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November 2014 Moms
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11/17 - 11/23 Weekly Check-In
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-Age (weeks + days..ie 3 weeks, 2 days)
-Sleeping
-Eating
-Milestones
-Questions
-Working On
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Re: 11/17 - 11/23 Weekly Check-In
-Sleeping 2-3 hours at night. It varies during the day. He is usually pretty awake before noon, takes a good couple our nap. then starts to be really alert around 5 till 9
-Eating-EBF I think he is getting between 3-4.5 oz
-Milestones- he makes great eye contact! He can roll on his side already!
-Questions- He basically cries all the time unless he has his pacifier... anyone else experiencing this?
-Working On- getting off the nipple shield. getting a consistent 3 hour stretch at night
-Sleeping: Still sleeping well - sleeping from about 11 or so until 9 or 10 with consecutive 3-4 hour stretches.
-Eating: Still eating like a champ! I think we're still on the last days of the first wonder week so he's still eating a lot and rather frequently but we should be finishing with that any day.
-Milestones: Well, the wonder week was no disappointment! LO has started his social smiles in the last several days! I love it! :-)
He also has pretty good head control. He can hold his head up and steady for several minutes at a time now.
-Questions: Nothing right now. :-)
-Working On: I'd like to move bedtime up a little earlier but it may be too soon. We're working on it though. Not having much luck. I was able to put DS2 down at 1030 one night earlier this week but that may have been a fluke.
-AW: Just that my big boy is already in 3 month and some 3 to 6 month clothes! I can't believe how quickly he's growing!
Sleeping: a little too awesome actually, we are going on day 2 of sleeping through the 3 hr mark during mornings/early afternoons ... at night she's a little more consistent with waking to eat and over night uaually get a 5 or 6 hr stretch between midnight and 6.
Milestones - she's tracking people and movements with both her eyes and head now, a couple really adorable coos, and holding her head up. The wonder week didn't say anything about social smiles just yet ... did I download the wrong app or was your baby born early #pineapple85?
Questions: should i wake her to feed during the day or just wait until she wakes up? I haven't been waking her at night. I will ask this at 1 month appt on monday
Working on: more tummy time, she's still not a big fan.
Sleeping: We've finally gotten to almost 3 hour stretches most nights. I'm currently working on transitioning from the RnP to the bassinet.
Eating: EBF, we are cluster feeding today. DS spent the night at Grandma's on Sunday and drank 2-2.5 oz. at a time from a bottle. He was eating every 2-2.5 hours, so that seems right to me.
Milestones: The social smiles just slay me!
Questions: Does anyone have a baby sling that works well for their newborn? I'm just not sold on my Ergo right now.
Working On: Sleeping in the bassinet, and I would like to establish an afternoon naptime and an earlier bedtime. I'm not into strict scheduling, but H and I learned the hard way yesterday that we need to be home at a reasonable hour so that we have enough time for our bedtime routine.
-Sleeping: Except for yesterday he tends to give me 2-3 hour stretches with the occasional 4 hour stretch thrown in. Yesterday's 1-1.5 hour stretches were killer.
-Eating: Doing great. Although I'm getting a little tired of the day time eating every hour. But it's worth it. If I get him in the Ergo or take him somewhere in the car I get longer stretches. So maybe time to do more of that.
-Milestones: Jackson had his one month birthday yesterday!
Questions: As 6 weeks pp comes up I know DH is getting anxious... anyone here have tips or suggestions on how to transition out of mom mode? Between feeling like a mom and not really like a wife, and having a gazillion things on my mind (like all the things around the house that need to be done), I have no idea how I'm supposed to get in the mood
-Working On: Trying to come up with a bedtime routine. Also, trying to be better/more consistent with getting in playmat time, story time, and other good growth activities. Starting to be able to get more done around the house and with the pets... barely.
-AW: I finally figured out how to get the Ergo on without help or using a hanger and a mirror to position the back strap! And putting Jackson in clothes is getting a little easier, I feel less like I'm going to break him. But he still spends a lot of time just in a diaper.
1) Clip waist (hip for me since I'm short) belt on.
