6-9 month old baby check-in!

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I figured that since the babies are getting older that a lot of their milestones are going to overlap, so why not check in together!

How old is your LO?

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?

PIP if you feel like it!
bananapancakes
atarianna
VillainV
speyedr
@simpledog
jackie011
Saudade
cmarie11

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DD is 7.5 months! She is pulling up and starting to cruise around her playpen. She is into everything. No teeth here and sleep has mostly been bad, but about 3 days ago, she started eating a TON of food (she had had a cold the week before) and suddenly she is only waking up once MOTN!! One night she even made it to 5am without waking up!!!!

I'm still BFing and she gets two bottles with the nanny. For food, she gets one little pot of purée for lunch with some compote, and for dinner she gets the same plus a yogurt. I kinda just keep offering until she declines. She isn't big for her age, so I'm not at all worried about over feeding her.

DH just picked up her present today! It is a little walking toy. It is a little too advanced for her right now, but in a month I think she might be able to push it!

I'm alright, I am finally sleeping better at night now that she isn't waking up all the time, but I'm exhausted because of a cold that won't go away. I thought it was gone and then 3 days later it is back and now in my chest

I'm tempted on the TTC front because I might as well just jump in seeing as we are already not sleeping and up to our ears in diapers I still haven't gotten my period back though. I know that it is possible to fall pregnant before it comes back, but it is also possible that I'll be infertile until I wean...SO I guess I'm up for rolling the dice, even though I am not dying to be pregnant again right now.

[andthentherewere10]

How old is your LO?
7.5 mo
How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well??
no teeth, wakes to eat twice overnight. We do BLW so he mostly plays, not eats, his food. He inch worms around but no crawling and no pulling up. He has a cardiac ultrasound tomorrow to check the hole in his heart.
How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)
BF...he takes 8 ounces at daycare and nurses the rest of day and night.


Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?
my husband is making him a learning tower.
How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet? No period, im doing well. Unfortunately we have to be OAD sup no ttc.

[smock]

DD is 4 days shy of 6 months old. We're going to attempt solids for the first time in an hour!

Still no teeth and she's been sleeping poorly for the last week or two. I can't decide if it's because of teething, a cold, the 26w wonder week, or the 6 mo growth spurt. Either way, I'd love more sleep!

I am really loving this age, though. She's so cheerful and curious and responsive, but she's not mobile and just starting to sit up. She's tons of fun!

[catsarecute]

Nov 27, 2014 9:55:29 GMT -5 @myblue said:

I figured that since the babies are getting older that a lot of their milestones are going to overlap, so why not check in together!

How old is your LO?

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?

PIP if you feel like it!
bananapancakes
atarianna
VillainV
speyedr
@simpledog
jackie011
Saudade
cmarie11

7.5 months old
She is doing so much! Scooting herself forward, moving from sitting to her stomach, getting her two top teeth and drooling a lot. Her sleep hasn't been great. She was waking up multiple times a night and then screaming at 4 am. The past 2 nights have been much better and she slept in her crib until 5:15, which is normal. She always wakes up with a smile so that's fun to see in the morning.

Food:she gets lunch and dinner each day. Fruits at lunch and veggies at dinner. She has loved everything offered (purées). I'm actually surprised! I hope she remains a good eater. She still takes 6 5.5 oz bottles of formula a day. The whole food thing baffles me. When to move to real food? I know some people are doing BLW but for those doing purées, when can I add in real food?

I am picking up some stuff for her for Christmas and made an Amazon wish list for family members.

I'm doing well. I am dying to lose these last 11 pounds and then some. I'm tired of my jeans being tight. No TTC for us. We are OAD.

Period came back at 8 weeks PP. And made a special appearance today for thanksgiving.

[Saudade]

Nov 27, 2014 9:55:29 GMT -5 @myblue said:

I figured that since the babies are getting older that a lot of their milestones are going to overlap, so why not check in together!

How old is your LO?

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?

DS2 is almost 7 months (next week). Things are going really well over here for the most part. 

DS2 is army crawling all over the place, sitting on his own, and trying to normal crawl. No teeth yet. He STTN the past two nights (6pm-5:30am) and while I would prefer a bit later wake-up in the morning, I'll take this for now. 

He is completely on formula and doing so so well on it. I still have emotional swings with regards to not breastfeeding any more but seeing the physiological difference for DS makes it a bit easier. I have no started him on WCM and really only started foods in the past week (i'm lazy on this one). He gets some pouches but mostly cheerios. I did BLW with DS1 but it requires so much supervision that I can't do that right now. 

