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@Smurfette: not sure. At his 8 week appointment he was 11lbs 7oz. He's 16.5 weeks now ...

@Smurfette: I have slow boobs. I actually don't have it on the highest suction because when I did, it would hurt my boobs, so I lowered it to the highest suction that's tolerable. It normally only takes 30 minutes to empty them, but that's when pumping every 3 hours. Going 7 hours made it take over an hour.

@Smurfette: It's possible I have a shitty pump too...

@travellingbee: I'm glad your DH took over for the night so that you could get some rest. I hope that tonight is better for you.

@aprk: I was just saying today how I couldn't imagine having to get up and go to work after being up so much in the night.

@silver1: I can't wait to STTN. I'd even be happy with one wake up. We did rice cereal again tonight and he liked it again, so that was good.

@Adira: Sounds like a great weekend. 5 months already, that is crazy! How long is Xander? He looks really long in that pic.

I took Isaac to the ocean for the first time today and put his feet in the water. He seemed to like it.

Today he had a 2 hour nap and a .5 hour nap. Now it is after 9, I'm hoping he goes to bed soon and sleeps better. The last few days I've been luck for him to sleep for an hour in the day.

I hope that we all get better sleeps tonight.

Ahh! So behind on this thread! Sounds like a lot of babies are going through a sleep regression or something of the sort?

I've done bath and bedtime by myself Fri. and Sat. night since it was DH's BFF's birthday and the guys celebrated both days and nights. argh. Last night K woke up 13 min. after putting her down for the night. I can't remember the last time (save for our traveling), that she's woken up. I tried to wait it out for a bit, but she started to wail. When I picked her up, she spit up. Nursed her again, put her back to sleep. She woke up again 15 min. later. Looked it up, sounds like the 4 month sleep regression. She woke up again a little while later, but I just watched from the monitor until she fell back asleep. Not sure if it was because DH wasn't there and her routine was off. If it's a sleep regression. Or she was just gassy? Hoping it's a one-time thing. We already have bad daytime sleep, I can't handle bad night time sleep too. She slept ~1 hr TOTAL throughout the whole day for naps for the past 4 days. Doc told us to aim for at least 2 hours total - as if I wouldn't want that myself. *sigh*
Here's hoping we all get more sleep this week!

Okay, time for me to catch up!

@travellingbee: Xander blows raspberries too! At least, I think that's what he's doing. He doesn't stick out his tongue, but he puts his lips together and blows and makes bubbles and certainly SOUNDS like raspberries.

@shopaholic: I haven't noticed that I smell different with More Milk Plus, but I have heard it does do that. The first ingredient in it is Fenugreek, so it would probably affect you the same, would be my guess.

As far as nap cues, it's similar to bed. I turn on his white noise machine and just pat his back a few times while I'm holding him, then half swaddle and in the crib. We don't darken his room, but we do have the blinds down, so it's a little dimmer. I also always put him down after he's been awake for 2 hours (unless he's cranky beforehand, then I put him down earlier) and he might cry for 5 minutes tops and then pass out. His naps last anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours though - he's totally random! Although I think his naps in his crib tend to last longer.

How'd last night go? Sounds like she had trouble getting into a deep sleep - was she finally able to sleep for a while without waking?

@Smurfette: Xander drools like a maniac, but he's actually better when he's on his back. He has definitely spit up in his crib before though, but it's not all the time.

@ALV91711: Oh my goodness, you gave Isaac solids!!!! What a milestone!!! I'm scared to start, haha. So glad to hear it went well!

@aprk:

So either Xander was REALLY hungry this morning or my supply has totally tanked. Usually after nursing him, I can still pump 3-5oz, but this morning, I barely got 2oz! I think he ate more than normal though. Just hoping I can make up for it throughout the day...

@Adira: I am sorry!! Hopefully after this next weekend with him nursing all weekend and the supplements, things will pick up.
@ALV91711: Glad that you had a better night too!!

So. L went to bed at 715 last night (He's been pushing back his own bedtime) and he woke at 10, 1:00, 315 and 600. Sigh. At least it wasn't every hour. He also managed to get onto his tummy despite the towel under the sheet. Little stinker. And then he only took a 30 minute nap this am when he usually does 1 1/2 hr. Gr.

