Parenting Check in Aug 24

[karlamo]

It's a rainy Monday here.

How was everyone's week/end?

Congrats to new parents @healz and manada as well as congrats to jgy and her new baby boy!!

Checking in mobile so I can't attach the list.

QOTW: This is the last week of August. Did you get to check off all your summer bucket list items? Anything you haven't done yet that you're still hoping to do before Fall comes?

[kh826]

William is 14 months (15 months at the end of next week).

We had a good weekend.
We went to my in-laws' on Saturday to swim in their pool and spend some time with them.
William had a blast. It was a long day, but totally worth it.
Sunday was more of a lay low kind of day in our house. We needed it!
We went grocery shopping in the AM, and then stayed in and did a few things around the house in the PM. William had lots of play time at home, and I felt like I got a good amount of quality time with him, which is nice before starting a new work week.

In terms of milestones/firsts, etc...
*He has graduated from walking to running, officially.
*He has become a puzzle master and has several puzzles that he can put together on his own now, which is so much fun.
*He suddenly thinks it is hysterical when someone says "yippee" in an excited voice, and he will laugh hysterically for several minutes.
*He rode his tricycle (I mean, we pushed him on it, he hasn't figured out the pedals yet) for the first time on Saturday, and he loved it.
*He loves to say "oh dear" which is totally one of my phrases of choice. He will knock over a tower of blocks and say "oh dear" and then crack up laughing.
*He is suddenly obsessed with turtles and points them out everywhere we go.
*His favorite fruit used to be blueberries, but red grapes have suddenly taken over. He can't get enough of them, and he will snub a blueberry for a red grape in a second. He doesn't care half as much about the green grapes.

QOTW: Honestly, my only goal for this Summer was to get pregnant and stay that way. So from that perspective it has been a great success. We went swimming LOTS when we realized how much William loved the pool. I haven't been in a pool (or a bathing suit!) this much in many, many years. We spent a good amount of time with J's parents (particularly J's mom who is a teacher and had the summer off), which was great. No Summer bucket list for us though. I am really looking forward to Fall (it is one of my favorite times of year), so I am not clinging to Summer. I might actually have a Fall bucket list that I am working on in my head (pumpkin picking, apple picking, pumpkin painting, hay ride, fall festivals, etc.)

[kona]

O is 13 months.

We still struggle with sleep. It makes me feel like a bad parent because we just can not figure this out. I know that is not the case rationally but every night is so hard. She's such a great kid during the day though. She's starting to say a few more words. My favorite sign she uses is 'help me' and she looks for one of us. It's such a simple thing but you can see in her eyes we are her world right now. I know that will not be the case forever and I cherish it right now. She wants to eat all.the.time. She doesn't get any crap food so we are fine with it but it's funny when every hour or so she is signing/saying 'eat'.

QOTW: I had hoped to get a lot more running in this summer. I thought we might go to one of the State Parks to hike but it didn't happen. Plenty of time for that so no worries.
I'm with kh826 in looking forward to fall activities. I have been trying to get out apple picking for a few years now, maybe we will actually go this year. We typically get pumpkins to carve and I hope O will have fun with it too.

[jillc0323]

G is 9 weeks.

We are having so much fun being parents. G is a really interactive, social baby. She loves to smile, jabber, and try to mimic sounds. She loves to be carried around but insists on being able to see out. I have tried pretty enthusiastically since she was born to get her to like being worn in a carrier, but she has other plans, and they all involve being carried with arms.

QOTW: I think I was really naive about having a baby. I really thought we'd be out more this summer, enjoying the weather, sitting in the backyard, taking walks. Our baby was not easygoing and hated basically all of these things. We are just now getting to a point where she is more interested in the outside world, so I'm hoping we can really soak up what's left of summer.

[mahler5]

C had her 18 month wellness check this AM. She is still a little sick but I figured we should do it and I can feel reassured she is getting better too. It went fine except I am still out of it from being sick and forgot to ask some questions. And some of the Drs. Questions were weird this time, like does she respond to discipline? I was like, I tell her no and she gets upset. I'm not sure what she expected but I didn't expect those questions and now I'm second guessing myself.

Other than being sick things are fine. Just been busy between work and being sick so have been missing check ins. Hope everyone is doing well.

And I better go. More next time.