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@Alivoo01: Thanks for mentioning the infant insert! I forgot I was meaning to look in my manual about when to remove that and apparently you're not supposed to use it once baby is more than 11 pounds! Took it out today.

@.twist.: S sleeps in the car usually on the way to our destination and that's about it. He sometimes will keep napping, but taking his car seat out of the car usually wakes him up. Luckily, it's a 30 minute drive into town for us, so he usually gets an hour or close to it. But otherwise, I try to make sure he gets a nap when we get home and I try not to run errands two days in a row.

I've been reading along when A naps, but find it hard to type with one hand. She mostly naps on me ;).

We've been cloth diapering since A was 3 weeks old. I love it! we have a mix of prefolds and some bumgenius freetimes. I prefer the prefolds, but use the bumgenius at night. I need to buy/make some fleece liners for moisture wicking so I can use the prefolds at night. She's just starting to grow out of her newborn diaper covers It's bittersweet.

So far we've been using condoms when we DTD but I have an appointment for a paraguard on Nov. 5th. So over condoms...

We stopped swaddling at around three weeks. She just wasn't having it anymore. I kinda wish she loved it! It's so cute and seems so snuggly. We use sleep sacks now, and they are pretty great.

For the ladies who's babes sleep long stretches, what do you do about your supply? Did you just let it even out? If A sleep longer stretches I get SO engorged.

@JamieLee: I plan on the four gift (need, want, wear, read) for xmas too! I love the idea. I also use the ergo when shopping, A hates the car seat unless the car is moving. The ergo is my lifesaver. And your halloween costume is the best!!

@.twist.: If I have errands I just stick A in the ergo and she is out like a light. She loves that thing!

@StrawberryBee: How did you defrost your frozen milk? In warm water or in the fridge? I'm curious to see how long it takes to defrost frozen milk in the fridge!

I really like that top!!! It's a bit more than I'd like to spend though. I need to keep an eye out for something similar.

Anyone have tips on how to more effectively remove milk from the boobs while pumping? I'm sick and tired of getting clogged ducts during the day that by the end of the day, half of my boob is clogged and hard, and super painful!! To the point I can't point my arm down and want to cry! Fortunately, DS is great at removing the clog when he nurses, but that's not until hours later... Sorry I keep complaining about clogged ducts. I don't know why I constantly get them!! So effing frustrating. Sometimes, I get them even when DS is nursing... wtf?!

@Alivoo01: In the fridge; it was 4 oz in a lansinoh bag. I want to say that we put it in at 10:30am and it was liquid by 5pm? I'd have to check with DH though, I'm terrible with remembering things.

It's more than I should be spending too, but I'm tired of looking frumpy.

As far as I know I haven't gotten a clogged duct, so I can't help there :(.

@delight: nice, I'll have to keep an eye out at BJs!

DSS is with us this weekend and has a cold, and keeps on holding E's hand to soothe her when she starts crying. I want to put E in a bubble ;_;.

Also, I was trying to find out if I could buy non refundable tickets to a lego event for DH and DSS as a Christmas present, but it's on a weekend we don't have the kids and after asking his mom if they had any plans for that weekend, his battery died and he's lost his charger. Sigh. I don't have her phone # (and I'm not exactly sure I want her to have mine).

Am being subjected to Sponge Bob again. HELP.

The trials of a step mom! lol

OH and I LOVE the need/want/wear/read idea for Christmas...I think all the "needs" will be covered by Grandparents and other family...so maybe I'll get her a DayCare need...like a cute bag for her bottles or something.

Need: DayCare something
Want: Anywhere Chair (btw with all coupons/promos I had I got it for $5...Woohoo!)
Wear: She'll be in need of 6 mos stuff - I got next to nothing in this size. Lots of 3-6 and lots of 9 but no 6!
Read: I need to build her library a bit - so I'll work on this with Polar Express, Night Before Christmas and some of the Legends Books about Michigan (@JamieLee: do you have any of these? I just love them!)

@Mrs D: how did you get an anywhere chair for $5?!? So jealous! I really want to get one for S but I don't know if DH will go for it. And I have those Legends books on his Christmas Amazon wish list. My friend has the Sleeping Bear Dunes book for her daughter and it's such a sad story! I live close to the dunes so I want to get at one especially. There's a Leelanau book, which is the county we live in, but it was kind of weird...

@Mrs D: cute smiles!and that's a great sleep stretch!! I had to pump at about 5/6 hours for the first couple weeks that she slept that long. Now I just pump after her First AM feed around 7. She usually goes back to sleep til 8:30 so I pump during that time. By that point my right boob hasn't been tapped in 11 hours (I feed just left over night) but it's not uncomfy anymore and I still get 5 oz.

