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@shopaholic: I think my seahorse is broken. It only plays music for a couple seconds and then stops. I removed the tab from the back and it still just plays few a few seconds. Any suggestions?

Well R was in her crib last night, notice I didn't say sleep. I put her down asleep at 10. I kept checking the monitor, she was moving as much as she can swaddled. It was midnight before I fell asleep, she woke up at 1230! What?? I feed her and finally could put her down around 115. Then she woke up, not crying, at 200. I had DH go in there and try and get her back to sleep before the crying started. By 230, he brought her to me cause she was sucking on his neck. I feed her and gave her back to DH. He said she never fell into a deep sleep so he slept with her on him till 5, when she woke up hungry again.

I am so tired!! She hadn't woken up that much in a long time. Wondering if it is her 3 month growth spurt.

I am so frustrated with anything related to sleeping. I don't know what to do to get her to sleep on her own. Heck at this point I would happy with just being able to put her down when first falls asleep.

Hi everyone! Sorry that I haven't posted in awhile. I've been really busy with the kid and "play dates" (really, coffee dates) with new mom friends. Plus, we just bought a house here in LA! We close in a little over a month (knock on wood).

The kid is doing well. Yesterday, he made it through a 4 hour plane ride without crying once, so we will hope for a repeat experience on Tuesday. He's sleeping for good chunks now at night, enough so that I have to pump in the early morning a bit to relieve the feeling of fullness. The biggest issue is still with him taking a bottle. He does it sometimes but there is quite a bit of effort involved. We are going to try to give him a small bottle everyday starting next week since I go back to work part time in June.

Hope everyone is having a nice holiday weekend!

Alright ladies, wish me luck! Hubs just put Xander down in his crib for the night! We'll see if he falls asleep or not, haha. I can hear him making noises at the moment, but he's not crying so... fingers crossed!

@mole: Congrats on the house!! So exciting. I know what you are going through with the bottle. Struggle to get R to take one too.

@aprk: Thanks! I do need a break. Guess I get one Wed during her trial day care run.

I am planning on doing a month or two of pictures at a time. Instead of one book. Maybe then one book of major milestones for the grandparents after her 1st bday

@Adira: How did Xander do in the crib?

R slept 9-5 last night. We put her down around 10 and I went right to bed. Told DH sorry I was too tired for anything else. Poor guy. I fed her at 5 and she fell back asleep till 630. I fed her a little more since she didn't eat a lot at 5. I gave her to DH and told him she is still tired make sure she is asleep by 8. I laued back in bed. I could hear her crying but so proud of myself for not going and helping him. I got up at 8 and they were both in he guest room, she was asleep. I went back to bed till 945! I feel like a new woman. They are both still sleeping. I know she is going to wake up hungry soon. But how nice was it to shower and not hurry!

@Adira: Well now I have to know!!

@Adira: That is great sleep!! I am just going to cross my fingers the next baby will be as good as Xander is. And fingers crossed you get another one!! Are you still thinking about TTC at 6 months??

I'm hoping not to jinx it but Isaac slept for 6 hours last night!! The first time ever! I feel so good today. He went to sleep at about 9:30 and woke up at 3:15 hungry. I was asleep about an hour after him and I woke up at about 2 and was shocked but went back to sleep. And another first when I put him to bed he kind of woke up and I gave him a soother and he went back to sleep and sucked on it for at least half an hour. I hope that this will be a continuing trend!

@Adira: That is great that he slept in his crib with what sounds like no problems.

@Smurfette: Glad you were able to get some sleep, even though you had a rough start to your night.

@aprk: That is a tonne of photos. I have lots, but I don't think that many. I dread having to pick photos to make an album.

@shopaholic: What beautiful pictures!

@mole: Congrats on the house!

I guess sleeping 6 hours was just luck. Last night Isaac got up at his normal 1, 4 and 7am times.

@ALV91711: My LOs are starting to stretch out their sleep, but it's not consistent yet. Like they'll go 5-6 hours between their bedtime feeding and the next one one night, but then the next night they might still wake up every 2 1/2-3 hours, then the next two nights they're back to one 5-6 hour stretch. My point is that LO going one stretch like that is a great sign! You know he CAN do it now, even if it doesn't happen every night yet. At least, that's what I tell myself!

@Mrs. Blue: I take it as a good sign he did it once. Do your boys both do the long stretches on the same nights?

@ALV91711: I agree with @Mrs. Blue: great sign that he can go that long. Have you tried putting him back to sleep at 1 without eating? He is big enough to go that long now.

@Mrs. Blue: can you believe our babies are a week from 12 weeks old?? When so you go back to work? I go on Monday

@ALV91711: It's possible that he's just waking up to eat out of habit. Once Xander had done a couple long night stretches, I knew he probably was just waking up out of habit. Since he's willing to take a pacifier, I tried giving him one in the middle of the night instead of feeding him, and he fell back asleep! Now he consistently sleeps until 4 or 5 in the morning (after his last feed at 9:00 p.m.). It seems like Isaac should be able to do 5-6 hours as well. Will he take a pacifier? You could try that when he wakes up at 1:00 and see what happens. If he normally will take it and spits it out at night, then he's probably hungry. With Xander, I have to give it to him a couple times before he takes it, but then he'll fall back asleep.

