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@Adira: Just had a thought, where did you get 20% from? My doct said R was 49% for weight and she is 3ozs less then Xander.

@Adira: oh ok! That makes sense. Thanks!

Just wanted to pop in and thank you all for the well wishes on my wall this week. It was an ok week. We were holding our breaths for LO's NST on Tuesday, since it was THE same day we lost S's heartbeat, but LO is doing fine and knowing that he's ok and we're in good hands this time around made the week a lot easier for us.

Happy Birthday to all your LOs.

Hi Ladies!

Sorry for being MIA - last week was horrendous in terms of naps. DH also left Thursday afternoon for a ski trip, so I've been going solo, though in honesty, it's not all that much different, except that I've been trying to sleep earlier.

Had K's 12 month appt. yesterday. I'm not concerned at all, but her ped is worried that she is consistently dropping lower on the weight percentiles. All this time, I used the WHO percentiles on my BabyConnect app. He's more concerned with the CDC percentiles, so she's now at 5% for weight. I think she looks perfectly healthy though. But we get a weight and nutrition check up in a month + her Hep A shots then. We did MMR and Vacirella yesterday. There is a Measles outbreak in our county right now! She had a bit of a fever and a good afternoon nap. But of course, today, she's fighting the afternoon nap again.

@Adira: Yay for Xander and his first steps!!! So exciting!
@travellingbee: Happy Belated Birthday to L!

@Smurfette: Hope your party today is/was a smashing success!

@Adira: aww, poor guy! Glad he finally down for a nap. I hope tonight is better for everyone!

@Adira: More steps!! He will be walking all the time in no time!
@ALV91711: Hugs Mama!!! Will be thinking about I and you today. He is going to love making new friends today.

Well it is has been 3 days, so I am calling it......R is BOTTLE WEANED!! Thursday morning was her last one. I was nervous this morning cause it was the first day where we didn't feed her right away. I gave her a cup of milk in the car. And then she was eating breakfast when I left her at day care. First full day in the toddler room too!

@silver1: Happy Birthday J! Hope you have a great day!
@Adira: She has good days and bad days. But getting better. She likes carrying the cup around. She drank mostly milk yesterday but at least it was liquids. She only napped a little over an hour on Friday at day care but the teacher said that once she gets use to it, it will go longer. Most do 11:40/12:00-2:00. So I would be happy with that!

@silver1: Happy birthday J!!!
@adira: Love love love Xander's walking and clapping. Sooo cute!!
@smurfette: That is awesome R is bottle weaned!!
@shopaholic: I hope K's naps get better!!
@ALV91711: Glad your party was fun!

@Smurfette: That is awesome that she is bottle weaned. I hope that her first day in the toddler room is great! I can't believe she is in the toddler room. Isaac is in the baby room.

@Adira: I hope the no bottles goes ok. I'm sure that he will learn to guzzle milk from the cup.

@silver1: Happy Birthday J!!!!

I dropped Isaac off at 9:30. It went pretty good. He screamed a bit while I was putting all his things away. There were two other little boys in the room. The teacher held him and distracted him with books. I only hung around as long as I needed to and got out of there while Isaac was calm. He looked kind of confused when I said by and left. I just spent 2.5 hours doing errands and now I'm going to prep some meals before I pick him up at 2. I'm just hoping he takes a nap.

@Adira: I held up ok. I went shopping, did a few errands and then got some meals prepped and in the freezer. It was a very busy few hours. It was really strange being at home without him.

When I went to pick him up I walked in the door and could hear him screaming from the baby room. Apparently he cried a lot. But he took a 1.5 hour nap!! I struggle to get him to nap that well. They were also impressed with how well he ate, but he didn't really drink anything. He was sound asleep by 6pm tonight. Tomorrow will be harder since it is a full day and I have to go to work.

@Adira: That is pretty good that he did drink that much, I'm sure he will slowly start to drink more. Are you almost pump weaned now?

Tomorrow will be Isaac's first day without nursing all day. I could only get him down to once during the day, but most days he wanted to nurse more.

@Adira: Oh my goodness! Xander is too cute and taking steps!!! Had to watch the video on silent, but loved it! Glad your first no-bottle day went smoothly!

@ALV91711: @Adira: Thanks! I hope so too!

@ALV91711: Aww.. hope tomorrow goes well for you both. Sorry about the crying, but what a stellar nap! Good luck!

So, it seems like since K turned 1, she has turned into a real Toddler overnight! I mean, everyone's been commenting too - she just suddenly looks and acts more mature! Like a light switch flipped. Waaah! The first year went too fast! We've been getting down to 4 nursing sessions a day: morning, before each nap, and before bedtime. We still usually have one session early morning too, about 2-3 hours before she's up for the day. I'm reluctant to drop that one because of how little solids she actually eats still and the weight thing. But I'm also lazy, because it's the easiest and fastest way to get her back to sleep. K's still not walking, but definitely more interested in walking - she's enjoying walking holding our fingers now.

Oh! And the newest and cutest thing - she is reaching out and hugging now! i.e. DH was gone for 4 days. It seems like she understands he left and now she doesn't want him to leave. She kept leaning out and reaching for him this morning, and then bear-hugging him when she got him and saying "Dadadadada" It was so cute, but like she really didn't want him to leave. Which has never happened before. She also has been reaching for and hugging my brother - too cute!

@ALV91711: I forgot to answer you! She did good. She only napped an hour and 20 mins hoping it will get better a little each day this week.

@Adira: They are starting to do it that way. But half the time the emails don't go through. So they still do a paper version. The paper doesn't say how much she drank though.
But her teacher said this morning, she won't drink water, just throws the cup. And maybe drank like 3-4 ozs of milk yesterday. Seriously R, are you trying to make Mommy to grey early? So of course now I am worried she isn't drinking enough. The teacher said there are other's in the class that won't drink either. I asked her to pick up the cup and offer it to R more during meals. She does drink more at home when we do that.
This morning I put 6ozs of milk in her cup, gave it to her for the ride to school. We get there and I see it is empty. Yay, I think, only to realize someone it leaked. So I don't know how much she drank, but her lap, blanket, and car seat were soaked in milk. Super!