HDBD 8/29

[Leaf 🌱]

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Milestones:

Stats: (if applicable?)

Rants/Raves:

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up?

[Leaf 🌱]

Age: 4.5 mos...ish?

Milestones: Rolling and grabbing for things with purpose. She’s started to make serious connections between “I want that” and “I can get that” We let her chew on a cucumber and try some banana purée. DD1 is DYING to feed her so we opted to try some traditional baby starter foods vs just BLW exclusively. She was not excited about either 😂 DD1 thought it was great tho!

Stats: (if applicable?) 15ish lbs and I just had to go buy 9mos summer clothes for her. 6mos sort of fits but her poor chunky thighs were getting red marks from elastic 😂

Rant: She will not nap consisteny and it is making me crazy. She has zero daytime schedule.

Rave: her little elastic band arms reaching for me 😍😍😍😍😍 She is such a mama’s girl (I’m sure BFing doesn’t hurt haha) but she laughs best for me and lights up when I come to get her. It melts me.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? I wanted to be anything from a paleontologist to a pilot to a doctor. I am none of those things haha I honestly also assumed I would SAH as well. I’m finally ok with the fact that it is not really an option for me and mostly by choice. I’ve realized I’m a better parent when I work and my job allows a or flexibility so I don’t feel like I’m missing a ton like with DD1.

[babybean]

Age: 5.5 months.

Milestones: almost crawling 😭.

Stats: (if applicable?) she was 19 pounds last week according to my scale. Not sure how long.

Rants/Raves: she wakes 1-3 times at night still.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? A psychiatrist or lawyer.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Age: 4.5 months (5 months on 9/11)

Milestones: he loves to stand up and has been practicing sitting while holding my finger for balance

Stats: (if applicable?) I would say he’s about 14lbs now, solidly in 6m clothes/jammies. I’ve been buying 6/12 for fall and winter because he’s so quick to grow!

Rants/Raves: he’s getting pretty good at falling asleep on his own but sometimes needs a little help during the day.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up?
A teacher or a social worker, and a mom. 2 out of 2🙌🏻

[calendula]

Age: 5 months!

Milestones: She is eating solids, sitting more and more independently, and saying "Dada". Took our first camping trip!

Stats: (if applicable?) Almost 20 pounds (!)

Rants/Raves: It has been hot as balls this week and I am OVER IT. I would very much like to be able to sit and eat dinner with my family without my eyes stinging from sweat running into them.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? For the longest stretch, I wanted to be a writer. I'm not sure what I thought I was going to write, but housing briefs and zoning decisions probably wasn't it. LOL. Still useful though.

[mintyblueair]

Age: 5 months next week

Milestones: started rolling at 4.5 months, is reaching for faces and to be picked up, sleeps 11-12 hours through the night, started cereal a couple weeks ago and loves it, sat unassisted yesterday for a short time!

Stats: she was 17lb at 4.5 months

Rants/Raves: she's just a delight to care for these days! She's so happy and smiley all day long, I'm crazy about her 😍

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up?

A marine biologist at one point, a travel agent

Eta: I never thought about having kids when I was younger and certainly never thought I'd be a sahm, but that's what I am now! I'm on maternity leave from a PhD program and can return next April, but I'm thinking I probably won't...

[clementine]

Age: 6 months

Milestones: 2 teeth! Starting to army crawl - it’s so cool to watch him see something he wants and go right after it. First foods - sweet potatoes were meh, but he liked bananas. Starting to really babble with consonants - I heard mama the other day and I know he didn’t really mean mama, but I was basically a puddle.

Stats: (if applicable?) 14 lbs 5 oz, 26.75 in

Rants/Raves: I was going through my phone and transferring/deleting pics and videos (128 gb is apparently not enough for my level of picture taking), and the tears were flowing. It honestly seems like yesterday when he was a sleepy newborn and now he’s got his own personality and is doing all these cool things! It’s crazy how quickly he’s growing and how quickly I’ve forgotten some of those newborn days.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? I always wanted to be a teacher. I made my poor brother play school so much I’m surprised he wasn’t sick of school by the time he actually started K.

[woodenshoes]

Age: 5 months

Milestones: he got his first two teeth, started eating some solid food, has finally figured out how to roll back to belly

Stats: (if applicable?)

