Life with a babe 11/13

[blairinargentina]

Okay, I'll get the thread rollin' this week!

We are 12 weeks tomorrow! WOW! And we survived the growth spurt... oh dear god... it was crazy... she didn't sleep at all for a week and now she just can't stay awake! Thanks ti everyone for your coping mechanism suggestions... they really helped.

Isa is really awake and alert and active now. She's a super smiley baby too: . We took our first shower together last night and it was a total success... it was the ultimate playtime (even though she was so relaxed that she kept yawning!) followed by a really deep sleep. After a while we just sat in the tub and snuggled while the water kept raining on us. Love it!

Now that we've hit 12 weeks I am tempted to see if we can slowly add a serving of dairy here or there. I am dreaming of cheese... But I am a little nervous to re enter the realm of tummyaches. Maybe we'll wait another few weeks.

[dakotamidnight]

Trinity is 2 months old now - had her checkup today. 10 lbs 6 oz, and 22.5 inches long! Wowsers! And not a blink when I said we weren't vaxing. They did give me the form to sign, but convienently "forgot" to pick it back up to put it in the file.

Still teething though, and it turns out DD has a small umbilical hernia {which was making the sound mentioned in my other post}.

and unfortunately, my back went out last night. So I can't even hold the babe unless I'm sitting, and even then not for long or I'm in extreme pain. Thank god for livein grandparents though! And Trinity didn't even mind not being carried today, but riding in her travel system.

[littleteapot]

Xan is six weeks old tomorrow! His fussy period is getting really annoying, but other than that he's such a quiet and "agreeable" baby - so different from my daughter as a baby! I can actually put him down and walk away, so I feel bad even complaining about his fussy period at night.

I am so glad I had a high needs baby first, though - I think it would have been extremely hard having the mellow one first and then the INSANE one second!

I've been sewing diapers whenever I can. I'm working on a new pattern and while I perfect it I give Xan all the practice ones. It works double time because I get really good at my new stuff and he gets extra in his stash that he's rapidly outgrowing!! So far he's gotten an extra 5 or 6 diapers out of the deal.
My friend just sent me a package brimming with boy clothes!! So now he finally has his "own" clothing instead of wearing his sister's pink frilly hand-me-downs.

[bohemama]

Miss Lainey will be 8 weeks tomorrow!!!! 8 WEEKS!!!! Where does the time go? I haven't weighed her in a while but I'm sure she's still around 11lb. DD1 was 10lb at 2 months so Lainey is a bit bigger than her big sister. Breastfeeding is going very smoothly and I'm thrilled! I certainly didn't have such an easy time with DD1 and I regret that by this time I had given up breastfeeding all together with DD1. Lainey hasn't even had a bottle yet, and I'm hoping to keep it that way (for my own personal reasons, I don't think there is anything wrong with breastmilk from a bottle). I have been pumping every-once-in-a-while just to stock pile some milk in the freezer. I'm sure someday I'll have to be away from her and she'll need to eat. I have left her twice already for rehersals for the Nutcracker. Only and hour each time and she slept both times. I'll be leaving her again for an hour tonight for another rehersal. I think this might be the last time though, she'll be with me backstage during the performances.

She's still a super mellow baby. Sometimes we just can't believe it. I mean DD1 was totally a dream baby, but Lainey has even surpassed that! (totally knocking on wood right now) I figure we'll be due for a crazy baby when we have our third. I can't wait to find out who Lainey is as she gets older, but I still want her to stay tiny forever!!

[RainbowsMum]

Well Arienne was 6 weeks yesterday... It's scary how quickly times gone by... She had her last midwife check-up today, she's doing fantasticly. She weighed as much as she did last time (4.650kgs) but we realised that last time she was weighed with her clothes on, this time she wasn't. And she was 56cms long!! She's just growing so fast I told her the deal is, if she does grow up she has to buy me a ferrari (Yes - I like Ferraris ) but, I don't think she's listening to me

Her reflux is still pretty bad, she was up from 4am until 7:30am today crying because of it - Then proceeded to throw up all over both of us, smile at me and fall asleep, she did NOT like me when I woke her up changing her clothes - They were totally soaked. I think this morning was the first time it's gotten a bit much for me, I cried too because she was in so much pain and there was nothing I could do to help her it was really hard. (When I say it got a bit much, I don't mean I got angry at her, it just made me REALLY upset)

I've started reading to her now too which is nice, or telling her about things, like the other day I took her for a walk to the rose garden and was telling her about roses and we were smelling them and stuff, she seemed to really like it. Many people gave me the oddest looks and one little old lady came up to me and asked me if I needed a pram because carrying her round wasn't "healthy"!!! I mean, what do you say!?!?

Ariennes awake now so I'm off... Take care mamas!

