Mommy to an August '08 Baby

Loretta - posted on 01/25/2009

Hi, I am a new member. My little guy (not so little anymore at nearly 20 lbs), was born on August 17. He was 8, 7. I love being his mother!

He is just learning to sit up alone and roll. He is teething, drooling like a waterfall, lol! He loves looking at colourful pictures in books, and he always laughing at the family cat! Cutest laugh ever!!!

Megan - posted on 01/24/2009

Aww!!! He sounds like such a sweet baby!!! Congratulations!!! All of the waiting and pain is worth it to see their smiles and hear their giggles!!!

Randi - posted on 01/24/2009

Hello! I'm new here! My handsome boy, Shawn, was born on August 14, 2008. After 24 hours of labor, 1 1/2 hours of pushing, and finally a C-section, he arrived! Oh, did I mention that he was 10 days late! He weighed 8 lbs 13 oz at birth, and now weighs almost 19 lbs!!!! He's wanting to crawl, and rolls over as soon as you put him on the floor! He loves to eat different foods, but specifically pears and bananas. He's always been a good nighttime sleeper, sleeping 10-11 hours a night. He's just getting the "hang" of taking naps. We were struggling with that for awhile! He loves to flirt with the ladies, especially older ladies that smile at him. He is such a precious addition to our family!

Stephanie - posted on 01/22/2009

I definitely agree...I explained it that way to my husband and now he really feels bad for me and what I went through.  

Stephanie - posted on 01/22/2009

I definitely agree...I explained it that way to my husband and now he really feels bad for me and what I went through.  

Erica - posted on 01/22/2009

Hey everybody, I'm a newbie :) Tyler is my second son, born 8/1/08 about 3:30 am...On his due date! I went back to work when he was 11wks old. i work second shift, which is hard with two little ones, but luckly we have found a wonderful day care willing to take them on a part time basis without charging lots of $$$... and family willing to help whenever we need it... We also lucked out in the sleep department, both my kids wer sleeping through the night by the time they were 4 months old..:)

Nelly - posted on 01/22/2009

I had to go back to work full time when Nathaniel was 8 weeks old. It sucked. But luckily I had my mom around to babysit him for about 1 1/2 months. Now he's with my Mom Monday-Tuesday and then at a babysitter Wed-Friday. My husband and I have been tossing around the thought of trying for a second child... but I don't know if I can afford daycare for 2 kids! LOL.

June - posted on 01/21/2009

just joined the circle of mom's...I have a 3 year old son (Sean)soon to be 4 in march...
Estelle was born 08/31/08 at just after 11pm...so she was barely an aug baby. my due date was Labour day (Canadian Holiday) and my husband kept teasing me about the new meaning of Labour. Estelle still gets up 1 to 2 times a night, and Sean at least one to tell me about his dreams. it is great to have a place to share with other mom's...

Diane - posted on 01/21/2009

Congrats new moms.its wonderful to watch your baby grow

Megan - posted on 01/21/2009

I just took mine out completely... I wanted to take it out and let it grow over to get it re-done but I never had the nerve to do it until i got pregnant. I had it done for almost 10 years at that point. I never bothered with the maternity ring because I wanted it to grow over but only recently I cannot get the ring in anymore... Up until then it still was not grown over.

I am still on maternity leave. I have a year but I am not going back to work until Nadia starts school and then it will only be part time. We worked it out and if I go back to work after a year then with the cost of daycare I will only be making $40 a week for myself and the rest will be for daycare. Basically it is not worth it for us to have someone else basically raise our child. It would be different if we had family living near us but we live 6000km away so that is not an option!!!

Michelle - posted on 01/21/2009

My little girl (Jade) was 8lb 2 oz at birth, and she was still 5 days early. Everybody was surprised she was so big, people at work guessed no more than 6 1/2 lbs. Even so, I gained 25 lbs and it was all gone by 3-4 weeks postpartum. Yes, it was so hard not to push!!! I'd say that part and the contractions during transition were the most challenging parts of labor.



I tried to use Vitamin E lotion all the time to minimize stretch marks. But I got kinda lazy toward the end, it was hard to stay motivated! LOL For those of you w/ pierced belly buttons, did you use a maternity ring? I took my regular one out around 20 weeks then had the maternity one in until about 29 weeks, but then it got too uncomfortable too. But I am happy to report I'm wearing my regular one again : )



So are any of you working again? I had to go back when Jade was 7 weeks. I noticed some of you are from Europe & Canada, so do you guys have a longer maternity leave?

