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@buttermilk: I agree with @MrsStar, you haven't ruined it! She won't be waking every hour to nurse when she goes away to college. It could be entirely unrelated to anything you did. L has days where she sleeps 20-22 out of 24 hours, then the next day she won't nap more than 20 minutes every 3 hours. I do everything exactly the same. And even if it is because of the change, I would think she just needs time to realize that she's back where she likes to be. If she was waking up and finding herself somewhere she didn't want to be, she might just need a little extra reassurance to get her comfort level back.

Speaking of wonky sleep (though in a better way), We were gonna go to baby and me story time at the library, but she fraking slept till 1! 11-5, then 6-8. So I figured it was safe to go one more stretch (they always get shorter as the "night" progresses, never longer) thinking she'd be up around 10-11. Nope! But she woke up so happy that she keeps choking while eating because she stops swallowing to smile and talk. So I suppose I'm not going to complain.

@buttermilk hope you're having a better night tonight! It's 4am and I'm up with wake up 3.... ugggh. Mama tired.

@mrs. Microscope how did your LO do in the parks at Disney? Did she sleep, was site overstimulated?

Another weird PP symptom. At night my ankles and lower calves get really hot and swollen. Seems like that shouldn't be haopening anymore! I just had to take my socks off because they were too right. Ugh. I guess I should call my OB?

@Mrs. Microscope: I know right?? He apologized and was more helpful last night. He says he has a big story to write and that's why he was being so fussy lol.

Oh also I think the Zantac is finally kicking in! It took a whole week but she barely spit up yesterday and I even increased her supplement a bit. And I think she is starting to fill out more!

@Torchwood: I can't believe she slept too 1 that's crazy! And so funny about the smiling lol.

@buttermilk: Yay for good sleep and less spitting! Just an FYI, the Zantac won't change how much she's spitting...it just relieves the pain of the reflux. Only her digestive system getting more mature will stop the spitting!

@buttermilk: Good idea on the travel pillow! L loves having her legs elevated when she sleeps.

@Mrs. J: I hope you work it out! Pumping is obnoxious enough without having all that to deal with.

@Mrs. J: Ughhh. What's their reasoning behind not letting you pump in your classroom? I mean, obviously the students won't be in there, so what's the problem? The school I was at when I had N was less than accommodating in most aspects, but at least they handled pumping relatively sensibly.

@Torchwood: I have an almost 2 year old, but we aren't doing anything. Well, we are, just not Halloween-related. My parents wanted to take LO1 to the zoo and with my Dad's work schedule, this is the only weekend they can go before it starts to get cold (It'll be a day trip because it's a couple hours away). I figure he's still pretty young to really "get" trick-or-treating (and obviously, the baby too). We went last year when he was 11.5 months old, but it was just walking around our new neighborhood for a bit in his costume and then we were done.

I think the zoo would be a lot more fun at this point (and I'm really excited to see him with all the animals!). Plus, my sister is keeping C for us, so my oldest gets to have a little bit of "only child" time. The only downside is pumping in the car while we're gone

My best friend, on the other hand, has a 5 week old and she's totally dressing her up as a pumpkin and taking her to visit family

@Torchwood: this is the first year my 3 yr old understands/is excited about Halloween. She picked out her costume (a witch a la Room on the Broom- very cute book) and is excited about trick or treating. Our neighborhood is having a pizza party and costume parade in early afternoon so we will do that before ToT-ing around here. N has a little skeleton sleeper that he will wear to the neighborhood party but he will probably stay home while DH and I alternate with DD. We will send the grandparents pictures of the kids dressed up.

@Torchwood: our city does a "downtown Safe trick or treat" in the afternoon. I took my son when he was 5 months old, but only because we had just moved here and some moms from a moms group invited me to go with them, and as an extrovert I was desperate for friends! If we lived close to family I definitely would have gone "trick or treating" at the grand parents house.
At 3.5 this is the first year my son is looking forward to Halloween, but I don't think he realizes people go door to door around the neighborhood traditionally. My husbands office always haas families in to trick or treat and they give out so much candy! We are doing that on Friday and I think probably nothing on Saturday. I figure we have lots of years ahead of us, If I can get away with only doing the office, I'm going to!

