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@cram88: gahh he's sooo cute!!
In answer to your question: Cobi will be 8 months in a few days and he still hasn't found his boy parts. But I am okay with that. It's always so gross when they grab their bits during diaper changes and get crap all over their hands Ish.

@lags: aww so cute!! DH LOVES cosleeping too. Both of us would be okay with the occasional cosleeping but for some reason DS won't sleep with us anymore.

@Rainbow Sprinkles: YES. It is insane how much Cobi LOVES food. He eats and eats and eats and I have no idea when he would stop if we didn't run out of food. This child will be eating us out of house and home.

So sleep is finally better on our front! Cobi slept from 7pm-6:30am, ate and then slept until 8:30am. It was pretty stellar. It was the first time he's STTN since we moved to our new place, and it's been 2.5 weeks.

On another note- he has been biting like CRAZY while nursing and it hurts so freakin bad that I've been crying during every feeding session. He leaves teeth marks on my nipples. This is ten times worse than when we first started BF.

I tried the trick where you pull him into the boob and it wasn't working. I finally flicked his cheek tonight, he cried at first, but since he was nursing he just went right back to it and was fine and didn't bite me again. Hopefully it works. He didn't see it was me flicking him so I hope he learns to associate biting with a negative consequence. I feel awful hurting him, but he is inflicting serious pain on me!

@winniebee: cranky baby or cranky mommy?

Happy weekend all. This is my double-nap time, when DH and Nico nap at the same time. It is DH's dream come true to sleep in the same bed as Nico, so I put Nico down on one side of the bed and when he was asleep DH crawled into the other side. If this results in a shorter nap I'm going to be mad, as we're going to 4:30 mass today and it's for a friend's baby's baptism so we'll have lots of mutual friends there and if Nico is cranky I will be a cranky Mommy.

@cvbee: I used the liners for meconium/very early ebf poop and they were amazing--not sure how they will be later (we stopped using them).
I don't like that they increase the cost of my diapers!
I also have the swish stick for flushing my gDiaper refills and think that could be used as a scraper.... we'll see.

Glad you like your diaper sprayer!

@Coco Bee: I hope the flicking works--sorry it's so bad. I am very nervous about this! And how cute that he loves food so much. G still eats solids like a bird. It is funny.
Yay sleep!

@winniebee: Thanks! I hope you all get some sleep.

Funny story from last night: G slept more than 2 hours for once! I went to bed early and woke at 2am (YES 2am~ Blessings from heaven!!) and DH was still up and trying to bottlefeed G. It didn't work and was super funny. We ended up with me breastfeeding him and we had to take 30 minutes to put him to bed again because the whole process got him WIDE awake and ready to PLAY. So funny! And first time I've seen DH try to feed him in months.

@cvbee: I hope double naptime was a success.

@msmini: congrats on the improved sleep and naps!@bpcmarj: SOOOOO cute!

@cvbee: Sounds like mostly a success.
3 weeks now... except last night which was pretty nice. He only got up 2 more times (4 and 5) and then was up at 6 15. Best night in 3 weeks! And it was just in time for the meetup--that was pretty fun.

@cvbee: Both! The past week Tyler's early wakings and brief napping (and cold) have caught up with him. He's been getting cranky after an hour up and in the afternoons barely plays independently!

@bcpmarj: what a pretty little lady!

@cocobee: go cobi!

@LAGS: I really hope A is turning a corner for you! People keep saying Tyler is teething but until I see the tooth I won't believe it!

@pastemoo: That's awesome! Too bad G didn't take the bottle and you couldn't stay in dreamland!

Last night was much better. Down at 7:30 up at 3:30 to eat and back down til 6:30. I can do that. We started Prilosec a few days ago so I'm hoping/wondering if we'll see a difference soon. He did eat more than he has been yesterday (23 ounces and 2 solids meals) but he's still sort of snacking (3 ounces here and there and only a few really *good* feeds a day).

So, like, when will our kids start sleeping 11-12 hours straight like @cocobee? I thought by 6 months that would be happening but now I"m thinking that seems really soon for Tyler!

@cvbee: The only babies I can think of are Cooper, Liam, and Grayson...and Cobi.

