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Aw such great news! Enjoy your first weekend at home as a family of 3!

@jhd: hooray!!!! So so happy for you!

@jhd: congratulations! Enjoy, friend And let us know how it goes!

@jhd: how's home???

@jill_a55: yay, glad to see you back! I can only imagine how drained you must be. I'm so glad to hear that C is doing well. Efficiency MOTN sounds great, or as good as anything about MOTN feedings can sound

Yep, I'm back to work, too, though things are about to get more interesting. My school year job is now over, thank goodness. It was pretty low key going back, and I had G with me a few days in the office. That was interesting, let me tell you. But we finished our project, and now I am done with my assistantship until September. But, I start my summer job on Monday, which will be a 40 hour a week office type thing. It is interesting work, but I am crazy nervous about pumping and being exhausted. Are you pumping? How is it going?

G is good, though we have had a rough week or so. Ever since (or maybe coincidental to? I can't tell) her shots last week, she has been a *mess*. Screaming randomly for no reason, naps are all screwed up, bedtime routine shot to hell, night sleep unpredictable. For the first time in her life, the witching hour has come to visit-she will just start screaming randomly at night for no reason whatsoever. Turning off lights and noise helps some, as does reading to her. I suspect we are also in the middle of a growth spurt. She has also been eating so, so much-my nipples are black and blue Sometimes, though, I can't get her to latch, but if I put my finger in her mouth, she will gnaw on it with all her might. It is too early for teething, right?! Fortunately, today has been better, mostly cluster feedings and massive, massive naps with only two minor meltdowns. I am praying that we are at the end of whatever this insanity has been and can move on to establish some sort of new routine. Goodness knows we need it-the old one has been shot completely to hell!

Anyway, long winded answer! I hope all of you ladies and babies had a great weekend. Would love to hear from you when you have the time!

@LovelyPlum: thinking of you as you go back to work. I hope the transition goes well and that you can find a routine that works. Go easy on yourself this is difficult!

How is everyone doing? Any big plans for the holiday weekend?

@luckypenny: such a great update from you! sounds like things are going well!! t has been sleeping a five or six hour stretch at night the past week or so & it's lovely. fx l decides to keep up the good sleep.

Yay, I'm glad this is back!!! I miss you all

Our 4 month appointment is on Monday, so I'll update stats then. In the meantime, here's what's going on around here:

*We weaned off the shield-yay! It took until 15 weeks, but we haven't used it in 3 weeks. Nursing in public is SO much easier!

*We're now MSPI and officially have reflux But the good news is now she has meds and I've eliminated them from my diet. Still not perfect, but getting there. At least the constant screaming and projectile vomit have lessened.

*We've toyed with a little BLW, aka using food as teething toys. So far, she's chowed down on a green bean and melted a piece of pita with slobber. She seems to be interested, so we're just going to let her do her thing. The dog is also very interested

*Sleep is hit or miss. She's in the crib sometimes, RnP sometimes, in the bed with us sometimes, or like right now, on a pillow on the floor (whatever works). Not really napping well, but they're getting better. I'm not willing to CIO yet, especially with her belly issues. Just trying to be patient.

But, enough with all the bad news. She is SO FUN. She laughs, smiles, adores her daddy, is obsessed with her puppy/puppy's tail, curious, and makes me infinitely happy (when I'm not losing my mind). She can roll both ways and hold her head up really well. Not sitting by herself yet, but she can sit if you are holding her. No teeth yet, but she puts everything in her mouth, so I think they're coming. She loves her angel dear lovey, Wubbanub, and recently discovered links. She is good in the car, stroller, and loves mobiles of all kind. She is starting to recognize her name and get interested in the iPad when we Facetime with my family. She also talks *constantly*, moves incessantly, and is super curious. She starts daycare in 3 weeks, and I'm confident that she is going to love it.

In other words, where did my little newborn go?!

I somehow missed your great update, @LovelyPlum:!

T is doing so, so well! We don't have our 4 month visit until next week but he's growing like a weed and is just the happiest baby. Hoping the ped will ok starting purees next month because we have an awesome SLP helping us with feeding and she thinks he will be ready. We are loving reading books, going for walks in the stroller, and just general play time. I love, love, love the way his face lights up when he sees DH.
I'm hoping to join the gym again soon if I'm brave enough to leave baby with DH or my mom. And I'm also going to start going to a moms' group at church. It's really weird not to go back to school, but I'm loving staying home too.

@luckypenny: so glad you are enjoying your new place!
SLP = speech language pathologist. They actually work with babies on feeding issues. I never knew that before we needed help!

