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@delight: LO bit me several times yesterday. He has had two teeth for a few weeks, and a few times he mouthed me with the teeth, but nothing extreme. Yesterday, he would bite down, clamp his mouth, and stay clamped until I removed him. I definitely made some unhappy sounds. I would remove him, and he would wail. I would get him to latch on again on the other side, and this repeated several times until he would not latch on again. The first time this happened, I thought he got enough, and put him down for a nap. The second time I had to pump and give him a bottle. Then at bedtime he screamed, but did not bite, and I was finally able to get him to eat by walking around while breastfeeding (this is his favorite). This morning he ate fine.

@Alivoo1: I just finished up my first AF. It was heavier and longer than normal. I also had some pain while breastfeeding right before it came.

@MrsB2012: I'm so late to the party, but congratulations!! Can't believe one of our mommas is pregnant again

I'm sorry I haven't been around much; I've been in 'we have a baby, three dogs, and are doing house showings' hell, but the good news is we accepted an offer this morning, so hallelujah! I can't wait for my life to settle down. Or maybe that's wishful thinking? We move just in time for E's party. Haha. twitch twitch.

Speaking of which, E turned 10 months yesterday and promptly started clapping her hands. It's the funniest thing; DH was bribing her with bananas this morning, so she was clapping for her breakfast ;). She looks so proud of herself when she does it. Still no crawling, but she drags her butt now to get around. This weekend was also a great foodie weekend for her. She had scrambled (whole) eggs, watermelon, and a ton of strawberries from a pick your own place.

By the way, oxyclean? truly is amazing. I bought the powder and it got all the strawberry juice out of her white onesie. I'm a believer.

@MrsB2012: Eek! Mine go 3 teeth at once. Not fun, BUT it gave me over a month before the next teeth came. A nice break.

@delight: @Sapphiresun: Your baby biting stories are funny and terrifying. Luckily, LO has only tested those waters a few times.

@StrawberryBee: Congrats on selling your house! Clapping sounds so cute! I can't wait for that.

P finally started babbling yesterday. I swear she was just being a tease. Random odd ba or ma, maybe once a day and then all of a sudden she was "talking" up a storm, mixing them up bababadadgaba. It's so cute! And I'm so relieved.

@redsmarties: oh my gosh! She says teeko teeko? That is so cute. I love it! And yes, they totally do sound like that.

@delight: For my 1st cycle, it resembled a lot like my cycles pre-baby so I was glad it wasn't heavier than normal. The first two days for me are normally pretty heavy any way.

As for the biting - ouch!! C does this occasionally and it leaves teeth marks! He tends to bite me when he's teething, or trying to give me kisses. It's all fine then he decides, mommy's shoulder/nose/thigh tastes good. *chomp* However, he's never bitten DH. DH's conclusion? C prefers white meat over dark meat ( DH's skin tone is naturally pretty dark); and that he's being healthy.

@mdf106: I had some tender nips too the week before she showed up!! I had no idea it was a sign she was coming. I just thought it was weird. I posted a thread about the weird tenderness and some suggested I take HPT, but it came out negative. Now I know, thanks to @MrsB2012: connecting the two for me. lol

@StrawberryBee: Yay for accepting an offer! Wishing y'all smooth sailing from here till closing!

@delight: Texting on the phone - lol!!! Oh my. But you're right. Practically all 1 and 2 years olds I know know how to unlock an iphone using the swipe feature....

@redsmarties: That's awesome your LO signs so much and says 'teeko teeko'???? Stop it. Just stop. How flipping cute!!!!

@delight: ahh, good luck with your house search! I'm glad for the couple whose offer we accepted; they seem really excited about the house, and are expecting their first in January. Trying to fix up little things so it's all perfect for them. It makes me happy to know that someone else is going to be starting the next stage of their life here :). Inspection next week. I'll be able to take a deep breath once that's over.

So cute about the pretend phone conversations!

@Grace: Thank you, and congrats on the babbling!

@redsmarties: teeko! *dies*

@Alivoo01: thank you!

@.twist.: L is so cute. Good luck on your flight tomorrow!

In non house news, I finally got the invites for her birthday party finished and sent off to mpix today. I debated the cost of it, but I just can't help wanting to graphic design things ;). Hoping they come out okay!

Is anyone else's LO super flexible? The positions this girl gets into while sleeping are just crazy.

@.twist.: Done! Oh man, what does that freedom feel like? Were you sad at all?
@StrawberryBee: Wow...that's some serious flexibility.
@mdf106: I had forgotten about the painful nursing before AF! It happened last cycle, and sure enough, I'm in a TON of pain (and AF is coming). Its seriously enough pain to make me want to wean NOW. Nuts.

Naps are NOT going well here. Or bedtime. We need to do some sleep re-training...its so hard. This regression has knocked me on my butt. Anyone else?

@redsmarties: that's so funny that she says that! What a smartie pants!!
@.twist.: Congrats on finishing breast feeding! You did awesome going this long! Have fun at your parents, it's really nice out this way.
@StrawberryBee: Congrats on selling your house! That is so funny how she sleeps!! B just sleeps on her back or her side
@redsmarties: Um. Since April 1st B has been the.worst.sleeper.ever. She was so good before. She was seriously at the point where she was screaming for 3 hours before she went to sleep. Naps? What's a nap? She hasn't had one in weeks but she desperately needs them. I ended up taking her to my chiropractor and I can say things have done a 180. She will go to bed and go to sleep within about 10 minutes and stay asleep. She's waking up around 5 to eat and then sleeping until 730-830. However, when she comes into our bed to eat at 5, she will not go back in her crib, she wants to sleep with us. So, it's improving with the chiropractor. He said she had some tender spots on her back and I've noticed a huge difference since we've gone. I'm getting seriously stressed about going back to work next month with her not sleeping as good as she did for the first 7 months. Hopefully she gets her act together once this tooth pops through.