2) With the back strap in the correct height (I can leave it stationary now with this trick) clip it behind your back underneath your arms. This should create what I'd call a kangaroo pocket in the front where the insert will go
3) Put LO in the insert.
4) Lower the insert, with LO in it, into the pocket.
5) Pull shoulder straps up over your arms.
6) Check/adjust the front to make sure it's pulled all the way up and not bunching.
Sleeping: really well! Usually sleeps 11-4 and then 5-7:30, 8:30-10:30. She usually takes 2 naps during the day.
Eating: EBF every 2-3hrs during the day. I do not wake to feed at night.
Milestones: finally feel like we are on a good routine. She loves bath time and is usually really easy to put down at night. We have run a few errands together with great success, we are finally moving out of NB clothes and into 0-3 and I'm finally pumping about 3-4oz a day so DH can help and/or we can leave her at my parents if we want to get out for a little bit.
Questions: none right now
Working on: tummy time
AW: her eyes are so big and bright! She's so alert and loves looking around. She has quite a personality these days
Here she as at 4wks
-Sleeping - well. At least 4 hours sometimes more. He slept 9 hours a couple nights ago. I want to recreate it, but nothings working.
-Eating - EBF like a champ. Every 2-3 hours during the day, 4+ at night. I do not wake to feed at night.
-Milestones - starting to be calmer for longer periods of time and have some quiet awake time. He was really fussy the first few weeks, but he seems to be settling down and is easier soothed.
-Questions - been there, done that.
-Working On - Trying to figure out how to get his schedule where I need it while still maintaining the schedule for the 2 year old. D is being a baby, managing the toddler during nursing times and times when D needs attention is proving difficult (he wants to climb on me whenever I hold the baby).
-AW - 9 hour stretch of sleep Thursday night. I've gotten a couple of 7 hour stretches of sleep at night too. Marvelous.
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-Age: 4 wks, 3 days
-Sleeping: He is waking every 2 hrs at night but sleeping like a rock during daytime naps...amazing how that works.
-Eating: He's EBF and doing really well even though I have an overactive letdown. Trying to pump more and get him used to a bottle (we're on the third one which may work and is the Playtex brand).
-Milestones: Started smiling today and it just fills my heart up!
-Question 1: Anyone going back to work/school soon and taking LO to daycare? I start my third semester of nursing school in January and Leo will start daycare. I'm starting to stress a little about routine, pumping, cold/flu season and him being so little...
Question 2: Regarding MOTN feedings how long are you up typically? I'm averaging an hour at least to feed, change if necessary (usually is), keep upright to minimize spit up, and get him into deeper sleep in order to put down without waking. By the time I lay down its almost time for him to eat again; am I doing it wrong?
-Working On: Need to do more tummy time I guess and would love more sleep
-Aw: Pic of Leo today rockin a Christmas bib
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One more question! Is anyone else tracking eating times?? I'm still keeping a log of what time she eats, what time she finishes, and on what side (I block feed) It's helped me know when she is eating, changes if any and in adjusting some what of a bed time routine (we're still working on that part) I would like to "put her down" after her 11pm feed and I've been trying to keep this fairly consistent, however sometimes she's out after her 8pm feed and in that case we've just been leaving her in the living room with us, is that what you all are doing? And if I'm ready to go to sleep before she does I Just crash on the couch and DH wakes me up around 11pm, if she's not up yet.
Also, we are still in the RNP in the bedroom... when do you guys plan to transition to the nursery, or are you there already?
Do you bathe her every night? We fight for ways to keep her up after the 8pm feeding ... last night we just put her to bed at 9 (Carried her to RNP) but she was up to eat at 2, which is about right, however I like the longer stretch to end around 4 - just seems like a better sleep on our part b/c then she'll usually sleep until about 7am. Our bedtime routine is kind of weird b/c we'll put her pajama's on at 8pm feeding, and then after 11pm feeding carry her to rnp and turn on her sleep sheep. That's about it! I feel like the bedtime routine stuff should happen after 8pm feeding I guess that's why I'm conflicted. Maybe I need to sneak another feeding in there a little earlier, like 10 and start her bedtime routine after that?
actually -- I guess that would mean start a bedtime routine around 8 and THEN feed her again after? Right now we are only bathing her twice a week though. She has a tendancy to get really dry skin so I don't want to exacerbate it, but w/ the cold weather.
