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@dojo: That's so cute about the juice! We let K have a sip of OJ last weekend, but I didn't want her to like it too much, so that was it. lol. My girl will be deprived. hahah Cute birthday theme!

Wow, LOs moving up to the big room. Makes sense though - K seems so much bigger than even my friends' 4-5 month olds. I'm always scared she's going to lean on them or poke an eye out. I don't worry if she plays with the 1 yr olds or a little older.

@travellingbee: We're doing 11:30 - 2:30 for our party. Most of the ones we have been too were similar time.

@cheesehead: Aww! Love his name! Austin seems close in size to K. Yay for birthday twins! Wow! Walking! And such a good sleeper!

@ALV91711: Thank you. I went to sleep early last night. Feeling a little bit better, so I'll probably cook and go back down to visit again today. Sorry about the MOTN crying. Hope it gets better tonight.

@travellingbee: He slept through the night again last night! 4 nights in a row! So crazy. I really hope this keeps up. His 2nd nap was only a 40 min car nap so he was ready for bed by 5:30. I tried to keep him up for as long as I could, but he was sooooo tired. I finally put him down at 6. That's the earliest I have ever put him to bed so hopefully it doesn't mess with these new sleep habits!

@shopaholic: We do the 2-3-4 nap schedule. He goes down for a nap 2 hours after he wakes up for the day (although he can't usually make it more than 1 hr 45 min). Then he goes down for his 2nd nap 3 hours after he wakes up from his first nap. He goes to bed 4 hours after he wakes up from his last nap. His naps are usually about an hour and a half long. A typical day of sleep for us looks like this:

7:00 Wake up
9:00-10:30 1st nap
12:30-2:00 2nd nap
6:00 In bed for the night

This changes from day to day depending on when he wakes up in the morning and how long his naps last. Is nice to have a routine though. His naps were almost always less than an hour before we did 2-3-4 because he was either overtired or not tired enough for his naps.

@Smurfette: Gahhh that's such a cute outfit! Perfect for your twinkle star theme! Hope the stomach issue is over and her big appetite is back tomorrow.

@cheesehead: Welcome to the group! I was so happily surprised when I saw a new poster joining in! And, Austin is our first March baby walking! So advanced! Haha, I love that he yells at the dogs.

@Adira: I've just accepted the fact that Pete wakes up between 5 and 5:30am every day. But, we can usually get him back to sleep in bed with us for another 1/2 hour of sleep. I hope it's just a fluke for Xander though and he wakes up at usual time again. Your mornings already start so early and sound so hectic with the pumping, I can't imagine adding an early-bird baby into the mix!

@shopaholic: Pete is on a two nap schedule. When he's home, he usually sleeps from 9:30-11am and then 1:30-3 or 3:30pm. When he's at daycare, the naps are much short. 10:00-10:45am and 3:00-3:45pm usually...
His bedtime is between 6 and 6:30pm.

So Pete has decided that he's over formula this week. He drinks a big 8 ounce bottle in the morning but then he hardly wants to touch the stuff all day. I've tried giving it to him before he eats, so he isn't full on solids, but he still pushes it away. He gulps down water and gulps down food, but he probably only had 6 or 7 ounces after his morning bottle all day. I have to call the pediatrician on Monday to see what the minimum amount of formula per day is at this age. Question for the FF babies- how much are they drinking each day now?

@cheesehead: Can Austin stand up without holding onto anything? Trying to figure out if R is going to do that first or walk.

@shopaholic: She takes two naps a day. At day care goes down between 9-930 and then again between 1-2. Usually they are 30-50 mins. She doesn't nap good at all. At home we put her down at 9, and will sleep an hour to 2.5 hours. Then she goes down at 230 (earlier if she didn't nap long in the AM) and naps an hour max.
Setting nap times has really helped her to nap longer. Even at day care most days are 45 mins.
The last 2 days she has taken 2 30min naps and that is all. Makes me sad that she doesn't get the sleep she needs cause I am at work.
@cheesehead: So cute!! I should give R some Goldfish, I think she would like them.
@QueensBee: I think she is feeling better, even though her cheeks were really rosey. She ate like normal today. I sent a lot of food for lunch incase she didn't drink her bottles. She drank 7ozs, 5.5ozs, 5ozs, 7ozs.
Have you tried formula in a sippy cup?

DH is going to take R to the doctor in the am. This yeast rash keeps coming back and going away. Want to make sure nothing else is going on. I am going to make sure DH gets her weighed! She had some diaper free time tonight, she looked so cute with her shirt on and bare bottom. Luckily she didn't pee till we got in the bathroom and it was on the tile floor.

She did a squat tonight and then stood back up with holding onto anything. I don't remember seeing her do that before. Getting closer to standing up on her own! She also took two tiny steps.

