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@Smurfette: Me too! I think in a couple weeks (or maybe a month, haha), I'll have them add breakfast too!

@Smurfette: I'm not sure that that's an option or not at daycare. They provide food, but not sure they do yogurt. Though I could always do it at home on the weekends!

@Smurfette: haha, I have no idea! I know that the fruits and veggies are Gerber, so same stuff we feed him at home! I know they also have cereal, but I've declined that so far. And I know when they are older and eating finger foods, they get food delivered every day from Girls, Inc.

@Smurfette: I don't know what kind of oatmeal they have. We've done rice cereal at home and Xander seemed to like that just fine. The reason I've held off on him being fed cereal at daycare is because I'm not sure of the logistics. Do you normal mix cereal with formula? I mix it with BM at home, so I'm not sure if I'd need to send more BM to daycare for the cereal. And I'm also worried they would forget to use the BM for his cereal since all the other babies are on formula. I guess that's not a huge deal, just not really sure how it would work.

@Smurfette: Oh, I wonder what the daycare does. Maybe they mix with water too. I have no idea!

ETA: And I don't even know what kind of cereal they have! Rice? Oatmeal? Both??

@Mrs. Blue: Last week. Yo Baby is pretty much the only full fat yogurt. Last week she banana, and this week I got blueberry and peach and she has liked them all.

@Adira: Nope! But I think I am going to try egg yolk this weekend. Right, we do yolk and not white?

@Adira: I think I heard that the whites would be the allergy if they have it....

@QueensBee: Wow! Amazing sleep!! I really hope he keeps it up for you. I hope that you also slept through the night.

@Adira: That is awesome that he is eating lunch at daycare. Starting breakfast seems so scary. I think about starting but I'm wondering how to fit it into our day.

@Smurfette: Egg yolk sounds like a good idea. Do you think you would mix it with anything to make it creamier, or just how it is?

Isaac bit me so hard today I almost cried. It didn't break the skin, but oh my. I think I scared him when I told him no biting.

So much to catch up!
@ALV91711: Sorry mama. J bites and smiles when I say ouch! He thinks its funny.
@Smurfette: I want to try eggs too for LO to get some protein as we don't eat meat. J got his flu shot last week and I thought those contained some egg? I forgot to ask pedi about it.
@Adira: Thatz awesome daycare is providing food and Xander is eating We do oatmeal at home and J loves it. He never took to rice cereal and we still have an almost full box leftover.

J has been saying mama for sometime but lately he is saying it with so much more clarity and I am loving it! He also has been making high pitched squeals like a whale and it can sometimes be a bit much!! I hope he moves on to something more human like

@ALV91711: Yikes! Sorry you got bit!! I know exactly how painful that is!! Xander was startled too after he bit me because I yelled "OWWW!!" and then said sternly "No biting." He looked at me surprised and then started laughing!

@silver1: Soooooo jealous J is saying Mama!!! Xander's still just babbling the b's "ba ba blah ba" - I can't wait for him to be able to say Mama!!! I keep saying it to him over and over in hopes he'll repeat me, but he just stares at me like I'm nuts.

@shopaholic: Ugh, I can't even imagine how difficult it is to try to work around naps AND food! It'll be nice when they're a little older and less messy and we can feed them on the go! And also when they don't need to sleep quite as much! Or at least they go down to less naps!

Also - solids poop! I'm NOT a fan!! It stinks so bad! I think Xander's room (where the diaper genie is) has a constant poop smell! Any suggestions for getting rid of that stink??

@silver1: I can't wait for Mama! So jealous of it.
@shopaholic: That is great sleep!! I am sorry you feel so home bound. It does stink that we have to plan actives around nap time now. She won't nap in the car anymore at all? Do you take the purees with you? On the weekends, we usually go to lunch, and while we wait for our food, we feed her. And yes solid poop sucks.
@Adira: No advice on the poop, but it does smell. At least it is easier to know when they poop now. The smell gives it away. We have another brand for a diaper trash bag, but we also have these little Arm&Hammer air freshners on top of it. I guess it is helping cause I don't think her room smells at all.
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Sorry you had a rough morning. I wouldn't have thought pumping first would have been an issue either.

So I slept for 15 mins with my alarm going off this morning. Of course it was a morning I had to wash my hair. I didn't have time to straighten it, so I feel like a hot mess. I got to wake up R, and she was smiling at me, I put her on the changing pad and start unsnapping her pjs and realize her diaper exploded over night She was not happy with me cleaning her up with wipes. Luckily I got most of it contained so it wasn't all over the floor like last time. I get her dressed and feed her. Her eyes were so watery and she was shivering She wasn't cold when I picked her up, so I guess the wipes and being naked for while I cleaned her, gave her the chills and she couldn't warm up. It was 40 this morning, so I put her jean jacket on, hat, and two blankets over her walking to the car and then over her once she was buckled it. Her eyes start watering again when we got in her classroom. I guess the cold was a shock to her system.

