HDBD 6/18

[alias]

And, go...

[stretchad]

We have top two teeth coming in. Hair that's long enough for a tiny mohawk. And, as of last night a fever of ~102 :-(

[alias]

E's super fussy, clingy-ness has gotten better the last two days. Much better, but not gone. He wasn't very happy when I left him at daycare this morning, but he also had a poopy diaper, so hopefully that's why.

I feel like I'm behind with him. I feel guilty that I haven't been paying enough attention to milestones and teaching him things. I get these emails about what he or I should be doing and I'm like, whaaaatt? I fail. Then day csre asked yesterday if I feed him any table foods (and I took that as an insult, but I'm probably being sensitive) and that they want to start giving him table foods at day care to transition him b/c he'll be 1 soon. And then she said that she doubts he'll be ready to move to the next classroom at 1. So, again, I'm thinking he's behind and I'm failing. And then sometimes he does things that surprise me, like I read the same book over and over and there's a page with a car and I always say beep beep and hit the book like I'm honking a horn and now he hits the book on the same page each time. But, that also makes me think he could be learning more stuff if I was teaching him more. Ugh, being a mom is hard.

[ashleyp728]

alias I finally deleted those emails. Each kid will learn at vastly different ages and stages, and I just didn't want to feel like that anymore. I am sure E is learning well, and he is probably learning a ton at daycare too. But YOU ARE NOT FAILING.

I is doing great. I uploaded a photo in my sig of him a few weeks ago. I will try to post a newer one soon. He is crawling like a maniac, pulling himself to stand but can't quite walk yet. No words, not even mama or papa or dada yet, and that makes me feel like he is a little behind but I try not to worry too much. He is growing up in a dual language household, so it could be that he is confused on what words to say, but it'll pay off in the long run. He hasn't been staying asleep the whole night lately, and that sucks. A ton. He wakes crying, but he will fall back to sleep within 20 minutes. The issues is that I don't fall back to sleep. Ugh!

He is starting daycare on Monday. I have no idea how we will pay for this, thank goodness I got my new position! I hope he will have fun in there and not cry when I drop him off.

[ilovebed]

@ashleyp is wise. Delete the emails
Every kid learns in their own way and at their own pace. We aren't raising robots!

Blb has been having a great few days after 3 really rough weeks the whining and tantrums were making me crazy. Yesterday was H's bday and the second he walked in the door she said "happy birthday dada!" Right on cue. It was sooooo cute. God I love that girl. She's thriving at daycare and just generally enjoying her sweet life.

[mrslefty]

I finally get to participate with a baby!

H is doing well. He initially lost a bunch of weight because he would've rather slept than eat. We met with a lactation consultant Friday and she set up a feeding plan for him. On monday at his first pediatrician appointment he was back up to 7 lbs and yesterday at the lc appointment he had gained 2 oz more. She is having us back off how much we supplement because he is getting about 32 ml from me in > 30 min. Then I pump almost that much when he thinks he is "done"
lazy little boy we have to set alarms or he won't wake up to eat and he has little regard for how precious each drop of breast milk is because he sees nothing wrong with falling asleep and letting a whole mouthful leak out the side.

I'm attaching this from my phone so let's see if it works...

[ilovebed]

Omg he's so cute!!! If he's sleeping a lot that must mean you are getting some rest as well.

[alias]

Very cute mrslefty. He looks like he just needs to be snuggled!

[mrslefty]

alias he is held pretty constantly because he is just so dang snuggley and warm.

ilovebed it hasn't been too bad. We feed him every 2.5 hours and each feeding takes an hourish so we get an hour and a half to sleep between. Hopefully as he starts becoming more efficient we will be able to fully stop supplementing and pumping and each meal will take less time and we can start stretching out the time between meals since he's gaining weight. We definitely aren't too sleep deprived though

[jennlin]

congrats mrslefty, he is way too cute! now let's see that fluffy bum of his

[mrslefty]

Jun 18, 2014 14:11:48 GMT -5 jennlin said:

congrats mrslefty, he is way too cute! now let's see that fluffy bum of his

Ahem. Isn't that for Fridays? I am trying to pace my picture posting because if I don't I will post ALL THE PICTURES !

[karebear219]

bkb is doing awesome. She did amazing on our flight to Hawaii last week. Thank goodness for movie players. She played with her dress up mini for part of the time too but it was way easier just to have her watching a movie. She complained about her eyes popping but didn't cry. We tried to teach her how to swallow air. It didn't work but it was fun to watch her try.

bkb started daycare this week too. The first day went great. Didn't cry when we left. Had a good day there. Said she wanted to go back when we got home. Today however, she wouldn't let H put her down and had a tantrum when he left. Sigh. Hopefully her afternoon was better. I can't wait until she gets home today.

[jennlin]

Jun 18, 2014 15:52:05 GMT -5 mrslefty said:

Jun 18, 2014 14:11:48 GMT -5 jennlin said:

congrats mrslefty, he is way too cute! now let's see that fluffy bum of his

Ahem. Isn't that for Fridays? I am trying to pace my picture posting because if I don't I will post ALL THE PICTURES !

Ummm we WANT to see #allthepictures!!!

[shevacc]

Jun 18, 2014 15:52:05 GMT -5 mrslefty said:

Jun 18, 2014 14:11:48 GMT -5 jennlin said:

congrats mrslefty, he is way too cute! now let's see that fluffy bum of his

Ahem. Isn't that for Fridays? I am trying to pace my picture posting because if I don't I will post ALL THE PICTURES !

Ditto jennlin! Too many cute newborn pictures said...no mom EVER!

[shevacc]

We survived day 2 of G's new daycare and she reportedly did great! One of the directors told me she had a great day, plus ilovebed so thoughtfully texted me when she picked up Blb to tell me my G was happily playing. I really like the teachers and hope we're going to be really happy with the new place for a long time.

[mrslefty]

Jun 18, 2014 22:58:42 GMT -5 shevacc said:

Jun 18, 2014 15:52:05 GMT -5 mrslefty said:

Ahem. Isn't that for Fridays? I am trying to pace my picture posting because if I don't I will post ALL THE PICTURES !

Ditto jennlin! Too many cute newborn pictures said...no mom EVER!

Lol! H said he is going to defriend me on Facebook over all the pictures I have posted. He doesn't really get that that is kind of the point of Facebook.  (Note he has actually taken more pictures than me he just keeps them to himself.)

[jennlin]

Jun 18, 2014 23:10:41 GMT -5 mrslefty said:

Jun 18, 2014 22:58:42 GMT -5 shevacc said:

Ditto jennlin! Too many cute newborn pictures said...no mom EVER!

Lol! H said he is going to defriend me on Facebook over all the pictures I have posted. He doesn't really get that that is kind of the point of Facebook.  (Note he has actually taken more pictures than me he just keeps them to himself.)

just block your h