Infant Check-in (2/7)

[oldbaylover1024]

This is my last infant check-in. I'm feeling some feels.

Age: 1 year minus 3 days

Milestones: He's walking, he's trying to talk, he's into everything... He's also consistently STTN!

Challenges: Nothing really. He's been awesome.

Funny/Cute Stories: We went out to eat last night and he begged for everything on my plate (a wrap and sweet potato fries). Then, he grabbed the plate and face-planted in my fries LOL He was so happy and smiley about it, too.

How are you? Wrapping my head around having a 1YO! He's just the sweetest boy and makes me smile every day. I think about his birth a lot and all the things that suddenly happened... He's lucky he's alive. And I thank those NICU nurses and doctors every day for all they did for our family. There's no way I can repay those people for saving his life. So... I'm emotional to say the least LOL

Anything else? We're having his party on Saturday and I can't wait to celebrate his first year of life with our family and closet friends. They really stuck by us and helped us so much when he was in the NICU. A lot of that time frame is a blur, but those folks that helped us stand out like shining lights. Including you guys. I remember dealing with his NICU situation and how scared I was. This group got me through some really hard times. Thank you.

QOTW: Blackbird by The Beatles

[addymac]

Congrats oldbaylover1024!! I can’t believe it’s been a year!!! I hope you have time to take some time for yourself and reflect and handle all the emotions that have come up as you think of his birth. 💜 hope you guys have a wonderful celebration this weekend!

[addymac]

Age: 5+ mo

Milestones: sitting unassisted. Really good at grabbing and holding onto things, standing (with our help obvs), rolling around like a maniac, splashing in the water...

Challenges: sleeping through the night. Naps are too short.

Funny/cute stories: we’re in Florida so we took him to the pool yesterday- he had so much fun, it was so cute to see him in it splashing around.

At the airport and on the plane he had to major blowouts. Of course he did. I was so happy I thought to pack two outfits in his diaper bag not one. This kid and his poopsplosions are killing me. Then he had one on the way to the pool from my MILs house so when we took him out of the car seat he was covered in shit again. 🙈

How are you? Tired. Traveling w babies is hard and exhausting. He won’t nap in public bc everything is shiny and new and he can’t miss any of it so napsnthese last few days have been shit and I’m so tired.

Anything else? I’m sad oldbaylover1024 is leaving me 😭

QOTW: What is your favorite song to sing to your little one? I don’t actually know. I don’t think I sing a lot. I do whisper sing when trying to get him to nap sometimes and then I sing “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye”

[addymac]

Feb 8, 2018 11:04:12 GMT -6 enchanted said:

addymac One of my uncles sings that to babies when he's rocking them to sleep. He did it with his kids and I noticed him singing it to my daughter her first Christmas when she was two months and he was holding her.

Aw cute! I actually change “goodbye” to good night but yeah. Idk why or how I started with it. Probably bc the na na na na part is a change from shushhhhh-ing but 🤷🏻‍♀️