Baby Boy's first set of molars (or pre-molars?) has cut through--teeth #9 and #10. The first was upper left and I *think* the bottom left is now through. He doesn't let me get in there as readily as Baby Girl did. I haven't gotten a chance to check on the other side, but based on both of my kids' teething history, it'll be awhile longer before the other side comes through. My kids are pretty lopsided with teething.
As for talking (just throwing a few short posts into one to make it more worthwhile), Baby Boy still isn't talking. Everything he says starts with the "g" sound. He will say "mamamama", but I'm still not entirely sure if he's saying it to me. If he is, he just started within the last couple of days. When we sit down to dinner, we pray ("talk to God") before we eat, so now when we get sat down, he'll say "gah" and reach his hands out to hold ours. It's pretty adorable. And this morning in the car he saw a truck and pointed at it and I said, "That's a big truck. BIG truck." He responded with something like "guh". He is trying to make some animals noises, but all animals either 1) quack, 2) make an elephant noise or 3) growl (most growl). I've been trying to get him to moo for months now, but to no avail. Baby Boy calls The Hubby "guh". It's a consistent sound, but definitely not a word and nowhere near "Daddy". I don't know when to worry, honestly. I talked to a friend who is a SLP and she gave me some tips of things that I can do to help him verbalize, so I've been making an effort. I'm sure the pediatrician will ask at his 15 month appointment on the 31st, so I'm starting to get a little anxious because of that. He absolutely understands us, though, and is really good at communicating without actually using words between pointing, some sign language, and grunting. I'm sure he'll get there and I'm doing a better job than normal not freaking out.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
No bottles
I started to post this on a message board I'm a part of and then realized that there really isn't anything for them to respond to and I'm not sure that most of them would care. So I'm posting a quick post here :)
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With Baby Girl, moving to a sippy wasn't a big deal and was honestly not something we tackled--the sitter did. And now with Baby Boy it also hasn't been a huge deal--he doesn't get bottles at home, so the most he gets in a day is now 2 (from the sitter). He didn't really want to drink BM from a sippy yet even though he drinks water from one at home, and we were fine with it. We use Drop-Ins, so the sitter handles cleaning the nipples and it's no skin off our back and is honestly a pretty minimal expense.
But yesterday he drank all of the BM that I sent for him (about 6 oz) out of a sippy cup. Woohoo! Now I don't have to tell the pediatrician at the end of the month that he still takes a bottle (not that it'd be a big deal--I really didn't care and don't think the pediatrician would care much).
Still trying to decide what to do about pumping and my milk supply, though. I'm still pumping three times per day most days (unless I have a lunch date--then I'll just pump twice). I'm only getting 6 ounces per day and am officially only using one storage bag daily, which feels really strange. I really only pump as much as I do because Baby Boy still wants to nurse on the weekends and I want to be able to provide for him. So we'll see. I'm always re-evaluating and trying to decide what's best for my baby.
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With Baby Girl, moving to a sippy wasn't a big deal and was honestly not something we tackled--the sitter did. And now with Baby Boy it also hasn't been a huge deal--he doesn't get bottles at home, so the most he gets in a day is now 2 (from the sitter). He didn't really want to drink BM from a sippy yet even though he drinks water from one at home, and we were fine with it. We use Drop-Ins, so the sitter handles cleaning the nipples and it's no skin off our back and is honestly a pretty minimal expense.
But yesterday he drank all of the BM that I sent for him (about 6 oz) out of a sippy cup. Woohoo! Now I don't have to tell the pediatrician at the end of the month that he still takes a bottle (not that it'd be a big deal--I really didn't care and don't think the pediatrician would care much).
Still trying to decide what to do about pumping and my milk supply, though. I'm still pumping three times per day most days (unless I have a lunch date--then I'll just pump twice). I'm only getting 6 ounces per day and am officially only using one storage bag daily, which feels really strange. I really only pump as much as I do because Baby Boy still wants to nurse on the weekends and I want to be able to provide for him. So we'll see. I'm always re-evaluating and trying to decide what's best for my baby.
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