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@2PeasinaPod: welcome! I remember you from WB It'll be nice to have a bit of an older baby on here, you can let us know what to look forward to (or what to prepare ourselves for, lol).

@2PeasinaPod: ahh I have missed you (Lotam240). So glad to see you here and to hear little Sam is doing well!

@Tidybee: oh my gosh this is too funny! They must meet!!!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Joey has been sleeping six hour stretches the last few nights and I finally feel like I got some sleep! He must have seen that I was reading Dr. Ferber's book and got his act together, lol. I really agree with most of it in theory but know I will have trouble hearing him cry. I love the analogies that Ferber makes. I think it is hilarious to think of falling asleep and being locked out of your room. It really makes a strong point for putting your baby in the crib awake! I think we will start to officially sleep train next week though. I am loving all the posts on HB about it!

@hellobeeboston: Going back to work is definitely looming! The fact that your LO is sick now doesn't help get him on any schedule, except one to feel better. I hope he feels better soon. If it makes you feel any better, my LO is pretty much over his cold. His nose is still a little raw but he sounds so much better! It took about a week.

@tidybee - I am still cracking up at idea of a second poop hole! It is amazing how far it can travel. Thank goodness we grow out of that!!!

@hilsy85 - I really enjoyed the great pics of your LO and nursery! So glad your appt went well. That must be so stressful, even if it is routine. Have fun house hunting. I live in Long Island but my mom likes in the Catskills. Woodstock is such a beautiful town! A great place to raise a baby!!!

@turtledoves - I could go on and on about breastfeeding and guilt. I, like most people, wanted to breastfeed but hit many roadblocks along the way. In the end , I am finally ok that LO is on formula but it took eleven weeks to get here! And I still have my days. My best advice is to surround yourself with supportive people who understand your supply issues and not those who may judge you for supplementing with formula. I know that is what helped me. I was already beating myself up enough, I didn't need to hear it from other people!

@runningelley: I love that you go out to eat once a week! Unfortunately LO had so much trouble with gas, I couldn't imagine going out at dinner time and by the time he was done fussing most nights, I was exhausted! We started with tiny steps. We now go to the coffee shop with him and he is always fine. Up next is the restaurant where we know the owner, lol.

@beebug: LO eats all the time change! The thing is he doesn't eat enough so it only lasts about two hours! I don't mind so much. The doctor wanted me to get him to 3-4 hour increments so that I don't lose my mind and it makes feeding him more convenient. He is finally getting close to that but is still often hungry at the 2 1/2 hour mark. I am thinking about changing his bottle nipple from a 0-3 month to a 3-6 month one because I think he is just getting tired from sucking on the slow nipple and stops eating when he is tired and not full.

@2peasinapod @Jenn23: Hello!

If there are any exclusive formula feeders out there...when did you switch your baby to the next nipple size?

@JoeysMama: ooh. i can't wait to hear about your sleep training adventures. i've been wanting to try it, but LO is still too young i think. She is only 10 weeks, but I have back problems and I don't think I can rock her to sleep every night without having back pain. anyone else tried/will be trying sleep training? i have the baby wise book, but am thinking of buying another so maybe if one doesn't work, i can do another. how long do you guys let your LO fuss at bedtime before going in to get them? mine doesn't really CRY, but just makes these "heeh...heeehhhhh" whining noises.

@Beebug: ooh thanks for the reminder! Just friended you!

@hilsy85: Ohh, have fun with the house hunt, I could house hunt every day of my life, and love it, I love looking at houses, it's almost a problem, lol. Poor DH when I see something and get hooked on it, we've almost been moving so many times, I'm bad!!!

Taking today off working out, last night's fitness class was a lot, so two hard days, will just walk the dog today, and stretch!

Going up the street to visit a neighbour after lunch who had baby end of November, we really clicked when we've chatted pre-baby, so it will be great to have LOs (both girls!) so close in age and be on mat leave together.

@Beebug: We started supplementing his bedtime bottle with formula around 10 weeks. We started that b/c I knew I was going back to work at 12 weeks and wanted to start switching him to formula one bottle at a time as I wouldn't be pumping anymore. I had a good stash in the freezer as well. He's now 15 weeks, and we're up to 2 formula bottles per day out of 5.

My SIL used Enfamil and it worked for her colicky baby, so we started with that. I was told that you might have to try different kinds to see what your baby does well with, but he's been doing great with the Enfamil from the start. Also, when he was in the NICU for the first 2 days, they fed him Enfamil before they knew that I wanted to breast feed. So I think he was already used to the taste.

As for the doctor, I asked which brand they preferred, and they said any of the big names were fine with them. They also told me that I could just switch completely unless he was having an issue. They then said that I could mix half breast milk and half formula to get him used to it if he didn't like it at first. I'm doing the 2 out of 5 bottles on my own. Once my freezer supply runs out, I'm switching the other 3 bottles to formula all at once.

