May's Munchkins 2015

[Kiss08]

Here's Amelia at 6.5 weeks old! We're in cloth, too. She's starting to fit in one size diapers now!

 

[kajastarlight]

Ian is doing pretty good I have gone back to work and miss him so much every minute I am here!!! Funny thing - I was running late today so I pumped on my drive to work! Hahah I feel like Super Mom!!!

I can't beleave he will be 3 months old tomorrow!! Everyone is just so in love with him haha. DS1, DS2, Grandparents, or course me and DH... He never wants for anything very long and he is a pretty chill baby Usually sleeps about 7 hours per night.

 

[kajastarlight]

Oh ya, we do cloth as well Ian is no where close to fitting in his one size! Haha my boy has no butt... Plus he is in the 10th % for weight and the 70th% for height. So he is kinda long and skinny. (we did Dr. apt after Dr. apt and test after test on him and on my breastmilk re: his weight and have some to the conclusion that he is just a skinny guy)
But he has grown out of the few small newborn sizes I got and is fitting in his 8-15lb sized ones nicely.

 

[misspriss]

Sara is still squeezing in her newborn cloth, but I am phasing it out. It says it fits up to 12lbs, I figure she is around 11 and some change. Every time I wash them I take out all the ones with no stains on them and put them away, and keep using/washing the ones with poop color on them (it washes out in a few washes) and I've been using our old flats left from DS when not using the newborn diapers. I love flats, they are so trim. I'd love a full stash of AIO though...too bad I don't have the $$ for it!

 

[Kazy]

Hey everyone. Sounds like you all are well. My dad is 10 weeks tomortow!! I think shes just under 12lbs. I'm a bit jealous of all the calm babies as mine is not lol. But I'm still so incredibly happy she is part of our family. She sleeps about 7-8 hours at night. All of my others actually slept longer than that at this point but at least it's enough to function.

She also has a tongue tie that after lots of work is no longer causing nursing issues so we won't get it cut. I was told the laser is nice too but the hardest part on them is the restraint. Supposedly it doesn't hurt too bad.

 

[xMissxZoiex]

Yay it's so good to see all these mamas using cloth!! I feel like it's becoming more mainstream!. I love it so much seriously it's like my hobby now!!

We LOVE our AIOs right now our faves are Mios and tots bots but for night times it's little lambs

If anyone wants to try English brand nappies I'd be happy to order and ship to you xx

 

[captainj1]

Hey everyone. Sounds like you all are well. My dad is 10 weeks tomortow!! I think shes just under 12lbs. I'm a bit jealous of all the calm babies as mine is not lol. But I'm still so incredibly happy she is part of our family. She sleeps about 7-8 hours at night. All of my others actually slept longer than that at this point but at least it's enough to function.

She also has a tongue tie that after lots of work is no longer causing nursing issues so we won't get it cut. I was told the laser is nice too but the hardest part on them is the restraint. Supposedly it doesn't hurt too bad.

Mine isn't calm either, she flips from happy to screaming blue murder when she gets tired and she fights sleep like mad. The longest stretches I'm getting at night are 4 hours although she does bf quickly and go straight back down so I tend to get 4/3/3 hours overall. It can take up to two hours to get her down for the night. In the day she mostly naps on me although I'm trying to get her to nap elsewhere...she has to have something over her face else she just keeps looking around and gets more overtired...she's just like ds so at least I know what's going on, even if there isn't much I can do about it!! She is about 13.5lb now at 10 weeks and is very long, 98th centile across the board so all in proportion. She's hungry what with all the growing!

She had a tongue tie which we had snipped at 4 weeks as it was affecting bfing - ds had one too.

