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@Kbee: Haha, my guy is in the 18th percentile for height - my DH is 6'3" and also hoping LO catches up to him!!

@Aria: Ohh I kinda want to try the Merlin! Right now he's in a sleep sack because he kept busting his arms out of the swaddle anyway, but I hear such great things about the Merlin. He STTN but only if I keep replacing his pacifier... I can't wait for him to suck his thumb! L had shots on Wed and yesterday was rough, fevers all day. I feel so bad for them!

Hi ladies! I have been pretty absent from the boards lately...these kiddos are keeping me on my toes! So glad to see all the milestones and growth. I keep thinking I still have a tiny baby, and then realizing that she really isn't so little anymore! We have her 4 month checkup next week. I can't wait to see some new stats! DH is convinced that she is huge compared to her brother, but at 2 months she was only a half pound bigger (even though she was 3 pounds bigger at birth!). So who knows. She is sleeping pretty good. We had 2 nights of sleeping all night (7-5) but then she went back to 3 wake ups. Last night was only two, so maybe we are making progress again. I know that's not much in the grand scheme of things but the toddler is so exhausting

@Kbee: in regards to the suit, we didn't want to buy one but I heard the extra weight helps babies sleep a little better, so when we transitioned out of the swaddle I started using a AA dream blanket in the crib. I know those are a no-no, but we followed the rules of tucking it in it in on 3 sides of the crib and making sure it didn't go above his belly. It worked really well...and then once he started rolling and became a tummy sleeper he didn't need it anymore for weight.

And as far as super mom goes, thank you, but I am far from it haha Just trying to survive...I am happier when I am busy!

@Mrs. Coral: my first went from like 10th to 60th and then back down to 3rd in his two years of life. He has been maintaining around 3rd since he was about 12 months. My ped was never very concerned about it, even though I brought it up multiple times.

How's everyone doing? Can you believe it's been 6 months ( or coming up 6 months ) since we had our babies! G is getting so big! She had her 6 month immunizations this week. She's 16lb 6oz. Over a full pound bigger than her sister was at her 6 month appt. She's getting ready to crawl, she can move backwards but not forwards yet. She amazes me every day how big she is! Hope everyone is doing well!

@MrsB2012: How fun!! DD is trying to crawl too--she pulls her knees/legs up under her tummy and pushes off. She's so dang stubborn and could go at it for hours. She's working on her pincer grasp too--like when a blanket is out I her reach, she'll squirm closer and the reach out and barely grab the tag.

I feel like all of a sudden a lot of things have just *clicked* for her. Like, she sees a bottle or boobs when she's hungry and she fixes her eyes on it and goes NUTS! For a kid who has never been motivated by hunger, this is so awesome to us.

She is taking 4-6 oz breastmilk every 2-3 hours at daycare. Munchkin was 12lb 14oz at her 5 month weight check. Holding steady at 10th percentile. @maddyz: what a sweet little chunk! I bet our LOs would look so funny next to one another. How sweet--I love the differences.

We tried rice and oatmeal cereal during the big 4 month weight scare. That, along with the fortified breastmilk was a big fail. Her tummy was pretty sensitive to it. So, we're waiting until 6 mo and them I will prob start with sweet potatoes and carrots.

Sorry so long...great to see some updates

ETA: we had our first ear infection too 2 antibiotics later and she's doing much better. Not fun!

@MRSB2012 yeah he's kinda huge. We keep talking about the next one but I have to wait until this big guy is solidly on his own feet, I bet we wait at least a year from now to stay to try again. But I like the idea of close spacing. My brother and I are 15 months apart and it was great growing up.

@MrsB2012: Wow sounds like she's doing great! And #3 soon? Whew! We're not ready to even talk about #2 yet

@maddyz: Big boy! I don't have my period back yet, and I definitely don't miss those hormonal times every month. So sorry

@Mrs. Coral: We're going to start with sweet potatoes too, then probably carrots 2nd. How are things going with your DD's weight? We have a teeny baby over here too, we had an appt last week and he was in the 9th percentile (5th at birth), but dr has always said it's fine.

@Aria: We're the same with the not-successful-at-all trying to crawl and consonants over here too. It's SO fun hearing all of the new things he says and seeing him do new things every day.

We're doing great over here! DS will be 6 months in a week, and is just around 15 pounds or so. He's sitting up and has lots of new sounds, including ba's and da's. And after months and months of terrible sleep, and me resigning myself to the fact that I had a terrible sleeper and I would forever be sleep deprived - he shockingly now sleeps without his swaddle, rolls onto his belly, and sleeps all night It makes me cry when I think of how much easier things are now. With 2 months of colic and 5 months of 5-6 wake-ups per night, we had a really tough go of things for a long time. But I LOVE this age!

@Kbee: I can't believe it either! Where did this year go?!

We are doing better over here, finally. Lyla is the happiest baby on the planet I think, but she has had a lot of medical issues. Around 6 months she started becoming extremely constipated, and we ended up in the ER with her before deciding to start feeding therapy. We then found out that she had a tongue tie that we missed when she was a newborn. Then from September-November she had constant ear infections, so in early December she got tubes put in and we had her tongue tie clipped too. It's been a couple weeks, and shes feeling better I think (though now shes getting more teeth and the constipation is back! gah!!)

But man, this girl is the best. She is growing so fast, and I can't even believe how fast time is going with her!

I have been thinking about everyone as we get close to a year.

We are great. 10 months today, crawling, cruising, 7 teeth and loves to eat. We just night weened and that's changing my life.

This mild winter is saving me because is this guy doesn't get too the park he wrecks the apartment. Everything is stashed in our bed room...

@Mrs. Lion: that's good to hear things are finally turning around for L. That's tough with the constipation. My older one has suffered since she was about 6 months old. She still has the worst time and it's so hard to watch.

@Kbee: That's really good that D is improving and much happier now!

@maddyz: I hope the night weaning has changed your life for the better

Things are going really well over here. G will be 1 next week! She has 6 teeth, stands on her own and takes about 2 steps at a time occasionally. She has 3 words, ( mom, dad, and wow!) haha. I'm super blessed with the.best.sleeper ever. She sleeps from 6pm - 8/830am every day. She starts daycare next week, so she will be going to bed later and getting up earlier so I suspect our amazing sleep run will be coming to an end quickly.
We are on our 4th cycle of TTC our next. We were hoping to be about 12 weeks pregnant now to coincide with going back to work, but it's taking us longer than anticipated this time.

I hope everyone is doing well, I can't believe how quick this year has gone by!