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@MamaG: @KayKay: Hope the kiddos sleep it off!

@winniebee: Speaking of R, your IG pics he looks soso big and our baldies are getting hair.... mom

Well G joined the crib climbing club last night
Heard her calling me around 3
Went to her door and thought, "Man it sounds likelike she is right here!" Opened the door WHAM! She hugged my legs so tight....lol..probably was scared in the dark!
She told me "I fall crib!"
This morning I asked her did you fall? She put her leg right over the rail and just slide down.... Ohhhh boy!!!!

@snowjewelz: Kicker is we were on night 4 of her going to bed 100% on her own she asks to go night night and I lay her in crib and she says "Bye!" Sleeps 8:30-7:30/8
in her room, so I was thinking!!! OMG we are on the up and up.....but maybe since she is acting like such a big girl the bed transition will be better than expeted!!!!!!!!!!

We are going to let her pick out bedding tonight
Most likely Minnie Mouse....lol but Dory is a fav these days too!
And I guess better now while we still have a few weeks before AJ!

@FaithFertility: Hope it will go well!

We are still debating on 2 options -

A) Convert the crib (we lost the piece to do it tho, will have to see if manufacturer can send us another one). That also means we'll have to anchor the dresser, and proof the closet doors b/c she can reach the handles and open... Then that also means DD2 will sleep in our room

B) Move her straight into big girl room which is currently the spare guest room. Will have to get a mesh rail for the twin bed, move my old desk into the basement and re-furnish with other appropriate furniture.

We are def leaning towards B!

@snowjewelz: Yes, I said the same about dresser! We have the wall strap mount, and her closet has nothing on floorfloor but her books!

Still scares me, she has a fan plugged in so that has to go and we will have to install a ceiling fan!

@FaithFertility: I know! So many things to think about! I am also tempted to just completely strip the room and do a floor bed, I'll have to see how much energy I have to deal with this, haha...

@josina: K copies DH and tells our dog to move, haha! And DH says it in a not-so-nice way either and she copies the tone even exactly!

@MamaG: So sweet!!!!!!! G's is on the lowest, she kind of hung from the top bar and put her leg over!
Silly kids!
BTW her singing/counting on IG is adorable!

@MamaG: We do want to co-sleep again... I just figure moving K to big girl room will just be one move; if she stays in her current room, eventually K2 will need it and she'd still have to move. I also wonder if she'd be jealous that her sister gets to sleep with us and not her?

@MamaG: I like containing Kara in the highchair too... She's a messy eater!

@whenoceansrise: night terrors are awful. C had a few. We didn't do what is recommended either (not touching them). We would pick her up and do the battle. The one thing that we found would snap her out of it was taking her to an open window and letting her look outside. I don't know why it worked, but it did every time. She had less than 10 total, but the really do suck. And we really sucked at following all internet recommendations.

@MamaG: I need to try the window thing! We tried to touch/hold him but it just made it worse!

@winniebee: Oh that's so hard J does really well with our nanny, but I think that if we had another sitter now he would totally freak out. I forget what R is doing for school - is it daycare or a young preschool program?

@FaithFertility: Poor thing falling out of her crib! Sorry that you have to deal with that though - ugh.

@MamaG: Glad K is doing a little better today!

I think our nanny just puts J at the table in his booster (no tray) but it definitely makes things messier. I should probably start doing that soon though - these kids are getting to be so big! I will definitely keep the straps on the booster though. We let them eat at a little table outside sometimes and he only sits for about 2 minutes.

@MrsF: he's going to the Montessori school where Ty goes - he's going 3 days 8:30-3:30 and Ty is doing the junior K program there, 5 days. We had them signed up for this much school when we thought there would be a new baby in October. Now it just seems like way too much and that Ryan doesn't need to go at all, but my husband feels strongly about Ryan going to school. And we are keeping the nanny part time so....yeah, my salary will be a wash next year! I see you are TTC for #3 again....so exciting!!!

@MrsF: I know my husband keeps saying don't even worry about the cost of school since we want to send them regardless of whether I'm working. Still though...yuck. Ty will be in K the following year, so it's just one more year of bad hurt!

Thanks for checking in. I'm okay - some days are still really hard for me and some days I somehow get through without many tears. We are planning a trip for the fall so we will have that to look forward to. Otherwise, it's just living life the best I can. I see a therapist weekly (actually just dropped to every other week) and we are going to start seeing someone as a couple too. I'm pretty sure I want to TTC again at some point, but my husband is super, super reluctant. So hopefully talking to someone will help us figure that out. I just can't imagine ending our story with such a heartbreaking loss. The fall will be lonely, I'm sure, so I'll probably double down on work and try to over schedule myself socially to get through it.

@snowjewelz: I know, my heart truly breaks for her. It really brought my feelings back to the surface reading her post.

oh, was also going to say, we moved E to a booster on regular chair awhile ago...maybe...4 months or so? she was practically insisting on sitting at the regular table, but i wanted a way to keep her buckled at least. i hated having to wash the tray separately anyways, so wiping down both her and K's spots at the table isn't much different! we probably also created a monster because lately she just really wants to sit next to K on the bench...

@winniebee: I agree - school is so much more than just childcare! Still hurts though...

I'm glad that you guys are getting lots of support. Whether or not to TTC must be such a difficult question, especially if you're not quite on the same page. I hope that you're having more and more good days, but also that the people in your life are giving you lots of love on the hard days

Back home from vacation. M had so much fun seeing his cousin and at Disney/Universal/Sea World. Now to get M back on his schedule. 3 hr time difference made that hard!

@MrsF: Good luck trying for #3. I got the ok from my OB to start trying for #2 whenever I want.

@AngelicOne: Glad you had a fun vacation and good luck with #2 - so exciting!

@MrsF: @AngelicOne: Good Luck TTC, ladies.

We've started the phase of memorizing books. K will recite "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". It' the current favorite book and goes in and out of the car with her. Along with her "tat" (cat) and a A&A blanket if she can manage all three.

Another favorite is Fire Truck by Alvin Ulz. I think this is a daycare book for us because C loved this book/song to. To the point we had to buy the book and pay a ridiculous amount for it.