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July 2014 Moms
mrscurlygurl
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**Sunday ladies...check in!**
mrscurlygurl
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Happy Sunday ladies!
How old is your squishy baby now?
Any vents/celebrations/questions, baby related or not?
Pictures to share?
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Re: **Sunday ladies...check in!**
Celebrations: She's started smiling this week in response to things other than gas which is pretty exciting! She's also started enjoying awake time during the day watching the ceiling fan is super fun apparently and the playmat's not bad. @mrscurlygurl we also love tummy time on top of mommy or daddy, have you tried that?
Vents: Baby girl cannot get enough to eat after 10pm so we've started giving her a bottle of BM at midnight to get her to sleep. It's worked and I'm thankful for that but it means I'm not storing much pumped BM and I'm very anxious about having to go to work a few days this week and next and her running out.
Also I can't wait to be on more of a schedule! We're still really struggling with sleep at night
Celebrations: once we get her to fall asleep at night she will sleep anywhere from 5-7 hours! Yay!!
Vents: getting her to fall asleep at night is always an ordeal because she is very gassy/fussy. She also is rarely awake without crying and has totally been cluster feeding the last few days.
I love her so much!!
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
I feel like she is either eating, sleeping, or crying. There isn't much awake time with her just being content. Is that normal? When do they start being "happier"?
We finally got her pooping situation worked out (she essentially went about 12 days without going). But she more than made up for it yesterday.
Other than that, I'm just trying to pump and pump and pump to build up my milk supply and start getting a stash.
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
He's a pretty easy baby. He sleeps well and only cries when something's wrong (dirty diaper, hungry, etc.). His sister, on the other hand, has been quite a handful. She's perfected the squeal, tries to bite, kick, and jump on me. I think she's doing all of that to get my attention. Thankfully, she's not always like that. She's pretty good with Ari. She's brings him his paci, a blanket, liked to rock him in his swing and cover him up. She also like to love on him, although sometimes, a little too rough. We're working on it.
Here's a picture I took of little man, trying to catch him smiling.
We have only been home 2 days so DH and I are trying our best to take turns sleeping and trying to limit the number of visitors daily so we can settle in.
Luckily she is not a really fussy baby. She does have an hour or so in the middle of the night where she is crying nonstop.
Overall, we are overwhelmed with love for this little one! Today is our wedding anniversary and DH took baby out for a while so I could nap and they came home with a beautiful diamond necklace
She is starting to get on a night time routine which is great! She is not looking like a newborn as much anymore. We seem to be getting her gas under control, which is making her a happier baby!
We are also try to potty train our 2.5 year old. He is definitely ready but seems lazy.,we have had 3 successful days with only 1 accident. We are bribing him with beach days, since he loves going to the beach.
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
My only vent is nighttime. From around 11:00 to 1:00 or 2:00, all she wants to do is eat! She'll fall off and lay her down, and she wakes back up. Back to the boob. Eventually she gets enough I guess and stays asleep when I put her in her swing.
Celebrations: Once she's down, she won't wake up until I get her up for her next feeding! We go for her 2 week checkup Wednesday. I'm almost positive she's back to birthweight, so here's hoping that we can stop waking her up and just let her sleep! She's also been spending some time here and there during the day awake, alert, and content to be awake. She's a sweetie!
DD born 7.27.2014
BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
My vent is a little emotional so bare with me:
For a couple of weeks I've noticed her head shape look a little weird, but I chalked it up to being a newborn. Well late this week my husband told me he was worried about her head shape too. At her one month check up the pediatrician made a comment about her forehead protruding a little bit. I didn't hear him say it but once my husband mentioned it to me I started googling. Because of what I found through google I went ahead and made an another appointment with our pedi to get her head examined because her forehead is slightly protruding and her temples look pinched. I'm no doctor and I know I shouldn't rely on google but I am afraid that she might have craniosyntosis so I have to make sure. The few people I have told have told me I'm crazy but I'm following my motherly instincts to get it checked out. I'm really hoping I'm just crazy. I suppose we will see tomorrow.
Hope you ladies have a great week ahead of you with your adorable babies
Celebrations: I'm happy to say that we've successfully transitioned her to sleeping in her crib for almost a week and she sleeps and average of 7 hours a night!
Additionally she is spending more and more time awake and not crying. She's starting to make the cutest faces and I know she'll be smiling for real in no time at all! She loves tummy time and her play mat as well as her MamaRoo (which is seriously saving my life).
Vents: My dogs are driving me insane. They literally bark at everything and while right now it's not affecting the baby I know eventually it will. And when a dog barking fit coinsides with a fussy baby fit I think I'm going to loose my marbles.
Aside from that I'm loving being a mommy. I'm completely in awe of the whole thing and trying to savor every precious moment with my newborn. Can not believe one month is already gone!