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

wen you wrap her up like if your swadling her put the blanket around the back of her head and on the side of her cheeks i find that works aswell u name it iv tried it lol

Megan - posted on 01/21/2009

Sometimes when  my little girl won't go to sleep but is really tired I rub her cheek with her favourite blanket and it soothes and comforts her and she goes to sleep.

Megan - posted on 01/21/2009

I had my belly button pierced and only took it out when I was like 6 months pregnant... No stretch marks from it... I also used some baby oil in conjunction with the cocoa butter... I read that it was specifically Palmers Cocoa Butter that does it not sure if any of the other kinds work as well or at all but I wasn't taking my chances on it. I would put it ALL over my body as soon as I got out of the shower and any time during the day I felt like I needed it.

Andrea - posted on 01/21/2009

how do you do that- wrap her cheeks... I`ve never heard of that.

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

i was pushing for an hour and a half but had no stitches or anything yer i found the cushion works very well its a maternity cushion to the v shaped on so she fits lovely in it have you tried wrapping the side of her cheeks when you wrap her up to sleep  

Andrea - posted on 01/21/2009

Steph- I wonder if a cushion would work for Micaela. I've got a few new ideas to try from this website already, but that's definitely going to be one of them.

Megan- I used Cocoa Butter and I have AWFUL stretch marks. They sort of just appeared in the last month, except, like Michelle, for the one at my belly button cuz it was pierced, which came at around month 4 or 5.

And Michelle, I cannot imagine not pushing. The nurses let me push with them for about 15 minutes before the doctor even came, but I pushed for an hour, so maybe they knew she wasn`t coming right away.

Oh, and I`m from Nova Scotia. :)

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

i used cheap coco cutter from wilkos its was fab i only have stratch marks on the side of my legs and bum i went from a size6 to a size 14 i was huge luckly i have lost all the weight but those strecht marks are still there i was told i was having a big baby luckly she was early and was only 6lb 5 oz that was big enough i feel sorry for any one who has had a bigger baby i loved my labour though thought it was amazing untill the head came all in all i was very lucky no sickness no complication i had a very text book preg.

Megan - posted on 01/21/2009

I used Palmers Coca Butter moisturizer throughout my whole pregnancy multiple times per day. It is supposed to help prevent stretch marks and I guess it worked for me as I don't have any. I never did look like I was full term pregnant though. I didn't start to show until I was 24 weeks into my pregnancy. I only gained 23 pounds and they were gone a few months after she was born. Nadia was 5lbs 2ozs at birth. Small babies run on my side of the family.

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

andrea i feel the same this whole controlled crying i cant do they say to wait 5 mons i cant last 1 and im a nursery nurse so i though that would never bother me i have to rock her off and she sleeps on a large cushion in her cot which comforts her so she still feels like shes on me.

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

hi michelle my daughter pheobe has pretty much slept in my bed from day one she starts in hers but it never last she has started getting better this week she used to finnaly go down at 11 to 12pm but is now going between half 7 and 9 and waking before 9am which better as it used to  be 11 lazy mere, i had her at 15.59 mine was very quick althoughi was in slow labour for a week while i was at work, yes that is cool there both born on the same day i live in england.

Nelly - posted on 01/21/2009

Michelle: WOW! 30 mins of not pushing when you need to?! YIKES! You are tough! :) I try to describe the feeling to my friends (who have kids, but were born by c-section) I tell them.. it's like you have to go #2 really really REALLY REALLY bad, but you can't find a bathroom to do it in! LOL

Michelle - posted on 01/21/2009

Megan, you are so lucky to have not had morning sickness OR stretch marks! I was sick til 20 weeks or so, and even then I didn't feel normal. I thought I was doing good w/ no stretch marks (except the ones around my belly button since I had it pierced) but a few days before she was born, I had quite a few way down low. And I STILL have them! Grrrr. .. but she's worth it of course!

Nelly, yeah I only had to push for like 10-11 minutes, but I was trying to NOT push for about 20-30 min. It was the middle of the night & my doc had to be called in.

Megan - posted on 01/21/2009

I think that is crazy the nurses telling you not to push. If they have to deliver then they have to deliver... When that baby is ready to come out he/she is coming. My doctor wasn't there when I started pushing. He was doing a c-section as well. I was only pushing for like 15 minutes and Nadia was born. The doctor got there after she was born.

