grapefruit / 4441 posts
@Jess1483: pumping definitely counts! I'm nervous because I had supply issues with J. So far though, I've been good with H. I don't want to screw it up though and I think I've been doing less than 8. Oh, H redeemed herself last night after the 4 hrs stretch the other night... she slept 9 hrs last night! Amazing! Fingers crossed it sticks! Of course J woke up at 5 though and I slept from 5-7 on the floor next to her bed! I'm getting too old for that!
grapefruit / 4441 posts
@Jess1483: Horray for your 6 hr stretch!!! When I have done weighted feeds with H, she can get 4 oz in 10 min if she is really hungry, so I definitely think they can be efficient like that!
nectarine / 2148 posts
@Jess1483: @78h2o: that's amazing on the sleep!! W still only sleeps in 3-4 hour stretches. I once got 6 hours. He is just always hungry!!!
nectarine / 2641 posts
@Eko: no joke, I didn't get a 6-hour stretch from DS1 from birth to 11 months, so I feel you. He ate constantly. I was an amazing baby in the sleep department, so I'm choosing to believe it's good karma finally reaching me.
@78h2o: oh good, that makes me feel better. Maybe I should do a weighted feed...
bananas / 9229 posts
Just had Q's one month check up (at 5 weeks)... 22 3/4 inches and 9 lb 1 oz. She's in the 96% for height (grown 2 1/4 inches already!) and 33% for weight. Were having lots of snuggles now... 1 vaccine today and tongue/lip clipping yesterday makes for a sad mama!
nectarine / 2641 posts
@Mrs.KMM: it's amazing. Especially for my toddler, who was pretty over me nursing the baby.
nectarine / 2148 posts
What does everyone's day-to-day look like?
I mostly spend my days napping or hanging out inside. It's been too hot to go outside with W and I'm starting to go stir crazy staring at the same walls of my tiny apartment.
pomelo / 5258 posts
@Eko: We spend a lot of time nursing and trying to get naps. I try to take a walk or get out to run an errand in the morning. Once a week we go to a BFing group. I plan to host a mother's club play date soon but I can't get past the hurdle of cleaning my house.
At 5 we walk to get LO1 at daycare. On the way home we stop at a park. At 6:30 or so DH gets home and I make dinner if LO2 doesn't want to cluster feed. It's just nuts until LO1's bedtime around 8pm.
bananas / 9229 posts
@Eko: Theres no routine or schedule here whatsoever. She tends to give me a long nap (sometimes) in the morning and if I'm lucky in the afternoon too. The morning one is my time to shower and do things at home. Every other week our local hospital has a breastfeeding group so we go to that. If it's not too hot out I try and take a walk in the afternoon. But some days we don't leave at all. Otherwise I'm still having a hard time figuring out what cry means what. I feel like she's always hungry after she nurses too. Were heading to my parents tomorrow for the week. I'm hoping I don't regret it...
coconut / 8861 posts
@Eko:
-2-5am: morning feed
-early morning nap (sometimes, not always)
-feeding
-activity like a Starbucks walk, stop in the post office, etc. or doing laundry while he's on the playmat, grabbing a bathroom break
-start nap routine, get him down for a nap
This rinses and repeats itself during the day. If he naps well, we'll go out in the afternoon if we didn't in the morning. If he naps poorly, I'll wear him or spend my day trying to nap him. I try to get out when it isn't too hot out or to grab caffeine, feel normal.
Today, he napped really well in the morning. While DH and E were home napping and relaxing, we went and got a late lunch together with a stroller walk and some catnapping on his part.
apricot / 428 posts
@Eko: get up around 730/8 to nurse and change him, feed my kiddo if she's awake. baby usually falls back asleep around 9 until about 930/10. play a bit, feed my kid if she slept in. 11-1 baby has a hefty nap and i clean up, make sure my girl is dressed and clean and happy playing, has snack and lunch before baby wakes up. 2-6 i alternate between kids and the house - cuddlig baby or feeding him, he catnaps and has some alert time on his tummy or back, hangs in the mamaroo. my kid has another snack, colors or plays pretend or with toys. i figure out dinner, feed my girl and the baby later in the day has a small dose of liquid zantac to keep his reflux all good. bath time around 7, feed him and my other kiddie gets in the tub. by 830/9 baby's down until 11 where he nurses again then sleeps until about 5am, nurses and sleeps and we start all over!