Two positives: I pumped 9 ounces this morning! Apparently all this night feeding is helping my supply.

Also, yesterday he sat unassisted for a full minute on a blanket in the grass. Twice! He was leaning over playing with the grass and was able to lean over, sit up and even "righted" himself when he started to get off balance! We have a sitter! At 4 months?! Never expected that. Now if he could just master the rolling from tummy move!
@Adira: Sorry to hear about your supply. I think the pumping all weekend definitely doesn't help but I'm sure it'll get back up to snuff soon.

Catching up....

@Adira: Glad you had a fun weekend! 5 Months! Woohoo! What a cute cute cutie! I also can't imagine pumping for an hour. 20 minutes tops here. Maybe you should look into renting a hospital grade pump? It might help your supply...?

@ALV91711: @aprk: Glad sleep was better for y'all!

@shopaholic: Yeah I am so mentally done with this regression. Naps, night, everything. Boo.

@Adira: what kind do you have?

I have the PISA which a friend gave me. I like it fine.

@Smurfette: Oh, hmm, I never did ask her. I kind of just assumed I had slow boobs, but maybe it's the pump. I'm not sure my SIL will be able to give me much advice though - I don't think she breastfed/pumped for very long. I think she stopped around 3-4 months.

On our date Sat night we decided on the name of our un-conceived, 50% chance of having baby boy. DH did say that he kind of wants another girl. I said that I am good either way, which shocks me. I always said I wanted two girls. We didn't talk timing of #2.

@Smurfette: I hope she sleeps good without a swaddle. It would be nice to just use jammies. I can't believe you are talking names already.

So the rice cereal I've been mixing with breast milk. The last two nights I just did a little bit to see if he liked it. Today I had two ounces and mixe up half, he gobbled it up and still wanted more. So I mixe up the rest and he ate almost all of it. I was surprised.

I also tried a bottle again today and he didn't scream at it. He even took a couple swallows and let it hang out in his mouth for a while. I was very happy with this progress.

Asleep at 7:15, up at 9:15, 2:30 and 6:30. Lets keep this up, buddy!!

@ALV91711: how'd you do last night?

@Smurfette: I think sleep sacks are so cute, but we missed the boat. A just goes straight to pjs.

@dojo: I hope you feel better ASAP!

@aprk: Woohoo!! That's not bad at all!!!

OMG, my husband is totally pushing me to put more in Xander's bottles for daycare. He was like "It's just 3 more ounces." I said "Well you pump those 3 ounces and I'll add them to his bottles." Jerk.

@ALV91711: She did great. I really don't think she needs the sleep sack. So great that Issac is loving the rice cereal and some progress with a bottle. How was your sleep last night?

@dojo: We will think about names, but not actually having one. Mirena don't fail me!!

@aprk: Awesome. Keeping my fingers crossed for ya.

@Adira: Um, no! No more babies in the Smurf household for a while. She did great without the swaddle. I might try no sleep sack tonight, or I might be a chicken and wait till the weekend, in case she doesn't sleep as good. But I really don't think she needs it. She napped twice yesterday at DC without anything, just her sound machine. Granted they were only 30 mins naps. Luckily she slept 30 mins on the way home.

So I noticed on her sheet that she ate every 2 1/2 hours yesterday. The teacher said this morning she was hungry for them too. I wasn't sure if she was hungry or they did them early so she doesn't fight the bottle as much. I asked if I needed to send more, but she said to wait and see if it is just a growth spurt. She doesn't seem hungry when she finishes the bottle, just hungry sooner. Which like @Adira: she goes 3 hours at home on the weekend. Sunday she went 3 1/2 hours cause we were leaving Target, I lost track of time, and she wasn't crying so I waited till we got home to feed her.

Oh! Sooooooo... I think we're definitely teething here! It's hard to really tell because Xander's not really acting any different, besides wanting to eat everything in sight, haha. BUT I was trying to peer into his mouth yesterday and his bottom teeth are definitely becoming noticeable under his gums! I'm curious though if they'll start bothering him soon before they come through.