Mid June and July Firecrackers Group Due June/July 2017!

[DobbyForever]

A has more than doubled his birth weight . He's 10lbs 9oz!

 

[Catalyst]

That is awsome Dobby

 

[DobbyForever]

I'm so excited. We might get to stop doing the fortified milk at his 4m check if he keeps going like this. He's also now 22", up 4". I'm glad his weight and height percentiles are going up together (7%). Even if we just went down to not high cal fortification I'd be happy

 

[second.time]

Wonderful, dobby, congrats!

Catalyst, so wonderful your little twins are doing so well.

Have any of you noticed your baby's eyes starting to change color? My older DS is a blue-eyed redhead so his eyes haven't changed color at all. Now this little guy is getting brown splotches in his blue eyes! It's really cool to see, but I had no idea eyes changed color that early.

He's still pretty physical, rolling all over the place and working on pushing up on his legs during tummy time. My older DS isn't really athletic at all. He's tall but he's like a clumsy little giraffe. He'll trip and fall walking across a flat floor. I have a brother who's on the shorter side and very athletic and I've decided maybe this baby will take after him (but seriously, I know it's waaaaaay too early to tell anything like that).

 

[DobbyForever]

Yup . A's eyes had brown spots a few weeks ago. Now the veeeerrrry outer rim is the only blue left. I enjoyed his blue eyes but I knew they'd turn brown as SO is brown (potentially recessive carrier) and I'm brown (no chance of a recessive gene). But yeah I was shocked they turned so early. Definitely fun to watch.

Awww that's cool he reminds you of your brother

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Second itll be interesting to see how his personality develops.

Dobby, Ps eyes are blue and they keep getting lighter. Both DH and I have blue eyes so I'm hoping hers stays that way.

I unfortunately think P is dealing with silent reflux. The last two days it's been a hassle to try and get her to eat more than 2oz a feeding and she seems to give a sour face, arch her back, and coughs during her feedings. I got zantac for her before when she had regular reflux but this only started two days ago. I need to get her redosed as she gained weight since then but tonight I went ahead and gave her her old dose to try and see if that will help at all. I hate seeing her chew on her hands but refuse to drink more than 2oz because she is in pain. Unfortunately I deal with bad acid reflux as well so I can totally relate to her...

 

[DobbyForever]

Gag I would think if you both have blue they should stay blue. Very rarely does it happen that they turn brown. But it does. This is a popular museum in my town explaining the genetics behind brown eyed kids of blue eyed parents. https://genetics.thetech.org/how-blue-eyed-parents-can-have-brown-eyed-children

I'm so sorry the reflux is back . Wish I had some advice. A is somuvh better now that I stopped eating dairy and switched to pro sensitive to fortify.

Is anybody else bottle feeding? I'm wondering if I should try to get A to eat 4oz but I hate when he vomits from overeating/pumping is so frustrating I hate wasting milk

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Here's hoping P's reflux goes away soon, Gag. Sorry to hear she's in pain. : (

Dobby - Last month, Alex spit up almost all of two 3+oz bottles. They were both while he was in his car seat, in a moving car though. After that, I would only give him 2 oz at a time. I'm now back up to giving him 3oz, but I make sure he's not moved around too much to make sure it's kept down. Probably best to feed smaller bottles a little more often if it means he'll keep it down.

 

[DobbyForever]

Thanks! It's so weird because with me he'll only want/stomach 4 but with my mom he eats 4oz at bedtime and then sleeps better (he always sleeps 8-9 hours when I stay at her house). And of course all the info I find about how much each feeding/how much a day is strictly bfing or strictly ff nothing about fortified feeding

 

[lesondemavie]

Ugh C is such a snacker! She only eats 1-1.5 ounces at a time from a bottle. I get about that when I pump in the time that she's on a boob (5-7 minutes), sometimes a bit more and they say she's more efficient than the pump so maybe she gets closer to 2 oz from me in that time. If I try to get her to latch longer or take the other side she just plays or fusses, but she wants to eat every 90 minutes which makes EASY impossible. I guess her little cousin was the same, so I'm just accepting it and letting it be. She's gaining weight well, so no need to stress. I'll offer but not push it. Her naps stink (30 minutes on average), but she's only waking once at night and giving me long stretches.

I have blue eyes and DH has hazel, so it's about 50/50 either way. C's eyes haven't really changed much. They look both blue and hazel all at once. I keep trying to guess what they'll be, but I really have no clue. Her hair is getting lighter and almost looks reddish when the light hits it. I think she has my hair. The mix of brown and blond can look auburn at times. She for sure has my big lower lip (great for pouting and trembling when unhappy ) and my ears, but DH's eye shape and chin and nose. Such a mix!