@luckypenny: vitamin D=Best. Thing. Ever. Being outside is so helpful to me, too! And yes, moving is hard. dH getting a new job is hard. Having 2 kids is hard. Doing it all at once? Lady, it os a victory if you just make it through the day;) And thanks She was f-ing miserable the next day, but she did great getting them. So proud of her!

So, solids. Let's talk. First, I cannot believe we are already to this point!! Secondly, how are you all going to approach it?

We have dabbled in the world of BLW. G has started grabbing for my plate, so we have given her things to gnaw on. So far, both a raw green bean and a piece of pita have been big hits. I've also made and frozen some purees, not because I care about her having store bought stuff, but because fruit this time of year is so darn GOOD. Our ped gave us the go-ahead to basically do what we want as far as starting solids goes. What are you going to start with if you do purees? I can't decide if I want to do rice cereal, but I'm thinking not really. My thing is, we spend so much time getting empty calories out of our diets, so why am I starting with that for her? Maybe I will.mix a little of it in with avocado or sweet potato. Not sure yet. Thoughts?

@LovelyPlum: Surgeries and travel to see specialists are all done until November. We are so excited to be home with no interruptions for a while. Hoping next surgery won't be until after the holidays but I guess we will see. I am so thankful I get to stay at home. It is definitely what's best for our family right now, but it's a big change!!

As for solids, if we get the ok from our ped we plan to start exploring some purées at 5 months. He already takes rice cereal in bottles because he has trouble swallowing. So we will start with veggies or fruits.

@luckypenny: that's so good to hear!

Hi all! Hope everyone is doing well! I don't think I've logged in here for a whiiiiile now, so I just wanted to see what everyone was up to!

How are solids working for you all now? We are just doing rice cereal for now (on our peds recommendation), but can't wait to start some fun stuff! We still go to the children's hospital for his mcad and the dietician told us we could start other things too... So confusing to have multiple doctors that aren't always on the same page!

We get to sleep a little longer at night now too, which is great I can't wait until we're cleared for longer spans! We just dropped the crib down because C started pulling him self up on it. Yikes.

Anyone reach any fun milestones recently?

@LovelyPlum: I would love to follow you on IG, could you wall me your name?

Anyone else have IG? I don't get on here much, but I love to see how everyone is doing on there!

hi everyone! I missed the most recent posts until now, so great to hear about how everyone is doing. I miss "talking" to you all all the time!

R is doing great these days! I CANNOT believe her 6-month bday is next week! She is such a little love. She's mostly very serious and observant, so she when she laughs my heart totally melts. She is starting to be soooo into our dogs, if they're in the room she stops everything (including nursing!) to watch them. I joked to dh that my "job" these days is like being a middle school dance chaperone, I have to continuously watch her and our younger dog to stop them from making out all the time--R pulls the dog to her mouth, and the dog always wants to lick her, lol Her weight issues seem to have passed, though she hasn't been officially weighed since her 4-month check in early Aug, but she had jumped from 3rd percentile in weight to between 10 and 25, so the dr was super happy! And she seems to be gaining a lot still, we'll see in a couple weeks at her 6 month check in!

fun to hear the April los are starting solids! I don't know if R is ready yet, I'm going to wait to talk to her ped about it at our next visit. She's been watching me eat lately though and I've let her lick melon or carrots when I'm eating them...

R's daycare starts when she's 6 months, so she's about to start I need to start working on my dissertation again, and I'm TAing undergrads again so I really need her to have child care, but omg emotionally I'm so not ready now that it's time, I've loved being with her all the time. Especially now that her eating and napping is under control, I feel like she's more and more fun all the time now. We had our first non-familial babysitter last week when I had to be on campus for a couple hours, and I totally cried leaving our apartment. I don't think I'm cut out to be a sahm at all--my work is a big part of myself--but I feel like I'm being pushed back before I'm ready.

Good to see updates! I miss chatting with you ladies!

@nana87: T has just became very interested in our dog all of a sudden. It is so funny to watch him staring at the dog! Lol

@jill_a55: glad things are going well and you have been able to get some more sleep!

@gilmoregirl: I know T is at least a few weeks younger than B, but wow! Crawling and baby proofing already!!

We started purées today! First taste of green beans and he did great. T seems to be trying to figure out a new schedule...longer naps and bigger feedings. And I swear he is teething but nothing has popped through yet.

@jill_a55: wow that's a lot of things going on for your little man! everyone drives me nuts by constantly saying it but they do grow so fast!!