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@cvbee: OH no! Were you able to get the clogged duct out? Yay for Nico getting back to 1 wake up!!!

@winniebee: Oh how fabulous!!!!! SO happy to hear Tyler is doing great. Funny how that is though, how they can drastically change their ways and go from crying all the time to calm baby. Clearly we like the calm baby option more! haha! you pump/breastfeed whereever you can!

@Goldilocks1107: She is beautiful (And so are you!) So glad to hear the trip went well... and so happy you are happy to go back to work. (I couldn't wait!) I love my kids don't get me wrong but I need to work and then have family time.

@marriedandlovingit: Oh no! ingrown toenail, he's so young, I didn't even think that was possible. I can confirm that the solids will reduce the reflux. It did so for my son. It won't stop it completely but it will help.

@duckduckkristen: @Goldilocks1107: I should take pictures of Sienna, I swaddle her (arms out) and come 6 in the morning, she is doing the star in her crib. it's hilarious!

Things how gone great on our end. Sienna is now 12 weeks old and slept a whole 8 hours 2 days ago and IN HER CRIB!!! whoot whoot! I do blame her 8 hours straight on her lack of naps, but honestly I would prefer that than more naps and night wakings. Last night, she was in her bassinette and woke up at 4:30 am but I gave her her pacifier and she went back to bed. I only nursed her at 7! Yay!!!!!! I think we will soon skip the night feeding. which would be awesome. Now, my shirt was soaking wet this morning, but alas, hopefully it will calm down.

It's Sienna's christening in less than 1 month, so I'm planning that right now, While fully being a SAHM with Mavrick and Sienna for the next 3 weeks (daycare is closed) Oh how I love daycare! We are planning a 3 day trip to Plattsburg next week so getting everyone's passport has been fun! ha. We are going there to buy a double stroller and some other stuff that is almost 50% cheaper than in Canada.

Mavrick has been peeing in the potty more and more each day. I am so hopeful!!!

Here are 3 recent pictures!

@Goldilocks1107: Oh I hope the meds help you. I know a few mamas who had PPD and they said the meds were a life saver. hang in there. xox

@winniebee: going through the exact same thing. Three months is another really big developmental growth spurt I have read so they kind of freak out sometimes. Willa has been very hungry and very fussy. She loves being awake too. If I don't take her into a silent room and basically give her the silent treatment, she wont go down for hours and hours.

Isn't it crazy how fast our babies change.

Oh, willa rolled over from her tummy to her back yesterday! Yay!

Teething has been really hard. She has been running a fever the past two nights, and I can just tell she is miserable. Borderline weepy and clingy. The Tylenol helps, but she is still a drooling mess and chews/sucks on whatever she can get her hands on. How long will this last?

Amazed with all the sleeping and all the growing and the adorable photos!

Love the photos!

OMG Rolling and teething already. I can't believe how fast they grow!

I've been not posting here for... a week! Because I didn't want to procrastinate on the essays I needed to write. Still have a few more to go, but did a whole bunch of work on them, so I'm getting there.

Gabriel is drooling, but fun. Still very awake/alert.

@goldilocks: I hope it kicks in quickly, and I hope you're feeling good really soon.

Hi all! Still without internet at home, but hoping to make it to the library this week to reply to everyone. Penny is not feeling great today or yesteday and neither am I. We are both congested and she has a slight dry cough. This heat and humidity is not helping. We were supposed to go to a cook out with many of my college friends today, but it's at least 2 hours away (without nursing stops) and I don't think either one of us is up to it.

Lately, she is such a "singer". I have been doing some MAJOR organizing and I always have music to sing to while I am doing that. She will lay on the bed or in her rock and play and jyst coo right along with me. It's adorable. I still am amazed by her everyday. I have been feeling a little isolated lately, so I am trying to make sure I get out of the house with other Mom's. I also signed up for a lap babies story time at the library starting in September. I hope to meet some other mom's that way and get Penny interested in reading early! DH had only 1 day off of work the whole month of July. Needless to say, we are in serious need of some quality time. Unfortunately, since fishing is a seasonal business, he won't have a lot of free time unt @Mrsdaredevil: il October. He's working so hard to provide for us, so I am certainly thankful! He's been doing great white shark research on top of his regular work, but it's worth it as he'll be on shark week again next year! Anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend! So glad to have hellobee to vent a little and just chat!