5 a.m. waketime returned today despite the fact that my husband wasn't getting up til 5:30. He had an enormous poop and had wet his PJs the diaper was so full. I tried to get him back to sleep to no avail. Finally put him in the swing in the darkness of our bedroom at 6 a.m.....he fell asleep sometime around 6:30 and we both slept til 7:30. I have been having insomnia/anxiety issues....mostly relating to everything surrounding returning to work (daycare, sleep issues, feeding issues, me missing Tyler, Tyler missing me, Tyler wondering what happened)....I have really not spent much time apart from him in these past 5 months and I just don't know if he's going to be upset/feel abandoned. My husband thinks he's so young and resilient and won't feel that way, and I'm crazy, but I just can't help feel that way.

Anyone else feel like their baby is crazy lately? Tyler is SO active and SO loud and constantly making noise. And does not want to sleep....ever. There's like no down time with him! Yesterday, he outright refused naps no matter what we did - he literally slept 1.5 hours total all day (3 30 minute naps). So he was either laughing or fussing all day secondary to getting no sleep!!!

@cvbee: haha i'm interested in G's poop too. i want to make sure it doesn't look 'off'. DH thinks i'm nuts and i'll ask him how it looked when he changes it and he'll be like 'like poop, i don't know?'

@bpcmarj: what a happy little lady! and it's virtually impossible to do anything while feeding G anymore! he gets so distracted, it's frustrating to no end sometimes.

@winniebee: sorry about the daycare thing. G isn't in daycare, but i know how hard it was when i had to go into the office and leave him with my mom. and most people who work at daycares, say it's harder on the parents then the baby. good luck and big hugs!

@winniebee: @cvbee: for the most part G does sleep through the night, with 1 or 2 cries for a paci and that's it. this week was a little 'rough' for us(not compared to some of yous, sorry!) he kept waking up at 4:30 for a bottle! he hasn't had a bottle in the middle of the night in probably over 2 months! i'm thinking it is due to the 6 month growth spurt(he always seems to hit the growth spurts a little early, could be due to the fact that he was born a week late?) last night he woke up at 4:30 but the paci did the trick and when slept until 7:30.

so G started rolling in his sleep...swaddled! last night i heard this weird noise over the monitor(we only have a sound monitor, no video) and when i went into his room he was butt up in the air. it was too cute, i had to take a picture before turning him over! lol we tried to go cold turkey with the swaddle last night. he went down great! but woke up at 10:30ish screaming. he cried for over an hour, we finally put him back in the swaddle and he went right to bed and didn't wake up until 4:30, but fell right back asleep.

also yesterday, my husband was coming back from getting dinner and the girl across the street stopped him and asked if we wanted her Britax convertible carseat because her daughter was done with it! of course my husband said yes, and the best part, she wanted nothing for it! we are still gonna buy a nice one for my car, since mine is the main car, but this is nice that we don't have to go out and buy a second one for DH car, or the grandparents when they have them. yay for generous neighbors!

I am happy to say I think our sleep here has settled into a routine! Sawyer has taken 3 naps, all 1 1/2-2 hours in length for 5 days now, and has woken for feeds 2x per night, sleeping 11pm-10ish am those nights.

He also has slept in his own crib for the first 8 hours of the night all of those nights. So happy that things have settled out. I wish I could get a stretch longer than 5 hours, but I will take what I can get.

Each night he sleeps 2-3 hours, then 4-5 hours, then 2-3 hours, so the middle stretch is actually the longest as opposed to the first stretch (my baby is a rule breaker, what can I say?).

We had a busy weekend shopping, and decorating/cleaning our house because on Saturday we are having our annual halloween bash! This year our theme is People of WalMart, and I think it is going to be epic ... I know our costumes are trash-tastic!

Sawyer has immunizations today, so I hope he does okay, because I want to take him swimming tomorrow and to a stars and strollers movie on wednesday, plus I have cupcakes to bake so I can freeze them and be ready to ice them later this week.

Also, Sawyer is sitting really well now, and insists on sitting/splashing in the tub, so much so that last night we had water all over our kitchen (like a 7 foot circle on all sides of the tub, including all over the cabinets and floor), so we will do Sawyer's last 'baby tub' bath on tuesday so DH can take some more bath pics with the studio lights, then we will be bathing him in the big tub from now on ... it is kind of a bitter-sweet thought, but it will save us a lot of cleanup!

@cvbee: I will definitely report back on the liners. I think it is so cute when my DH snuggles up with Sawyer for sleep or a nap! Hopefully it didn't mess up Nico's nap!

@Coco Bee: I hope the biting resolves soon!

@winniebee: I don't know how you are coping with the 30 minute naps! We had a couple weeks of 45 minute naps, but thankfully something clicked for Sawyer so we are back to good naps now. I am jealous of your 1 wakeup for night though, so I guess it all evens out Sawyer is a wild man too! He is never quiet when he is awake, always chattering/screetching, he isn't rolling around much anymore, because he is all about the sitting, but he is constantly slapping things/flapping his arms around.