 

[lisaalove]

Now that he's getting a bit older I've been more interested in using cloth anyone have suggestions I'm in the US so I don't know if that makes a big difference or not. I wanted to use them to begin with but I got a lot of diapers from family and am starting to run low and figure I might do what I wanted to from the beginning!
Collin will be 12w tomorrow I can't believe it. He's such a happy active little boy. He always wants to do SOMETHING, he can roll from tummy to back no problems and for the first time tonight slept for 6 hours without a peep, I don't know if it's because I left him alone and wasn't in and out of the room (we co-sleep) but I kept thinking maybe something was wrong but dh kept telling me to just accept it and do what I wanted/needed to do while he was asleep! He woke up just after 6 hour ate got changed and went right back to bed. He laughs talks and smiles now and is always grabbing onto my glasses hair and nursing tank while he eats. His big brother adores him to no end, I feel like they will be very close when they are older.
He currently has pink eye.. back story being I deserved a trip to the mall to get some clothes that fit me and the same night he woke up at 2 with some sleepys in his eye and figured he had a good sleep but then when we got up for the morning his poor eye was swollen and red as well. I went to the urgent care as its Saturday to get some antibiotics for it but am going to hold off on using them because I want to try my breastmilk first as I've heard it can clear it up but this way if it doesn't I'll be able to pick up the script the doctor sent in and get it that way but after putting some Iin his eye three times so far and it's already starting to look better. No swelling and much less gunk! I guess this is what I get for deciding he was ready for his first mall trip! poor guy is handling it like a trooper though! Not being fussy at all
He's 13 lbs and 10 oz when he was born he was 6lbs 4oz! He's grown so much already I can't bbelieve he's almost three months!!!

 

[Kiss08]

Now that he's getting a bit older I've been more interested in using cloth anyone have suggestions I'm in the US so I don't know if that makes a big difference or not. I wanted to use them to begin with but I got a lot of diapers from family and am starting to run low and figure I might do what I wanted to from the beginning!
Collin will be 12w tomorrow I can't believe it. He's such a happy active little boy. He always wants to do SOMETHING, he can roll from tummy to back no problems and for the first time tonight slept for 6 hours without a peep, I don't know if it's because I left him alone and wasn't in and out of the room (we co-sleep) but I kept thinking maybe something was wrong but dh kept telling me to just accept it and do what I wanted/needed to do while he was asleep! He woke up just after 6 hour ate got changed and went right back to bed. He laughs talks and smiles now and is always grabbing onto my glasses hair and nursing tank while he eats. His big brother adores him to no end, I feel like they will be very close when they are older.
He currently has pink eye.. back story being I deserved a trip to the mall to get some clothes that fit me and the same night he woke up at 2 with some sleepys in his eye and figured he had a good sleep but then when we got up for the morning his poor eye was swollen and red as well. I went to the urgent care as its Saturday to get some antibiotics for it but am going to hold off on using them because I want to try my breastmilk first as I've heard it can clear it up but this way if it doesn't I'll be able to pick up the script the doctor sent in and get it that way but after putting some Iin his eye three times so far and it's already starting to look better. No swelling and much less gunk! I guess this is what I get for deciding he was ready for his first mall trip! poor guy is handling it like a trooper though! Not being fussy at all
He's 13 lbs and 10 oz when he was born he was 6lbs 4oz! He's grown so much already I can't bbelieve he's almost three months!!!

There's soooo many options when it comes to cloth. I use pocket diapers that are "china cheapies" rather than the name brand like BumGenius. I bought most of mine used as well. Facebook has some good groups for buying cloth and learning about cloth.

 

[Kazy]

I applaud all the cloth diapering. I don't think I could keep up with it with 4 kids now. But if I had considered it with my first I likely could have saved tons!

Just curioous,.... For those breast feeding how many feedings do you have a day now? And how much sleep do you get at night? I did sleep training with my other three ( no judgement please , and it seems like this lo is not sleeping as well. Just curious to see what's normal

 

[lisaalove]

I applaud all the cloth diapering. I don't think I could keep up with it with 4 kids now. But if I had considered it with my first I likely could have saved tons!

