tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69272306698668488742024-03-06T01:43:33.251-05:00Baum Squad: The Baum Family BlogWelcome to the Baum Family Blog! I am Sarah, working mama of the two most precious babes there ever were (three if you count our dog child, Layla!) and wannabe big time blogger. I love my babies (Lillian "Lilly" Grace and Craft Robinson) - and of course my husband, Prince Danny; shopping, wine, celebrity gossip, trashy TV, young adult literature and a good mani/pedi. Thanks for stopping by!Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.comBlogger470125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-34671545353706351502017-04-27T14:11:00.000-04:002017-04-27T14:16:01.782-04:00Fruffles<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Welp...I still have a blog (thanks to my technologically savvy brother-in-law who helped me fix it a couple of weeks ago). Who knew?! Perhaps since the blog has been saved, I should take this opportunity to ask <a href="http://quinnyi.com/">Quinn</a> how to update my photo to include our third child...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ANYWAY. I digress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As we are nearing the end of Lillian's preschool career, I have been in a sort of funk about my babies getting bigger. Time passes so quickly and I find myself in a constant struggle of how to make it slow down and make my babies remain babies for just a little while longer. I also find myself constantly thinking about how sad I'm going to be when they don't need me anymore. Dan says that they'll always need me, but the ways in which they need me will be constantly evolving. I don't like it one bit, I tell you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was telling someone just this morning how I am so torn, because I love seeing each of my children get bigger and develop their own little personalities...but I also don't know where the time has gone and can't believe that they aren't still babies. If someone could give me more hours in a day to get everything done while we're at it, that would be lovely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We had Lillian's end-of-year teacher conference at school today, and, embarrassingly, I teared up. And not even just once...multiple times. I am telling y'all, I am going to be a <i>hot.mess.</i> on the first day of kindergarten. L is ready - sometimes I think she was born ready. She loves school and learning and is so excited for this next journey. Her mama is decidedly <i>not ready</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm not really sure why I popped in today to ramble on about nothing other than I miss blogging - I especially miss having something to look back on to remember what was happening in our lives at any given time. I am constantly noticing things about my children and filing them away and praying I remember them when they are older and I need some piece of their childhood to cling to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So today, I'll leave you with "fruffles," which is what Lilly calls ruffles. Example: "Mommy, I love this new nightgown that you bought me SO MUCH, it is my most favorite nightgown in the whole world. Aren't the fruffles so beautiful?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-1089045157098613552016-09-11T22:47:00.002-04:002016-09-11T22:47:32.493-04:00Dear Ward<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear Ward:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You are one year old today. <i>One year old.</i> I can hardly believe it. I don't know where the last 12 months have gone, and I am having a hard time articulating how I am feeling on your very first birthday. I've spent most of the day trying not to watch your <a href="https://vimeo.com/139047604">birth story</a> on repeat and cry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When you're old enough to read this, I suppose you'll be old enough to know that you were quite a big surprise for Mommy and Daddy. A big (literally, at 8 lbs 9 oz...but big brother Craft still has you beat!), squishy, handsome, <i>wonderful</i> surprise. Your first year of life has been nothing short of chaotic. I can't count the number of times during your first months that I brought you inside from running errands and didn't remember to take you out of your car seat for at least an hour. You never seemed to mind, though - you'd laugh at your big brother and big sister, or play with your toes, or sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Speaking of your big brother and big sister, they <i>adore </i>you. I worried a lot when you were still in my belly that Lilly and Craft might resent you or be jealous of you, but from the moment you entered the world it was like you'd been here all along. That's not to say that there haven't been jealous moments, but they love you so much, and it's such a joy to watch the three of you together. Lilly and Craft both love to help take care of you - they want to help feed you, and change you, and play with you, and lately they've both started picking you up underneath your arms and carrying you around, or dragging you away from whatever it is they're playing with that you're trying to destroy. I have a feeling that the three of you are going to get in lots of trouble together - especially you and your big brother. Even Layla tolerates you poking her and pulling her hair, which is a testament to both your persistence as well as your sweet demeanor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You are such a happy baby. People who don't spend as much time with you as we do often say that you are serious, but I think you're just observant. You like to study your surroundings and take it all in. People you aren't as familiar with have to work harder to make you laugh, but once you warm up and flash that little dimple you are much more giving with your smiles. I have a feeling that sweet dimple will get you anything you want, always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You are the definition of a snuggle bug, when I can get you to sit still (and these days sitting still is rare!). When you were smaller, you used to curl your little body into mine and nuzzle my neck. Even now, when you are tired, or you're not feeling well, or just want some mama time, you will tuck your little head under my chin and snuggle up and I am positive that there is no better feeling in the world. You rarely let me rock you to sleep anymore, but you have obliged for the past couple of days, and I have taken full advantage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've spent the last year of my life trying to embrace the chaos. I am constantly wishing that there were more hours in a day, or worrying that one of you isn't getting enough attention, or feeling guilty that I haven't written many blog posts about you, and the list goes on and on. It's not easy, this stage of life, but I am so, so glad that you are part of our crazy chaos. You have taught me so much about myself over the past year: that life isn't always easy, but that I am strong and I can do anything I put my mind to. You have taught me to ask for, and graciously accept, help from my village (and thank God for our village!). You have taught me to love and appreciate your Daddy even more than I did before, because he does so much for all of us. You have taught me to slow down and to try to be present in the moment. You have taught me to let go and let loose sometimes, and to try not to worry so much. But most of all, you have taught me, just as your brother and sister before you, what it feels like to love absolutely unconditionally with my whole entire heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, to my sweet baby boy, on the very last "first birthday" I'll get to celebrate: I could not possibly love you any more. I am not sure how any year could top this past one, but I can't wait to watch you grow (although if you would slow down a little bit, my heart would greatly appreciate it). I am so, so proud to be yours and Lilly's and Craft's mama - it has been both the most challenging and the most rewarding accomplishment to date. I know your Daddy would agree that you are the best surprise we've ever gotten.</span><br />
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<br />Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-17834750760876038002015-11-04T17:21:00.000-05:002015-11-04T17:21:17.428-05:00Ward: One Month Old<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, technically my (not-so) little peanut is almost 1 month + 3 weeks old at this point (how has it already been a month + 3 weeks?!). I've been working on this post for almost a month now and can't eve seem to get very far before one of my three angels needs something from me. Never fails. :-) Anyway, here we go, before it's time to write a 2-month post...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sleep:</span> Sleeping patterns have really varied (as they do with any newborn), but for the past week or so Ward has been giving us some pretty good stretches between feedings and getting up once overnight. For the past week anyway, he'll usually go down sometime between 10-12, wake up some time between 2-4 to eat, and then go back down until sometime between 7-9. He did give me one 7-hour stretch earlier in the week, which I have been hesitant to speak of for fear of jinxing but it was much needed and I'm thankful. He sleeps a good amount during the day as well and is really only ever up for an hour or an hour and a half at a time. At night, Ward sleeps in his crib, swaddled. During the day he usually sleeps wherever he is at the moment, whether it be car seat, play mat, pillow, my chest, etc. but I try to get him in his bed at least once during the day. He seems to really enjoy sleeping on his stomach as well, so I'll be interested to see if he becomes a stomach sleeper like my older two were for a while!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As an aside, I was thinking today that it's hard to believe that there were only 7 months between nursing Craft and Ward! It seems like forever ago that I was nursing Craft, when in reality he stopped around his first birthday in February because my supply suddnely dropped significantly (Also hilarious that I thought the supply decrease was due to C eating more solids and stress at work, but it turns out I was pregnant, which literally never once crossed my mind. Whoops!). Craft seems like such a big boy in so many ways these days that it's hard to remember that it wasn't too long ago that he was a baby. Time slow down, for all of my babies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Firsts This Month:</span> I can't really think of anything to put here, other than things like first visit to the hospital (for <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2015/10/ward-first-week.html">the bilirubin incident</a>), first "well visit" to the doctor, first outings with mama (to and from school with the big kids, to the mall and grocery store, etc.), and first time meeting family and friends, etc. Oh! Ward also voted for the first time this month and went to a Bluegrass Festival (see below)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Likes:</span> Eating (he likes this a LOT!). Sleeping. Cuddles (y'all know I LOVE this.). Ceiling fans. Being outside. Baths. Walks. Shopping/errand running/hanging out with his mama. Swinging. The bouncer (only when it's vibrating!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">What I'm Thankful For: </span> Our village. Whoever came up with the concept of "it takes a village" was maybe the smartest person ever. We have had to rely on ours a lot with three littles ages 3 and under, and I have never been more thankful to have such wonderful friends and family! My in-laws and my parents both have dropped what they were doing several times in the past month to come help out and I cannot appropriately put my gratitude into words. So many friends have brought meals and come over for baby snuggles, and we are so appreciative! I am also <i>so</i> thankful for my sweet husband. It certainly is not rainbows and daisies all the time, but he has once again stepped up and taken on lots of extra responsibilities, especially around the house and with the older two, so that I can tend to the baby when needed. I know for a fact that I don't tell him nearly often enough how much I appreciate him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">What I'm Looking Forward To:</span> The Holidays! The October - December time frame is, I think, my favorite time of year. I know that Ward obviously won't "get it" this year, but I'm excited for him to experience it anyway and looking forward to enjoying Lilly's and Crafts' excitement, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy one month birthday, sweet boy. You have completed our family in a way I never thought was possible, and I'm so glad I get to be your mama. I love you to the moon and back!</span><br />
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Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-83181634913224816402015-10-08T17:52:00.002-04:002015-10-08T18:00:03.803-04:00Ward: The First Week<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I have blinked and my littlest man is almost one month old. How is that even possible?! I say it with every child, but I honestly cannot fathom how almost a month has already passed. Time, please slow down! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The week that we brought our sweet baby boy home from the hospital was an eventful one, to say the least. We were discharged from Rex on Sunday afternoon, and I was so, so happy to be home and be with all of my babies under the same roof! While I used my hospital stay to stock up on rest, I really missed my older two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ward had a doctor appointment first thing Tuesday morning, and it came at a perfect time because I wanted to talk about his coloring - he looked a little yellow to me, and although I am no medical expert, I was concerned. Lilly was a little jaundiced right after she was born - enough that they re-checked her bilirubin levels before they would discharge us, but she ended up being absolutely fine - and Craft never had any issues. Ward looked a little yellow in the hospital, but they re-checked his levels and determined that he was fine and we were good to go home. By Monday, however, when we'd been home for a day, the yellow coloring looked worse to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I discussed it with the pediatrician, she did not seem concerned at all. She checked his records from the hospital and agreed that his levels had been fine when he was discharged. He was eating really well and looked great. She said that a little yellowing is normal in babies, especially those with olive coloring like Ward's, and she didn't think there was cause for concern. I need to state for the record here that I trust our doctors implicitly. I have not seen a single doctor at our practice that I dislike; they are all wonderful. With that said, though, something about this just didn't feel right. I explained to the doctor that the reason I was concerned about Ward's coloring was two-fold: First, when we came home from the hospital it was just his face that looked yellow in color, but over the course of the next day and a half it spread all the way down his body into his legs and feet. Second, and this one turned out to be the kicker - Ward was a meconium MACHINE when we were in the hospital. From midnight to 12pm on the day we were discharged, homeboy had 6 or 6 meconium poops. After we were discharged and got home, he had plenty of wet diapers, but no more poops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SO, taking all of that into consideration, the pediatrician decided that we should check his levels just to be safe and make everyone feel better. She got out this hard-to-understand chart and explained that a normal bilirubin level for a baby of Ward's size and age was 12ish. She said that she expected to hear that his levels were 13 or maybe 14, because other than the coloring he truly was perfect, and that if anything we MAY consider getting a blanket shipped to our house for some at-home therapy, but she didn't anticipate anything worse than that. Off we went to Rex for my poor buddy to have some blood drawn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fast forward a couple of hours. Dan called me and said he had Dr. B on the line. Yet again at a very important time, my phone had chosen not to ring. Ugh! Anyway, Dan conferenced me in and Dr. B very calmly said, "Okay I don't want you guys to panic, but I need you to pack a bag and get to the hospital as soon as you possibly can." Talk about conflicting (and panic-inducing) statements. Apparently, Ward's biliruben levels were much higher than anyone anticipated - almost 20! