N is three months today. She's still in the RNP and we start her swaddled arms-in in a muslin swaddle but she breaks her arms out every night. She is in footie sleeper underneath. We keep the house 70 during the day and 68 at night. She's still in our room.
We're planning to move her to crib in her own room in the next three weeks.
She loves chewing on her hands but has only been able to get them in her own mouth in the past week. That's why she wants her arms out!
I'm breastfeeding and have been on Zoloft for PPD/PPA since she was six weeks old. Increased to 100mg a week later. She's fine and it helps. I was on a lower dose with DS and no ill effects on him.
I have 3.5 weeks left until I go back to work. Today I'm hoping to get a slow leak in my tire patched. Otherwise I need four new tires: the curse of AWD
Post by silvermelody on Apr 17, 2017 13:33:51 GMT -5
Also she has a decent amount of hair (so did DS) and no signs of teeth yet. DS got his first one between six and seven months, which was right after Easter coincidentally.
Ds had hair and got his first tooth at 4 months because he's an overachiever. Dd has the mohawk hair going.
+1 to cotton footie pjs under the sleep sack. Although fleece pjs have made an appearance once or twice this month. And last night it was so flipping hot I didn't put her anything.
Post by peaseblossom55 on Apr 17, 2017 14:07:54 GMT -5
The day is going so slooooooowly. I had my first sip of wine yesterday it was 1/4 of a glass but so good. So I'm pretty unhappy with my body image right now. I am trying to eat healthier and do crunches every night, and them MIL send me home with leftover cake from Easter yesterday...
My babe sleeps in her crib, in her own room. We started with that around 5 weeks and got lucky. We just stopped swaddling last Tuesday night, because MIL was babysitting and put her down unswaddled. Babe is 13 weeks old. She just sleeps in footie PJs, or un-footie PJs with socks.
We baptized A Catholic. It was important to me, and my H didn't put up a fight (not Catholic). His BFF and wife are the Godparents. We also had DD1 baptized when she was a squish, so this was probably just expected. They both wore the same white dress (I wouldn't call it a gown), from Marshall's, on sale for $11 ;-)
I hope you are coping as well as you can with the PPD and PAPA sans meds. And exclusively pumping? Fist bump to you. Great job.
carrots and rinny, add me to the club for having all the feels about last week of leave
Hi LovesMeSomeCake! Glad to hear your H is doing well. Sorry about the PPD/PPA though. My H sleeps in his crib in his own room (adjoined to ours with the for open), has done since we brought him home. He's been swaddled with arms out since birth but we're moving to sleep sacks now he rolls both ways. Just in time for the 4mo regression, not that he sleeps consistently yet anyway. Cotton footed pjs underneath.
heybulldog56, there's a butterfly exhibit at one of the zoos here so I think I'm going to take DS1 out of daycare one morning to visit. Queues at the weekends are too crazy but hopefully not mid week if we get there early enough.
judyblume14, I love/hate the wonder week notifications. I got one at the weekend for "giant" leap 4 and the stormy period lasts 5 weeks!!!
This morning was rough and I ended up in floods of tears feeling sorry for myself. I have all the feels about going back to work and have been stressing out about H's lack of routine and how DH will manage him. So much so it was spoiling my time with him. DS1 was on a very predictable routine at 3mo when I left him with DH whereas H is not. I talked with DH tonight and he said so long as H takes the bottle ok he'll be OK. Which he will. I feel a little better now the preassure is off.
I'm in the process of transitioning to formula bottles during the day, dropping a nursing session even 5 days (started last week) and my boobs are taking their time to get used to the deceased demand. Ouchy. I worked out that H will need 4 bottles while I'm at work (based on current nursing at 9, 11.30, 2, 4.30) and I'm trying to work out how much to give in each. I started with 4oz but he still seemed hungry today after both feeds which were paced and took 25min each. Does 5 or 6 oz seem too much for a total of 20-24oz formula + morning, bedtime and MOTN nursing? I did this with DS1 but can't for the life of me remember what I gave and how often. Maybe with bigger F Feeds he'll need them less often than every 2.5hrs? What are other FF babies eating?
LovesMeSomeCake, we arms in double swaddle. Usually she wears a long or short sleeve onesie, then swaddle with hospital blanket and again with swaddleme outside so she can't break out. The only two nights so far she was inconsolable I figured out she was too warm and I took the onesie off and just left diaper. I am dreading giving up the swaddle because she sleeps SO well.
Post by MissDemeanor on Apr 17, 2017 23:42:43 GMT -5
Just catching up now. Cliff notes:
- hi LovesMeSomeCake - no teeth or hair, but finger eating - a+a sleep sack. Since we stopped swaddling he's starting sleeping better. Weirdo. - he sleeps on a co sleeper and sometimes my bed - also love the sideboard ellabee - #TeamZoloft - I ate too much chocolate
This morning was rough and I ended up in floods of tears feeling sorry for myself. I have all the feels about going back to work and have been stressing out about H's lack of routine and how DH will manage him. So much so it was spoiling my time with him. DS1 was on a very predictable routine at 3mo when I left him with DH whereas H is not. I talked with DH tonight and he said so long as H takes the bottle ok he'll be OK. Which he will. I feel a little better now the preassure is off.
I'm in the process of transitioning to formula bottles during the day, dropping a nursing session even 5 days (started last week) and my boobs are taking their time to get used to the deceased demand. Ouchy. I worked out that H will need 4 bottles while I'm at work (based on current nursing at 9, 11.30, 2, 4.30) and I'm trying to work out how much to give in each. I started with 4oz but he still seemed hungry today after both feeds which were paced and took 25min each. Does 5 or 6 oz seem too much for a total of 20-24oz formula + morning, bedtime and MOTN nursing? I did this with DS1 but can't for the life of me remember what I gave and how often. Maybe with bigger F Feeds he'll need them less often than every 2.5hrs? What are other FF babies eating?
E is getting 5-6 oz and gets 4 bottles while I am gone. Hope that helps.
Post by judyblume14 on Apr 18, 2017 7:27:40 GMT -5
bazinga, DD1 was on a really good schedule by the time I went back to work at 12 weeks. With baby A, I was much less rigid throughout my leave - way more breezy about naps (never structured), feeding times (when she cried), and tummy time (like 3 times ever because she hated it). I figured, when she gets to daycare, her care provided will eed to let her fall into a routine that fits when the schedules of the other 5 kids anyway. So, in your case, I'd let your hubs dictate the routine when you go back. Glad to hear he's not worried
Post by meeggaannw on Apr 18, 2017 10:03:02 GMT -5
bazinga R is exclusively ff and he typically gets four 6oz bottles and day at 10,2,6, and motn and a 2-4 oz bottle around 7:30-8 right before bed. He is a late December baby.
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