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@Smurfette: That is awesome that you got it on video. How is it going with your DH away during the week?

@dojo: The waking up to snack is kind of annoying, that is why the second time last night I didn't even offer. I'm surprised he went back to sleep. He doesn't always take a pacifier and it usually makes him angry, so I didn't even try that. Then when he woke up to eat at 7, he actually ate instead of a second snack.

So I think Hubs is finding his groove with Xander! Usually when Xander is being fussy, I'm the one that has to settle him, but not tonight! Tonight, I put Xander to bed, and within a few minutes he started wailing (he was overtired - I missed the window to put him to bed), and Hubs took over and was able to calm him and get him to sleep with ZERO help from me!! I'm feeling a lot more confident now about leaving the two of them when I go to a bachelorette party in a couple weeks!

@Smurfette: Booo!! Not having A/C on hot days is the worst!! I think R will be okay though. We had some scorcher days a couple weeks ago and according to our video monitor, it got up to 79 in Xander's room at night!! I was worried, but he was fine, so I'm sure R will be okay. Just dress her lightly if you can. We still put Xander in his sleepers, but I tried to pick the thinest ones.

It sucks your husband is out of town though. Are you going to have to stay home from work tomorrow to meet the repair guy?

@Adira: I hope she will be ok. Her swaddle isn't super thick so she should be ok. Yeah I have to take off work. I just emailed my boss to let her know. Hopefully I can make it there by noon. Of course I didn't being my laptop home so I can't just work from home.

@Arden: How do you live in FL without AC? We use to live in southern FL and I can't imagine.

@Adira: I thought about sending her and grabbing my laptop and coming home but since day care is by work, which is in the burbs and we live in the city, I would be sitting in major rush hour traffic to get back home. So I guess us girls are going to have girls morning. I just went I her room and it feels ok.

@Adira: yes, the morning is her best time! And I did think, yay, less pumping!!

So last night R woke up at 340, nursed her, and she fell back asleep. I woke up at 5, and I looked at the monitor. She had worked on hand out of the swaddle, sucking on omit and had some how turned herself 90 degrees!!

@silver1: Welcome to the board!! My baby is also in the club of non-rollers! And he’s on the pretty much the same sleep schedule. I look forward to your updates!

@smurfette: Eeep sounds like Reagan is ready to roll, right on schedule! So cool that you got in on video for DH! She’s turning into a real wiggle worm. Sorry you have to deal with the A/C this week. I get paranoid about the temperature in Pete’s room as well. The “experts” suggest that the room is kept cooler, between 65-70 degrees, so I panic when I see the thermometer read 80 degrees. I try to remind myself that there are babies all over the world sleeping in rooms much hotter than that and they all turn out okay! I hope the repairman can fix the issue quickly and inexpensively this morning.

@dojo: Congrats on the swaddle-wean! Also glad to hear that MIL had better days with Liam this week. It’s so amazing that you have her available to watch him but I can imagine that it’s also kind of stressful/tricky when things don’t go well. Hoping that they continue to find their groove together!

@adira: Loved reading that DH is in his groove with Xander! I’m so jealous that you are going to have a girls’ weekend away soon! Ahhh I would just sleep sleep sleep in the morning! And drink lots of Margaritas!

@shopaholic: Happy 100 Days to K! I never knew about this cultural tradition until HB and I think it’s such a lovely one! Hope she recovered from the big celebration!

@QueensBee: haha, I'm soooooo excited about this bachelorette party! BUT I won't be able to get sloshed or sleep in as much as I want because I'm still EBF, so I'll have to be pumping! I also told the girl throwing the party that I can DD since I can't get too drunk anyway. BUT I still plan to drink lots of wine (just spread out over the night) and it should be a lot of fun! I'm looking forward to being able to stay up past 10:00 though! And not have to get up at 5:00 a.m.!

@Adira: I know, I am hoping she just roll for another month or so since day care even swaddles for naps

So I just weighed myself and then again holding R. It says she is 11.9 but at 2 months she was 11.4, that can't be right can it? Her shorts and pants still fit her. 3-6 months are way to big, those are for 12lbs and up right?

