Fall 2013 babies check-in

[sookie]

How old is your baby now? 11 weeks today. I feel like it's flying by so quick already!

Height/weight/head circumference? I'm not sure about the head, but I think it's probably average sized for her age. She's 23" and 9lbs 14oz - tiny!

How's it going with eating? It's her favorite thing to do. Nursing is going well, though pumping enough is harder. I wish I could just nurse her all day long instead of worrying about pumping enough to leave for the next day. I'm just barely keeping up and don't have much of a freezer stash (less than 20oz).

How's it going with sleeping? Sleeping is going really well. Some STTN, sometimes one wake up around 3-4am.

What milestones has baby reached so far? She smiles a ton to DH and me, and is daycare noted to us that she's finally starting to smile at them a little more. She also has a little almost-laugh going on and loves to be held in a sitting position so she can hold her head up and look around the room. She also plays with her hands a lot and will bat at toys, but isn't really grabbing for anything just yet.

What kind of activities does your baby like? Sitting up and looking around or eating. She's warming up to the activity mat a little more now, but still HATES tummy time so she'll probably never learn to roll over. We get all of our "tummy time" through wearing her or her laying on our chests. Well, she gets some at daycare.

What fun things are you looking forward to? Rolling and sitting up unassisted. We put her in the jumparoo yesterday thinking she's love it because she loves sitting and/or standing and will bend her knees and push herself back up like she wants to jump. Unfortunately it was a massive failure because she was already a little tired and is still too small for it so she faceplanted into the hard plastic and screamed her little heart out because she had hurt herself. I definitely won for MOTY yesterday. She's fine - no real damage or bruises and was ok the second I let her latch on and nurse, but ugh - we felt horrible.

[kdubs923]

Jan 21, 2014 13:13:10 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

How old is your baby now? Three month yesterday 

Height/weight/head circumference? As of his 2 month appt over 3 weeks ago, he was 10lb 11oz, 5th percentile. Unsure of the other stats

How's it going with eating? Better. We had to supplement early on, but have worked our way down to only one bottle of formula a day. I think he'll start to get more when he starts daycare next week. My pumping output is pathetic.

How's it going with sleeping? I can't complain. Usually only 1 wake between 8pm and 5-6 am. He did nearly a 9 hour stretch earlier this week, nearly 2 hrs longer than his personal best! I don't expect that to happen again soon. 

What milestones has baby reached so far? Great head control, trying to sit up, finds his hands & sticks out his tongue in response to seeing someone stick their tongue out

What kind of activities does your baby like? Sticking tongue out, sucking on hands, looking in mirrors, reading books, using the FP Kick piano, sitting in his bouncy, smiling, bath time

What fun things are you looking forward to? Better weather to go for walks outside, actual sitting up & rolling, belly laughs