@bpcmarj: What an adorable happy girl!

@sarbear: A free carseat is awesome! We will be needing 2 convertible car seats as well, and I am not looking forward to that bill.

I haven't caught up but I have to say something...
G fell asleep tonight... I have had the WORST time putting him to bed. With the last 4 weeks (yeah I said 3 yesterday but it started after his 4 month shots and he is 5 months now) of terrible sleep I had started to rock him to sleep because it was the only thing that worked. Tonight I was just too tired. I tried it and put him in the crib all the way asleep. Upon transfer he instantly awoke and began babbling. So... I decided to restart CIO. I left him and then started the clock for 5 minutes when he started crying. I went to soothe him and it actually made it worse!
So I gave him his "blankie" cowraffe and walked away. He was asleep in less than 5 minutes.

I guess we're back to CIO. I think it'll work. And hopefully it will help with the way-to-frequent wakings, too. (1-2 hours again last night, with one 2.5 hour stretch).

@winniebee: I'm sorry you're having such anxiety with your return to work coming up. No advice, but my gut tells me I'd have a lot of the same thoughts running through my head, rational or not!

Addie has been really active, rolling all over, sitting on her own and starting to snowplow her head, but she hasn't been to loud, or laughy or anything. She's squealing a little here and there, but she's always been a little quieter I think.

@sarbear: Sooo nice of your neighbor! Wow! The exact same thing happened to us, minus the neighbor, add in a family member. We have the same plan to leave one in each car... such a relief because we otherwise would have only had one.

@cram88: Woo hoo Holden! He looks so proud of himself!

@MsMini: Sawyer is doing great! You must be relieved. 5 hour stretches are pretty amazing for the middle stretch!! People of WalMart has to be the funniest party theme ever, well done!

@cram88: I'm so sorry you've had to deal with such devastating news over the past year... I honestly can't even imagine. I can totally see how it's all coming to a head now that your role in supporting your Dad has lessened and your pregnancy is over and you're into the groove of parenting... all that business is gone as a distraction. I'm sorry you're feeling like some assume you'd be at a more advanced stage in your grieving process, but it really sounds like your time is due to grieve however you need to and finally let things process.

I really hope reaching out for help is a comfort to you and as you get started with some meds and therapy you start feeling better. If you need to talk your way through what you've gone through and what you're dealing with now, we're all here to listen Hugs!!

@pastemoo: I'm glad your CIO didn't drag on for eternity! Not bad! We have a blankie bunny but A can't help but get it square across her face. She goes ballistic until I come save her. G seems to have some better coordination going on than A, both with paci and blankie lol

@cram88: oh sweetie. I just want to give you a great big bear hug right now!!!! I don't know if you remember but I lost my BIL suddenly, will be 2 years this Christmas. My husband was the one that found him. He was exactly like you. Pushed everything aside to be strong for his mom; the BIL that passed was her favorite so she was an utter mess. BIL, my husband and I were like 3 musketeers. I know not much anyone says can help alleviate the pain. But it is so so important that you talk to someone. Anyone. Just to get it off your chest. I think the worst thing that my husband could have down was push all his feelings aside. I know why he did it. But as his wife I cared more about his psyche.
When we were approaching his 1 year it was so so hard. His parents flew up and we all mourned together.

It DOES get better. Slowly and day by day. My husband whom I have only ever seen cry at his grandmothers funeral once. Still breaks down in tears now almost 2 years later. I like to think that I helped him mourn but also to remember the good days. To learn how to celebrate his life. You will get there one day too.

Have you talked to your husband about it?

Feel free to "wall" me if you ever want to talk. I can give you my email too
Big big hugs!!!

@cram88: I'm so sorry you are having a hard time! That must have been so hard with your brother I'm glad that you are getting to the bottom of it, so you can hopefully feel better soon!

@cram88: I'm so sorry you had to go through all that and are feeling so low! Hugs! We are all here for you. Talking definitely helps!

@LAGS: yay for being productive!
Liam is flipping to his belly too, but I was getting the idea he didn't like being on his belly. Then just now he has been asleep for 1.5 hours and when I checked on him he was on his belly!! Maybe that's they key to getting past his 30 minute naps!

It's crazy how much the kiddo has developed lately! He can sit up (for a bit), grabs toys and plays with them, laughs like crazy, and is eating solids! Where has my little baby gone? It's so much fun now though!