Liv had her 2 month shots on Friday. DH took the day off which was so nice! She was all smiles at the appointment, except for the needles but she only cried a minute. I didn't give her Tylonel because she seemed totally fine after, just sleepy.

Does anyone else's LO's always hold their arms like this for pictures? It always looks like she is going to pound someone!

@delight: Hmmm...I wonder if I could transition to feeding on one side only at night to pump in the AM?! K always eats like 20 mins on the first side and only 6-8 mins on the second side. Maybe she could get enough from the first side?

And yes, K always has her "dukes up" as I call it. She even likes to swing her left hook at people sometimes when they hold her!

@Mrs D: Liv always falls asleep during overnight feeds, sometimes after only 10 mins so I just feed the left boob to make sure she gets the hind milk at some point overnight. Plus my right nipple still hurts so it gives it a break. Then I find come morning I can pump a good bottle or two's worth. She eats a ton from like 5-9 pm that overnight I don't find she really eats much at all. It sounds like K eats for longer at her overnight feedings so I don't know if one side would work for you? You'd have to experiment, and hopefully not throw off your supply!

@skipper2010: we are dressing her up and going to our neighbours and then to our family's houses. I could only find a
3-6m size so I think she'll be swimming in it! I also want to carve a pumpkin and take pictures of her in it! I can't wait to see all our August babes in their costumes!

I've probably missed some posts; had a hell of a day. I managed to get E down for the night (in her RnP) relatively early for her. She slept through until 8am. Awesome, right? Except that for 2-3 of those hours I spent hanging over the toilet, wretchedly ill. I'm going to call it food poisoning because it finally stopped around 3/4 in the afternoon (so like, 10 hours of being violently nauseous), but dear god. I flashed back to first trimester morning sickness, though it was never that bad.

And I have no idea what caused it. DH thinks it's the sweet tea I got. I'm just glad that it doesn't sound like something I could give to E (visions of her sick with the stomach flu made me want to cry).

@skipper2010: We're going out with some friends on Halloween (they have a two year old). I think she'll actually fit into the lamb outfit without it looking too huge. Hope the weather is nice!

@Mrs D: I'm also panicking about having enough of a supply when I go back to work. This Friday is my first day back. I snuck in a mini fridge into my office (with my bosses' permission) on Sunday ;).

@Alivoo01: A mini mic in the foscam takes out the static? I wish I'd known that. After looking all over the internet for fixes, I gave up and bought an audio monitor as well.

@MrsHedgehog: oo, mine is a squirmer too. How did crib transition go? I'm trying to work up the courage to try.

@Mrs D: Ugh, I don't know about Christmas yet. Maybe that will be a November job. Likely it will just be something small...maybe to commemorate first Christmas? It's not like she'll remember or be aware. Mine does the frantic crying mid-feed too sometimes. I wonder if the milk isn't coming out fast enough. So I take her off, distract her with something and try again an hour later. So far, it works.

@StrawberryBee: Dude pulled off your cover? I'm glad he had the sense to be embarrased. What a nut! The big circle of lights on the foscam creep me out too! Especially if there's a power outage and it resets to be looking straighy down at me in the glider while I'm nursing her in the middle of the night.

@JamieLee: That gnome costume is awesome. I bought Paige a ladybug sleeper. I'm going to put her in it and take her to work on Halloween (they are having a potluck).

@.twist.: I usually do an afternoon nap in the ergo during errands. It gets me out of the house and it's a guaranteed longer nap.

@Mrs D: What a cutie! Paige started smiling last week; it's so much fun!

@delight: Ah ha! Gonna pound someone. Too cute!

@StrawberryBee: Ugh, that sounds awful. I hope you feel better.

AFM, Paige just went through the 6-week growth spurt. And that was no fun, up every 1-1.5 hours all night from last Monday nighy to Friday night. But then I got my reward! Paige has been sleeping 4-5 hours at her longest stretch and then following with 3 hours. It's so nice! And she's much better as far as crying goes, more able to be soothed when we're out, it's soooooooo much better. I hope it lasts!

I need to catch up!
Talking about naps - B doesn't usually nap during the day. She'll nap in the morning, but not after that. Occasionally she will, but most often not. It kinda sucks :S I'd like to get her on a napping routine. She will however, go out cold as soon as she's in her carrier, which is handy as it makes shopping easy

She's been so fussy lately. I haven't gotten anything done today as she's been crying pretty much non stopped all day. I'm not sure if "purple crying" is a thing anywhere else, but they like to educate on it in our region. If you google it there's a good resource page. Kind of shows you that sometimes babies are just fussy, it can peak around 2 months and there's just not much you can do. Anyways, some others had mentioned fussy babies so just wanted to throw that page out there incase it helps anyone else.

