All-SAIF Check-In 8/22

[mellyknu]

Hello, ladies! If you have a SAIF child of any age, this check-in is for you! If it’s your first time checking in here, please jump right in with all the check in questions, but be sure to tag me and include your LO's:

1. Name/nickname
2. Birth month/year

Everybody lay your week down for us! (Feel free to skip anything that doesn't apply to you!)

1. What hilarious thing(s) did your little do this week? (Give us a laugh!)
2. What made you go aww? (Happy things here!)
3. What had you cheering them on? (Milestones)
4. What made you want to crawl back into bed? (Challenges go here!)
5. Share a pic from the week, if you please!

QOTW: What's something silly you believed as a child? (E.g.: thought clouds were cotton candy)


February, 2013
nelzie and E

March, 2013
mnj05 and Hudson

August, 2013
danib and C

July, 2015
mnj05 and Graham (G)
sharebear and DS
nutmeg and Molly
armpants and M

October, 2015
ketchup and Tiny Tomato (TT)
dyork and Gabe
buttmonkey and S
DrHooch and Nathan

January, 2016
mellyknu and Rowan
nikiswims and E (Little Goose)

February, 2016
megrae12 and William (Superman)

April, 2016
westiemom and Bean
shananagins and Meatball

May, 2016
LED and Ridley
nelzie and C
yellowcat and C

June, 2016
moto, K and H
madamewaffles and A

October, 2016
@peaseblossom and E
danib and H

November, 2016
dyork and Julie

July, 2017
yoshijo and Alexa
yellowcat and J

[mellyknu]

1. She's been obsessed with jumping. She's very enthusiastic about it and yells "jump!" every time. But her feet never actually leave the ground. It's hilarious.
2. She keeps asking to "go go Lola," which roughly translates to "let's go see cousin Lola!" So sweet!
3. No milestones this week, unless you count canines coming in.
4. Besides tantrums? Bedtime has been 7 since she was a wee one, but lately she's been awake in her crib for 30-60 minutes. We're playing with the idea of letting her stay up later, but maybe we should keep it at 7 since she's not upset in her crib anyways? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, she suddenly hates baths. It makes things... difficult...

QOTW: I thought the liquor store was the licorice store until I learned to read. Whenever my mom came out (yes, she left us kids in the car while she bought liquor 😮), she brought some sort of candy and I thought it was weird she never brought licorice.

[ketchup]

Hey guys. No time for a real check in post, but stopping in to have mellyknu add H (TT 2.0) to the list, who was born on Wednesday, August 16th.

I'm recovering okay, and hoping to be more up to jumping in within the next few weeks.

[danib]

1. What hilarious thing(s) did your little do this week? (Give us a laugh!)
The big one (C) can make the little one (H) laugh better than anyone. Today H was having full-on belly laughs and all C had to do for it was look at him and make a noise.

2. What made you go aww? (Happy things here!)
DH works away for weeks at a time. He got home Monday. C jumped in his arms and said "I'm so happy you are home Dad"

3. What had you cheering them on? (Milestones)
No new milestones, but H is super duper close to standing unassisted. He has been letting go for like 2-3 seconds before dropping to his bum.

4. What made you want to crawl back into bed? (Challenges go here!)
Pretty sure H has another tooth close. He is soooooo fussy and sleeping like crap.


QOTW: What's something silly you believed as a child? (E.g.: thought clouds were cotton candy
Up until recently I would not remove those tags that say Do Not Remove (on mattresses and some toys) because I was convinced that somehow someone would find out and I would get in serious trouble.

[danib]

Congratulations ketchup

[westiemom]

Thanks mellyknu!

1. She is starting to talk more. She insists on saying "beep, beep" every time someone is in our way at the grocery store.
2. She now says hi to the dogs when we get home. It's so sweet.
3. Just so much more talking!
4. So many temper tantrums. Ugh.

QOTW: I have to think and come back!

[LED]

1. What hilarious thing(s) did your little do this week? (Give us a laugh!) She has a tunnel to go with her tents. A few days ago we were playing in the floor and she found my phone unattended. So she nabbed it and ran to the middle of her tunnel where I couldn't reach her and started giggling and squealing when I tried to reach her. Lol

2. What made you go aww? (Happy things here!) Yesterday we had a really exhausting day and by 7ish I couldn't keep my eyes open. I jokingly asked Ridley if she was ready for bed (she usually goes to bed around 9) and she walked away. A couple minutes later she comes back with the teddy bear she sleeps with, grabs my hand, and takes me to bed. 😍 She got back up for a little bit, but we were both asleep by 7:45!

