Introduce Your Little Ones
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Hi everyone
nice to meet so many other mums
I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter, Rosalyn (Ros) and a 5 1/2 month old son, Leonard (Lenny). We live in the UK (South West England)0 -
Hi, I'm Quana and I'm excited to finally post on this thread! I'm a first time mom and had my baby girl on her due date (May 28th). She was a healthy 7 lbs 5 oz and 20.75 inches long. She's now 10 days old and it has been quite the journey so far. She became jaundiced on her second day home from the hospital after testing clear of it. It's made breastfeeding very very difficult because of how sleepy it's made her. I can't say I haven't had my frustrations and self-doubt, but just seeing her plump up and progress is worth it. I'm trying my best to soak in the beauty that is the newborn stage.
I tip my hat to those of you that already have children along with a new bundle of joy. I can barely function with this little one! :flowerforyou:0 -
Congratulations Quana! And, welcome to motherhood!
Being a parent is such a mixed hat. You will have days you don't sleep at all and days you feel you need a vacation (don't be afraid of taking that break when you need it.) Then, you will have days where you swell with pride and can't get enough of how amazing your children are, not knowing what you would ever do without them!
Parenthood is difficult - but SO worth it!
Your baby is beautiful!0 -
I have a seven year old daughter, Miriana, or usually just Miri, and a five month old son, Gabriel. I had a lot of troubling conceiving my daughter and didn't plan on having another one because it was very stressful. But I changed my mind right after she turned five. It took a year and a half to conceive my son so we have a big gap too.
I am always amazed how different they are. Miri was an awesome sleeper and had a very "even" personality. Gabe, well, not so much with the sleeping, and he is either screaming his head off (he has reflux and colic) or smiling. He smiles so much; I have no idea how he can be so happy with reflux and colic.0 -
My son, Jericho, was born on 6/13. He was 8lbs even and 21.5 inches long.
He is currently over 9lbs and is 11 days old, he's gaining like crazy.
I would post a pic here, but I have a few in my profile. I will just leave it at that.
No longer a pregnant mommy and happy to be part of the post partum pack 0 -
I have two children. Both were born by c-section. Kaylie is my oldest. She is 2.5. She is a ball of energy and keeps me on my toes. She is so smart and sweet. We are currently working on potty training.
My youngest was born on May 13th, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce at birth and is currently at 10.5 pounds. He is exclusively breastfed. His name is Jake.
Kaylie loves her little brother so much. She is a wonderful big sister.
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Hi y'all! I'm Katie, 29, from Virginia and a new mom to Cole, born March 15.
I've always struggled with my weight but was down to my lowest weight in about 4 years when I became pregnant last summer. I had "morning sickness" until my third trimester, so I was able to keep my weight gain down, and gained a total of 28 lbs overall. I gave birth to Cole, 10 days late, after 3 days on pitocin, via c-section. He weighed 8 lbs 12 oz.
I returned to work as an attorney 7 weeks postpartum. By then, I had lost all but 5lbs. Then, 2 months later, I stepped on the scale and realized I had gained over 10 lbs! Great. I had reached my highest not pregnant weight ever. I had to do something. My cousin talked me into doing the Advocare Cleanse plus clean eating. That was 10 days. In 10 days, I lost 10 lbs and 2 inches off my waist. Yay!
Anyway, I'm hoping to keep up with the weight loss. My short term goal is 20 lbs by the end of the year.
Cole is pretty much incredible. (Don't all moms say that?!) Initially after his birth, I felt like a failure as a mom. After trying so hard, I was unable to have the unmedicated vaginal birth I so desperately wanted. On top of that, my milk never came in, and I was forced to formula feed (I wanted to breastfeed SO bad). I'm trying to overcome these daily bouts of self-doubt and become a good mom. Working such a demanding job doesn't make that easy.
I'd love to meet friends that I can lose this PP weight with!0 -
Hi, I'm Michelle, mom to the horde. :P When I met my husband he was a single dad of a 2yo son (Aoghdan) and 3yo daughter (Aryanna). Shortly after that, I became their mom. They were cute little toddlers, and now they are awesome teens. We also have six more: Seamus (12), Hamish (10), Sinead (9), Aisling (7), Diarmuid (5), and Roisin (6 months).
I'm a SAHM, and we homeschool, and I love it. We were going to be done having kids after Diarmuid, but then we changed our minds to have just one more. Roisin was born on Christmas Eve - she was a great present! I had a great pregancy, easy birth, and was lucky enough to lose all the baby weight in the first week. Roisin has had no problems with nursing, and slept great from day one. (We cosleep, so my babies don't even wake up to eat, just sleep right next to the breast and latch on whenever they want.)
So, yeah. Don't mean to sound braggy or anything, but I have struggled with depression my entire life, so I'm just ecstatic that right now I am capable of enjoying how good my life is. 0 -
8 kids, wow! Fun! I really wanted a lot of kids. I am one of 17 in my family (#7 actually, so in the middle) and I loved having so many brothers and sisters. When I was younger I thought I wanted 8. Then, I had my daughter and was like 'nope, I am done' lol (bad pregnancy and birth experience.) 8 years later, I just had my son and am now thinking again I might be done, I don't know though.
There are so many wonderful experiences to be had and things to love about a large family. I am so glad you are enjoying your life and are happy in it. I am happy for you 0 -
I can introduce my little one now! Our sweet Vanessa was born nearly two weeks ago on June 17th. I had an amazingly smooth pregnancy and delivery (which surprised me because pregnancies and deliveries in my family are not so smooth).
I gained a grand total of 50 lbs with my pregnancy and have lost half of it as of now. I am currently off of work and am a SAHM with no plans to return unless we should need me to money-wise.0 -
My first son, Jace, was born August 2012, he came right on his due date; weighing in at 9lbs 2.5oz 20" long! 19 hours of labor, no pain meds.
My second son, Malakai, was due June 15 but was born June 13 @ 11:05 am, weighing in at 8lbs 9oz 21" long! Arrived at hospital already 8 cm, two hours later he was born-my doctor said he could have came an hour earlier but since I didn't register ahead of time I needed to sign papers, and the nurses had to take my medical history. But all in all I was completely shocked by how quick and easy this labor was compared to my first! Also no pain meds. (:0 -
My second son, Malakai, was due June 15 but was born June 13 @ 11:05 am ....
Awesome! My son was also due on June 15 and came two days early on June 13. He was born at 7:31pm.0 -
Hello, I am a mother to 4 children 13 years, 12 years, 2 years and 5 months old. We live in London UK0
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8 kids, wow! Fun! I really wanted a lot of kids. I am one of 17 in my family (#7 actually, so in the middle) and I loved having so many brothers and sisters. When I was younger I thought I wanted 8. Then, I had my daughter and was like 'nope, I am done' lol (bad pregnancy and birth experience.) 8 years later, I just had my son and am now thinking again I might be done, I don't know though.
There are so many wonderful experiences to be had and things to love about a large family. I am so glad you are enjoying your life and are happy in it. I am happy for you
Thank you! Wow, 17 is pretty epic. My kids love their big family, too. 0 -
Awesome! My son was also due on June 15 and came two days early on June 13. He was born at 7:31pm.
Wow! What are the odds of that!0
