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@Smurfette: Figures she'd eventually take the bottle! Was that just completely fresh milk, or was any of it frozen? Hopefully, since she's used to taking formula in a bottle, she'll be fine today at daycare. How long is she there for? 4 hours again? I'll be thinking of you two today!

@Smurfette: Oh yikes! I wonder if she was up so much because she essentially missed a feed during the day? Or were you guys able to make up for it once you picked her up? It also could be a growth spurt. Or maybe the poor thing was just stressed from daycare and needed some extra Mommy-loving. Who knows with babies! I hope today goes better for you! And since she was up so much, you should spend the time she's at daycare taking a nap!

@Adira: I am in Atlanta, so same time zone as you. I dropped her off at 10. She is due for a bottle around now. They will call in an hour if she doesn't take the bottle. I am just going to be around there then cause I am expecting a call. Not optimistic at all

She drank 4 ozs!!!!!! They had to take her into a private room and a lady from the office feed her. Progress!! They can't do that every time but it is something. Feel much better about Monday! It was formula. Going to try this weekend with BM. Although I am ok with stopping BF and going to FF. Will see how things go this weekend and giving her bottles.

@Adira: yes the lady even said that, she thinks she just has to get use to the loudness of the room. She was asleep when I got there but a couple started crying and it woke her up.

I have thought about just nursing morning and night. We will see. I am ready for the pressure to all be off me. But I do like knowing I can comfort her when she is upset.

@Smurfette: Will you do anymore trials before you return to work, or was that it and she starts full-time on Monday? Either way, I'm sure she will be fine! At least you know there's an option for them so she won't starve!

I hear you about the pressure! At least if you mostly FF and just nursed in the evening or something, you'd still have that bond and be able to comfort her, but you could have the option of not doing it!

@Smurfette: haha, my parents are the same way - any excuse they can use to come see the baby, they'll take it!

I think R will end up being okay. How long will she be at daycare and how many times will she end up needing to eat there? I'm betting that even if they have trouble getting her to eat at first, after she does it, she'll be more comfortable the next time and it won't be such a problem!

Also, so sorry you have to go back to work on Monday! It's so hard!!! But knowing that you have people who care about your LO makes it easier. Make sure you bring a picture of her with you so you can look at it all day!

@Smurfette: Sounds like you have a similar schedule to me. Hubs drops of Xander around 7:30 and I pick him up at 5:00 and he usually eats at 8:30, 11:30, and 2;30, though sometimes he gets hungrier earlier or later. I sent 4 bottles as well just to be on the safe side. So far, in the 4 days he's been at daycare, he's only taken that 4th bottle once (and he only had a couple ounces from it - luckily they hadn't dumped it yet, so I fed it to him once we got home and just pumped to make up the ounces).

I send Xander to daycare in pjs, so if he gets them dirty and gets a change, he just gets new pjs. Is that weird? Should I send him to daycare in "real" clothes? We're just lazy so we do the one-piece outfit all the time, haha.

@QueensBee: Yikes! Your daycare situation sounds stressful! When are you finding out where you'll be living? What a mess!! I guess you could always just pick one that's sort of in the middle of everywhere and then if it's super inconvenient later, switch him to somewhere else?

Bummer about the sleep. I wish I had some advice.

Had anyone started using a bimbo or something like it? I am wondering if we should break ours out or not and see how she does.

Gahhh!!! Daycare called while I was pumping!!! Apparently Xander's having an allergic reaction to something and needs to be picked up! Luckily Hubs is on the way to get him since I wasn't around. Now I'm stressed! I have no idea what it could be! What are you supposed to do with them having an allergic reaction??

@Smurfette: I guess he broke out in hives, but I have no idea! We did just give them a diaper cream (we haven't used one before) so I'm not sure if they used it and maybe that's what caused it or not. UNFORTUNATELY, my husband probably won't think to ASK. Gahh! Supposedly they think it might be because of a bottle, but I don't really know. Hopefully my husband gets some details, but even if he does, I bet he'll forget what they said by the time he talks to me!