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am so, so thankful that I trusted my instincts on this matter. I know that with Lilly and even with Craft I would not have been confident enough to question not re-checking levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had done some googling while I was waiting to hear from the doctor and so I knew that jaundice and baby's bilirubin levels can affect liver function. What I did not read and was told later is that if the bilirubin gets to a certain level (I think they told me 21 or 22 and up, maybe?), they start to worry about other effects like brain function. Thank the Lord I didn't know that at the time of our conversation with the pediatrician, or I might have had a breakdown. He told us that we should anticipate to have to stay 2-3 nights. I flew upstairs and <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2015/10/wards-birth-story.html">for the second time in two weeks I packed a bag</a> that I to this day have NO IDEA what was inside. I was thankful when I arrived at the hospital to discover that I'd thought to put my yoga pants and a pair of slippers in there, and that I'd remembered my nursing pillow and an iPad. Little buddy was admitted to WakeMed around 48 hours after we were discharged from Rex for some baby suntan therapy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To make a long story short, Ward rocked it and we only ended up having to stay one night. Thank the LORD, because it was torture on both of us! He didn't seem to mind being under the lights for the first little bit, but after a couple of hours the poor guy had had enough. I think he was hot and sweaty and just generally uncomfortable with all of the machines. They were having me nurse him every 1.5-2 hours to try to get him pooping again in order to help get the extra bilirubin out of his system, and about the time I'd get him settled down and back on the machine the nurses would be back in to poke at him and take his temperature or stick his foot to draw blood. It was pitiful, and we both got far less sleep in the hospital than we were getting at home - which made me extra thankful that our stay was short-lived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to give my mother-in-law a shout-out here, because she was so helpful during this whole process. She made plans to stay with us the first week that we were back at home, which ended up being a huge blessing because she was able to be with our older two when we had to rush back to the hospital. Lillian and Craft (Craft especially) were VERY confused when they woke up from their naps and I was gone again after just getting back home, and that was eating at me just as much as my worry about Ward, so it was nice that Susan was able to be here with us and help. Dan stayed with Ward and I at the hospital for a little while, but at the end of the day there was really nothing he could do to help since I'm the milk machine, and it was much more important to us to try to keep things as normal as possible at home, so he came home to be with the older two while Ward and I were at the baby tanning spa. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was ecstatic when we were finally able to return home and I once again had all of my babies under one roof, hopefully for good this time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We went back to the doctor on Thursday morning, and they confirmed that Ward was indeed a rockstar. His bilirubin levels had rebounded a little, but they assured me that this is totally normal. The doctors said that it would take several weeks for it to get out of his system entirely, so not to be alarmed if he still looked a little yellow. To further make us feel better, the doctor made us a chart of his levels from his birth through day #5 to demonstrate his huge improvement from our one-night hospital stay:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9/15/15 @ 6:33pm 18.8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9/16/15 @ 12:10 am 17.8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9/16/15 @ 6:38 am 13.8 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Apparently the bilirubin rebound is safe if it is rising <0.2mg/dL/hour, and in the previous 27 hours Ward's was 0.8 mg up total or 0.03mg/dL/hour, which meant he was in the clear. Hallelujah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SO, that was our eventful first week at home (and the hospital). Luckily, we haven't had anything else quite that exciting happen since our (second) hospital visit. We're so glad that little man is okay, and have spent the weeks since our hospital stay(s) adjusting to our new "normal," which happens to be total chaos all.the.time! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-47893184018458089662015-10-06T21:37:00.003-04:002015-10-06T21:37:53.896-04:00Ward's Birth Story<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two posts within a weeks after 8 months off?! I'm on a roll, people. Maybe I'll make good on my "two posts this year" quota/promise to Ward, after all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried to keep notes on my phone throughout the day during Ward's "Labor Day(s)," but I fell off the wagon somewhere about halfway through and this all happened a little over three weeks ago now (?!?!?!), so I'll do my best here. <i>Side note: if you want to skip all of the reading of the longest post in history (maybe), there's a slideshow at the bottom that sums up the day perfectly thanks to my bestie. :-)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As with my two previous pregnancies, I experienced some pregnancy-related hypertension with Ward that came on around week 32. It wasn't as bad as it was with Lilly, but it was worse than with Craft. I am very fortunate (and thankful!) that my doctors did everything in their power to keep me off of bed rest - I think my exact words to them were, "I honestly don't have time for that." Ha! Luckily, we were able to get by with 2-3 doctor visits each week (one ultrasound, and usually some combination of weight/urine check, bloodwork and NST at each of the others). The decision was made at 36 weeks that unless something happened in the interim, we would induce at 37 weeks (Thursday, September 10).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I should make it known here that we did have a false alarm around the 36-week mark that really got my tail in gear, because even though I felt like an induction was probably in my future, I was NOT prepared for W to arrive yet (cutting it close, I know). <i>Warning: I'm about to divulge some semi-graphic detail, so skip to the next paragraph now if you're my Dad or have a week stomach.</i> We took the kids to the pool in the evening and were drying off/eating dinner when I felt some sort of liquid pooling <i>down there.</i> I stood up and there was a small gush, then sat back down and it was a trickle again. I repeated that action with the same result three or four times and then said to Dan, "Um, do you think I would know if my water was breaking?" To which he replied, "How the h*ll am I supposed to know the answer to that?!" I had been having contractions (some Braxton Hicks but a lot of real contractions as well) for a few weeks at this point, and right around this time I was having some pretty intense contractions pretty consistently. Dan and I decided that I should call the doctor just to check. So I called, and when he called me back I said, "So I know this is going to sound totally idiotic seeing as how this is my third pregnancy, but I am not sure if my water is breaking? I have been induced both previous times and I have a doctor appointment first thing in the morning so really I just want to know if there is anything I should be looking out for in the mean time." I explained everything to him and he said, let's go ahead and get you into Labor & Delivery to check things out. I cannot even tell you how much of a panic I was in at this point. I packed a quick bag "just in case" and to this day have literally no idea what was in it. I spent the entire ride to the hospital in hysterics after kissing my babies goodnight (Carney was a saint and came back to help with them while we went to the hospital). The conversation went something like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Dan:</span></b> Why are you so upset?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Me (wailing):</span></b> I'm not readyyyyyyyyyy! And neither are Lilly and Craft! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Dan:</span></b> The kids are great, they will be fine. How could you possibly not be ready? You have boobs and the hospital will have diapers, everything is going to be fine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Me:</span></b> I didn't get to dry my hair! Or put on makeup! And I have a hair appointment tomorrow after my doctor appointment. And a mani/pedi on Sunday with my girlfriends. And a brow wax on Tuesday. I'LL NEVER GET TO DO THOSE THINGS AGAIN (wailing)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Long story short, my water had not broken (and no, I did not pee myself, as my lovely sister suggested!). They determined that it could potentially have been a slow leak but that baby moved and his head blocked any more from coming out, better safe than sorry, and then they sent me home with instructions to go to my appointment the next morning as usual. My doctor told me not to feel like an idiot and said she would have told me to come in as well, again better safe than sorry, and to get my hiney in gear for the real deal a week later. Point taken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fast forward a week to Thursday, September 10: Labor Day! Or so I thought. For my two previous inductions, I was told that the hospital would call on the scheduled date with instructions, and this time was no different; however, with the prior two the hospital called between 5:00 and 6:00 am and asked that I be there by 6:30 or 7:00 am. We were super prepared this time around - we had taken the kids out to a "last supper" at IHOP the night before, I packed a bag and actually knew what was in it, childcare had been arranged, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As with previous inductions, I did not sleep a wink the night before because I was so excited/nervous/anxious/you name it. My bags were packed and all I had to do was jump in the shower quickly so that we could be off. Since I wasn't sleeping anyway, I got up around 6:30 and did a few things around the house and turned on my computer to knock out some last-minute outstanding work items. My parents had come in late Wednesday night in anticipation of an early call, so we were all playing with the kids and getting them ready for the day. When Carney showed up at her usual arrival time of 8:30 and my phone still hadn't rang, I decided to hop in the shower so that I could be ready to go whenever. I left my phone with Dan downstairs with instructions to answer if it rang. I was out of the shower and ready to go in less than 30 minutes, but still no phone call. Carney left with the kids to take Lilly to school around 9:15, and I sat down to continue working, when my phone vibrated and I noticed I had a random message from 8:15. Of course it was the hospital and my phone never even rang. They left a message asking me to call back, which I did, only for them to tell me that there were no beds currently but they hoped to get me in within the next couple of hours. At this point I was just excited to talk to someone, but I also felt like time was working against me. My doctor's office shares several on-call days per week with another practice, so I only had until lunch time on Friday, September 11th to get this baby out if I wanted one of my doctors to deliver me (which I desperately did). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A "couple of hours" turned into literally an entire day of waiting. When I hadn't heard from the hospital after lunch, I called back for a status update and they told me that there were still no beds but they were hoping to get me in soon. They called again several hours later with the same update, so I asked at what point they would tell me "it's not going to be today" because my nerves couldn't take much more. The nurse told me that it was really up to the doctor and that they'd continue to try to get me in when they could. I called my doctor's office around 4 pm and talked to the nurse and asked her the same question. She spoke with the doctor on call, who said that he was still planning to get me in whenever he could, even if it was the middle of the night, and it was really up to the hospital.