AW moments

SandNStarsNJ

Brag about your LO here. What's awesome for them (and you) right now? Or just makes you smile?

kvruns

He laid in the crib for 40 min this morning, awake but content. First time ever! I just hope it translates into actual sleep in it 

MrsBigTime

DD2 is rounding out and feels like such a chunk compared to DD1! Makes me feel like this every hour nursing shenanigan is worth it! 

DD2 on left, DD1 on right (don't mind the wailing face, girlfriend is only happy if she's touching my body, and she wasn't for about 13 seconds, so all heck broke loose!)

hoosiermama-2

@MrsBigTime Omg!

SandNStarsNJ

The little guy was born at an even 9 lbs, left the hospital at 8lbs 10oz, went to the pediatrician the following day at 8lbs 13oz, and just weighed in at his one week appointment at 9lbs 14.5oz!

Though, admittedly my excitement is mostly because A. that means I'm producing enough milk for the time being and B. the blood screening has him being retested for immune deficiencies that are commonly called "bubble boy syndrome," but one of the signs is failure to thrive and I like to think that weight gain is thriving. 

hollowway

DS was born at 9lb11oz. We left the hospital at 9lb7oz. Today at his 2 week check up he was 11lbs4oz & grew 1.5inches... Milk does the body good...

leighry

@MaMaBear1323 what are you making in there heavy cream?? maybe I'm just making skim milk Hahaha. my little guy is almost 4 weeks and even though he is gaining he is JUST barely back to birth weight. I'm jealous!

kristah2

My babe went from 8lb 14 oz birth weight - 8lb 6oz leaving the hospital and at 5.5 weeks he was at 10lb 14 oz! And grew from 21 inches to 23.6 inches!! 

And he has great output... today he threw up on me. I wiped it off my pants and kept going. Then an hour later this giant pee: 

hollowway

leighry said:

@MaMaBear1323 what are you making in there heavy cream?? maybe I'm just making skim milk Hahaha. my little guy is almost 4 weeks and even though he is gaining he is JUST barely back to birth weight. I'm jealous!

@leighry he really REALLY likes the boob! We nurse on demand every 1-2hrs during the day and 2-3hrs at night. DD was also a power nurser and chunky baby. She was in 2T clothes at a year old!

MrsMaryK2016

@kristah2 This happened to us twice today too!! The pee part, not the spit up. My husband just asked why LO has been in three different outfits today... Oh buddy, if you only knew. 

kristah2

@MrsMaryK2016 I do so much laundry! 
After that I bathed him and changed and then it happened again! All over my next shirt. Lucky they are cute. 

MrsMaryK2016

I feel like superwoman today. I folded and put away laundry, met H for lunch, went to the grocery store, and cooked dinner all by myself today in addition to all the baby stuff. I'm exhausted but I finally feel more like myself which is good because I have been in a serious funk the past few days. Aaaaand, LO slept from 12 to 5am last night!!! Wahoo!!

kvruns

@MrsMaryK2016 teach me your ways lol 

hollowway

I haven't done laundry in a week. I try, but end up having to rewash the same load because I didn't get to it in time. A 3yo and a newborn is exhausting. I did make dinner yesterday. It was in the crockpot... but it still counts right?

rspalding001

@mamabear1323 totally counts!!!

MrsMaryK2016

@kvruns Well I'm clearly no expert since I'm sitting in my living room still in my PJ's with none of my to-do's done since LO will not let me put him down today. I guess that's why they say to take it one day at a time. Ugh. 

rspalding001

My wedding rings fit again!!! Woo hoo! 4.5 weeks PP. Also I just started a Shakeology program where I have a shake for lunch in place of a meal every day so I'm hoping those pounds continue to drop off feeling good about myself today

anne11716

@rspalding001 I love and miss my Shakeology!!! I wasnt sure if it was ok to drink while breastfeeding because I know my dr. told me not to while pregnant. Let me know, I want to get back on it! 

rspalding001

@anne11716 the vitamin A was the concern during pregnancy since it was already 100% of your daily value and could cause problems with the baby if consumed in excess. While bF'ibg it's fine as long as you don't also take a prenatal since it has so much in it already. So while I'm doing the shake I won't be taking a prenatal vitamin. The only other thing is to make sure your overall calorie intake does not dip too low so your milk production isn't effected. So still have a healthy breakfast, dinner and snacks throughout the day. If you look on Pinterest there are lots of good shakeology BF'ing ideas too like adding bananas and oats to the shake for example.

kvruns

I took B to his Dr appt myself. This was my first ever outing with him. Took me 4 tries to get the car seat out of the base but I did it 

SandNStarsNJ

DS has started following my voice around the room when someone else is holding him and I love it. 

kvruns

Today I showered, brushed my teeth, put on deodorant, wore real non maternity clothes and took the baby by myself to brunch with a friend. I am winning at life this morning.

