Things are going pretty well for us as well....although i had 2 nights were I was beyond frustrated because it was like 1AM and she was still awake and I was so dead tired and she cried if I put her down....she didnt want anyone to hold her except me...i felt terrible for being frustrated because she wasnt even crying...she was just awake and I wanted to sleep...so we came down stairs and I just rocked in the recliner until she finally admitted defeat and went to sleep.....

I have a pillow in my bed that is like the same size as her and sometimes I wake up having a heart attack because I feel the pillow and think its her (I AM NOT INTO CO-SLEEPING) and i freak out thinking OMG HOW DID SHE GET IN THE BED! then I realize it's just a pillow lol! I have done the same thing with the dog...like our 3rd night home I was like repeatedly asking my husband who he was holding in bed...i thought he picked the baby up out of her bassinet and put her in the bed....ya it was just the dog lol

she truly is a good baby....she doesnt cry unless she is hungry most of the day....she does get fussy after like 9pm and only wants momma ....she is fine w me during those times but no one else can hold her during "the witching hours" or she will cry...she also likes to get into her Halo Sleeper Sack around that time too or she is fussy.

We haven't had the weight checks like we did with older DS and I feel like Samuel is soo big, but turns out at his checkup several days ago he is only 10th percentile...which at this age is a matter of ounces, but cracks me up how I just think he ought to be so big :) he is tipping the upper percentile for height tho :)

Hang in there Kate- it will get better! I don't miss those nights at all. At times, I was so upset, I'd just sit and hold her and cry with her. It gets so much easier as they get older. And it definitely goes so quick!

Jmommy- Our daughter is the same way! She's like a strong bean- long and skinny!

I am so bummed - I think my period is returning :( and we are 99% exclusively breastfeeding. :( :( I had a little discharge at about 6 weeks post partum, a full two weeks after my birthing bleeding has stopped. I thought it was going to turn into a period but was never very much, now 4 weeks later I'm getting it again, so I'm sure that my body is cycling again. I could have done without it.

Poly, I'd been having a crazy amt of discharge for a few days. I was sure I was getting ready to start, but then it subsided. It may not be anything, except your hormones still trying to regulate. I'm not looking forward to it, either. :(

Ugh. That sucks! I'm dreading the return of mine. We recently started rice cereal so I'm sure it's right around the corner. Yuck! I will say I've had more discharge then normal off and on after delivery. So bizarre but no other symptoms.

Oh I'm sure it's my period - like I said there was a tiny bit of bleeding EXACTLY 4 weeks ago and now it's still a light bleeding but it's definite bleeding. And I've had some acne on my face and azz (not gonna apologize for the TMI, we're way beyond that) and I was CRABBY before it started. I don't really think I've ovulated yet cuz I haven't felt it, but gonna try and pay more attention and see if that is functioning too. YUCK YUCK YUCK I will say that it's very light - I've heard of women having HORRID periods after being pregnant/giving birth, but other than the cramping being a bit worse, this isn't too bad. Just didn't want it to come back, for obvious reasons.

But on a good note I had made myself a promise or threat or responsibility of taking Trey's pics every Wed (since he was born on a Wed). I figured if I had this plan then I would be more diligent about tracking his life and having a good memory of it. Well yesterday we had our first mini session and it went well, I think I got some good shots. I think for Christmas presents I'm gonna make photo albums for my mom and dad, maybe for a couple other ppl too. And with the good deals that Shutterfly has, it should be relatively cheap to do.

It made me want a new camera though. The one we have is pretty good, but a little on the older side and if things go well with the new business venture we are taking on then I might talk hubby into a better one, definitely not professional quality, but something on the higher end. Plus since we take a lot of pictures of our cattle throughout the year in order to sell them, then we could make this a tax write off. :)

Yesterday we focused a little more on tummy time. How does that go for you guys?? He HATES it without being propped on something, but he's never gonna really build his arms up or learn to roll over/crawl if he won't be straight on the ground. OOoopps he's fussing, better go.

The album is an awesome idea!

