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@shopaholic: Yuck! That sounds awful. Hopefully you both get back on track this weekend.

@Adira: I really hope the boys growth hasn't slowed down like that! They were peanuts to begin with! I was hoping they would both just make it ON the growth chart for their four month appt!

@silver1: We have one and one on the rolling tally. Finn has rolled tummy to back a few times (though he seems to have forgotten how now) an Elliot hasn't rolled yet.

@Smurfette: Sorry R is still not sleeping great! The boys woke up and fussed a few times last night, but they settled themselves back down, until they woke up at 4:15. I'm ready for all these March babies to start sleeping again!

We are all kind of sick at our house. The boys have a lot of congestion, but it seems to be getting a little better. I think I'm a few days behind them in the process, so yesterday and today O feel awful. I feel so bad for them! At least I know what is going on!

It is hard to keep up with you people! A few busy days and I am a million pages behind. Sorry to all you sick moms and babies. Our collective bad sleep is probably not helping our immune systems...

@Mrs. High Heels: He'll get there! I wonder if it's true what they say about bigger babies hitting some of the physical milestones - like rolling over - later? Our littler one is rolling constantly from back to belly (and waking herself up!) but her bigger sister hasn't done it at all yet. She will roll front to back, but got there later than Caroline too - and she's so miserable doing it!

I loved the quote you posted! This "appreciate every moment" thing is ridiculous. Some moments suck! I have learned to accept that I'm not touchy-feely and that doesn't mean that I love my kids any less. We are more in the dry wit department instead of doting adoration. I think it makes things a little more fun at our house

All this talk about nail cutting is on point for me lately - Caroline has a scratch on either side of her nose because even though I just cut her nails there always seems to be a sharp edge that evades me. Part of me is secretly ok with it, because the scratches help us tell them apart a little easier But the nail cutting is literally the *only* thing that is a mom-only job in our house. My husband is great about sharing baby duties but he won't cut their nails because he is so afraid of hurting them.

And we are in the throes of some brutal teething by Kate. Poor girl has been waking up in serious pain - kicking her legs and rolling from side to side, and crying way more desperately than the norm. She hasn't figured out that she can use her hands to put the teether in her own mouth so it's been a fair amount of us sitting with her and rubbing her gums with it. I finally bought some Hyland's tablets to try and gave her a couple this morning at around 5:30. I don't know how well they worked. It seemed promising initially - she did settle and go back to sleep, but I realized when I put her down that about half a tablet was stuck to my finger (because I'd been holding it under her tongue to dissolve). So I don't even know how much she got! Has anyone else used the tablets? Is there a trick to dissolving them? I feel like I need to keep a finger in her mouth until they dissolve because if she's crying they won't stay put!

@twobee: @Mrs. High Heels: I agree about bigger babies reaching certain milestones later! It's gotta be easier to roll a 10lb body over than a 15lb one! I know with Xander, he's got a big head, so he's STILL a little wobbly holding it up. I imagine that's gotta be pretty normal though because it's a big head! It's got to take more muscle control than a little head, right??

@twobee: I bought those Hyland's tablets, but I haven't used them yet, so I have no advice. Maybe post to the regular boards for advice? I suspect many of us aren't there yet since our babies are probably only JUST beginning to teethe or haven't started yet.

Question Ladies: How many hours a day total are your LOs getting of sleep now? I was looking it up and I think 4 months averages 14-15 hours/day. K does the bulk of her sleep at night, which I don't mind. But that must be why she rarely naps all day!

@shopaholic: Xander gets around 12 hours of sleep, though sometimes it seems like he's snoozing on the boob while nursing and I don't usually count that time. Most of his sleep is overnight. Usually it's something like this:

7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (I attempt a dreamfeed, but it usually wakes him)
10:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.
5:45 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.

Then a random 2-3 hours during the day.

@Smurfette: Gahh, I was wondering this too!!! Xander goes longer between naps at daycare for the same reason you just stated, but I'm not sure if he SHOULD. Yesterday he was awake for FOUR HOURS and he was one CRANKY baby and I knew it was because he was over-tired, but I'm not sure how over-tired he was. I've picked him up at daycare before when he's been awake for 3 hours and he's been in a great mood and just fell asleep in the car. But yesterday I picked him up and he'd been awake for 3 hours and while he was in a great mood when I picked him up, he did NOT fall asleep in the car and was super fussy after we got home. And I think he can only stay up for 3 hours without getting fussy if he has a long nap right beforehand (yesterday he had a 1.5 hour nap before he was up for 3+ hours).

Soo... I wasn't helpful and am wondering the same thing as you. On weekends, we also put Xander down for a nap after he's been up for 2 hours.