i am NOT one for a routine but having this helps me so much mentally. we have the random errand to run or head up to see dad at work or go out if town for the weekend. just typing it out is like a nice reminder and it's somewhat relaxing knowing we can do it this way and baby is thriving.
nectarine / 2641 posts
E has fallen into/due to life I've gently pushed him into a nice schedule.
Nurse at 6/630, then nap 7-830 (I get ready, get toddler ready for the day and/or preschool. DH sometimes helps too.)
830 feed and play, 930 nap
1130 feed and play, 1230 nap (sometimes this is a car nap since we have to get brother from preschool, but DH works from home, so if he isn't traveling, I can leave e sleeping and get brother)
230 feed and play, 330 nap
5 o'clock feed, 6 pm(ish) catnap (hard to come by, sometimes this doesn't happen, which makes dinner and the whole evening really hard. Family dinner and clean-up. Dad on toddler duty)
7-8 is pretty much a cluster&$@* of trying to get through bedtime routines of a cranky toddler and a babe
Usually E goes down between 8 and 830 and makes it to 230 for a feed, but if he doesn't, we sometimes have a 430/5 mini feed as well
Of course, this never really happens. I have to run errands or brother screams and wakes him up or we decide to go do an activity or have a play date for brother. But it's what I try to work toward and has really helped him sleep and nap better. I was super anti- schedule with DS1 and for me, it was awful. But I obviously feed him early if he is hungry and do naps on the go and add in extra feeds. But having a general schedule/routine to shoot for helps me so much.
pomelo / 5258 posts
@rosegold: Cute baby. I love the hair! My DD peeked over my shoulder when I was looking at it. She looked at it for a second and said "that's my brother". Weirdo, her baby brother has very little hair and the hair he has is red.
apricot / 428 posts
@Corduroy: hahaha!! she can borrow him. i love his hair, but it's like it's so thick already he gets hot so quick in this summer heat!!
grapefruit / 4441 posts
I am so bad at schedules! I really have no idea when H is sleeping/feeding etc. She will sleep pretty much anywhere, so I haven't really tracked her sleep...I sort of rely on her sleeping in the car seat or carrier if we are out and I just nurse whenever she seems hungry. She generally sleeps 8-11pm or so and then 11:30pm - 6 or 7am, so I know she has her days and nights straight. She also usually sleeps from roughly 1-5pm...usually a 3-4 hr stretch in the afternoon. She also usually sleeps for several hours in the early morning. She sleeps a lot! I guess I will start tracking what she is doing and go from there. I know daycare will ask about her schedule when she starts in a few weeks.
Those of you who have a schedule, how did you determine it? How many naps is your baby taking?
coconut / 8854 posts
@78h2o: good question! I have no idea how many naps my LO takes. I'd say probably 3-4. But some are s lot shorter or longer than others
apricot / 428 posts
@78h2o: i went with his lead honestly. my first baby slept A LOT so making a schedule was hard and we honestly didn't have a solid one the first year. this baby has been easier and i think i'm more adament about having a routine with him but first i let him really show me around the clock first and i've stuck with it.
coconut / 8854 posts
It might be bad of my, but I don't plan my day around LO's naps at all. I let her nap though in the car seat and mamaroo. But I never really put her in the crib to nap. She still sleeps in her cradle at night too in our bedroom. Every time we put her in the crib to sleep, she will wake up in 30-60 minutes and just scream. I'm not sure when we should start transitioning from cradle to crib, and how to even go about doing that!
