All the new mommies and soon to be new mommies...

Etph007 · #1 June 2nd, 2010, 11:08 AM

New mommies-
How is it going? How are you healing? How's DH? How's the baby sleeping/eating? Are you BF/FF? How's that going? New pics???

Soon to be new mommies (Marci, Candace and others)
How are you feeling??? Any progress? Belly pics??

Sam914 · #2 June 2nd, 2010, 03:07 PM

Do i count as a new mommy? Michaels been home a month now..

Anywho, Michael is doing great! Adjusted age he's 6 weeks. He goes to the doctors tomorrow for a weight check but i'm guessing he's around 10lbs. He only eats 4-5 times a day (i'm not sure if this is okay... i'm going to ask the doc tomorrow if i should wake him up and force him to eat or not) and is doing 5-5.5oz each time. He sleeps 5-6 hours, eats then goes back to sleep for another 5-7 hours so i'm sleeping good. Dh goes back to work tomorrow after being home with me all month so we'll see how it goes! I'm a little nervous

I posted pics the other day

fromustobaby · #3 June 2nd, 2010, 03:11 PM

How is it going? despite lack of sleep...GREAT...he's starting to get a personality now - so fun

already have baby fever again...though bfing is making that impossible for now

How are you healing? healed!
How's DH? wonderful, he watches K every day while i'm at work and is the best daddy ever

How's the baby sleeping/eating? loves to eat and eat and eat...
hates to sleep unless he is on the boob...lately he is so restless at night...
Are you BF/FF? entirely breast feeding...
How's that going? dont think i'll be able to keep pumping next year, it is so hard to do it with a 25 minute lunch, but will try to keep bfing for 6 months...
New pics??? you asked

Playing with his toy...

The next three are a sequence of pics...

I love this little guy so much!

tiffanys · #4 June 2nd, 2010, 05:03 PM

Loving the updates! Both boys are absolutely adorable...thanks for sharing!

pthree · #5 June 3rd, 2010, 08:15 AM

I'm currently 31 weeks +2. Due August 3! I feel mostly great, but the past couple of weeks has brought about some major rib pain. It's usually worse at night, although it's already started for today. The tops of my ribs are SO painful. Tylenol doesn't help, so I've given up. This pregnancy has FLOWN by.

My ticker box just moved to the second-to-last box - how freaky! I still feel like I just found out I was pregnant yesterday. We still have so much left to do. The nursery is almost finished. I still need to hang some shelves and after baby is born and we find out if it's a boy or girl, we're going to hang the name on the wall. My baby shower is on July 11th. I don't think a lot of people will show up because I don't have a lot of local friends! But I'm still pretty excited about it.

Here is the last belly pic I took - it was taken at 29 weeks. I pretty much look the same still.

amazing_love · #6 June 3rd, 2010, 08:44 AM

Sam- I posted in your thread but i am SO glad Michael is doing well!

Tonya- He is soooooooo stinkin' cute!! I love the pics! I hope you get some sleep soon!

Paula- Your belly is super cute girl! Things definitely get uncomfortable in the latter part of pregnancy but hang in there, it will be worth it

As for me....
How is it going? Good for the most part! Camden is a good baby, just grumpy a lot! He still wants to eat every 2 hours during the day sometimes every hour but i think it could definitely be worse.
How are you healing? My stupid stitches are still there! They have been really itchy still. My doctor told me it was normal at my 3 week appt but that they should be gone by my 6 week one. They'd better be!
How's DH? He's really great with Camden. I can tell he thought it would be easier than it has been though. lol. I went to a concert the other day and he watched him by himself. It was the first time away from my baby but they did great!
How's the baby sleeping/eating? Sleep varies. Last night it went really well! Some nights are hard and some are easier. He wakes up to eat about every 3-4 hours on average.
Are you BF/FF? How's that going? BF! It's going great. I'm definitely producing enough.. at times it seems like too much!
New pics???

Fell asleep during tummy time

Sleeping in his crib

Smiling

Making a funny face. lol.