3. What had you cheering them on? (Milestones) Hmm... She's sort of started stacking things. She's learning new words/signs pretty regularly.

4. What made you want to crawl back into bed? (Challenges go here!) She has so much energy! I just can't keep up.

5. Share a pic from the week, if you please! Her current favorite book is the D&D 2.0 Monster Manual. 😂

[mellyknu]

danib, so much awwwww in your post!

ketchup, got her!

[mellyknu]

LED, Ro would totally pull your #1 if she had a good hiding place!

[dyork]

1. G has been all about making funny faces, or shoving his face against a glass window/door. It's ridiculous.

2. J loves dogs, and I love that she'll crawl over to one of the pups just so she can pet them nicely. It's cute, and the dogs have been so gentle with her.

3. J has been standing so much, she's so close to standing unassisted and it's crazy. G has started counting, out of no where. He counts up and back. It's crazy. He also sits in a chair and "reads" books. But he can say what he sees on each page and chats through the pages. I LOVE it.

4. Oh challenges? Having a toddler and a toddler in training.

QOTW: hhmmm not that I can think of.

[mnj05]

Congratulations ketchup!

[mnj05]

1. G: his new favorite thing is to say ouch and laugh like crazy.
H: yesterday he was singing "D-A-D-D-Y, D-A-D-D-Y, and daddy was his name-o" like B-I-N-G-O.

2. G: he's been asking for time in the rocking chair which is not his normal so I'm soaking it up.
H: he accidentally kicked me the other day and he immediately said sorry and kissed the spot he kicked me.

3. G: speech is slowly getting better.
H: he started pre-k yesterday, it's through our daycare but they have a pre-k curriculum.

4. G: screaming. He screams a lot.
H: poop. So much poop in the underwear. It's been ongoing for 2 years now.

[mellyknu]

Aug 22, 2017 18:25:23 GMT -6 mnj05 said:

H: poop. So much poop in the underwear. It's been ongoing for 2 years now.

Not that you asked, but my friend had problems with one of her sons refusing to poop in the toilet. But she was able to get him to put on a pull-up when he needed to poop, then he would take it off and wipe up after. There's actually some really interesting info out there about boys specifically having this issue from a psychological stand-point.

Or so you just mean he sucks at wiping? 😂

[mnj05]

mellyknu he sucks at wiping too, but it's the pooping in his pants. He can poop on the potty and will if he's naked from the waist down, but not otherwise. We've talked to the pedi and she sees nothing wrong in terms of GI issues. Some days are great, in fact he can go weeks with no accidents, then they start and last for days. Frustrating.

[yellowcat]

ketchup congrats!

[yellowcat]

1. C is really into her shoes now and insists on trying to get them on my husband. I swear she cursed him out the other night for having big feet.

2. C tries to help with her brother. she pushes her way in to help burp him and finally stopped going after his bottle. he has accepted his fate as her new pet.

3. J is almost sleeping through the night! i know this wont last but i will take it! C now knows A,B,C on sight which is crazy to me.

4. No matter what I do I cannot get my house clean. It is killing me!

[DrHooch]

mellyknu, love it! Nathan does something similar with "hop" although his feet have recently actually started leaving the ground!

ketchup congrats!

All of your #1s are cracking me up!

AFM:
1. Yesterday Nathan kept saying "No, no, Daddy!" and wagging his finger. Pretty much whenever H tried to do anything. I thought it was funny!

2. He will just randomly decide to give us kisses, and he will grab our faces and kiss us right on the mouth. Melts my heart every time!

3. So many new words! He will pop out new ones I had no idea he knew and it blows my mind.

4. The whining. Ugh, it drives me nuts. I keep trying to encourage him to use his words but sometimes he will just whine.

QOTW: I know there were lots, but I can't think of any at the moment!

[dancerspose]

I'm here with my little Z born February '17. I'm mobile now but I'll be back to answer the questions later when I'm not!