@Torchwood: we are dressing them both up to
Visit my family and take them around the block with my niece. It's supposed to rain though

@OhCaptain: Did you get your extra bit of sleep? That post made me laugh.

Guess who got really close to rolling back to front today! She got stuck on her arm, as is to be expected, but it was still huge! And she got frustrated because she couldn't roll back, but I just patted her a bit and didn't step in and help, and she figured it out and made it on her back again! Big girl! (Literally- that's the 6-9mo sleeper.) She seemed pleased with herself!

She's also supposed to be going into a wonder week, but has already started doing everything she's supposed to be doing by the end. I'm thinking she's starting the shift more towards her actual, not adjusted, age? If she's supposed to be on track by the end of the first year, presumably she should be gradually making that shift. I hadn't thought about it, but it kinda sucks for being on this board for a while. Once they're older a couple months won't matter, but for the next bit I guess she's going to be moving ahead a little. Oh well, it'll even out.

@MrsADS: We try to do tummy time every day, about one hour after her late afternoon feeding. Sometimed she's cool for fifteen minutes sometimes just for two. We put her in front of a mirror or put a toy in front of her. We will also recline and lay her on our chests and that she'll do for ten or so minutes. She isn't completely flat but still works her neck and chest muscles.

A coworker has a 21 week old that is completely unable to do tummy time due to horrible, horrible reflux. He just throws up the second he goes on his tummy. The pediatrician says that he'll eventually catch up and might do milestones closer together.

@MrsADS: I put mine on her belly maybe MAYBE Once a day. Some days i forget. She's a belly sleeper and she spends plenty of time on my chest or over my shoulder so I don't really worry about it. I know it's easy for me to say, but don't stress about milestones as long as your pediatrician isn't.

Isla rolled back to belly! Put her down on her back to go grab something, came back and she was on her belly! She's been close to rolling for a few weeks, just sad I missed it!

I hardly ever remember to put her down for tummy time, but she spends plenty of time holding her head up when she's lying on my chest so I'm not worried.

Ok, so now she can roll back to belly AND belly to back! She's been a busy girl today

@MrsStar: yay that's so exciting, go Isla!!
I try to out R on her tummy 1-2 times a day but we forget sometimes. She does spend time on my chest but I need to be better. She looves standing on our laps so we do a lot of that.

@Ms. RV: good luck! Let me know how it goes!

@OhCaptain: poor thing! It's so stressful in that moment, you're right about it feeling like slow motion. That happened to me once in old navy with my mom it was horrible. I finally had to walk around the store nursing her.

We had a nice day yesterday. I switched out the stroller seat in my UBV and she likes it SO much better than the bassinet. We had no stroller meltdowns yay! Makes sense. I wouldn't want to by laying flat bouncin around either.

@OhCaptain: Poor LO! It always feels like their is such a small tipping point for overstimulation.

@Ms. RV: bummer! I know a lot of ppl do well with cold turkey stuff but for us it seems very gradual is best. Replacing the RnP with a bassinet in the same exact spot has gone really well for the past few nights now! When we have done the crib, making a snuggle nest with rolled towels under the sheet seems to help but I guess you can't do that with the pnp. Hopefully the heating pad works!

@Ms. RV: we did a gradual transition from RNP to PNP. Both are in our room. We'd put him down in the RNP and after a MOTN feeding, when he was full and sleepy, we'd put him in the PNP. After a month(?) of that, we just started putting him down in the PNP. Now he's doing all sleeping (naps and nighttime) in it. We will try the crib transition next!

@Torchwood: that's so great!

It's 4:15 (5:15 really pre DST) and N is still asleep! I woke up and realize the time so started pumping- I've never gone so long between pumps so a little nervous about clogs but hopefully it won't be too bad. But hoping we are getting closer to STTN!!

Well the heating pad worked-- kind of. She slept for three hours in the PnP last night. She's feeling very clingy, though, and has not slept since 2am unless she was in someone's arms. I think she may not like the PnP because she can't see out because she'll sleep flat on her back everywhere else it seems. We really need her to be able to sleep in the PnP because she'll be sleeping there frequently starting in April in our RV plus she'll be sleeping in one as soon as she starts walking or turns 1 at daycare. I'm giving myself plenty of time to transition