[qjraven8]

i went to my weekly group at milkworks (local "business" where they sell nursing bras and clothing, wraps, pumps and accessories, some baby clothes, bf and ap literature ... also have lac consultants and a dr there during the day, and support groups throughout the week. kinda like lll) they have a nice scale there where i can weigh felix and also keep a chart of his growth which i personally like doing. he's a whopping 11.14lbs today, has been consistently gaining more than an oz a day!!! he's definitely outgrown 0-3month clothing, mostly wears the 3-6month clothes. he can also finally wear the nice kushies ultra aio's that i bought from the trading post (for 10-22lbs) the prefolds we were using weren't working so well.

being back at work is not so bad in some ways as i'm the type that likes knowing there's a steady paycheck coming in and i enjoy the work and some of my cooworkers ... but i miss him so much while i;m there!!! i just want to hold him the whole time i'm home, and so i dont get much done around the house. so many leaves in the lawn, and no time to rake them and lots of cleaning to do. my mom -the clean freak- tells me the housework will wait! i know it will, while i'm watching it pile up and getting more tense about it. i feel like i'm constantly doing laundry as we have thrush and have to be vigorous about keeping everything clean i'm soooo tired of it, and its being very persisitent : meanwhile, felix sleeps 6-7hr stretches for my mom while i'm at work and only takes about 2-3oz from a bottle there, so i get small little naps with him when i'm home and he wants to eat frequently to make up for lost time. this makes me feel good in some ways as i know he prefers me over my milk from a bottle but is also tiring and makes it difficult to get anything else done. on the plus side, i'm way stocked up on milk as i pump 11-14oz a night while at work (maybe i'll end up donating some) AND we finally figured out how to nurse side-lying!!!!!!!!! :

i think i've rambled enough for now ... i'm wide awake - day off today and tomorrow - and he's sleeping peacefully in my bedroom. i'm finishing up some MORE laundry and hopefully will get tired soon so i can catch up on more sleep! should sleep sound tonight as my mom did come over today and help me get a lot of housework done ... so just have yard work and 100or so errands to run tomorrow

[HomeBirthMommy]

Hi ladies .
Johanna is growing like a weed. I'm not sure how much she weighs. We will go on Friday for her 2 month check-up (!).

I am struggling with her as she isn't really sleeping during the day at all anymore. She will take a 5-10 minute nap in my arms and only when I'm standing (she immediately wakes and screams if I sit), but that's about it. She also screams if I put her down at any point in the day-no stroller, bouncy seat, swing, bassinet, bed. Nothing. I carry her in my mei tei most of the time, but my back is REALLY feeling it and I just can't get things done. I feel like my older two children are suffering b/c I can't give them the attention they need. I can't even sit down holding Johanna to help with my older children's homework b/c she screams when I sit. How does she even know? : I hope this phase ends soon. The only one happy with the current situation is Johanna.

Other than that, she is such a sweet little thing. I adore her whole-face smiles and I can't get enough of that yummy baby smell. She loves to be naked and sometimes enjoys her bath (in my lap in the big tub).

What are you getting your babies for Christmas? I want to get something to hopefully make car rides a little less horrific for her. Maybe a mirror?

We had pictures done last week. Dh got this for me for my birthday.

[crazyeight]

Originally Posted by littleteapot

I am so glad I had a high needs baby first, though - I think it would have been extremely hard having the mellow one first and then the INSANE one second!

ahhhh its true!! i kinda wish i had my high needs baby first but then my life wouldn't be like it is now. i feel like i can't spend enough time with ds either cause if i don't spend time "by myself/for myself" i will go completely nuts!!

ds was sick this weekend, dd got sick yesterday, and now its coming after me. ugh.....i wish i had gotten it first so that i could give more antibodies to dd and have help while i was sick....but no luck. i now have a normal ds, a somewhat ok dd and a very tired me : took some zinc, calcium and drinking some milk....might try some tea but last time i was sick and drank ech tea i threw up...yuck. hopefully this will knock it out of me in a few hours with (another) hot shower. dd didn't sleep well at all last night up every hour, fussing in her sleep, nursing but not really eating....soooo....tired.......

thats the big things happening now....will update when i feel better.

[myhoneyswife]

Originally Posted by HomeBirthMommy

What are you getting your babies for Christmas? I want to get something to hopefully make car rides a little less horrific for her. Maybe a mirror?

Not for Christmas, but I'm making Hannah a doll like this one, I just ordered my supplies online. A mirror is a GREAT idea! We keep getting Target gift certificates, so I'll see what they have next time we go

Hannah found her hands, I love it! When she just wants to suck she's all set as long as they happen to be in the right place at the right time. She doesn't like me to help her, but if she happens to get them to her mouth she's thrilled! She's on the floor right now looking at a toy, and she just had her hand on it, I can't tell if she's reaching for it or if she just happened to put her hand there, Not quite sure how that is.

She's really starting to get a personality, it's fun. We've been out of town every weekend for hunting season, so that's disrupted our routine, but we're settling back into one. Got the crib mattress wrapped and she's less than thrilled, but I think she'll be used to it soon. I've started waking her up around 4 or 4:30 from her nap and that makes the night go better. Though making dinner was eaiser when she'd sleep through the whole process! I don't know, we're just learning as we go, I guess

I wear my pouch sling out every time we go out, cracks me up because people can never quite figure out if I have a baby in there or not until they get at the right angle. We did a whole day's worth of errands on Friday and Hannah did great in the sling. Sometimes she decides she doesn't like it, and I feel like I"m making a bad name for sling wearing when she does that not that she'd like being in a car seat any better... Nursed in public in the Target foodcourt (totally covered, I'm pretty modest) and TOTALLY freaked out the store employee who was talking to me. That was amusing, especially because when I NIP it looks just the same as when she's asleep; she likes dark to sleep so I cover her head then also.

That's where we are. Personally, I think at the moment I started out with an easy baby, lol.

Cara