We are going to try a new schedule today. See if it helps with the spit up. Pedi wants her on this by 9 months anyway.
620 Bottle
820 Breakfast
1020 Bottle
1220 Lunch
220 Bottle
420 Snack (Mums or Puffs)
530 Dinner
630 Bottle

the snack is mostly to hold her over till we get home so I can feed her dinner. Hope it works, just worried when they are going to do naps.....

@Smurfette: Scrambled would make sense. For some reason my sleep deprived brain was thinking hard boiled and how that would be kind of dry! Might have to try that this week.

@silver1: That is so awesome he says mama. Isaac is opposite, he is always growling.

@shopaholic: I find that too, between eating and napping it is hard to get out and go anywhere. So time consuming. It will be kind of nice when they nap less and just eat all the same things as us.

@Adira: The poops are so gross smelling!

@Smurfette: She is going to be walking so soon. I hope that schedule works good and she is able to get some naps in there too.

So I feel bad... Xander definitely didn't get as much milk this morning as normal. My first morning pump at work, my boobs were FULL and hurting. I pumped 3 extra ounces!!! Which means he probably got 3 ounces less than normal! Poor baby!! But at least he's getting lunch at daycare now, so I don't think he'll go hungry! He just might get that first bottle early.

@Smurfette: Yep, I do send an extra bottle, so I think he'll be okay! And I'm not really sure how much he got this morning. Usually he drinks from one side, pops off, then I put him on the other side, and when he pops off, I know he's done. But this morning I put him on one side, he tried to drink for like a minute, then popped off crying. I kept putting him back on, he kept popping off and crying. So I switched sides. Same thing. So I switched again and he finally stayed on for a little bit, but I don't think I heard him swallowing nearly as much as usually. He popped off, more crying, so I switched AGAIN and he finally seemed to drink from that side a decent amount and when he popped off, he was in a good mood. But I'm not sure if he was really done eating or not. He probably could have eaten more because I think he got barely anything from one side. Ugh, oh well. One day won't kill him and maybe he'll just get that extra bottle at daycare.

@Smurfette: So true! Plus tomorrow an off-Friday so I don't need the milk for daycare! So today's the best day for him to drink extra if he needs to!

I wonder how my daycare deals with schedules changes like this. It seems like they just always feed the babies bottles in 3 hour increments, no matter what. I wonder if I could change his schedule if I wanted to. And what they do when the babies are no longer on formula/BM.

Glad to hear R is doing well with the new schedule so far!! Yay!! Now that she's going to be having 4 bottles, did you up how much was in each of them? Or is she expected to be drinking less since she's eating more solids?

@Smurfette: No, they feed him every 3 hours because that's what they do with all the babies! So even if he's not hungry, they'll feed him. Like for example yesterday, he got solids at 2:30 and had I think FIVE ounces. And then they gave him his bottle at 3:00 because that's when he was "due" to have one. The only thing they'll do differently is feed him EARLIER if he seems hungry and can't wait. They won't go longer unless he happens to be sleeping. Like I KNOW he's not hungry at 9:00 because he almost always goes until 10:30 now when he's home with me. But 9:00 is 3 hours after his 6:00 feed, so that's when they feed him.

haha, Xander's the same - he'll just eat whatever you give him! He has no limitations with a bottle and he'll guzzle it down in seconds! And I think 24oz sounds normal for the day, plus solids, so she should be good! I agree that you probably don't need to give her more!

@dojo: haha, don't worry, I didn't know either! And would probably have given it to him! If L didn't have an allergic reaction, I think you're fine!

@shopaholic: K napped better then R today! That is great she stood up and is pulling herself with the rug. Smart lady to figure out how to get somewhere without crawling.

R napped 30 mins all day at day care. She was about to go down for a nap, when they had a fire drill, so then it was hours later before they could get her down. She napped 15 mins on the way home. Then I wanted to pull my hair out, nothing made her happy. She was falling asleep with her bottle. Then when I put her in the crib, 20 mins later she was full on crying. I went in and rocked her for 5 mins and she was out in the first minute. Poor thing is so tired. She has yelled out in her sleep already, I want these teeth in!!

She did good with the new schedule though. Still just as much spit up in the afternoon, but at least the morning was better.