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@Adira: why is he clawing at his face?

@Adira: Aww, poor guy. Will DC not put anything on him?

So I need a shot after those shots. The doctor had to get wax out from the inside of her ear and that just set her off. She has an ear infection, so I imagine that is why she got so upset. Cause last week it didn't bother her as much. So she never calmed down by the time we got to the shots. She cried/screamed for 20-25 mins straight. I took her prescription to get filled for the ear infection and then just nursed in the parking lot to calm her down. It was almost time for a bottle anyway.

She weight 12.8lb, 20%, and 24 5/8, 50%. At 2 months she was 50% for weight and 90% for length. The doctor wants to see her in three weeks for a weight checkup. Hopefully she is getting her appetie back and has some gain. She was really concerned since I took her last week to make sure she had a cold, and weight 12.78 and 10 days later is 12.8, so she only gained .03 in 10 days? That can't be normal, right?

I am hoping the ear infection is the reason she isn't sleeping as good.

Also a guy a work just told me that I look awful and sound awful. Thanks dude. I hate that I can't take anything to help get rid of this cold.

@Adira: She didn't have an ear infection last week. So I don't think that is causing the lack of eating. I think that it was the cold and cough. She still has a little bit of both, but much better then last week. Poor thing. Then I had to change the nasty diaper yet in the parking lot of Walgreens. It was just liquid poop. So gross, but at least it didn't leak out.

Isaac is in the rolling club! This morning he rolled front to back. He did it so effortlessly it is like he has done it many times before. He had a huge smile on his face afterwards. I hope he will do it again when my mom gets home from work.

@shopaholic: That is so scary about the scissors. I can't imagine how messed up your sleep must of been from traveling.

@Smurfette: Cutting nails is so hard, especially when they don't stay still. The ear infection could be the cause of her bad sleep. Hopefully it clears up fast and she gets back to gaining weight.

@Adira: I never know how short to cut his nails either. Especially after cutting him I am afraid to go too short.

@ALV91711: Yay!!! Congrats Isaac!!! I'm curious if he'll do it again. Xander's done it a couple times, but he still struggles a lot and can't do it all the time, so I don't know what's going on with him.

@Smurfette: Oh wow, really? I didn't know about the 5-6oz bottles. Doesn't it depend on how MANY bottles they're getting? How many ounces is she eating during the day at daycare? I know Xander eats 15oz at daycare and then nurses 3 times at home. So I don't know how many ounces he's getting total either, though I assume it's around 25-30oz (though he's not gaining weight like he's eating that much!).

@ALV91711: Yeah, I have no idea. I can only assume that Xander's getting roughly the same amount from me that he is from his bottles since he does 3 bottles at daycare and 3 nursing sessions at home. Since he goes 3 hours between, regardless of whether it was a bottle or the boob, I'm guessing he gets about the same amount from both sources. But that's just a guess! If I was ONLY nursing, I'd have nooooooo clue how much he was eating!

@Shopaholic: That story about the scissors is so scary! That reminds me I should be sure they are always put away - we keep them in a little basket right now on the dresser but I sometimes forget and leave them out - that's crazy that she got the safety cover off!

@ALV91711:Yay for rolling - that is so exciting! That's super cute that he was smiling about it!

@Adira: I wouldn't feel bad either. It is good for the dads to deal with them when they are cranky too.

@ALV91711: @Smurfette: Yeah, I've decided I don't feel bad about it! Yesterday, I had to entertain Xander, feed him, give him a bath, and put him to bed all by myself because Hubs was feeling LAZY. THEN I made dinner. So he can deal with fussy baby for 20 minutes (literally - it was less than 20 minutes).

@Smurfette: I was thinking about you as I was cutting Xander's nails. I was only able to cut 7 of them because he started spazzing out! Oh well.

@Adira: I plan on letting DH deal with the fussiness Sat and Sun after dealing with it all by myself this week.

@Smurfette: Make sure you label your bottles so they use the frozen milk first.

And I don't get babies either. Hubs was able to get Xander down just fine, but he woke up an hour later crying. I thought maybe he was hungry because he hadn't seemed to eat much when I nursed him, but he fell back asleep within five minutes, so I don't know what the fuss was about.

@Adira: yea you shouldn't feel bad. i always feel bad when i do that too, and i have to force myself to think that DH would not feel bad if he did that to me. for some reason, men don't get the same type of guilt that women get. i even asked DH once, "do you ever feel guilty when...." - and his response was, "no, should i?".

@silver1: my baby hasn't rolled yet! and he's older than most of the babies here i think because he was born in february...

@Smurfette: Not going to lie. I cried a little when I saw that you had posted in the middle of the night. When you finally went to nurse her, did she seem to eat hungrily? Or just comfort nurse? I know you said she was pretty hungry the other day, so if she was also hungry last night, it could be part of a growth spurt. And your husband finally comes home tonight, right??

@Mrs. High Heels: True!!! I know Hubs didn't feel guilty when I was dealing with him fussing before I handed him over, so I shouldn't feel guilty either!

@silver1: Xander has rolled a couple times from his front to his back, but he's definitely not consistent with it. And he's never rolled back to front.

Ugh, that totally sucks about the car alarm and all the noise! Maybe you can get an actual white noise machine to play white noise REALLY loud in his room so the outside noise isn't so much louder? Not sure if that would work though.

@ALV91711: How was Isaac's sleep last night after he FINALLY went to bed?

@Smurfette: Hmm... I still think it might be a growth spurt, but who knows! I can't figure these babies out. I'm glad she went back to sleep after you nursed her though! Was she able to put herself back to sleep those other times she woke up? Or did you have to go help her?

Ooooh, date night!!! Jealous!! Hubs and I STILL haven't had one of those since having Xander (although we weren't good about having them before Xander either). I hope you have fun tonight! And then get to SLEEP IN tomorrow!!!

@Smurfette: How was she was the bottles yesterday? I think it was two days ago that she gulped them all down, right?

I feel like Xander doesn't go through growth spurts... I never notice any difference in his eating. He definitely went through some in the first month, but since then, he's been very consistent... maybe that's why he's not growing much?

@Adira: Again, easy baby How much does he weigh? What was his birth weight?

@silver1: K will only roll over on her own on a bed. And maybe the changing table pad if I let her! eek! She can do it with just a little assistance on the floor activity mat, but gets upset once she's on her tummy.

Ah! Ladies! K and I are still battling jet-lag! After some research, seems pretty common that coming back home is worse than going to the destination. K and I both get super sleepy in the late afternoon and evening. We've both taken naps every night, which has ended up going till the MOTN! Luckily, I can often just nurse and put K back in her crib till early morning. But once I am up, it's so hard to get myself back to sleep. Ah! At least, I've been getting in a pump session every morning to build my stash a little.

We have an appt. to get K's 2nd Rotavirus vaccine this afternoon. Scared for the next few days since the last one sent us to the ER for a check! Hopefully can get her weighed and measured too!

@Smurfette: I forget what his % was at birth (I think maybe 70+%), but he's down to 17% now. My pediatrician wasn't concerned at all. She said it was normal for their weight growth to slow down once they start sleeping those longer stretches at night, especially breastfed babies. Maybe the fact that his head and length have stayed roughly in the same percentile since birth helps? He's definitely growing, just not packing on the pounds.