate, I now look forward to the weekdays when DD goes into daycare. The random times when DH isn't home and I have 2...oh boy is it challenging.

Goals For The Day/Week: Try to follow more of an EASY schedule and have B nap less on me.

Pics (optional, of course):

[allisong87]

I'm a little late this week...

Baby Age/ Weeks Postpartum: 3w4d

How Are You Feeling: Phyiscally - great! I've been down to just slight spotting and I have a couple pounds until I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight! Mentally- exhausted and just overwhelmed with everything that's been going on with N. My anxiety is so terrible that I went to the doctor to discuss getting back on some kind of medication. Zoloft it is...

Baby Highlights: N is doing wonderful. Since we brought him home from the NICU Monday, he's gained 7oz and is now 5lbs 13oz. The visiting nurse will be here tomorrow morning for a weight check so I can't wait to find out what he's at now. He's also an inch taller from birth.

Struggles: I say this every week but our main struggle is just getting his cord taken care of. It's been so mentally exhausting for my H and I.

Goals For The Day/Week: Surviving with both kids while my H goes back to work. This shall be interesting...

[beachdreamer]

Baby Age/ Weeks Postpartum: 4.5 weeks

How Are You Feeling: T.I.R.E.D. Otherwise pretty good. My incision site reminds me when I've done too much. I'm anxious for my 6 week appointment to be released for exercise...hoping the activity can help with my energy level, not really worried about the pounds yet. I have started picking up DS1 because I couldn't really avoid it any longer. That has really helped his attitude improve again.

Baby Highlights: M is doing really well. He weighed in at 6 lbs 5.5 oz at the pediatrician on Monday! He is also up to 19.5" . He still is pretty sleepy but we are starting to see more awake periods. He's pretty alert when that happens too. Oh, and the kid has some cheeks now! I'm so used to skinny kids, the cheeks amaze me.  . ETA -- I can't remember if I shared, but M came home on 1/27.  Ironically the date we would have most likely been discharged had I made it to the original csection date.  

Struggles: Feeding/pumping/nursing...trying to find time for it all. It would be so much easier if I could just nurse. My milk supply has always sucked, or at least I don't respond well to the pump. M latches right on but I think he still has a bit of a weak suck (he leaks a lot from the mouth when he's taking the bottle). So yeah, breastfeeding and pumping could be going a lot better.

Goals For The Day/Week: Get in with a lactation consultant who can actually help.

[beachdreamer]

HeyMrsPotter, I can't remember where you are but in general, RSV is pretty bad right now. That virus seems like a bad cold in older people but can be really hard on the little ones. It's sooo hard to stay sheltered but in the end very worth it. I think it's great your pediatrician gave you the heads up about that!