@Mrs D: holy she is a ham! Soo cute! She looks so strong! B has that same play cube, she's obsessed with it.

@.twist.: haha such a cute picture!!

@Mrs D: OMG!!! She is flipping adorable!!!

@.twist.: Ahhh!! L!!!! Such a handsome lil man. He definitely looks ready! Congrats on being fully weaned!! I'm about to drop another pumping session, which means down to 1 pumping session left. Hope I can drop that easily by the time he's 1!!!

@Grace: umm this is B. Pants are way to short but the next size is hugeee around the waist. Lots of her pants of those stretchy bands on the waste where you button it to make them tighter, but they're still huge on her.

@Mrs D: I am too! I think she has my sister's build. Lucky girl!

@MrsB2012: I've never seen any pants like that. Do you know which brands off the top of your head?

@MrsB2012: so, I am not sure what B's sleep issues were but we have gone through some issues (albeit mild), we have finally settled on the following (somewhat odd) routine:

5pm: final "meal" at DC, consist of 4oz puree, 2T cereal, 1/2 gerber yogurt (sometimes w grains, sometimes without), puffs/yogurt melts and water.
5:20pm: Daycare Pickup
5:45pm: Home
Very rarely K will fall asleep on the way home and be so exhausted she sleeps straight through. Every time this happens I say an extra prayer before bed that she does not wake up in the middle of the night. We still feed her a bottle in her half sleepy state before putting her in her crib.
5:45pm-7/7:30pm: Playtime with Mommy & Daddy. Sometimes a bath, sometimes a walk, but generally awake and stimulated time.
7/7:30 (when she starts rubbing her eyes or acts cranky): put down for a nap in the swing.
8:15-8:45pm (depending on schedule): wake her up and start bedtime routine. From here on its soft voices, gentle movements and whatnot, indicating its bedtime. She gets an 8oz bottle at this time and usually drinks 6-8oz.

We have always done the same thing in the same order for bedtime (trying from early on to set a ritual)...1) lights low 2) marpac on 3) diaper change/lotion rubdown 4) jammies on, sleepsack on 5) bottle while rocking 6) binky replaces bottle 7) placed in crib while groggy but not passed out

I have tried a few times to put her down at 7/7:30 (since I get the question WTH are you doing having your kid nap right before bed all the time) but honestly she just isn't hungry enough at that time to crush her last bottle which will leave her hungry in the middle of the night!

Just something to think about if anyone else out there struggles with the before bed feeding!

@Alivoo01: Oooo! That's perfect! AND ships to Canada for free! Whooooooo!

@MrsB2012: Huh. She has tons of Carter's and I've never noticed. I'm going to have to look closer.
I'm going to have to try total blackout in her room. LO keeps waking at 6, even if she's last woken at 4. I wonder if the tiny bits of light are messing her up. How long before bed do you nurse? My thinking has always been to nurse right before story and sleepsack and bed in case she gets hungry.

@Mrs D: Lol - that did seem crazy to have her nap right before bed, but if it works, it works!

@Grace: Awesome!

@Mrs D: Theme for C's 1st birthday is Safari. I was checking out at Wal-Mart one day and they had a clearance bin full of 1st birthday stuff on sale for $0.97 each so we picked up 40 invitations, matching plates, napkins, cups, and even a Happy 1st Birthday banner. So that drove the decision for theme. Ha!

Rainbow sounds like fun!

@Mrs D: I'm just starting to think about her party. I was going to do an "Over the Rainbow" theme too. As I said before, so I can use whatever primary colour stuff I can find, and so DD gets to wear her sparkly red shoes with a loose Wizard of Oz tie in.
But now I'm not sure what we're actually even doing for LO's birthday. DH's parents decided they're going to come visit for her birthday weekend, and since they're traveling they said they'd be upset if they wasted all that time and money coming here, and ended up not being able to spend as much time with her as they want because everybody at the party wants to see her. So they'd prefer to just go to the park and then maybe dinner with the three of us, and call it a day.

And my mom thinks it's rude to ask our family to "waste" another long weekend since her baby shower (which I didn't pick or plan) was September long weekend last year, and my sister's wedding is on Thanksgiving, and bridal shower on Sept long. Her actual birthday is the Sunday of August long, so it seems weird to me not to do it then.

@Sapphiresun: I really don't think I know what I feel about that. On the one hand it sounds like both sets of grandparents don't want her party on the long weekend, so you could make everyone happy by having it a different weekend. But on the other hand, why do they have any say on when you throw a party? And I take offense at the thought that it's wasting a weekend. If people don't want to see you or celebrate LO, then they aren't obligated to come.

We're at the airport waiting for our flight and my shy LO is crawling all over and making friends with all the other passengers. So out of character for her.

Is anyone else struggling with LO tossing their food on the floor? I'm not sure how to correct this behaviour. She often does it with the first couple of things she picks up and then chows down, so I don't think it's a sign of not being hungry. We have done BLW with great success, except for this one thing.

Also, any other August'13 LOs obsessed with blueberries? H cannot get enough!

@MrsB2012: yes! We have a dog too!! She's pretty good not to beg, but H tempts her