No interesting presents over here. 

I'm doing ok. I had lost all of the pregnancy weight by 6 weeks, but moving in with my parents has led to me gaining it all back, which I'm really struggling with. Our house journey is a shitshow so I don't know when I'll be able to lose the weight. 

I got my PP period at 6 months. We are undecided about #3, except we might have had unprotected sex on ovulation day so....I guess we'll see what happens. 

[catbear]

How old is your LO?
DS is 6 months and two weeks old.


How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!
Things are going great - this is such a fun age! His two lower teeth came in at around 5 months.  He generally sleeps through the night, 9 PM until around 7:45 AM.  He is creeping all over, rolling like crazy, and generally very interested in everything and everyone around him.  He can sit unassisted for long periods of time. 



How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)
I'm still BFing. He takes 3 6 oz bottles at daycare and then we have a nursing session in the morning and generally two after daycare.  I imagine he gets around 30 oz total.  We've been doing something resembling BLW because DS is so interested in our food.  He likes everything… we've given him wedges of apple (loves it!), some pieces of chicken and a teeny bit of fish, sweet potatoes, asparagus, spinach, cheese (another hit), avocado,  peas, banana, and other bits of whatever we are eating.  I don't really have a strategy or a routine around solids yet. I haven't been sending any to daycare and he doesn't have them everyday - usually only if DH and I are sitting down for a meal and there are some things he can try.


Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?
Not really anything different than what he's getting all the time: clothes, toys, stuff for eating.


How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?
I'm doing well. My body has changed in a not-so-great way (more midriff now even though I'm lower than pre pregnancy weight), but I am generally feeling back to normal.  Definitely want to TTC when DS is around a year old.  My period came back at around 5 months, not nearly as heavy as usual but certainly something.  Got it again at 6 months so it wasn't a fluke.


Attaching 2 pictures…pro picture from around 5.5 months, and his 6 month pic

[rugbywife]

How old is your LO? 7+months?

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here! She has 6 teeth, she can sit up, military crawl and is sleeping 'okay' - most nights she only wakes up once. I think she is super cute…here is where I AW her christmas shots (again)...

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How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!) She eat a mix of purees and solids - mostly purees.  She doesn't get BM anymore since I can't BF and ran out of my stash, so FF…and she isn't a big eater. 

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays? I am doing books for advent 'calendar' and then she will get a couple of small things her her stocking.  

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet? Already have my period and am pregnant, lol.  I feel fine since I am pregnant, not as concerned with my weight as I was when I wasn't pregnant!

[jackie011]

Nov 27, 2014 9:55:29 GMT -5 @myblue said:

How old is your LO? 8 months old on Monday

How are things going? Pretty good  What new things is baby doing? He's been crawling for about a month and he's FAST!  He's starting to try to pull up on things.  He's been successful twice and then he kind of looks at us like, uh oh, now what??  DH keeps encouraging it and I'm freaking out and saying NO NO!  He's such a baaayyybeeee to be doing that stuff!   Any teeth? 2 adorable little teeth in the front, bottom LO sleeping well?? Sleep?  Next question...  He was doing so well, and then we went on a trip, the time change, and then a double ear infection.  We were just starting to get back on track this week, and for whatever reason the last few nights he's had 2-3 wakeups, some where he just won't go back down unless I nurse him.

How much is your LO eating of real food? At least once a day, most days twice.  He's just eating purees and tonight we're going to try meat.  Are you still BFing? Still BFing.  Going to try to make it to a year.  I get pretty frustrated with pumping, but I only have to do it 2 days a week, so I shouldn't really complain.  How much milk does LO get these days?  Not really sure.  I leave about 15 oz (though there's always more available in the freezer) on the days when I'm at work and he's with his grandparents.  He usually only takes 2 bottles and then he's SO hungry when I get home.  I think he just prefers to nurse and doesn't really love the bottles. 

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays? I'm afraid to see what all he's getting from the ILs.  I know he's getting a Radio Flyer wagon because I dropped that hint, but beyond that, no idea from them.  From us he's getting Mega Blocks, a piano activity table thing, some sensory shapes, special PJs, and a bunch of board books.  It's all mainly stuff I had purchased before he was even born and have collected through the year.  He'll really only care about the paper and boxes, so why go overboard this first year.  His current favorite toy is an empty water bottle with a few pennies inside.  He bangs that thing around the house!  It's funny to watch.  MIL was very careful to tape the cap on to the bottle. 

