RedNumberFive
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We tried that, and it helped a bit, but we still had to rely on a bit of formula each feeding. It doesn't matter much now as my daughter is 9 months.
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We tried that, and it helped a bit, but we still had to rely on a bit of formula each feeding. It doesn't matter much now as my daughter is 9 months.
DJ_Lae
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We had to supplement the first week for our first daughter - and it came down as our decision, she wasn't getting enough wet diapers and was obviously getting very little milk. Prior to this the little lectures the nurses in the hospital imply that if you have to give formula, you've failed, so we probably waited a day longer than we should have.
Beyond that, we were fine, but it's amazing how much they villify something like that and we initially felt guilty for trying to nourish our daughter.
anarckitty
Member
Well, since I'm the mother I have noticed that our daughter was pretty clingy to both of us about equal until my husband went out of town for a week when she was 9 months old. When he came back she clung, reached for me, and followed me more around the house than she would with him, BUT to this day (she's 16 months now) she still prefers her daddy to give her a bath.
Now, my husband is out of town again for another week, so hopefully not much will change. I wouldn't feel rejected about it though. Before you know it she'll be Daddy's little girl.
Well, during my forced time away from GAF, we had our son!
His name is Edric Asher, and he's almost 11 weeks old now. Super active, extremely easy going and happy, and sleeping 6-7 hours in a row nightly. We're waiting for the other shoe to drop.
For those that remember me talking about natural childbirth and the Bradley Method, my wife stuck to her plan and got him out in a little over 4 hours with no pain meds! She held him in the birth canal a little longer than we wanted, so his head still needs a little time to work the kinks out, hoping for no helmet, but we'll see.
His name is Edric Asher, and he's almost 11 weeks old now. Super active, extremely easy going and happy, and sleeping 6-7 hours in a row nightly. We're waiting for the other shoe to drop.
For those that remember me talking about natural childbirth and the Bradley Method, my wife stuck to her plan and got him out in a little over 4 hours with no pain meds! She held him in the birth canal a little longer than we wanted, so his head still needs a little time to work the kinks out, hoping for no helmet, but we'll see.
Well, during my forced time away from GAF, we had our son!
His name is Edric Asher, and he's almost 11 weeks old now. Super active, extremely easy going and happy, and sleeping 6-7 hours in a row nightly. We're waiting for the other shoe to drop.
For those that remember me talking about natural childbirth and the Bradley Method, my wife stuck to her plan and got him out in a little over 4 hours with no pain meds! She held him in the birth canal a little longer than we wanted, so his head still needs a little time to work the kinks out, hoping for no helmet, but we'll see.
Congrats. Love the name.
Everyone who says don't encourage your baby to crawl and walk so soon...so right. My daughter is crazy and gets motoring everywhere. Can't keep up!
I know she will be walking soon...
Nearly one year. Man, it goes by so fast. Looking back at photos, and it's like another life. I actually kind of miss some of the newborn baby stuff....
I know she will be walking soon...
Nearly one year. Man, it goes by so fast. Looking back at photos, and it's like another life. I actually kind of miss some of the newborn baby stuff....
GlamFM
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I could see it working in the first 6 months or so... But after that - no way.
The things you've geared - all true!
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
My wife and I are going to try cloth diapers for our twins. Well, my wife is really gung ho with the idea, I think it'll be madness. She has read quite a bit on it and she seems confident that it won't be too bad, however she may be hiding the worst of it from me so I don't try to talk her out of it.
Sye d'Burns
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Yeah, we did that with our first for awhile. It wasn't worth the hassle in the end.
It's worse than she thinks, particularly if the baby is formula fed or starting solids.
Barring the use of a service for cleaning, I wouldn't even consider it with twins.
Captain Tuttle
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Holy cow you guys made a cute kid
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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I've already voiced my concerns but there really is no talking her out of it. I at least talked her into letting me use regular diapers for outings.
GlamFM
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Thank you!
Sye d'Burns
Member
If she does go through with it, keep your mop or carpet cleaner handy. They can do their business while playing with blocks in the floor and you'll not even notice until you've got a huge mess to clean up. Also, you've got to be careful if you use waterproof pants or underwear. They're almost a necessity if you do take them out in public while wearing cloth diapers (luckily, your wife has at least conceded you that) but moisture and lack of air circulation can lead to some pretty tender skin.
Hey, look on the bright side. Those cloth diapers, once thoroughly cleaned, make great spit-up rags or shoe shine rags. Going on ten years later and we still have them around.
Good luck.