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The benefit to all of the waiting was that I was able to get in an almost full day of work and finish up some things that I hadn't gotten to the day before (in addition to finishing up laundry, packing kids lunches for the following school day, etc.). The down side to waiting around literally ALL DAY was that it made me even more anxious and crabby. By 5:00 pm my in-laws had arrived as well and Dan and I were OVER it, so we decided to let all four grandparents play with the kids and go out to dinner just the two of us (at 5:30 pm with all of the old folks, ha!). I just knew as soon as we sat down and ordered food that I'd get a call from the hospital. Turns out I was right, except the call was just to tell me that there still weren't any beds, they were hoping one would open up shortly, and my doctor instructed them to still try to get me in (which I already knew). We finished up dinner and headed back home, put the kids down and waited some more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By 9pm I had had enough and was exhausted from all of the waiting and nerves. I called the hospital one last time, apologized for calling so much that day and said, "I just want to know if it's looking like it will be tomorrow and if I should go to bed, because I'm exhausted." To which the nurse replied, "Hey! I was just about to call you, why don't you go ahead and come on in." Seriously? I honestly thought by 9 at night they would tell me to wait until the next day. It had been such a long day of waiting already, and I was exhausted, and the thought of starting pitocin overnight was even more exhausting. Also, though, as annoying as the whole ordeal had been up to this point, I was thankful, too. I got to spend some extra time with my husband, and I got to put my babies to bed on their last night as a 2-sibling family. We grabbed our bags, I put a call into Steph to hit the road and head to Raleigh, and by 10pm we were checked in and I was having blood drawn and getting fluids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next couple of hours were pretty uneventful. We answered a lot of questions, got settled in our room and waited on the doctor. Steph arrived around midnight and the doctor wasn't too far behind her. I was not even 1 cm dilated and was only around 50% effaced, which the doctor explained meant that pitocin would do me no good. We instead started with a <a href="http://www.med.unc.edu/nursing/programs/women/womens.ed/english/Induction%20of%20Labor.pdf">foley bulb</a> to "ripen the cervix." I remember getting one of these with L - essentially they help you dilate to somewhere between 3-4 cm and then with the help of the pitocin things really get moving. The doctor decided to let things get moving, so the foley bulb was inserted around 1:00 am with a plan to start pitocin around 4am. They gave me an ambien so I could rest for a couple of hours and Stephanie went to a friend's house to get a few hours of sleep with a plan to return around 5:30am. I have never taken a sleeping aid before but was so thankful for that ambien-induced two hours of sleep because I was still exhausted from the lack of sleep the night before. Around 4am things started picking up a little and my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart on my own (no pitocin yet). At 5am the nurse came in and re-attached my monitors (which they had detached so that I could try to sleep), and at 5:30 they started my pitocin. Pitocin was started at a level 1 and increased every 20 minutes. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not too long after I started the pit, my contractions were consistently 1 minute apart but not too awful yet. By 7 am the contractions had spread to 3 minutes apart but were much stronger, and at my 8:45 am check I was around 4cm dilated and 60% effaced. Progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everyone told me that your body is primed with each labor, and that with two previous labors and a <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/02/crafts-birth-story.html">SUPER quick 9-lb-5-oz labor</a> under my belt, this one would fly. Everyone lied, because pretty much from that 8:45 am check until early afternoon nothing happened other than very frequent and very painful contractions. I held out on the epidural for a little while, I think until around 10am (unfortunately my notes stopped at 8:45 am HA so that is my best guess)? I just remember that my wonderful nurse Tiffany (whom I absolutely ADORED, and y'all know that is a compliment if you remember Nurse Rachel from my two previous labors!) asked if I wanted it and I said I thought I was okay, and then after some thought decided to go ahead and get it and by the time the anesthesiologist arrived I was in tears in the fetal position and thanking God she'd gone ahead and ordered it for me. Around the time I got the epidural, we all were thinking things would start to fly because I seemed to be moving along pretty well, which made me happy because I didn't have long if I wanted my doctor to deliver. Wrong again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My doctor came to check on me one last time before she was done for the day, sometime around lunch time or maybe a little after. After her check revealed that little progress had been made, she said, "you know, he seems to be in kind of a weird position, let's lay you on your side for a while and see what happens." They brought in this hilarious looking thing called a <a href="http://premierbirthtools.com/">peanut</a> and had me turn and lay on my left side with this thing propped between my legs for 45ish minutes and then I flipped to the right. I have no sense of time at this point, but I do know that once I flipped to my right side things really started moving and before I knew it, it was "go time."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I will try to spare you the super gory details, but the doctor was called and there was pushing and it was SO HOT and I needed a fan, and then after about an hour of pushing, sweet Ward (finally!) made his debut. He was so warm and snug and cozy in the womb that even when I started pushing the doctor remarked that he was still pretty far up and I had a lot of work to do (By comparison, I pushed for 45 minutes with Lilly and about 30 with Craft. I am not complaining about an hour because that isn't a bad labor at all, but it seriously felt like 10 years!). I didn't know the doctor (she was from the other practice) and the epidural was no longer in full effect by the time it became time to push, but when it was all said and done I had the sweetest baby boy to show for it which of course made all of the waiting so worth it. I am so, so thankful to the wonderful care that Nurse Tiffany provided to all of us - she was seriously fantastic and I will never be able to express what a comfort she was to me and how much I valued her excellent care during my delivery. I also can't finish this post without bragging a little on how amazing my husband is in a delivery room. He's a great cheerleader - encouraging without being annoying - and acts a fool all the time so he keeps things light and entertaining. He is just generally a very calming presence for me. I couldn't imagine doing this thing called life with anyone else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Did I forget to mention that my BFF was with me to document the whole thing? Steph had never photographed a birth, and although I enjoyed being with just Dan in the delivery room for my first two, my biggest regret was not having any good photos of us with each of our first two babies immediately after they were born. I figured that Ward may not get a lot of things that are "just his," so this seemed like a win for everyone. I cannot even begin to express what a wonderful decision that turned out to be. Not only was Steph wonderful to have in the delivery room because she is my BFF and made me feel a lot calmer (I mean really we took BFF to a whole new level with this birth, ha!), but she captured the most incredible memories of for us. She put together the below slideshow and I have watched it countless times and have yet to get through it without crying. I will truly cherish these memories forever and can never begin to express my gratitude to her for being with me during this special time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/139047604">Ward's Birth Story</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user31741009">Stephanie Aldridge</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Longest post ever? Probably. I probably could have just written, "We waited. And waited. And waited some more. And then there was pitocin and an epidural and laying on my side and then there was 8 lbs 9 oz of Ward." But that wouldn't have been nearly as fun. :-)</span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-19455771349962861112015-09-24T21:24:00.002-04:002015-09-24T21:24:53.520-04:00BB3.0 What?!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe the last time I blogged was February 5! A lot has happened in the past 8ish months. For one thing, right before Craft's first birthday we discovered that we were expecting a third little bundle of joy (Surprise! For all involved! Seriously.). Sorry, Baby Boy, that I did not announce your pregnancy on the blog, but it honestly took me almost the entire 9 months of pregnancy to wrap my head around the fact that you were going to be joining our family (but boy are we glad you did, I promise!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We found out in May that BB3.0 was a BOY! Big sister Lillian really wanted a baby sister, but quickly got used to the idea that she was going to have a brother. She dubbed him "Hootie," (pronounced Hoo-Tay). Sorry in advance, buddy, if that one sticks...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As with my two previous pregnancies, I had some pregnancy-induced hypertension that snuck up on us around the 32-week mark (see above for a pic of the first of what felt like a million NSTs to check in on baby). I was very lucky in that I was able to avoid bed rest, but I pretty much lived at the doctor's office with twice (sometimes three times!)-a-week visits, ultrasounds, NSTs, etc. Baby boy was measuring ahead, per the usual, and so the decision was made to induce at 37 weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">More on his birth story later (hopefully), but after a long couple of days filled with a LOT of (im)patient waiting, we welcomed Edward David Baum ("Ward") to our sweet family on Friday, September 11, 2015. Ward was born at 3:52 pm, weighing 8 lbs 9 oz and measuring 21.25 inches long. Big Sister Lilly and Big Brother Craft were (and continue to be) so sweet and so proud, and we are all so in love.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sweet Ward</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Big sister Lillian loving on her new Baby Brother</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Big Brother Craft and "My Baby," as he calls Ward</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Welcome to the world, my sweet boy. Life as we know it is going to be a wild, crazy ride, but I promise you that it will be so much fun and filled with so much love. I also promise to try to blog at least twice this year so you don't feel TOO left out on the Baum Squad blog. :-) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ward, I am so, SO blessed that I was chosen to be your mama.</span></div>
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Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-83661380239550434182015-02-05T23:13:00.001-05:002015-02-05T23:13:15.044-05:00Happy First Birthday, Craft!I can't believe a year has come and gone so quickly, little man. Just yesterday I was bringing you home from the hospital! Happiest of days to my sweet, smart, funny, mischievous little ham. Mama, daddy and big sister love you more than you'll ever know!<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmvxUEnl3ovjjfFW19SW3QXYoSecyANd8V7XJDm4F93tXqZ2NOQ3K7ECfWKAgsALLCEeEKd1cF3NQfQDIjC-TdlkPTkEE0eoZVrEDaBAA_L7KRRqBqasU3dfDyfHOiZIJFx1oVYFI1gww/s640/blogger-image-1276632670.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmvxUEnl3ovjjfFW19SW3QXYoSecyANd8V7XJDm4F93tXqZ2NOQ3K7ECfWKAgsALLCEeEKd1cF3NQfQDIjC-TdlkPTkEE0eoZVrEDaBAA_L7KRRqBqasU3dfDyfHOiZIJFx1oVYFI1gww/s640/blogger-image-1276632670.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MgqiOtmFMN58GV0ypQBOstMhPSKJzXZJBgGZAwvu9xctodju4bo1Tcs70pZyRWbgpbjPZMxr_0LdV4fctFf2N6QMtUU4qje7JnGCLU2W4ZbmQP8MiyvVTXmJs3zivBs7yIbqwTlpDxr8/s640/blogger-image--1867958567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MgqiOtmFMN58GV0ypQBOstMhPSKJzXZJBgGZAwvu9xctodju4bo1Tcs70pZyRWbgpbjPZMxr_0LdV4fctFf2N6QMtUU4qje7JnGCLU2W4ZbmQP8MiyvVTXmJs3zivBs7yIbqwTlpDxr8/s640/blogger-image--1867958567.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNftxr9wa-t6NdMIO3CQB6DTsgQUm4wLNrDn1GzE8htHgJBgfJ9ChwSyLNnkFLQqezKVkHOgt2hQcTdMEMbm20bgEw2hRzRopllVXdU5GLKlZVqyEC9deGhQWVK3V70YvoQZwgjDSrPGD/s640/blogger-image-320898425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNftxr9wa-t6NdMIO3CQB6DTsgQUm4wLNrDn1GzE8htHgJBgfJ9ChwSyLNnkFLQqezKVkHOgt2hQcTdMEMbm20bgEw2hRzRopllVXdU5GLKlZVqyEC9deGhQWVK3V70YvoQZwgjDSrPGD/s640/blogger-image-320898425.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RYNCcI9TRahhitbTv3EE_ALkcS7OZ_-GkHeRyYk7FJ16-PXeNCqj-2iDI_OEZoPGxjfFU-HhrS6EXqfAcJhyphenhyphenHq4V045NcRGa_D590ZgCG2og4V05IVKEmeWPzaq8csVe8xTOgpZfccXc/s640/blogger-image--2103131623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RYNCcI9TRahhitbTv3EE_ALkcS7OZ_-GkHeRyYk7FJ16-PXeNCqj-2iDI_OEZoPGxjfFU-HhrS6EXqfAcJhyphenhyphenHq4V045NcRGa_D590ZgCG2og4V05IVKEmeWPzaq8csVe8xTOgpZfccXc/s640/blogger-image--2103131623.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-82916122270184857182015-02-02T22:41:00.001-05:002015-02-02T22:41:46.767-05:00Craft: 9, 10 and 11 Months Old<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm fairly certain that I won't be winning any "blogger of the year" awards any time soon, ha! I cannot believe that I haven't posted since October 29. Honestly, I am not sure where the time is going these days. My baby girl turned 3 last Saturday and my baby boy will be 1 this week, and I am feeling pretty emotional about all of it. I can still remember both of their births in vivid detail, and it seems like it was just yesterday that I was bringing each of them home. GOSH I am feeling so sentimental. I know that I am so back-logged on this poor blog. When Craft was born, I knew I wouldn't have as much time to devote to it but I didn't realize that meant NO blogging! My goal was to try to get through a year of monthly updates, which I have clearly failed at, but I want he and his future spouse to have something to read one day, ha! I take solace in the fact that at least I've been keeping up with the monthly pictures (even if they are sometimes 2 weeks late, whoops). In terms of milestones and updates, the last three months are all running together and there is no possible way I could separate them at this point, but I figured that a blog post spanning three months was better than no blog post at all. Sit back and relax because it's gonna be a long one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Weight/Length:</span> When we went to see Dr. V for Craft's 9-month appointment, he weighed close to 28 pounds (I can't put my finger on the stat sheet at the moment, which is hilarious because if I had misplaced any of Lilly's I would have had a coronary...second child problems, yes?). I remember that he was still close to 90th percentile for weight and around 50th for height. He looks so long and much thinner to me, though, all of a sudden. Poor guy had his first real illness at Christmas - a double ear infection and pink eye in both eyes, ugh! - and when Dan took him to the doctor then he weighed about 24 pounds. I guess the sickness/loss of appetite in conjunction with mobility caused the drop, but they didn't seem concerned. I feel sure he's gained it back by now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Sleep:</span> Not much change here, thankfully. Craft goes to bed sometime between 8:00-8:30 pm and sleeps until sometime between 7:00-8:00am. His wake up time is pretty inconsistent (in fact he's been sleeping until 9am some recently, keep it up son!), but it's rarely earlier than 7 (and when it's that early it's normally the result of a poop). He still naps twice a day - around 10:00-10:30 for about an hour and around 2:00-2:30 