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet? I'm finally starting to get back into a groove.  I was also recently diagnosed with low thyroid, so it's hard to tell if I'm feeling better because that's getting under control or if I'm finally adjusting to this motherhood stuff.  I go back and forth about TTC. I know we want to have another child, but that seems SO overwhelming right now.  I keep telling myself we're going to wait until 2016 and then decide what to do.  DH made a joke the other day about getting pregnant again soon and I just gave him a death stare!  Aside from the physical toll on me and amount of work, kids are expensive!!  

PIP if you feel like it!
bananapancakes
atarianna
VillainV
speyedr
@simpledog
jackie011
Saudade
cmarie11

[jackie011]

Pilsy You should be in here, too!

[VillainV]

Nov 27, 2014 9:55:29 GMT -5 @myblue said:

I figured that since the babies are getting older that a lot of their milestones are going to overlap, so why not check in together!

How old is your LO?

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?

C will be 8 months on Monday.

Milestones: Sitting like a champ, really close to crawling. Not pulling up, still doesn't roll over much (he knows how, just doesn't do it often)

Teeth: None. He's been drooling and chewing his hands for 6 months now, and everyone's like "he must be getting teeth!" Yeah, no :-)

Food: Still BFing, but he eats maybe two "meals" a day (purees), and is just starting on finger foods (can almost figure out how to get them into his mouth). He nurses when he wakes up in the morning and before bed, and if he wakes up in the MOTN (about 50% of the time he sleeps through). At daycare he takes maybe 15oz. I pump twice at work and once in the morning.

Presents: No clue, following this closely!

TTC: we're talking about another, maybe start TTC in 6-9 months

Period: nope, but still BFing and on Mirena...

[shelbyann]

1. 9 months

2. She is super active and gets in to everything! Crawling and cruising galore. Standing independently and keeps looking like she wants to take a step but hasn't tried it yet. She meows when she sees the cat and dances when we turn on music. It's really an adorable age!

Four teeth. She has the bottom middle incisors and the top lateral incisors so she looks like a little vampire. I wish I could get a picture!

Sleep has improved SO much for us since we sleep trained for bedtime at 8 months. We have 0-1 wake ups most nights. She still cries for longer than I'd like at bedtime (sometimes 20-30 min) but we are working on that. And working on naps too, which remain a challenge.

3. We are on 3 meals a day. She eats what we eat for the most part and strongly prefers to feed herself. She is really in to mandarin oranges right now.

Still BFing. I have no idea how much overall but she takes ~8oz on my work days (8 hours with the nanny). I nurse her on demand the rest of the time.

4. Either an anywhere/uglywhere chair or an activity/art table. Planning to figure this out tomorrow!

5. Feeling good although some days are still overwhelming, especially when she goes on a nap strike. I am happier now that I'm working PT. Physically I'm hanging on to 15-20 lbs which is frustrating because I only gained 25 with the pregnancy! I left the hospital at my PP weight then gained a bunch. I'm not sure if it's baby/nursing related or just me getting old and sloppy with my diet and exercise routine while having a small baby. Eh, oh well.

No period yet. We are planning to TTC again sometime next year.

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[arebee]

How old is your LO? 7 months

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!

No teeth yet. She can army crawl and scoot around pretty good. She's trying really hard to actually crawl. She can stand holding onto furniture. She typically sleeps pretty good with a couple if MOTN wake ups per week but the last few days she has been crying out in her sleep every couple if hours. I am not sure if it is teeth or what is going on.

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)

We are during purees but only offer it once a day. She likes it but doesn't eat too much at once. We are EFF. She has 2 x 6oz bottles and 4 x 4oz bottles a day.

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?

Some board books and the zany zoo activity block from Target.

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?

I feel mostly back to normal. I still have some weight to lose though. I am pretty sure we are OAD. I got my period back at 3 months. It's way better than it was before getting pregnant, so yay?

[lulu21]

I'll join
How old is your LO? J is 8.5 months

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!

J is a handful, but a great handful. He's crawling, standing, walking with his push walker or holding on to the furniture. He's got one top tooth. He's cutting a bottom tooth, and it's been hell. He cut his first like a champ. He sleeps great. I can not complain. Only problem is he's not adjusted to DLS Still!