@Smurfette: That's like Xander on Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday). He has woken from his last nap at 2:15 and I picked him up at 5:00 and he slept in the car and then continued to sleep once we got home, so he got a 45 minute nap. But yesterday, he had woken from his last nap at 2:00 and did NOT fall asleep in the car and was super cranky once we got home at 5:30. Usually I can nurse him and he'll fall asleep that way, but this time, he DIDN'T. He just nursed for a few minutes and then cried and cried and cried. So I pawned him off on Hubs to put to bed early! I'm hoping today is better since Hubs isn't going to be around.

@Smurfette: What toy is it? I don't have any toys for the car seat and I feel bad for Xander because I think riding in the car is probably boring for him. He's always just kind of grabbing at his bib and the car seat straps since there's nothing else for him to play with.

@Smurfette: Thanks for the link!! Maybe I can get him a different one that's less girly. Like the Elephant. Poor guy's going to have nothing but elephant toys and decor...

@Adira: @Smurfette: Our sleep was not so great last night. Up 3 times to eat and fussing one other time. I'm sure in the next couple days he will settle in again from traveling and then Tuesday we are heading home for a week, so he will be all messed up again. I'm starting to really look forward to the end of August when we go home permanently and can get him sleeping in his own room and hopefully sleep train. I'm not going to sleep train when we keep going to different places.

@shopaholic: Hope the vaccine goes well today and nobody ends up sick. I think Isaac sleeps around 13-14 hours a day. But it varies as some days he does not nap well and it is less.

@twobee: Teething, I am not looking forward to this! So far all we have is a lot of drool.

@Mrs. Blue: Hope you are all feeling better soon.

I'm looking forward to going to the ped next week to find out how much Isaac weighs. I'm pretty sure he is at least 15lbs. But I'm not looking forward to shots.

@ALV91711: I am sorry!! Is he sleeping in the same thing every night regardless where you are?

@ALV91711: I am sorry!! He could be waking up cause he hears you. I know many found babies started sleeping better when they were moved into their own room.
Hang in there Momma!

ALV91711: Sorry you aren't having good sleep! We have Liam in our room too and I was beginning to wonder if maybe some of the noise of me moving around or whatnot was waking him up (he is just right next to me in an arms-reach cosleeper) I wanted to move his crib into our room for a little while (since his room gets really hot from being in the front of the house) but duh! it doesn't fit thought the door. Going to have to do some sort of sleep training in the coming weeks once I figure out a solution to the stuffy nursery.

OMG Andy has been treating us with the saddest screaming all afternoon. Won't sleep and nothing will consistently calm him. Definitely worse when I try to lay him down. This has gotta be teething, right? I just have him some Tylenol and he fell asleep on me, which he hasn't done since he was two weeks old. Poor guy.

@aprk: J has been doing the same thing all afternoon too, it's definitely teething for us because Hyland's teething tablets make him feel better for awhile before the painful screaming starts up again. Is Andy biting his fingers or gnawing on stuff?

@Mrs. High Heels: Sorry you've got a sad little dude, too! he's been biting his fingers for a week or so now. I'm glad the tylenolhas helped him for now but I'm gonna have to go get some Hyland's! How often can they have the tablets?

@Mrs. High Heels: @Smurfette: you've got rollers!!! Don't worry, once they do it more consistently you see it all the time especially bc they roll for fun and then get stuck and start crying, haha

Finally saw her roll!!

@ALV91711: @dojo: I think K sleeps a lot better in her own room at night. On our trip, any little sound or light would wake her and she couldn't settle back to sleep. Since she's back in her own room, she's sleeping longer like normal.

* I mentioned it before, but it's a funny coincidence when I didn't put on her amber teething necklace for 2 days, her drooling was INSANE and she kept jutting out her bottom jaws, but hasn't since I put the necklace back on! Coincidence, probably, but still interesting!

@Mrs. High Heels: @Smurfette: Yay for your rollers! I still have to keep working with K to do it on the floor by herself. She'll do it on the bed, but not on the floor yet.

@aprk: Sorry to hear about the screaming. Hope the Tylenol or tablets help.

I'm kind of glad to hear that K isn't the only one not really sleeping that many hours. I'm going to try to be better at tracking her sleep though.

Just got back from the pediatrician's office and I decided then and there to just switch to this doctor (instead of just for this vaccine). I liked his staff and he's always been so great at call-backs, answering questions, and follow-up calls. Feels weird to leave the other ped and not tell them, but what to say? IDK?

So K's stats at 18 weeks + 2 days:

13 lbs 3 oz (I was totally OFF on my weighing!) - 50%
24 1/4" L - 50%
Head (IDK exact) - 10%

I'm quite amazed! My little munchkin's gone from the 4-6% to 50%! And she's still got a petite head Even the doc admitted she's got some chubs though...heheh, but didn't think I was over-feeding her. Today's the first time we gave her 2 vaccines in one visit, so I'm hoping she'll be okay this weekend. She hasn't had any of her 4 month vax yet (and I think even some she should have already had), so I needed her to start catching up. Still going to space out vax. though. Hoping she'll sleep well this afternoon and I can get some much-needed cleaning up done.