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@Mrs D: Even though it's normal for them not to poop daily, I still freak when C doesn't go that day. It's never fun when it's followed by a blowout either. It's always on me too! Like it soaked through his onesie AND pants AND onto my pants!! *face palm* really son?! Sigh.

DS rarely napped in his mamaroo. I just one day put him in his crib, and he slept in it! He slept in a portable bassinet/crib next to our bed the first month of his life so moving him to his own room wasn't a big transition for us.

DS has been sleeping in his crib in his room since he was 2 months old, but his poor sleeping habits = him sleeping with me the past two nights, but unswaddled. It makes tending to him easier during those MOTN wakings, but I hope he doesn't get used to sleeping with me (not that I mind now, but later on....).

@Mrs D: M doesn't sleep in the crib at night, but I do have her taking all naps in it now. Starting a nap routine really helped. Her max awake time is 1.5 hours. I take her into the nursery, turn on white noise, change diaper, swaddle, nurse, burp, walk around patting her back for a min, then lay her down and rub her belly a few times. I think the more often you do it the more she'll get used to it and sleep longer.

@lawbee11: your halloween picture on facebook is amazing!!!!!

@Mrs D:

@Alivoo01: was he up that often before you unswaddled him? If his sleep was already crap I'd keep him unswaddled--he's almost 4 months so you'll have to do it soon anyways. If his sleep wasn't crap then I'd probably go back to swaddling for awhile. I read on another thread that your DH isn't into CIO. Does he go to your Ds as soon as he starts crying? Or does he at least let him fuss a little? My SIL always ran to my niece as soon as she started fussing--she claimed that CIO creates babies that don't trust people when they're older. Well, my niece is 2 and still wakes up at least once a night, so yeah...

ETA: I know CIO isn't for everyone, but I also think there can be a balance between CIO and picking up a baby after every little sound.

So again I'm way behind, but it seems the topic du jour is sleep. S sleeps swaddled in the newborn napper in the pack and play, but it think we're going to transition him to the bassinet feature soon. He's getting a little long for it. He doesn't sleep well during the day. I'm lucky to get one good nap out of him. And nighttime is a crapshoot. Sometimes his first sleep is 4 hours, sometimes it's 8. And once he wakes up from the first sleep he falls back asleep easily, but wakes up every 45 minutes till I finally give up and we just get up for the day.

I'm really jealous of you ladies who are getting good stashes going. S wants to nurse pretty much every hour when he's awake, so I have no time to pump. I just started trying to pump when he goes down for a nap, but that's usually right after he gets done nursing, so I get like nothing. It's really frustrating and I am so worried that I'm not making enough milk for him. I'm really trying to get off the formula, but I worry that it will never happen. I need to make lactation cookies and get some more supplements. I also need to make another batch of steel cut oats in the crockpot for breakfast. Anyone else have any supply boosting advice?

@Alivoo01: Yeah, maybe you're better off going back to swaddling for now. And I agree that you should sit down and have a talk with your DH. I just started reading "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" and it's really good. DH is going to read it, too. I hate hearing M fuss, but I hate having a cranky, overtired baby all day long even more!

@JamieLee: The one piece of supply boosting advice I read over and over is to drink a ton of water throughout the day. I fill one of those jugs with the straw that I got from the hospital every night and leave it on my nightstand and drink water while I nurse M in the middle of the night!

@Sapphiresun: Ahhh so cute!!!! And that's awesome about the sleep!

My bestfriend just had a great idea...I signed K up for a gmail account and plan to use it as a virtual "scrapbook". I'll send her pictures and notes from time to time - then eventually give her account access when she is old enough. I also emailed her address to my family so they can do the same. I think its a cute way to accumulate some fun messages to her!

@JamieLee: No additional advice on increasing milk supply other than taking supplements and drinking TONS of water. Seems like you get an okay amount of sleep, because I know when I don't sleep much or well, it hurts my supply. As if we're not stressed enough as is, we gotta worry about getting some decent sleep to produce milk. Sigh. lol

@Sapphiresun: Awww! Cute picture and hooray for sleep!

