Post by ThePalindromicOne on Jul 27, 2015 7:41:30 GMT -5
How old is your LO? Any challenges or successes to share this week? How often are you getting out of the house? What's you fave/most useful baby item? What was a total waste?
How old is your LO? Any challenges or successes to share this week? How often are you getting out of the house? What's you fave/most useful baby item? What was a total waste?
7 weeks today!
Success: We got through our first round of vaccines! Overall did great with the expected fussiness
Challenges: Still haven't stretched his sleeping past 3.5 hr in the night... come on B
We get out of the house most days... maybe 5 out of 7... but we were out for 7 hours yesterday so I'll probably stay put today!
Fave gear: Auto RnP, Boppy Lounger, A&A items!
Waste: haven't had much actually - more blankets than I can count though and can hardly get them in the rotation!
Success: two month mark woohoo! She is eating more and less often now, as well as sleeping for 5-7 hour stretches at night.
Challenges: we have a nighttime ritual that begins at 8:30ish pm : bath, lotion massage, bottle and then bed. I think she has caught on to it because around 8 pm she starts to get very fussy. I'm talking screaming at the top of her lungs and nothing works.....except for the bath. She is as calm as a cucumber in the bath until we take her out. Calms down again after bottle. However, we have learned that she loves outside so we either go on a pre bath walk or sit on the porch with her until bath time.
We get out about 6 days a week, whether it be for a walk, shopping or going to a restaurant.
Fave Gear: RnP, Boppy Lounger, Fisher Price Activity mat, and a portable mobile that hooks on to her RnP.
How old is your LO? 6 weeks! This summer is flying by!
challenges: dying to expand her night sleep stretches...we typically get two that last 3.5-4.5 at the beginning of the night and then her last one is only 1.5. Also working on daytime napping in the RnP instead of on mommy!
successes: took LO to the pool with my sister...first time without DH! I'm getting braver as she gets older. It's funny because I took the kids I nannied for EVERYWHERE but she's just so little and of course I'm much more protective of her since she's mine.
How often are you getting out of the house? Almost every day...I go crazy otherwise. We walk about 2 miles every day and sometimes twice, weather permitting. We also take one small trip (quick grocery run, Target, BRU, etc) pretty much every day unless she's super fussy. Last week my MIL and I took her to North Jersey to visit DH's aunt, which was a whole day trip.
What's you fave/most useful baby item? RnP, hands down!
What was a total waste? Long sleeve sleepers, hats, socks
Post by musicfrk2002 on Jul 27, 2015 10:01:26 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 7 weeks today
Any challenges or successes to share this week? Successes: for the most part, he sleeps from 11pm to 5 am Challenges: all this spitting up...calling the doctor again today about it
How often are you getting out of the house? Not enough probably 4 days a week...running out of things to so and it's been so hot lately that just taking a walk outside isn't really an option
What's you fave/most useful baby item? Pacifiers and burp rags.
What was a total waste? Right now, the swing. He screams most of the time I try to put him in it. Maybe I will move it to a different location and see if that helps
Post by sugarkissed on Jul 27, 2015 10:56:40 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 6 weeks!
Any challenges or successes to share this week? Success!! Last night we got a 6 hour stretch of sleep and it was incredible. Life with 2U2 has been pretty crazy, but we adapting.
How often are you getting out of the house? When DH is home we get out quite often, but just me alone with both kids? We are lucky if we make it to the backyard. I'm working on this, I am getting pretty stir crazy but it's so much work to go anywhere.
What's you fave/most useful baby item? What was a total waste? The swing and my woven wraps are certainly the most useful. She lives in those things. Nothing wasted yet, we went in knowing a bit more this time around and only bought the essentials. With DD1 it was another story...
Any challenges or successes to share this week?: We survived a stressful week of cluster feeding!
How often are you getting out of the house? I try to get out daily. I'm getting better at going out with her on my own but I need to practice nursing in public more.
What's you fave/most useful baby item? Rock & play, swaddles, burp cloths, soothies
What was a total waste? Hats (I didn't buy any, thankfully!) and other pacifiers. Luckily she's liked everything we've had for her!
Challenges: all this spitting up...calling the doctor again today about it
Hopefully it's nothing serious! I've read that spitting up is a laundry issue not a medical issue grand majority of the time!
Hope so too. We are trying some lansoprazole to see if that helps him any since he always seems so unhappy too, and both H and I deal with our own reflux issues.