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)

Pouches4lyfe. He has no interest in real food. I offer it to him every day. He eats 2 pouches a day. And he's ff on demand. He drinks about 6 oz at a time.

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?

He is, but MOTY, I don't remember their names.

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?

J started daycare part time. It was easier than I expected. In interviewing for a FT job next week. It's a job I'd love and I feel guilty about loving the opportunity so much.

No TTC here, pretty sure we're OAD. Maybe we'll reconsider down the road.

PP periods can bite me. I've been getting them since 8 weeks and they're awful.

[meij]

DS just turned nine months last week.

He's a professional crawler and has been standing independently for over a month. Boo. Not ready for an early walker.

He says hiiiiiii while waving, claps, does so big. Says dada a lot, his sisters name a lot (mostly vowel easy name).

Four teeth and eats regular food. My DD has oral motor issues and had trouble with food until she was a year, so this is exciting. Still nursing.

Mischievous. We were lucky with DD as she never got into anything. This kid is exhausting and I've already Googled poison control info twice. (MOTY)

Sleeps like crap.

Loves: the wind in his face, his sister, loud trucks and motorcycles, baths
Hates: socks, hats, coats. Let me feel the wind!

For Christmas he is getting some shoes, musical instruments and I have no other ideas. We have everything already!

TTC? Lol no.
PP period? Not yet. I consider it's absence my reward for him not STTN yet.

[hetty]

How old is your LO?
8.5 months

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here!
Great! She is just so much fun (if also exhausting). She is constantly on the move crawling and has started pulling up and cruising. She waves a lot and does 'so big'. No teeth yet!

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!)
She eats mostly real food now (not purée) usually two meals, sometimes three plus snacks. She's also still BFing - she usually has 12-14 oz while I'm at work.

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays?
We got her a baby Stella doll- trying to avoid more noisy plastic

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?
Ugh, yes. Came back around six months. Had a scare this month as I didn't get my period until yesterday - 8 days later than normal! While it's good I'm not pregnant, there may have been a twinge of sadness....we should responsibly probably wait until 2016 to ttc.

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Nov 27, 2014 11:39:57 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

How old is your LO? 7+months?

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here! She has 6 teeth, she can sit up, military crawl and is sleeping 'okay' - most nights she only wakes up once. I think she is super cute…here is where I AW her christmas shots (again)...





How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!) She eat a mix of purees and solids - mostly purees.  She doesn't get BM anymore since I can't BF and ran out of my stash, so FF…and she isn't a big eater. 

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays? I am doing books for advent 'calendar' and then she will get a couple of small things her her stocking.  

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet? Already have my period and am pregnant, lol.  I feel fine since I am pregnant, not as concerned with my weight as I was when I wasn't pregnant!

6 teeth?  Wow! Btw those pics are super cute!!!

[heygrey]

9 months tomorrow!

he started crawling a couple weeks ago and has gotten faster and more adventurous every day. baby proofing is in full swing. he tries to pull up on furniture, but is still a long ways off from cruising. two bottom teeth and two top teeth and just starting to show themselves. he's frequently cranky because of it. sleep is still generally miz. we have better nights than others, but we're sitting consistently at 2-3 wake ups. i'm pushing the issue more now that he's older, so hopefully there are results soon!

eats two solid meals a day - after morning nap around 10:30 and then 5:30 so he has time to digest it before bed. (we were getting some epic spit ups when he ate to closer to bedtime.) still ebf as far as milk goes - probably 8-9 times a day. he's a comforter nurser so he'll sneak in any extra sessions that i'll tolerate.

we've picked up a few toys for christmas, but no big gift yet. he seems to be accumulating a lot from extended family so we'll probably buy him some practical things that aren't really toys like wet bags and pail liners for cloth diapers.

~6 months was when i really turned the corner recovery-wise. i didn't realize how rough i was until i started coming out of it. in retrospect i wonder if i had a touch of PPD? we won't talk TTC until next october at the earliest. we have a family wedding and vacations i don't want to be pregnant for. ideally, i'd like to have #2 when R is 2-3 so that would put us perfectly in that range. my period came back around 7 months. i was so pissed. i nurse this kid around the clock, i thought surely my reward would be no period until he started sttn (which i have no hope of happening in the near future). it hasn't been too horrific flow-wise (TMI, sorry), but i never had much for PMS before and now i am a raging bitch for two weeks every time. too much to hope that my mood swings with settle down in the future?