Standing (Jimmy is holding him

)

Bath time (the most recent pic)

fromustobaby · #7 June 3rd, 2010, 10:06 AM

Krista,
I know what you mean about the stiches itching...it was the worst about 4-5 weeks PP, then it got better...by 8 weeks, it was good as new

LOVE the new bathtime pic, he looks so alert now!!

Paula,
Belly is adorable...do you have any thoughts as to if its a boy or girl?

Sam,
Is it wrong that I am insanely jealous of the amount of time Michael sleeps, those NICU nurses trained him well

Hopingfor1soon · #8 June 3rd, 2010, 10:17 AM

Too cute all of you! I cant wait to get to this point!!!

ca_dawson · #9 June 3rd, 2010, 12:47 PM

Loving all the pics! The babies/bellies are so cute!

How's it going? Great! Lexi is such a joy. She has her fussy moments, but usually mommy can make it all better quickly! Overall she's a pretty happy baby.

How are you healing? All healed! I still had one stitch that didn't disolve at my 6 week checkup, but the dr removed it.

How's DH? He's an amazing father! So hands on! He jumps up to change diapers and get her when she fusses. He even watches her the first part of the night so I can sleep, then I take over the second part. Then when he gets up for work he changes her and makes sure she's clean before heading off to work. We have a great teamwork approach that keeps either one of us from getting too exhausted. Even the pedi comments every time how we look so rested and relaxed for new parents! He's also taking time off work to watch her when I go back to work. I feel so lucky to have such a great husband and father to our princess!

How's the baby sleeping/eating? Sleeping pretty good and eats like a champ! During the day she eats every 1-3 hours depending on the day. At night she feeds every 3 hours, at 9 pm, midnight, 3 am and 6 am and sleeps consistently through those times, just wakes to eat and then goes back down.

Are you BF/FF? How's that going? BFing, going great! We haven't had any issues so far. My supply is great and she latches great. I'm pumping too building a supply for going back to work and that's going better. I bought a hands free pumping bra and that is a lifesaver! I am pumping about 8 oz now. I have 124 oz frozen and 12 oz in the fridge. Hopefully I will have enough for 2 weeks once I go back to work (I'm almost there!)

New Pics? Of course!

My mom bought her these personalized diapers...so cute!

I LOVE this pic! Cutest ever!

Funny sleeping pose!

I need to upload some more but those are from about a week ago.

chloe12 · #10 June 3rd, 2010, 01:48 PM

How is it going? Awesome! Jack is such a happy mellow little man

Always smiling, cooing, and playing! Just got him weighed at his immunizations the other day and he's 11lbs13oz's (8lbs10oz's at birth)

How are you healing? All healed. Took a while, I was 8 weeks PP before I stopped bleeding. Back to working out most days of the week.

How's DH? He's great with Jack but I have a hard time letting him do things to help me out since I have such a routine. I never ask for help with anything in life, I do it myself, this carries on to being a parent I guess and I need to learn to change that. Just like I never get DH to help clean the house or do laundry, he always asks if I want him to do the dishes or anything and I always tell him no, I've got it. It's crazy - I know

How's the baby sleeping/eating? Are you BF/FF? How's that going? Jack is an awesome sleeper. We had an issue with him only being able to nap in his swing while it was turned on. But now a week later he takes all of his naps in his crib and as a result sleeps better and for longer stretches at a time. He naps from 6:30am-9:30, 11:30-1:30pm, 3:30-5:30, 7:00-8:30, has his last bottle, then sleeps from 9pm - 5:00am. Feeding is going well, he is on formula since we had major issues with breastfeeding that caused me to just cry all the time because I felt like something that was so natural should come naturally, and well, it just didn't for him no matter what I did or who helped us - so he's on formula fulltime. He eats 5 oz's every 4 hours during the day (30 oz's in 24 hours)

New pics??? Ask and you shall receive!

Tell me he isn't the sweetest little boy!