Any challenges or successes to share this week? I finally feel like I'm out of survival mode. I think it took like 5 months to feel this way with DS1. Experience, for me, has made a world of difference. I'm focusing on improving the quality of the time I spend with the boys and that's going well, too. Oversupply is still an issue.
How often are you getting out of the house? Oh, every day. I can't stand to be at home all day. We do enough of that in winter during bad weather days so I'd rather be out, as would DS1.
What's you fave/most useful baby item? There are several. This time I'm actually using burp cloths a lot more. Boppy I use regularly, Halo sleepsacks, A&A blankets. Chux pads, snap n' go.
What was a total waste? I agree with the blankets, hats, long sleeve sleepers. Though I am going to be super annoyed if he gets too big too quickly for the adorable sleepers I bought. Anything newborn size, though I really just had leftovers from DS1 other than DS2's take home outfit (which he did squeeze into a few times). And frankly anything 0-3 month size the way he's going.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jul 27, 2015 17:17:17 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 6 weeks today!
Any challenges or successes to share this week? Challenge/success- had to tongue tie clipped today. I'm totally traumatized (she cried so hard/long, bled a lot, had to be cauterize do with silver nitrate-twice!!) but she seems to be rebounding well. Just a little sleepy and not nursing as long as usual. Not that I'm complaining about that because the norm is 45 minutes, but I want to make sure she's getting enough!
How often are you getting out of the house? Just about every day. I try to find us an activity each day- store, walk, visiting grandma, etc..
What's you fave/most useful baby item? Just about everything- RNP, boppy, halo bassinet, dr Browns bottles, upppa baby stroller
Any challenges or successes to share this week? I thought we had gotten O's tummy problems under control finally by switching formula yet again, but she's was fussy yesterday evening and again this evening with what seems to be gas. I guess I will give it a few more days and see how things go.
How often are you getting out of the house? About 3 or 4 days a week. I would love to every day, but unfortunately we live about 45 minutes away from anything somewhat interesting.
What's your fave/most useful baby item? RnP, boppy, playmat with the dangly toys (she loves it), and the Swaddle Me swaddle blankets
What was a total waste? Hopefully we will use it as she gets older, but the PnP with the infant napper and the changing table has been a complete and total waste and is just taking up space in our room. She's never slept in the napper, and we have changed every single one of her diapers in her nursery on the changing pad on her dresser.
Post by ombradellarosa on Jul 28, 2015 5:56:38 GMT -5
I saw the Sunday birth day check in and thought what a great idea! I'm going by birth day because the ticker change is Wednesday this month and will be different next month, I figure that's what it meant anyway. It's funny she was exactly a week late so I'm still Monday even though she didn't come on her due date!
How old is your LO? 7 weeks. I can't believe it. She's growing so fast! Any challenges or successes to share this week? Challenges: She wakes up when I put her to sleep in her bassinet, rocker, or car seat. Sometimes she'll stay longer than others but generally speaking she only stays asleep in my bed. I was not planning to bedshare but it does feel very natural and I'm feeling more confident that I have made it safe for her. It's just a bit of a pain sometimes. Still having a hard time getting enough to eat but I feel like she's eating less and I'm feeling less hungry. Happening just often enough to worry me--projectile spit up and vomiting. Not sure if it's just my overactive letdown or what. It's been a few days now but I don't want to get complacent that it's done for good. Although my letdown and supply seem to have regulated better this week
Successes: although she only does it in my bed, she is sleeping way longer stretches and seems to be staying awake more during the day and asleep more at night! She took a bottle for the first time yesterday! Hurray! That was a huge deal to me, I don't feel tied to her anymore. Cloth diapering is going well! DH loves it and DD is thriving! I'm enjoying it as well. I feel very self reliant, which is a nice change.
How often are you getting out of the house? Apparently this is an UO--I'm pretty content to stay home. That may change now that I can go out by myself though! It just hasn't been worth it to get her ready to go out unless absolutely necessary, and I have been paranoid about germs, which is also changing now she's older. We've pretty much only been going to my parents' house and that plenty often enough for me. I go because they want to see their granddaughter. I prefer not to go over there so often. I hope this week isn't too much for us--church and parents' house on Sunday, moms group and friend's house on Wednesday, Grammi again on Thursday and Saturday.
What's you fave/most useful baby item? What was a total waste?
