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@ALV91711: That's good you can usually fall right back to sleep!!! That was definitely the hardest part of the MOTN wake-ups for me! And that's awesome that he's starting to give you longer stretches of sleep!!! Hopefully it continues!!!

@Smurfette: Oh bummer! Do you think she might be going through a growth spurt?

So Hubs and I got into a HUGE argument about how much Xander eats and we ended up yelling at each other in front of Xander, causing him to start crying. I felt so bad. But as soon as I held him, he calmed down - he loves his Mama!

But anyway, after arguing for like 30 minutes, I finally went to feed Xander and Hubs FINALLY did some on-line research. He still thinks Xander could eat more, but agrees that he's not hungry, doesn't actually NEED more, and is healthy, and will HOPEFULLY not bug me about it again! Success!!!

Also, Xander took great naps at daycare today, the little traitor! Although maybe he just didn't want to sleep at home because he didn't want to spend time away from me!!

My baby's growing up! Here he is, sitting unassisted for all of 2 seconds before toppling over! Just long enough to snap a pic!

@Smurfette: Awww, that was kind of mean of your daycare! I told mine that Xander rolled over for the first time over the weekend, and I have nooooooo idea if he's done it for them or not because they didn't say! They were just like "That's awesome!" and then talked about how he was trying to the other day, but just kept getting to his side and rolling back to his back. So they certainly made it sound like he'd never done it for them before, but I kind of bet he has. Your daycare should know better than to spoil firsts for moms like that! It's hard enough being away from our babies all day, but then to hear they are doing stuff for others before they do them for us is heartbreaking.

@Smurfette: If she gets it, why did she tell you that in the first place???? I thought all daycares knew to not tell moms that kind of stuff!!! So aggravating. Hopefully they don't spoil any other "firsts" for you!

I swear, R loves to poop first thing in the morning for you! She's like "Nooooo Mommy, don't leave me! I know, I'll take a dump so she has to spend a few extra minutes with me!" Babies are silly.

@Smurfette: hahahaha - she just loves you and wants to spend more time with you!

@Adira: awwww!!!! He's growing up so fast!

Gah! I woke up at 4 to pump my painful engorged boob and haven't been able to fall back asleep. Less than 4 hrs of sleep.

K officially rolls onto her belly in her sleep now! First time I heard her fuss so I went and flipped her back. The second time I let her fuss and she found a comfy position I guess and still sleeping! Thank god for the Angel Care monitor though, or I'd be in there flipping her and being paranoid!

K has been playing in her exersaucer my cousin gave us. A week ago, she still wasn't stable and dangling in the thing. Now she can put some weight on her feet touching the pillow I put under it. And she can reach and play with the toys!!

@Smurfette: I know you asked me about the jumperoo. It was a Fisher price one I got at Target? But I haven't had time to assemble it and my BFF told me to try her doorway jumper first to save the $. She's going to give it to us tonight. We'll see how it goes. But we only have one place to hang it, by the fridge and dishwasher... Kind of awkward.

I've started the process of getting things to have ready for 6 month feeding. K is 5 months today! I'll have to share a pic when she's up for the day. I can't believe how fast time has flown!

@Adira: I am sorry! I was talking to the teacher this morning about how I can't pump 20ozs and another parent dropping off said that she read most see a drop between 4-6months. I haven't heard that before, so not sure if it is true. Working + pumping is so hard.

@Smurfette: Yes, I have to admit I keep staring at the monitor to make sure she has her head turned to her side.
oh my gosh YES, what a difference the past month has made! I feel like they've really turned into playful babies now, vs. just little precious infants!

Yesterday I went to a mommy meet-up and 3 of the moms had the Inglesina table high chair. It was so nice, it folded flat. Unlike other seats I've seen. I tried K out in one of them, and even though she can't sit up long unassisted, I think she'll be there soon and will like just sitting at the table. She's always so curious and wants to see everything! I'm ordering one today so I can hopefully eat a meal with two hands! I think I'll probably use a rolled up towel or the little pillow from our activity mat to help keep her up for awhile. But it's a lot more snug (and cleaner) than the restaurant high chairs!