Brenna hated tummy time until around 3.5 months. Like, she literally screamed her head off. It work a little better if I used the boppy to prop her up but not much. She loved laying on her back and believe me, she learned to roll! She's just now better at tummy time because she can push herself on her back and roll around everywhere. She's just past 4 months now. Don't worry mama- do the best you can!

You know I think half my problem is, is that I don't know what to expect, what milestones are appropriate for his age and what he should be doing/accomplishing. I have a REALLY good book that I had started to read and it got packed when we moved and I have yet to find it. I should make an effort to dig it out and get back to reading it, so that I'm not pushing him and/or thinking I'm failing.

And it's nice to know that other babies don't like tummy time at his age.

I've been taking at least one pic of him nearly every day!! lol I can't help myself, he's just so damn cute! I bought nice frames to fill with his newborn pics for Dad's b-day and mother's day gifts. I plan to make a calendar at the end of the year for Christmas presents. I talked Kevin into getting me a nice camera this past Christmas, but I've hardly used it! lol I mostly use my phone so I can use instagram.

We do tummy time on occasion, but only when he's in a good mood. He'll tolerate it for a little while, but gets frustrated eventually. Sometimes he'll fall asleep that way, and it's so friggin cute, because he's usually got one or both arms up under his head or a hand in his mouth. I'll tell ya a great way to get him to use his neck muscles, but not get so pissed, is laying on his belly on daddy's chest. Kevin leans back in his recliner and lays Prescott on his chest, so he's elevated a little and he's comfy on daddy's soft belly. :) He'll lift his head up to look at daddy, and he's been doing it since week one! He's getting really strong, and can keep it up for a pretty long time now. So we do that way more than tummy time.

I actually googled how much he should be eating the other day and found a good website that listed a bunch of different milestones. I can't remember the name of the site now, but it was one of the top ones on the list that came up on google. I found it very helpful.

Sorry about your period. :( I thought about going back on the pill, just so I wouldn't have to have one! But we're planning on trying for a second in about a year, so I figured I could tough it out for that long. :)

We do the tummy time on our chests also - he's been doing that since about day one. He's always been strong and had a lot of control over his head. I just figured he should also have it on the ground. We did some today on the bed after I gave up on trying to take a nap. He was in a good mood and smiled a bunch and then he kind of rolled towards me, onto his back. So I put him back on his tummy and once again he rolled towards me. He did that about 3 times and I figured that he was doing it on purpose and it was easy since my weight was tipping him towards me. So I put him on the floor and he figured out how to roll onto his back all by himself. Took him a little while but it was so cute. I can't wait till daddy gets home and hopefully he'll do it again.

I did some googling today about what things can/should be done with a 3 month old. Since I was never one to babysit or spend time with infants, I really don't know what you should/can do with them to help with development. Basically I'm on the right track though from what I found out today. I guess I just want to make sure he's stimulated enough, but not too much, etc etc. Sometimes I feel bad when I let him sleep so long, but that's what they do. And I have to realize that it's good for them to entertain themselves - just feels kinda weird to leave him asleep or playing on his mat while I do other stuff. But I do interact with him a lot when he's awake - just feel out of my element sometimes since I'm not a "kid person" by nature.

My baby just turned 1 month on thursday....WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE??? I dont wnat to go back to work..I am hoping I have enough PTO time to get a paycheck the whole time because DH is giving me a hard time and saying if my PTO time runs out that i HAVE to go back to work which really pisses me off becuase he just bought a gun that cost $1000 and the ammo for it is SO EXPENSIVE like is spending $100-200 in ammo everytime his friends come over to shoot....like really...youre gonna TRY to tell me I have to go back to work if my PTO runs out but u can spend all this money on ammo.....he better get away from me.....i REFUSE to return to work before 12 weeks...its not gonna happen...fight or no fight...i am not doing it esp when he is blowing money on his toys....I have to go into work at look up my time and see if maybe I can have them code for like a 75% paycheck for the lsat 6 weeks so it appears I have a paycheck the whole time lol...i know I can get some people to donate PTO as well which will be helpful but i am just really pissed off that he would tell me I have to go back...he makes more than enough money for me to not....in fact if it wasnt for health insurance reasons I would just go flex but his insurance at his work is too much so i carry insurance for all of us. he made like 80k last year..he makes more than enough for me to not return until 12 weeks...i dont want to hear it because i am really gonna punch him in the face the next time he says that i have to have a paycheck lol ...there is a huge chance that this will be our only child and ill be damned if i am going to miss anytime with her that i dont have to miss.