When they're newborns, it isn't so bad really. Small amounts of urine or stool and little in the way of smell if they're breastfed. Once they start solids the smell becomes an issue. It's tolerable, I mean you'd be dealing with the same thing were they in a regular diaper. Cleaning becomes much more challenging. Some foods, like carrots, are a real pain to get out and discolor the diapers easily.
The differences really become clear when they have diarrhea. A blowout in a regular diaper is bad enough but liquid stool combined with cloth diapers is the stuff of nightmares. You'll be wishing you had rubber gloves up to the elbows.
Sye d'Burns
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The mess was unbelievable. The time that really got us was when he was sleeping in his crib. He had woken up and had chosen to play quietly rather than cry out. From one side of the crib to the other, from head to toe, every stuffed animal, the bars, it was all covered. Now normal people would cry, I'm sure my wife and I almost did. My son apparently thought he was at the infant version of the slip and slide; he was having the time of his life.
That was what led to us discovering there was such a thing as waterproof underwear in the first place.
I'm not familiar with cloth inserts. Are they used with regular diapers or is there some form of underwear they're used alongside (or inside, if you prefer)?
Our youngest daughter is coming up on 17 months. She has a pancreatic insufficiency. This has caused her to grow very slowly.
The medicine she has to take pretty much ensures that whatever movement she has will be a liquid to some degree. Since she's started it, she's had very few solid (for her age) movements. The mere thought of using cloth diapers again makes me break out in a nervous sweat.
For our one baby who had latching issues my wife ordered this drug from overseas called domperidone that is legal in every other country but has never been approved by the FDA for some reason. It makes your milk production go crazy. Like, I've heard that if a man takes enough of this stuff they will start lactating O_O
Anyways it worked really well.
LoL, 6 months in and my wife is looking to stop milk production at this point. Alread had clogged ducts a few times.
Good looking kid you have there and great pictures! So crisp and clear, I need to become a better photographer.
My daughter at 11 months, we had someone take this:
Dark Octave
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Do you guys think there can be any long term effects of spinning a 1 1/2 year old around until it's dizzy?
I've done this a few times with my kid and I think it's hilarious watching her drunkenly try to get up and stumble around, but I don't know if I should do it often or if ever again.
I've done this a few times with my kid and I think it's hilarious watching her drunkenly try to get up and stumble around, but I don't know if I should do it often or if ever again.
I doubt there'd be long term effects from a once off. Didn't we used to do this to ourselves when we were kids?
Then again, babies are just developing. I wouldn't do it too often.
nah i dont think so - i did the same with my cat a few times.
anyway do you guys think its possible to get some form of burnout from beeiing a full time parent?
I can't recall the last time i was relaxedi ts like my body is on super hyper bigh alert all day when iam with my kid - i cant even relax in the evening because iam to tired (!)
Absolutely. I get to the point where I want nothing to do with my kid sometimes. She's 1 and just all over the god damned place. She's pretty easy though so those times are few and far between but when she starts to get whiny and nothing appeases her it's fucking frustrating. I would never do it, but I see why shaken babies happen.
Dark Octave
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Yeah, I usually just ignore her when she gets like that. Crying doesn't seem to bother me as much as it does the wife. Sometimes they just want to be crabby and you have to let them. She does get moody sometimes.
Marty Chinn
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Rolling over is like the first real milestone of accomplishment. It's definitely a really exciting thing to see the first time because of that. I was fortunate to record it the first time our daughter did it. You can see in the video my wife's feet running over, hopping up and down, and then kneeling down and you see hands rubbing her on her back. I think it's the only moment where we caught a milestone happening.
I missed it while I was feeding my dog. I came back in the room and said "Uh, how did you get on your stomach?"
I rolled her back and saw her do it two more times before my wife got home from work and then she wouldn't do it anymore. LOL.
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I was at my buddies place when his daughter was able to sit up all on her own for the first time, the look of glee and accomplishment on her face was just so adorable.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Wait until they start walking. When my son walked for the first time I was over the moon. He was really proud of himself too and it was the cutest thing to see.
Hard to believe she's already three weeks old, but we had our kiddo on April 18, 3:55PM. Name's Penelope. 7 pounds, 2 ounces when she made her grand entrance.
She gave us a scare not even three days later when she lost close to a pound after birth, got to where she wouldn't eat for awhile, and was sleeping WAY too much, which turned into our first (and thankfully only so far) 1AM ER trip. The moment we see the triage nurse, she starts feeding again from a bottle and she's been doing good and bulking up since.