Rants/Raves: I miss the newborn baby cuddles, but I really love this age and seeing all of the new skills emerge.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? A lawyer, meteorologist, vet, or dolphin trainer

[alwayscheese]

Age: 25 weeks/5.75 months

Milestones: he is officially rolling all over the place. Until a couple days ago he rarely rolled onto his back. He caught on to peek-a-boo and thinks it's hilarious, I probably mentioned that already.He's also learning to pull the shirt/taggy/etc off of his face which I am glad about!

Stats: I just decided that his 3m pants are too short. Otherwise he's been in 6m clothes for a while.

Rants/Raves: oi! So I said DS was only happy to be awake for an hour? I was pretty sure that wasn't right and I finally vented to my BFFs that I needed someone to tell me what to do because it wasn't working. They were like "is he over-stimulated?" SMH. It was definitely a thing when he was younger. Not sure when I forgot to watch for that. Anyway now he spends time in a seat chilling with his taggy when he gets grouchy and we're down to three naps a day. Somehow we're back to 29 min naps though. :/

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? I have answered this question in the past with "an adult" lol. At one point I wanted to be a teacher, then as a teenager I was NEVER gonna be a teacher. I did end up teaching and being a teachers aid for several years in private schools, but I don't think it is really my thing.

[snowmoon]

Age: 5 months

Milestones: she's sitting by herself. Has had a few tastes of food. Had her first cold.

Stats: (if applicable?)

Rants/Raves: Naps are finally starting to get somewhat predictable. She's going on two hours in her crib right now. THIS IS A BIG DEAL! She's never napped more than 1.5 hours anywhere.


QOTW: what did you want to be when you grew up?
A marine biologist

[leatherpants]

Age: 5.5 months

Milestones: almost sitting up, started solids

Stats: (if applicable?) He’s 16lbs 4oz today and we can finally stop going to the breastfeeding clinic to monitor his growth every couple of weeks 💪🏻

Rants/Raves: I love this stage so much. This is my favourite part of babydom and it will go by too fast

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up?
I wanted to be a teacher, a writer, a child psychologist or a baseball player.
I am a social worker. So. [poof
We are trying out the carrier again. He didn’t completely hate it.

[ArielMermaid]

I suck at remembering to do these.

Age: 4 months

Milestones: grabbing stuff really well, just starting to be able to get it in her mouth. We moved her to the crib last night too.

Stats: (if applicable?)

Rants/Raves: I am v v v tired. She’s up 4 times a night, average.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up?
A dance teacher or artist.
Still trying the art angle TBH

****poof****

Here’s my little ham at a wedding. MH cropped out 😂

[cp3]

Age: 5 months

Milestones: sitting unassisted for short periods, grabbing everything, started reaching for me to hold her, eating solids but she wasn't much of a fan of sweet potatoes.

She discovered her tongue and is constantly sticking it out at us and it is so cute.

Stats: weighed 13 lbs 6 oz at doctor's appt last week. In 3-6 months clothes and 6 month pajamas. She has chunky thighs that I'm obsessed with.

Rants/Raves: She is not on a schedule and it is driving me crazy. Next week I'm really going to focus on getting her to sleep independently for naptime. I can't keep holding her while she sleeps.

She is obsessed with me. If others try to hold her when I'm around she will cry her horrible hurt cry and has to catch her breath until I get her. Last night I was snuggling D1 while she was playing on the floor and lost it until I picked her up and held her instead. Rude baby.

QOTW: what did you want to be when you grow up? A wife and mom lol. That's what I wrote in 3rd grade when we had to write what we would be at 25. Realistically I wanted to be a lawyer and got my degree in Criminology.
poof

[snowmoon]

Oh my gosh ArielMermaid 😍 She's precious.

[clementine]

Dang I missed the baby mermaid pic!

Yes to those chubby thighs cp3! I couldn’t stop thinking about chubby baby thighs the whole time I was pregnant. L is a string bean so no chubbiness over here.

leatherpants is that a sunny side up egg on B’s shirt?! So cute.

[leatherpants]

Aug 31, 2018 10:12:06 GMT -6 clementine said:

Dang I missed the baby mermaid pic!

Yes to those chubby thighs cp3! I couldn’t stop thinking about chubby baby thighs the whole time I was pregnant. L is a string bean so no chubbiness over here.

leatherpants is that a sunny side up egg on B’s shirt?! So cute.

It is! My sister got it in Melbourne

[cp3]

Omg that face leatherpants. 😄

[ArielMermaid]

Wrong thread