C's aunt (DH's sister) and 1 yo cousin are visiting for the first time, and her cousin keeps on giving C kisses - so cute! She's meeting DH's paternal extended family this upcoming weekend (first road trip/wedding). She'll meet his maternal extended family at thanksgiving, and then the rest of my immediate family at xmas. She won't meet my extended families until next year some time when we visit for weddings. I'm so glad we live a bit far from my in-laws. Short infrequent visits are nice. My poor DH has to deal with my parents driving up the 1.5 hours almost every weekend. Trying to take advantage and have them babysit so DH and I get in some date nights/relaxation.

 

[Weebles]

Ds eyes are blue and have pretty much stayed the same since she was born. But we were expecting blue eyes as both DH and I have them.

I'm really curious about her hair color though! I usually see babies born with black/very dark brown hair but D's is blonde and light brown. But mostly bald, heh. I keep telling DH I think it's got a reddish tint but that doesn't run in either of our families. He just rolls his eyes and said we will know when it grows. No fun speculating with him!

She just had her 4 month check up. 11 lbs and 9 oz, 24 inches. She's staying around 25th percentiles but I don't know if her dr is still used the adjusted charts or not. She cried for the first time today too when she got her shots. Well, not that she hasn't cried before but she actually had little tears streaming down her face, I feel so bad seeing her like that.

 

[PrettyInInk42]

In terms of eye colour, Alex has blue eyes. The were kinda slate when he was born, but now they're pretty blue. And his hair is a light/medium brown, but has golden hues in sunlight.

 

[DobbyForever]

Aww I love how everyone can pick out their feature's versus dad's. Genetics are so fun. My brother is studying it at school plus molecular biology.

Weebles sorry for the crying. I know what you mean though it stinks watching them cry. A has mild thrush. She is only treating it because I let him latch and now I have it r_r. But the medicine makes him puke hard which makes him cry hard and it's so heart wrenching. I emailed the Dr because a- it breaks my heart and b- I can't do tummy time

There's a giant moth down here and I am terrified of moths =\. I'm thinking of buying a twin bed to put in the nursery instead of sleeping downstairs. It won't help SO sleep but I might as well get A in his crib and me on something more comfortable plus it's free up space in the living room

 

[lesondemavie]

Any EBF mamas have their periods return yet? I think I may have O'd last week. I had a few days of fertile CM and a higher libido followed by a few days of pink spotting. If I did, AF should read her ugly head this weekend or early next week

 

[DobbyForever]

I'm exclusively pumping? Idk how to class it lol I pump all effing day then fortify it. But I'm on the mini pill so I had a period (I think) after ten days on it. So I should be due for another one any day now. Did not miss AF lol

 

[Weebles]

Haha Dobby, none of Ds features are mine. I imagine strangers who see the three of us out and about wonder to themselves if I'm the mother.

Leson, I'm still waiting for af. I had some spotting around 8 weeks post partum and thought for sure I'd get af or at least something the following month... Nope, nada. And I want to start trying.. Well, NTNP but for me that is basically trying.

 

[DobbyForever]

Lol me too! He has my nose and as he fattens up he looks more Asian. But I look more black than Asian so sometimes people look at me like I'm the nanny r_r. Same thing happened to my mom. Her kids came out supppper white but she's Thai so literally people treated her like their nanny. Sorry if my lack of pc ethnic names bothered anybody

Weebles that's exciting you're ntnp once af comes!

 

[Girly922]

A looks just like DH, as did dd1 as a baby. Dd1 now looks just like I did at her age. We've even put photos of us side by side and some of my own family can't pick out which one was me and which is her.
The main resemblance I see though is that A looks exactly like dd1 at this age.

Also, AF I'm ebf and have now had 2 days of spotting. I ebf dd1 and AF returned at 3m pp. So not cool!

A is gaining weight slowly. She's following the 9th centile nicely. But I'm still wobbling a lot over her not gaining more. I discussed it with the family liaison worker at baby massage today. My main reason for worrying is because no matter where we go people comment how small she is. I compared her weight graph to dd1s which was a bad idea as she was over 2lbs heavier at this point. But as I'm reminded, A is gaining, she's happy, she's meeting her milestones, she's got a really good nappy output. She's just destined to be on the slimmer side for now.

 

[thexfadingpat]

AF returned 8 weeks pp for me, and I'm EBF. With my first it also came back early. It sucks.

 

[DobbyForever]

Girly I agree comparing is not good. She might just be small. And that's ok. I call myself fun sized and, other than never being tall enough to do runway modeling, I never cared I'm tiny. I actually love it . So many perks.

I'm curious to see where A ends up. He was born under 1st percentile, and now he is 7th. He's already doubled his weight from 5lbs 3 to 10lbs 14 on Monday. I'm taking the infant insert out of the car seat this week! So exciting. And he actually fits in the k'tan now so I don't have to hold him while he's in it. His pediatrician still wants us fortifying his milk and we'll discuss whether to keep doing it at his four month.