for somewhere between 2-3 hours. Again, afternoon nap length is unpredictable, but usually at least 2 hours. I noticed when looking back at Lilly's <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/10/9-months-old.html">9-</a>, <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/11/10-months-old-part-deux.html">10-</a>, and <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/12/11-months-old.html">11-month</a> updates that she was still taking two 2-or-2.5-hour naps at this point. I always wake Craft up from his morning nap after an hour so that he'll sleep a little longer in the afternoon. Mean mama, I know, but it is a lot easier on everyone if their naps occur at the same time! Again, #secondchildproblems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Feeding:</span> The big change to note here is that we're down to nursing one time a day (At my <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/">last update</a>, Craft was still nursing 4 times/day.). We dropped the bedtime feeding first, I think around 10 months, because he just didn't need it and wasn't really interested. I was pretty devastated about that, because that was my favorite feeding of the day and the one I held onto the longest with Lilly (I can't say enough how different these two are in so many ways!). Even at 10 months, C was already weaning himself and nursing less and less - never more than 2-3 minutes at a time. Around that same time (10 months, I believe) we dropped another feeding so that we were down to twice a day. In addition, I wasn't producing nearly as much pumping so the past several months depleted my freezer supply (never thought I'd see that day!). We dropped another feeding right at 11 months because I kicked off the new year with a three-day work trip and didn't have enough milk to leave 2 bottles/day while I was gone. Honestly dropping all of these feedings has not seemed to have any effect on Craft at all - as I mentioned before, he wasn't nursing a ton anyway and has been eating solids for so long that it didn't seem to bother him. I am still hanging on to that last feeding, which is first thing in the morning when he wakes up. I really can't tell whether he's even getting anything anymore, but I have such mixed emotions about being done that I'm clinging to it for now. If I had to guess, I'd say he'll probably be over it sooner rather than later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">With the decrease in nursing, Craft has been eating a lot of solids. He mostly eats whatever we eat, and gets frustrated if he sees someone eating something that he doesn't have on his plate (which is pretty much at every meal since his older sister's entire diet consists of approximately 3 foods that she will eat). I can tell that he's getting pickier, and he'll let me know if he doesn't love something but for now he's still at least trying whatever I put in front of him (for the most part). Please God let it continue. Craft eats breakfast usually around 8 or shortly after he wakes up, lunch at 12:00 or 12:30, he has an afternoon snack around 5:00 or 5:30 and we have dinner usually around 6:30 in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Fir</span><span style="color: cyan;">sts This Month: </span> There are SO many firsts that I haven't blogged about, so I know I'll forget some. Craft's first Holiday season - Thanksgiving and Christmas - was a blast. First sickness (see above), which was not so much a blast but he was a trooper. We took him to the doctor suspecting that he had pink eye, and the doctor said she couldn't believe that he was happy and smiling and babbling because he had a double ear infection and should have been feeling pretty miserable. Who knew?! First unassisted steps! More on that below. I know I'm missing so many "firsts," but that's the best I can do in my current state of exhaustion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm sure I should create an entirely separate "Holiday" post, but let's be honest, the odds of that happening at this point are zero so here are some of the highlights!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">C's first visit with Santa! Clearly Craft could care less. Lillian was less than amused.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Developments: </span> Craft is a walking machine, y'all. Not long after the 8-month post he perfected his crawl and then it was no time at all before he was cruising (around 9 months I believe). He would pull up and hold onto anything he could get his little hands on to walk around. Sometime around 10 months Craft started taking steps without holding onto anything, but really just 2-3 at a time. As we neared 10.5 months he was getting more confident and taking more steps at a time, and then right after Christmas (so right before 11 months) something clicked and he started walking all over the place. He has quickly perfected his balance and doesn't look quite as much like a baby drunk anymore now...and he is <i>fast</i>. "I can't turn my back for 5 seconds" is the understatement of the century here. He has also just in the past couple of weeks learned that he doesn't have to fall, that he can instead squat and then stand back up from that position. Those thunder thighs are STRONG! We are working on keeping him away from the stairs (we have one baby gate at the top but have left it off the bottom for now) and out of the dog bowl and toilets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">C's fine motor skills are coming along nicely as well. He loves to hold a spoon or fork and try to feed himself (we have to put the food on the utensils for him, obviously). He's very interested in shape sorters and puzzles, and can clap, high five and wave among other things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Craft loves to babble and explore his little vocal cords, and he has the sweetest little voice you have ever heard. Some words he says are: hi, hey, hello, mama, dada, Lilly, Layla, balloon, book, quack quack (kack kack), uh oh, baby. I'm sure I'm missing a few, but those are the ones he says most often. He also LOVES reading books and is very picky about what he wants you to read - lift-the-flap books are his current favorite. He loves being songs and dancing (and clapping!) as well. Some favorite songs are: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, Open Shut Them, any and every <a href="http://laurieberkner.com/">Laurie Berkner</a> song (lucky little stinker gets to see her at his first concert next month with big sister) and Baby Bumblebee, to name a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We have 8 teeth! He got two teeth which I blogged about a while ago, and then in like a two-week span before Christmas got 6 more at the same time. Baby vampire!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I can't remember whether I've said it on the blog before, but the best way I can describe this little man is that he's <i>all boy</i>. He has SO much personality and is a lot like his daddy in so many ways. He loves his mama and wants me to be in his sight at all times. The child also has NO FEAR. We are in for it, I'm sure. The biggest change that I can see in Craft as of late is that he all of a sudden does not look like a baby anymore. That change happened overnight, and I just hate it. Slow down, baby boy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Likes:</span> I thought that Lilly was a happy baby, but her baby brother is <i>ecstatic</i>. I swear he is one of the happiest babies I have ever encountered, so most things make him happy, but I'll play along: food. singing. dancing. clapping. waving. petting layla. pulling on layla's fur. drinking layla's water. playing with things that his sister doesn't want him to touch (which is pretty much everything). books. bath time. being outside (he will walk to the door and bang on the window and cry to go out!). walking. giggling. talking. LILLY - he loves her so much. daddy and mama. and carney, of course. babies. walks. other kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Di</span><span style="color: cyan;">slikes: </span> Diaper changes are the main thing I can think of here...lately, they are a huge challenge. Craft is generally unhappy also if he's hungry or overly tired. And if mama won't pick him up <i>right this second</i> when he wants to be held.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">What I'm Thankful For:</span> I have so much to be thankful for that I don't even know how to list. I'm thankful for my sweet little family of four, for a loving husband who works so hard for us, for two healthy babies. I'm thankful for great friends, a wonderful extended family, and a job that I (mostly) really enjoy (and that allows me the flexibility to be the mother that I want to be). I'm thankful for wonderful childcare in the form of our nanny and "school." The list goes on and on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">What I'm Looking Forward To:</span> It is kind of the truth but also kind of a lie that I'm looking forward to Craft's birthday. I'm excited to let him eat a cupcake for breakfast and make new memories, and I'm excited to be able to visit with friends and family to celebreat our little man. With that being said, I'm feeling emotional about the fact that he is almost one, and I also know myself and the stress that will ensue come party day. Oy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: cyan;">Next Pediatrician Appointment:</span> Monday, February 9 for Craft's 12-month well check. Perhaps the urge to blog will strike again and I'll update with some real stats?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I did take photos at 9, 10 and 11 months so I'll just post a few highlights below because there are a ton. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> 9 months old:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">10 months:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And finally, 11 months. In case you weren't aware, the theme these days is, "I won't sit still, ever!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Whew! I'm caught up (on Craft's months, at least) and it feels so good! Up next: Lilly's third birthday, then hopefully Craft's 12-month update sometime this year! :-) Although it has taken me over a week since I sat down and started writing to actually finish this post, so let's not hold our breath I guess. </span><br />
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<br />Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-74757435278704455382014-10-29T21:49:00.000-04:002014-10-29T21:49:21.973-04:00Craft: 8 (almost 9, oops) Months Old<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Me again! And twice in one week! A miracle, surely. I am so back-logged on the blog that I don't even know where to start, but I figure that since my littlest chicken is almost 9 months old, maybe I should blog about him being 8 months old. I would like to state for the record that I actually <em>did</em> manage to take his monthly photos at close to the 8-month mark (8 months + 11 days counts as close, right?!). Go me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">decided that for this post I'm going to skip the normal categories and just hit the highlights since I'll be back with an official report from Dr. V including weight and length next <strike>year</strike> week. Also because we are almost at 9 months and I can't keep track of what has happened when, ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">C has followed in big sister's footstpes and maintained his champion sleeping status. He goes to bed around 8 and sleeps until sometime between 7:30-8:00. He takes two naps - one around 10am which usually lasts 45 minutes or 1 hour, and one around 2pm which lasts anywere from 2-3 hours. I should also note that this child is (thankfully) SO flexible and will cat nap pretty much anywhere, which big sister Lilly would never do. I am not saying he is taking a 3-hour nap in the Ergo, but he'll conk out just about anywhere for 30 minutes just to get a little re-charge nap in and then he's good to go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I glanced back at <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/09/8-months-old.html">Lilly's 8-month update</a> and chuckled at what she was eating: nursing and homemade baby food cubes. Craft honestly eats more than any child I have ever seen (and rivals some adults at most meals as well). I'll post an "eating day in the life" at some point for your entertainment, but as an example, last night for dinner he ate chopped up roasted turkey (I am not sure how much but it was a lot), roasted butternut squash and about 1/2-cup (although it could have been more [or less but probably not] since I'm terrible at guessing amounts) of raspberries and blueberries. And a graham cracker for dessert. C has been feeding himself for as long as I can remember, and prefers that to being fed. He is right on track with where his big sister was in terms of nursing at this point as well: he nurses by far the most when he wakes up, then again 30 minutes - 1 hour before lunch and the same amount of time before dinner and then really briefly before bed. He is super efficient and rarely nurses longer than five minutes, even first thing in the morning. We pretty much totally gave up on rice cereal/oatmeal after his last doctor appointment and have been using an iron supplement, and Craft has been a champion with water out of the sippy cup for several months now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">MOBILE is the word of the day for this kid - he does not sit still. He can be sitting in my lap, laying in his bed, sitting in the high chair, you name it but those little legs are always kick-kick-kickin'. Craft is still doing the army crawl/roll around combination but man is he fast! He has been attempting a "real" crawl but more often than not ends up in the downward dog position trying to stand up. More on that in the next post. He pulls up on everything, all the time, and loves to "stand" and "walk" (assisted, of course). Craft makes lots of noises - he calls pretty much everything "dada" and says something that resembles "Lilly" a lot (although I'm not sure if that's what he's trying to say, it's what it sounds like). He also says what sounds like "hey" whenever someone new comes into a room. Again, I'm not sure whether that's actually what he's trying to say but that's what it sounds like and it's consistent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">There are lots of likes and dislikes, but I'll save the list for next week's post. I will just mention that we were very fortunate that Lilly was a happy baby, but if Lilly was happy I would say that Craft is ecstatic. We are so lucky because he is so laid-back and flexible and honestly just really <em>happy</em>. He's not been himself this week because we are all battling some kind of plague that Lills brought home from school, but even so he has been so content, just hasn't cackled as much as usual. Love this nugget.