Do you bathe her every night? We fight for ways to keep her up after the 8pm feeding ... last night we just put her to bed at 9 (Carried her to RNP) but she was up to eat at 2, which is about right, however I like the longer stretch to end around 4 - just seems like a better sleep on our part b/c then she'll usually sleep until about 7am. Our bedtime routine is kind of weird b/c we'll put her pajama's on at 8pm feeding, and then after 11pm feeding carry her to rnp and turn on her sleep sheep. That's about it! I feel like the bedtime routine stuff should happen after 8pm feeding I guess that's why I'm conflicted. Maybe I need to sneak another feeding in there a little earlier, like 10 and start her bedtime routine after that?
actually -- I guess that would mean start a bedtime routine around 8 and THEN feed her again after? Right now we are only bathing her twice a week though. She has a tendancy to get really dry skin so I don't want to exacerbate it, but w/ the cold weather.
@kstirton Yes I would a definitely sneak another feeding in after the 8pm feeding. I would aim for 10 after bath time. If you feed 8-8:30ish, it is not too hard to keep them awake until 9pm or so for bath time. Sometimes ours will almost be asleep at 9 after the feeding but we bathe her anyways, feed again and then she's out cold.We do bathe her every night.
She LOVES her baths but not getting out of them lol. She hates that part but honestly a 5min cry right before her last feeding gets her really tired! We just bathe her with warm water every other night and with soap the others so we don't dry out the skin. I do however bathe her with soap underneath her neck and on her bum every night because of spit up and poop. I moisturize every night too.
I would give it a try. Does your LO like bath time?
Sleeping: we are back to getting 4-5 hour stretches at night, and I think the routine helps her figure out that it's bedtime. We start around 8:30-9. Bath, jammies, story, feeding, then down. We started this about two weeks ago during that growth spurt phase and it's helped.
Eating: much better at BF'ing now. She still doesn't latch and we have to use the shield, but I figure as long as she's eating, I won't fix what isn't broken. The dr did suggest giving her a bottle at night using formula and she sleeps better having her belly so full. She finally hit 7lbs so that's a win!
Milestones: much better head control and is focusing on us with her eyes now. It's so amazing to see how much she's changed and grown in such a short time.
Working on: tummy time a little more, pumping to go back to work. She will be going to daycare so I have to start freezing BM now for her to have a supply.
AW: her smiles. They light up my life. Watching her grin simply melts my heart.
-Sleeping - last night we had our longest stretch, 6hrs (7hr between feedings)
-Eating - She is back to every 3-4 hrs with at least one 5+ stretch overnight. She did have a 24 hr period of eating every 2-3 hours including overnight and being very fussy. I am hoping that was her 3 wk growth spurt.
-Milestones - She's really starting to look at me instead of in my general direction, very cool
-Questions - for EBF moms, have your boobs started to feel normal again? I still can't put a towel on my nipples and at night the nursing pads are uncomfortable. Hoping there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
-Working On - more tummy time/play time
Sleeping: we've gotten to where we only wake him up at the 5 hour mark at night to eat. If he wakes up before to eat that's fine, but we've been starting to get some good stretches at night. He also has been staying awake in the early afternoons, then takes a nap, and wakes up around 5-9pm.
Eating: EBF w/ a nipple shield, and the past few days he has went down on feeding, but we did take a weekend trip, so I figured it was that. Also we still are feeding him every two hours. Starting to think about just feeding on demand, but it might take a little bit.
Milestones: he has been reaching more with his hands, and is starting to coo some. We get a smile every once in a while, but I'm not totally sure we're the cause of the smiles lol. He also can roll from tummy to back, and lifts his head and looks around a bunch. I think he is afraid he is going to miss something lol.
Questions: anyone know of a good nursing cover? We have been trying to work on feeding in public, but he doesn't like the blanket falling around his face and with a nipple shield I can't hold the blanket and the shield in place to get him to latch.
Working on: feeding on demand, and feeding out and about. And trying to get off the nipple shield.
Aw: here is a cute picture of a smile I caught just this morning