MrsMaryK2016

@kvruns That's fantastic! You needed a win!

hjmommaplus1

For New Year's Eve dinner, we had our first meal out as a family of four and it was great! There were no tantrums from the almost 3 year old and LO woke up halfway through the meal and kept her cool. Granted we were only brave enough to go to Chick-fil-A but I'm calling it a victory!

SandNStarsNJ

It's been five and a half weeks and LO just had the first poop to stay entirely contained in his diaper!

kvruns

SandNStarsNJ said:

It's been five and a half weeks and LO just had the first poop to stay entirely contained in his diaper!

What?! He's pooped out of the diaper every time? That's crazy. Mine has had two poopsosions and a
pee out today but we blame that partly on switching to larger diapers bc we ran out of newborns. Can't imagine having it always come out?!

SandNStarsNJ

@kvruns I'm not even exaggerating; he has pooped from armpit to toes every single time. If you're holding him, you're almost definitely wearing it. 

Until today, of course. 

kvruns

You poor thing @SandNStarsNJ that's crazy

kvruns

Baby B just rolled from belly to back 8 times in a row. Every time I put him down on his belly for tummy time he flipped over within 30-60 seconds. He's done it a few times randomly but never like this. I know gravity is in play but he didn't even have his arms underneath him that much 

BLyn627

I have a roller too. LO rolled from belly to back at 2.5 weeks and consistently does it every time she's on her stomach. I thought it was a fluke the first time she did it, but she did it four times in a row then and hasn't stopped. We can't keep her on her belly for tummy time. Slow down, baby!!!

rspalding001

Put James in the bouncey chair today and guess what?! He can totally hold his head up and look around! Proud mama here. He's 7 weeks 3 days today

MollySm

Wow,  @rspalding001 - that makes him look like such a big guy! 

kvruns

I didn't realize you could put them in those jumpers this young 

leighry

I had my husband give Nicholas a bottle for the first time today in preparation for me going back to work in a few weeks. I went out so I wouldn't be home to interfere or micromanage the situation, but after a text of "he won't take it" I came home to a frustrated husband and baby. I took him, walked him around to give husband a break and then tried myself. He didn't like it and fussed for me for a minute but then took it. I let my husband finish the feeding and he felt much better about it. I told him that he should start giving Nick a nighttime bottle and put him to bed to help them both with the upcoming transition and so we will start that tonight. Fingers crossed it goes okay.

SandNStarsNJ

I owned the two kids, one parent thing today and it included shots at the doctor! I didn't actually get anything accomplished but I feel accomplished. 

MrsBigTime

SandNStarsNJ said:

I owned the two kids, one parent thing today and it included shots at the doctor! I didn't actually get anything accomplished but I feel accomplished. 

Boom! Nice job, mama!

I finally got my bootie to the gym with the kids! I only had an hour of childcare left by the time I got there, but I did it! I made an appointment for tomorrow and the next day, I'm not totally sure I'll be on my game enough to do both though!

RhodaMorgenstern

I put A in her rock n play while I made dinner last night. I listen to music while I cookand when Stuck in the middle with you came on, my husband and i started singing and dancing along. A thought it was the greatest thing and started smiling and laughing. We picked her up and started dancing with her and she loved it (so did we.)

desoky01

LO is two months today and rolled from tummy to back! I was so surprised and excited I cheered, clapped, and dropped to the floor to congratulate him. He smiled so big! Then we practiced about 5 more times. So exciting! 

hoosiermama-2

Global warming is scary but sometimes delightful! It's in the 60s here today... found a Britax B-agile for $125, still in the box. DH went to get it. Took E on her first stroll today! She's only been out of the house for her check-ups and weight checks so it was very exciting for us. She slept the entire stroll, haha.

kvruns

@hoosiermama we took 2 walks today it was so nice out. Had to work off some Jacks donuts from breakfast hehe 

SandNStarsNJ

NIP victories today: the first in the carrier while walking through the aquarium with DD and the second at lunch without drawing any attention. There was a third in the car but that's not really public. 

It's a win for me.