Questions...Mid-July edition

[king26]

I'm back with more questions!   It's an ongoing process.  Feel free to leave your own questions as well.

When is baby's birthday?

What size diapers and clothes is baby in?

What are you plans for first birthday?

Do you have a theme for first birthday?

What is baby doing now?  Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc?

How is night time sleep?   How many times is baby waking up?

How are naps going? 

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles?  

What is baby's favorite food?

What does baby hate to eat?

WHat does baby snack on?

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day?  How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this?

Favorite toys?

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib?  What will you put in the crib?

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something?  WHat do you do about this?

Has anyone babyproofed yet?   What did you do?  What do you like?  What do you not like?

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!

-What is the last movie you watched?

-What is the last book you read (not to your child)?

-What TV shows do you watch?

-What do you like to do when baby is napping?

-When is YOUR birthday?

-What are YOUR hobbies?

[kristyw]

When is baby's birthday? Aug 27

What size diapers and clothes is baby in? Diapers size 3, clothes 9 or 12 month

What are you plans for first birthday? Umm. Maybe a party? Her actually birthday is the day before school starts for DS so probably nothing.

Do you have a theme for first birthday? No

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc? Standing, a little cruising, claps, sometimes waves, maybe says mama.

How is night time sleep? How many times is baby waking up? Usually up twice. Last night she STTN so she probably won't do that again for a few weeks. 😂

How are naps going? She takes 2 naps, usually 1.5-2 hrs each. She naps well at least!

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles? She still really hates bottles. She's only had a couple dozen ever as she'd apparently rather starve. I'll probably let her self-wean from breastfeeding.

What is baby's favorite food? Fruit of just about any kind.

What does baby hate to eat? She's really not a fan of juice.

WHat does baby snack on? Crackers, fruit, fruit/veggie pouches sometimes

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day? How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this? 3 meals, maybe 2 snacks at most, bf 5ish times plus overnight once or twice

Favorite toys? Big brother's cars. The drawer in the kitchen with Tupperware or the kids cups/plates drawer. The swing in the backyard.

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib? She has a little lovey for now and nuks. A bigger blanket probably in the fall because it's hot right now. DS loves his blankie and I think I first gave it to him around 12-15 months.

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
-What is the last movie you watched? Fifty Shades back in Feb with some friends probably
-What is the last book you read (not to your child)? A potty training book. 🤣 for fun...I can't remember which is so sad because I love reading
-What TV shows do you watch? Currently making my way through ER again
-What do you like to do when baby is napping? If by some miracle I can get both kids to nap at the same time, I clean or do laundry. Boy, am I super exciting or what. If I have time, I veg on the couch with hulu or netflix. Which is usually an automatic end to one of their naps
-When is YOUR birthday? Nov 23
-What are YOUR hobbies? Reading. Online shopping. I don't know anymore...

[king26]

When is baby's birthday? August 25

What size diapers and clothes is baby in? Diapers size 3 clothes 9 months or 9-12 months

What are you plans for first birthday? I know on his birthday it will just be the 3 of us with a cupcake for him. The week before we are havinig photos done with a smash cake. Around his birthday I'm hoping to have a small family party but we will see how that goes.

Do you have a theme for first birthday? Little Blue Truck

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc? He pulls up to stand and cruises. He lets go to try and stand alone but he falls straight back and if we don't catch him he cries. He waves at people all the time and they love it. He gets so giggly when they wave back. He says mama and it sounds like he's trying to say ba-ba

How is night time sleep? How many times is baby waking up? Crappy. We were doing well with 1 wake up per night but we are currently back to 2 and it sucks.

How are naps going? Naps are great. They are between 1-2 hours long and he consistently takes 2 of them.

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles? I have no clue how to do this and it's freaking me out! He currently has a bottle in the morning, after first nap, after second nap, and before bed then once over night. He was taking a bottle before naps but we've weaned from that. I don't really know what to do. Start offering food or water in a sippy cup after naps maybe? At one year start offering a cup with milk after naps? I'm sure nighttime and first morning bottles will be the hardest.

What is baby's favorite food? He loves pouches, bread, yogurt, pasta, and cheese.

What does baby hate to eat? Anything that isn't soft. We are having a very hard time getting him to eat solid foods that aren't pureed. Any ideas? He will eat cooked pasta, bread, certain fruits, avocado, and cheese, but that's about it.

WHat does baby snack on? His new favorite is peaches. He loves to snack on them. He also eats puffs and yogurt melts as a snack.