His stranger anxiety is also a ton better! Yay!

We are flying up to MA this weekend. I'm so scared of how Liam will do during travel, but so excited for my family to see him!

@LAGS: He did go ballistic--so we switched to a tiny stuffed bear... sigh.
@duckduckkristen: Awesome that his stranger anxiety is improving!
Good luck with the flight! We are flying for Thanksgiving (6.5 hour flight), so I'd love any tips you have.

@LAGS: @duckduckkristen: @Mrs.M57: @winniebee: Thank you all for your kind words...they mean a lot!

@regberadaisy: I'm sorry about your loss as well, and I bet your husband and I probably share a lot of the same feelings. My husband was awesome when it happened and still is but he just doesn't know what to say. The few times I've brought things up it's been met with silence which discourages me from bringing things up again. We've talked about this and I know he tries but it's just hard. I have no idea what "wall me" means haha I haven't explored this thing too much! *Edit...figured out the wall thing!*

@Goldilocks1107: Your story about your friend is exactly how I feel. People didn't react or help the way I thought they would and it's probably because I kept it together so well in the beginning! I'm sorry you've had so many close deaths, this is my one and only one and honestly I probably should have been more prepared for it given the circumstances.

Well my update on this is that I'm feeling a little down about the diagnosis today. It was a little disheartening to see the word depression under diagnosis on my lab papers yesterday. I ended up skipping work today and let Holden go to my Aunt's for a few hours so I can have some time to think. It's the first time I've been home alone since he was born!

The doctor called yesterday and my bloodwork was normal... so my thyroid is fine. I am going to be taking Celexa, I guess that was deemed safe by my neurologist. I need to go pick it up today. I think all in all I'm just really nervous about taking the medicine in general. I don't do well with things stronger than ibuprophen and I'm really nervous about side effects. From what I've looked up about the medicine it says it takes 4-6 weeks to work and it seems like things get worse before they get better. This worries me because I'm moving 2 weeks from Saturday and the anniversary is 3 weeks from Friday... that's a lot of stress!

I think I may (if people don't mind) type up the story of what happened just to get it out... but if people don't want to see it that's fine too.. just let me know!

@cram88: I am so happy that things are going well for little Holden! I'm really sorry about what you're going through. Of course, please share if you feel it will help with your healing process (or if you just need to share).

Tyler's younger cousin (by 6 weeks) has been sleeping 12 hours straight. I try not to get jealous or compare, but what the hell?! His little cousin takes long naps and sleeps thru the night for real? How did I end up with such a *spirited* little man?!

@MsMini: Let's just say I haven't had any personal time in 6 weeks. Literally 3 30 min naps a day these days...during those "naps" I shower, do dishes, and make any important phone calls that need to happen without a screeching baby in the background. He's up for the day at 5 most days so while he only wakes once at night, I'm really not sleeping much, either. 9 hours at my desk is going to be much less exhausting, I think.

@lisa1783: OMG your situation is exactly like a househunters episode! CRAZY!! I won't complain about sleep anymore ; ) Thanks for your advice. Part of me knows it's a good thing for me to go back -- it wasn't a choice, I have to financially. It's like anything else....once I get into a groove I'm sure it will be ok. Fortunately, I'm able to drive to work downtown so the dropoff/pickup will be faster (and my commute is 25 mins each way instead of 1 hour each way on the green line).

@WinnieBee: Anything you do to avoid the green line will def save you time (and aggravation). Are you going to be putting Tyler in daycare?

@Lags: I just bought some of the Carter fleece sleepers last night so we will definitely be using them. I tried putting socks on his hands last night also but he just chewed on them and they were soaking wet after 5 minutes. I would have put them on after he fell asleep except he didn't like the idea of sleeping last night.

He went to bed around 10 (which is pretty normal for him) and then work up at 1 am completely awake and with a dirty diaper. I changed him, nursed him, and put him back in the crib and usually in the past he'll just play for about 30 minutes and fall asleep. Except this time he cried when he couldn't see me. This went on for 3 hours before he fell asleep. Arr. I'm hoping this is just part of the move and the 4 month regression but he hasn't slept more than 4 hours at night. Before he was averaging about 6 - I miss those nights!

Oh and.....we decided to keep her at her current daycare. Long story but the new one made me feel very weird when we went in for our meet and greet. Thankfully the daycare she's at now was able to make room for her again. I feel better now. Sad she wont' be across the street from me but...it's also a savings. The one she was going to go to was $100/week more than the one she's at now. Yikes!