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@mfa_lady: I sleep with an A&A blanket every night. I sweat on it, drip milk on it, get it coated in "mama smell"... The next night I wrap her cosleeper mattress with it.
Your bed is warm and smells like you. Her bed doesn't. That's my mom's best advice.

Today is my first day on my own with two. Although, we ended up having 2 play dates with two different neighbors this morning so it wasn't entirely alone. Only one head injury (LO1 - easily fixed with chocolate) and they have been double napping for over an hour and a half so I'm calling it a win. I might be able to handle this mom of two gig Only 3 more hours until DH gets home...

@Radish: you got this mama!

@mfa_lady: @Espion: don't freak out, but it originally comes from a dog training hand book. "Being a towel from the breeders home to comfort the puppy".... works with humans too.

@Radish: Get it, girl! Definitely a win!

@mfa_lady: B was also harder to put down in the beginning and with him it helped that to let him fall asleep on us and then transfer him being really careful not to kick his moro reflex. So basically we put him down on his side and once down turn him on his back. Maybe you have a stomach sleeper and once she can turn she'll sleep better.

I've had friends do @oliviaoblivia:'s piece of clothing trick too and for some it worked for some (like us) it made no difference.

@Espion: Good luck with your test!!! Well and good luck to your DH.

@Pumuckl: @namaste: Explain this putting down on their side! Do you leave them there for long, or just for a sec?

@namaste: OMG. So jealous of that weather right now. We have 8 inches of snow on the ground. (Nothing compared to the NE, though!)

@Espion: Also YES. It's 100% unavoidable in this house. With a golden retriever around, hair will absolutely be consumed. Thank goodness our little dog doesn't shed. I don't think I could handle two!

@mfa_lady: i put my baby on her side too. She sleeps better that way and she eventually rolls onto her back by herself. She has her bottom arm out in front of her while she is on her side so she couldn't roll onto her belly.

@keepcalmcarrie: that is awesome weight gain!! Good job mama.

@Radish: great job on the solo parenting! All you ladies that do that every day are so amazing. I am petrified of solo parenting 2. Dh has a work trip in a couple weeks and i dont know what i am going to do at night because my toddler still wakes up in the motn. Ah!

As for us, nothing new. We are at my parents house right now and forgot the babys bassinet so she has been in bed with me every night. Last night she went 5.5 hours between feeds so that was nice. Unfortunately i woke up an hour before her and her hand was cold so i freaked out and thought she was dead because she slept for so long. Then i was awake for an hour waiting for her to wake up. I think we have finally turned a corner in nursing. I think her mouth is finally big enough so that my left boob isn't a problem anymore!

Hope all you ladies are doing well and getting some sleep!

@Espion: "Noisy & full of hair" bahaha. Spot on!!

Motn feedings are getting really REALLY old.

@SleepyMonkey: @Mrs. Blue: I third that! But K just went 5 hours. Yay! But if course I was awake for two of those so I didn't actually get more sleep....

Our MOTN feedings are usually pretty painless unless she's gassy. I'm hoping last night was a fluke and not a witching hour emerging because we had a lot of trouble with putting her down in her crib last night and her waking up a few min later. 3+ hours of that nonsense doesn't work for this already sleep deprived mama.

Vent. I got my period back after DD1 at 6 weeks postpartum despite EBF around the clock.

Pretty sure I'm starting my period today. 6 weeks postpartum on Tuesday. W. T. F. I hate being so regular. I want a break like every other nursing woman!!

Best part? My Lmp with my DDs were 12/20 and 4/20. Guess today's date. That is how ridiculously regular my cycles are. This is crap.

woah. You guys with long sleep stretches are lucky! I don't mind the middle of the night feedings if they're just that--feeding and a quick cuddle. But when she wants to party and raise the roof, I feel tired. Also frustrating is when she fusses but doesn't nurse a whole lot. I know she'll wake up later hungry hippo style.

@sorrycharlie: bummer about the period! I don't know what is considered normal, but I know many look forward to longer stretches than that. Sorry!

@sorrycharlie: I got AF at 5 weeks. I was sooooo pissed.

A is sleeping in one 6-7 hour stretch at night and it's amazing. She's usually up for an hour and back in bed until 6am every morning.

I definitely want to transition her to the crib soon to see how she sleeps! Putting her down can be a task though! Hope you're all well.

Oh no! I'm struck with the green monster reading about babies doing these lonnnng sleep stretches. Tell me your secret! Although I don't think my boobs could take it--still waiting for my oversupply to calm down a bit.

I also read a girl's FB update about her 4 week old. He's rolling from his stomach to back already! Umm...we haven't even started tummy time here. Feeling like a slacker (and feeling ok with that).

@Happygal: both of my girls have"rolled" that early but in more of an uncoordinated I hate being on my tummy random flailing rollover. I only really counted it when it was clear three rolling was intentional.

@SleepyMonkey: I have the same bruised feeling but no real lump that I can pinpoint. I'm wondering how big a plugged milk duct lump is anyway. I've been massaging it a lot but man does that hurt!

Today was pretty rough for me. K was super fussy and we had a bunch of family visiting so I think she maybe was just over stimulated. She has hardly slept at all and seems like she's never satisfied with milk. Maybe she's having a growth spurt. She's been super inefficient with nursing too. She'll hang out in my boob for 20 minutes but barely be nibbling. She was doing really great up until now. Finally tonight I pumped and gave her a bottle to make sure she was getting enough. DH is trying to soothe her now but it's 12:20am and no signs of going to sleep any time soon....

@MrsHansen82: same with my baby. She didnt sleep for 4 hrs and was totally overstimlated and kept wanting ti eat! Hoepfully your baby will go down soon for you!

@SleepyMonkey: I did get antibiotics - I think it was mastitis. Super painful, a lump about the size of a ping pong ball under my nipple, redness, and just a general flu feeling. I never did get a fever but I felt awful. Feeling much better now! I think it would have gone away without the antibiotics actually, but I didn't want to mess around with it. I pumped and massaged a lot, and nursed a lot more frequently on that side. Yesterday I had milk spraying out at every feeding, not just during letdown, and it started feeling much better so I'm guessing it's resolving. I do still feel small lumps but I might just be obsessively poking now Hope you and @MrsHansen82: start to feel better!

Henry is definitely fussier than usual right now. I'm thinking it's the 6 wk growth spurt (6 weeks yesterday) but he's also spitting up A LOT all of a sudden and not pooping as much (I think it's normal to decrease frequency around this time, but still). I'm somewhat suspicious of dairy as I tried adding a little back in and it might be bothering him. It's hard to tell because he's never inconsolable, and in fact still really doesn't cry that much (maybe 30 minutes per day?) but the suddenly abundant spit up is weird.

6-8 weeks is supposed to be the peak of their fussiness generally, so our little ones should start settling into more predictable moods, eating and sleeping patterns soon! Last night I stayed up drinking wine and watching a documentary with DH. Fed H at 11:30, we didn't go to bed until 1, and he was up at 3, 5:15, and then for the day at 7:30. Ughhhh!