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'll leave you with some photos. It's getting really hard to get this little stinker to sit still - he is into EVERYTHING and I am here to tell y'all we are gonna be in trouble! I realize that all of these photos are basically the same, but (1) I am too lazy to make a collage tonight and (2) his facial expressions kill me, so I decided to post them all. Sorry, not sorry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And that, my friends, is a small look into what the boy child has been up to. Big sister had her first "dance recital" this week, so I hope to get to that post and many others <strike>as soon as there are more hours in a day</strike> soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Happy 8 months, chicken nugget!</span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-9235217410899244072014-10-26T21:26:00.001-04:002014-10-26T21:26:22.256-04:00Lilly SaysThe other night, Dan had a work function so I had the kids by myself. I did not know it at the time, but both were beginning to come down with a cold so while they weren't terrible, they also weren't in the greatest moods they've ever been in either. It was bath time, the time of night when bed time is in sight, and I was utterly exhausted from the work week (and on that particular night, I was exhausted from my two little angels, too!). Dan walked in to both Lilly and Craft laying on their backs squealing and kicking and splashing water EVERYWHERE and giggling at each other. We let them play for a few minutes while we caught up on each others' days when out of nowhere, Lills abruptly stopped splashing (thank The Lord), sat straight up and said, "Oh. My. Goodness. You guys are KILLING me tonight!" Dan and I looked at each other and burst into a for of giggles and then he pointed to me and said, "busted!" Touché. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6DGjDdiXpKiK6txipIdUMZ1KQemn9O2DzKke-Dd3MlAZ039uNRa745XWgLyhQmtyoQ83djrOYqJj0FGnAjdu9raZCzzuIHnGg8kv-rzUBP3jt01cJxnFefZ4MUPrPEOIRrlIDz9R1hSf/s640/blogger-image--348820534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6DGjDdiXpKiK6txipIdUMZ1KQemn9O2DzKke-Dd3MlAZ039uNRa745XWgLyhQmtyoQ83djrOYqJj0FGnAjdu9raZCzzuIHnGg8kv-rzUBP3jt01cJxnFefZ4MUPrPEOIRrlIDz9R1hSf/s640/blogger-image--348820534.jpg"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div>The child doesn't forget anything, ever. I need to remember that I guess!</div></div>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-86215892197576699772014-09-16T22:35:00.001-04:002014-09-16T22:35:07.095-04:00Craft: 7 Months (+1.5 weeks!) Old<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Blah blah blah I'm so busy blah blah blah. There, I said it! Now that we got that out of the way, we can get to the good stuff before 2 more years pass without updates. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sleep:</span> No changes here. Craft goes to bed around 8pm and sleeps until sometime between 7-8am. It NEVER FAILS that he wakes up with a poop, though. His morning poop is like a human alarm clock (that was Dan's description and it's spot on). Seriously some mornings I will hear C in his room at 6:30 just chatting away and I know he's working on a good one. When that happens, I change him (or kick Dan and tell him it's his turn...so stinky) and nurse him and he normally goes back to sleep until 8 or 8:30. Other mornings he will sleep through the poop and I'll change and feed him when he wakes up and then he's up for the day. Morning naps are around 10am (sometimes later depending on how late he slept) and last anywhere from 45 minutes - 2 hours. Afternoon naps are around 2pm and last anywhere from 2-3 hours. We got lucky twice, I am aware (and thankful!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Feeding:</span> It's so funny because looking back at <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/08/7-months-old-stats.html">Lilly's 7-month update</a>, I wrote that she was mostly nursing but that we were adding more and more solids (and they were still purees). I'm sure it will not shock anyone to learn that once Craft started eating, he did not look back! He nurses four times each day: when he wakes up/before breakfast (between 7a-8a), before lunch (12p), when he gets up from his afternoon nap/before dinner (5p) and before bed (7:45p-ish). He gets solid foods normally about an hour after each feeding (with the exception of the bedtime feed). A sample menu is as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Breakfast: Egg with cheese, mini pancakes, kiwi, Greek yogurt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lunch: Oven-roasted turkey, string cheese, broccoli sprinkled with parm, pears</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dinner: Black beans, tomato, avocado, peaches</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Craft definitely prefers to be able to feed himself (and in fact gets frustrated if there isn't anything that he can pick up and put in his own mouth), which basically consists of grabbing fistfuls of whatever is on his tray and shoveling whatever he can get into his mouth. I need to get a video, but this kid's eating is unlike anything I have ever seen. He is hilarious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Firsts This Month:</span> Lots of these, many of which I am positive I have forgotten about, but the main "first" I can think of is that Craft experienced his first time riding in a "big boy" (read: convertible) car seat! Craft
still had plenty of leg room (and at least 10 lbs at the time we switched him) left in the infant car seat, but we went ahead and transitioned Lilly to a
high-backed booster and homeboy was getting <i>heavy</i> in that infant
seat so we went ahead and transitioned him to Lilly's "old" convertible
seat. He seemed confused the first couple of times, but we reclined it
and he's been good to go. The only thing I miss about that infant seat
is how much easier it is to move between cars, but I figure I can go
ahead and sell it since there are a few years left before it expires. I
may be able to make a decent amount off of a car seat in great condition
with no accidents + 2 bases! C also went to his first tailgate and football game (NCSU v. Georgia Southern). Finally, we had our first "emergency" trip to the doctor because he rolled off the table at the pool while his diaper was being changed (I will not name names here but would like to state for the record that I was not changing the diaper. I would also like the record to show that he's fine.). He's a wiggly little thing...and he's <i>fast</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Developments:</span> So many! I swear everything is happening so much more quickly this time around and I hate it (that is not actually true as I just read through Lilly's 7-month post and noted that developmentally Craft is doing the same things that she was doing at his age, but it just seems like it's all happening so much more quickly!). My big boy is sitting up all by himself, unassisted. Also he is drinking water out of a sippy cup. Stop it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Craft's primary mode of transportation is to roll all over the place. I can turn my back for five seconds and he will have rolled all the way to the opposite side of the room from where he was before. When he's on his belly, he pushes up on all fours and does this funny scooting motion but only goes backwards. I think we might be close to crawling, and I'm not ready! He also still loves to "stand" and is starting to learn that if he holds on to something, he can stand on his own (but not for very long at all and I always make sure I'm right there). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">C has also really started to talk A LOT over the past month. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am not
sure whether this can be considered Craft's first word, but he says
"hey" a lot. If I (or anyone) walk(s) into a room, or walk in to get him out of his
crib, or really just see him after having not seen him his whole little
face will light up and he says "hey!" I'll have to try to get it on
video, it is the cutest. Again, I'm not sure he knows what he's saying
but that is one word that he's very consistent with. </span>Much to my dismay, his favorite sounds are "da da" and "la la." I keep telling Dan that "dada" doesn't count as his first word unless he actually associates it with Dan. So there. No sign of mama, even though I've been working on it. Sometimes I swear he is trying to say "Lilly." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He also got his first two teeth within a few days of each other this month (see above)! I think that a third is probably on its way based on the current drool situation, but no sign of it yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is not really a "development" but since I don't have a good category to put it in I'll just write it here - I swear to y'all that this is the happiest baby I have ever encountered (and I promise that I'm not just saying that because he's mine). Craft always has this huge goofy grin on his face and laughs <i>all the time</i>. It is the best sound. I have plenty of videos that I should post (I won't tonight because I'm too lazy), but I can demonstrate this point with the following: last week one night Craft cried out for a minute or so when Dan and I were going to bed. It didn't sound like hysterical crying, more like calling out in his sleep, so when I listened for a minute and he had stopped and stilled and evidently gone back to sleep, I didn't think anything else about it. The next morning when I went in to get him, I discovered that the poor guy had spit up and slept in it. And by "spit up" let me be clear that I am talking huge chunks of food caked in his hair. I went ahead and nursed him and then stripped him down to hop in the shower with me (which he LOVED by the way). But really...would you be this happy with dried chunky food throw up in your hair?!?!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do remember thinking that Lilly was a happy baby, and she really was but this guy is ecstatic, and the comment we probably get the most is about Craft's happy demeanor. He is so go-with-the-flow, too, which I am so thankful for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Likes:</span> By far his most favorite thing in the whole world is his big sister. You have never seen a baby belly laugh so hard and so much as when Lilly is even just walking by him. He LOVES her. He also loves: Bath time. Laughing. Giggling. Talking. Squealing. Eating. Layla. Mommy & Daddy. Singing/songs/music. Snuggling (only when really tired). Books. Sleeping. Sitting up. Rolling. Scooting. People watching. Paci. Lovey. Being outside. Walks. Swimming. Being worn in the ergo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dislikes: </span>The main thing I can think of here is that it really <i>really</i> hurts Craft's feelings when he thinks he's alone. Even if he is playing and not paying anyone any attention, if you walk out of the room his little face falls and he gets so sad and cries. The minute he sees you again, though, he's laughing and happy as a lark. I don't like to be lonely either, little guy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What I'm Thankful For:</span> Two great babies and a rockstar husband. I have been absolutely swamped at work - last week I don't think I saw the kids for more than 20 minutes a day if that, and Dan has picked up all of the slack at home and kept the house running seamlessly. I'm thankful that he is supportive of my career and that he is so good with our babies as well and has no problem stepping up to keep things running at home on his own when I can't be home to help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What I'm Looking Forward To: </span> A low-key upcoming weekend! We have had so much going on that I am looking forward to a break. Although it never turns out that way and we always end up finding things to busy ourselves with! Also Halloween costume shopping! AND, Lills is getting her first "pedi" this weekend (really just getting her toes painted at a nail salon) for a friend's birthday party, so of course I'm ecstatic about that. We also still haven't gotten C's 6-month photos taken so I'm looking forward to that as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Next Pediatrician Appointment:</span> Our 9-month appointment is on November 3rd, and I'm sure it will be here before we know it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I got a really great series of photos this month that I am not even going to attempt to narrow down, so have fun gazing at the same 75 photos below. :-) I think we have hit the time when it is going to start getting harder to get good monthly photos, because this stinker is into everything (and has discovered that he can get the sticker off of his onesie).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Plenty of updates in the queue that I will hopefully have time someday to share with you all. Hope your week is great!</span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-81553510564773720082014-09-02T22:35:00.001-04:002014-09-02T22:35:08.550-04:00Lillian's First Ballet Class<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well hello there, blog, my old friend - it's been a while. Oops! I have no excuses other than the usual: life is busy and I was feeling a little bit of blog burnout. I have been trying not to feel guilty about the fact that I haven't been documenting as much on my little corner of the Internets lately and have instead been trying to focus my energies on enjoying this time with my babies (which is flying by WAY too quickly)! <i>Anyway</i>, enough about all of that. I just dropped by to tell you all about Lilly's first dance class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lilly loved her gymnastics class, but she would have stayed in the "mommy & me" class at her gym for another year so we thought we'd let her try something new. She is OBSESSED with ballet and ballerinas and all things pink, so we thought, why not?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I found out about this class from the Mom of one of Lilly's classmates from last school year. We've had quite a few play dates over the summer and our girls get along really well and love playing together, so when I mentioned that we were thinking of signing Lilly up for a dance class and she told me there was one opening left in her daughter's class, I went for it. I was a little nervous about this class simply because when I called to reserve our spot and spoke with the teacher (Miss Charlene), she told me that parents can stay for the first class but after that we have to do the "drop and run" and leave the littles with her. I could tell by talking to Charlene on the phone why the kids love her - she's very dynamic and engaging (also her ringtone is "Hips Don't Lie," she drives a purple car with huge eyelashes over the headlights, and wears enormous fake lashes in crazy colors that the girls think is the best ever). Miss Charlene told me that she's been teaching dance for 34 years to children ages 2-10 as well as special needs children and that her 2-year-olds are her "sweet treat," so I know Lills will be in good hands, but still I was nervous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I told Lills that she was going to take a ballet class, she was <i>so excited, </i>I can't even tell you. She immediately wanted to know when she would get ballet slippers, and I told her that Miss Charlene would measure her feet at her first class. From that point on, any time anyone asked her if she was excited for her ballet class, she would say, "I am going to take ballet! And Miss Charlene is going to measure my feet for my ballet slippers!