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@JoyfulKiwi: mine did sleep all day but now at 1 month she sleeps less easily. Sigh... Yesterday the only time she slept during the daytime was in the Moby wrap or on the boob. Otherwise she was fussing and crying. Argggghhhh....

@mrs.shinerbock: We took her on a few outings last week- to CVS, my ob/gyn appointment, a walk, the deli to pick up lunch, and to a kids hair salon so LO1 could get a haircut. This week is bitterly cold so we haven't been out and about as much.

@gracecat: I'm worried about this happening to us too! Right now, we have a lot of family around to help, but she sleeps so much that I don't need much help. I have a feeling that as soon as everyone clears out, she's going to wake up and be way more demanding!

@JoyfulKiwi: Yes, she literally sleeps for 20 hours a day! Curious how long it will last...!

Oh the baby acne... It looks really really awful. Peeling and red and angry. It doesn't seem to bother her at all but it looks terrible! It makes me afraid to show her to others cuz I'm afraid they'll think I'm a terrible mother!

@QueensBee: thanks for asking! it Is clearing up! It was so bad, I was sure it was eczema. I started bathing her every day just to remove the dead skin a little, stopped wearing wool, used a moisturizer on it, and slowly it seems to be clearing up. Phew! I read is usually lasts until 2-3 months old.

There's a two week growth spurt? Maybe we missed that! But we are doing BF and formula.

We are at that dreaded six week old summit, isn't this their super fussy, all hell breaks loose growth spurt?

@mrs.shinerbock: @travellingbee: Oh no, sorry to hear that the babies have colds. Hope they get better quickly.

@QueensBee: I have been wearing maternity leggings every single day too. I just hate buying new clothes for this "in between" weight issue. I can't fit into prepregancy clothes yet even though I am losing weight at a good pace.

Haha, I am SO GLAD to be fitting BACK into my maternity clothes!! And to not have to dress for work despite being pumped with IV fluids and blood, I have lost 10 lbs since delivering on Wednesday. My face and feet are SO swollen though, I find it ironic that I thought I had escaped this "pregnancy" symptom.

Anyone else's newborn sometimes sleep so soundly that it takes effort to wake them up? It's a bit scary!

Also, my pain level down there has increased significantly as of day 4-5. Thinking it's either due to halving my Tylenol dose or being more active/sitting more upright...?

Any other second time moms struggling to handle both kids? My older son is 3.5 and we usually have a really great relationship, where he generally listens & is well-behaved. My newborn is 3 weeks & probably has colic. We can't put her down without her screaming or waking up (and then screaming). It's been very hard to do things one handed or while baby wearing. This morning I'm trying to get my son to school (we should be there already) but between the two of them I haven't even been able to go to the bathroom since I woke up!

@JoyfulKiwi: Kudos to you for getting out the door at all in the mornings! I have help each morning so that I can get my son to school on time and still maintain my sanity. We pay a sitter to come over from 8-9:30am and she stays with Grace while I bring Pete to school. That's the only way we make it there!

I have to solo parent most evenings as my DH gets home at 7:30pm at the earliest, most days later. The 5-8pm stretch alone is definitely the hardest part of the day for me. I feel lucky in that Grace is a fairly easy infant. I can put her in her bouncy seat or bassinet when I need two hands, but there are still moments when I'm about to lose it. I'm not sure what I would do if she had colic!

Hope you were able to finally get to the bathroom, take a deep breath, and maybe even have a cup of coffee. Two kids is no joke!

Just got back from our 2 week (technically 9 days) ped appt! This little chunker is up 6 oz past his birth weight, clocking in at 9lbs Dr said we could stretch out the nighttime feedings to 4 hours now, which, I think we'll be able to do - we've been waking to feed every 3 hours and he still sleeps through the feeding anyway.

His head circumference, which we didn't get at the hospital, is 37 cm, which is the 97% percentile... ouch!

Everything else is going well, except a visitor yesterday brought a toddler with a phelmgy cough There was hand-washing and surface sanitizing and no one held the baby, but ugh. Kid seemed fine except for the rare cough, which is probably why the mom didn't think twice, but I was cringing inside.

@travellingbee: I've seen you mention a couple of places that you feed DS2 every 2 hours based on your LC's advice. I imagine that's to establish a good BF relationship but also to fill him up during the day so that he sleeps better at night? Also when do you think you would start stretching out those daytime feedings, if DS2 didn't seem interested?

In general, for everyone: For daytime napping, where does LO sleep? How much sleep do you estimate they're getting in the daytime? DS seems to be getting more and more awake each day, and I'm not sure if I should be trying to get him to sleep more or just let him fall asleep whenever....

@Jackiedavis87: Hi and congrats on your boy! My DD2 doesn't poop as much now either. It's 1-2 times a day, maybe a 3rd time every few days. Up until 3 weeks or so it was after every feeding! I am liking this much better.

@Jackiedavis87: I also asked the pediatrician about this at our one month visit on Monday- she said that pooping 1x/day is totally fine, as long as LO seems comfortable. If they start to poop every other day and seem uncomfortable, she suggested adding a bit of prune juice to the milk or formula. She was more concerned about them acting uncomfortable than the frequency of poops!

@Kimberlybee: We are in a similar situation. Grace sleeps from 9-3am, and is then awake for a few hours at 3am. She then falls back asleep around 5:30am for another 5-6 hour stretch. This wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have a toddler ready to start the day at 6:30am! It's kind of brutal. I wish I had advice, but all I can offer is commiseration!

I was going to post this over in the Labor Watch Thread, but figured most of you are hanging out over here, anyway. Ainsley Kay was born on Tuesday, February 9th. Bigger than her brother at 8lb 4oz and 21.25!" I'll post more details later on my induction and our birth story, but we're home and both doing well. She is already almost back to her birth weight (8lb 2oz this morning at the ped). She's breastfeeding like a pro, and sleep is as good as can be expected at 5 days old. She definitely has her days and nights flipped, so we need to work on fixing that, otherwise we are going to have one tired Mama zombie-ing around here pretty soon!

ETA: Was just thinking, I follow a few of you already on Instagram, but definitely not everyone. It has been really fun to watch the LOs from D's birth month grow up on IG. Would anyone want to exchange IG usernames? Or start a Gold board for posting pictures?

@littlebug: congratulations! I don't Instagram very often, but would love to see everyone's babies. My last due date board moved to FB and created a private group there. We are still pretty active 2.5 yrs later.