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@ALV91711: Fingers crossed for you tonight! Good luck with the shots.
@sheskrafty: Glad that you got a spot in another center. Colds suck. R is just getting over one that lasted about a month. She screams when I use the Nose Frida on her too. Are you using a humidifier? I think it really helped R when we started using it. Pink eye sounds awful too. Poor K! and Mom and Dad.

@Smurfette: Ugh, I hate it when I'm up for an hour in the middle of the night. I can never fall back asleep!! And I totally hear you about the slats! If you're worried, maybe you can get one of those breathable bumpers? Though I hear they can be a pain when you have to change the sheets.

@ALV91711: Good luck with the shots!!! I hope it goes well and he doesn't cry too much. And then maybe he'll SLEEP it all off!

@sheskrafty: Yikes!!! Poor K!!! That whole eye thing sucks! I hope it clears up quickly. And I can't believe all those people smoke!!! Can you smell it on them?? I have no idea if any of our daycare providers smoke, but I've never smelt it, so I'm guessing probably not. Plus they are so busy with the babies, I can't imagine they have time to go out and smoke during the day, but I don't really know. Glad to hear you've got a spot at a better daycare in December!

@Smurfette: Maybe you don't need to install it unless she keeps doing it. Though if you're concerned about her doing it again, you can install it immediately. We don't have a breathable bumper (or any bumper), but Xander's still not mobile at all, so I haven't had to deal with this.

@Smurfette: You need to take a picture of her snuggled up in the corner! Xander just sleeps right in the middle of his crib, exactly where we put him. He's rotated before 180, but never scooted or rolled!

Wow, lots of pages of chat in the last week! We are back from our NY trip and it was a success! Here is my update:

Flight on the way there was fine and L was a trouper. It was a very long day as our flight was canceled and we were rerouted, ended up having to rent a car to drive from a different airport 2 hours away etc. Ugh. But L only had one melt down!

Trip was wonderful and L did great but his sleep continued to get worse over the trip. He was waking up every hour!! So fun on a trip. But at least my ILs were there to help during the day.
He has a cold that he got while we were there so maybe that is contributing. He sounds awful. Also, FIL confirms that he appears to be teething (he is a dentist). So there is that too.

While we were there, he was rolling more from his back to belly, laughing up a storm and sitting up for longer and longer. He can sit pretty well in a tripod on his own or in your lap. He also started grabbing and raking like crazy. Uh oh! I was trying to eat hummus on the plane and he was in my lap. He snatched it off of the tray in the blink of an eye! Yikes!

We have our 4 month check up today so I'll update stats later. Don't know if they'll do the shots if he's sick so we'll see.

@travellingbee: sounds like a good trip. Can't wait to hear his stats after your appointment today. And if they do shots I hope there ent too much crying.

@Smurfette: That is too cute that she sleeps in the corner. Isaac stays put except for the couple times he has rotated.

@Adira: Hopefully he will sleep them off through the night.

Cute but sometimes annoying, when I'm putting a new diaper on and go to do it up issac will lift his butt up so the diaper will pull out. He thinks it is pretty funny.

@ALV91711: R moves all around, so it is so hard to get her diaper lined up correctly. I can't imagine how hard it is going to be once she really gets mobile.

@travellingbee: Great news!

@travellingbee: Great stats!!! Did he end up getting shots?

@Smurfette: Wow, that's impressive! I think if I tried to wash Xander while he was sleeping, it would wake him up! R must've been in a deep sleep. Glad she napped so much better today and you got to spend some quality time together!!

@Adira: Well it was more a wet rag on her head but she didn't move. I just hope she sleeps good tonight. I can sleep in some tomorrow, cause I have to go to the dentist.

@Smurfette: glad you got to have some play time today. That sucks that DH's plane is delayed again. I don't think I could wash Isaac without him waking up. Hope you get a good sleep tonight.

@Adira: Isaac loves being held standing up. Half the time when I try to sit him or lay him on his stomach he likes to put his legs out to stand instead. Maybe just try it with him more often.

Shots went well today. Isaac only cried very briefly. We came home and he slept for almost two hours. Talked to the nurse about ways to get him to sleep longer and ways to take a bottle. I'm hoping he'll sleep longer tonight as he looks kind of dopy.

I went in the nursery at 6 this morning to nurse and I saw R roll belly to back!! Then later DH saw her do it too!

I was super glad he was home this morning. He said that she had a major blowout when she woke up at 7. In her belly button and everything.

@Smurfette: that is awesome that you saw her roll!

I take it everyone had a good sleep last night since it was pretty quiet around here.

Isaac was kind of fussy throughout the night. I'm guessing from his shots. He got up one time to nurse and fell back asleep, I put him to bed and he quietly fussed for almost half an hour before falling back asleep.

@Smurfette: I was up three times. The first time was 1 and he was really hungry. The second time I put him to sleep without nursing, but every time I put him down he woke up, then he nursed a bit and fussed. Third time he nursed and then I gave him to DH. Now it is 8:30 and he is nursing again and I hope he has a nap. It was a bit warm in here last night so I think that didn't help.

I'm hoping for a good nap today, but I also have a bunch of running around that has to be done.

@Smurfette: we haven't talked about it yet. Thank you for reminding me. He will probably pretty much go with whatever I want.

@ALV91711: yes, i did it with my first and plan to do it again!

with my 1st, i did purees for a month just to get her used to the sensation of food in her mouth and swallowing... then switched to full on BLW at 7-months.

this time around, i'll probably do the same thing - purees first then BLW. i might even wait longer than 6-months to introduce any solids at all.

@ALV91711: we're gonna do BLW and start at 6 months, presuming he is good sitting up on his own by then

@travellingbee: baby led weaning http://www.babyledweaning.com/

@Mrs. High Heels: Was it easy to transition from purees to food?

@Smurfette: I didn't know too much until recently. I've been doing a lot of reading in the nights on it and I like the idea of it and so does DH. But I pretty much told him that is what we are doing.

@aprk: Ya, I guess if they aren't good at sitting up by then it will have to be delayed a bit.

@Adira: Probably a smart idea to just do it at home at first and still just send bottles to daycare.

So yesterday after shots Isaac was fine and happy. Last night in the night he was ok and then he woke up so fussy today. He has been fussing for most of the day. We can tell he is not feeling himself. He is a bit warm, but no fever. I feel so bad for him. There has been lots of nursing, cuddling and crying today.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

@ALV91711: Awww, poor Isaac!!! Hope he feels better soon!!

@Mrs. High Heels: Thanks for the info! Maybe that's what we'll do too!

Wow! So much to catch up on reading!

@travellingbee: Glad to hear your trip went well for the most part! Maybe the waking up every hour has to do with the 4 month sleep regression? Funny you mentioned the tripod sitting. Got K to do that a couple times today (unintentionally, but she was holding herself up!) I've also had her grab quite a few things while I'm eating these days. It's more challenging than ever now to eat.

K and I have been going to a few Mommy Meetups this week and it's been really nice to meet some moms IRL. Today we went to the park and it was really nice to see her sort of interact with another LO (who is starting to crawl at 8 months). She was smiling as he was touching her and kept patting her arms and face. I know she'll really enjoy playing once she's older! I think seeing other kids made her more OK with tummy time too!

K also had her longest sleep stretch to date last night! She went 11 hrs and 20 min. without waking to eat! Of course, I'm not holding my breath for that to happen all the time, but it was the first time in a long time that I didn't wake up in the MOTN before she did.