I have been trying to write for the past hour but my cat keeps jumping on my laptop demanding attention. Her time is after LO goes to sleep and she is making sure to get every sec! :-).
@shopaholic: J is on a 2-nap schedule. He usually wakes up 6am to eat, back to sleep and up for the day at 8am, then 1st nap around 11am and 2nd nap around 3pm. He naps anywhere from 1-2hours and in bed by 7:30/8 although it can get pushed back if he had a later afternoon nap.
@Smurfette: cute outfit and with glitter!! Thatz exciting R is so close to walking!! Hope the rash clears soon.
I am thinking of this outfit for my LO.
@cheesehead: Gosh hez so advanced walking!! Aww thatz so cute hez feeding you!!
@QueensBee: Mine drinks atleast 28oz. Hez not a big eater though with some breakfast, a jar for lunch, maybe a bite of fruit for snack and dinner if hez in mood. He doesn't usually finish dinner but fills up on milk before bed.
@Adira: Hope he gets back to later wake up by the weekend! Our LOs need to learn that sleeping in is good!!

@Adira: I hope his waking up early is a very short phase! At least he goes back to sleep after he nurses though. Glad your supply is up, that is a lot of the day pumping!

@travellingbee: I hope that your supply goes up!

@shopaholic: Normally two naps a day. Usually about 2.5 hours after he gets up and then nap 2 is 2.5-3 hours after the first nap. Then about 3.5-4 hours after that is bedtime. His first nap is about 40 min and second nap is about 1.5 hours. And he only naps in my bed with me. I've got to get him back in his crib here soon. He's also gone back to only going for a nap with nursing first but he was being able to go down by being rocked before.

@jodyblair: That is so awesome that he is sleeping through the night! I hope that you are sleeping too.

@cheesehead: That is so cute that he is feeding you!

@QueensBee: I would try the sippy cup for formula and see if he takes to that. Or would you be opposed to giving him one bottle/cup of whole milk in the afternoon so he is getting something?

@Smurfette: I hope that the rash goes away soon, poor girl.

@silver1: That is such a cute outfit. Where did you find it?

I think I'm going to have to start doing afternoon snack. Normally around 2 or 2:30 Isaac will nurse and then eat dinner around 4:30 and nurse once more before bed. The last couple days he has wanted to nurse one more time before dinner. What should I be giving for a snack and how much? I think with starting a snack I will give him a cup with 2-3oz of whole milk soon too. Got to get him used to it and daytime weaned around the end of Feb.

4:30 wake up again. Yuck!! I'm not sure what to do, we've been putting him to bed at roughly the same time for a while now. 6pm, give or take 15 min

@ALV91711: Like up for the day at 430? As for snacks, we do Mum Mums, applesauce, puffs, Gerber Cookies, cheese.
@silver1: That is beyond adorable! I love bow ties for boys.
@Adira: Woo hoo!
@shopaholic: Have you tried the same nap time every day, no matter what time she wakes up in the morning? I think that has really helped R.
@travellingbee:

@Adira: She is getting to be a chunky monkey! All that avocado is paying off I guess. How do you deal with eczema? Do we need to cut back on her baths? I hate to do that cause she loves them!
@ALV91711: Can you leave him the crib when he wakes up? We did with R when she was waking up so early and she finally started sleeping later. Do you nurse in the dark? Don't talk to him?

@ALV91711: I would leave him and see how it goes. We wouldn't go get R till it was 6 or she started to crying hysterically.

@Adira: So maybe just skip a bath this weekend so it will heal faster? Then just cut back if they start if it comes back? The doctor prescribed something cause she said she doesn't like hydrocortisone on a vagina. Good thing we have a huge tub of Aquaphor! What do you use when he has a diaper rash?

@Adira: We usually use Aquaphor or Triple Paste. I hate the way Desitin smells. But the pedi said no pastes. So we will keep using Desitin over night. I always put something on overnight since she is in the diaper 11-12 hours. Thanks!

@Smurfette: Yup, I've tried to do 10:30 or 11 as a set time, and both were fails. If she wakes up early or late, I cannot get her to nap at the set time.

Well, Kaitlyn decided to wake up before 8, which is almost 1-2 hrs earlier than normal. She went down easily for her first nap, but again, only 32 min. I tried letting her stay in the room until at least 45 min. but she wouldn't fall back asleep, just stood in her crib crying. I bought The Sleep Easy Solution last night in desperation for naps. I just don't understand these "sleep training" methods: Don't start when they are teething, sick, getting over being sick, any kind of change in their normal life, etc. Well, I feel like LO is always teething? And when she isn't teething, does all that training go out the window once she starts teething again - and then you have to start all over with there training? Sounds like that from some of my mommy group friends....

@shopaholic: The paste has cornstarch which makes it worse. Same if they have a yeast rash.
I feel the same about teething. We have been teething non stop since August. Sorry you are having such nap issues.