8 months
Just a few days and the babies will be 8 months. They seem to be acting older and it’s really fun... I’ve heard it gets easier but these three really keep us busy :-) Everyone always told me that they’d be more fun and be able to do more at this age and it’s true! We are really seeing personalities develop now and have babies that are on the move! No one is officially crawling yet but I have a feeling it will be soon! We are working on sitting up unassisted- our Ped. wants them sitting by their 9 month appointment which is next month and we should be there! They can sit for a short period of time before falling forward or to the side. Good thing they are resilient ;) they fall all over and roll into everything! It is SO much fun to see them really starting to notice each other now. They have their own language and will do silly things and laugh together. They roll all over each other, kick each other in the face, snd love to steal each other’s toys!
Elliott -
Im not sure his weight as we haven’t had an appointment but I’d guess he’s around 17 lbs?? I’ll edit this next week with his official weight! He has started reeeeeally communicating this week. He talks and squeals all day! He says ba ba ga ga Mama (so proud! He loves mama the most!!) he loves to hear his own voice. He also has two teeth!!! He’s still the paci guy and we make sure he doesn’t go anywhere without it! His stomach issues seem to be finally under control! He doesn’t typically groan after eating and hasn’t been spitting up much. He is so much like Tom it’s not even funny. Even down to his feet, he has short fat little feet and short legs! He also has a very similar personality to Tom. He gets worked up in 2 seconds and then calms himself down just as fast 0-60, we say. He’s super curious and falls in love with people so easily. He also is a total mamas boy and gets sad if I leave the room or pick up another baby 🙄 but he can be calmed easily, with a quick snuggle and a paci :)
Samuel-
I’ll update his weight next week, too. Samuel has done a great job growing in his hair this month! Ha! He is really strong and gets up on his arms and rocks- but hasn’t quite figured out how to get his knees up. I think it will be either him or Molly that crawls first. Eeek! No teeth yet for him. Samuel is definitely our more sensitive, harder to soothe kiddo. He sleeps the best, though! We put him down and he may cry for a minute or two but hardly ever wakes up in the middle of the night or early in the morning. Our dr referred us to a program through the school district called the “help me grow” program and we had some drs and therapists come out to evaluate him last week- and he qualifies for some extra help in a few areas! The nice thing about this program is it’s free AND they come to our house - which is huge for us! He’s showing some slight delays in his communication, motor skills, social skills (which go hand in hand with the communication) and cognitive. Obviously, no parent wants to hear that their child is “behind” and it was a bit upsetting but after talking with the dr about it we think this will be a great thing for us! He will have a social worker and a teacher from our school district that will work with me primarily to help come up with things for us to work on. Also- he is 8 months old (basically 6.5 adjusted age) so it’s hard to tell if he’s actually having issues or if he will just do things on his own time. Since he showed signs of delays in all areas they decided to do an eval on Molly and Elliott as well so they’ll be out soon to do that. The earlier they catch some of these things and start working on them the better. I have no doubt Samuel will catch up soon! :) we have two kidney appointments coming up that we are nervous for but hopeful to get more information. He is also still going to physical therapy for his head tilt and unfortunately we haven’t seen a ton of progress. I feel like he made huge strides in the beginning but now he’s still tilting and it’s getting a little frustrating! We are still working on the exercises but just can’t get this slight tilt to go away. We love our therapist and definitely have seen improvements, though, so trying to stay positive!
Molly -
Molly also has two teeth, her two bottom ones. She is such an easy going little lady- she is co tent just laying on the blanket rolling all over and chewing on EVERYTHING she can get her little hands on. I mean everything. She is such a little peanut still! She feels considerably lighter than her brothers, but is very strong! She loves to stand with help and is very aware of her surroundings. Something she really loves is people whispering or mouthing words- she laughs and laughs at this. She is also babbling and stares at my mouth when I talk. She has been having some tough nights- she will fall asleep right away but will be up after about an hour crying. We usually take her out of her crib and lay with her but then she’s wide awake. So that’s been difficult but I think she’s getting more teeth and they are bugging her. I don’t really mind the extra cuddles at night though :-)
We’ve still been going to the YMCA few times a week and they are really warming up to it! The staff is AMAZING and make us all feel so welcome, they treat us all by name and really seem to enjoy their jobs, which makes me feel so good about leaving them! It is so good for them to be away from me for a bit and see other kids. I’m so glad we joined! I’ve been doing weight watchers for about 3ish months and I am officially down 20 lbs! 20.8 to be exact. I am feeling good and really enjoying the gym and finding healthier meal choices for our family.
