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Baby's Age: 8 weeks today

Weight: I'm guessing around 10 lbs. We haven't had an official weigh in since her first check-up at 2 weeks

Baby's Milestones: she's starting to become more aware of her surroundings, and smiles at us now! I love it! She's also started doing a little bit of "talking"

Challenges: I agree with sleep. She's still pretty inconsistent about the amount of time she sleeps at night, but it has gotten better since we started doing a morning and bedtime routine. And naps are a battle. Ugh.

Sleep: lol see above

Post-Partum Weight: not where I want to be, but I'm trying to be patient. I'm having a hard time losing the last of the weight no matter what I do.

Post-partum Milestones: Not exactly a happy milestone, but I go back to work Monday. I feel pretty much back to my old self, just a little less rested.

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Baby's age: 12 weeks today

Weight: hovering close to 10lbs, she was up to 9lbs1oz at her 2 month appt

Milestones: she smiles a ton now which is awesome. She is also getting great head and neck strength, she can sit up in her bumbo now, and we put her in her high chair for the first time last week.

Challenges: fussing! She gets so fussy and sometimes it just makes me crazy trying to figure out what she wants. We think we've narrowed it down to being overtired so I'm trying to track her naps and see if we can't normalize it a little.

Sleep: is really hard. We're trying to initiate a nighttime routine and transition her to her crib, one day at a time.

Postpartum weight: I've been at my pre-pregnancy weight since 3 weeks pp, but my shape is totally different.

Postpartum milestones: started couch to 5k program, hoping it works.

Baby's age: 9 weeks

Weight: Last week she weighed 10 lbs 6.5 oz. That's up from 6 lbs 8 oz at birth, so not bad at all!

Milestones: She's smiling and cooing these days. She also has discovered her hands in the last few days for the purpose of shoving them in her mouth. I really don't want her to be a thumb sucker, so I'm a little bummed out that she seems to like her hands better than her binky.

Challenges: Daytime sleep. She's a pretty great nighttime sleeper, but she's an absolutely terrible napper. She doesn't want to miss anything during the day, so it's really hard to convince her to shut her eyes and go to sleep. She rarely naps for more than 30 mins at a time, and she ends up totally overtired by the end of the day.

Postpartum weight: Don't hate me, but I'm already back at my pre-pregnancy weight. The reason for this is not good though... I was diagnosed w/ a severe case of postpartum depression, and one of my symptoms was that I basically didn't eat much of anything for 6 weeks straight. Now I'm doing much better, and I'm back to eating full healthy meals. My belly is still definitely floppy though. I need to get back to working on my abs!

Postpartum milestones: I'm doing much better w/ my postpartum depression, and I'll be getting discharged from my treatment program soon. I guess this means that I'm now officially fit to be a mommy!

@skibobrown: my friend was having the same problem with her little guy not wanting to shut his eyes during the day. They started draping a blanket over his face/their shoulder while they rocked him to block his view and minimize stimulation. It totally worked to help shut him down for a nap.

Baby's age: 15 weeks this coming tuesday

Weight: I think around 15-16 pounds (I weighed myself then with him)

Milestones: laughing, bearing weight on feet when I stand him up, looking at hands/fists

Challenges: struggles with tummy time, screams/cries bloody murder 80% of the time in the carseat

Sleep: not too bad... Has a pretty consistent nap schedule (3-4x/day). At night still wakes 1-2x to nurse. Every 2 weeks he will surprise us by sleeping 7-9 straight hours! It's glorious!!

Postpartum weight: gained about 35-37 pounds when pregnant now have 17 pounds to go...and they don't really budge...

Postpartum milestones: just started jillian michaels 30 day shred.. We will see how long I last...because summer is pretty much here, it motivates me to slim down

Baby's Age: 5 weeks 1 day!

weight: Born at 7lbs 8oz. She was 10lbs 2oz on Wednesday. If I had to guess I would say at least 10lbs 7oz today.

Milestones: found her hands and wants to suck her while fist! Not sure if we want to encourage it or not. She has great leg strength already and has "stood" on my tummy a few times. GOt a few real smiles! :

Challenges: Fussiness!!! Attributed to gassiness And/or colicky. Not sure if she is indeed colicky because -knock on wood- last couple days she has been a lot better. She's been on a bit of a nursing strike lately and pumping is difficult. Making me worried if I'll be able to keep her on breastmilk after I go back to work.

Sleep: her napping has been a ton better last couple days. Still not the "16-20" but better than the average 10-11 hrs she had been getting. Nighttime is decent. Not as good as some
Other ladies but manageable and much better than the first 2/3 weeks!

Post partum weight: not sure, haven't step on a scale. I know my tummy is waaay down! Tried to wear regular capris 2 weeks ago. Epic fail. I hope I don't have to go buy new pants!

Post partum milestones: got past the "30 day" woohoo!!! Went to eat at a restaurant yesterday!!! With baby but she was so well behaved.

@Coco Bee: It could be diet related, my diet is quite varied though, and the gas seems to be consistent. I am going to ask our doctor about it tomorrow, see what he recommends.

Baby's Age: 10 weeks

Weight: 10.10 oz as of Friday at her 2 mth checkup

Milestones: Sucks on her hands like a champ and smiles like crazy now.

Challenges: When she gets overtired and starts to cry/fuss.

Sleep: Sleeping through the night (for 3 weeks now!)- she goes to bed around 9p and wakes up around 5 am.

Post partum weight: 3 pounds to go- too bad my body doesn't look the same pre-preg.

