Infant Check-In 3/9

[disneykate]

This check in is for all SAIFers with an infant 4-12 months. If you’re new to SAIF or the check in, just join right in and please tag disneykate so I can add you!

daydreamsam – Girl, C, 03/21/16

supermorena – Boy, 04/08/16
shananagins – Boy, 04/13/16
westiemom – Girl, 04/20/16

wanderlust – Girl, L, 05/31/16

@diordra – Girl, HQ, 06/18/16
madamewaffles – Boy, 06/21/16
tumbleweed – Boy, 06/16

oceanhutt – Girl, Madeline, 07/04/16
tikoberry99 – Boy, M, 07/11/16
disneykate – Girl, Emma, 07/19/16

bocaburger – B/G twins, M & G, 08/10/16
remylove1011 – Girl, 08/25/16
blueinred – Boy, N, 08/28/16

wibblywobbly – Boy, 09/25/16
eponine1007 – Girl, Sally, 09/21/16

murrt – Girl, Baby Irish, 10/03/16
mg0202 – Boy, 10/06/16
peaseblossom55 – Girl, E, 10/25/16

calindi – Girl, Charlie, 11/14/16

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: Since I am so ready for spring to be here, what is your favorite flower?

[disneykate]

1. Age this week? 7.5 months

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? Emma has been talking a lot lately. I love when she makes the mamama sound. She has also started blowing raspberries and she makes a sound that reminds me of rolling your r's in Spanish that DH and I can't even make.

3. Challenges? We are working on the sippy cup. I had a sippy cup that I got as a gift but it said it was for 9 months+ and Emma couldn't suck hard enough yet to figure that one out. I bought another sippy cup yesterday that is for 4 months+ and she has been able to get the water out of that one but I have to hold it up to her mouth.

When I dropped her off at daycare on Tuesday she started bawling when I put her in one of the teacher's laps. Usually she is fine, so I hope we don't have separation anxiety starting. We will see how daycare drop-off this afternoon goes.

4. How are the adults doing? We are looking forward to being off from work next week. We are going with my MIL to visit DH's grandma and aunts. They live 5 hours away so we haven't seen them since Labor Day weekend.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Playing in a box!


QOTW: Since I am so ready for spring to be here, what is your favorite flower? My favorite is lilacs. Purple is my favorite color and I love the smell of lilacs also. I have a big lilac bush right off my back deck and I love to go take a big whiff once they start blooming in late April/early May.

[daydreamsam]

1. 11.1 months! I can't believe we are at the top of the list!

2. Her getting over this cold. And, she has started standing on her own!

3. Me getting the cold!

4. We are really good. We had a rough week last week but things are good this week.

5.

[tikoberry99]

disneykate thanks for the check in!

Omg my baby boy will be 8 months on Saturday!!! I just can't believe it.

He's starting to pull himself up and he can stand while leaning on something for a few seconds. He rolled from back to belly finally, even though I don't think this milestone counts any more lol! He started licking food before throwing it on the ground for the dogs. Fx he starts to eat it!

No real challenges in regards to M!

My parents offered to buy us a house in FL and we rejected this idea for a long time, but now we really would love to not have the expense of a mortgage so we are struggling with shipping the embryo which I really don't want to do, flying back to CA for lining check and transfer or not moving until January 2018 after the transfer.

Quote. I love daffodils!

[supermorena]

1. My baby is 11 months old this week! How is that even possible?!? It is so crazy that we are planning his b-day party.

2. It's just so fun watching him learnnew things and I love his sweet hugs. Plus I'm officially calling it that he says "mama" with meaning now!

3. Naps. So inconsistent. And eating kinda too. Fortunately he's still pretty much the most easy going baby ever.

4. Hubby was sick yesterday and it hit me like a truck this afternoon. I feel like I'm gonna die and he has to work and nobody else is able to help out tonight. Ugh. Oh and LO didn't nap AT ALL at daycare. Pray for me.

QOTW: Gerber daisies. Had them for our wedding. They're such a happy little flower.

[remylove1011]

1. 6.5 months.

2. DD has started to try to share her pacifier with us, which is the cutest thing ever. She's been so happy this past week despite being super sick.

3. She's been out if daycare this whole week due to norovirus. She only had the vomiting portion for a short period on Sunday (thank god!). And spent the rest of this week with terrible diarrhea and then a terrible diaper rash. Now everything is on the mend. Shes been waking up twice to eat at night and I'm hoping she goes back to STTN quickly. I fed her for this week because we were concerned about her getting dehydrated.

4. Rough week for parents. Traded off who was off work with her. So sleepy from eating more at night.

*poof*

Qotw: hydrangeas hands down. I'd love to try to grow some in our yard eventually.

[peaseblossom55]

Check in:
1. Age this week? E is 4 months old, 19 weeks
2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? She has this one toy she smiles every time she sees it.
3. Challenges? None really
4. How are the adults doing? Sad I have only 3 weeks left of leave and am working on finding a nanny ATM
5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? actually no I didn't take any. I tried to get some pics mid smile or giggle but couldn't.

QOTW: I love roses and peonies.

[eponine1007]

Thanks for the check-in, disneykate! Sorry about the daycare separation anxiety....

I can't believe you are nearly at the year mark, daydreamsam...

Boo for norovirus, remylove1011...

1. Age this week? 24 weeks! She will be six months on the 21st!

2. Achievements/happy moments this week? Sally is really learning how to use her voice and is constantly "talking" to us. It's so adorable!

3. Challenges? She is still on strike from the boob. Beginning to think that this nursing strike is permanent so we are still EP-ing. Unfortunately, she is rapidly going through our freezer stash and we are going to start supplementing soon. Thinking of mixing it to get her used to the taste. Anybody have any brand recommendations? She hasn't had formula since the hospital, so we are at a loss as to what to get. Paging wanderlust because I'm pretty sure she went through a similar situation...

4. How are the adults doing? Tired! Work is crazy these past couple weeks but should calm down soon. Also, we just signed a contract on a house! We are building so we can't wait to see it go up!!!

5. There's ALWAYS a cute picture to share!


QOTW: I have always loved tulips!

[daydreamsam]

eponine1007 right? It's unreal!

[murrt]

Hi everyone

eponine1007 I can't wait until Meghan starts "talking" more! So cute

1. 5.5 months

2. She's just so cute! She's trying to crawl and it's hilarious how frustrated she gets. She loves itsy bitsy spider and head shoulders knees and toes. She's rolling from belly to back a ton but not from back to belly yet. She sits up kinda but is still super wobbly and falls eventually. She also loves her rainforest Jumparoo

3. I think I'm going to get a job offer very soon which means daycare for baby. It's so sad. It also puts a new perspective on my trip to Paris. I definitely would not have planned to go away for nearly a week if I knew I'd be starting a job and spending so much time away from the baby.

Also, she is waking up a ton more by any sound upstairs. She has a sound machine on so I don't know how she's such a light sleeper.

4.