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@Adira: @ALV91711: We give her a little dixie cup with a little water at home after she brushes her teeth but that is all. They use little cups and don't fill it up much, so they refill a lot. But she does great with it. We just do a sippy at home but I am going to start water with a regular cup. But milk will be in a sippy for awhile.

@Smurfette: @Adira: Oh ya, I never even thought of milk. That is a good idea. He ate a good dinner tonight, I'll give him milk and hope that helps.

@Smurfette: I like the idea of using dixie cups. Don't have to worry about breaking or anything like that and they are a good size.

@Adira: I hope that he doesn't bite again. That sucks. Hopefully it is a short phase and passes quickly.

@Adira: Congrats on the new arrival!!! Hopefully the biting doesn't continue for too long. J sometimes pinches me and then he goes ouch!! I have put that down to a phase of toddler exploring.
Omg I feel bad writing this but J still drinks milk from his bottle in morning and at bedtime. Its the same stage 1 bottle since he was a newborn. I guess I'm babying him but anyway planning to transition around his 2nd bday. He does drink water during the day from straw cup and lately from open cup if Im holding it.
@ALV91711: Ugh sorry and yes to the milk suggestion. Could he be thirsty if you have heat on? I have recently started giving J some water after his milk and he drinks it esp if he didn't drink enough at dinner.

@silver1: I actually leave a sippy cup of water in his crib. I have since the summer when it was really warm. Some nights he drinks most of it and others none. Nothing wrong with a bottle still, especially if he is drinking from a cup in the day.

@QueensBee: I hope tonight is better for you.

So I tried to give him milk when I was putting him to bed but he wanted nothing to do with it. So I guess we will just see how tonight goes.

@Smurfette: I'm going to try what you said. Usually we give him milk with dinner, but tonight I will try right after instead. Make sure he fills up on food.

@Adira: LO isn't hitting us but she's been throwing things at us several times a day. It doesn't seem to be out of anger, just testing out throwing skills. I hope Xander stops hitting soon.

@Adira: LO doesn't hit us but he throws things to floor when he is frustrated. Does this happen when you are taking care of both? Not the same but my cat sometimes gets jealous if I'm giving attention to lo and she is all up on me. J has same bedtime and wakeup time as Xander. Today we didn't go out due to bad weather. I worry about whether he is tired or not too esp on weekends. Rarely J freaks out but we leave him for 5-10 min and he can usually quiet down by himself. A couple of months back this was more frequent.
@ALV91711: Hoping tonite goes better for you

@Adira: it does get easier as they get older. when J was first born, Noelle was only a little over two years old and I still couldn't leave her sight for more than 5 min at a time, so nursing and trying to entertain her was a challenge, but as she got older she started doing more and more on her own with me completely out of sight. i just had to give her an activity and she was fine. it also got easier when J was 6 months and starting solids, and decreasing nursing sessions... then got even easier once we weaned. breastfeeding/pumping seriously takes up so much time, and doesn't leave much room for two hands much less juggling two kids!

I think your DH is also figuring things out too, so he may need some time to readjust to this new normal too. I'd say the true turning point was when #2 was 18 months bc they were so much more interactive with each other and could play together... but that comes with it's own challenges too bc if they want to play with the same things you end up playing referee! every stage is a new challenge, but it does get easier and easier as they get older, and you'll find your groove soon enough. it was a much easier adjustment for me than the 0-1 transition. things just phased me a lot less, and I just had a higher tolerance and threshold for things.

this is your first weekend with two, but it'll get better! you're all in an adjustment period, including xander!

@Adira: I'm sure the weekends with everyone home will get easier with time. You all have to adjust to a new normal.

@Adira: Sorry you are dealing with hitting. I'm glad we haven't had to deal with this yet.

@Corduroy: Sometimes Isaac throws his toys and it seems to be when he is frustrated.

@Adira: Usually 6:30 - 7. Last night was an hour late and he did pretty good and didn't get up until 6:15am, which is his normal amount of sleep.

We had company last night and there little girl is 4 months older than Isaac. It was so cute watching them play together. I think Isaac really like having someone to play with at our house.

@Adira: When did the hitting and change in behavior start? After you brought Logan home, or before he arrived? For timeouts, we put J in a corner facing the wall, and we stand with our back to him so he can't really go anywhere. We just stand with our backs to him and ignore him for 2 minutes, but if he tries to squirm out or leave, we quietly place him back with him facing the wall.

Btw, Noelle never minded time outs either, and would often put herself in time out... but that may not always be a bad thing. It still helped her calm down and recollect herself. Maybe don't think of it as punishment so much as a way for them to cool down and have some space?

@silver1: I see kids around the city who are way older than 2 still drinking from bottles. I'm sure you're fine, especially since he can drink form straw and open cups too! Whatever works!

@ALV91711: How did Sesame Street go? Did he love it?

@Adira: I'm sorry you are having these issues with Xander (and DH) lately. Of course it could be anything but my guess would be that he's reacting to the new baby. Since I haven't gone through this, I don't have any personal advice to offer but I have heard that a book called "Siblings Without Rivalry" is a good resource.

Pete has been going to bed around 7pm and wakes up at 6am. But, keep in mind that he also wakes up around 2am to come into bed with us!

@Pumuckl: Hope everyone is finally feeling better!

We took Pete to the zoo today and he was so serious about the whole thing. He didn't smile and wouldn't take any cute photos but was totally entranced by the animals. He kept saying, "More animals! More animals!"

@QueensBee: Fun. We took L to the zoo a few weeks ago and he was entranced too. We got a membership so I hope we will go more often. He really loves animals.

@Adira: glad that the hitting stopped towards the end of the day. I'd bet it's his unvocal toddler way of reacting to you guys rocking his world and putting things upside down. I'm kind of expecting the same thing to happen to us once little sister gets here and home. B's bedtime lately is rather earlier than later. So usually 6:45pm and up for the day between 6:45 and 8am. Depends on the day. Usually he's up at 7-7:15am. Mind you he only naps for 1.5h though. And just like @QueensBee: 's Pete he usually ends up in our bed at some point in the night.

@ALV91711: how's sleeping and eating going?

@QueensBee: @travellingbee: we had a spontaneous trip to the zoo when we visited the ILs a couple of weeks ago and B was so entranced as well. They also had a petting zoo and I've seldom seen my little dude so happy.

Things here are slowly getting better. The stomach bug has now finally cycled through the family so we're out of the woods there. B's pink eye is also getting better so hopefully things will be back to normal soon.