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STM+ check-in week of 7/1
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How far along are you (if you remember...)?
How are your other kids doing this week?
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
How are your other kids doing this week?
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Re: STM+ check-in week of 7/1
About 11 weeks.
How are your other kids doing this week?
They are unhappy with me because they are facing the consequences of not doing their chores. (No screen time or friends until
they complete their original chore, plus another one)
DD1 is also excited because her dance team is going to be in local Independence Day parade.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
I was not going to co-sleep. My bed was for me and H, not for the baby. By 3 weeks baby was in our bed. And our other 2 co-slept from the beginning.
Also, once DD1 became a toddler and was a picky eater, I learned that DS1’s amazing eating habits (this kid is less picky than most adults) were not a result of my amazing parenting
About 13 weeks
How are your other kids doing this week?
Still working on potty training. Other than that he’s doing well.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Nothing really. I kept a pretty open mind. I didn’t want to be one of those “well I’ll never...”
How are your other kids doing this week? She's been coughing all night the last few night, so I feel so bad. She'll cough, then cry because I think her throat hurts, then whimper back to sleep, just to cough again in 30 minutes. Other than that, she's been such a blast! She's happy, playful, and it's so fun watching her learn and respond to new things. Today I asked her to point to the owl on her book, and I didn't know she even knew what an Owl was yet, and she pointed to it. So fun!
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby? No TV until 2 years old, then I changed it to 18 months, but we started letting her watch a little Little Baby Bum on Netflix (animated learning songs) at 17 months. I still can't wait until she'll sit still and enjoy watching Disney
Married: 8/11/2007
DD: Born 2/3/17
BFP#2: 5/3, EDD 1/10/19
13+?
How are your other kids doing this week?
DD has had diarrhea for three weeks. Waiting on results of a stool sample analysis. I feel like it’s been so much longer than three weeks. Ugh. Otherwise she’s great though. Still generally her happy self.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
I tried to be pretty open minded. DD wears more frilly clothes than I was planning on but that’s really no big deal. I would have been ok with her being in our room a little longer but DH really wanted her in her own room at one month and she actually did fine and has always been a pretty good sleeper. I would like to start breaking the pacifier habit but I don’t know if I’m ready for that battle, and I fully expect it will be a battle.
DD- 11/2016
10w tomorrow.
How are your other kids doing this week?
Readjusting after being spoiled at grandma's all weekend.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Co-sleeping. We didn't do it all the time but when that four month wakeful hit, I gave up trying to put him in his crib.
DS 05/29/2013
M/C 02/14/2017
M/C 06/05/2017
C/P 03/01/2018
BFP 05/17/2018 EDD 01/27/2019
10 weeks
How are your other kids doing this week?
She’s been cranky and clingy this week.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
I relaxed about some stuff because I can’t control other adults and it’s more important to me that she has a relationship with her grandparents, aunts, and cousins, and get to interact with other kids than that I can control her environment. I’ve learned to pick my battles with people and have let some stuff go I was planing on being stricter about. I also thought things like I will establish good sleep habits from the very beginning so she will be a great sleeper, and that failed horribly, lol. I don’t think I anticipated the reality of parenting a strong-willed child (although I should have because I used to argue with my mom just because I liked to argue).
How are your other kids doing this week? He's good! He'll be 21 months (I think?) in like a week and he seems so grown up lately! We went to the zoo Sunday and he was so much more into it than he ever has been before. And he was able to walkfor a lot of it. Plus, he's pooped on his potty twice now! It's just a fluke because we're putting him on there when we think he'll have to go, butjopefully he'all learn the association. Cleaning out the potty is pretty gross though, I might just try one of those sears that go on the toilet. Also working on drinking from a regular cup. And I just ordered him a bedding set for his crib. Such a big boy! All the emotions.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby? Cosleeping. Never thought I'd cosleep but we did from 5-15 months. He was a terrible sleeper and it worked. I'll probably cosleep with the dockatot from day one with #2.
It's a boy!
DS is doing pretty well, but he misses DH, who is gone for the next 3 weeks. DS is a picky eater, but he’s tried 3 new foods this week.
Somehing I changed my mind on is how much influence parents have over a child’s personality. Kids are just going to be who they were made to be. DH and I are super laid back and easy going. Our child is a tornado. Right there with you @pttomato on parenting a strong-willed child.
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
About 14 weeks. I think.
How are your other kids doing this week?
They're doing great! My almost three old has been talking to the baby a lot. And my almost one year old says baby and that's about it. Lol
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
A lot. Every kid is different.
11 weeks tomorrow
How are your other kids doing this week?
DD is doing good- she is so excited for baby and now decided she wants a baby brother when she originally wanted a baby sister. I'm trying to encourage her independence more and more so that when baby comes hopefully she can get herself ready in the morning mostly by herself, and she's been improving which is great (she's 4)!
