Infant Check-in (11/8)

[oldbaylover1024]

Age: 9 months tomorrow!

Milestones: Trying to stand. Lloyd, help me.

Challenges: The baby proofing. He's into everything! We've got gates up and baby cabinet locks and stuff, but he's a ninja and will find anything and everything. He's quickly learning the word "no." LOL

Funny/cute stories: He's been climbing anything he can lately. To keep him entertained while I fold laundry or whatever, I put a blanket and a few couch pillows on the floor. This kid will roll and climb and tumble all over the pillows and blanket, just laughing hysterically at himself. It's become nightly entertainment

How are you? Okay. Tired. Very tired.

Anything else? Trying to wrap my head around holiday plans and it is exhausting.

QOTW: Potatoes. I don't like mashed potatoes, and we eat sweet potatoes on a regular basis. Why eat them on Thanksgiving? That's stomach space I could save for, say, pie.

[addymac]

Age: 11 weeks

Milestones: he rolled! From belly to back! And it wasn’t a one time fluke. He doesn’t do it every time but he is doing it more often.

Challenges: sleep. He has no concept of a schedule. I’m trying to release my anxiety about it and just let it be.

Funny/cute stories: this kid runs hot. I am a little cold in a long sleeve and sweatpants and this kid is screaming until I take his pants off. He has been hanging out in a T-shirt onesie the last few days- we are in Chicago! It’s not warm! I mean sure the heat is set to 71, but he will Not tolerate footie pajamas or pants to bed anymore. I think I have to return the fleece swaddle I bought bc I think he will freak out if I try to put him in it. I bought the JJ Cole cover for the car seat- freaked out until I unzipped it and it wasn’t covering him. I picked him up and he was already sweating. What the what?!

How are you? Tired. So tired. Anxious. These last two weeks my anxiety has sky rocketed and I don’t know why. I don’t know how much of it is first time mom-itis vs possible ppa? I was so anxious I couldn’t even go to the supermarket with him, I just stayed at home and we ate frozen potstickers for dinner. But then today I went out to multiple places with him and I feel a lot more calm. So I just don’t know. I’m trying to not stress about things specific to him that I can’t control and I think it’s helping, so idk if I should reach out to my dr or not. Two days ago I would have said this isn’t normal, it’s ppa. Today I’m like welp it’s fine. Life carries on. So i don’t fucking know.

Anything else?
Things with DH aren’t great. We desperately need a good nights sleep and a date night. And neither of those things are happening any time soon. 😔

QOTW: Worst Thanksgiving food? I guess veggies like asparagus or green beans. I want stuffing. Turkey. Ham. Cranberry sauce. Mashed potatoes. Sweet potatoes (I only started eating them last year! I’ve been missing out!!) haha oldbaylover1024 we don’t eat mashed or sweet potatoes often at all so it’s a treat for me!