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Yea!! I'm glad this thread is back, I missed you guys!!

LO's name: Brennan
DOB: May 31 (6 weeks premature)
Due date: July 12
Delivery details: vaginal with epidural, 10 mins of pushing
Birth stats: 4 lbs 8 oz
Key milestones: smiles, laughs, bats and grabs toys, during tummy time lifts chest off the floor, great head control, tracks objects, he can put pressure on legs and rolls over tummy to back.. we are working on baby tripod sitting
How's feeding going: exclusively breastfeeding / pumping, and pumping at work.
How's sleep going: fabulous!! He's in the crib and sleeping through the night.
Other details: He started daycare on Tuesday. I cried, he didn't.
Recent picture:

Bump.. Any other summer babies?

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LO's name: Greyson
DOB: August 6
Due date: August 10
Delivery details: vaginal with epidural. Pushed for 45 minutes. He almost shared the same birthday with me
Birth stats: 6lbs 7oz. Not sure of the length because the nurse measured him wrong. When we went to the pediatrician, the nurse took like 2 inches off of him! I assume around 19 inches though.
Key milestones: smiles, coos, follows objects, bats toys, definitely knows mommy!
How's feeding going: exclusively pumping. I got down to just pumping 3x a day (to avoid pumpin at work when I go back into the office). Even though my supply is "ahead" of his needs right now, I'm always stressing that I will not produce enough!
How's sleep going: getting better. His sleep/naps are getting more predictable and he is back on his schedule after a few days of fighting sleep. Now he usually goes down with a pacifier and puts himself to sleep... Now if he would only stop waking at 3 and 5 am!
Other details: family is in town so he went from a nice quiet house to chaos! First day was nuts because of course everyone wanted to hold him when he wasn't sleeping which made him miss a few naps. He seems to be ok today though. My family probably thinks I'm a bit crazy with being so anal about his sleep though!
Recent picture:

@krsmall: yep her naps are 15-20 minutes at most in her crib. I miss her long 2 hour naps, 3 times a day. She gets so cranky from being sleep deprived and she won't let me set her down at all.

Hi ladies! Great to see you all here! It will be nice to have a place to discuss how our summer babies are doing and share ideas as our LOs go through the different developmental stages!

LO's name: Emily

DOB: June 21

Due date: June 21

Delivery details: Vaginal with epidural, less than an hour of pushing.

Birth stats: 7 lbs 6 oz; 21 inches

Key milestones: Smiling and laughing in response to social cues, interactive 'conversation' with lots of coos, moving on to consonant sounds in addition to vowel sounds., loves story time and looking at books. Just starting to push up on arms during tummy time (she abhors it so I don't make her do it as often as I should!) but is really good at sitting upright with minimal support and looking around.

How's feeding going: Great! She's EBF* with one bottle of expressed milk daily just to make sure she keeps taking a bottle. No issues with feeding and she's gaining weight like a champ!

How's sleep going: Wonderful! She's slept 7 hr stretches through the night since 8 weeks and is now sleeping 10.5 - 12 hrs overnight with no wake ups. She goes down around 6 or 7 and sleeps until 5:30/6:00 a.m. - we love it! Day time naps are only 30 min though every 2 hrs.

Other details: I'm a SAHM and love it. We're living in Australia whilst my family is in the US and DH's family is in the UK, so we're a bit isolated, but we've got a good friend network and are getting by. We're taking Emily on her first round the world trip to see both families at Christmas so a bit nervous about the travel but also excited!

Recent picture: Taken last weekend - not a great shot for showing how tall she is (25 1/4 inches!) but it shows her little personality I think...and her crazy hair!

* Does EBF mean that LO only drinks from the breast? Or does taking pumped milk from a bottle still count as LO being EBF? Never sure if I'm using the term correctly!

Chastenet: @Ree723: I agree. If all the baby is getting is breastmilk, they are EBF. I work so, I have to pump all the time for her. It's still breastmilk she's getting!

Seeing all the adorable baby girls in this thread is definitely make me think Brennan needs a sibling.

LO's name: Eleanor

DOB: June 8

Due date: June 6

Delivery details: scheduled c-section, no complications for either of us

Birth stats: 8 lbs, 19.75 in long

Key milestones: she has been smiling in response to smiles, kisses and singing for a while now, but she has started smiling in response to the older babies waving at her or saying her name at daycare. She also smiles when we (me, my husband and sometimes my parents) call her name and wave. She works at turning pages of books by herself when we read, and she laughs hysterically when the cat takes a treat from her hand, or when the cat rolls over or plays with toys. She is very verbal and is always chatting to whoever will listen!

How's feeding going: she’s a good eater. Takes 6oz every 3 hours (formula fed)

How's sleep going: great! She sleeps through the night (usually about 9pm-6am) about 97% of the time. Once in a while she’ll get up around 5:30 to eat, then goes right back to sleep until after 7am.

Other details: She has started running her hands through her hair to soothe herself to sleep. She doesn’t show any interest in rolling over, but she loves to sit up and only needs a little assistance to sit up most of the time. She shows signs of teething, but so far, no chompers have emerged.

Recent picture:

@Ree723: those eyes!! I love them!!

LO's name: Charlie

DOB: August 8

Due date: August 7

Delivery details: Vaginal, unmedicated birth. 1.5 hours of pushing.

Birth stats: 7lbs 6oz, 21 inches

Key milestones: Smiles, cooing, tracking, great head control, bats at toys. Uses "mmmm, mamamama sounds when upset" which I think is adorable He's very talkative and loves to chat with his stuffed animals and mobile toys.

How's feeding going: Great aside from what I think is reflux. He's EBF with one bottle of expressed milk in the evening that DH gives him. Recently the reflux has gotten worse and seems to really bother him at times. I'm going to bring it up to the pediatrician tomorrow at his 2 month appointment.

How's sleep going: Pretty good. He's sleeping in 3-4 hour stretches most of the time and occasionally one 5 hour stretch. He still naps a lot during the day too, usually one 2-3 hour nap and then a couple of shorter 30min-1 hour naps.

Other details: I'm at home for the time being as I was recelty laid off (which is fine by me) but will likely go back to work within the next couple of months. Although I'd like to have a little free time during the day, the thought of sending him to daycare breaks my heart. The longest he's been away from me is 1.5 hours when I go to the gym and leave him with DH. I have no idea how I'm going to manage leaving him for 9-10 hours with a stranger.

Recent picture from today:

LO's name: Ryan
DOB: July 20
Due date: July 27
Delivery details: scheduled c-section
Birth stats: 7lbs, 12 oz, 20 inches long
Key milestones: giggles & belly laughs, rolled over from tummy to back once, beginning to grasp toys and bring them to his mouth
How's feeding going: formula fed from the beginning and he's always been a good eater (albeit very gassy so we use the "gentle" formula). currently up to 5 6oz bottles/day
How's sleep going: good! He was always a decent sleeper (as a newborn, woke up every 3 hours for feeding and right back to sleep 20-25 min later). Slept through the night (7-8 hrs in my book) between 9 & 10 weeks. He is 16 weeks today and sleeping 8-9 hours, usually from 9:30pm - 6am, then has a quick bottle and right back to sleep for another 1.5-2 hrs.
Other details: First child for us! I went back to work 3 weeks ago but Ryan's 2 grandmothers watch him, so I can't really complain - he gets so much love and attention!

Can't post a picture yet b/c I haven't posted enough, but I will later!