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@babypugs: oh I didn't think about tomatoes. We had spaghetti on Friday ( leftovers lunch on Monday). Then I've had a lot of salsa and tomato on salad.
@IRunForFun: her issues are making me considered formula. Only if she needs dairy free that formula is so expensive.

@sunnyday: gorgeous nursery!!

On day 3 of solo parenting. It's actually going okay! My newborn so far has been very easy going. It's actually probably been good for me because it's teaching me I can put her down (for some reason I suffer from major guilt if I am not holding her ....) hopefully things will continue going smoothly. This week I'm working on handling the two of them, and next week I plan to go out to some drop in activities in the community with the two of them.

@Peasinapod: that's awesome! and yes, I know I need to put her down more esp since I'll be back to work soon... But it's just so much easier to wrap her up and go on and get things done!

@Smurfette: So our dr said K most likely doesn't have reflux. He said gripe water doesn't work that well and he doesn't like it bc of sodium so he said just to do gas drops. He doesn't think her "symptoms" are severe enough to be reflux.

Baby K is 11 lbs 4 oz but really short at 20.5" (that's like 1% lol). But with both girls I feel like sometimes they just don't stretch them out long enough, or they're too squirmy...

I don't know if she was really tired from the shots; but she went down within an hour last might and did a 7 hr stretch! So only woke up once to eat!!

I'm just worried about going back to work now... Need a new routine for everyone... And she will have to learn to sleep on her own more... I am a sucker for just wrapping her up most days b/c it's easier.

@IRunForFun: Poor nipples Hang in there! DD1 was not as good of a sleeper and I was also way more anxious last time but it will get better!!

@snowjewelz: that's great she doesn't have reflux. Waiting to feed a hungry baby sucks(have to do meds, 3 times a day, and then wait 15 mins) nice stretch!
@IRunForFun: At least she is starting to sleep more in the RnP. Baby steps!

I fed her last night at 8:15, asleep 9:15ish. Then she didn't wake to eat till 4! If only we didn't have to get up like 3 times in between to comfort her from grunting or reinsert the paci. But I do think the meds are helping. She is sharting less every day. I took her to my work today. I'm ready but SO not ready to go back in 5 weeks.

@Smurfette: I had to LOL at sharting. Is that not normal? DD does it a lot!!

@snowjewelz: I'm not looking forward to shots. She won't have her two month appointment till 10 weeks cause I made LO1 (4yr) and the baby's 2 month together. Super smart, they both get shots.

@Smurfette: Yeah LO is def struggling with gas. She'll grunt and writhe and then fart/shart and calm down for a while and repeat. I am glad the meds seem to be helping your LO, what a relief!!

@snowjewelz: Yeah DH and I have hardly had any time together since DD was born. But he works an odd shift so we don't have a lot of awake hours the same. I'm impressed you even came close to DTD!!

DD did a 4 hour stretch last night, but it was in bed with me. She only lasted 30 mins in the rnp. I could have tried harder to settle her there but was too tired. Then I was awake from 1:30 to 5 though because she was so grunty and uncomfortable, plus I had a stomachache from my antibiotics. I kept doing the "If I don't go to sleep now she'll be up again in 2 hours...she'll be up again in 1 hour...etc." So I was awake through 2 feedings. Sigh.

@IRunForFun: yeah we didn't have a good night either. I think I might try the crib tonight wondering if she wants more room. Couple times now she has been super grunting and I move her higher up in the RnP so she isn't all slotched together, and she went right to sleep.

@snowjewelz: I wish we had a bigger master bedroom because I'd totally try to side car the crib! I just can't wait until I can put her on her belly. I think she'll do so much better. I did let her sleep on her belly on the boppy for about an hour right next to me on the bed this morning so I could sleep a bit more. I figured she'd cry if she was malpositioned.

@Smurfette: You have so much more patience than I do to reinsert the paci and reposition her so much! I just give up and bring her in bed. I really need to stop doing that so I can develop better sleep habits in the long run.

@Smurfette: I feel ya. I was always adamant I'd never bed share or cosleep and I definitely don't want to do it long term. Well I don't WANT to do it at all, I'm just weak!!

I just watched a video about how to help gas/reflux that made me think of you. It showed a different way to change diapers that doesn't involve lifting the legs up. It said to roll them side to side to wipe instead of tipping them up.

@IRunForFun: Haha we bed shared with DD1 and never looked back! For us we chose sleep for all. We have our time downstairs in the living room and when we go to bed we just sleep. But I think side car will work better so we have a little more room!

@snowjewelz: We only have a full-sized bed so it's a tight squeeze!

So DD unintentionally rolled from belly to back today. I laid her on her belly on the bed while I changed and she was upset and started kicking like crazy and somehow rolled herself over!

@Peasinapod: I'm so glad it's going well! I also feel guilty setting her down, especially since she has a touch of flat head... but sometimes you just have to!

@snowjewelz: I don't think LO has successfully taken a single nap outside of the wrap. Not for lack of trying... it doesn't bother me but I know it won't work for daycare!

@IRunForFun: Not sleeping through multiple feedings is the worst. Can't believe she flipped already, awesome!!!

@Smurfette: I still want to believe that our bed is our bed,b but frequently all four of us somehow end up in our room!

It should be illegal for husbands to utter the phrase "I'm tired".

@babypugs: @Smurfette: I agree! DH works 2nd shift and so gets home around midnight. He will sleep in the guest room so he doesn't wake us up if he's sleeping. He will stay up another hour or two to decompress and then if he gets up at 8 or 9 he will say he's so tired because he got home late. I'm like um you just slept 7 hours uninterrupted. No.

I think we may be dealing with dairy sensitivity. Yesterday and today we gave DD one ounce of a milk-based formula to see how she'd tolerate it so I might be able to stop my middle of the night pump. Two diapers today had gelatinous clumps I can only assume were mucous and one diaper had what looked like flecks of blood. I will call the ped Monday but if it is a sensitivity we have to decide if I want to cut dairy or if we want to do a hypoallergenic formula - which is $$$!!

@Smurfette: I've been restricting dairy because when she was about 2 weeks I ate a cream based soup with cheese and she seemed miserable. I've had a little dairy - butter and cream cheese, but no milk, yogurt, cheese, etc. DH thought it was coincidence and I was paraboid but this kinda confirms it for me.

@Smurfette: Do you think you might cut dairy entirely? I hate to do it but I don't want to be making LO uncomfortable or in pain and I was looking at the hypoallergenic formulas and if we went that route we'd go to the poor house! I'm anxious to see what my ped says. What does LO's mucous look like in her diaper? What I noticed was yellowish brown like her normal poop but was literally the consistency of jelly.

@Smurfette: @IRunForFun: you guys are making me think my lo might have a milk intolerance she's had a few green mucusy poops but no blood, and she's very happy. I wonder if it's worth me trying to cut dairy?

For those who have used a soother how do you get baby to take it? My first never did and now at a little over 5 weeks I'm trying to introduce it but Scarlett wants nothing to do with it!

Week 1 solo parenting I would say was a success. Made it out to the park a few times . Next week I'm going to the library and some play groups. My biggest concern is timing breastfeeding when I'm not at home since it's harder to watch my older one in public while breastfeeding!

Hope everyone is doing well, I can't believe it's almost march and not only are our babies here but they're becoming babies now rather than newborns

@babypugs: I'm so paranoid about flat head as well! It causes me to avoid the swing and rock n play even though lo is so content in either of those ...