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was her first day, so I decided to meet Carney and the kids at the ballet studio and sit in on the first class since I'd never met Miss Charlene in person and I wanted to see what the class was like. Lilly did <i>awesome </i>(at first, anyway)<i>.</i> I had been so nervous that she would cling to me the whole time, but she did exactly what she was asked to do, she sat with the other little girls and followed instructions and was really exceeding my expectations all around. Until.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The class is 45 minutes, and Lilly was doing so well that after 20 I decided to sneak out. I am pretty sure she saw me leave, and I walked to the little store nextdoor to poke around and wait for class to end (BIG mistake - I want to live in that little store and never come out. I showed tremendous self-restraint in only buying one pair of earrings but seriously could have bought the whole store!). Carney and Craft walked out a few minutes after I did, and all was well. We killed 20 minutes in the store and then walked back over to the studio, and opened the door to find poor Lilly practically hyperventilating and in hysterics from crying so hard, sitting in the owner of the studio's lap. In fact, as soon as the door opened the woman said, "Is Lilly's mommy back yet?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Y'all. "The worst mother in the world" does not even begin to describe how I felt. I know that I shouldn't beat myself up and that there probably isn't anything I could have done, but I felt sick with guilt for the rest of the afternoon. I didn't tell her I was leaving, and I kept thinking that maybe that would have helped and she wouldn't have been upset. Obviously we will never know for sure, but oh my GOSH I felt absolutely terrible. When we got home, I gave Lills a hug and told her that I was sorry she was upset when she couldn't find mommy at ballet. She looked at me, sniffled and said, "I'm sorry I cried at ballet." OMG Y'ALL SHE MAY AS WELL HAVE PUNCHED ME IN THE GUT. I didn't think it was possible to feel any more guilty until she said that. !!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know that she will love this class. I also know that she will be upset sometimes, that I can't always fix things for her and that I can't always be with her. All of this will be good for her. But it still breaks my heart that my baby girl was so upset. I was telling Stephanie about the events after the fact and she articulated exactly what I've been feeling: that while all of it is good for her, as parents we just never want our children to feel like we let them down. Oh, the guilt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This guy, however, had an absolute blast…perhaps because he was surrounded by all of those pretty girls?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I asked Lilly after nap if she had a good time at ballet and if she wanted to go back next week. She said yes, so I guess that's a good sign. She also told me that Miss Charlene is funny and nice and that she wants to do ballet by herself. I don't even know what that means, but I guess I should be happy that she's even still talking about ballet, ha! I think next week I'll go again, make sure she knows when I'm leaving/tell her goodbye, and let her take lovey in to keep in the cubby as a back up. Pray for us, y'all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope your holiday weekend was great! Lilly's lunch is packed, outfit is laid out and chalkboard sign is all ready to go for her first day back to school tomorrow. Dan aka superdaddy is in the kitchen making some chocolate chip cookies for a lunch box surprise, and I feel sure they need to be taste-tested so I'm out. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-43820407466561441562014-08-26T21:21:00.001-04:002014-08-26T21:21:45.992-04:00Two toofies!Someone has gotten two teeth over the last week...and he's not happy that mama is making him show them off! <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvWSJboxlFZP-m1DXEDon4B3Z2wVKFgAsH0IpjiGKVwF2NnnV5IlNE07iankTnHtc4NLsxRnpsM0jwGZ9hy3zCrAKi0mCz7E6RPonGQclp28Os41AUNp5U1MsdmlqcK-t4WecpRhjtKUn/s640/blogger-image--147651008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvWSJboxlFZP-m1DXEDon4B3Z2wVKFgAsH0IpjiGKVwF2NnnV5IlNE07iankTnHtc4NLsxRnpsM0jwGZ9hy3zCrAKi0mCz7E6RPonGQclp28Os41AUNp5U1MsdmlqcK-t4WecpRhjtKUn/s640/blogger-image--147651008.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>He also feeds himself, drinks out of a sippy cup, sits up really well by himself and holds his own bottle. Such a big boy. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIRYOYYPw-05URF1vTeejEvRiEflI7Jk7mC7QDfcD03JGVWWyYbW36l0j3qIw0suMm3lDEUbJCZzAto8r1wX-cxXqBuES2AP6aT3AxhBhKI0xw4EsPYS6m_dx14t7WJi9Vn8KgzfFliPo/s640/blogger-image-342406306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIRYOYYPw-05URF1vTeejEvRiEflI7Jk7mC7QDfcD03JGVWWyYbW36l0j3qIw0suMm3lDEUbJCZzAto8r1wX-cxXqBuES2AP6aT3AxhBhKI0xw4EsPYS6m_dx14t7WJi9Vn8KgzfFliPo/s640/blogger-image-342406306.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dear time: I'm gonna need for you to #s<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">lowyourrole now, mmmmk?</span></div><br></div></div>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-22577066206005324242014-08-20T22:50:00.001-04:002014-08-20T22:50:37.004-04:00Craft: 6 Months (+2 weeks...oops) Old<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wellllllllll it turns out I am an utter failure at completing Craft's monthly posts in a timely manner. Life is the definition of crazy right now and I knew if I didn't sit down and write this post <i>right now</i> poor Craft would never know what his six-month stats were. Poor second child! I'll get right to it because <strike>the only thing anyone cares about is the chunker's weight anyway</strike> it's been quite a day/week and I'm seriously considering a bubble bath and wine if I can keep my eyes open long enough to run the water!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Height:</i> 26+1/4 inches/50th percentile (up from 25 inches/50th at his <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/06/craft-four-months-old.html">4-month check-up</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Head: </i> 17.5 inches/70th percentile (up from 17 inches/75th at 4 months)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Craft really seems to start to be thinning out to me contrary to the above stats <strike>and all photo evidence ever</strike>. Again, he doesn't weigh <i>too</i> awfully much more than his <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/07/6-months-old-part-deux.html">big sister did at 6 months</a> (Chunker #1 was 18 lbs/96th percentile).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sleep: </span> I hope I am not jinxing it by declaring that <i>for the most part</i> we seem to be back in our routine. That is not to say that there haven't been any crazy nights (like Sunday when he cried out off and on most of the night and it escalated starting at 4am due to a cold that he caught in conjunction with teeth). I'm sure Craft will throw me a curve ball as soon as I hit the "publish" button, but typically he goes to bed around 8:00pm and sleeps until sometime between 7:00-8:00am. He goes down for his morning nap at 10:00am and it usually lasts around an hour, sometimes longer. Second nap typically starts no later than 2pm (sometimes a little earlier) and usually lasts anywhere from 2-3 hours. If he is feeling cooperative for that second nap and can make it until at least 4pm (but 4:30 is ideal), C typically does okay without a cat nap before bed. If the afternoon nap is for some reason short, he normally needs a cat nap in the baby carrier. I asked Dr. V if there was any way I could get Craft to definitely sleep until 8am every day because it would make my life a lot easier in the mornings if I could get all the way ready without having to entertain a baby. She looked at me and said, "I'll tell you what. How about you post on Facebook the hours that your 6-month-old child sleeps and ask for advice on extending it…then change your name and get new friends because you won't have any after that." When I replied that it would be easier on me because Lilly normally sleeps until at least 8am but a lot of times later, she said, "Yeah you should probably put that in the status too." Point taken. I know, I warned you it was selfish! In all seriousness, I do realize that we are very lucky and I am very grateful to have two very good sleepers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Feeding: </span> This kid eats more than any child I have ever seen his age, and I am not even saying it to be funny. Since Craft's <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/07/craft-5-months-old.html">5-month post</a> he has decided that he hates purees. I can't decide if that makes my life easier or harder. With the purees, we could make one or two a week and freeze them and then heat them as needed and they'd last for several months. With more textured solids, not only do I have to plan better but I also have to get creative since C doesn't have any teeth (Any tips or ideas on this from mamas who have little ones that skipped straight to textured foods are welcomed. So far <a href="http://weelicious.com/">weelicious</a> and <a href="http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/">wholesome baby food</a> have been great resources for ideas.). He is a very good little eater, though. Craft typically nurses four times a day: when he wakes up, after his first nap, after his second nap, and before bed. We have also added in another solids meal since the 5-month post because he seemed interested every time we ate, so he is now on three solid meals a day in addition to nursing. Solids happen usually about an hour after he nurses or has a bottle. I typically give him fruit, yogurt and a carb or protein for breakfast, fruit and veggies for lunch and a fruit, veggie and protein and for dinner. Craft is normally on some variation of this eating schedule during the day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7:30a: Wake up, nurse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8:30a: Solid Breakfast (ex: cheese eggs, blueberries, yogurt)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10:00a: Morning Nap</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">12:00p: Nurse or 7oz bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1:00p: Solid Lunch (ex: black beans, kiwi, string cheese)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2:00p: Nap</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5:00p: Nurse or 7oz bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6:00p: Solid Dinner (ex: spaghetti bolognese sauce over noodles, peach, carrot)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7:45p: Nurse, Bed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dr. V said it was absolutely fine that C prefers textured foods and that it's not abnormal. She had one piece of advice for us, and that was to make sure that we were giving him healthy things to eat. She said that the benefit to babies who are on purees for an extended amount of time is that they typically eat healthier than babies who like textured foods early on. Craft has eaten more foods than I can name, but some of his favorites so far (chopped up REALLY small) have been: peaches, blueberries, oatmeal (the adult kind not the baby kind!), pancakes, waffles, yogurt, kiwi, mango, black beans, pears, carrots, spaghetti bolognese, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, cheese eggs, avocado, tomato. I need to try some more vegetables but have been experimenting with cooking things so that they're soft enough and the right texture. I'll report back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Firsts This Month:</span> First "real" (read: not pureed) foods. First time riding a boat on the Baum Family Vacation. First tooth! Which actually just broke today so technically it should go in the 7-month update but I thought I'd go ahead and include it because he's really proud of it (see below). I'm sure there are plenty more "firsts" that I'm missing!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Developments: </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Craft has now gotten the hang of sitting up by himself! Such a big boy. Someone typically has to be near him (or I make sure there's a pillow behind him) because it's almost like he doesn't realize he's sitting up and will arch his back and fall backwards or reach for his feet and fall forward, but he's actually starting to sit up straight and not hunching over all the time. He figured out that he can roll from tummy to back, but will only do so on his terms (there have been quite a few times when he's cried out in the middle of the night wanting to be turned over). He loves to play with his feet and puts </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">everything</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in his mouth. Craft is very vocal and loves exploring those vocal cords, and it is the sweetest sound you have ever heard. He has also started pushing himself up and scooching (there is no other word to describe it) backwards. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he crawls, and I'm not ready!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Likes: </span> Anything that has to do with being outside: swinging, walks and swimming are probably Craft's three favorite pastimes hands down. Eating. His big sister - he thinks Lilly is the most hilarious thing to ever exist, and he is constantly watching her, giggling at her with sweet belly laughs and trying to talk to her. Snuggling (sometimes). BATH TIME. Sitting up. Singing/talking/laughing. Music/singing/dancing. Being naked. Kicking his legs. Layla. Door jumper and jumperoo. Drooling. Lovey. Pacifier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dislikes:</span> Craft is the happiest little thing and there is not much that makes him unhappy. I don't mean to say that he's perfect and absolutely never cries because he definitely has his moments, but for the most part he is always smiling and giggling. He does not like being cold, being tired, being hungry, or teething.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What I'm Thankful For:</span> Two healthy, happy, mostly easy babies! Also nap time and bed time…and wine time. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">What I'm Looking Forward To:</span> 6-month/family pictures with <a href="http://www.stephaniealdridgephotography.com/blog/">SAP</a> soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Next Pediatrician Appointment: </span> Monday, November 3rd for C's 9-month appointment. Time, please slow down!