I LOVE flannel receiving blankets. They are good for everything. I use them as burp cloths all the time. I'm really liking cloth diapers as well. My mei tai lets me have two hands, so I really appreciate that. My favourite thing changes based on what's saving my life that day. Today I could kiss my Munchkin Latch bottle because my baby drank from it and I was worried we'd never get there. Based on the motn thread and the fave gear here, a RnP could be if it gets her to sleep outside of the bed. I know a lot of people call it a lifesaver but I'm thinking about whether I want to buy something she can only use for another month and a half or so. We're getting by all right now. I just have to weigh it.
I am disillusioned with my nursing pillow. It was a gift, and I have to wonder if the friend who gave it to me uses the same one. It's kind of insubstantial and doesn't work very well as a support.
How old is your LO? Any challenges or successes to share this week? How often are you getting out of the house? What's you fave/most useful baby item? What was a total waste?
8 weeks old. She will be 2 months old next Monday!
My successes are getting out of the house and doing fun activities with both kids and no major meltdown from my toddler in the process! We went to target and our local bookstore ( it's a really cool independent bookstore that had story time and a toy room for kids to play in) I breastfeed Ali at the bookstore while Owen played with toys. I was having a lot of anxiety over how am I going to manage breastfeeding and O at same time. But he did fine. Then yesterday we went to the grocery store and playground with no meltdown. O did manage to unravel a 20 feet long spool of the plastic bags in the vegetable aisle which I had to reravel. Then he literally was covered in yogurt by the time we left. But overall it was a success.
My favorite item is the baby bjorn bouncer seat. It's super lightweight. We take it to BBQs and DH can put her to sleep at night and eat dinner at same time by just swaddling her and he taps the seat w his foot ( it's not a mechanical bouncer) she also loves sitting up in it after I feed and burp her and looking around. I also use it when I need to shower. 2nd favorite is the rock n play for daytime naps.
My least favorite item has been any Velcro swaddle. The sound of the Velcro startles her awake during nighttime feeds/changes. I have just been using a&a swaddle blankets instead. Also no use for newborn shoes, socks, hats. For baths she also loves just getting in the bathtub with me. So I haven't been using the plastic baby bathtub. She cries when she goes in it.
Success: two month mark woohoo! She is eating more and less often now, as well as sleeping for 5-7 hour stretches at night.
Challenges: we have a nighttime ritual that begins at 8:30ish pm : bath, lotion massage, bottle and then bed. I think she has caught on to it because around 8 pm she starts to get very fussy. I'm talking screaming at the top of her lungs and nothing works.....except for the bath. She is as calm as a cucumber in the bath until we take her out. Calms down again after bottle. However, we have learned that she loves outside so we either go on a pre bath walk or sit on the porch with her until bath time.
We get out about 6 days a week, whether it be for a walk, shopping or going to a restaurant.
Fave Gear: RnP, Boppy Lounger, Fisher Price Activity mat, and a portable mobile that hooks on to her RnP.
Waste: nothing yet!
Since you listed it as a challenge I would move your nighttime ritual up to start at 630 or 7 and end at 8pm. Starting a bedtime ritual at 830 is really late. Your LO is probably overstimulated from the day at the point.
Success: two month mark woohoo! She is eating more and less often now, as well as sleeping for 5-7 hour stretches at night.
Challenges: we have a nighttime ritual that begins at 8:30ish pm : bath, lotion massage, bottle and then bed. I think she has caught on to it because around 8 pm she starts to get very fussy. I'm talking screaming at the top of her lungs and nothing works.....except for the bath. She is as calm as a cucumber in the bath until we take her out. Calms down again after bottle. However, we have learned that she loves outside so we either go on a pre bath walk or sit on the porch with her until bath time.
We get out about 6 days a week, whether it be for a walk, shopping or going to a restaurant.
Fave Gear: RnP, Boppy Lounger, Fisher Price Activity mat, and a portable mobile that hooks on to her RnP.
Waste: nothing yet!
Since you listed it as a challenge I would move your nighttime ritual up to start at 630 or 7 and end at 8pm. Starting a bedtime ritual at 830 is really late. Your LO is probably overstimulated from the day at the point.thank
Any challenges or successes to share this week? Sleep. She still doesn't sleep through the night...we may get a 3-5 hour stretch, but that's it. She also fights sleep. She usually eats between 8-9, so I'll probably start bathing her before instead of after. When she eats again at 10 or 11, she wants to be up until midnight or later. It's killing me. Stressing about going back to work next week.
How often are you getting out of the house? About every other day
What's you fave/most useful baby item? What was a total waste? Love our RNP!!!! I can't believe it took us almost 10 weeks to get one. I think I would've gotten much better sleep a lot sooner had we gotten one earlier. Hats and mittens were a waste. Haven't used a single one.
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