[Pilsy]

Nov 27, 2014 12:14:13 GMT -5 jackie011 said:

Pilsy You should be in here, too!

Thanks, Jackie!  We were away for the holidays and I was hardly online, so I’m resurrecting this.    

Sorry your little guy isn’t feeling well.  Just saw that.    


E is turned 7 months this week and is SO MUCH FUN.  Wow.  We hit 6 months and I thought, “This is it.  This is the peak of fun with a baby,” and it’s even better now.  She’s a very happy baby (I am so fortunate!) and her smile just gets more amazing all the time; she smiles with her whole face.  She squeals and giggles so easily.  

She’s been sitting up on her own since about 5 months, so that’s not new, but she’s much steadier now and is better at going from sitting to tummy time on her own if she needs to reach something.  She can roll both ways but doesn’t do it often.  She is quite sedentary, like I am - ha!  She babbles a lot and has said, “Mama,” a few times, but it’s been squeezed in among strings of nonsense, so I don’t think it meant anything.  She did begin waving “hi” over the past couple days.  Oh, and when she feels like it, she will give “kisses.”  She’s pretty affectionate.  Melts me.   

She is a very big girl, though it’s really her length that makes her such.  28 inches and a little over 18 pounds back at her 6-month appointment.  Wearing 12-month clothes now.  

No teeth here.  We finally did a modified sleep training a couple weeks ago, so sleep has improved some.  She is drowsy but awake and goes to sleep easily with no crying at bedtime.  Woohoo!  However, I can’t get out of work early enough to get her home at the time she’d prefer to go to bed, so there is often a lot of crying during that last diaper change, putting on the sleep sack, etc.    Makes me so sad.  She naps so poorly at daycare.  I need to begin making more noise during weekend naps (which are awesome and easy most of the time since the sleep training), and I’m having trouble taking the plunge.  I hate to ruin the good sleep she gets on weekends since those two days are the only two out of every seven she’s not overtired at night, and I will never be replicating here what’s going to happen at school.  We still have issues with overnight wake-ups, too.  Often, she goes right back to sleep; sometimes, babbling and whining turns to crying, and that’s tough on me.  Our pedi told us to stop replacing the binky, and we rolled with that during the initial sleep training; now that I know she can self soothe, I sometimes sneak in and pop in the binky since it’s such a quick route to sleep.  Will be exciting when she can reliably do that for herself.  

I nurse in the morning and at bedtime (all day on weekends) and she has 3 6-oz bottles at daycare.  (Still pumping 3x/day at work.  Whee.)  I’m guessing total BM intake is around 30 ounces since I think she has more than 6 oz in the morning and less at night - probably evens out.  Solids include oatmeal cereal and purees of carrots, peas, squash, sweet potato, apples, and bananas.  We were bad about it while traveling, whereas at daycare, she gets the oatmeal cereal (2 or 3 oz, I think - they add enough to make kind of a paste with the 1 or 1.5 oz of BM I send in for it) every day and about 2 oz of veggie or fruit later in the day.   

No idea about presents!  Eek.  I need to go back and read this thread for ideas.  Probably keeping it light since she’s not very aware of gifts at this point.  She is so observant and interested in EVERYTHING, and this means boxes will be a big hit. Forget what came in them.  

I’m ok, not great.  Happier than ever, and also exhausted and in need of surgery to repair damage from my episiotomy.  The latter is a huge deal and a topic for a different thread if I can get the courage to share more; it’s impacting my life more than I imagined and is horrible.  I require a lot of sleep - always have - so between the continued baby wake-ups and my own peeing from drinking so much water (helps my supply), as well as getting up around 5am, I’m not really getting what I need and dragging.  Eek.  I think that will need to improve before we can TTC.  I’d also like to get into better shape.  Not convinced I’ll be back to pre-preg shape (weight maybe, physical fitness unlikely) before then, but I’ll try!  Just ordered a treadmill since my work/daycare schedule won’t allow me to go to the gym, I’m not really comfortable there these days (see sentence 2), and I’m not a fan of running outside, especially in New England in the winter.    Work is crazy and I’m keeping up there, though I am occasionally breaking down about it.  My H is really on the fence about baby #2, and I am terrified at the thought as it seems SO overwhelming right now and the expense for daycare is ridiculous; on the other hand, I see the challenges as short-term and would like to go for it sooner rather than later due to our ages.  

What a brain dump!    Drinks for anyone who actually read that.  I think I will copy and paste in my email so I have a record; haven’t been keeping up with the baby book very well!  