Post partum milestones: I'm at the end of my maternity leave-back to work on Wednesday

Baby's Age: 3 weeks today!

Weight: I have no idea. She was weighed at 1 week and was at her birth weight exactly (7 lbs, 13 oz). I am guessing she now weighs 8-9 lbs?

Baby's Milestones: She has been able to soothe herself to sleep twice so far (which is huge for us--before we had to put her down when she was sound asleep). She also discovered the mirror across from her car seat in the car, and she loves to stare at herself during car rides. I swear she is so into looking at herself she doesn't even blink! I think it's the perfect distance away for her to focus really well. We have also been having her sleep in her crib in her own room for the past three nights. She hated the dang bassinet!

Challenges: 1) nighttime sleep 2) fussing when she is not being held. She is doing "okay" for nighttime sleep. She has been sleeping in 2-3 hour stretches, but the hardest part is getting her to go back down after a feeding. Sometimes after I feed her she is so alert, she won't go back down for at least an hour. When she is awake during the day, she fusses if she is not being held. I can get a good 10 minutes out of her in the bouncy seat or swing where she will just look around and be content, but after that she gets bored and screams and wails until someone picks her up.

Sleep: sleeps ALL DAY during the day. She sleeps in her bouncy seat, in the swing, on walks, in the car, when she is being held, etc. I wonder if that's why she doesn't sleep for long stretches at night? I think she still may have her days and nights confused. I don't know if I should start trying to come up with some napping schedule or not... cuz right now she just sleeps constantly (daytime).

Post-Partum Weight: I have 7 lbs to lose.

Post-partum Milestones: Around 18 days pp I started to feel completely pain-free. Up until this point my stitches were still uncomfortable and I had a lot of soreness where my epidural was placed. Now, however, I feel wonderful and back to my old self.

My doctor saw me at 2 weeks pp just to check me for PPD and make sure I was healing okay. It was great to see her and chat about the delivery. Apparently, she said there was a moment where she thought the baby wasn't coming out vaginally and she was going to have to give me a C-section because baby was sunny side up. She told me she said a silent prayer and asked God to help the baby out, and sure enough, I was able to push her out! I was so unaware of this during labor... I am glad she waited til later to tell me!

Anyone else struggling with finding clothes to wear because of nursing? I feel like my wardrobe is so limited because I am nursing so often. I mean, the only way I can wear a normal T-shirt or a dress is if I take it completely off to breastfeed. Am I going to have to live in nursing camis and cardigans the ENTIRE time I breastfeed?

@winniebee: My DD gets a lot of naps in people's arms too. We constantly have people over, and people want to pick her up even if she is sound asleep in her crib! UGH! Yesterday my MIL watched her for 2 hours while I ran to Target, and I specifically asked her to put DD in her crib if she fell asleep. Of course, she was asleep the entire 2 hours I was gone and MIL never put her down. Why? I asked. "Cuz she just looked so comfortable," my ML said. I was so irritated! lol

Baby's age: 19 days old

Weight: 9.2 lbs (i got on the balance with and without baby to see) she was 7 lbs 14oz, then7 lbs 10oz when the nurse came to check 2 days after we got home. So ya, I have a healthy baby!

Milestones: Tears started coming in (which hurts my heart even more) she smiles and started making some baby noises.

Challenges: burping. this child does not want to burp. She does so almost 1 hour later and always results in spit up. She drinks A LOT so I hope the burping will get a little better

Sleep: She was originally sleeping 3 hours at a time, but for the last couple of days has been wide awake from 2-4, and crying when i put her in the bassinette. I'm starting to think she doesn't like it...

Postpartum weight: I lost all my baby weight and even more. I'm under the weight I was when I got pregnant with my first, but hoping to lose another 20 lbs.

Postpartum milestones: Getting the hang of having two kids and the routine. Thank goodness for the hubs though!

Baby's Age: 9 weeks

Weight: 12 and a half pounds as of last Friday (his birth weight was 7 lb 6 oz so he's blown up, lol)

Baby's Milestones: He "talks" to himself in the mirror, lol, and I love it. When I shower I put him in a bouncer in front of the mirror in the bathroom and he sits there staring at himself babbling. He also sucks on his hands a lot and I can finally soothe him to some extent just by talking to him so I don't have to pick him up right away (if I'm doing the dishes or working out or something).

Challenges: Naps. He sleeps great at night but there's still ABSOLUTELY no rhyme or reason to his daytime naps and it's obnoxious. Also he has started to fuss just to get picked up, not because he actually needs anything. His bottom lip starts to quiver and then he lets out the most fake cries ever! That's the worst especially when I'm mid-workout!

Sleep: He slept for 9 pm to 5 am the other night without waking up once, which is HUGE! But it hasn't happened since, lol. Usually he falls asleep downstairs with us around 830, then we all go to bed at about 10 (he sleeps in a bassinet) and he usually wakes up around 3 to eat, then he gets up again around 6 and I just pull him into bed with me to snuggle until we get up at 7.

Post-Partum Weight: I'm actually only a few pounds away from my pre-pregnancy WEIGHT but I have a long way to go before I get my body back to how I want it since I had so much muscle pre-pregnancy and that's all gone now, lol. I'll probably try to lose an additional 10 pounds and then gain that back in muscle over time.

Post-partum Milestones: Ummm...nothing exciting. My life got back to normal pretty quickly, in all honesty. I'm a Discovery Toys consultant and I hosted my first party since NavyBaby was born on Sunday!! So, I guess that's a pretty good milestone!