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Cry it out and no screen time before 2 are the big ones I can think of. I was pretty adamant about the whole 'no cry sleep solution' sleep training when DD was a baby, but it didn't really work- she only gained sleep independence when we did cry it out- she ended up only crying for maybe 10 minutes max and took just a couple of days before she would fall asleep without sleep aid- though I know it's a bit controversial! I read the Ferber book which helped me understand it better before doing it. I was also pretty adamant about no screen time before 2 but by 1 I was trying to get her to watch just a little TV!
10+3
How are your other kids doing this week?
Good! DS1 and I seem to be figuring out how to overcome the rough 3-year-old phase he's been in. He was such an easy baby, and an awesome 2-year-old, but turning 3 has been a BEAST. DS2&3 are getting more verbal skills, which is one of my favorite developments
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Pacifiers- with the first I held off until a lactation consultant gave us some tips that included a paci. With the twins I was like "nope, paci those guys right away." Other than that I feel like I became more of a "crunchy" mom than I expected to be.
10+1
How are your other kids doing this week?
DD (2 this month) is doing well! She is doing great at using the potty since we started training her about 2 weeks ago and is even starting to tell us consistently when she has to go. She will even use public restrooms now, which makes me much more comfortable taking her out for longer than 2 hrs. Also, she started at a new daycare yesterday. I was so worried that it would be another 3 weeks of adjustment/crying, but it's only day 2 and she only cried a bit at drop off this morning. She was in no hurry to leave when I went to pick her up this afternoon. I'm so relieved that this transition seems to be going better for her than I expected.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Definitely screen time. I was planning on no TV until 18 months, but she is so high energy and wants me to play with her all the time. Sometimes I just need to get things done, or take a shower, or just chill for a min.. and if Peppa pig allows me to do that, so be it. It's not like she spends all day in front of the TV, but she watches a lot more than I thought I would have let her at this point. Especially in the mornings before I've had coffee.. I can't play chase at 6 AM, lol. I've also noticed that she's playing pretend more modeling after things she's seen on Peppa.. that can't be all bad, right?
10w 2d
How are your other kids doing this week?
DD is doing well. She is recovered from her summer virus last week and is back to her high energy self.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
I thought if I only offered my kid healthy food choices, then she would be a good eater. So wrong. Restrictive eaters are their own thing, doesnt matter how hard you model good eating. And the whole "if they are hungry enough they will eat anything" is a bald faced lie.
Married: 8/11/2007
DD: Born 2/3/17
BFP#2: 5/3, EDD 1/10/19
How are your other kids doing this week? He's great. He played in the stream and wandered around outside for a few hours with DH while I went to the grocery store this evening. He wore himself out.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby? I thought I'd cloth diaper until he was potty trained, but we stopped at a year. I also got pregnant and exhausted when he turned 1, so that had a lot to do with it.
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
How are your other kids doing this week? DS is doing ok. We had a funeral for one of my cheerleaders today and it's been a really emotionally charged week since they found her body. So, my son's been acting out but it's my fault...I've been distant mentally.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby? Ummmm co sleeping. I said we never would, but I love cuddles and it allowed us to squeeze some extra sleep in which is necessary.
TTC#2: 2/2018; BFP: 2/26/18; MC 4/4/18.
TTC#2: 4/2018; BFP: 5/12/18; EDD: 1/19/19 (boy)
2 fur babies: Oakley Marley (11.5) & Ava Lynn (2)
12+6
How are your other kids doing this week?
DD (2yo) is doing great, she is hilarious and really into copying everything we say. We went to a kids concert this morning and she kept yelling, "kid power!" She also talks about the baby often and I think she will be a sweet big sister!
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Pacifiers-- DD really loves them and still does....she only gets it at sleeping time, but we have to wean her off it soon.
We ditched DS1's paci the week of his second birthday, and just broke it out for the occasional nap as a last resort. I feel like it was easier with him because he could see his baby brothers with pacifiers, so when we told him they were just for babies he was okay with that. I suspect DS2 is going to be much more difficult, and I'm not looking forward to that!
11+4
How are your other kids doing this week?
Both girls have been really good and sweet this week. DD2 is into everything! So much different than DD1 who we never had to babyproof anything for. She is also the child that I fear we will have to take to the ER. DD1(4 yrs) is also very excited to tell everyone about the baby and can’t wait to share the news at summer camp. We told her she had to wait until after our follow-up appointment tomorrow morning to check on the growth that they found on the baby.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
Not much. MH and I are pretty laid back and go with the flow.
13 weeks +1
How are your other kids doing this week?
We’ve had a pretty great week. He’s had so much fun swimming and doing all the 4th of July activities. He’s actually starting to be able to swim (underwater mostly, but it’s actual swimming)! I’m glad because we couldn’t afford the trendy expensive lessons a lot of people around here are taking, so I’ve been trying to teach him myself.
We also finally told him about the baby Sunday. He’s so excited and keeps asking about it. Yesterday he randomly said “I can’t wait for the baby to come out of your tummy. I love that baby.” 4 is a pretty cool age.
GTKY: What is something you changed your mind on after having a baby?
I swore I’d never have a picky eater! Jokes on me.
I also totally thought I’d do cry it out, which I never managed to do.