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@MrsADS: oh my god, yes what WERE you thinking? Lol. My mom is coming next wknd and I'm making her stay in an air bnb nearby. Maybe you can tell them how challenging things are as a heads up, not kicking them out but making sure they know what to expect - and maybe they'll take a hint anyway!

@MrsADS: mspi diet is great to lose weight! I lost 3 pounds in 1 week without exercise, and I wonder where I am at now that's I've had 2 weeks with workouts! Good luck with the house guests, you will survive one way or another!

@buttermilk: we tried a mam paci at 2 weeks and he didn't want it, but when I tried again at 4.5 weeks we had success. We just use it every now and then.

@T.H.O.U. it's so good to hear about how nice it is when LOs are a little older! Whenever I see a cute 1yo or 18mo old at the moment I feel a sense of relief that it does get easier!

@ohcaptain: C is getting too tall for his 0-3mo clothes too! I'm so glad our clothes are all hand-me-downs or gifts!

@Ms. RV: glad to hear you had good news!

I've been following the discussion about the wonder weeks, I think we went through one until earlier this week because he would hardly nap at all and was generally fussy but now he's back to napping somewhat normally.

C is a real grunter in his sleep and his crib is next to our bed. DH mentioned moving him to the nursery soon and getting a monitor because the grunting is keeping him up. Has anyone else moved LO to the nursery yet? I'm not sure how I feel about it.

@Mrs. Microscope: thrush sounds terrible! Hope it gets better quickly. What signs did you have? Well done with the mspi diet, I bet you're looking forward to that butter. I love butter

I don't mean to sound naive. We have a good sleeper, but I know that we too will have our fair share of sleep issues. However, I don't I understand. The past 3 nights she has been waking up so much more than usual. Last night she only slept for 4 hrs between 10:30 and 7am! It was brutal. She has always slept for 4-6 hr stretches at night. I don't know what the issue could be! She usually wakes up with gassy sounds at night so we give her gas drops, that's not new. The only changes this week have been an increase in the amount of formula she gets per day. 8 oz instead of 4 oz. And the swing. She naps in it during the day but not in the evening. But she has been napping better, yesterday was a great nap day! And the weather - it's much chillier than it has been. And we switched her RnP to the other side of the bed so I could keep her away from the drafty window. Experienced mommies, do you have any insight? It could be so many things and I have no idea how to figure it out.

@Mrs. Microscope: Oh no, hope the thrush goes away soon!!

@Ms. RV: Yay, such good news!!! I'm about 4 lbs away from pre-pregnancy weight, but I haven't even attempted to try on real clothes yet. Yoga pants are my best friend. I'm assuming things wouldn't fit quite right yet because I need to start working out to tone and tighten everything, but...I'm too tired right now!

@Ms. RV: that's great news!

@Mrs. Microscope: oh no sorry to hear that!

@buttermilk: it may be the weather. M's sleep has got progressively worse over the past couple weeks. We put a heater in our room last night & he slept three 3 hour stretches. Which is the most ever. Apparently he was cold. We have central heat but our bedroom is the furthest from the furnace so we don't get much heat.

@kitty: we tried putting M in his crib for the first part of the night thinking he may sleep longer if he can't smell me but it didn't work out. Even though he's a noisy sleeper, I like having him close for now.

M had his 2 month appt last week. He's 13.5lbs & 24.5in! Weight wise he's pretty average but apparently he's long...95%!

@buttermilk: my only insight is I never really had any effing clue except when teeth were errupting. My only advice is a)it will get better and b) you won't even remember this in such a short period of time. I can't believe my 3 year old was ever an infant

I am also having the issues with a very noisy sleeper. I feel like I am losing about 2 more hours of sleep per night because before he actually wakes up in the night, he has about 45 mins to an hour of this cycle of 1-2 minutes of grunting, making weird sounds, thrashing around (all while asleep), then sleeps quietly for 5-8 minutes. Then does it again. And I'm awake the whole. time. But my husband apparently can sleep through it. So I don't know what to do about that.