Just curioous,.... For those breast feeding how many feedings do you have a day now? And how much sleep do you get at night? I did sleep training with my other three ( no judgement please , and it seems like this lo is not sleeping as well. Just curious to see what's normal

He feeds probably every 2-3 hours during the day unless he's tired (which is about every hour and a half) he nurses to nap as well but he's not really hungry for his naps it's more for comfort. At night he's started sleeping longer stretches in the last week or two, about 4-6 hours (in the swing because that's the only place he'll sleep if I'm nnot laying in bed with him then he does a big feed and goes back to bed and nurses on and off while we're asleep. As I leave my boob out for him

 

[lisaalove]

Now that he's getting a bit older I've been more interested in using cloth anyone have suggestions I'm in the US so I don't know if that makes a big difference or not. I wanted to use them to begin with but I got a lot of diapers from family and am starting to run low and figure I might do what I wanted to from the beginning!
Collin will be 12w tomorrow I can't believe it. He's such a happy active little boy. He always wants to do SOMETHING, he can roll from tummy to back no problems and for the first time tonight slept for 6 hours without a peep, I don't know if it's because I left him alone and wasn't in and out of the room (we co-sleep) but I kept thinking maybe something was wrong but dh kept telling me to just accept it and do what I wanted/needed to do while he was asleep! He woke up just after 6 hour ate got changed and went right back to bed. He laughs talks and smiles now and is always grabbing onto my glasses hair and nursing tank while he eats. His big brother adores him to no end, I feel like they will be very close when they are older.
He currently has pink eye.. back story being I deserved a trip to the mall to get some clothes that fit me and the same night he woke up at 2 with some sleepys in his eye and figured he had a good sleep but then when we got up for the morning his poor eye was swollen and red as well. I went to the urgent care as its Saturday to get some antibiotics for it but am going to hold off on using them because I want to try my breastmilk first as I've heard it can clear it up but this way if it doesn't I'll be able to pick up the script the doctor sent in and get it that way but after putting some Iin his eye three times so far and it's already starting to look better. No swelling and much less gunk! I guess this is what I get for deciding he was ready for his first mall trip! poor guy is handling it like a trooper though! Not being fussy at all
He's 13 lbs and 10 oz when he was born he was 6lbs 4oz! He's grown so much already I can't bbelieve he's almost three months!!!

There's soooo many options when it comes to cloth. I use pocket diapers that are "china cheapies" rather than the name brand like BumGenius. I bought most of mine used as well. Facebook has some good groups for buying cloth and learning about cloth.

Thank you, I've found some cheap ones in online groups and will be getting some AIO's and pockets I'm very excited to start. I get them tomorrow!!! I also want to find some cloth wipes as well (or maybe just make some)

 

[kajastarlight]

Kazy - I am back to work, so my time nursing is different than a sahm.... but in the evenings LO usually nurses every hour to hour and a half. I think partally because he misses nursing and partially because I am struggling with my supply from being back at work (cuz as we all know, the pump just isn't the same as a nursing baby) and partially because he is cluster feeding for the long sleep at night. My LO sleeps for about 7 hours and then wakes up for a feed and because we co-sleep I barely wake up for this early morning feed. On the weekdays after his early breakfast (he gets done around 5-5:30am) I get up and get ready for work. On the weekends he still wakes up around 4:45am for his early morning breakfast but then he goes back to sleep until about 7-8am and then we have our later morning feed in bed and then get up. I really am quite spoiled actually!

Lisalove- I use "china cheepies" too - I really prefer the pockets because they dry faster, but you will find out what ones you like the best I am sure I also prefer the velcro closures to the button, but again , just get a variety and decide what your favorite is. I like Giggle Life and Kawaii

 

[lisaalove]

Lisalove- I use "china cheepies" too - I really prefer the pockets because they dry faster, but you will find out what ones you like the best I am sure I also prefer the velcro closures to the button, but again , just get a variety and decide what your favorite is. I like Giggle Life and Kawaii

Mind if I ask why you like the Kawaii ones? I've been thinking about getting some of those ones but not sure.