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day? How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this? He takes 4 bottles during the day and usually 1 at night. He eats 3 meals a day (breakfast is usually 1 pouch, lunch is half a pouch, half a yogurt, and 1 container of homemade baby food, dinenr is usually bits of our dinner, half of a meat baby food container, the rest of the yogurt, and the rest of a pouch). He snacks whenever we are out.

Favorite toys? He likes his stacking rings. He also likes his vtech train. The characters pop up and he likes to push them back down. Lately he's been interested in balls that make noise.

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib? He has his binky in there now but that's it. I'm hoping to put a lovey and a small blanket in once he turns a year and then a light blanket when it starts getting cold. I see some cribs and they are full of stuff and I wonder when that starts happening?

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something? WHat do you do about this? Yes he wants to watch videos on DH's ipad any time he is working on it and will throw a fit. I tell him no, he cries, then gets over it, then tries to get it again. It's exhausting. We only let him watch one 3-5 minute video in the morning and one 3-5 minute video before bed. They are all kids tv learning videos but I think that's all he needs for now.

Has anyone babyproofed yet? What did you do? What do you like? What do you not like? We have covers on some of our outlets, a cover over the cable wire, and the plastic thing in all wall sockets. I feel liek we need to do more though because he's in to everything. He likes pulling the bottles in the wine rack, the matches for the fireplace, eating my shoes, etc.

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
-What is the last movie you watched? I have no idea. I haven't watched a movie in at least a year.
-What is the last book you read (not to your child)? The Wife Between Us. I read it in 2 days it was so good. I read it during his nap times and at night, got nothing done, and was exhausted but had to finish it.
-What TV shows do you watch? Pretty much food shows. Food Network star, masterchef, baking championship (right now wedding cake championship).
-What do you like to do when baby is napping? Unfortunately I work on my blog mostly and sometimes I read
-When is YOUR birthday? July 29
-What are YOUR hobbies? I love to read, cook, bake, and I used to liek to exercise but that has gone out the door.

[happyfeet9]

When is baby's birthday? 8/8

What size diapers and clothes is baby in? E and D are in size 4 diapers and 18mo and 18-24mo clothes

What are you plans for first birthday? There are a few parks in NYC that have small amusement park rides, a carousel, and carnival games. We rented one of those out for a few hours.

Do you have a theme for first birthday? Carnival

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc? E and D are both standing and cruising, although E is much faster.
D loves to clap, E loves to wave. They both babble constantly. E takes 2-3 steps unassisted before she freaks out.

How is night time sleep? How many times is baby waking up? They still sttn most nights.

How are naps going? They do 1-2 naps depending on the day. Morning nap is usually the longer of the two, at 1.5 to 2 hours.

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles? They do water in sippy cups and are still working on this. We are transitioning them to milk right now so we will wean off bottles a bit after that.

What is baby's favorite food? D has more of a sweet tooth so he loves yogurt and bananas. E loves all things savory so cheese and crackers. They both like pasta a lot.

What does baby hate to eat? They are pretty good eaters!

What does baby snack on? I will usually give them toast or crackers with a bit of peanut butter.

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day? How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this? I think they take 3-4 bottles. They eat 3 meals a day.

Favorite toys? They love balls. They also have a fisher price car and a fisher price train that they like to explore.

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib? Sometimes a blanket if the AC is too high, but we usually keep their crib empty.

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something? What do you do about this?
Yes - it's usually about the remote control or one is playing with something that the other one wants to have. With the remote, giving them a light up toy seems to do the trick. With the toy sharing, I will usually take it away and reintroduce a toy they can both play with (ball, train, etc)

Has anyone babyproofed yet? What did you do? What do you like? What do you not like?
We have always had a gate up since we have a toddler. We have moved cords out of their way and keep floors clutter free and clean them every day (D will seriously put anything and everything in his mouth). Our coffee table has rounded edges bc of our toddler. That's pretty much it for now.

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
-What is the last movie you watched? The Avengers Infinity War
-What is the last book you read (not to your child)? Can't remember lol. I read a ton of scientific articles for work every day, so books are few and far between
-What TV shows do you watch? GOT, TWD, Brooklyn 99, Anything Property Brothers, House Hunters (I am obsessed with HGTV), also like Chopped and Pioneer Woman
-What do you like to do when baby is napping? Just sit and enjoy the silence. With 3 kids it doesn't happen very often. If any of them are awake, we always do one on one time.
-When is YOUR birthday? 8/18
-What are YOUR hobbies? I like to cook, entertain, party plan, craft, meditate, and some yoga.