He's always smiling:

Except for right here (I love him in little man clothes!):

Great updates ladies, can't wait for the next batch of babies to be born! We sure do have a bunch of cuties here!

MarinaAndCharlie'sMommy · #11 June 3rd, 2010, 07:12 PM

Sam- Michael is so cute!! I can't believe how big he is now!

Tonya-Kaiden is so cute. I love the pic of you two. You are absolutely glowing!!

Paula-Your belly is so stinkin' cute! Love it!!

Krista-Camden is so precious. Love his bathtime pic!

Carla-Love Lexi's personalized diapers. The pic with her tongue sticking out is my absolute favorite!

Chloe-I swear Jack is the best dressed kid ever! Love his sandals!

As for us...
How is it going? Well it has been great so far but yesterday she started getting colicy. I thought yesterday she was just having a bad day, but she started up again tonight. I guess she really does have colic, poor sweet girl

How are you healing? All healed. It really wasn't that bad.
How's DH? Jeff is so helpful. Usually when I feed her he does the diaper change. He is such an awesome daddy, which I knew he would be

She already has him wrapped around her little finger!!
How's the baby sleeping/eating? She is doing great. Her naps are getting shorter during the day which I think is making her super fussy at night.
Are you BF/FF? How's that going? We are breastfeeding and it is great while we are at home. Out in public she will only eat off of one side though.
New pics??? I'll post some new ones later.

fromustobaby · #12 June 3rd, 2010, 07:40 PM

Seriously! Jack is the best dressed baby ever!! LOL, and Kaiden is never wearing clothes ever - HA!!

Casey- I hope that it is just a few bad days for poor little Marina and that she feels a bit better soon!

Carla- OMG! The personalized diaper cover is the CUTEST, and I love the tongue...LOL!!!

MommyPoky · #13 June 3rd, 2010, 09:05 PM

Such cute pics of all your little ones!

As for me, no progress that I know of, I'm going to the doc tomorrow. Also moving out of my classroom tomorrow, so I'm hoping I can get that done (I will have a lot of help from my husband, dad, step mom, and sister). I haven't dropped yet, but I am planning to either go over my due date or be induced at 2 weeks post dd, because I have not had a single BH or anything this whole time...I think baby is pretty happy where she is. I just wanted her to stay in until my classroom was done, so she can come anytime after tomorrow. I haven't taken a belly pic in a while, but here's a pic of me and my step mom at my shower two weeks ago (35w5d)

*Mommy2Camden* · #14 June 3rd, 2010, 09:47 PM

What BEAUTIFUL babies everyone has!!! As always I LOVE reading/seeing everyone's little ones.

Camden is doing great!! He'll be 5 months old next Wendesday

We started him on solids a few weeks ago and he LOVES sweet potatoes, & carrots the most! He'll eat a whole jar, hardly spilling a bite and opens his mouth like a baby bird.

It's the CUTEST thing ever. He sleeps through the night for the most part, (we feed him once) he's MASTERED flipping over, and is REALLY close to crawling! My hubby is doing great! We make a great team, and he helps me ALL the time!!!(I don't know what I would do without him) As far as healing goes, I've healed great!!! Still awaiting my first AF.....I LOVE update time...Everyones LO's change SOO much!! Here are a few pics of my sweet little Camden....

Etph007 · #15 June 4th, 2010, 07:11 AM

OMG I LOVE all the updates! TFS girls!

ca_dawson · #16 June 4th, 2010, 09:46 AM

Where's yours Erin? We need new pics of Kylar too!

Everyone's pics are sooooo cute!

Etph007 · #17 June 4th, 2010, 01:54 PM

i will post new ones soon. We've been having internet issues so I can't get online at home which is where my pictures are

Here's one that is semi-newish

But he's changed so much lately.. he's crawling and pulling up on everything. he's ALLLL over the place!

pthree · #18 June 9th, 2010, 06:11 PM

Ladies, your babies are all growing so fast and getting so freaking cute!! It makes me more excited to have this little one!

Erin, that shirt is adorable!!

Thanks for all the updates! Keep them coming!