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***First Year Check-In***
Welcome to the First Year check-in!
If you'd like to join the group, please post your child's birth date, sex, and name/nickname if you'd like.
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Happy first birthday to meg120510's son!
Continued T&P's to Cagle's daughter Sarah.
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QOTW: What's the thing that has surprised you the most so far?
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Updates: Let us know what's going on with your LO!
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meg120510--DS
12/13/10
SaraLouiseBride08--DD (Olivia) 12/30/10
MrsAJL--DD (Molly) 1/7/11
intheatx--DD (Katie) 3/16/11
flymansWife--DS 5/11/11
Mrs.Purdue--DD 5/11/11
cia--DD 5/20/11
rssnlvr--DS 5/25/11 (DD-9/15/09)
BSE--DD 5/30/11
ssinca--DS 6/1/11
bluestreet--DD (Mags) 6/9/11
jml5q--DS 7/6/11 (DD-1/1/09)
NoVA-grl?DD 7/7/11
(DS-5/28/09)
SarahPLiz--DS (ATL "Sparky") 7/20/11
brooke152?DS 7/27/11
MammaOwl11?DD (Alexa) 8/22/11
MrsNole?DD 8/23/11
BoxerMomma--DD (Beatrice) 8/26/11 (DD- )
JenniferL923--DS 8/28/2011 (DD 3/24/2010)
sozay23?DD 9/5/11
El_twirpo?DS 9/20/11
txbabs?DS (Lucas) 10/26/11 (DD-6/13/09)
Dear Bump: You suck.
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Re: ***First Year Check-In***
QOTW: I've been surprised with how easy I've found this to be, having two. I had a really, really hard time with my daughter when she was a newborn. I just figured I wasn't a very good newborn mommy. But this time around has been so incredibly different. My confidence and comfort as a parent is a million times better. In fact, DH is traveling all this week and I didn't even give it a second thought. In fact (again), I even was looking forward to my one-on-one time with my kids, rather than dreading doing the solo thing like I did before.
Update: He's getting better about his solids...now, if we manage to get the food in his mouth, he doesn't spit it out. AndandAND, the last two nights he has slept 11 HOURS STRAIGHT. Glory be!!! I'm really hoping that now that he's making progress on solids, his sleep will permanently follow suit, rather than just being a temporary blip. His first tooth is allllllmost breaking through, so I'm actually really surprised this is when he picked to start sleeping better. I'll take it!
I think you juuuust missed the cut-off. It's a check-in for all babes younger than 1. You'll be rejoining the group again soon, though!
Happy belated first birthday to your sweet girl!
I've been surprised how different they been, yet the same all at once. I never thought I'd have a baby that fell asleep when I put her in her crib and turned on her mobile. Plus she not much of a fan of her paci, DD1 still loves hers.
Can you add me please?
DD 11/5/11
QOTW: I'm surprised just how hard it's been since I was expecting it to be a little easier the second time around--basically the exact opposite of what Rssn said, ha! I have two sweet girls, but it's definitely been harder emotionally.
Update: I think DD is starting to smile intentionally. Melts my heart!!
QOTW: I was surprised by how much I love it (being a mother). I always thought I'd only be a so-so mother, and that I wouldn't really like kids, etc. It's been super easy, so that may help. I love every second of this. I love everything she does, and I want to spend every second with her. I'm a little cray-cray for my kid.
Update: Walking full time now. WHAT? How did that happen? Frantically trying to get ready for Christmas/Birthday/Who cares about New Years. Talking, talking, talking. Vocab: Hi, Dog, Bird, Mom-Mom, Dad, Monkey, Goodjob, No, and a couple I can't remember right now. She looooves to talk! And sing. She sings along now, and it's freakishly cute!
Happy birthday to meg(numbers) DS, and many, many T&P to Caglebaby's Sarah and family.
QTOW - I think I am more surprised by myself and the things I've done than anything with the baby. Well, I am surprised that he will not take a paci to save our lives. I figured I would be fighting to not use it. I am most surprised that I have broken ALL of my "I nevers". Like, every single one. I even started bringing him into bed with us, which was my biggest "I never". I haven't done it in 3 days and I have to say, I miss snuggling with him.
Updates - He had the 4 month shots 2 weeks ago and just got back to normal this weekend. Shots do a number on him. He is so fussy and cranky and has the hardest time sleeping. His night time sleep has been glorious this week (only waking twice, just once on Monday!) but his naps have gone to complete shi*t. He napped for one hour on Monday and 70 minutes yesterday (total). If he doesn't nap at least 2 hours (3-4 preferably), he is so unhappy and a bear until he finally passes out for bed. He is rolling from back to tummy like a champ and drools and chews on his hands constantly. His favorite thing is to get his diaper changed (which the nanny does not do enough, IMO. Sigh.), I think he loves the super focused attention he gets. We blow rasberries at each other a lot then and that is super fun. :-)
ETA - I am also surprised how much I love breastfeeding him.
QOTW: I've been most surprised about how happy and full DD makes my heart feel - and that my heart can even feel happy and full like that. People always tell you that the way you love your children is so strong and so...different, and my attitude was always, "well, how different can it be?" But it is completely different from any other kind of love. DD makes me feel do happy and warm - almost overwhelmingly so. I really do pink puffy heart my sweet little girl.
Update: DD is 9 months this week!! Over the weekend I put away all of her 6 month clothes and pulled out all of the 9 month stuff ...it's all so cute!! I felt like I had gone shopping or something, and I didn't have to set foot in a store. Love it! I want to start shifting DD's schedule more toward eating meals at mealtimes, with bottles thrown in as needed...but I'm having some trouble because of the dairy intolerance. I'm relying mostly on store-bought foods so far, and it seems that the older baby foods all include dairy in some form or another. And while I admire mommas that make baby's food, I really just don't have the time/patience/energy.
**the nestie formerly known as karen2508**
QOTW: I've been most surprised by how easy it has been for me to come back to work and have her in daycare. Of course the first day broke my heart but it has actually been a good transition for both of us. Like a pp said I'm also just absolutely floored by how much different the love for your child is then anything else in the whole world. I could just sit there and coo at her all day long!!!
Update: Hailey is just on the verge of laughing but has been for a few weeks now. She gets out the first part of a giggle and you think this is it and then it stops. I'm getting impatient
Her sleeping is still all over the place- 4 hour stretches probably average but then last night we were up three times but only once to eat. It's like she wakes up and just can't put herself back to sleep even though she's not hungry. I think at some point (later!) we will have to do some sort of CIO method with her to help teach her to self soothe and I'm already anxious about it.
QOTW: I'm surprised at how easy of a baby DD is, not that I am complaining. Also I'm surprised at how much I absolutely love her and love being a mommy, I really think it's the best thing in the world.
Update: DD has the flu!! Boo! She's taking it like a champ though, yesterday you could hardly tell she was feeling icky. She has started giggling which is so cute! And I lovelovelove how DH can make her giggle the biggest sweetest giggles. :-)
QOTW: i'm surprised at how much my maternal instincts have kicked in. how to hold him, how to soothe him... i kind of just did it without thinking too much whether i'm doing it "right" or effectively. and then when i read a book about it, turns out i was doing what they recommended anyway!
Update: within the past 7 days, DS went from bobbing his head staring down at the floor during tummy time to holding his head up high and even accidentally rolling over onto his back. i was STUNNED. he hated tummy time with a passion.