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@Mrs D: K is too stinkin cute!!!! Our bedtime routine is pretty simple as well. Lights down low, halo swaddle me (because he was breaking out of the traditional swaddle), and sound machine. So far so good. We give baths at night a few times a week.

@delight: I'm super jealous of that delightful stretch of sleep! We were up every 2-3 hours last night again.

@MrsB2012: We transitioned DS to his nursery at 8 weeks. I planned on waiting 6 months, but he was just too darn noisy! The first night was hard on me because I really missed having him close, but he wasn't phased a bit!

@Ocean girl: sorry crib transitioning is so tough. Do you try naps during the day in it? We did that first. It took us at least a week for her to be fully transitioned but totally worth it. She sleeps way better. Have fun at the library!

@.twist.: I've honestly never had a poop from her in the middle of the night. She only poops every few days but when she does it's massive. Yesterday it seeped out the top front of her diaper. I saw it spreading through the front of her shirt and was like, what the heck is that? Guess that's what happens when babes are propped sitting up on boppy. Poop can only go up! Sorry you have to deal with all those antics at night.

@Mrs D: what a little sweetheart!

@StrawberryBee: oh I hope it's not AF! Could it just be residual bleeding from birth? I still am spotting a little. Oh I see @Grace: already said this!

@StbHisMrs: looks like she loves her activity gym! L just started enjoying hers too. It lets me grab a bite to eat or get out of my pjs!

What's everyone doing for BC? I've decided not to back on the pill. I never really liked it and hope to get pregnant again in a year anyways.

@Grace: I find that so stressful. MIL likes to hol the baby too but she's afraid of standing up with her so will only settle herself on the couch and then have someone pass her to her in cradle position (which she hates unless there's a boob coming) and then when she cries still won't move and tries to stroke her face because apparently it worked with her kids but again, this one hates having her face touched.

@delight: I'm back on a progesterone only pill. So strange. I fully considered just going without and charting since we struggled for almost two years to get pregnant with her and kind of feel like we shouldn't stand in the way of another potential miracle. BUT, I'm so not ready to do this again yet, so we'll just have to hope that we can make it happen again when we're ready.

@StrawberryBee: I get a teeny clot every once in a while - usually if I've been exerting myself. Also, I thought I was spotting once, and it turned out that (TMI) it was actually a hemorrhoid, which I thought I'd escaped, but apparently had them up higher. So... hopefully you're smarter than me and can tell whether it's coming from your bum or vagina... but just a thought.

So we went to the beach today! I've wanted to go to this beach in NJ for a while now, based on a recommendation from a coworker. We packed up E this morning after her 10am feed and drove the hour and a half there. We didn't do much; thankfully the sun stayed behind the clouds a lot, and I had a hat on LO. We walked the boardwalk a little bit, then went down to the water, where we dipped her feet in the ocean just to say we did ;). Mostly we took pictures like it was our own personal photo shoot lol.

@Grace: this weather is definitely unusual! The water was too cold for swimming , but air temp has been high 70f/low 80f.

So for the first time last night I put a hemp insert into E's cloth dipe. I've done a mixture of CDs and sposies in the past. I'm not sure if it's coincidence, but we just woke up -- 6 hours and 45 minutes later! Dipe was VERY heavy and full (as are my boobs lol). I think that's the longest we've ever gone through the night. Will definitely be experimenting with this again.

@skipper2010: I feel like we're regressing here too. N was fairly routinely sleeping from 1am-almost 9am (she does go to bed the first time early but usually wakes up and wants to party a bit around 11 and I've kind of let it go since dad works afternoon shift so we're up then anyway, and he likes a chance to put her back to bed). But the last couple nights she's not been going back down until 2 and then waking again at 5, and up for a stretch at 6, and then starting her first nap around 9.

@Grace: DS had a fluke 1 night where he slept 6 hours, but now he's waking up every 2 hours again. what the crap..... sigh

@.twist.: DS poops after every feeding. I get a lil worried when he doesn't. And they're loud and pressurized so blowouts even though there's hardly any in the seat of the diaper. Ugh.

So DS's sleep has been horrific the past few nights so when I laid him down, I told him mommy was tired and frustrated with his lack of sleep. You know what he does? He laughs at me followed by a coo. Sigh. my heart melted.

I love that he reacts to me now and smiles/laughs/coos all the time now!!

@skipper2010: thanks! and aww, maybe he's just going through a weird spell? (wonder week?)

@delight: I know what you mean about aching boobs! I finally had a chance to pump again (E has been draining me the last few days). Love the smile

@Alivoo01: "Oh mommy, you're so silly!" the pics!

@BabyMats: Is it weird that I just want to blow a raspberry on your LO's belly? ;D

@delight: I'm past 8 weeks now so not sure that's an excuse. Your little one is adorable.

@Alivoo01: mine poops after almost every feeding as well. She's started skipping maybe 1-2 a day and I'm always surprised when I go to change her as force of habit and there's no poop. So cute. I'm guilty of taking a million angles ad expressions of the same picture too. I don't see how you could resist with that sweet face.
@BabyMats: oh my goodness that is an adorably chubby baby belly. Chubby in the best way possible.

@.twist.: congrats!!!

E is...dare I say it...sleeping in her crib for the first time ever!! So weird having her in a different room. I tried it earlier but she woke up pretty quickly; took her downstairs where she chilled in the swing for a while, then needed a diaper change and feed. She fell asleep in my arms and I snuck her upstairs :D.

@.twist.: yay for sleep!
@redsmarties: That pretty much what I have been doing. Reading through everyone's comments but too lazy to participate..haha

@StrawberryBee: awesome - hooray for crib sleeping! The three of us have all slept so much better when she's in her own room!