@Smurfette: Yikes, sorry to hear you only have a week left! Cherish every second with R that you can! It goes by so quickly!! I forget - is R going to daycare? You did a trial run with her, right? How'd that go? I know Xander's perfectly content at daycare, so hopefully the same is true for R!

Ugh, I sort of feel bad for this and I sort of don't, but Hubs is complaining about being neglected since we haven't been having very much sex lately. I feel bad but I also think I'm feeling resentful. He only helps out with Xander when I ask him to, and even then, he'll complain or take his time doing it. Now that Xander's in his nursery, when he wakes up to eat, I have to get dressed so that I can feed him (I now feed him in the nursery as opposed to just sitting up and feeding him in bed). So I ask Hubs to change his diaper while I'm getting dressed. Night #1, he just didn't get up! I had to do it myself. And night #2, he bitched about it and then got up AFTER I had already gotten dressed and Xander was crying and I didn't need his help anymore!! So I'm kind of thinking, why should I give him sex if he can't even help me take care of the baby without complaining???

@Smurfette: @Adira: I haven't tried to put him to bed without feeding at 1 yet. Now that I know he can sleep longer I'm going to have to try. I would love to have longer stretches of sleep more regularly.

When we've been putting Isaac to bed at night if he wakes up I've been trying to give him his soother and let him get himself to sleep. I try to only pick him back up if he is starting to cry. Last night he actually put himself back to sleep.

@Smurfette: I hope the trial goes good this week. Enjoy the time to yourself.

The next three days will probably mess Isaac up. We are takin three days to drive to my mom's. It is about a 15 hour drive. We are going to stay with her while DH is working out of town. We will be there for three weeks, then have a 2 week summer holiday with DH. Then we'll go back for about a week before flying home for a week to go to appointments. Then we will be there for about 4 weeks after that before coming home. Going to be a hectic summer.

@Adira: I am getting really nervous, R hasn't taken a bottle all weekend. Did Xander ways take it well?

Xander is so little you could just throw on some bottoms and nurse that way. I am impressed you can sleep without a bra and nursing pads. I leak if I don't.

I would be livid with DH if all he was doing was playing video games. We would be having a talk fast. I do think I need to be better about telling DH how I am feeling.

I would talk to him that if he would help you out more, you in return would have energy and be in the mood for sex. I don't know if you listen to country music but there is a Darius Rucker song that talks about he knows if he does more at home then basically he has a better chance of getting lucky. The song is cuter then how I am describing it.

I don't think DH gets that she needs to be down every 90 mins for a nap. He gets when she is overtired though cause she lets us know.

@ALV91711: that is going to be a busy summer!! Have fun. Good luck on your drive. I am sure it will go great!!

Hi ladies!

I definitely fell behind on the thread a bit this weekend but am trying my best to catch up.

Pete didn't sleep very well last night. He passed out at 6:30pm but was up to eat at 10:30pm. Then again at 2:30am and 5:30am. I couldn't get back to sleep at 5:30am, but he was able to relax in his swing for about an hour while I snoozed some more on the couch. I hope tonight is better!

I officially started my post-partum health kick yesterday. I can't call it a diet because I promise that I'm eating plenty of calories for breastfeeding purposes, but I am trying to track what I eat, exercise more regularly, and cook more whole foods. Basically, after a weekend of eating corn nuts, french fries, and burgers, I need to cut back on the junk food big time! I also ordered the 30 Day Shred, which I hope to be able to do on days when I can't get to the gym. Here's hoping my pants fit soon...!

@adira: I've been following your posts about your hubs on this thread and on the regular boards. I have a pretty low tolerance for men playing video games, and it would make me livid if DH was doing instead of helping with chores or babycare! I think you've been getting a lot of good advice and hopefully some reassurance that you certainly aren't the only one with this problem. It stinks that it will probably be up to you to break the cycle of negativity (I can so stubborn with these things!), but I hope that your candid discussions, a little more romantic time, and his experience with Xander while you are away, will help get DH back in the routine of helping out. Definitely keep us updated!

@smurfette: I hope you planned some fun treats for yourself while R is at the trial tomorrow! How is your week solo going so far?
I don't know if this is helpful at all but... Pete would not drink from the Medela bottle nipples. It was only when I bought Advent Natural nipples that he started taking the bottle. Have you tried a variety of nipples? I know R can be a little picky, so it might not be worth the expense of buying every nipple the baby store offers as she still might hate it, but just wanted to mention that experience with Pete and the medela nipple.

@shopaholic: Gaahhh I totally forgot about the Royal Baby Special last night and missed it! Did you happen to catch it?
I've been thinking of K and her possible wonder week/growth spurt. How was her sleep last night? Any less clingy?

@ALV91711: Wow you do have quite the busy summer coming up! Good luck on the big drive. Isaac will be a super traveler by the end of it, I'm sure!

@mole: Congrats on the new house!

How is everyone doing with regards to tummy time, neck control and rolling? I think Pete has regressed a bit with tummy time since he discovered his fist. He just stays there and sucks on his fist now! Absolutely no interest in rolling over yet, that's for sure...