It was my goal lately to have B in bed earlier, she wasn't going to bed until 11/12. The night before last I had her asleep by 930 and then last night 945. It's been really nice. I would like to have her asleep by 9 so that DH and I can spend some time together. I've gone to bed with her early though so haven't gotten to enjoy adult time yet We're getting a new roof so they start work at 830 so it's just as well to go to bed earlier as there's no sleeping in for a few days

Catch up time!
Things have been pretty busy since I've been back to work, not a lot of time for anything. I take her with me and that's kind of nice, except when I can't set her down, then it stinks. Oh and then there's the part where she will not take a bottle or pacifier from me, others can give them to her, so I have to bf at work

Today has been a no nap stuck to my boob kinda day, I'd love to get her to sleep. Swaddling hasn't worked, sleep sack hasn't worked, nor has just a swaddle blanket. At least she's been smiley and laughing when she comes up for air.

The other day I was commenting on a thread about not rolling over yet, she hadn't. I decided to put her down for some tummy time and low and behold she rolled over! Now to work on sttn in her own bed. We've started a nasty habit of sleeping in between Mommy and Daddy, I know it isn't going to end well. It is nice to get a few hours of sleep though.

@delight: Oh my gosh, those little dukes up are so cute.

@Grace: That growth spurt is a killer, but the sleep must feel awesome.

@MrsB2012: It's my goal to get N to bed earlier as well. She naps in the early evening, because I like to think that going to bed at 7 or 8 is actually "bedtime" and hope she'll actually sleep a stretch, but she wakes up around 11, and then stays up until almost 1am before she goes to bed for the night. I hate when people ask me what time she goes down for the night, and then get that judgey face when I say 1am.

@StbHisMrs: So nice that your work lets you bring her with you. I have a hard time getting N to sleep in her own bed as well. My husband works really long days so he sleeps in the guest room so I don't wake him up all night getting up, so it just became easier for her to sleep in the bed with me. I knew it was going to be a nightmare to break the habit later, but it was survival mode when I started it. Good for her on the rolling over though!

As for us, N still is terrible at tummy time. I'm starting to get a little nervous about it. Her neck is strong because I spend a lot of time at least making her support her own head when she's being held. But she still spends tummy time either falling asleep or crying but not lifting anything or attempting to roll over. She's 11.5 weeks now and has only ever rolled over once in bed 4 weeks ago, and I'm pretty sure that was just accidental. And if she starts crying on tummy time, it's not like you just flip her back and she stops. If she gets upset about it, it'll take me 30 minutes to calm her again, so I do tend to save that activity for when I have the energy for a meltdown... Anybody else still really struggling with tummy time?

@Sapphiresun: You know, it's a double-edged sword. If N went to bed at 8, she might be up to eat at 2. Your way you might get your longest stretch of sleep in the middle of the night.

@Sapphiresun: We have the exact same sleep schedule, so no worries! 'Nap' at 7/8, up at 11 and then she stays up until midnight or 1am. It's not forever; in fact, I have a feeling that I'll start enforcing going to sleep earlier now that I'm going back to work and don't have the luxury of rolling back into bed.

E also hates tummy time. I put her on her tummy and she typically cries. Am I supposed to leave her there crying until she gets frustrated enough that she rolls over? She hasn't rolled over yet, and she's 11 weeks old. I'm not really that concerned because her head control is pretty good. She even does 'baby crunches' now!

And she's started swiveling her head to see the tv. Argh.

@MrsB2012: take a picture of the FRER? that's what I did with mine. Granted, I had about twenty of them *cough*.

And ooh, I want the 5S! Just not sure if I want to spend the money on it when my 4S is perfectly fine (not up for renewal until December anyway). What color did you get? I'm not usually a gold person, but I'm really digging that color.

@Sapphiresun: I'm voting for cool :). Don't worry, I'm sure their schedules will work out in time. I'm curious to see if she'll sttn tonight; we're on a three day streak.

And I forgot to mention that e and I went to home goods today, and I finally found the perfect rug for her room! It's the right shade of pink and super plush and machine washable (a must with five animals and an allergic husband). It actually made it through the washer and dryer great. I'm hoping she likes tummy time a little better now that she has three layers between her and the laminate floor.

@MrsB2012: Hubby just got me the iPhone 5s for my bday, and I'm excited about the camera since I'm a total momarrazzi!

@StrawberryBee: DS gets distracted by light also and turns toward the TV. I was just thinking last night that I'm going to have to start nursing him in his room in the glider from now on if he's this distracted!

@Alivoo01: even the sun going through the curtains can draw her in

@MrsB2012: wow, three months! We skip 3 and have our next checkup at 4. Sounds like an awesome appointment!