@Smurfette: Are you thinking that 11.9 is more than you were expecting, or less? And I do think the 3-6 are for 12lbs+, though they're probably still pretty big on 12lbs!

@ALV91711: I wonder why he fights going to sleep so much!! He must be exhausted by the time he finally goes down! Babies are crazy.

@Smurfette: Keep in mind that your scale at home probably isn't that accurate. I'm not sure what is normal growth though. I tried to do the same kind of weigh-in for Xander and I think he has maybe gained a pound in a month, but it's hard to know for sure. 0.5 lbs in a month does seem low, but it might not be. Plus your scale probably isn't giving you an good estimate. Is she doing at least 6-8 wet diapers? I bet she is fine. When is your next ped appointment? Is there any way you can just bring R in sometime to get weighed?

@Adira: I admit I don't always wipe when it's just pee ... although it never occurred to me not to until another boy mama mentioned it

@Adira: um, I think everyone's tolerance is different. It certainly can't hurt to wipe. I've heard that sometimes diaper rash can be aggravated by the disposable wipes, though. We use cloth + water so I guess I don't really have an excuse. Pee is sterile anyway ...

@Adira: do you use disposable diapers? The pee probably isn't touching him much since they are so absorbent. Whatever works, for sure!

So not only do I not have power, bad storms here but a tree fell on our house. Looks like it clipped the edge of the house. It is right over Reagan's room. We were in the basement since we had tornado warnings. Came up when the storms stopped, got her asleep and in her crib. Then I went outside and saw everything. The neighbors across the street and over had a huge tree fall in the middle of the road. So the rest of the neighborhood doesn't have power or can leave. They are blocked in til someone clears the road.
So I am thankful we have power!! I moved Reagan into the RnP in our room, other side if the house, just in case.

And I am really annoyed, talked to DH earlier and now his phone is off. He told me what restaurant they were at so I called there and they already left.

@Smurfette: I nurse to sleep if he is still fighting it after two hours. My step mom just brought a rocker to my mom's for me to borrow and so tonight I rocked him in it after he fed and it only took 3 tries to put him down in the one hour after he was done eating and no screaming and crying.

Geez, I can't believe a tree hit your house. I'm glad you are ok.

@Adira: I wipe every time even if it is just pee and put on new diaper cream. I was unsure about wiping every time and had to ask DH in the beginning because I wasn't sure and he said yes, so that is what I do.

Andy woke up after only 4 hours (boo!) and was soaking wet, as was his bassinet (double boo!). I went to change him and OMG THE SCREAMING. So much so that I didnt put clothes back on him. I have no idea what happened as this is super rate for him. I nursed him for 8 minutes and he was out.

He's dressed now and sleeping in my lap. I feel so badly for him that I can't bear to put him down.

(Plus I don't feel like cleaning up his bassinet ... delaying the inevitable I guess.)

@Smurfette: OMG!!! I can't believe how bad of a storm you had!!! YIKES!!! So scary!!! Glad you and R are okay! Can you tell how much damage the tree did? And what a pain that you couldn't get a hold of DH. Have you been able to since last night?

@ALV91711: Okay, that's what I do too! Glad I'm not the only one. Hubs made me think I was being crazy. Glad to hear the rocker has worked wonders for you!!

@aprk: Awwww, poor Andy!!! Do you still swaddle him? Is it possible he hurt himself or do you think it was just being wet that bothered him so much? I hope you both were able to get some sleep!

@shopaholic: Yay!!! Glad to hear that K got some good napping in!!! Sounds like her normal napping is like Xander's - he's a cat-napper and only sleeps for like 30 minutes at a time with maybe one hour long nap. Good for you being able to get some stuff done! Hopefully her longer naps weren't a fluke and she'll repeat it for you!

@aprk: Oh, okay, so it's not because he hurt himself or anything. Xander likes to claw at his eyeballs, so we've resorted to making him wear mittens at night, haha. It probably was because he was just wet and uncomfortable!