Nelly - posted on 01/21/2009

Michelle Fogg: I know what you mean about the pushing thing! LOL. My son was born 8/12/08 at 11:11am. And I had the urge to push but my doc was doing an Emergency C-Section and the nurse said "NOOO.. don't push yet. If you do, I will have to deliver you baby" Well.. I couldn't hold it anymore.. and I started pushing... well.. a few mins into pushing the doctor comings running in and about 5 mins later.. Nathaniel was in my arms! :)

Kirsty - posted on 01/21/2009

im from london, england. ive somehow managed to be added to this by a friend via facebook. nevermind! 

Megan - posted on 01/21/2009

Hey. I am from Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Michelle - posted on 01/21/2009

Steph - I've been back to work since my daughter was 7 weeks old and it is very hard getting up all the time to feed her (I'm breastfeeding) and still being coherent at work. One thing we've started recently is having her sleep with us. I didn't want to do this, but last night she was screaming for an hour and a half so I finally gave up & let her sleep with us and it was one of the best nights. She still woke up 2-3 times but just fed her right there & we all went back to sleep.

Andrea - our daughters were born on the same day, how cool! Mine was at 2:53am. It would've been faster but our doctor wasnt there so I had to wait (one of the hardest things to do - not push when your body is telling you to!)

Where are all of you guys from? I live in Las Vegas.

Andrea - posted on 01/21/2009

Hey everyone,

My daughter, Micaela, was born 08/28/08 at 12:21 a.m. She used to sleep in her basinette from about 8p.m. to 4a.m. but now since we switched to her crib she wakes up between 12 and 130am, and then a couple more times. I guess this is because she doesn't fall asleep in her crib, but I can't listen to her cry it out. I've tried and I feel too bad. We started her on solids too, but that didn't make any difference. I think in a couple more months, I'll try the crying again, but for now, I'll just get up with her :)

Kirsty - posted on 01/21/2009

hi. my daughter was born 04/08/08, day before my bday! she was actually due on  my bday but came a day earlier.  she weighed 6lb 6oz when born, shes growing so quickly now. my daughter has been bottle-fed since three weeks old and has been sleeping through the night since then. shes so good think ive been lucky with my first! and altho ive never tried to put her into a routine,shes got her own one and that suits me fine. she has her last bottle at 10pm then sleeps through till 8am, dunno what id do if she didnt sleep through though! x

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

hi  my daughter was born 12/08/08 weighd 6lb 5oz she was ten dayd early  she is sitting on her own but has never slept through the night i have tried everything personely i put this down to being breast fed all my friends babys who have been bottle fed all sleep through she is on 3 meals a day i thought this would help i am goin back to work next month dont think i will cope with getting up in the night and goin to work aswell can any one give me any suggestions x

Steph - posted on 01/21/2009

my daughter also wakes 2 to 3 times aswell i have tried everything. shes on solids i try to keep to the same bedtime routine iv tried comfators she refuses to have a dummy i brestfed pheobe but she has been on bottle during the day since she was 3 months but nothing seems to work all my friends who have been on bottles sincce birth all sleep through i blame the lack of sleep down to brestfeeding xx

Megan - posted on 01/20/2009

My daughter was born 8/20/08 at 12:21 pm... I thought that was a pretty neat date and time!!! Maybe it is just me!!! haha. She has been sleeping through the night since she was 6 weeks old. Sometimes she will stir if she loses her pacifier and wants it but for the most part she is a really good sleeper. Going to bed between 9pm and 10pm and waking between 8am and 10am. Most of the time sleeping anywhere from 10 to 12 hours. She only takes short naps during the day and the rest of the time I am occupying her. Her seperation anxiety has started to set in but she is fine if there is someone, anyone in the room with her.

Where she has been such a good sleeper I am much afraid that for our second baby it [hopefully HE] will be the complete opposite. But that is not for a couple of years yet!!! I just hope we luck out as good as we did with Nadia. No morning sickness, no stretch marks, 15 minute delivery, no stitches needed... I am starting to prepare myself now for an opposite pregnancy even tho we have a few years before that happens!!!