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have so many photos that I love from the past month but honestly don't have the time or energy to go through them tonight, so for now I'll leave you with a few from C's monthly photo shoot conducted by his horrible photographer mama (yours truly). It's getting harder to take clear pictures - everything is blurry because little man has already started getting into everything he can get his hands on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is probably the last blog that I'll write this week because we have a crazy few days coming up, but I hope to be back next week with our vacation recap (lots of fun photos!). Hope your week has been great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-62100556303854921322014-08-18T22:35:00.001-04:002014-08-18T22:35:09.528-04:00Lilly SaysWhen talking to my sister-in-law the other day, Lilly randomly said (in a very matter-of-fact voice), "Aunt Andwea, I have GOT to start using the potty."<div><br></div><div>Touché, sister. I say that literally every time I change a diaper. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDSx9dqgzw1kmBX4KMEkSV4Yvorvi9bV275LOjVirXMoyDCP5XshmdJdl2COdAKcVyC-SmTLRt45DlRO551gLUnM6zmLKt-b3-ProZxDGRF_dwfYbLvdaGVVFyk2XxiB-ADzAWwuBEJ8H/s640/blogger-image--943856310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDSx9dqgzw1kmBX4KMEkSV4Yvorvi9bV275LOjVirXMoyDCP5XshmdJdl2COdAKcVyC-SmTLRt45DlRO551gLUnM6zmLKt-b3-ProZxDGRF_dwfYbLvdaGVVFyk2XxiB-ADzAWwuBEJ8H/s640/blogger-image--943856310.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I'm sure you're all wondering whether we're alive over here. We are! Life is crazy and we just got back from a week-long vacay with Dan's family where there was no cell service and I couldn't get the internet to work on my computer. First up this week is C's (VERY late) 6-month post, and hopefully I can squeeze in a vacation recap as well. </div><div><br></div><div>Happy Monday!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-91549858739281921532014-08-05T23:25:00.004-04:002014-08-05T23:25:48.255-04:006 Months Old<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just stopping in to wish my sweet, happy baby boy a happy 6-month birthday today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am truly in disbelief that 6 months have already passed with this little chunker. He is such a little ham - for the most part, always happy and smiling, usually at his big sister.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To the future Craft, if you're reading this: I'm truly sorry that I posed you in your sister's pink chair! Actually, I'm truly sorry that pretty much everything you play with or sit in is pink, ha.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This little stinker did not take his normal awesome afternoon nap, so I decided not to do his "official" 6-month photos ("official" stat post to follow tomorrow after his doctor appointment) because I was afraid he'd be crabby and uncooperative. Of course he was happy as could be all night long. He keeps me on my toes, for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Craft: You have brought so much more joy to our lives than I will ever be able to express to you. You came into our family six short months ago and have been such a bright spot in all of our lives. Your big sister adores you, and who could blame her? It's hard not to. I only wish time would slow down a little because you are growing and changing every day and I have a love/hate relationship with that fact. I need a "pause" button…and for you to stay little forever, yeah? I can totally relate to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84DLT4yRcy4">this little girl</a> - watching you grow up by the day makes me want to have a good cry, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't remember what life was like before you - it's almost as if you were with us all along. Do me a favor, will you, and always let that sweet face of yours light up when you see me, because it's one of the best feelings in the whole wide world. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mama loves you to the moon and back, sweet boy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-8304203488763022322014-07-31T21:49:00.001-04:002014-07-31T21:49:12.932-04:00Babies Don't Keep<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was looking at my babies tonight and getting all misty-eyed thinking about how time is flying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Craft will be six months old next week, and I can't figure out how that happened. Before I know it, Lilly will be starting another year at preschool...I need a pause button.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These babies are so <i>sweet, </i>y'all. I will never forget the sweet sound of C's uncontrollable belly laughs at his silly big sister Lilly and Lilly's silly giggles right back at him. I am not saying that these two angels are perfect all of the time, but tonight they sure were close. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dan has been working his tail off lately. We are so appreciative of all that he does for us, but we sure do miss him, and he misses us too. He asked me to send him a picture of each of the kids tonight before they went to bed because he's still at work, so of course I took (and sent) ten million.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Between Craft falling asleep in my arms, which <i>never</i> happens, and Lills singing "Tomorrow" and "Baby Mine" and "You Are My Sunshine" to me in the <i>sweetest </i>little voice before bed, they probably could have ganged up on me and asked for a pony and there would have been no way to say "no." Don't tell them I said that, though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Things are well here, just busier than ever, which explains the lack of blog activity as of late. I have been feeling less than creative when it comes to posting and have just been focusing on my sweet little family. I don't feel guilty about it one bit, although C may one day realize that I blogged far more when I only had one baby to take care of and be less than amused. ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you've had a great week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-86502738787427044662014-07-28T16:44:00.002-04:002014-07-28T16:44:43.569-04:00Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! And a random poll.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How is it already Monday again? I never know where the weekends go. Thanks to all of you who checked on me last week. Knock on wood, I think my house is <i>FINALLY </i>healthy again! I am not quite back to 100% yet but I'm getting there and I'll take it because last week was a rough one for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our weekend was a good one! It was filled with lots of family time, a date for Mommy & Daddy, a shopping excursion, lots of play time, and a play date and dinner with the family of Lilly's favorite friend from school. Because posts are better with pictures, here are a random few from the past few days.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lills decided that Layla needed a makeover, and for maybe the first time ever Layla was feeling cooperative. Bless that dog.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">C sitting up like a big boy (with a little help from the Boppy to cushion his roll backwards shortly after this photo was taken!)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And now, the random part of this post: I have been feeling claustrophobic towards all of the <i>stuff</i> in our house. There, I said it! It feels good to get that off of my chest, HA. Now that we have a sense of what C likes and what he doesn't like and what we'll need and won't use ever again, it's time for some purging. With that said, I have some maternity clothes to get rid of as well as some baby stuff and quite a lot of baby clothes as well (probably all girl clothes for now - Lilly had such an obscene amount of clothing that most of her clothes were only worn once or twice, so I've been considering doing a huge online yard sale of sorts but don't feel like messing with eBay or dealing with a consignment store just yet). Does anyone who follows this blog have any interest in something like that? I was thinking of creating a separate Instagram account and selling there, but of course am open to ideas and suggestions. Maternity clothes would be size M and L and baby girl clothes would be newborn up to 2T, various seasons. And then random baby stuff. Holler at me in the comments or via e-mail and let me know what you think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, the part you've all been waiting for: the giveaway winner! <b><span style="color: magenta;">Congratulations to Carrie for winning the $20 shop credit to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePoshPlum?ref=shop_sugg">The Posh Plum</a>!</span></b> I urge all of you to check this shop out NOW because it is amazing - in fact, I am headed there myself shortly to look at some accessories for Craft for his upcoming 6-month (!!!!!) photo shoot. Thanks to Bridget for hooking us up! Carrie, I'll send Bridget your e-mail so that you guys can be in touch about your credit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-14785978068724274052014-07-23T09:17:00.001-04:002014-07-23T09:17:42.736-04:00I'm alive...barelyA plague has taken over my house, y'all, and it is the WORST. It is hard being a mama in general, but it is even harder when you feel like you got run over by a truck. Luckily, when I'm feeling icky there are a few cuuuuuute faces around here to cheer me up. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj7TnS84lxx2EMz9hWuNQ6LDsBZ0jT9TYyRS1EiE28zHyYT75m8eExjA9qVbGh5OjK_Ay8qei83g3Puu4Ge8AxcMOQfjt15n5BAZrHoHiEARkRSBM-AECCBFp0jB1g2I3gQCQKur0BOks/s640/blogger-image-27589358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj7TnS84lxx2EMz9hWuNQ6LDsBZ0jT9TYyRS1EiE28zHyYT75m8eExjA9qVbGh5OjK_Ay8qei83g3Puu4Ge8AxcMOQfjt15n5BAZrHoHiEARkRSBM-AECCBFp0jB1g2I3gQCQKur0BOks/s640/blogger-image-27589358.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VfeMJSUimSGSoPbygclRnjmXyFiWt9F7eKqm0uF5p2L4csyvKgEMC1mWS8nVAAQFYiaHwBOdogNdAzqNEF2X2BlVYOalQaDwVWzRGshImOwrAj1JP9HiStMm-K0mVda5kz2NS9GVLrk0/s640/blogger-image--312636594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VfeMJSUimSGSoPbygclRnjmXyFiWt9F7eKqm0uF5p2L4csyvKgEMC1mWS8nVAAQFYiaHwBOdogNdAzqNEF2X2BlVYOalQaDwVWzRGshImOwrAj1JP9HiStMm-K0mVda5kz2NS9GVLrk0/s640/blogger-image--312636594.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwveqcvPh3wh1pspM3iYLIv9x7zLBivMN5QVm20sMSEpPMoUX6SMBmGbCheXwcjbipaSKlK_B0X4bjI3hGZ3GoJxS8211VjBe6MJgrosKjftDEV-xQD3iTIm8LjUSjrphldT1no7HSw5J/s640/blogger-image--1873720729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwveqcvPh3wh1pspM3iYLIv9x7zLBivMN5QVm20sMSEpPMoUX6SMBmGbCheXwcjbipaSKlK_B0X4bjI3hGZ3GoJxS8211VjBe6MJgrosKjftDEV-xQD3iTIm8LjUSjrphldT1no7HSw5J/s640/blogger-image--1873720729.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVk8X77mRXe8eTaWakOcyKtqgoS3ke5kjUTBdKdOKSmU1yAOLTg56CjZFhcliOveqL0GNTGIcBMULvUkF6WN1-g8tZ4b6cDPq-jcmcOnZzYhtjyHyneJAQ00vuETS7aLRmlgWBW8L2udY3/s640/blogger-image-1623537265.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVk8X77mRXe8eTaWakOcyKtqgoS3ke5kjUTBdKdOKSmU1yAOLTg56CjZFhcliOveqL0GNTGIcBMULvUkF6WN1-g8tZ4b6cDPq-jcmcOnZzYhtjyHyneJAQ00vuETS7aLRmlgWBW8L2udY3/s640/blogger-image-1623537265.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'm off to bed, but wanted to check in to remind everyone to enter my giveaway! Hopefully we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming shortly...unless my head explodes off of my body first from all of the pressure. :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-7598007843825141132014-07-17T21:55:00.000-04:002014-07-17T21:55:09.038-04:00Blogiversary and GIVEAWAY!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello, friends. Happy Thursday! It's almost Friday, and that is exciting. AND. Ya know what I realized? This week (Saturday, to be precise) marks my three year blogiversary. I know, it's hard to believe that three years ago I started this blog with the <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2011/07/smiley-faces-pink-lines-and-plus-signs.html">news</a> that Lillian Grace Baum was cookin' in mama's oven. Time flies when you're having fun, right? In honor of the Baum Squad's birthday, I thought it would be the perfect time for another review and giveaway. Y'all don't mind, right? :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friends, let's talk about one of my favorite Etsy shops: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePoshPlum">The Posh Plum</a>. The Posh Plum sells baby and toddler accessories. The two we've tried are the hair bow:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bow ties are also sold in the shop, which I have yet to try but am dying to. Accessories for a certain upcoming "6 months old" photo shoot, anyone?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ANYWAY, down to serious business. I cannot even begin to tell you how much we love our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePoshPlum">Posh Plum</a> accessories. Not only are they adorable, but the quality is fantastic - they are so durable. As you can see by the series of bow photos above, Lills is not normally easy on her accessories but these have stood the test of time. The bows are the perfect size - not too big and not too small. And the HATS, y'all. SO. CUTE. I can't even talk about it. So well-made, <i>and reversible.</i> I thought I was going to have to <strike>bribe</strike> fight Lillian and force her to wear a hat all summer, but we are now the proud owners of two <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePoshPlum">Posh Plum</a> hats and Lills loves them both so much that most of the time she refuses to go outside without them. In fact, when the pink one came in the mail, we had one of our largest 2-year-old tantrums to date when I wouldn't wear Lilly wear her new hat to bed. Fine by me that she's obsessed, because aside from being functional and protecting L's sweet little fair-skinned face from the sun, they are also adorable beyond words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because Bridgett is the sweetest, she has agreed to give one of my lucky readers a $20 shop credit. She's added some new hats recently that are to die for, and it has taken every ounce of willpower in my body not to buy yet another one (I can just see my husband rolling his eyes!). So, hop on down to the rafflecopter below and enter today! Contest closes in one week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's all for tonight - thanks to Bridgett for her generosity with this giveaway! Regardless of whether or not you win, do yourself a favor and be sure to check out <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePoshPlum">The Posh Plum</a>. You can thank me later!