We too had a hell of a time with the lactation consultants at the hospital, some of which were just aggressive to the point my wife would start crying. I understand why they're that way, and know breastmilk is always the better option, but we had hell getting her to latch. My wife's now on a good pumping regiment and that's been working great along with a little supplemental formula.
She was nice enough to let me wrap up Bioshock Infinite before her only-slightly early arrival.
distantmantra
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My daughter has been progressively increasing the amount of steps she takes in a row. It's pretty awesome. We're up to seven now, but she still prefers crawling. I thought she'd get up to ten, but she bumped into a toy and decided to sit down and play with it instead.
Captain Tuttle
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Happy Mother's Day to all of the GAF moms! If you're the Mom, take it easy. If you're not, take care of her.
crazy monkey
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Hello parent gaf,
my kid is 1.5 years. he has boil on his stomach for 1 week now and we just noticed second one. we went to doctor she said to put wet hot towel but nothing else.
Does any one have experience with this? We do put cream due to his skin condition.
my kid is 1.5 years. he has boil on his stomach for 1 week now and we just noticed second one. we went to doctor she said to put wet hot towel but nothing else.
Does any one have experience with this? We do put cream due to his skin condition.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
Traveling with a 6 month old is not that bad. I've flown with my son at least a dozen times since he was born and 6 months was the easiest. It's when they get older that traveling becomes tough. If you daughter falls asleep in the car it should be the same in the plane. Just make sure on take off and landing you give her a bottle or a pacifier to help with the pressure change on her ears.
Yeah, probably will have to do a bottle...she's not really into pacifiers. I guess she'll be alright on the plane, she loves being held.
She hates taking naps though...that's another issue. Will cry as soon as we put her down, but if we hold her she passes out in our arms.
She sleeps from 9pm to 6am tho every night.
Omegasquash
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Plane rides have been successful when I've done them with little ones, but the pacifier/bottle advice from up top is good to have.
As for sleeping...I've always brought a play yard, or playard, I don't know the proper spelling. If you have one that boxes up nice, consider checking it and bringing with. It's safe, doesn't take up much space and affords some familiarity, which can help.
You lucky fucker! My son did that, but my 7 m/o daughter still wakes up at like 1 or 2, sometimes more. Can't WAIT for that to end...I want my bedroom back.
teruterubozu
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6 months is actually a good time. They get more impossible when they get older. Just remember, people have been traveling with babies since the beginning of time.
My brother has a play-yard at his place thankfully.
We got an umbrella stroller for her...do you think those will fit in overhead compartment or do we have to gate-check those?
Omegasquash
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Depends on the size, but I'd always default to gate-checking. You don't want to be that guy playing luggage Tetris with a stroller, or be that guy that watches someone else play luggage Tetris with your stroller. It'll be made available for you within moments of deboarding, anyway.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
You will have to gate check the stroller. Also use one that you don't care if it gets dirty or damaged because something bound to happen. They do make gate check bags for strollers but those things are more trouble than it's worth.
We bought a $40 umbrella stroller for this purpose...didn't want our city mini GT to get banged up/broken.
Some really adorable kids in this thread. Nice to see some other happy parents out there!
Our little girl (Arika) has just turned 2 months old and is already 6.6kg and 62cm tall
She seems to breastfeed constantly.. but sleeps well at night, only waking up once or twice for a feed/play
It's hard for me, living apart from my wife and baby, and I see them both every day on Skype but it's definitely not the same as being there 24/7. Some of my parent friends are envious that I'm missing out on this stage, but screw that - I miss my kid heaps. I wouldn't mind being woken up at night or having to change nappies..
I'm going for a visit in the first week of August, and then they are going to move here to China in November, in time for our first Christmas together. Can't wait!
The Thai people shave the head at 1 month old, as a traditional thing.
Our little girl (Arika) has just turned 2 months old and is already 6.6kg and 62cm tall
She seems to breastfeed constantly.. but sleeps well at night, only waking up once or twice for a feed/play
It's hard for me, living apart from my wife and baby, and I see them both every day on Skype but it's definitely not the same as being there 24/7. Some of my parent friends are envious that I'm missing out on this stage, but screw that - I miss my kid heaps. I wouldn't mind being woken up at night or having to change nappies..
I'm going for a visit in the first week of August, and then they are going to move here to China in November, in time for our first Christmas together. Can't wait!
The Thai people shave the head at 1 month old, as a traditional thing.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
We brought a copy of the birth certificate, but we didn't need to use it. I say just bring a copy just in case.
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