wooo that turned into a RANT lol

Anyways baby is doing good...I went to the docs yesterday because i totally knew thrush was starting....was having sharp pains ....started probiotics and he gave me a cream (i dont have to breakdown or anything)...he said it looks like it is JUST starting so it should go away quickly since I caught it before symptoms even really started....i havent seen anything in her mouth and he said he didnt think she needed treatment but to keep an eye on her mouth but i am going to message her doc anyways just to be sure.....that doc probably thinks i am a worrier because this is the 3rd time i have emailed her questions in the past 3 weeks lol ....

I have to put some of her NB stuff away because they dont fit anymore :( ....we are still in NB diapers which I thought were getting to small on her so I switched to size 1 when the NB ran out but they were so big so i went to the store and got more NB ones but she does leak a little out the side with poops..I think the probiotics are making her extra poopy lol ...i bought luvs which have worked great prior ( i didnt really notice a difference between pampers, huggies, and luvs) but now that she is almost out of that size the luvs seems not as good so i may have to get pampers until we get to size 1....i have an entire closest full of size 1 from my shower so it wil be awhile until i have to buy any of them.

i found an awesome website that is a wealth of knowledge.... www.kellymom.com < seriously an awesome site!

We switched from NB diapers to 1's, and I thought the same thing about them being way too big!! But apparently that's how it goes. When they get too big for one size, they'll be too small for the next for a while, but they still work. I figure it's better for the diaper to be too big than too small. I also had to put away some of the NB clothes that he's already outgrown. He's too long for the sleepers. He's still a little on the skinny side, so he can still wear a lot of it, just not the stuff with the feet built in because his legs are so long! lol

Tell your DH to shove it, btw. I was originally gonna take my full 12 weeks too, 4 of which would have been without pay. I knew Kevin would give me grief about it, but I also knew he wouldn't dare try to tell me I couldn't. I decided to go back at the end of 8 wks though (Monday, ugh), because I'm ready to get back into some sort of routine and have some adult interaction. Plus I only work PT, so it won't be that bad for me.

Trey is 12 weeks old today - where has the time gone. He's still in 0-3 month clothing but some of the footed pj's are stretched about as far as they will go. Will be working on a mini photo shoot a little later. Tummy time is going better and better - he had figured out how to roll over one day but hasn't done it again since. He loves to "stand up" and has started stomping his feet, both when he's happy and when he's mad. I wish our weather would improve so I could take him outside more.

Ok my goal for May is to get him sleeping in his crib and me trying to sleep back in the same bed as hubby. The first part of my goal will prob be the easiest cuz I'm sure I can crib train Trey easier/faster than I can get hubby to quit snoring so loud that I have to leave if I want to get any sleep.

So first plan of attack is to get him to start napping in his crib during the day. Got this accomplished - it was a little rough. He cried for about 10 minutes (mostly just the whiney/fussy), I went and soothed him when it got more violent and laid him back down. It two times of picking him up/soothing him before he fell asleep on my shoulder and I laid him back down and he's out.

I can't decide if I'm ok with the cry it out method or not. There are times when he's so overly tired that he just fusses and won't sleep unless you let him cry, but it's mostly that whiney/fussy, so I don't feel so bad. But I've never let him scream for long periods of time to see if he will eventually fall asleep. Just don't have the heart to do that.

Hopefully my method of a week or so of napping in the crib will make night time crib use a little easier. Will definitely be looking for a mobile or music soother this weekend.