Weekly check in 11/5-11/11

[brenna]

Since we've all had our babies I thought I'd change a few questions up. Let me know if you want to add anything.

How old is your LO?

What is going well for you right now?

What is not going so well for you right now?

Rants/raves/questions/AW:

What will you be doing for the holidays?

[brenna]

How old is your LO? 10 weeks on Wednesday

What is going well for you right now? She is eating really well and sleeping pretty good overall as long as I wear her during the day.

What is not going so well for you right now? I'm really struggling to go back to sleep after feeding DD at night and if she wakes up twice sometimes I don't get back to sleep before she wakes up again.
Also we cannot get DD to take a bottle so I feel trapped and that I can't go anywhere for more than an hour or two.

Rants/raves/questions/AW: I'm having some jealousy (I don't know if that's the right word) issues that my husband gets to go ride his bike or just basically do things outside the house and I basically am attached to DD all the time and hardly ever go anywhere.

What will you be doing for the holidays?
Both sides of our families live in our hometown about twenty minutes away so we don't have to travel. MIL usually joins us at my parents house for Thanksgiving and sometimes Christmas.

[akwild]

How old is your LO?
6 weeks on Thursday

What is going well for you right now? She is starting to get on a predictable eating schedule. Formula has made me mentally stable.

What is not going so well for you right now? She just seems gassy/grumpy at night. She lays in her crib and grunts until she’s in a deep sleep or the H goes to pick her up.

Rants/raves/questions/AW: we ordered a preemie nipple for dr brown bottles. They took forever to get here but I’m hoping that will help with the air intake while eating. I’m only going to open one package so I can return if they don’t help.

What will you be doing for the holidays? My sister and brother are coming for thanksgiving. My sister gives me anxiety and the last time she visited (3 years ago when M was born) ended in a huge blow up. So hopefully this visit will be better. I already told her that if it happens again she’s not welcome in my house. My kid is 3 and knows what Is happening.

[akwild]

brenna I totally had those feelings of jealousy after my older DD was born. His life didn’t change (he went hunting for a week when she was 3 weeks old). This time around has been much better (he has no where else to be).

I always felt better even if I just went outside by myself for 20 mins.

I am sorry you are feeling this way.

[pixiepink24]

How old is your LO? 10 days old

What is going well for you right now? Getting out with both kids has been pretty good so far. I'm still staying pretty active going and doing things with them.

What is not going so well for you right now? It's hard doing it all on my own with a toddler and a newborn. He's starting to get fussy and cry more. Also, my nipples are hurting from lots of feedings.

Rants/raves/questions/AW:
He seems to poop at almost every nursing session (which is all day long) and now has a rash. Trying to figure out how to make it better but he also keeps peeing all over me no matter what I do.

What will you be doing for the holidays? Thanksgiving at my moms and Christmas as well. It will be really hard and weird this year with everything going on between their dad and me.

[tbirdlove]

pixiepink24 my DD also went through a phase where she was pooping a lot and her bum got some little sore spots. I loaded the area with diaper rash cream at every diaper change for 4-5 days. That sorted her out.

As far as peeing on you - I always kept a prefold diaper laid under the bum and kept cloth wipes (or just a wash cloth) right there to use as pee-pee shields. Just lay it on there pretty much as soon as you open the diaper 😄

[tbirdlove]

brenna I also have had those jealousy feelings. More so with #1 than this time since he has to help more with DS, but sometimes I even feel jealous that he gets to leave to go to work!

[mirabelle]

akwild sorry for the holiday stressor coming up, hope it ends up peaceful for you.

How old is your LO? 11w tomorrow

What is going well for you right now? He’s got a steady sleep pattern, although still difficult to get down for naps but long enough at night for me to get a chunk in

What is not going so well for you right now? The house is a mess, I’m having terrible headaches (I think from breastfeeding but not entirely sure), also feeling chained to my baby due to breastfeeding
Rants/raves/questions/AW:

What will you be doing for the holidays? Going to my in-laws for both and if I didn’t have a baby my tree would be up by now. That is on the back burner for awhile

[pixiepink24]

tbirdlove
So I try putting things over his penis and they constantly get kicked off because he hates changes. Plus he doesn't do the normal pee when air hits it. He will wait until I'm finishing wiping his poop. I've seriously been peed on at least 5 times today. It's getting old. Lol!

[knitty]

How old is your LO? 3 weeks tomorrow

What is going well for you right now? We're actually getting decent sleep, and L is mostly in love with her little brother.

What is not going so well for you right now? We are having some jealousy issues with L, she's hitting and throwing things when she gets frustrated and I've had a couple meltdowns feeling like I don't know how to parent a toddler and feeling overwhelmed. Then I feel guilty about having those feelings, especially since L is still going to daycare.

Rants/raves/questions/AW:

What will you be doing for the holidays? We don't have any plans for thanksgiving, although ILs will be visiting just after for L's birthday. My parents will be coming to visit for Christmas.

[cheeksmum]

How old is your LO?

6 weeks

What is going well for you right now?

We seem to be getting in some sort of routine and he’s gaining weight as he should be

What is not going so well for you right now?