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Saturday morning while C was napping, Lillian seemed to be going a little stir crazy. We had a store credit to <a href="http://www.learningexpress.com/store/raleigh/">Learning Express</a>, so I decided to let Lills pick out a toy or two. I have a serious love/hate relationship with this store: I love it because it is SO cute and has both normal toys as well as a lot of unique toys that you wouldn't find at the large toy store chains. I hate it because I want to buy everything in there. Lilly was in heaven, and we settled on a <a href="http://www.melissaanddoug.com/cutting-food">Melissa & Doug cutting wooden play food set</a> as well as a <a href="http://www.melissaanddoug.com/play-time-to-eat-complete-dinner-set">Melissa & Doug baby doll feeding set</a> for <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2013/10/baby-grace.html">Baby Grace</a>. I was pretty proud of us for spending the exact amount of our store credit (actually we got a penny back, you're welcome Dan) so I was trying to hurry both of us out the door before we could do any more damage when I saw a cute little display outside. They had set up a huge bucket full of homemade bubbles and wrote the recipe on the outside, and then they had huge bubble wands for the kids to play with (another reason I love that place - they always have fun interactive displays for the kids!!!). That technique worked on the Baums because mama snapped a pic of the recipe and marched back inside and bought one of the wands. I may or may not also be going back for even more wands on my lunch break one day this week so that more than one person can play bubbles. Sorry not sorry, Dan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Easiest ever! I will disclaim here that the type of soap you use definitely matters. Dan made bubbles before using the above recipe and used <a href="http://www.mrsmeyers.com/product/Lemon-Verbena-Dish-Soap/155630.uts">Mrs. Meyers dish soap</a>, which is what we use here. I didn't know he'd used the exact same recipe but had a feeling that the type of soap was what was causing the bubbles to not be quite as awesome, so I stopped and grabbed a big thing of Dawn and the bubbles were the best ever. I also cut the recipe in half because it made a ton of bubbles. Either way, it was really easy and everyone enjoyed the fun. Lilly had a blast, Craft was cackling at L and the bubbles and Layla was chasing and trying to eat them. W</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">e'll definitely be making the BEST BUBBLES EVER to play with again! I should probably apologize for my horrible photography skills, but Lills was so cute playing in the bubbles that I didn't even think about the shade cramping my photo style. SBI!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-34005473463693631832014-07-10T22:02:00.000-04:002014-07-10T22:02:16.424-04:00Craft: 5 Months Old<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, I am technically 5 days late on this post - sorry, baby boy. We were in the mountains for our big <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/07/july-4th-weekend-in-mountains.html">4th of July adventure</a> and I just lost track of time. Where have the past five months gone? I don't even know. Time is flying, and you are growing and changing so quickly. I am not sure why, maybe it's because I have <i>two</i> babies now, but I feel like your "firsts" are coming so quickly and I am never ready. Stop growing so fast!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sleep: </span> This month we have been all over the place on sleeping - the only thing that has been consistent is an 8pm bedtime. Just after Craft's <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/06/craft-four-months-old.html">four-month birthday</a> (which also happened to correspond with my <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/06/back-to-work.html">return to work</a>), he decided that <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/06/on-sleeping.html">sleeping through the night was for losers</a>. At first he was up once or twice a night and was genuinely acting hungry, so I assumed it was a growth spurt and fed him when he cried. This was a win/win because everyone was back to bed in 10 minutes or less - the doctor agreed with this decision at C's 4-month check-up and said that as long as he was actually hungry and eating when he woke up, that it was fine and just a phase. I am not sure what changed but things got worse as the month progressed. I kept waiting for the phase to end and it is seemingly neverending! I think partially it is because we went on two trips this past month, and in an effort to not wake up the entire house during the middle of the night wake-ups I continued to just feed Craft if he woke up crying. Somewhere along the way, I think that we must have created some bad habits! This week, I have been letting C fuss a little if he wakes during the middle of the night instead of going in immediately to feed him. If he gets to the point where he's too worked up and I know he won't calm down, I'll go ahead and feed him (which has only happened once this week), but other wise I let him fuss on and off until he puts himself back to sleep. I am fired, but I think it might be paying off (hopefully I'm not speaking too soon by sharing that we have seen drastic improvement this week), so fingers crossed we're on our way back to "through the night." If only I could baby minds, this process would be a lot easier. :-) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In terms of a "routine," Craft still doesn't really have one and I have been debating recently whether to try to force it (wake up at 8 and eat, 9 am solids, 10am nap, 12pm bottle, 1pm solids, 2pm nap, etc.) - he's just so good at going with the flow right now that I'm kind of afraid to mess with it. Craft goes to bed at 8pm and 99% of the time has no problem putting himself to sleep (it's staying asleep that's the problem!). He typically gets up for the day somewhere between 7:30 - 8:00 am. He is still only awake for two hours at a time. Naps are a little more consistent - his morning nap is normally only 45 minutes or 1 hour and his afternoon nap is typically at least 1.5 hours, a lot of times longer. C also typically takes a 30-minute cat nap in the evening depending on how long the afternoon nap was. We are still working on getting him to sleep through naps without waking up after sleep cycles, but we're getting there and he is improving by the day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also should note that we transitioned Craft out of his sleep sack this month! After the whole "breaking out of the swaddle" debacle, we decided to try the woombie upon recommendation of quite a few folks. The woombie worked for about a week, until he started rolling over in it. I just did not feel comfortable with him rolling over while trapped in that thing, so we decided to get rid of it. I prepared for the worst and we went straight to the sleep sack, but it was actually very easy - much easier than transitioning Lilly out, in fact. It really only took less than 10 minutes of crying one night and he was fine. That, at least, was much easier than anticipated!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Feeding:</span> Craft nurses or has a bottle of breast milk every 4 hours during the day. In fact, sometimes he tries to go longer than that but I force feed at 4 hours in an attempt to tank him up during and hopefully help at night in the process. He also is currently getting one solid meal each day - at dinner - which typically consists of oatmeal mixed with breast milk and some sort of fruit or vegetable. We've been making baby food at night this week, and as we introduce a bigger variety of foods I may add another meal (breakfast) over the next few weeks. Here's what he's tried so far: avocado (not a fan); banana (loves); sweet potato (loves); butternut squash (he's had it several times this week and is still on the fence but has liked it better each day); oatmeal (likes). Up next on the agenda: apples; peaches; p.e.a. (pea + apple + edamame); zucchini + apple + carrot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Firsts This Month:</span> First trip to the mountains! First bike ride. First hike. First solids. First time sleeping in a sleep sack. I'm sure I'm forgetting so many, I need to start writing them down!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Developments:</span> Craft's hand-eye coordination is getting better and better - he's very purposeful with his hands these days and of course puts everything straight in his mouth. C is doing remarkably well with solids and is really good at eating from a spoon. He's getting stronger than ever - he bounces in all of his bouncy contraptions (the jumperoo is a favorite), prefers "standing" (with our help of course) to sitting, and is starting to attempt to sit unassisted some (he doesn't quite have the hang of it yet - he still slouches over but holds his head up really well, but he'll get it before long I'm sure).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Likes:</span> Morning time and bath time are Craft's two favorite times of day. Snuggling (especially in the middle of the night lately, oy!). Eating. Music. Dancing. Laughing. Rolling over. Singing. Talking. Tummy time. Layla. Lilly. Fans. Sitting up. Jumperoo. Door jumper. Going outside. Walks. Bike rides. Being carried in the Ergo. Swimming in the pool. Being naked (<a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2012/06/5-months-old.html">just like big sister</a>). Kicking his legs. Exploring his vocal cords. Belly laughs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dislikes:</span> Still such a happy boy, even when he's tired! Craft's main dislikes are being cold, being hungry, when he's ready to nap or when he's gassy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's all for tonight, friends. I'll leave you with of C's 5-month photos from my iPhone - too tired and lazy to upload the ones from the "real" camera tonight. I'm also too lazy to make photo collages out of them so I'm just going to insert the pictures below (sorry inot sorry that I did a terrible job of narrowing down). The photos are really funny, though, and showcase what a funny little personality Craft is developing - such a little ham!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Craft: I didn't think it was possible for my heart to be any more full, little man, but you came into our lives and made yourself right at home and we are so grateful for you. You are so happy and sweet - you're such a generally good baby and it's impossible not to smile when you're around. You are mama's favorite boy, Daddy's little wingman and Big Sister Lilly's favorite play toy/dress-up doll. We love you so much, sweet boy - now stop growing so quickly!</span><br />
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Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-58619269295546987042014-07-07T22:50:00.000-04:002014-07-07T22:50:08.336-04:00July 4th Weekend in the Mountains<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know about y'all, but it was SO hard to go back to work today. My firm closed at 1pm on Wednesday, and we were able to head to the mountains later that day for a fun 4th of July weekend with my family. There is no cell phone service at the cabin (although we do have internet), and even though we were on vacation from Wednesday - Sunday, I still wished we'd taken a few more days off - the trip was so relaxing. The weather was magnificent and we had so. much. FUN! I took a ton of photos which I have literally been trying to narrow down for 2 hours now, so I'm going to (try to) let those do (most of) the talking for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Josh, Katy and Mason were able to come on Wednesday night before heading to Hickory for the weekend. We wished they'd been able to stay longer, but we were excited to spend a little time with them! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Syd bought my Dad this swing when she went to Costa Rica, and it is seriously the jam. Craft and Lilly LOVED it, and C and I took many a nap in there together. So relaxing, not to mention I love baby snuggles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back where it all began! 10 years (5 married) and 2 kids later, we felt REALLY old.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You are all welcome that I agreed to be the designated driver, fools. I just wanted to go on public record and state that I volunteered to DD and I wasn't even pregnant, so now you all owe me. :-)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lilly did not love the fact that s'mores are messy. I would say she's my child except the messiness has never stopped me from inhaling a s'more or four.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">…but fireworks not so much (which is so funny since she loved them at <a href="http://www.the-baum-squad.com/2014/01/bb20-34-weeksand-happy-new-year.html">NYE</a> only 7 short months ago?!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Saturday we kept it pretty low-key. We took Lilly tubing for the first time, which was a LOT of fun, but I didn't take a phone or camera for fear of them getting wet so I unfortunately don't have any photos of that - hopefully Mom does. Poor Craft did not get to participate in any of that fun - he took a nap and hung out with Mimi. He did enjoy his bath, though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a result of our later-than-normal departure, the drive home took a little longer. Lilly decided that she didn't need a nap, and Craft decided about 3/4 of the way home that he hated the car seat. We stopped for a stretch break and turned what should have been a 3.5-hour-drive into a 4.5-hour-drive, but I would say the late stay was still worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And that, my friends, was our awesome 4th of July weekend. I can't post about the 4th without mentioning how grateful I am for our freedom and to the men and women who fight to protect it daily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope your long weekend was wonderful as well! We missed Craft's 5-month post over the weekend, so that's up next on the agenda for this week. For now, though, I'm going to sleep while I can because my darling angel son's sleeping has gone to the toilet rapidly over the past week or so. More on that later!</span></div>
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Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-52051552298514394592014-06-30T21:59:00.000-04:002014-07-01T00:46:57.285-04:00Happenings<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just dropping by my little corner of the internet to say that the Baums are alive and well! We had a great weekend celebrating my nephew Mason's first birthday. I did not take a single photo, shame! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Things are crazy around here as usual and we are going on vacation this week so I'm not sure how much posting I'll be doing, but I hope to be back to our regularly scheduled program (and with another fun giveaway!) next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because they make every post better, I'll leave you with a few recent pics of my babes.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Baby Grace, look at our piggy tails!"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927230669866848874.post-3872730232264418552014-06-25T22:17:00.001-04:002014-06-26T15:49:53.652-04:00Don't cry over spilled milk.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...said no nursing mother ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am <i>convinced</i> that a man came up with that saying. That is the only possible explanation for why it exists, because anyone who has ever had anything to do with breast milk would never <i>ever </i>make such a dumb, ignorant, <i>ridiculous </i>statement<i>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In case you're wondering, I didn't cry...but only barely.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sarah Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058420698538230911noreply@blogger.com0