 

[captainj1]

I applaud all the cloth diapering. I don't think I could keep up with it with 4 kids now. But if I had considered it with my first I likely could have saved tons!

Just curioous,.... For those breast feeding how many feedings do you have a day now? And how much sleep do you get at night? I did sleep training with my other three ( no judgement please , and it seems like this lo is not sleeping as well. Just curious to see what's normal

I'm feeding every 2 hours ish in the day - at around 7.30am when she wakes for the day, 9.30, 11.30, 2.30 (assuming I can get her to have a long nap - she is a bad napper and by lunchtime she is crabby as she will have only had 2 naps of about 30 minutes at that point and she will have fought them both...I resorted to rocking her in the sling for 2 hours today and my back is killing...I tried to sit down a few times but she cried), 4.30 and 6.30 then she has a top up at bedtime (7-9pm, it can take anything from 15 minutes to 2 hours to get her down for the night.

Then she usually sleeps for 5hours, feeds, sleeps for 3 hours, feeds, sleeps for 2/3 hours. She is thankfully good at going straight back in the crib after night breast feeds, as long as I do them in the pitch black and don't talk to her.

The daytime nap situation is really getting me down. She gets so crabby as the day goes on. She fights every nap and because they are so short (I try to resettle her but she won't), but she screams with over tiredness after maximum 75mins of awake time, I have to try to get her to nap about 6 times a day and it is exhausting and boring. I had exactly the same situation with my son, apparently sleep cycles are genetic...🙈😢

 

[kajastarlight]

The price is good and the diapers work They were also crazy prompt in shipping out my order. I have the ones that have velcro instead of snaps and I like that because I have nerve dammage in my hands that makes snapps painful. I don't like the bamboo incerts as much because they are not quite as absorbant (they are slow to absorb so it can sometimes run off and sneak out the leg holes that are not quite snug enough on him yet - he has tiny legs and is in the 5th centil for weight) and Ian is too small to do two incerts yet -- but maybe once he is bigger (and drinking more thus peeing more) it would work out to have a microfiber on top for quick absorb and then the bamboo under so that it can hold more for like night time.

 

[RubysMommy]

Hey everyone!

All the babies are so adorable!

Oliver is 14 weeks/ a little over 3 months now. He is probably close to 15.5-16 lbs. He is a great nurser and such a happy baby. He nurses every 1.5-2 hours throughout the day and wakes up once or twice at night to eat. He naps off and on during the day in his swing or on me. My sister jokes that he gets set down so much more often than Ruby did as a baby.. Lol. We are using disposable diapers on both kids right now, but will be going back to cloth as soon as we get settled into our new home. Dd is obsessed with her 'baba' and Oliver thinks she's the best. He is smiling, cooing and starting to laugh! You wouldn't even know he spent 10 days in the nicu looking at him now. He has been super healthy since getting out. We are so in love with him and can't even remember what life was like before him.

 

[RubysMommy]

And another pic since I can't seem to put more than one in a post...

 

[lisaalove]

Rubysmommy- they are both too cute together!

Kajastarlight- I have since gotten some and they are working out better than I could have imagined., though we are slowly dipping our toes into them I do them in the day while I'm at home though we're trying to use the last of the disposables we have so they don't go to waste, and then we will fully switch over once we run out. So far though we have tried two of the three types we got and he hasn't leaked through any of them! (Swaddlebees simplex AIO's, and best bottom shells with liners) the last ones to try is the bumgenious ones. Hoping hell do well with those ones as well!

 

[ImSoTired]

Allyson is 10 weeks today and almost 12lbs. She is doing so well and she is the perfect addition to our crazy lives. We are so in love! I hope you're all doing well also.