[addymac]

im really confused b/c I answered this whole thing... but it's not showing up. Maybe I didn't click reply when I was on my laptop yesterday? I will have to go home and look b/c hell no to retpying everything LOL

[pennylane]

When is baby's birthday? Sept 4

What size diapers and clothes is baby in? Size 4 diapers (she’s got quite a butt/thigh rolls), and wears 9,12, and some 18 month stuff. Depends on how it all fits.

What are you plans for first birthday? Having a pretty casual party at our house.

Do you have a theme for first birthday? I bought some polka dot/rainbow decorations at Target recently that I’ll work around.

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc? She’s cruising all the time, climbing, dancing, just started randomly standing up all over the place. She claps and waves too.

How is night time sleep?How many times is baby waking up? She usually sleeps about 8p-4a, nurses and sleeps for another couple hours.

How are naps going? She has a major FOMO so it’s tough to get her down. Usually 2 40ish minute naps.

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles? She only gets bottles randomly if the grandparents are here and let me sneak out- or if we’re road tripping I’ll pump in the car. She does fine with a water cup.

What is baby's favorite food? Watermelon, any meat, potatoes, strawberries. She eats almost everything I put in front of her.

What does baby hate to eat? She didn’t care for green beans.

WHat does baby snack on? Puffs, crackers, fruit. She doesn’t snack too much bc she nurses a billion times a day still.

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day? How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this? She nurses 8-10x a day, and 3 meals. She eats more solid food than my 3.5 year old.

Favorite toys? A Fisher Price train, books, or her brothers LEGO Duplo blocks and superhero action figures haha.

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib? I’ll probably just use a sleep sack this coming winter instead of a blanket since she’s all over the place. Maybe a lovey/stuffed animal after she’s walking.

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something? WHat do you do about this? All the time. Ignore and redirect is all you can do.

Has anyone babyproofed yet? What did you use? What do you like? What do you not like? I did it all when DS started crawling, so outlet covers, furniture tethers, cabinet locks, baby gates on the steps. We have magnetic locks on the cabinets that I really like.

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
What is the last movie you watched? Jurassic World that’s out right now- we just went out Tues night bc my parents were here.

What is the last book you read (not to your child)? I read every night before bed. Right now I’m reading a crime thriller that was on Kindle first reads a few months ago.

What TV shows do you watch? The Bachelorette, Game of Thrones, 90 Day Fiancé, random things on Netflix when I get the time.

What do you like to do when baby is napping? Attempt house work and play one on one with DS. The house is never all clean at once!

My birthday was July 8. Hobbies include reading, and I started running this spring. I started with couch to 5k and now I do 2-3 mile runs 3x a week. That’s all I have time for right now.

[muscari]

When is baby's birthday? august 23

What size diapers and clothes is baby in?
Size 3 diapers though I put her in a 4 overnight lately. Clothes 6-9 and 9-12mo

What are you plans for first birthday?
Not sure tbh. On the one hand I want to do something bigger, but at the same time I already freak out just thinking of all the planning and work. I think I've decided to keep it small for just the grandparents, her aunts&co and a handful of close family/friends that D. actually hangs out with regularly. We'll do a bigger party once she actually remembers it We may combine it with a backyard BBQ which is something we've been wanting to do for some time now but never actually did.

Do you have a theme for first birthday?
Nope.

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc?
All of the above! She's been waving like a little queen for as long as I can remember, it was one of the first things she did. She also loves to clap - sometimes she'll be nursing and clapping all at the same time which cracks me up. She took her first steps this week #proudpapaandmama

How is night time sleep? How many times is baby waking up?

Ugh, pretty sucky. I keep thinking it soon should be better again but it's been sorta crap for months now. It's either been shots, teeth, leaps or being sick... On good nights she wakes up 2 or 3 times still, but sometimes it's like every 2h all.night.long.

How are naps going?
Pretty decent, usually. She usually takes 2 naps of ~45mins but occasionally she'll combine 2 and sleeps 1.5h which I just LOVE. Though of course they're never timed well enough for me to actually get to enjoy the extra downtime haha

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles?
I'm not, I'm still BFing and she gets one bottle a day before bedtime. Half of the time she refuses her bottle at daycare (once a week) so we have introduced a cup which she seems to like but only for a couple of sips. We probably should work on this.

What is baby's favorite food?
ALL the food! There's not much she does not like.

