Infant Check-in (12/13)

[oldbaylover1024]

Age: 10 months

Milestones: I can't think of any big ones this week. Just cruisin' along with trying to walk, and chatting it up trying to talk!

Challenges: Sleep. The past week has been awful. I have a feeling he's working on his top two teeth. But man, MH and I are over it. OVER. IT.

Funny/cute stories: We took him to my IL's house this weekend and he got a tiny taste of a donut (thanks, SIL LOL). He obviously loved it and kept looking at the box and grunting! She tried putting him on the floor and he yelled at her, then kept pulling up to get back to the table. Someone has a sweet tooth!

How are you? Okay. Stressed with holiday planning and stuff that needs to get done. There just isn't enough time in the day.

Anything else? And MH has been Mr. Procrastination, which is killing me and making planning harder. We're both slammed at work, so I get it. My mental load is just too heavy right now to deal with more deadlines.

QOTW: We have lots of holiday traditions, but one is decorating stockings. Every year my mom would add something to our stockings, sometimes just a decoration and other times to commemorate something special from that year. We got to pick our items when we were old enough. Now, 30+ years later, my stocking is jam-packed with memories. I've already started it with my daughter, and we're doing it with C, too.

[addymac]

I feel so behind here and on the All AL board. This kid needs to let me sleep and needs to nap so I can be up to date and not five years late with my posting!!

Age: 16w!

Milestones: holding a rattle firmly in his hand, legit laughing, not just baby laugh but a full laugh! Almost sitting up on his own. Occasionally face plants.

Challenges: sleep. What else is new.

Funny/cute stories: he woke up, ate, then we were sitting in bed and he wanted to sit up not reclined so I helped him and there was a pillow in front of him. He is practicing sitting on his own when he looks up at me, throws up on the pillow, I yell and grab a burp cloth- as I’m grabbing the burp cloth he falls face down into the pillow- and throw up. He had it all over his face and I just couldn’t stop laughing. It was so funny to see him just flop forward face down. I’m the worst lol

How are you? Tired. Really tired. I need to work on not being an asshole to DH at 2am when N won’t go back to sleep and he tries to help.

Anything else? Idk

QOTW: Are there any holiday traditions from your childhood you can't wait to share with your little one?
We.... are trying to find a balance for celebrating Xmas and Hanukkah in a secular manner. It’s really fucking hard. My whole holiday growing up was part Santa but a big chunk was very religiously catholic based and were not doing religion so it’s hard for me bc all my traditions were religious based. DH doesn’t know how to do Hanukkah without the menorah, which is religious. So we are really struggling. It kind of sucks.