Infant Check-in (11/1)

[oldbaylover1024]

enchanted - Girl, please. NBD Do you want me to take over? I don't mind. You've got enough on your plate. Let me know.

Age: 9 months next Friday!

Milestones: Phew! Lots this week. He's finally sitting up unassisted all the time; he cut two bottom teeth this week; and he's saying 'mama' and 'dada' to me and MH. It's been a fun week!

Challenges: Food lately. We've been trying to do more BLW/chunks of food, but he's not into it at all. He goes for it and then gets upset really easily. I think he's lazy and, because he's not getting much in his mouth, he ends up frustrated. We still end up spoon feeding him so he eats. It's kind of annoying, mainly because he loves to eat... he's just lazy I guess LOL

Funny/cute stories: He's been trying to 'chase' us around the house. So now my 4YO DD thinks it's hilarious to run circles around the house and all C can do is crawl back-and-forth trying to catch up with her. At least it wears him out!

How are you? Okay. Just taking it day by day.

Anything else? I had to stop my meds because they were interacting with another medication. I'm feeling better, but I'm keeping a close watch on my mood/anxiety. Sigh... it's a lot to balance.

QOTW: He was a lion! The fluffiest, sweetest lion you've ever seen

[addymac]

Age: 10weeks

Milestones: he rolled from belly to back several times this last week!! And so many social smiles and alertness - just taking the world around him in.

Challenges: sleep

Funny/cute stories: idk. Everything he does is cute. Just so happy he is so smiley lately.

How are you? Okay. Visiting my parents this week, we flew alone (without DH) and we survived!! My parents are obsessed with him but I think he got a little overwhelmed on day one. He also slept like crap all day so hopefully he sleeps well overnight. So far he did one 4+ hour stretch. Fx.

Anything else? Suggestions on how to keep him warm and sleep well at night are welcomed. He hates his arms being swaddled but he’s still got a bit of startling himself I think. Or at least he sleeps better when swaddled, even if he hates it initially. I try to swaddle his arms in once he’s passed out, but he wakes up a lot as soon as I lay him down. How do I stop that??

QOTW: What did you dress your little one up as for Halloween? A rhino! He was so cute.

[oldbaylover1024]

A rhino, addymac ?! So cute!

Regarding the sleep and swaddling, once he starts rolling over, I think you're supposed to stop swaddling his arms. C looooved to be swaddled, so breaking that was really hard. We started unswaddling his arms and wrapping the swaddle around his body. That seemed to give him the comfort of a snuggle without restricting his arms in any way.

You could also use a fleece swaddle. That would be warmer than the cotton ones.

And I always swaddled before he passed out, not after. Anything to avoid waking/stirring him.

We also used to lay a hot water bottle on the crib mattress before laying C down. The hot water bottled warmed the mattress, simulating a warm body. He'd fall asleep easier since he was going from one warm surface to another. Obviously, we removed the water bottle from the crib before laying him down, and never left it in the crib with him.

[addymac]

oldbaylover1024 - your links are 👌🏼 I’ll try the fleece swaddle instead and I had been thinking about heating the bed, will try it!! Thanks!!