The trips are still eating purées and doing pretty well with them. We usually do the purées around dinner time, so sometimes Tom is home to help with that which is nice! They are eating about 2 cans between the three of them at a time, and we haven’t found anything yet they don’t seem to like, ha! It’s a process though- I am kind of dreading them being off bottles because it’s alot of work to get them all in their seats, bibs on (they just try to put them in their mouths!) fed, cleaned off and taken out.. yikes. I can’t imagine doing this several times a day!
They are all going to the chiropractor too, which I am honestly unsure about. I think it helped Elliott a bit with his stomach issues but overall I haven’t seen a huge improvement. Between the gym, regular dr checkups, Samuels kidney stuff, our home health nurse, Physical therapy and now the school district stuff starting (end of Oct) we really don’t need another item on our plate so today’s appointment may be our last for the chiropractor. We will see!
They are going to bed between 645/7 and sleeping till about 630/7. They get two naps a day so typically when we go out it’s between their morning and afternoon nap. One thing I’ve learned to save everyone’s sanity is that we go out once a day. If we go out between their two naps, we are home the rest of the day. So almost daily we are out between 1130-130. Appointments, everything is
typically schedule during that time if I can help it. I’ve been blessed with great nappers but I’ve also spent a lot of time training them and keeping their schedule consistent. It’s not always easy but it’s been paying off!
Tom has been working hard both at work and at home finishing the basement. He isn’t working AS late which is nice- but it is still putting in about 45-55 hours a week. It feels like the closer we get to being done with the basement the longer it’s taking- all we have left really is the little putsy stuff- touching up paint, etc- but that’s probably because of me and my impatience. If you asked Tom he’d probably say that’s the thing that drives him nuts the most about me, my impatience. But I am trying to be better!! :) in other random news we got a new (to us!) vehicle this month! We got a Buick Enclave SUV and it’s exciting to finally be a two car household again. It’s probably been three years since we’ve had two cars. Still primarily driving the van and absolutely love it, but it’s great to have a backup car.
So excited to be going into the cooler weather and the babies first holiday seasons! We have so many fun things planned ahead and I love seeing it all through their eyes. I know they won’t remember it this year but we are making memories! I love life with our family of 5, even the hard moments! Also wanted to quick follow up on my post about a month ago about me feeling maybe some PPD. I still
Struggle with feeling like “just” a mom somedays, as I feel like I don’t have anything g else really going on my life - but most of the time I can take those thoughts out of my mind and be PROUD that I am a mom. I say this so much it’s probably a broken record but there were times I thought maybe I’d never get this honor, to be a mom and I’m trying to be really proud that I am “just” a mom. I am these babies ENTIRE world and what greater job is there than that?! When I really stop and think about it I don’t feel shame but pure love and joy that I am able to be “just” a mom. It’s something I am working on and going to the gym has helped me find a piece of myself again and I’m excited to keep figuring out myself as I get older and experience more life! I think this is a common feeling many people have, moms/dads or not, and I am learning to embrace it.
Elliott -
Im not sure his weight as we haven’t had an appointment but I’d guess he’s around 17 lbs?? I’ll edit this next week with his official weight! He has started reeeeeally communicating this week. He talks and squeals all day! He says ba ba ga ga Mama (so proud! He loves mama the most!!) he loves to hear his own voice. He also has two teeth!!! He’s still the paci guy and we make sure he doesn’t go anywhere without it! His stomach issues seem to be finally under control! He doesn’t typically groan after eating and hasn’t been spitting up much. He is so much like Tom it’s not even funny. Even down to his feet, he has short fat little feet and short legs! He also has a very similar personality to Tom. He gets worked up in 2 seconds and then calms himself down just as fast 0-60, we say. He’s super curious and falls in love with people so easily. He also is a total mamas boy and gets sad if I leave the room or pick up another baby 🙄 but he can be calmed easily, with a quick snuggle and a paci :)
Samuel-
I’ll update his weight next week, too. Samuel has done a great job growing in his hair this month! Ha! He is really strong and gets up on his arms and rocks- but hasn’t quite figured out how to get his knees up. I think it will be either him or Molly that crawls first. Eeek! No teeth yet for him. Samuel is definitely our more sensitive, harder to soothe kiddo. He sleeps the best, though! We put him down and he may cry for a minute or two but hardly ever wakes up in the middle of the night or early in the morning. Our dr referred us to a program through the school district called the “help me grow” program and we had some drs and therapists come out to evaluate him last week- and he qualifies for some extra help in a few areas! The nice thing about this program is it’s free AND they come to our house - which is huge for us! He’s showing some slight delays in his communication, motor skills, social skills (which go hand in hand with the communication) and cognitive. Obviously, no parent wants to hear that their child is “behind” and it was a bit upsetting but after talking with the dr about it we think this will be a great thing for us! He will have a social worker and a teacher from our school district that will work with me primarily to help come up with things for us to work on. Also- he is 8 months old (basically 6.5 adjusted age) so it’s hard to tell if he’s actually having issues or if he will just do things on his own time. Since he showed signs of delays in all areas they decided to do an eval on Molly and Elliott as well so they’ll be out soon to do that. The earlier they catch some of these things and start working on them the better. I have no doubt Samuel will catch up soon! :) we have two kidney appointments coming up that we are nervous for but hopeful to get more information. He is also still going to physical therapy for his head tilt and unfortunately we haven’t seen a ton of progress. I feel like he made huge strides in the beginning but now he’s still tilting and it’s getting a little frustrating! We are still working on the exercises but just can’t get this slight tilt to go away. We love our therapist and definitely have seen improvements, though, so trying to stay positive!
