Infant Check-In 5/4

[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!

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

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

murrt – Girl, Baby Irish, 10/03/16
mg0202 – Boy, 10/06/16
Becca – B/G twins, 10/24/16
peaseblossom55 – Girl, E, 10/25/16

calindi – Girl, Charlie, 11/14/16

Winnifred – Girl, 12/20/16

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: In honor of my DH getting shingles while we were on our cruise, have you ever had shingles or chicken pox? How old were you?

[peaseblossom55]

1. Age this week? 6 months/27 weeks

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? On Sunday she rolled from belly to back

3. Challenges? I think she is in some sort of sleep regression. She is harder to put to sleep not napping well and wake up more often through the night.

4. How are the adults doing? Good just tired

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? I do I'll upload on my phone

QOTW: In honor of my DH getting shingles while we were on our cruise, have you ever had shingles or chicken pox? How old were you? I got chicken pocks when I was 13. It was awful.

[Winnifred]

Oh no, disneykate! That's awful! Is he doing ok? How was your cruise?


1. Age this week? 19 weeks / almost 4.5 months

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? She has really started reaching and grabbing - so fun!

3. Challenges? Well we needed to transition her out of her swaddle and weren't having great success. We've used the zipadee-zip for two nights now and she's doing great! I wish she would decide to either just STTN or get up once to eat. Not knowing whether I have to get up in the MOTN stresses me out for some reason. I would also like her to go back to sleeping past 5:30am!

4. How are the adults doing? We're doing good!

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share?



QOTW: I had chicken pox as a kid but I don't remember it. I also had shingles a couple of years ago and it was the WORST. It was only a small patch but it was right on my bikini line - not a good spot!

[disneykate]

peaseblossom55, I hope the sleep gets better soon!
Winnifred, She is adorable! Emma has the same jumperoo and loves it!

1. Age this week? 9.5 months

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? We had a great time on our cruise last week! Emma was very well behaved and seemed to handle the disruption in her schedule ok. Luckily she can take naps in her umbrella stroller. She had an inflatable rubber ducky tub as her own personal pool and all the crew members thought it was adorable. The weather could have been a little better in Bermuda, but overall we had a great time.

3. Challenges? She was giving us a bit of a hard time eating solids at the beginning of the cruise, but she did much better eating by the end of the week. She has discovered our dog's food and water bowl in the kitchen so I had to move them to a different location. She would cry each time I moved her away from the bowls but then immediately crawl right back to them.

4. How are the adults doing? I am okay, just trying to get caught up with stuff around the house after being away. DH is in pain from his shingles. At first we thought it was an allergic reaction to something but the rash kept spreading and started to hurt more so DH went to the walk-in on Sunday when we got home and they diagnosed it as shingles. He had a follow-up visit this morning and got a prescription for gabapentin to help with the nerve pain

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Emma with one of her towel animals


QOTW: I had chicken pox when I was 2 and don't remember it. I got shingles in 8th grade but it was a mild case and not too painful. They say shingles is rare in younger people but I've heard of quite a few younger people having it. My brother had shingles when he was 10, my sister when she was in her early 30s and now DH got shingles at 36.

[bluefairy5]

Lurking and popping in to say peaseblossom55, I got chicken pox when I was 14. Having it in middle school is ~no kind of fun at all~. disneykate, hope your H feels better soon

[peaseblossom55]

May 4, 2017 18:46:57 GMT -5 bluefairy5 said:

Lurking and popping in to say peaseblossom55, I got chicken pox when I was 14. Having it in middle school is ~no kind of fun at all~. disneykate, hope your H feels better soon

Yes it was miserable and it was right at the peak of my ugly awkward year.

[bocaburger]

Thanks for the check in disneykate!

1. Age this week? Almost 9 months

2. Achievements/happy moments from the week? So many. Babbling, clapping, interacting with each other, loving their toys. This is such a fun age. Today M started trying to stand with minimal support and creep along the furniture, and he pulled himself up in his crib for the first time! G has been doing that for a while and she is also getting better at using less support when standing. Also, we are finally sleeping better at night.

3. Challenges? Weaning. :-( Also it poured all day today and is supposed to rain and be colder this weekend. Being stuck indoors all day in our tiny apartment is not good for anyone.

4. How are the adults doing? I'm sick (just a cold, but I HATE colds, and it's a rough one. And my 4th and worst cold in the past 6 months.) H is in the middle of finals. We are moving this summer and have a week to decide if we are going to buy or rent. I just applied for grad school and now I'm applying for jobs. So basically... lots of stress. Oh, and weaning hormones.

5. Got a cute pic from this week to share? Of course :-) Sorry if they're huge.

QOTW: In honor of my DH getting shingles while we were on our cruise, have you ever had shingles or chicken pox? How old were you? Poor DH! I hope he feels better soon! I had chicken pox as a baby, which is great because I have no memory of it.

[mg0202]

7 months

He got his first two teeth and started crawling all this week.

Sleep regression, see above as to why.

Back to being tired, but other than that good.

QOTW: I was 6. My family traveled out of state due to my grandmothers death. I woke up the morning of her funeral covered in chicken pox. They had to find a distant relative who had the chicken pox to watch me. Then had to travel in the car with my dad who had never had them. My poor parents.

[tikoberry99]

M is 9.75 months!!

He had an insane developmental leap two weeks ago. He pushed his bedtime from 8 to 7 pm and was waking up 5-6x at night, but started crawling like a champ, like to transition or anything...just started crawling one day! He's standing and holding on with one hand and just wants to be mobile all the time! disneykate M just discovered the dogs water bowl and is constantly trying to crawl towards it! He's also finally eating solids!

Trying to feed M 3 solid meals a day has been a struggle since we are usually out and about for breakfast or lunch and I end up nursing him because it's easier #lazymom.

We put our house on the market last week and have 2 people coming tomorrow! Keeping the house decluttered with a mobile 9 month old is hard!!!

Qotw. I had the chicken pox when I was 11. It was annoying but manageable!