ETA: No period yet.  I keep forgetting that’s part of TTC.  haha  Not ready to stop nursing/pumping, so that’s another reason we’re not going for it yet!

[jeaniebueller]

DD will be 6 months old in about 5 days. She is rolling from back to tummy but still doesn't have the hang of rolling tummy to back. She is 18 pounds (like my DS was at her age and in my experience, bigger babies take longer to mast some of the skills). Sleep is kind of sketchy. She is very dependent on the swaddle and paci. She is really handsy, so any attempt to wean the swaddle have been failures so I am just going with it.

She has 2 teeth! She is eating rice cereal and has tried squash, sweet potato and pear. I am going to start oatmeal once we are finished with the container of rice. She is drinking 6oz bottles about every 3 hours.

Not sure what we are getting her! Some type of fun baby toy from Santa and board books, and other small toys from us.

I am feeling fine. I still need to lose about 20 pounds but am not stressing about it. I am back running and have a half marathon planned for the summer. No more kids for us, so I am just embracing the chaos and babyhood and am enjoying it.

[moopoint17]

How old is your LO? 8.5 months

How are things going? Things are awesome (during the day)! He's a little high needs but now that he's mobile, DS1 is able to entertain him more.

What new things is baby doing? Cruising, clapping, giving high fives.

Any teeth? Nope

LO sleeping well?? LOL! DS2 has always been an awful sleeper. Wakes up every 2 hours to eat or be rocked back to sleep so we cosleep. I haven't slept in 8.5 months! We're moving soon and we'll be sleeping training. Dear god I hope it works!

How much is your LO eating of real food? We give him little bits of whatever we're eating. He seems to like real food more than purees. But his MSPI prevents him from eating a lot of things without getting rashes.

Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!) BF with Nutramagin supplement. When I'm at work he gets a 5oz bottle every 3 hours.

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays? Stride and Ride Elephant and the FP wheelie garage I scored during a lightning deal on Amazon.

How are you? 35
Are you feeling back to normal? I really hope being super sleep deprived isn't my new normal, although I've gotten use to it.
Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? LOL! I'm good with my 2 boys.
For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet? Nope, but I'm still BFing plus I have pcos.

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I want to add on here that LO did her first word in sign language today!! She asked for milk I was shocked!

For xmas we bought her a little car and a house that has little shaped blocks that she can try to get into the shape holes.

[speyedr]

I'm late to the party!

DD is 8 months tomorrow! She has had her two bottom front incisors since about 5 months with no signs of more. She is showing interest in crawling and gets up on all 4's but still a few weeks away I think.

She eats mostly formula with solids for lunch and dinner. She eats a lot of purées still because she hasnt mastered getting food in her mouth herself. She does well with most things and will eat non purées if I put them in her mouth.

She is getting a zany zoo for Christmas from us and a few small things, a fisher price ride on elephant from one set of grandparents and I don't know what from the others. I want to get her a baby doll but think I will wait for her birthday so she maybe enjoys it/understands it a little more because....

We are currently expecting baby #2, I am 11 weeks and due the end of June. They will be just shy of 15 months apart and I am scared shitless. This pregnancy was a huge surprise after 3 IUI's to get DD.

[jene]

How old is your LO? 7.5 months

How are things going? What new things is baby doing? Any teeth? LO sleeping well?? Time to AW your little one here! Things are going pretty well. He is army crawling like crazy, has 2 bottom teeth, which made his sleep go to shit, so hopefully that turns around

How much is your LO eating of real food? Are you still BFing? FF? How much milk does LO get these days? (clearly I'm fishing for clues as to how much to feed mine!) Still BFing, he eats between 14-16 oz at daycare, a pouch, and he will nurse at home + BLW. He has had sweet potato, avacado, pumpkin, butternut and acorn squash, banana, baked potato, chicken, turkey, oranges

Is LO getting any interesting presents for the holidays? We are giving him a pa rum pa pum drum and probably a new carseat

How are you? Are you feeling back to normal? Anyone possibly wanting to TTC in the near future? For TMI, have you gotten your period back yet?
I am doing well, and for the most part, back to normal. I still have about 5 pounds that I am carrying, but I am not going to work very hard to get rid of it until after weaning. I have no desire to TTC at any point in the near future, maybe next fall we will think about it. My period came back last week, sort of. I have mirena, so I'm not sure if that caused it to be lighter than what it was before.

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