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@Adira: I am annoyed with mine too. R has been fussy soft the hour since she has been up. I just gave her to DH and he has her sitting in his lap crying. I told him she is tired cause she just yawned. He just sat there for 5 mins before he got up to try and get her asleep. Morning nap is his, especially after last night. She was up three times for 40+ min

@Smurfette: Hope tonight goes good. It is crazy how fast they grow out of clothes.

I can not believe but since Isaac got up at 9am he has had one 2 hour nap. I really hope that he will eat and go to sleep at a decent hour. Last night he was up until almost 11pm.

Tuesday we take off to go meet up with DH for a 2 week vacation. I am so excited!

@Smurfette: I hope she goes down for a while after this so that you can get to sleep.

9:30 and Isaac is in bed asleep after two tries. I hope he sleeps later than midnight, I need some sleep myself.

@Smurfette: oh no, hopefully you get a good stretch now. It is 11:30 and Isaac is up for the first time. It has only been 3 hours since he ate.

Okay, trying to catch up!

@Mrs. Blue: Glad you survived your first week with the boys in daycare!!! I know exactly how you feel about just wanting to spend the weekend snuggling your babies because you missed them all week! Sorry your DH told his uncle he could drop by. How did it end up going? Hopefully he didn't stay too long.

@Arden: Sorry to hear you've been sick! I know exactly how you feel! I'm FINALLY starting to feel normal about 3 weeks of illnesses! That's a bummer about Vi's latch. Did you get it figured out?

@Smurfette: How's R doing? Any better? Sorry to hear she hasn't been sleeping well! I wonder if maybe it's a growth spurt? Does she seem hungry when she wakes up?
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So I'm back! I had a lot of fun at the Bachelorette Party this weekend! We had rented out a huge house by a lake. It could sleep 10 (I think 4 bedrooms with Full+ beds, plus a pull-out couch), had 3 bathrooms, a huge kitchen, living room, deck, and had a grill and hot tub. It was a lot of fun! Though I did spend a lot of it pumping, lol. I even bought a power adapter for my car so I could pump in the car (which was necessary when we went out to a bar in the evening).

Xander was apparently a perfect angel for Seth! He even slept until 6:00 a.m., the little jerk! Hubs was good about feeding him and getting him to nap. He ended up going through 25 oz while I was gone, and I was able to pump 26, so woohoo! ALSO, apparently Xander rolled over (front to back) while I was gone! I tried to get him to repeat it, but he was NOT thrilled to have to do tummy time for me, and just cried. Booo!

I missed him soooo much, but we both survived!! When I got home, he was due for a nap, so I made him nap in my arms so I could just hold him, hehe. All three of his naps during the day yesterday were in my arms because I did NOT want to let him go! The party was fun, but I definitely missed Xander (and Hubs). I'm really not looking forward to the wedding now and going TWO days without Xander!

@Smurfette: Maybe it's just because she's sick that she keeps waking up so much? Maybe she just doesn't feel well and wants some snuggles with Mama, which is why she wants to nurse and won't take the pacifier? That, or a growth spurt, are the only things I can think of. Hopefully once she's feeling better, she'll be back to normal and sleep for longer stretches again! I can't imagine how you're managing at work on so little sleep!!!

@Smurfette: Oh my gosh!!! I LOVE when Xander pulls off the boob to smile up at me! I mean, it's kind of annoying when I'm trying to feed him and he won't focus, but it's just soooooo adorable!!!

Hmm... I have no real advice about getting her to nap in the crib. Do you know if daycare puts her down in the crib BEFORE she falls asleep? Maybe that would work? I know that if Xander's been napping for 20-30 minutes and I try to move him, he'll wake up and be WIDE AWAKE. I have to put him down before he's fully out or else it won't work.

@Smurfette: hahaha, oh yeah. Maybe the daycare ladies are better at the transition than you. Or is it that the room at home is too bright and maybe they're able to keep it fairly dark at daycare? I don't know how your daycare is, but ours has a separate room with all the cribs, so it's darker in there for them to sleep. Or maybe R just likes being snuggled against you and so she MINDS being put down, whereas at daycare, she doesn't care as much because it wasn't Mama that was holding her!

@Smurfette: Hmm... I have no advice! My guess is that she can smell you and so when you try to put her down, the lack of your scent wakes her up? Have you tried having her fall asleep in your husband's arms and see if he can make the transition from arms to bed? If that also doesn't work, then I'm not sure! Do you have any white noise?

@Smurfette: Yeah, it definitely could be a warmth thing. Maybe you need to try to transition her more subtly? Like she falls asleep in your arms against your body, then try holding your arms further from your body (maybe resting on something so you don't feel like your arms are going to fall off like that), then maybe then trying to put her in her crib, but keep your hands on her for a little bit? Then finally take your hands away? I really have no idea though, just a thought. Whenever I put Xander down when he's been asleep, I try to keep my hands on him firmly for a minute or so while he settles. I have no idea if it helps or not though, haha.

@Smurfette: Gahhh, if that doesn't work, I don't know then! She can just SENSE when you or DH aren't there anymore and she's all "That's my cue to wake up!!!"

@Smurfette: Yes, I did notice a dip, which totally sucked. I had to add pumping in the evening in order to have enough to send to daycare. It seemed finally back to normal mid last week.

@Smurfette: Yeah, having a supply dip sucks. I think I ended up pumping 2-3 oz less during the day because of it and would have to pump at night after he went to bed to make up the difference. Hopefully your cold doesn't affect your supply for too long!

@adira: I'm so happy your weekend with the girls was a fun one! And I love that you brought your pump out with you for the night! It sounds like Xander and your DH had a great time together too. Of course he slept like a champ for him. Classic!

@smurfette: How are you and R feeling today? What did you decide to do with the bottle suggestion from daycare?

@QueensBee: My husband corrected me. We're almost a THIRD of the way through! (Durh, English major brain...). That's worse!

@Adira: Sounds like you had a good weekend. I can't believe that he rolled while you were away, doesn't he know he is supposed to save his firsts for you.

@Smurfette: Hopefully your sleep is better tonight. I don't know how you are working and up so many times.

@QueensBee: That will be nice to get away for the week. I have a rule of no speeding when Isaac is in the car, and I make sure everyone follows it. We are going to meet up with DH tomorrow and spend almost two weeks visiting his family and a few of our friends. We haven't seen DH in a month, so it will be great for all three of us to be together.

I'm just finishing packing and think I have a bit two much for two weeks, but oh well. We will be flying tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous about how Isaac will do. I'm sure he will be great, but there is always that chance that he will freak out. We are flying at a time when he usually naps, so I'm hoping he will just nap the whole way.

@Adira: I don't know, I would ask the whole hive. Does he seem ok?

@Adira: Isaac has had a couple times recently were it has been a few hours between wet diapers. I think if it went much longer I would of worried, but I think if everything else seems fine then it is ok.

@Adira: Be careful what you wish for! You might be changing sheets in the middle of the night

@Adira: I think he's probably fine. If he's dehydrated, his front fontanelle would be sunken in.