His latch on the right boob hurts. I’ve tried all the fixes I know but it doesn’t fix it completely. I really don’t want to go back to the lactation consultant but I might have to.

Rants/raves/questions/AW:

He smiles for us now and is starting to coo and respond.

What will you be doing for the holidays?

We haven’t figured out Christmas yet... it’s normally chaotic and as much as I’m trying to sort that out I don’t think MIL is going to change anything.

[killertofu]

How old is your LO? 1.5 weeks

What is going well for you right now?
Nursing actually! I'm really excited because it didn't go well with DS1. I don't know if it's experience or just being more relaxed about it but it's working right now.

What is not going so well for you right now? Balancing kids and housework. Right now I can get dinner on the table but everything is kind of a hot mess right now. Also trying to wrap my head around going back to work much earlier than I intended

Rants/raves/questions/AW:

What will you be doing for the holidays?
Not sure yet. I'm already tired just thinking about it.

[brenna]

mirabelle and killertofu our house is a disaster all the time too. Whenever we get everything organized about two hours later it's a mess again.

[tbirdlove]

+1 to a messy house! It's to be expected. Sometimes it stresses me out, but I try to remind myself that it won't be like this forever.

[cheeksmum]

+2? To a messy house.. I feel like I can’t ever catch up on laundry. Especially since DS2 seems to be a happy spitter and needs outfit changes a few times a day.

[brenna]

Nov 6, 2018 17:03:28 GMT -6 cheeksmum said:

+2? To a messy house.. I feel like I can’t ever catch up on laundry. Especially since DS2 seems to be a happy spitter and needs outfit changes a few times a day.

I've changed my shirt three times today and DD had been through about 4 outfits. I didn't know a baby could spit up this much!

[knitty]

Another messy house here, but unfortunately I can't really blame that on the baby. L spit up a lot, so far M hasn't been spitting up too much and I'm hoping it stays that way.

[cheeksmum]

Nov 6, 2018 17:17:30 GMT -6 brenna said:

Nov 6, 2018 17:03:28 GMT -6 cheeksmum said:

+2? To a messy house.. I feel like I can’t ever catch up on laundry. Especially since DS2 seems to be a happy spitter and needs outfit changes a few times a day.

I've changed my shirt three times today and DD had been through about 4 outfits. I didn't know a baby could spit up this much!

Yes! So much this. I changed my shirt twice and then just sat around in my bra until I had to go pick up DS1 from school. So I’m on shirt #3... and it has a little bit of spit up on it. Just have to make it until bath time lol

[akwild]

My mom helped me clean my house this weekend because I was having friends over. I’m trying to keep it clean. And I have to do P’s laundry every other day because we go through sooooo many burp cloths. She spit up down my shirt 3 times today... so gross.

[Nymeria]

Another messy house here. Wherever DS2 naps not on me I try to clean up a bit, but that's also my opportunity to eat or shower some days so cleaning gets pushed aside.

We're mostly just trying to keep up with the kitchen. I can deal with the rest of the house being a mess.

[Nymeria]

How old is your LO? 8 weeks today

What is going well for you right now? Most things are going pretty well.

What is not going so well for you right now? Drinking enough water every day. I learned with DS1, and it seems to be the case with DS2 too, if I don't drink enough water he gets backed up and doesn't poop enough which results in him being uncomfortable and crabby. I need to drink a lot to support milk production anyway but I really need to keep on top of it better for his tummy's sake.

Rants/raves/questions/AW: He's doing a decent first stretch of sleep each night but it's always the first stretch, starting around 7-8pm. I'm never ready to go to bed that early too though. Not going to complain though because it could definitely be worse.

What will you be doing for the holidays?

Thanksgiving - Lunch with MH's family then dessert with mine.

Christmas Eve - Dinner with MH's family. We're going to offer to start hosting so we can be in our own house with the kids.

Christmas Day - Breakfast with my immediate family, lunch with MH's immediate family, then dinner with my extended family. I hate squeezing lunch in between my family's gatherings since we see his family Christmas Eve but MH feels like we need to let his parents see the kids on actual Christmas. I disagree but don't fight it.

[tbirdlove]

How old is your LO? 6 weeks 5 days

What is going well for you right now? We're generally doing well! Getting some good stretches of sleep more regularly and I think I'm starting to see a little bit of a pattern in some of the nights.

What is not going so well for you right now? I worry, needlessly, about my milk supply. It's like I've reverted to the supply-stress state of mind that I always had with DS. And I need to try to get out more and plan fun and social things for us to do.

Rants/raves/questions/AW:

What will you be doing for the holidays? My B/SIL and family will be in town for TGiving. So we'll spend the actual day with my ILs for the first time in years. First time ever for me. Usually MH works TGiving. He also works the day of Xmas eve and the afternoon/night of Xmas day so I usually do something with my family.

[ftwr]

How old is your LO? 2 months today

What is going well for you right now? He's a stellar sleeper

What is not going so well for you right now? I feel like we can't keep up with housework

Rants/raves/questions/AW:

What will you be doing for the holidays? Staring at everyone's food wishing I could eat it.