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Hello all. I haven't checked in lately but we're still hanging in there. Its so hard to believe my little lady is 8 weeks old now, time flies! We are all just getting over a nasty virus that DS caught on Christmas Eve from family and passed on to the rest of us. DD just ended up with some mild congestion and a cough, much better than the rest of us. Breastfeeding is going well, I finally feel like there are hours of the day she isn't attached which is nice. I'm jealous of the overnight sleep some of you have posted about, DD still wakes up every 3 hours to nurse. Our biggest struggle is definitely trying to get DS adjusted to our new life/schedule. He doesn't taken anything out on his little sister but he is giving us a run for our money.

@clover: yes, our biggest problem these days is helping the older sibling adjust. The baby will be 10 weeks old on Tuesday and we don't have a schedule yet. She seems to roll with whatever is going on really well though.

@Miss Sarah: I think I'm going to have to cut out dairy to see if it helps too. She has hardly slept all day today and been fussing at the breast, her stools have been green and mucousy all day. The last one she did had blood in it again ughhhhh. I had salmon and cream cheese (stupidly) so I'm guessing that I'll be in for a doozy of night as a consequence. I just dont understand how its reared its head at 7 weeks and not earlier? maybe I wasnt paying attention? I hope its just from the rotavirus vaccine and it passes

@peaches1038: We are planning on trying it tonight as well. Thought I would be less nervous than I was with our first but her room was right next door. We've moved and this house has the kids' rooms on the opposite end.

@peaches1038:

@Finfan:

Ahhhh good luck!

@peaches1038: We think baby may be getting my cold so are keeping her in our room for at least one more night.

@peaches1038: How did it go? Baby coughed a couple times last night but not too bad.

DD1 has a snow day today. Her first ever.

@peaches1038: awesome news! DD2 was in the pack and play and slept through the night from 11:30-8. It was definitely harder to get her down last night. I gave up and had DH do it because I needed to go to sleep myself (have had an awful cold and needed the rest). I heard her stir a bit more than usual but no wake ups.

Fortunately the 3 year old STTN as well.

@Finfan: wow! That's great I hope you feel better soon!
@wrkbrk: I try to soothe him without feeding him in the MOTN but if he won't go down, I will nurse him.

@Finfan: @AggieDaze: Is there anything special you guys are doing to help LO1 adjust? I've been trying to give him extra attention when I can and take him with me when I run errands instead of going on his nap (I have been asking my mom to stop by and sit with the baby at home, with LO2's cold I haven't wanted to take her out much). When he gets the extra attention he acts like himself again but as soon as I have to give attention to the baby its all over, I miss my sweet boy!

@clover: Just trying to spend more time with her one on one. She does much better on days she gets a lot of active play and/or goes to preschool. It's been rough since we have all been sick and the weather here has finally decided to be wintery.

@ZacharysMommy: congratulations on your son and welcome! I hope your little guy lets you get some sleep soon. Do you know how much he weighs? It seems like my girls have both started to sleep for 5-6 hours at a time around 12 pounds. Since they were both 9 pounds at birth, it didn't take too long to get there.

@ZacharysMommy: Hi! Welcome to the November club My LO is also 7 weeks (Born on the 23rd), and she is just over 11 pounds at the moment - I too feel like she is nursing constantly during the day, hoping it slows down soon. I sometimes get 3 stretches at a time during the night, sometimes she does 5 (usually because she hasn't slept at all during the day). Its a tough one!

@FannyMae: where does your LO sleep at night? I can't get him to stay in the pack n play longer than 1.5 hours at any time. When he was younger he would only sleep on me or my DH at night but he would often sleep for 2-3 hours at a time that way and we had to stay awake. Now the best sleep we get is bedsharing but I keep trying to get him in the PnP. He will go down sometimes, it juat doesn't last very long. And daytime naps are a mess. A lot of times he will only sleep while comfort nursing and will wake up when I take him off or even if he comes off on his own. He refuses any pacifiers. I hope we can get it together when I go back to work next month.

@ZacharysMommy: at night she sleeps in her bassi next to my bed, but during the day is a mix of sleeping on me (comfort nursing ugh), on her nuna leaf rocker, and if im really lucky then in her bassi. mine refuses the paci too, like its poison! at the moment i'm battling green mucous poop problems, we see the paediatrician on friday

@peaches1038: we do have one but we don't use it. When DS was smaller we put him in and felt he was way too small for it. He was sunken in and it looked really unsafe. I also have read some things about RnP causing problems with their head and neck with overnight sleep and have been afraid to try it again. But I know some people swear by it. Ae also have a swing but he will never close his eyes in it

@peaches1038: I do the same thing in his bassinet - switch ends where his head is because he turns towards me in the bed.

@ZacharysMommy: Welcome! Happy to have you in our November group!

@peaches1038: It does get better quickly! DS doesn't ever cry - EVER. And he waillllllled when we got home from his shots. His sleep was meh (definitely not a nightmare or anything) for that one night but in the morning it's like nothing ever happened!

@peaches1038: For sure - put him to bed rather than doing it all over again in an hour. I thought the same thing about my friends' stories but then I thought well ... I'll take him being a good sleeper normally over a good sleeper because of vaccines! Haha.

I thought it might be fun to update our thread with recent photos/ages!

Here is Cooper a few days ago. He is almost 8 weeks already. WHERE DID THE TIME GO?! Everything is great except all his pretty dark newborn hair fell out!