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@Pumuckl: Yeah I think either Smurfette or Irunforfun discovered it! I was like whaaat?!

Sleep is more or less the same... Not STTN, but usually anywhere between 1-3 quick wake up's to eat. I'll take it... My first would sometimes be up MOTN and not go back to sleep and that was the worst!

@snowjewelz: Haha that's what DD did last night. At one point she was up for almost 2 hours!!! I was so miserable.

@snowjewelz: Right now I'd just be happy if she went back to a 4 or 5 hour stretch!!

@Smurfette: Sort of, on the napping. She's napping for slightly longer periods but only in my arms or in bed with me. She's pretty sleepy today and I'm like well if you'd just sleep at night!

Also Wendy's fries don't have dairy!

@Smurfette: Maybe, although I don't think so. She took a 90 minute nap, a 1 hour nap, and a 30 minute nap. It doesn't seem too excessive.

@IRunForFun: @Smurfette: I have no clue either. Apparently she was up from nap at 3:30 and never took another nap and I took her to bed at 7 She was fussy and woke up a couple times tho (before I went back to bed) but over night sleep was still normal...

@snowjewelz: Yesterday she woke up from a nap at 2:40 and then she fell asleep, finally, in the carrier at 6 (started at 530). I woke her up at 6:30. I wasn't sure if I just put her to bed at 7 (meaning no nap) she would sleep till 6 or so. I didn't want her waking up at 5. Luckily once I swaddled her and rocked her a little, she was asleep by 8. I really can't wait till we get more on a schedule.

@babypugs: I know, it's so hard! The hardest part for me has been having so little time with them since we now have to split our attention between 2! I feel bad mostly for my toddler... Since I sleep with the baby I feel like she gets enough snuggles... But I always feel guilty not spending enough time with my 2 yr old!

So up to this week, I was nursing her right before I leave so I only pump twice at work and nurse her as soon as I get home. But lately she has been waking up to eat around 7am and then sleeping for another half hour and then not wanting to eat. Plus, toddler gets upset when I get home and rush to feed the baby. So now I'm gonna pump 3x at work and therefore not have to nurse baby till bed time and hopefully spend more time with my big girl.

So far not being on a schedule is working for us. Knock on wood. S just gets lugged around in the Tula and will nurse/ sleep in there whenever she needs to.... however I still can't put her down for naps or for bed until 10pm so I'm not getting much independant time .

@babypugs: Well even being back at work, I feel like we aren't on a schedule. All depends on when she napped how our night is going to go. Last night she last napped at 410 (woke up), but I decided to keep her up and put her down early for bed. Well she fell asleep in my arms walking around dealing with LO1, then I couldn't get her to eat. She ended up waking up, so it was 8 before she finally fell asleep. Fail!
Hugs! It will be ok. Just think about how much fun she will have at day care. I just got a picture of her doing her first art work (footprint) and her laying on the mat "talking" to another kid.
@snowjewelz: I feed the baby right when we get home too. Her last bottle is at 3:30/4:00 so it is only 5/530, but I want to get an extra feed in there. Last night she didn't want to nurse though. I hate pumping 3 times at work. I could probably just do 2 and get enough but I really have to keep my supply up with her dairy issues.
@IRunForFun: glad that it was a little better!

@snowjewelz: I know, I'm dreading how little I'll see them! I've really enjoyed having more relaxing time with my 3 year old instead of always being go-go-go-- she's such a treasure. I'm overthinking WAY too much but my brain is like, "you'll never, ever have this amount of time with them again until you retire in 8000 years, when they'll have their own families." Which is true but a ridiculous way to think since I'll always maximize the time I do have.

@Peasinapod: Thanks! My first few days back are indeed looking crazy so that should help! A year seems like the perfect amount of time. It's righ not getting that hands free baby time, but it's awesome that you're still able to make everything work so well for LO1!

@Smurfette: Haha! Okay, that (lack of) schedule sounds challenging! It does help looking back on how DD1 adjusted so quickly to daycare (minus the bottle) and how much she loves going now!

DD2 just fell asleep in my arms. I was going to put her in the crib since I have a million things to do, but instead I'm going to hold her close and snuggle her.

@babypugs: You snuggle that baby the rest of the day! That is what I did my last afternoon of leave. I didn't want to put her down.

@snowjewelz: OMG! That's crazy! 10 oz sounds like a lot to me but then I don't know much about pumping for work. You can take some of my LO's overnight wakeups!

@babypugs: Awww enjoy those snuggles!

Had to resort to the car nap this afternoon. Drove around almost an hour in the rain listening to a podcast. Ready for her to be done with this growth spurt/leap or whatever the heck is going on.

What's everyone eating for snacks? I'm starving constantly and getting bored with the same stuff over and over. I need (dairy free) ideas!

@IRunForFun: I eat brown sugar and maple syrup oatmeal with almonds and a banana as dessert after lunch... other snacks include mini packets of plain microwave popcorn ( just salt and oil ) and a lot of dark chocolate.

@babypugs: Hope back to work hs gone okay.

I've been MIA. Sleep deprivation is REAL. She's really bad right now and I know I was trying to be all positive and enjoy this age, but man oh man it's caught up with me. Weather has gone to crap (it's snowing out now) and just blah....I'm being challenged that's for sure. We ditched the bucket seat yesterday. It literally expired Monday, she's been awful in the car, screaming every moment in bucket. My DD1 was done at 4m, DS at 2.5m, so we made it to 3 this time. You wouldn't even believe me how good she was when we dropped off DD1 at school this morning! Even if it's just that once, it was such a treat.

Took her to docs just to put her on scale yesterday, 12.1lbs! Still less than the other two at 2 months, but a 1lb gain this month!

@Smurfette: So the cookies you were eating did have dairy? Oh no!! How were her poops?? I was at my parents yesterday and was about to eat a handful of sour cream and onion chips and happened to think to check the ingredients...milk! And they always have that brand and kind at their house and I know I've eaten them during the time I thought I was dairy free!

@sunnyday: Oh man I'm sorry about the sleep deprivation. I'm right there with you and it's sooo hard. The hardest part for sure for me. Great on her weight gain though!!

DD did a 4 hour 10 min stretch in the crib last night and then I was too lazy to put her back into it after nursing, but she did a 3 hour stretch in bed with me. Pretty good for her!

@sunnyday: Both my girls hated the infant bucket seat too! And since we've been out with #2 way more than when #1 was a baby, I've def had to endured cries/creams way more in the car this time

@IRunForFun: I just think it's awesome that you're at least trying the crib!

@Smurfette: It's not your fault! I still can't believe what you say has diary in it sometimes!

@IRunForFun: Chocolate. No help, there's dairy in there I know!

@Smurfette: Sleep is so hard. Poor baby.

@sunnyday: I'm with you. It was going so well for a while, we're back to wake-ups every 20 to 40 minutes after her first two hour stretch (that I'm awake for, of course!).

@IRunForFun: My LO has a huge preference. It's so frustrating!

Work is going okay so far. I'm suuuper tired from last night but coffee is keeping me going! I had been keeping up with emails pretty well but it still took me 3.5 hours to go through everything this morning. LO took an ounce and a half and is now napping! So glad she took a little bottle.

@babypugs: it was like 8:30 last night and knowing this would be her "stretch" time. I kept saying.....I should go to bed. I went by 9. Good thing. Good thing she's cute!!