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Long time, no post. E is a little over 8 weeks old now. We're getting 5-6 hour stretches of sleep at night now (with one awesome 7 hour night) and she's 100% formula fed at this point. We've found she sleeps better at night if we actually swaddle her and put her in her crib for a couple naps per day (instead of always letting her nap in the rock and play in the main living room). I think she sleeps more soundly that way and as they say, sleep begets sleep!

To cover everyone's questions (that I can recall), we're getting about 1 poopy diaper a day (but it is big!). E sometimes shows the whites of her eyes when sleeping and it is creepy. PP sex was really good and long overdue (but with the C-section I didn't have tearing to worry about). Antibiotics were the only thing that caused improvement with both my bouts of mastitis and neither DD or I ended up with thrush so try not to stress if you end up needing them.

Oh - and I forgot our biggest news! We traded in my VW Jetta that I've had since I was 16 and bought a 2016 Ford Explorer!! Yay for more family friendly cars!

@extrasprinkles: The first time she slept over 5 hours I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! I do earn it though - every night we now go through what I call her Nightly Fuss, where she whines and feeds every hour from 5-9 or 10pm. She basically cluster feeds for a few hours every night then sleeps a decent stretch. Hoping the fuss part ends soon, that's not fun. Last night she did great for sleep though, 5 hours then 4 after feeding. Now she's been up since 8 but she's in a good mood so it's fine.

I'm super relieved that losing the boob hat has gone so well. I though I was going to have to go back to the LC for help but it seems like she was just ready on her own. My boobs certainly haven't gotten any more cooperative, but I think her latch is strong enough now that even if I have to coax my nips back into position periodically, she can manage.

@MrsKMM, C is 8 weeks today! Her car seat barely fits in my back seat (Mazda3) but since my car is paid off, I'm not ready to take on a payment to get a bigger car just yet. Certainly if/when we have #2 though, that'll have to happen.

@badwolf: When we were going to trade in the car, DH told me I had better not get in a crash or he would lose his kneecaps (the passenger seat had to be so far forward to fit the car seat behind it that his knees were in the dash). We had both of our cars paid off but we just paid off the other one a couple months ago so we're used to having a car payment. I'm just glad we don't have more than one.

@Mrs.KMM: Congrats!! My first car was a Jetta when I was 16 as well! I kept it for 18 years, and then traded it in for a 2 door Honda Accord when it died on me in law school. Soooo, we had to get a second car, and one with four doors so we just bought our first car lol. We got a new Jeep Cherokee.

@badwolf: I've never had a car payment until now since we needed four doors. It's actually not that bad, and we pay extra towards the principal to pay it off quicker!

Maya is now double digits in weight! And she just celebrated her two month birthday on Friday! 10lbs 6oz!

LO had his longest stretch of sleep yet: a nap lasting almost four hours. I would have woken him up but I was getting some much needed time with LO1 after her nap. Not sure if it was the long nap or just meant to be but the mastitis swelling seemed a little worse so I started the antibiotics. The antibiotics say 4x per day at least two hours after food and hour before food. That's not exactly compatible with my current 'grab something when I can between nursing sessions' eating plan.

@78h2o: Glad to hear the trip went well. Way to go mama!

@MamaB: M does have thrush! We took her to the doctor because she's been projectile vomiting again, and the doctor said she has thrush. She doesn't have white spots all over her mouth, just the tongue. And I'm not in any pain. She said it could be causing the spit up and wrote a perscription for a suspension liquid for her. I don't know how she could've gotten it, I'm diligent about washing stuff

@78h2o: They have breast is best all over their website, DH told them twice M is ebf, and they still pushed formula on him....

Has anyone else's LO have a sudden increase in appetite? W normally eats every 3-4 hours and is now every 1-3 hours. Our nights are now shot. Anyone can commiserate with me?

@Eko: DS eats just about every hour and ten minutes. The exception is a longer afternoon nap and one three hour sleep stretch. It makes for long nights. Hoping it stretches in length soon.

He did sleep in his crib (and not on me) for the first time last night, until 3am. Then it was back to the recliner for us. One of these nights I'm going to spend the whole night in bed. DH got a new mattress without asking me right at the end of pregnancy. The 100 day trial period is almost up and I think I've spent about 20 hours on it total.

@MrsBrewer: @Corduroy: Glad that I'm not the only one! It's quite miserable.

Sorry to hear @Corduroy: that you haven't had much use in the new bed. I completely wish I had a better and bigger one than I do now!

@Eko: and @MrsBrewer: DD's sleep has sucked the last few nights. We were getting 5.5-6.5 hour stretches at night but we've reverted back to 2-3.5 hour stretches.

Can't believe that E is 2 months old today though!

Question: How many feeds is your little one getting in a 24-hour period? We are starting to get into a routine with 6-7 feeds. This seems low, but I'm also pretty sure he takes between 4 and 5 ounces a time, and he's gained 5 pounds in 5 weeks (from birthweight, not lowest weight), so I'm not too concerned about how much he's eating. But the old internet is stressing me out about it not being enough. It's about every 3-ish hours during the day (although occasionally he needs a pick-me-up feed in the middle of a nap), and then one or two overnight feeds.

And, in an exciting turn of events, I've started getting one 5ish hour stretch a night out of him!

This is all so shocking to me as my older son woke ever 1-2 hours until he was a year old (but he was, and is, a skinny mini).

E had her two month check-up yesterday morning and got a few vaccines. She is up to 12lbs 6.5 ounces so she's gained close to 6 lbs since birth! And I don't know if it had anything to do with the shots or not but she slept for over 8.5 hours straight last night!! I feel so well rested today.

E just flipped herself from her stomach to her back! At exactly 9 weeks old! We were having tummy time and she just flipped herself! I flipped her back to her belly to see if she would do it again and she tried but couldn't quite get over a second time.

@78h2o: yeah, supply has never been an issue for me But I'll keep an eye on it. I don't have the oversupply I had with p, but can easily pump an extra 4 ounces once or twice a day (with my hand pump). I think we get 7 more often than we get 6, so I'm feeling pretty good about it. I'm really curious about E's weight. I need to take him somewhere for a weight check. But I'd guess at the very least 13 pounds (which p hit at 4 months).

(Eta: I guess if you count my pumping as a feed, I'm at 8 to protect supply!)

@Mrs.KMM: that's so great! W hates tummy time on his own. He just screams. He likes being on his back and will likely start rolling that way. He kicks his legs so hard and fast he develops momentum and flips the bottom half over.. Just can't quite get his shoulders though.

@rosegold: Yup. We battled/are battling it. I wouldn't do a steroid cream on him. The pediatrician will give you Nystatin when you go (if it's yeast), and just make sure to apply it to your nipples as well as in his mouth.

E has gotten all of a sudden super efficient at the breast. I feel like it's too early for that to happen, but he is full and satisfied and able to go 3 hours before another feed after about 10 minutes. I don't think most babies get that efficient until 4-ish months, but have heard it can happen earlier with subsequent babies. It's exciting but a little nerve-wracking...

And I got a 6-hour stretch last night! Hallelujah!