Molly -
Molly also has two teeth, her two bottom ones. She is such an easy going little lady- she is co tent just laying on the blanket rolling all over and chewing on EVERYTHING she can get her little hands on. I mean everything. She is such a little peanut still! She feels considerably lighter than her brothers, but is very strong! She loves to stand with help and is very aware of her surroundings. Something she really loves is people whispering or mouthing words- she laughs and laughs at this. She is also babbling and stares at my mouth when I talk. She has been having some tough nights- she will fall asleep right away but will be up after about an hour crying. We usually take her out of her crib and lay with her but then she’s wide awake. So that’s been difficult but I think she’s getting more teeth and they are bugging her. I don’t really mind the extra cuddles at night though :-)
We’ve still been going to the YMCA few times a week and they are really warming up to it! The staff is AMAZING and make us all feel so welcome, they treat us all by name and really seem to enjoy their jobs, which makes me feel so good about leaving them! It is so good for them to be away from me for a bit and see other kids. I’m so glad we joined! I’ve been doing weight watchers for about 3ish months and I am officially down 20 lbs! 20.8 to be exact. I am feeling good and really enjoying the gym and finding healthier meal choices for our family.
The trips are still eating purées and doing pretty well with them. We usually do the purées around dinner time, so sometimes Tom is home to help with that which is nice! They are eating about 2 cans between the three of them at a time, and we haven’t found anything yet they don’t seem to like, ha! It’s a process though- I am kind of dreading them being off bottles because it’s alot of work to get them all in their seats, bibs on (they just try to put them in their mouths!) fed, cleaned off and taken out.. yikes. I can’t imagine doing this several times a day!
They are all going to the chiropractor too, which I am honestly unsure about. I think it helped Elliott a bit with his stomach issues but overall I haven’t seen a huge improvement. Between the gym, regular dr checkups, Samuels kidney stuff, our home health nurse, Physical therapy and now the school district stuff starting (end of Oct) we really don’t need another item on our plate so today’s appointment may be our last for the chiropractor. We will see!
They are going to bed between 645/7 and sleeping till about 630/7. They get two naps a day so typically when we go out it’s between their morning and afternoon nap. One thing I’ve learned to save everyone’s sanity is that we go out once a day. If we go out between their two naps, we are home the rest of the day. So almost daily we are out between 1130-130. Appointments, everything is
typically schedule during that time if I can help it. I’ve been blessed with great nappers but I’ve also spent a lot of time training them and keeping their schedule consistent. It’s not always easy but it’s been paying off!
Tom has been working hard both at work and at home finishing the basement. He isn’t working AS late which is nice- but it is still putting in about 45-55 hours a week. It feels like the closer we get to being done with the basement the longer it’s taking- all we have left really is the little putsy stuff- touching up paint, etc- but that’s probably because of me and my impatience. If you asked Tom he’d probably say that’s the thing that drives him nuts the most about me, my impatience. But I am trying to be better!! :) in other random news we got a new (to us!) vehicle this month! We got a Buick Enclave SUV and it’s exciting to finally be a two car household again. It’s probably been three years since we’ve had two cars. Still primarily driving the van and absolutely love it, but it’s great to have a backup car.
So excited to be going into the cooler weather and the babies first holiday seasons! We have so many fun things planned ahead and I love seeing it all through their eyes. I know they won’t remember it this year but we are making memories! I love life with our family of 5, even the hard moments! Also wanted to quick follow up on my post about a month ago about me feeling maybe some PPD. I still
Struggle with feeling like “just” a mom somedays, as I feel like I don’t have anything g else really going on my life - but most of the time I can take those thoughts out of my mind and be PROUD that I am a mom. I say this so much it’s probably a broken record but there were times I thought maybe I’d never get this honor, to be a mom and I’m trying to be really proud that I am “just” a mom. I am these babies ENTIRE world and what greater job is there than that?! When I really stop and think about it I don’t feel shame but pure love and joy that I am able to be “just” a mom. It’s something I am working on and going to the gym has helped me find a piece of myself again and I’m excited to keep figuring out myself as I get older and experience more life! I think this is a common feeling many people have, moms/dads or not, and I am learning to embrace it.
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