6-12 month check-in 03/27

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How old is baby?

How often are you nursing? Solids?

How are nights?

How is pumping/nursing going?

Q/rants/cute stories:

GTKY: What are you looking forward to?

[LadyNymeria]

How old is baby? almost 6 1/2 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? 3-4 times the days I go into the office, 7-9 times the rest of the week. Still just small amounts of baby food fruits once in a while. I'll also let him suck on pieces of my food for a bit. I learned he really likes bread & butter pickles that way.

How are nights? After a couple of weeks of STTN they got bad again. He wouldn't go down in his crib so we started a combo of pu/pd and shush-pat and while it took an hour to get him to fall asleep, he then STTN. The past 2 nights he stayed down on his own again - STTN 2 nights ago and only 1 wake-up at 5am last night so hopefully we're back to better sleep.

How is pumping/nursing going? I have been keeping up with him pumping and he seems like he's suddenly getting really efficient nursing so things are good.

Q/rants/cute stories: I tend to nurse him while I eat dinner and lately he's been reaching for my food while continuing to nurse.

GTKY: What are you looking forward to? Not this upcoming weekend, but the one after we have a dinner planned with my BFF, her husband, and their kids. We've known each other since we were 2 and ended up having boys a month apart. Haven't had a chance to see her in a couple months so I'm really excited.

[westiemom]

DD is 11 months and 1 week

We have been nursing 5-6 times a day but I'm trying to drop to 4-5 times. She's on to me though. 😉 solids : 3 meals and some snacks.

Nights are usually good but last night was rough.

All is going well!

GTKY: I'm looking forward to DD's first birthday party!

[Deleted]

How old is baby? 10 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? 4-5 times during the day and off and on all night long. Solids 2-3 times a day plus random snacks.

How are nights? Getting better!

How is pumping/nursing going? Pretty well.

Q/rants/cute stories:My let down has become really painful lately. Not sure what's up with it, but I'm not a fan.

GTKY: What are you looking forward to? Her birthday! The inlaws are flying out for the party so it should be a lot of fun!

[melody330]

How old is baby? 8 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? Work days he's nursing 4x, weekends it's on demand- maybe 6? Solids are anywhere from 2-3x a day, sometimes he will take bites of what we are eating throughout the day too. Kids loves food.

How are nights? Terrible. I can't even talk about it anymore. He's up every 2 hours.

How is pumping/nursing going? Pumping is the same- barely keeping up. Nursing is fine. He's breaking 3 more teeth so his latch is wonky if he's being lazy.

Q/rants/cute stories: he went through a biting phase last two weeks or so. It was miserable. He hasn't done it in a while though!

GTKY: What are you looking forward to? I just joined a new gym with awesome classes. I'm super excited about getting my body back and feeling more like myself. I've been nursing for almost 3 years straight and I just feel like I lost a lot of autonomy in the process. I still will let B self wean, but I need to make myself more of a priority.

[manybellsdown]

How old is baby? 9.5 months

How often are you nursing? Solids? No change here. Our routine is going strong.

How are nights? Not complaining. Please stay healthy, baby!

How is pumping/nursing going? Well. Pumping is becoming a bit more even, so that's nice. I'm running a race this weekend, followed by lunch with friends, and will be gone from him for several hours. Do not look forward to pumping while out and about.

Q/rants/cute stories: Everything is cute right now (in a rainbows and butterflies mood apparently)

GTKY: What are you looking forward to? Moving. I really want to move states, closer to family, sooner rather than later. I know it will be a ton of work but we're ready. Not knowing when all the ducks will be in a row to make this happen is making me a little edgy.