@.twist.: mines a tummy Time drop out as well. I lay her on her mat and she either cries or goes to sleep. No amount of encouraging, tempting with toys just out of sight, will convince her to lift her head most of the time.
I usually lay her down on my chest and she'll sometimes lift her head a bit to look at my face. Every once in a while I can out her Tummy down in the boppy with her head hanging over and she'll sometimes lift up a bit since there's nothing to lay it on but even then sometimes she just lets it dangle.

@Mrs D: I hear ya about the husbands. I has to go to the dentist the other morning and timed it for wen she usually sleeps. Apparently she woke crying 20 min before I got home and dh was totally frazzled and complained for the rest of the day how much his arms were hurting when he had to rock her for 20 min. Ummm... I do this for HOURS all day and night. I was like, dude you Clearly need to hit the weights.
As for weight, I had gd during pregnancy so was pretty restricted on diet/exercise so I'd only gained 16 lbs. it was gone at my 2 week appt and I was down an additional 7 at my six week. I gained 40 lbs while we were ttc due to pcos and various attempts to make me fertile so that's what I'll be focussing on. What's not fair though is I'm 7lbs lighter than pre pregnancy but 2 sizes larger!

@Alivoo01: what awesome shots of LO. He is so sweet!

@BabyMats: Eeeek! What a happy little baby. Love the chub, he is so adorable!

@.twist.: yeah sleep! Let's hope it's the start of something awesome!
We only do a few mins of tummy time on her mat a day. Usually about 5 and then she's had enough. But tummy time counts on our stomachs too and DH usually has her tummy to tummy when they are "watching" tv. Also I find when I'm just carrying her around upright she is really lifting her head to look around. Maybe that counts too?

@StrawberryBee: oh I hope crib sleeps continue to go well. It's a pretty big milestone in my opinion!

@redsmarties: let us know if K keeps having good sleeps with a bedtime routine. I'm planning on starting one soon. LO sleeps pretty well already but I find I am putting her down at different times each night and I'd like some consistency.

@Ocean girl: looks like a bunch of us are getting some longer stretches of sleep. Yeah!

@Mrs D: nice job pumping. I started a few weeks ago now and aim for 3 oz in freezer a day. I switched to an electric pump this week so I may get some more since it's much more enjoyable pumping when I have a free hand for my iPad.
I am down 33 lbs at 7 weeks PP and am happy with that so far. I have 7 more lbs of baby weight and another 10 lbs on top I'd like to lose. I gained a little with my mc and got pregnant within a couple months so never had a chance to lose it. I'm hoping by Xmas to be at a comfortable weight.
Sounds like a busy week for you, hope you have fun at the shower at that K's baptism goes well. I love watching the baptisms at church!

@Sapphiresun: great job on weight loss so far. I bet it's frustrating that you aren't at the same size yet, but that will come. I look forward to the day I can put on my old jeans again. I find it annoying that I don't fit into them, but my maternity jeans are so loose now. Sigh.

Last night DH and I went to a wedding and grandma babysat! It was a huge success. Apparently L was a little angel and took 3 bottles just fine! She was awake when I got home at 11 having a bottle so I just finished up with some bF and she fell right asleep. Amazing! Mind you the whole time at the wedding I was worried about her and missed her and by the time I got home my boobs were as hard as rocks. We have another wedding next weekend and I might have to pump in my car!

I find it amazing how unpredicable babies are. I keep feeling like Paige becomes a new baby every so often. 30 min sleeps one day, 2.5 hr the next. Cranky as can be one day, super chill the next.

@.twist.: Paige does tummy time on the mat first thing in the morning, while I have breakfast. She loves staring at herself in the mirror. Other than that, she practices head control while she's upright agaist our shoulders.

@Mrs D: Weight loss is going good. I think it helps that I don't have much time to eat!

@delight: I think all those extra times when she holds her head totally counts. It's all practise. It sounds like babysitting was a total success. You may have worried, but I bet it was nice to eat a meal and talk to people in peace!

@Alivoo01: I forget those dang prenatals all the time! It's weird because I was so good about taking them when I was pregnant.

Paige has started to squirm so much in her playpen, that if I put her down in a north-south configuration, she's east-west when I go to get her for a feed. How is she doing that? Especially since she isn't breaking out of her swaddle?

@Ocean girl: we've actually only tried crib sleeping for naps. I'm not yet ready to have her sleep out of our room during the night, and she doesn't really bother us. I mostly wanted to try it to make sure that she wouldn't be funny about sleeping in different rooms and beds when the time comes. And I'm a little afiraid about her developing a flat spot in the back of her head, if the only place that she sleeps are the rock and play and the swing. Congrats on the long stretch of sleep!

@.twist.: she doesn't really like tummy time, but she tolerates it for about five minutes before getting fussy and wanting to be picked up. I try to do it once a day. She's always had pretty good head control, so I'm more worried about the back of her head getting flat.

@Mrs D: truth is I'm a bit bored. I have to admit, I'm kind of looking forward of going back to work? Not that I won't miss her but I'm looking forward to structure my day again.

@delight: awesome on the long stretch of babysitting!

@Alivoo01: no, I'm horrible about taking medications. I've decided to time it so that I take vitamins the same time as my birth control. I had to set a reminder on my phone so I don't forget that! I know how important timing on the mini pill is. I'm embarrassed to admit that I do the same thing with E's vitamin D drops. Sucks on the clogged ducts!

As far as weight, I've lost about 15 to 20 pounds depending on the day, but I'm still way up from where I should be :(.

After giving us a very fussy night last night, E finally went to sleep around 1230 in the morning. And gave us a whole eight hours! Then I pumped one side while feeding her on the other and got 4 1/2 ounces out. Feeling somewhat accomplished.