September 2009 Weddings
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Niner Babies: Check-In
It's been a little bit since the last one, so let's see how everyone is doing!
Baby's Name:
Age: (months and/or weeks, however you're measuring it at this point)
Weight / Height:
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids:
Recent Developments: (AW your baby's progess here!)
Questions for the Mamas:
Advice for the Mamas:
Anything else you wanna talk about:
PIP - Most Recent Picture:
Re: Niner Babies: Check-In
Baby's Name: Samma
Age: 7 months (31 weeks today!)
Weight / Height: I'm thinking 26" long and at least 16lbs at this point... Chris is bringing her to the pediatrician today, so we'll see how close I am!
ETA: 16lbs 4oz as of this morning!
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Today is the first official day of no breastfeeding. I had brought it all down to 1 feeding in the morning, but since we went 2 days in a row where I wasn't able to feed her, my supply has more or less diminished. *lesigh* So now it's about 30oz of formula, hald a container of fruits with rice cereal in the moring, and half a container of veggies at night.
Recent Developments: Sami has been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth, so I know crawling is coming soon! Sometimes she'll even put enough weight into it so that she's in a Downward Dog position... it's actually pretty amusing.
Questions for the Mamas: We have a diaper rash that just won't go away -- what are your rememdies?
Advice for the Mamas: None this week... but I'll be happy to take any offered.
Anything else:
updated 10.03.12
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I've never heard of it.
What we have tried:
Desitin
Butt Paste
Anti-Monkey Butt
updated 10.03.12
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Baby's Name: Teaghan
Age: (months and/or weeks, however you're measuring it at this point)
1 month and 2 days
Weight / Height: 9lbs 3oz and 21 inches
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Formula
Recent Developments: (AW your baby's progess here!) She is holding her head up really well on her own and it starting to stare and focus in more at the toys on her seat and bouncer.
Questions for the Mamas: When did your baby first sleep through the night?
Advice for the Mamas: Sorry, still new at this
Anything else you wanna talk about: nope
PIP - Most Recent Picture:
Baby's Name: Ellie
Age: 11 1/2 months. Only 11 days until the big 1!
Weight / Height: at last appt, she was 21lbs 8oz and 28 inches tall.
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Formula and solids, although we will be switching to whole milk next week! Woot!
Recent Developments: Ellie can walk 2-3 steps unsupported, she can stand for minutes at a time. She has started saying "Some", "mine", and "no".
Questions for the Mamas: None at the moment.
Advice for the Mamas: None unless anyone has questions!
Anything else you wanna talk about: What's with all the stomach bugs?
PIP - Most Recent Picture:
Watching the rain...
Baby's Name: Phoenix
Age: 7 months 5 days
Weight / Height: Probably somewhere around 17lbs and about 27-28in
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Breast and Solids
Recent Developments: She's a crawler! Took her first real crawl forward last Wednesday and has spent all weekend practicing. She's practically a pro now, lol. Also, finally got two teeth in!
Questions for the Mamas: What keeps your LO entertained the longest? We have toys, everywhere, but nothing really holds her attention for very long, which causes her to get really...whiny.
Advice for the Mamas: none right now
Anything else you wanna talk about: i got nothing
PIP - Most Recent Picture:
We have the same toy! And the same onesie, for that matter...
updated 10.03.12
Ha! Niner twins.
Totally butting in as a non-breeder, but Amelia, this picture is precious.
non-breeder.
snort.
Age: 2 months old today!
Weight / Height: At his 2 month appointment on Friday he was 8lbs 6oz and 21" long.
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: We've been successfully exclusively breastfeeding for the past month!
Recent Developments: Alex now smiles in response to silly faces I make, our voices, some new rattles that I bought him for Easter. He can hold his head up for a while now and needs to be looking around to take everything in. He had his first round of shots on Friday and thankfully didn't have any reactions, no fever, nothing. Yay! He also mimics me now when I make faces, it's so much fun! I'm loving watching him discover new things.
Questions for the Mamas: For those who breastfed and had to go back to work, how did you go about preparing your body to pump during the day at work? If I pumped every time Alex fed during the day right now I'd be chained to the pump. I've been planning to read up on this but haven't had the time to sit down and do it yet.
Advice for the Mamas: None at the moment that I can think of.
Anything else:
I'm starting to get really bad anxiety about going back to work in a month, May 23rd is my first day back. I don't want to. I want to quit so badly, but it's not an option. I get anxious when someone else is holding Alex for longer than like 15 minutes, not because they're not doing well or I'm nervous about them holding him, just because he's not close enough to me I guess. I let everyone else hold him nearly all day yesterday to try to break myself of this but it didn't get easier I still wanted him all to myself!!
Okay, enough of that, here's some cuteness:
Baby's Name:Weston
Age: 9 months 3 weeks
Weight / Height: 23 lbs (lost 6 oz when had a stomach bug), like 29 inches
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Formula and solids. His doctor gave the okay for pretty much all table food at 9 month appointment.
Recent Developments: He loves saying "mama" and "dada". He pulls up on EVERYTHING and walks along everything like it's a piece of cake. When you say dancing baby, he starts to dance.
Questions for the Mamas: None today
Advice for the Mamas: None today
Anything else you wanna talk about:
PIP - Most Recent Picture:
From what my husband remembers (*shuns*) the pediatrician told us that the best thing we can do right now is let her air out, so when she's having her bottle, just undo her diaper and let it all hang out. No more wipes either - paper towels and water only. And Desitin. So we'll see how it looks after a week.
updated 10.03.12
Haha, I did this the other day and Ellie peed all over the floor!
Baby's Name: Walter Drake
Age: One month tomorrow!
Weight / Height: not sure...last time i measured at home he was 21 inches not sure on the weight. he has a doctoros appt on wednesday.
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Formula...still searching for one that doesn't give him gas =( poor lil man gets a tummy ache alot.
Recent Developments: He hold's his head up very well and has started making the cutest noises. He really likes to look in the mirror as well.
Questions for the Mamas: whats your favorite formula?
Advice for the Mamas: none at the moment
Anything else you wanna talk about:
PIP - Most Recent Picture: see siggy
he's already winning all the ladies over.....he winks all the time.=)
Baby's Name: Evie
Age: 1 week, 3 days
Weight / Height: as of last Weds, 6lbs, 6oz and 21 1/2"... I realized after I read the previous posts, I have a tall baby!
Breastfeeding / Formula / Solids: Almost exclusively breastfeeding. As long as she's gained sufficient amount of weight on Weds at 2 week check up, it'll be breast milk only. I'm definitely making enough.
Recent Developments: She's much more alert.
Questions for the Mamas: When did you start doing "tummy time" and for how long? What did you do with your LO?
Advice for the Mamas: I'm still a noob, so no advice from me.
Anything else you wanna talk about:
PIP - Most Recent Picture:
My Acme Box last update 3/28/11
JW - we used Similac Sensitive (the spit-up kind - it's thicker than the normal stuff) for El. We used the ready-to-feed kind because she wouldn't drink the powder after she quit BFing.
Nat - I didn't start tummy time until maybe 3-4 weeks, when she had more control of her head. I would put a rattle or a plastic mirror on the floor so she would have something to look at. I would get down there with her and shake the rattle, show her herself in the mirror, etc. As she got older, we would incorporate more toys, sing songs, etc.