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@babypugs: That's awesome!!! So happy you're finally getting some sleep!!

@Smurfette: Awww poor baby. I'm glad she seems to be feeling better though. And that's great on the weight gain! How was the cake? We got out the high chair too, and I agree, it's adorable. She mostly just bangs her toys around on the tray while we eat, but we need to get better at eating earlier because twice she's drifted off to sleep sitting up (it's almost her bed time.)

We are doing pretty well over here. Night sleep is still decent, although I'm exhausted today because it was just too hot to sleep last night. I was annoyed to be sleeping so fitfully when it wasn't even due to the baby. The biggest thing is I've got her doing at least one long nap in the crib since Friday. Hope it continues because it's sooo nice to either have time to myself or to get stuff done instead of spending 2 hours pinned down with her sleeping on me.

Oh! I also noticed that some honey almonds I'd been eating all week contained butter and her poops looked normal. Yesterday I bought some muffins baked with milk ingredients and ate half of one; still waiting on her to poop today to see how she reacts. If that goes OK I may try yogurt or something in a few days.

@IRunForFun: Disappointing. I should have held out to try the bottom layer. The one I had was strawberry icing and it wasn't my favorite. Baby has been so tired on Thurs and Mon night from not napping, I had to keep waking her up to finish her bottle before bed. I wish she would nap more there. It is so heartbreaking seeing her to exhausted.
That's awesome about the almonds. Maybe baked milk will be ok! Hope the crib nap keeps up!

@Smurfette: Awww I bet people loved her asst the reception! So sorry she's sick, that sounds awful.

@IRunForFun: Ugh, yes, I swear our room is always hot too! I had to move DD1's bed across the room to be closer to the fan. I am not down with this super hot weather!

I'm already over the heat. I wish we were going to the East coast in July and not August, miss the foolish heat here like last year if we were gone for July. But ocean will be warmer in August, haha!

I usually loveeeee the heat, but with B and always needing shade and her usually on me in some form.....just bleh!!

@sunnyday: OMG that's awful!!! I hope you all feel better soon and sickness stays away for a good long time.

@Smurfette: What carrier are you using? I have the Lillebaby Airflow with the mesh which is supposed to be cooler but even with that I sweat r like crazy.

So I've been eating the muffins that have milk ingredients and DD had one poop that was green yesterday, but it wasn't mucousy or bloody. And perfectly normal poops since then. Hmmmmmm. I might get brave enough to try eating yogurt soon...

@sunnyday: I'm so sorry. That sounds miserable.

I'm still mostly using the Moby...it's SO hot!

@snowjewelz: leaving Ontario and driving through Canadian way. Overnight in Quebec. Then into Nova Scotia. DH is from there and allll his fam is there!

B screamed last night from 8pm to 1130. In our arms, not in our arms. Changed, changed again, looked her over. Screaming. It was awful, then slept til 2, then 5:20.

I'm considering stopping nursing. I said I would do 6 months this time. 6 months exactly is a little hectic timing with other things, so right now may be better. I thought I would just keep going through summer with us away, but I think it might be best for me to stop sooner.

@sunnyday: I won't lie it is so nice not having to be the one to always feed your child. Yeah you can leave a bottle but you still have to pump. I say do whatever is going to make you happy cause happy Mom = happy baby in my book.

I'm pretty set on quitting. I hate saying quitting, but it is what it is I guess! I'm totally okay being done. Get sappy when I think about this being my last baby, but get over it pretty quick.

@Smurfette: you're right. I don't have to justify it to myself or anyone, it's just switching ways to feed her!

I bought some formula tonight, eeek! When to start!? Lol.

@babypugs: I don't think washing bottles is that bad. It is really only 3 more bottles during the week but I don't have pump parts now.
My first had a tooth about now. I keep feeling for one but so far nothing. She is chewing on everything and drooling, so maybe soon.

Positives over here!!

I'm definitely getting better, wooo!

B is as well! We tried a Ferber esque bedtime last night. Didn't do a check until 10 mins. Picked her up and calmed her, sang twinkles one more time and told her it was time to sleep. Back down and cried 4 more mins and was asleep!! Until 10:45 (4 hours on the nose since bedtime, she has an internal clock!!) woke 3:10, nursed, back to bed 3:30. Needed to cry 7 mins. Up 5:30, I should have just gotten up w he then, but pulled her into bed and we slept til 6:40!

Attempted a formula bottle. Omg the poor thing, I was laughing at her. Has taken a bm bottle no prob, so grabbed the bottle and pulled it in her mouth and you could see her face like....what is this Mom!?! Didn't fuss, but you could tell she was not impressed. Just gnawed on the bottle nipple, took the odd sip. I opted to nurse her and have since. Will look into it, can I combo bm with formula in same bottle to transition? Anyways! Will figure that out, no pressure, just ugh. Haha.

She also has THE WORST bum rash. Bleeding, chapped, awfulness. Just on the surface (if that makes sense) and I think from the strep meds in her urine as it's more upfront versus back. She rolls on the changepad and rubs it as she flips and the cry is the worst. Trying to be so so careful cleaning it, but it's pretty impossible to not hurt her to get it cleaned up. Switched her into disposables just so I can slather anything and everything all over it to keep her comfortable.

No weekend plans, going out for pizza dinner and ice cream with my Mom tonight. Fair start to the weekend! Haha.

@sunnyday: Aww poor babe! Hope the butt gets better. I feel so horrible for them when they get bad diaper rash! DD1 has had a few; so far none for DD2 but she does have a slight rash under her chin from all the drooling!

I plan to do light supplementing too in the near future; DD1 took formula bottles with no issue; I hope DD2 will too!

@Smurfette: I never mixed with DD1 b/c I didn't want to waste anymore of my precious low supply haha! So I just winged it and gave a full bottle to her and surprisingly she never cared!

@Smurfette: Aww! I always thought formula smelled and tasted bad in general

@snowjewelz: I got a whiff of it yesterday and was like "oh yeah.....formula smell" haha.

She whimpered three times on off for 30 seconds or so tonight, and out! She even leaned to be put down tonight! This is so nice, like we both needed this!

@Smurfette: thank-you! I will try that!! I can pump or have enough in freezer to switch over.

@sunnyday: DD has a yeasty diaper rash that will not quit. I have APNO. I wonder if I could put it on her butt?

@Peasinapod: bleh, that's hard. Sleep is just straight up crazy. So different for all. I have so much envy for those who have unicorn sleeping babies!

@sunnyday: with my first I even tried to sleep train and it didn't work! So now I'm hesistent to try anything with S . After 12 months e just magically started sleeping well and going down no problem so I guess I'm hoping the same happens this time .

But it is hard on me and my husband to never have any us time... we miss eachother but also with two young kids the times we are together are stressful!

@Smurfette: Oh yeah Clotrimazole is the generic of Lotrimin! We've been layering A+D over, maybe I should try Aquaphor. APNO is All Purpose Nipple Ointment, it's a prescription ointment that has antifungal, antibacterial, and...something else I can't remember.