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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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Continued T&P's to Cagle's daughter Sarah.
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QOTW: How's your marriage holding up? What are you and your DH doing to make sure you stay connected?
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Updates: Let us know what's going on with your LO!
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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 (DD1- )
JenniferL923--DS 8/28/2011 (DD 3/24/2010)
sozay23?DD 9/5/11
El_twirpo?DS 9/20/11
ebat?DD 9/29/11 (DD1- )
txbabs?DS (Lucas) 10/26/11 (DD-6/13/09)
Duckie07?DD 11/5/11
(DD1- )
Dear Bump: You suck.
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Re: ***First Year Check-In***
QOTW: I think we are doing fine. We need more awake time for intimacy, but we seem to be doing ok. I need to make an effort to appreciate him more, physically. I'm working on it. My H is amazing.
Update: Last week Sparky had croup, again. Then by Friday he had contracted a cold. ALl of this wreaked havoc on our sleeping and we had to start swaddling again. I think he's getting a tooth, but I'm not sure yet. I wouldn't be surprised if it broke through and made him extra fussy on our trip this weekend. That would just be par for the course.
In developmental news, he is getting very grabby. He loves books and wants to grab the pages as I turn them. He wants me to read to him before bed and I love that. If he sees a book, he will look at it and coo (sounds more like a zombie). He does the same thing to my phone too. And OMG every time we turn on the TV he goes all exorcist on my trying to watch it. Its a struggle to keep him from it.
QOTW: Marriage is doing good. Nothing major to report there. I think it's actually better than it was when I was PG...I was not too nice to DH then...oops. O:-)
Update: DD went through the flu like a champ. It wasn't really that rough with her. She's doing much better, eating normally, but not napping normally yet. She's still pretty fussy when trying to nap (sleeping at night fine)...hoping for my chill babes soon though. She has her 4 month appt tomorrow! Can't believe she'll be 4 months on Friday!
QOTW - Marriage is doing fine, but like PP, I definitely need to appreciate him more (physically). I am just so not into it - understatement of the year. I try but it is tough. He does everything I ever ask so I need to be "nicer" to him.
Updates - Last week he slept like a dream, only waking once a night, sometimes twice. The second time was always right when I woke up for the day. Then the weekend hit and it all went to shiit. Twice it took 2 hours to get him back down and now he has taken to waking every 2 hours. Mama is TIRED. He is definitely teething so I hope as soon as that sucker pops through he will sleep a little more. On the plus side, we aren't really nursing to sleep anymore. Instead he goes to sleep by being held and bounced in the bathroom with the vent on while I sing to him and rub his back. :-) He is as happy as ever though. He loves it when we hover over him and sing/talk/play with him. He just smiles and coos and it is the most precious thing ever. Taking another long drive this weekend. If he doesn't do well on the way there we're going to buy a convertible car seat for the way home.
QOTW: it's holding up pretty good. This round was way harder on our marriage than the first round, but it may be that having a toddler and figuring out how to compromise on things like discipline, etc. is harder and we just happen to have a baby at the same time. Luckily after 15 years, we know how to communicate pretty well, so thought it's been bumpier, we're settling in. We are refocusing our energy on date nights both in and out of the home. Last weekend we actually got dressed up and went somewhere fancy-schmancy downtown and it was awesome.
Updates: I don't want to jinx anything, but dude, he's still sleeping great. I feel like a new woman! His first tooth is juuuust about to break through. We're having some weight gain issues, but I tried a faster flow nipple on his bottles yesterday and he finished both his bottles in half the time it used to take him to get through only 4 ounces or so, so that is a HUGE improvement. Now if we can just get him to like solids, we'd be in business!
QOTW: I'm not gonna lie, it was touch-and-go for a while. Fights were had, the d-word was mentioned, etc. BUT, I think we're through the roughest patch. And to be honest, if I were to assign blame, it'd be with me. Hormones have not been kind, and even while medicated, I was a B to DH, and he didn't deserve it. I've been making more of a conscious effort lately on our marriage, and it has made a big difference. I think we're finally getting back to a good place.
Update: as of today, DD has been an outside baby longer than she was an inside baby...kinda weird! Her 9 month well check went fine, although her weight is still in the cellar - 67th percentile for height and head, 8th for weight. The dr was also concerned about DD's lack of interest in pulling up or crawling, so she sent us for hip X-rays to rule out any anatomical reasons for that. The X-rays were clean, so DD just knows all too well that we're all wrapped around her little finger. So, she's getting lots of floor time and practice pulling up. I'm hopeful she'll start crawling soon!
**the nestie formerly known as karen2508**
QOTW: I'm two glasses of wine in, so I'll just be honest. It's bad. I say it's not because of the baby, because obviously she's perfect. I think if DH were to talk about it, he may have a different opinion. We were GREAT - better than ever, when I was pregnant. We were so high on life, and we both loved me being pregnant. However, the baby being born really put DH through the ringer emotionally (his childhood is straight from made for TV movies, it was horrible). Plus, I had PPD worse than I wanted to admit. I ran out of happy pills last week and within 5 days I was thinking about taking hte baby and hiding out in the mountains, just the two of us forever (oh and running over people on bikes, it wasn't pretty). So while I feel like all the problems are with him and his life halting personal problems right now, I know logically I must be partially to blame. Anyways ... I just keep telling myself that we shouldn't divorce in the first year of her life, and we just need to wait these things out. We've been together 9 years, and we've had lows before, and yes this is the worst, but I can't stop hoping for the best. /drunkramble-vent
Update: DD is teething right now. It's so hard to watch :-( I hope this one pops out soon.