And I so know what you mean about the crib movement! S has been "scootching" in his crib for about 3 weeks now. He starts at one end and ends up at the bottom in a corner! He'll also scootch perpendicular to the crib from time to time as well. They're on the move!

@hellobeeboston: Is LO feeling any better?? Elliot has gotten stuffy before and as long as we immediately start using the humidifier it usually clears up pretty fast.

@hilsy85: I'm glad that the appointment went well!

@2PeasinaPod: @Jenn23: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh welcome girls I've missed you both!!! So glad to hear that your little guys are doing well. It feels like it's been so long

@JoeysMama: 6 hour stretches sound awesome! E went 5 hours the night before last and it was lovely. I'm curious about changing nipple size too...

@Beebug: I"ve been trying to get DH to put a line up for me to put my diapers on. I'm glad to hear that it worked well for you. What kind of CDs are you using? Regarding switching to formula... I'm pretty sure that's the direction that we'll be going since the sensitive tummy formula seems to be helping Elliot's gassiness. We switched over to all formula the day before yesterday (just to try it at first) and I continued pumping. The pediatrician said to just cut out a pumping session every 1 or 2 days as I feel less full until I'm weaned off of it.

@CarrieLouWho: I'm glad that the transition back to work is going smoothly for you!

@Jenn23: He is absolutely precious! Happy baby

@Running Elley: Thanks! 'Lil Elliot is such a cutie, too! He has your eyes!!

@Jenn23: welcome! he is adorable!!

@Jenn23: Jenn! That picture of you & LO is sooooooo incredibly precious:) you two look so in love and happy! Aw:)

Boo! I wrote a whole post out and thanked everyone for the welcomes and it never posted! Thank you everyone :o)

And everyone's LOs are ridiculously adorable. Here's one of our guy from a few weeks ago.

Grr...I had a whole thing written out about switching to a faster flow nipple too! We have Dr. Brown's bottles and switched our formula bottles (he gets 2/day) to #2 flow. My breast milk is a little too thin yet and #2s are too fast for him and he ends up choking and spitting up everywhere. He can handle it pretty well with the formula though. He's 15 weeks and we just started to switch his formula bottles over to #2s this week.

Hi ladies. I've been following here for a while, I was over on WB before and finally had time to join, if thats ok

LO's name: Addison
Gender: girl
Age: almost 12 weeks
Weight: 12 lbs 11 oz
Key milestones: holding up head all the time, smiling, coo-ing, starting to try to roll over

How's feeding going: good, I went back to work last week so now she gets bottles during the day and nurses in the morning and night

How's sleep going: really good once she gets to sleep. She seems to be a night owl and doesnt like to go to bed until 10-10:30, but then sleeps 8-9 hours typically

WOHM, WAHM, SAHM or on mat leave? WOHM, just started back last week and its tougher than I thought. My mom is watching her so I do try to see her at lunch time

The babies on this thread are all so cute! What a great age this is! So many smiles! We are all so lucky!

LO slept nine and 1/2 hours last night. I have been on cloud nine all day! It is amazing what eight hours of sleep can do!!!

@jesslc: I wish I could talk about how sleep training worked but we did nothing outside of our normal routine. I really hope he is just naturally falling into a better sleeping pattern! My LO will be 12 weeks on Monday and from what I gather, that is a good time to start. I still don't know if I will do full sleep training but I do want to make an effort to put him in his bed when drowsy but awake. The problem is that he always falls asleep on his last bottle! Mine doesn't really cry either, until he's is fully awake and upset. I decided that if he wakes up during the night, before the five hour mark, I will give him ten minutes to go back to sleep. That seems to be a pretty common amount of time and I think he usually is asleep by five min. Let us know what you decide to do.

@beebug: Thanks for letting us newbies know about the facebook group! The Ferber book totally is interesting! That is so cool that you have someone to chat with who is going through all this! Hope you had a great time!

@jenn23: Thanks for sharing your experience! I use the playtex bottles and it says that the medium flow starts at 3 months. LO will be 12 weeks on Monday so I think we will give it a try. I get so worried that he will be choking on formula or spitting up constantly. Completely neurotic, I know, but this is the joy of being a first time mom! Jay is absolutely adorable and I love his name! My nephew is named Jay, so I may be biased.

@hellobeeboston: Hope you feel better quickly! There is nothing worse than being sick and taking care of a sick baby!

@2peasinapod: So cute!!! His face just lights up! Glad to hear the #2 nipple works with the formula. Sorry they aren't so compatible with the breast milk. How frustrating!

@blessedmama: She is so sweet. Love the dress!