nectarine / 2641 posts
@78h2o: Our schedule is based on a 3-hour feeding schedule, and an eat, play, sleep routine. I didn't start the EPS with P until he was 3 or 4 months, and it was life-changing, so I tried to start it earlier with E, and he's doing great. Sometimes it's EPES or EPSES, but this is the general structure. P would never have gone 3 hours between feeds, though, so it totally depends on the kid (E is a chunk and eats great "meals"). I don't think they really NEED a schedule at this age, but I do
Also, my oversupply is back. It's making for really watery green poops, although E is still pretty happy. It started a pretty bad diaper rash, too, but we've got that under control. I stopped pumping (I was doing one pump a day of 4 ounces), and am trying to block feed, but the other side kills by 6 hours of not feeding. Hoping to get it under control in a day or two.
nectarine / 2641 posts
@78h2o: One of the other things I noticed when we got on the EPS routine this time is that I was totally mis-interpreting his tired signs as hunger signs. It wasn't a big deal (he would eat a tiny bit more, then drop off), but now I can put him down awake in the crib and he falls asleep with minimal fussing or intervention.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
For our days, we use a flexible version of the
E-A-S-Y method with DD. I prefer more of a routine than a fixed time schedule. So we're alternating between eating, activity, and sleeping (in that order) all day (with me time while she naps). E tends to eat every 2.5-4 hours throughout the day and we're getting 6-8 hour stretches at night.
We also get out of the house at least 50% of days. Whether we are running errands, watching DH play tennis or softball, or going to play at the pool, we wanted a setup that would help DD be flexible when we're out and about.
coconut / 8861 posts
@Jess1483: @Mrs.KMM: Our day is a flexible EASY as well. I need to get some of E's board books out to read to him during our activity time. I'm way better at recognizing sleep and hunger cues with J than I did with E. We're also loosely sticking to a couple hours up and then down for a nap or try to before E gets home from preschool. In terms of getting out, depending upon if there's errands to do or if his naps are a little off the 2 hours up and back down, we'll go out. I play it by ear with him on naps. I only worry when he's cat napping the whole day instead of blocks of sleep.
nectarine / 2148 posts
Just got done with our two month check-up. W is 12 pounds 10 ounces (53%) and little over 23 inches (80%). His head size crazy jumped so we have to go back in a month to have it rechecked and see if it stabilizes. Also, he had a reaction to his shots. It went away after an hour but was scary.
coconut / 8854 posts
@Eko: oh no!! What kind of reaction?! We go for our 2 month appt on Thursday and I'm dreading it!
nectarine / 2148 posts
@MrsBrewer: his leg got super swollen and red at the injection site. The swelling was what was really intense. He didn't cry for too long though.
grapefruit / 4441 posts
@Eko: poor guy! Hope he's feeling better!
Took these pics of Holly yesterday - 9w3d
bananas / 9229 posts
@Mrs.KMM: @cascademom: Can you guys elaborate on your EASY routine? What's the at mean? What sort of activities do you do? I need to try something with her!
coconut / 8861 posts
@LindsayInNY: EASY means eat, activity, sleep, forgot y. It's a way of doing a sort of routine with an infant. They wake up from a nap, eat for awhile, activity (tummy time-15 minute intervals, reading board books, going out, errands), then sleep again about an hour to two hours later. It's a way to chunk out time and naps.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
@cascademom: the Y is for "you time". Basically that you have a break to do whatever you want/ need while baby sleeps.
@LindsayInNY: I second Cascademom - we do lots of tummy time, books, laying on the floor looking at toys, etc. DD also really likes to "stand" on our thighs/stomachs so a lot of time we do that and just talk to her and make fun faces.
bananas / 9229 posts
@cascademom: @Mrs.KMM: I need to give that a shot. Something to help her nap better during the day. I also need to get better at activities in between. Did you read about this (EASY) somewhere?
coconut / 8854 posts
@Mrs.KMM: @cascademom: sure the activity period, how long are your LO's awake?
grapefruit / 4355 posts
@MrsBrewer: Depends. Anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half. I just start watching for cues that she is tired.
I think part of the idea behind separating eating time and sleeping time is that helps you learn to differentiate between hunger cues and tired cues.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
@LindsayInNY: it is originally from Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg. DH bought the book but I haven't actually read much of it.
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