@Smurfette: Yeah, I have no idea. I didn't actually talk to the daycare. I just got a couple voicemails - one from the daycare saying he had a rash that they think is an allergic reaction and that he needed to be picked up, and one from Hubs saying that the daycare called and couldn't get a hold of me so he's going to pick Xander up. I also got this e-mail from Hubs:

"Hey tried to call, but no answer.

Xander has a rash/hives and needs to be picked up. I’m not sure if you want me to go or if you want to go.

They think it’s from an allergic reaction maybe to a bottle after feeding. He seems fine other than the rash/hives."

I'll definitely call the pediatrician once I get the scoop from Hubs tonight.

So by the time I got home, Xander was pretty much rash free! He has a little bit on his face and neck, but that's it. I called the daycare, but the women who watch him were already gone for the day, so I couldn't get any information. I guess the rash appeared sometime after his last bottle, so they thought maybe it was something I ate, but who knows. I called a pediatrician and they basically said rashes are pretty common because babies at this age have such sensitive skin. She thought it might have been from the heat (it got up to 90 today), so I wish I had found out if Xander had been outside at all. Oh well. He seems perfectly happy and normal, so who knows!

@Adira: That is good news!

So as soon as my Mom got here tonight, R started crying. She only slept 20 mins for her 5 nap. I had to take her to semi calm her down. A bath didn't even calm her tonight. She wouldn't take a bottle an barely nursed before she fell asleep. I have a feeling it is going to be a long night. I CAN'T wait till DH gets home tomorrow night.

@Smurfette: Gahhh, sorry to hear your evening was rough! Did your night end up being as bad as you expected?

@shopaholic: YIKES! Sounds like you've been having a rough time too!!! Sorry to hear that your night of non-swaddling was so rough!!! Hopefully K gets used to it soon and doesn't keep startling herself awake! Let us know how last night went when you have a chance!

And Xander almost ALWAYS spits up on his activity mat when we do tummy time. I have to make sure I wait AT LEAST an hour since I fed him, and sometimes even when it's been almost two hours, he'll spit up! It's like as soon as there's the tiniest bit of pressure on his tummy, it all comes up!

@Smurfette: Glad to hear that R slept okay last night, despite your rough evening!!

No, we didn't really change anything for Xander's daycare. He goes to bed around 7:30 usually and I wake him up at 9:00 to eat. Then he sleeps until around 5:00. If he wakes up a little sooner, I'll just feed him then, but often I've had to wake him up at 5:00 to feed him. Then he just goes back to sleep and Hubs wakes him up around 7:00 to take him to daycare.

What time does R usually go to bed? Does she usually wake up around 3:00 to eat? You could try what I do and wake her up before you go to bed to feed her and see if she will sleep later. Xander eating at 9:00 p.m. and then 5:00 a.m. works perfectly for us, but it all depends on how long your baby can go between eating.

@Smurfette: Are you thinking you'll want to wake her before 6:45 so you can feed her again? You could try putting her to bed earlier, though it might not work the first night. It might work the second though after she's had to get up early! OR you could put her to bed later maybe - feed her at 9:00 and then maybe she'll sleep until when you want to wake her up and feed her.

With Xander, ideally I'll wake him (or he'll naturally wake up) at 5:00 or 5:30 to eat, depending on what my morning is looking like. But sometimes he wakes up early (like 4:00/4:30) and I'll feed him then and just have to start my day earlier, which sucks for me.

I don't know how your daycare is, but with ours, we have to tell them the last time our baby ate when we drop him off. Then they try to feed them every 3 hours. With Xander, he can usually go 3.5-4 hours after his 5:00 feed, so we always lie and tell them he got fed 30 minutes later than he actually did, haha. I just know if they try to feed him too early, they'll end up wasting the BM.

Aww I just got tears thinking this is my last day home with Reagan. This sucks!

@Adira: since we have to hold her to sleep and lately she falls asleep nursing, I am just on the couch. But I know I need to move into her room. She has blinds and curtains so much darker in there. She usually never naps good at 5 or 6 depending when she is due for one. We have tried bedtime earlier before buy it just took even longer cause she woke up and the had to start all over.
I will be home all weekend, other then I want to go get a pedicure. Just sad last week day and just her and I.