@Lawbee11: Thankfully, even if DS's sleep is a total crap shoot at night, he wakes up a happy baby and seems content during the day. He'll get fussy when he's tired and wants to go down. Even if his nap is a cat nap for 15 minutes (or shorter!), he'll wake up ready to go. However, this momma can't say the same for herself... lol

@Mrs D: Cute idea!! I kind of do the same thing, but I only document what's going on in MS word. I have pictures on my phone that I hope to put into a yearly yearbook for him. DS's inbox would be flooded already if I did it. I'm a total momarazzi!

@Grace: Ouch on you having to carry for 6 hours and be constantly moving! Yay for exercise???? haha

@StrawberryBee: OMG! Precious!!

@Sapphiresun: We took DS trick or treating with my friend's nieces and nephews. He was awake the first 10 minutes, then napped for about an hour and only woke up for the last 5 minutes because he was hungry. haha!

Yay for another STTN!!

@Alivoo01: poor tired baby. Mine only made it to three houses as well.

@.twist.: ummm I think I may be totally won't of the loop on pop culture here but what are you guys?

@.twist.: OMG!! L is so cute!!!

@Alivoo01: @Sapphiresun: @.twist.: Thanks!

I nearly did the same thing last night. I fell asleep before DH took E up to bed, so we never had our late night feed (she was sleeping and I was exhausted). When she woke up at 2am I only fed her from one side. When I woke up this morning I had a puddle seeping into the sheets and could hardly wait to grab her and the pump and work both sides! That would be why I got 5 oz out. Even after leaking all over the place XD;;.

I can't really speak as to what we're doing, because E always seems to be able to get something out, no matter what. For my first pumping session here at work I stopped the pump after 35 minutes. Milk was still flowing 0_o.

We hit up four houses in the neighborhood just to be able to say we went out. We were supposed to go out with friends but they all caught a cold.

@.twist.: love it!!

@JamieLee: hahaha! love his facial expression!

Since we're sharing Halloween pics, here's ours!

@JamieLee: oh my goodness the cute!

@Alivoo01: I am so impressed with people who do the group costumes. You all look so great!

So we went cold turkey last night and put K in her big girl crib in her nursery...she went down after one little fussy spell and slept for 6 hours like a champ, then another 3 after eating! I am so proud of her! Hopefully she'll keep it up!

I love all the costume pictures!!! So cute - you are all so creative!

We are going to a football party today (big inter state rivalry in my state this weekend) and on the way dh and I are going to drive by a new development where we just may look to build a house next year...fingers crossed we love it!!!

Has anyone seen the fisher price deal post? I just picked up the rockin giraffe for e for $13. Birthday present?

@Sapphiresun: yeah for the great sleep! Cute picture!
@StrawberryBee: love the sleeping lamb!
@JamieLee: adorable gnome!
@Alivoo01: love the family costumes, you look awesome! I'm terrified to start u swaddling L. I was planning on still doing it til she is 4m or so. How's it going for you?
@Mrs D: Great crib sleep! That must be a relief! Hopefully last night was good too!
@Grace: how did the rest of the week go with crib sleep? I hope you got some good stretches again!
@.twist.: love the costumes, although I also didn't know who you guys were L is so cute!
@Sapphiresun: I am also conflicted about what to do about pumping now that L is STTN. I have been waking up at about 5:30/6 and pumping because DH gets up then for work anyways so I am woken up. I pump about 8oz which is awesome but my freezer is full so I don't really need the milk. I'd rather just go back to sleep until 7:30/8 when L wakes up. I'm worried if I don't pump then that if she starts getting up in the night, I won't have a good supply for her.

Our week has been good. We went to a few Halloween parties. Halloween night was a bit of a crap shoot as the weather was terrible. L didn't love being dressed up, but I enjoyed seeing her in costume @lawbee: we both had little berries!
L continues to sleep well and I'm starting to think about ditching the nurse to sleep, but don't want to mess with a good thing! However, I don't want it to be impossible for others to put her to sleep which is what is happening. When I go out, she just cries with DH and I feel bad. She takes the bottle reluctantly but DH and our moms have a hard time getting her to nap or go to bed.

Here's the little berry...she was a little sour at times!