DECEMBER 2009 babies SPRINGING over!

[carmel23]

[Truckerdoo]

im here! cant wait to continue our discussions.

[ithappened]

present!

[nina_yyc]

Hi ladies!! My brain is way too burnt out to post anything coherent, but I have some new photos of the kiddos on my facebook - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...7&l=9b880ca868

[yentroc]

found you!

[justmandy]

Hello!

[lalemma]

Hi mamas!

I still can't believe our DDC is closed. Where has the time gone?

We had our 4-month checkup last week. H. is 50% for height and weight, which is pretty good for a guy who was born at 33 weeks and under four pounds. Witness the power of his constant snacking at the boob!

[Tattooed Hand]

That's great about Henry. And Nina, Elliot and Libby are sososo cute.

Hello all!

[nina_yyc]

Aw thanks Mana!

[annarose999]

oo oo, i want in!

[carmel23]

So I started this and then disappeared.

But we're doing well! I was behind on laundry (HA! its always something that is in the rears ) and pulled our a 6-9 month snuggle suit and was shocked that it actually fit pretty well!

My little boy is now fitting nicely into 6 m stuff... and I wonder how did he get this big?

He rolls all over the place, grabs toys, loves his haba ball and Keptin Jr.

It has been nice (r) and less rainy so we've been to the park and played in the swings, and he's gone down the slide a few times in my lap.

So fun, I can't wait for summer!

[ithappened]

DS is still not rolling over (when should I worry about this?) but he is in this 'grab everything' phase...

He also has days where he naps all day (like today, we're going on 4 hours asleep) then days where he literally doesn't sleep till night time..

[Tattooed Hand]

Originally Posted by ithappened

DS is still not rolling over (when should I worry about this?) but he is in this 'grab everything' phase...

He also has days where he naps all day (like today, we're going on 4 hours asleep) then days where he literally doesn't sleep till night time..

DD almost never rolls over either (she gone front to back twice) because she's much more interested in trying to stand. I think kids do different things at different stages.

DD is also totally erratic in terms of sleep. I don't think this is weird because I'm very much like that (sleep and energy level in general).

[carmel23]

Originally Posted by ithappened

DS is still not rolling over (when should I worry about this?) but he is in this 'grab everything' phase...

He also has days where he naps all day (like today, we're going on 4 hours asleep) then days where he literally doesn't sleep till night time..

yeah, I wouldn't worry about it at all. I'm kind of shocked at N's rolling all over. He does little 'sit ups' too, trying to pull himself up...

And we have days where he takes long naps like that, and other days where he'll only cat nap on me.

He also likes to hold onto our hands and take little steps, and jump in my lap.

He sits too far forward for his little bouncy chair now, so I don't know where to put him to sit and chill and watch us. I don't like him on the floor all the time since a) he rolls everywhere, and b) my other kids might forget he is there and step on him I might try to borrow a saucer or something like that... :

[Ruby2]

Next baby????

Even when I was still pregnant, people were asking me when we were going to have our next child...now I'm starting to wonder myself. I always thought we would wait until after our first child was at least 1, but now I don't know...

What are you planning on doing, if your December baby wasn't your last? It feels crazy to me to even imagine starting this whole process all over again any time soon...I feel like I just gave birth a few weeks ago! But, I'm thinking it might be nice in the long run to have kids just a year or so apart in age. Am I crazy???

[lalemma]

I always thought it would be nice to have kids spaced about two years apart, but between the weird pregnancy stuff (eclampsia) and the preemie and how much harder I found adjusting to parenthood than I expected, I just don't know! I figured out that I'd have to conceive in spring of 2011 to have a baby about two years younger than H. - so I guess we can put off thinking about it until then.

I know one of the December '09 mamas is pregnant again, though. So you're obviously not alone in your thinking!

It sounds like all the babies are about to become mobile. This is so terrifying to me - I somehow imagined that you didn't need to babyproof until you were closer to a year. Hah! I am so ignorant.

[Tattooed Hand]

I know, we are going to have to have a massive overhaul of our apartment this summer.

I am going to wait until DD is at least 1.5 years old before getting pregnant again. I wanted to start trying a year after she was born but then learned that your milk supply can drop or dry up all together in the first few months of pregnancy (not to mention it might really hurt) and so I'd like her to be mostly done with BM as her main food.

Also, between her high needs personality and her allergies, I'm not feeling that brave yet. I'd like a bit more time to recover from what feels like baby boot camp.

[carrie a.]

i just had baby #2 in december and he's 16 months younger than his big sister. i was just about to post a thread about how often and how much he cries during the day, which i feel horrible about. i just want to let you guys know (those of you who are thinking about spacing) that having babies so young and so close together is REALLY REALLY hard, especially if you AP. it might be really great later on, but i'm struggling now and i feel very guilty about not being able to meet both their needs. off to write my actual post..

[ithappened]

no plans for another baby (maybe ever). . .

mostly for me its because I love my work, my dog, my freetime (what little is left) and I know having another means having to let go of something as I am barely balancing it as it is. .

[lalemma]

I know just what you mean.

I do struggle with the feeling that I kind of "owe" my baby a sibling - I do think there's real value to having a sibling, and not in a puritanical "you learn to share" way or anything. I guess I think it's valuable to have a sibling when you're an adult, to have someone who knows what your family was like, to have someone to lean on.

But man - even with that, I don't know that I'll ever be able to think of another baby! I guess we'll see how everything goes. Maybe it gets easier once they aren't tiny?

(Hah.)