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Parenting after a Loss
adoxyinherear
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TTC since 07/11 | natural m/c 08/11 | BFP 12/6/2011 | Elinor Anna born 8/18/2012 | BFP #2 1/16/2014
~*~ Infant Check-in ~*~
adoxyinherear
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Good evening, ladies!
Any milestones this week? Challenges? Funny stories?
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, nay, THE UNIVERSE, where would you live?
TTC since 07/11 | natural m/c 08/11 | BFP 12/6/2011 | Elinor Anna born 8/18/2012 | BFP #2 1/16/2014
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Re: ~*~ Infant Check-in ~*~
Unfortunely, he's discovered how much fun it is to bounce and move around in the swing. So I have to seatbelt him in, which sucks as I used to just lay him in there to fall asleep and the buckling in process wakes him up. Sadsies.
He's started to grab and pull DD's hair. Retribution for the torture she's inflicted on him thus far??
The Maldives or Uranus. Because it'd be funny to answer "Uranus" when someone asks where I'm from.
BFP #3 via cancelled IUI ~ C (2lb 3oz; HELLP) 5/16/11
BFP #4 via the natural (free!) way ~ E (8lb 11oz) 9/13/12
I love all of your answers this week
As of yesterday we made it to six months of EBF!! DD may have eaten a speck of toast or broccoli in our first few attempts at BLW, but I'm so not counting that. When we were first starting nursing and it was a nightmare this seemed like an eternity away. Now I'm very optimistic we can make it to a year, if teething doesn't throw us off!
DD has also sat unassisted, though never for more than a few seconds.
We're still experiencing more night wakeups than I want, but I'm not sure what to do about it. A good friend is starting to Ferberize her daughter, and I realized it's sort of what I loosely do with DD when she fights naps during the day. But I don't know if I should resist feeding her at night, because if she's REALLY hungry (and she always seems very hungry), then I should feed her, right? Just don't know what to do.
If I could live anywhere, it would be in one of my two favorite cities: Berlin or Chicago.
My DD does this sometimes, too, and it is the CUTEST EVER. Even when I know she really ought to eat.
Also, Montana or Wyoming sound amazing. My desire to live in the wilderness wars with my desire to be able to walk to the library or a coffee shop.
I would feed her if you believe she is really hungry. She will have a hard time falling asleep if she is hungry and crying. If you notice it becoming a consistent nightly pattern then maybe revise her feeding schedule...maybe she can get a feed a hour before bedtime and see how it goes. Good luck
BFP#2 ~ 8/2/11, EDD 4/11/12, D&C 9/12/11 at 9w5d
BFP#3 ~ 4/15/12, EDD 12/21/12 ~ DD born 12/22/12
Any milestones this week? DD will hit two months this week. Where did the time go? It feels like I gave birth ages ago, and sometimes it feels like last week.
Challenges? DD does not eat a lot in the morning. I suffer from engorgement as a result. She does wake up once in the middle of the night, sometime between 3 am and 4 am but eats very little. She's starting to stay awake longer during those feeds which doesn't bode well for me because I go back to work in two weeks. I'm going to shower the night before and get as much sleep as I can. I don't care if I look like sh!t at work. We are also going to transition her to the crib in our upstairs bedroom sometime this week or next week. She and I have been sleeping in the downstairs bedroom because it is frigid in our upstairs bedroom.
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, nay, THE UNIVERSE, where would you live?
That's a toughie! I guess if I wanted to live in a US city, it would be Boston or Chicago. An European city, it would be Paris. I loved Paris!
If I wanted to live somewhere tropical that is absolutely secluded, I'd pick the Mayan Riviera.
BFP#2 ~ 8/2/11, EDD 4/11/12, D&C 9/12/11 at 9w5d
BFP#3 ~ 4/15/12, EDD 12/21/12 ~ DD born 12/22/12
Thank you... she always nurses like crazy when I do finally cave and feed her. I usually try to soothe her by other means first, though, because I don't want her nursing for comfort in the middle of the night. I am thinking I may try just feeding her more during the day and see if it helps. She usually nurses about two hours before bed and then right before bed.
Thank you!
Milestones: DD has discovered barrel rolling! She rolled half way across the living room the other day. Lol I think she's going to ditch her crawling attempts and roll every where instead.
Challenges: Sleep is hit or miss. Lately she's been waking up at 10pm after going to bed at 8. She seems to go through spurts of random waking. After she does go back to sleep, though, she'll sleep until 7-7:30, which she's normally up at 6:30 on the dot. I'm not complaining, just wish she's stick to some sort of schedule.
GTKY: I'd want to live some place tropical with a privet beach, palm trees, and a cute bar tender.
BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
Congrats!! Awesome milestone!!
BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
DH and I have always wanted to visit Denver! It sounds lovely.
Go DD!
Also I'm curious if only tropical locales warrant a cute bartender... 'cause I could go for one of those, too :O
Milestones: We also reached 6 months of EBF! DS is a rolling machine; he will immediately roll off any soft item I put him on, to lie on our hardwood floors. He can sit momentarily on his own now. Also, shrieking.
Challenges: I miss my STTN baby. We had 6 glorious weeks from 10.5 - 16 weeks. He is too busy during the day to eat much so he's doing a classic reverse cycle and taking in tons of milk at night. I'd go somewhere quiet to nurse him during the day, but I don't want to waste the little bit of time DD spends in front of Thomas the Tank Engine with nursing. That's Bump time!
Stories: DS is fascinated with DD and loves watching her run around. He is also fascinated with my hair and will pop off while nursing just to play with it. We have had some very sweet moments lately where he will pop off, put his hand on my face and just look at me and smile. *cue melting*
GTKY: Beacon Hill or Back Bay (Boston) would be nice, if we had a gazillion dollars. We live outside of Boston and I miss living in a more walkable area.
Awesome on the pulling up! Also, I giggled at the idea of her crawling away while you're trying to change her.
And thanks for the tips on feeding her... I work from home, mostly, so I tried to offer it to her more today and we'll see if that helps any.
CONGRATS!
G has been rolling and scooctching all over the place. Also, today in her PNP, she reached up and pulled up to look around a little. I guess it's time to take out the bassinet conversion.
If I could live anywhere? Could I have 2 homes? One in Lake Tahoe, where I lived for about 10 years...and another home on some tropical shore. I love the mountains, miss the snow and pine trees, but another part of me longs for warm water for swimming and frosty blended drinks ;]