How is everyone doing? I can't believe how big our babies are all getting and how fast this is going by! I personally can't wait for the nicer weather of spring and park days and just being outside more.
Welcome! I wish I had found this site earlier, too.Originally Posted by angiepearl
hi all~ i'm new to this site & wish i would've found it earlier! my dd was born jan 29th- i can't believe she's almost 6 mo old already! she's my 1st baby and i am still so overwhelmed by how much i love her. i've never experienced anything so beautiful and amazing- and exhausting! i have a small daycare in my home and i thought having a baby would be something like having a 24-7 daycare child but it is really nothing like that!
is anyone else dealing with heat rash? i don't know what to do to get rid of it- online the best thing i found says to keep it cool. well we've been having 95 degree days and we don't have air conditioning so that isn't much of a possibility!
i see that a lot of your babies are rolling over- elliana is only going from belly to back (she's been doing that since like 3 months) but only gets to her side from her back. it's funny because she isn't rolling over or sitting up yet, but she is scooting herself backwards several feet across the floor! it still always surprises me when i put her on her little mat and come back to find her 2 feet away from it! i guess i better get used to the fact that my immobile days are very limited!
My DD is doing things SO much earlier than my DS as well. She'll be 6 months Thursday - goes for her check up Wednesday. She's a big girl though... about 19.5 lb! She is sitting really well independently and has started eating potatoes and apples and eggs really well (and we're using BLW, so she's doing it without assistance). I think she's also scary close to pulling to stand.. luckily she doesn't crawl well/much or else I think she would. She's started clamping down on my nipple too and I think one of her teeth is quite close... OUCH.Originally Posted by butterfly1001
We go Tuesday for our 6 month checkup. I'm guessing he's around 16lb, maybe 17. He's such a different baby than my first two! He does things SOOOO early! He sat at 5 months (other two sat at 7), started army crawling (pulling himself along on his belly using his arms and kind of his toes) at 5 months (other two did it at 8!), started pushing from the hands and knees position to sitting just a few days ago (at 6 months), and just three days ago he was sitting in his crib, grabbed ahold of the rail and pulled himself up to stand!!!The other two did this at 10 months! I was SHOCKED! Time to lower the mattress! He was so darn proud of himself too!
We started recently giving him solids and he's pretty into it. He still wakes 1-3 times a night, and takes 2 naps a day. No teeth yet (my other two were at 13 months and 10 months for first teeth), which is good, because he has a BAD habit of clamping his jaws down HARD on my nipple and it HURTS! Hopefully the teeth stay away for awhile, or I'll end up with some serious problems. I can't believe it's been 6 months already... the time is flying. I want it to slow down, as Gavin is my last baby and I want to enjoy the baby stage for awhile longer.
Originally Posted by LM96
MPsSweetie--We had a tumble off the bed tonight too. I felt terrible!
The little guy is doing well. When he was weighed a couple of weeks ago he was 16 lbs 2oz. He won't do tummy time for long anymore--he just rolls onto his back. I know he can roll from his back to tummy, but just chooses not to. I don't think he sees a point to it! He discovered his feet and loves to play with them--especially during diaper changes. He is loving his solid foods. We've tried quite a few things but he definitely prefers to feed himself. I have to give him a medicine mixed in with a puree so I do have to feed him a few spoonfuls at least once a day, but otherwise he much prefers to do it all on his own. It is so funny to see how excited he gets when I put him in his highchair!
He has been wheezing quite often lately so we go for a barium swallow study next week and then meet with a pulminologist. We've seen an asthma specialist a couple of times, but he doesn't think we are dealing with just asthma so off we go to a different doctor. It should be so much fun because I'm not supposed to feed him for 4 hours before hand (he needs to be hungry so he will take the barium) and I have to drive an hour to the hospital and be there at 8.
My oldest son is his favorite person in the world and gets more laughs than anyone else in the family. He is a happy little guy (even though he isn't sleeping very well--he used to be a great sleeper until he had to have steroids and then we had a crazy July so we have no schedule anymore) and everyone comments on how happy he is. It is so fun--I love this age!
If you don't mind me asking - what kind of surgery did your son require? My DS is having surgery on the 6th of next month to correct abdominal scrotal hydrocele on both sides. Apparently hydrocele is fairly common and they usually wait a while to see if it corrects itself but the kind DS has is really rare and they're afraid it will get worse if they don't fix it soon. He had to go under anesthesia last month for an MRI and everything went perfectly well so I'm hoping the same for his surgery. Of course as a first time mom, I can't help but worry anytime they take him out of my arms.
Originally Posted by somamama
If you don't mind me asking - what kind of surgery did your son require? My DS is having surgery on the 6th of next month to correct abdominal scrotal hydrocele on both sides. Apparently hydrocele is fairly common and they usually wait a while to see if it corrects itself but the kind DS has is really rare and they're afraid it will get worse if they don't fix it soon. He had to go under anesthesia last month for an MRI and everything went perfectly well so I'm hoping the same for his surgery. Of course as a first time mom, I can't help but worry anytime they take him out of my arms.
Originally Posted by Breathless Wonder
Just popping in to say hello. I don't get very much computer time these days, but wanted to see how everyone is. My DD started crawling a couple of weeks back. She is also pulling herself up on things all of the time. I can't believe how fast the time has gone!
What is everyone else up to?