Andrea - posted on 01/20/2009

hi everyone my daughter was born on Aug 2, she was 2 weeks late and weighed

8 lbs 4oz and was born at 1:23 am. she goes to bed around 8:30 and wakes up between 7 and 9 am. she wakes up once a night for a bottle or her soother and then goes back to sleep,she naps a few times a day and is very on schedule with almost everything.she is the greatest baby in the world i could not ask for a better baby

Michelle - posted on 01/20/2009

Nelly, my little girl is NOT sleeping through the night either. I think she's slept 7-8 hours maybe 5 different nights in her life. The rest of the time, she's up a few times. And the last week she goes to bed around 8-9, then gets up at 10pm, 11pm, and midnight, then we give up & let her sleep in our bed and she still wakes up twice more to eat!

Nice to meet all of you guys!

Jennifer - posted on 01/20/2009

Hi.. I'm new on here as well. Jason was born 8/21...9 days late and almost 10 lbs. He's an awesome little guy. So much fun to be around every day. I work from home, so I get to enjoy every minute with him. We started him on solids in mid-December. We just make sure that he still gets enough formula every day since it has all the important nutritions for his development. He giggles, laughs, screams (in a good way), eats his feet, rolls over, scoots all over the floor, sits in his bumbo seat and is learning to sit up. He still wakes once or twice during the night, but goes right back to sleep after a bottle. He's probably the best thing that ever happened to us!

Stephanie - posted on 01/20/2009

Hello, everyone!  I am a new member.  My daughter, Marissa was born on 8/18/08.  I thought that this was a pretty cool day for her to be born especially since my birthday is 08/08 (however, I am not revealing the year just yet).  I have been very fortunate to have Marissa especially as a first baby.  I also introduced her solids last month when she was 4 months old (12/19/2008) with the doctor's approval.  She has been sleeping through the night for the past couple of months; however, just in the last few nights she has been waking up - not to eat but because she "lost' her pacifier and she needs it to sleep.  This is a relatively new thing since I thought that she was starting to grow out of her pacifier now.  Good news is that she does fall back asleep after I give her back her pacifier so it is only about a 2 minute thing.   Good luck to those who do not have the luck I have.  Since Marissa is so good, I am a little concerned about a second child that I may have in a couple of years.

Aileen - posted on 01/20/2009

Hi Nelly - yes, Reagan was born 8/6 and just the past 2-3 weeks started waking up in the middle of the night again. We too thought solids would help, but she's still getting up. You're not alone! I will say, I've been putting the Hyland teething tablets in her last bottle. I know she's been having signs of teething and these tablets are homeopathic. They've kind of helped her sleep, but not always.

Nelly - posted on 01/20/2009

So all of our kiddies are about the same age.. Is anyone else still experiencing the night wakings? My son still wakes up about 2-3 times a night for feedings. Everyone says kids his age should be sleeping through the night now.. not mine! LOL. He's also already on solids, I thought that would help.. but it hasnt.

Michelle - posted on 01/20/2009

Hi gals!

My daughter was born on 08/28/2008 - another cool date! I too am nervous about thinking of a second child. Someday... I agree, they're so fun to watch. Mine is not sleeping well but is soooo cute! Smiling, laughing, very wiggly but not rolling very much. Trying to crawl with her legs but not with her arms yet, LOL.

Alayne - posted on 01/20/2009

Hi,

When was your child born?

My daughter was born on Aug 13th.. she is really fun to watch.. she is trying to talk & is sitting up.. I can't believe she is almost 6 mths..  soon I will be running after her..lol.

Ashley - posted on 01/20/2009

Hello My little guy Zach was born 8-8 We were hoping that from the very beginning. So were pleased with that date. He has been the best 1st baby ever. A little nervous to even think of a second child some day. He has just been so easy. We couldn't have asked for a better kid. Zach is becoming a lot more fun now. Peek-A-Boo is his favorite. Now he purposly sticks the blanket over his head and waits for us to pull it off. Wishing you all the best in this wonderful adventure.

Nelly - posted on 01/20/2009

Hi Heather!

My son was born Aug. 12. I still can't believe it's only been a little over 5 months. It feels like he's been a part of my life forever! :)

Heather - posted on 01/20/2009

Hello, when was your little one born. I had my first baby August 2nd at the age of 25. He's a lot of work but it's so much fun watching him grow and learn. It's sad that he's getting so big already. I am learning new things everyday as well. Hope you are having a great time with you little one.