What does baby hate to eat?
I don't think she hates anything just yet

What does baby snack on?
Fruit, cucumber, and rice crackers

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day? How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this?
Incl night feedings I think 7 or 8 times (plus the one bottle at night she's been drinking ever since - though she regularly doesn't finish that one no more)? Depending on how late we get up I'll make some porridge in the morning, then a fruit snack, bread for lunch, some more fruit, and dinner. She'll share with us if tis baby proof, otherwise I'll just make her something seperately. She eats pretty well and I do believe it's influencing my milk but so far I still seem to have enough.. I plan on letting her self-wean when she's ready and secretly hope to be able to BF for a good while longer, even if it is just in the morning and before bed. I don't think I would pump during the day if I was to be away from her on a daily base but since I SAH and will for the foreseeable future still I haven't really thought about it.

Favorite toys?
Her rainmaker (she got ! She's also into these stacking ring toys, and well, whatever she can get her hands on, like my cellphone or the tv remote

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib?
We will probably add a light blanket this winter when it's really cold, otherwise she'll just be wearing pjs and a sleepsack.  She has a lovey in her crib right now. I placed a crochet blanket (tucked in under her mattras) over one side to block the view and all, which she leaves be luckily or I probably would have removed it.

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something? WHat do you do about this?
Ayup! She started doing this recently. Not quite sure yet how to handle this so am curious to read your answers!
Also, we noticed she can be quiet the little jealous miss. While away with my family I was cuddling with my niece for a bit and when D. noticed she got all upset and threw a bit of a fit, and crawled right at me to pull at my legs.

Has anyone babyproofed yet? What did you do? What do you like? What do you not like?

Working on it.. We have a big 6.5ftx6.5ft playpen in the livingroom so sometimes when I can't (or don't want to;)) watch her for a little while she'll play in there, but otherwise she's free to roam around. So babyproofing has been a thing ever since she started crawling for real. Our outlets are kids-proof, we installed a babygate in front of the staircase (but still have to install the ones upstairs), we removed the big wooden crate we used as a coffee table cause it just had to many sharp edges and corners and what not. I removed some breakables and precious items that were at babies reach. We have an open floorplan and our kitchen is all drawer, plus it's where the cats eat, so we were a bit at a loss how to get that sorted. In the end we simply blocked off the kitchen with a Kallax shelving unit and a footstool LOL which will eventually be replaced by a babygate of sorts (or knowing us, we may be climbing over the footstool ourselves till she's big enough to be allowed into the kitchen... hahaha). We are trying to figure out how to close off the sliding doors to the garden, since we don't want her to roam the garden on her own just yet. We thought of installing a screen but worry she'll just crash through it!

Does any of your kids remodel the room whenever they can? D. will push every piece of furniture around that she can move.. tis hilarious and annoying at the same time!

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
-What is the last movie you watched? I honestly don't remember...
-What is the last book you read (not to your child)? I just started reading "The Turn" by Kim Harrison. It's a prequel to a series I loved, and even though I only managed to read the first chapter I'm really enjoying the book and have decided I need to schedule reading time as I used to read a TON and now since D. was born haven't even finished the  book I started the day my contractions started!
-What TV shows do you watch? DH and I don't watch a lot of TV but we do Netflix a ton. Currently we are watching (in random order) Modern Family, Luke Cage, The Ranch, Jessica Jones, just to name a few. Some other series we semi-recently watched that I loved are Altered Carbon and Peaky Blinders. When it is just me I watch Designated Survivor, The Good Fight (I miss Alicia!), and Homeland (stuck in S2 but hope to finish at some point LOL)and McLeods Daughters. I wish Netflix showed ER here cause I been wanting to rewatch the earlier seasons and the rest.  Also, anyone who 's in for a nice simple show: Cheasapeak Shores! I don't think I spelled this right..
-What do you like to do when baby is napping?  What I like to do is not what I usually end up doing... I usually tidy, clean or do some admin, catch up on chores etc, while I really want to just sit and do nothing for a moment, or read, or write a letter, etc. Sometimes I tell myself "Okay, do such and such chore first then grab sometea and relax" but the chore always takes too long or the baby naps too short I really need to work on this. I feel like I'm always either with the baby or doing housechores etc.. so I'm either a mom or a (house)wife but never just me and I miss me.
-When is YOUR birthday? Jan 23
-What are YOUR hobbies? Hobbies? What's that?!   Before baby I loved to read, write letters, putter around on the pc either playing games or blogging or doing some photo-editing, photography, paper crafting, garden, binge-watch netflix on occasion. But now I haven't had the time or energy for anything like that in a while. I do hope to pick up something for myself soon cause it's starting to get to me. DH gets plenty of time for his hobby (mainly playing pc games) and I'd really like for him to step up and help out with chores some more so I can get some more me time as well.