I am freaking out about my houseguests. So BIL + SIL and their 10 yo son will be here for 4 nights. Then a week and a half later, my inlaws plus a different SIL will be here for a whole week. How I am going to do this with a little baby who doesn't sleep and cries all the time,, I have no idea...

@buttermilk sounds like our nights. The 1st wakeup is usually OK (by ok, I mean I'm up for an hour getting him back to sleep ) but the second one is terrible - we are up for 2-3 hours. And even if my husband takes him, I can't sleep if he's crying. And before each wakeup I'm up for an hour because of all the baby noises. I'm so tired.

@Portboston: way to go M!

@MrsADS: I will be thinking of you guys! Good luck!

I think our thrush is getting better! I'm in less pain, and breastfeeding doesn't hurt anymore. P's tongue isn't has scummy. Fingers crossed!

Also I accidentally ate a burger bun with butter on it! That was almost 48 hours ago, and no reaction from P! I don't plan to do a real trial until the end of the month, but this is promising

Yay for sleep!!! Glad everyone is seeing some improvements in that area! Last night, C slept from 10-6 and then 6:30-9! My toddler stayed with my mom last night, so I got to sleep that entire time too!!!! I have no words for how amazing that was

We were supposed to have our 2 month appt today, but we've had some serious rain and flooding here (literally ONE day with no rain in the past 12 days), so it was canceled. Hoping to reschedule for sometime this week.

@kitty: I'm no expert, and R has always been a good nighttime sleeper, but I think a key thing is baby being able to put themself back to sleep in between sleep cycles. You can practice putting them down drowsy but awake to teach them. That's what I do for naps.

L has been in the nursery since day 1, but it's right across the landing from our room (all of our bedrooms are next to each other.

@kitty: he's a good sleeper, and I don't do anything differently than my first, who wasn't the best sleeper!

@kitty: just pure luck so far. My oldest Lo was a good sleeper as an infant too (until the 4 month regression). I nurse Isla to sleep most of the time and then she cuddles on my chest until she's asleep and then I put her in her bassinet. During the day she also naps on me (this will change once we set her crib up in our room though).
It's working for us so far and I'm not worried about forming bad habits this early - I did the same things with my older LO and she's an amazing sleeper - once she got over the 4 month regression that is.

I agree about it being a lot of luck!!

@MrsStar: we do the same thing at night. Nurse to sleep and then DH usually quietly scoops her up and finishes rocking her to sleep and then places her in the bassinet. It often takes multiple times bc she wakes up after a couple minutes or instantly, but eventually it works!

For naps @OhCaptain: your advice really helped me! I didn't understand how I would ever figure out her sleepy cues but you're right. I started watching and now I got it! She has about 90 mins of awake time. As long as I catch the Cues and put her in the swing at the right time she just chills there and eventually falls asleep. Naps have been soooo much better. I even made beef stew during one of them yesterday. So thank you!

Now the thing is that all works until the evening usually when she seems to fight sleep more. We don't have a solid bedtime routine yet and we still just do a lot of nursing in the evening so I think she gets overtired maybe and that's why I can't just put her down awake at night? Idk I'm not rly sure what I should be doing this time of the day anyway.

@buttermilk: they do! My son melted down in everything (car seat, carrier, stroller) from weeks 4-10. It felt like forever. But then...one day it was better!

@MrsADS: that hasn't happened much with me but when it does I just make sure she eats every 4 hrs. But you've had such a rough time, I would probably let him nap!

When is bedtime for your babes? I can't remember when we made a real one for J...L goes down around 10-11.

@MrsADS: I was just wondering the same thing about long naps. I'm trying to google but everything in reading says not to wake them unless it's too close to their bed time. M has been asleep about 2.5hrs now and I don't want this long nap to affect his night time sleep. But I know he needs the rest so I don't want to wake him! I really don't know what to do & now wish I would have slept this 2.5hrs too but I keep thinking he'll wake up at any moment!

@Mrs. J: M usually goes down between 7-8.

@Mrs. J: currently between 9-10pm usually. I'm also wondering about establishing a bedtime and routine. Kinda thinking about moving her to the nursery next week but eeeeek I'm scared.