I'm also ordering feeding spoons, food containers, and looking to buy a high chair. I've already purchased a mesh teether feeder (Sassy), apron/bib with sleeves, and we were gifted a whole set of Baby Bullet and accessories. Just getting prepared!

@travellingbee: Face down still worries me! lol! Yay for rolling back ability! Sorry you're still sick and L isn't sleeping well. Maybe the regression? Are you planning to do any type of sleep training?

@shopaholic: Awww, babies sleeping on their bellies are so cute, although I would be so nervous if Xander was doing it, haha!

I really need to try out the exersaucer my SIL gave us. It sounds like all the babies really like them!!

@Smurfette: Really!!! I hope that's not true. I can barely keep up with Xander as it is - if I have a drop in my supply, I'm doomed!!! Ugh.

@travellingbee: Yay for rolling!!! Xander has yet to master rolling in any direction, but oh well. We're practicing on sitting up now instead, haha.

@Adira: a few pics of K in the exersaucer. lol. She is still kind of short for it. She always drops one arm inside and I have to help her bring it back out to reach the toys.

Phew! So I think my inserted pumping session DID help me! I was able to produce 2 oz on crappy boob this time and that was only after 2 hours, so I ended up pumping exactly the amount I needed for the day! Phew!

@Smurfette: I think I'll still try to pump tonight maybe after Xander goes to bed to tell my boobs "MAKE MORE MILK!" Not sure if it will work though, haha.

@Smurfette: I think they pretty much try to ignore me completely and just make the same amount no matter what I do.

@Adira: What a cutie! I can't believe these babies are getting big enough to be sitting!

@shopaholic: She is so adorable!

@travellingbee: I hope your sleep is better tonight. Yay for rolling!!

@Smurfette: I think belly sleeping would kind of freak me out.

So Isaac rolled belly to back once almost a month ago now. He has not rolled again, crazy baby! He has figured out how to turn directions on his belly now though.

He has now tried oatmeal cereal and seams to like it. I was planning on doing BLW, but I also wasn't expecting him to start eating yet. I think I'm going to try a few purees for the next month and when he gets closer to 6 months do some BLW.

@silver1: I feed it to him with a spoon. I mix the cereal with pumped milk. He still isn't really taking a bottle. Now that it has been over a week he is starting to do longer stretches, but that fell apart last night. He wakes up anywhere from 2-5 times.

@Smurfette: That is no good. Is that the only tIke she's been waking up? I wish all these babies would improve their sleep.

OMG, I'm going to cry! I've been pumping for 10 minutes and have literally gotten nothing out!!!! I know Xander ate more than normal this morning, but how is it possible to get NOTHING????

@Adira: Sorry that must be so frustrating. Did you feel your breasts full at all? I usually start by squeezing some drops out before pumping and that kinda of helps with letdown. @Smurfette: Hope your LO gets full with the bottles. During the day J seems to eat a lot more I fill up about 16 oz and its all gone plus some formula but its my mom so its a battle I'm choosing not to fight.

@Smurfette: I thought about trying the other pump, but I was rushed for time, and my new flanges haven't arrived yet. Hopefully they arrive today though and I can try it out tonight!!!

OMG, R is a riot! She just loves to poop first thing for you!!! Maybe you should just pretend you're heading to daycare but not dress her, so when she does her massive poop, you can then just wipe her down and put on an outfit!

I'm sure she'll be fine with the less than 5oz bottles! I bet she's drinking them too fast anyway and that's why she's drinking so much! 20oz in a day seems like a LOT! I'm going to be really curious to see what her weight gain is when you go to your 6 month appointment, since she's been eating so much lately!!!

@silver1: They didn't fell full, but usually even after I nurse Xander and I feel like they are completely empty, I'm able to get 0.5-1 oz out, so it was weird! And then when I gave up, I was able to hand express some, so they definitely weren't EMPTY. But that's a good idea about trying to do some hand expression beforehand to get things started. I'll have to give that a try!

@travellingbee: Is he starting daycare soon? Before Xander started, I spent the weekend before doing a bottle trial run! Hubs fed him bottles all day (on a 3-hour schedule since that's what our daycare primarily does) and I pumped. We found he never drank more than 4.5 oz, so we send 5 oz bottles to daycare. Could you do something like that?