[muscari]

Happy belated birthday pennylane!

[bsouls]

When is baby's birthday? 8/14
What size diapers and clothes is baby in? Size 6

What are you plans for first birthday? Cook out

Do you have a theme for first birthday? Not really

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, clapping and lots of babbling

How is night time sleep? How many times is baby waking up? R mostly sleeps through the night. If she wakes up early morning then I just lay awake until she falls back asleep. I rarely go in.

How are naps going? Usually 2 naps for 1-2 hours

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles if you do formula or bm in bottles? Doctor said we could start giving milk at 11 months, but I think I might wait. We will start milk in a bottle mixed with formula and slowly work it to full milk. Then switch to a sippy cup.

What is baby's favorite food? I don’t know

What does baby hate to eat? Doesn’t care for some fruit.

What does baby snack on? Cheerios

How many bottles a day? 3

How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this? I don’t know. She gets blueberries and Cheerios in the morning. And, often a waffle at dinner. Sometimes other shit.

Favorite toys? She loves all the things.

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib? A blanket after one year. Probably switch them out regularly until she has a preference (which is what we did with T). With T, I started putting toys in the crib around 1.5 years when she wouldn’t fall asleep at bedtime. I’d take one out and put another in until she fell asleep - it got us through rough sleep. As, she got older she started picking stuff out and mostly books.

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something? What do you do about this? Yes! I tell her to stop crying.

Has anyone babyproofed yet? We are mostly set from T. The hardest thing is to remind T to pick up her small toys.

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
What is the last movie you watched? Kingsman 2

What is the last book you read? No clue.

What TV shows do you watch? GOT, WW, The Affair, OITNB -I like a lot of the HBO and Showtime shows. I’ve watched a lot on Netflix, too. I tend to prefer dramas with good story and acting. I’m not really into sitcoms.

What do you like to do when baby is napping? Yell at the toddler...

When is YOUR birthday? 8/2

What are YOUR hobbies? I’ve sort of lost all mine with kids. I used to enjoy baking cookies.

[yoshijo]

When is baby's birthday? Today!

What size diapers and clothes is baby in? Diapers size 3 clothes 9-12 or 12

What are you plans for first birthday? Today we are going down the shore to the boardwalk. Tomorrow we are having about 35 people at our house for her party

Do you have a theme for first birthday? Just colors pink and gold

What is baby doing now? Standing, cruising, walking, talking, clapping, waving, etc? She pulls up to stand, claps, and puts up 1 finger when we ask how old she is

How is night time sleep? How many times is baby waking up? Finally got better this week. She wakes up to nurse at 3:30

How are naps going? At DC she takes a 30 minute and an hour or so. At home sometimes it's 30 and 45 mins. It's tough bc we always seem to be driving somewhere on the weekends so she falls asleep and takes broken napz

How are you weaning your baby off of bottles? We eliminated an afternoon one already but she still takes 3. We'll eliminate another next wk

What is baby's favorite food? Yogurt, PIZZA, ground turkey, fries, bread, grapes.

What does baby hate to eat? Cheese and peanut butter. Devastated lol

WHat does baby snack on? Puffs, crackers, cheerios

How many bottles or times do you b/f a day? How much food does your baby eat on average in addition to this? Nurse am, PM, MOTN. 3 bottles. Breakfast half a waffle and 1/4 banana. Lunch pasta, avocado, grapes. Dinner ground turkey with taco toppings. Snack before is finger foods

Favorite toys? Cat toys lol. And our cat. And lotion. Basically anything that is not a toy

When will you put a blanket/toy/etc in the crib? What will you put in the crib? I tried giving her a toy or lovey and she didn't even notice it was there

Anyone's baby throw a bit of a fit when you won't let them do something/have something/play with something? WHat do you do about this? Yes she wants my phone. I give it to her or hide it lol

Has anyone babyproofed yet? What did you do? What do you like? What do you not like? We have covers on some of our outlets

And how about some adult questions for some adult talk!
-What is the last movie you watched? No clue
-What is the last book you read (not to your child)? No clue.
-What TV shows do you watch? Big bang theory. The Chicago shows. Suits.
-What do you like to do when baby is napping? Sometimes we nap together. Or I straighten up. Or I'm driving while she naps
-When is YOUR birthday? Nov 24
-What are YOUR hobbies? Yoga, pilates, Netflix lol.


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[jt2378]

Happy 1st birthday to A! yoshijo

I hope you have a wonderful day together and the party goes well. I decided on a pink and gold theme too for M’s 😊