And here's a picture of her! 3 months this week and her legs hang way off the end of her carseat. She's going to be really tall like her Momma!

Oh my, I just love coming on here and seeing the adorable pics of all of the May babies! This is such a fun age! I think Lily just got over her 3 month growth spurt, I swear it was like 2 weeks long, blah! She was fussy and sleeping horribly, and then like magic last night she slept 7 hours ate and then slept another 3 1/2 hours! So it was worth was so it, because she also has been so sweet and fun since! Smiling, lots of talking and cooing and so very very curious grabbing toys and grabbing mine and DHs faces! I absolutely love how much more social Lily is becoming! Is anyone else experiencing this?

@Mrs. Sunglasses: The duct cleared during a feeding after I had a hot water bottle on my breast for an hour and olive oil on a breastpad on my nipple. No clogged duct since then, and if it does happen I won't freak out like last time because I'll know what to do to get it clear.

Quick post as I'm afraid my typing will wake Nico. He loves his feet these days. He does baby crunches to look at them all day, and in the tub he sticks his little toe out of the water and looks at it and grabs it. So cute! And his night wake-ups are all over the place and I'm calming down about that. At first I wanted to read a million sleep books and sleep train him. Then I realized it's not the end of the world, and if he needs to wake up more in the night, then I should just go to bed earlier to get enough sleep. And on that note, goodnight!

@duckduckkristen: Liam seems like such a happy baby!

@pastemoo: I have the graco snugride 30. So 30lbs or 30 inches I guess. She was 24 inches at 2 months so no telling what she is now a little over 3.
And DH has been tagging sharks with his Dad (and the state) for the last 4 summers. MA has seen them come back in very high numbers and the first great white attack since the thirties just happened in Truro. There will br a show on shark week this week that they filmed in 2010 called Jaws Comes Home. It was on last year, too. I think it's airing on the 14th or 15th this year:)

@pastemoo: @bpcmarj: your babies are tall! W was only 21.5 inches at 2 months!...haha! She is a shrimp.

@pastemoo: lol at "before he realized it was tummy time". I know what you mean! Isn't that interesting how well they do at tummy time when they don't know they are doing it?!

@bpcmarj: wow you people ARE tall

I had a great sleep. I swear it's all about the 4 hour stretch. If I don't sleep a 4 hour stretch some time in the night, then I'm feeling unrested even if the total is 8 hours. I will try to keep remembering to go to sleep early so that I catch most of Nico's first stretch of sleep.

@duckduckkristen: I love your description of the 'ooooooh' game Liam played at the restaurant. Even in the picture it looks like he's having so much fun. That's one of my goals lately: to figure out things that Nico finds to be fun. Most recently it is pulling him up to standing by holding his hands and then letting him fall down on the bed. He likes both parts. He also laughs when I kiss his cheeks repeatedly.

oh! I hear a baby waking up! ciao for now

PS. I am sad that the Olympics are over, but it's probably good for Nico....we were watching a little too much tv!

@bpcmarj: Crazy I didn't realize your hubby's profession! My husband is obsessed with sharks and was in heaven being in the Cape with all the sightings....and yes, shark week will be on in our house for the next week.

@bpcmarj: @pastemoo: WOW you have tall babes! Tyler was 21 in and 1/4 at his 2 month checkup....such a peanut! But me and DH are shorties so no surprise there.

@pastemoo: Gabriel is super cute. LOL re: before he realized it was tummy time. Tummy time results in screaming within 30 seconds in our household these days.

@duckduckkristen: That's awesome you got some family time. The mimicking is just too cute. Tyler LOVES to mimic his dad's noises. It's lots of fun.

@LAGS: hi there! Oh god I thought we had it bad - last night was every 3 hours (plus some pumping in there fore me : ( ) JUst when things started to get easy!

@Mrs.M57: Ok, so light at the end of the tunnel COULD be a 7 hour stretch. In the meantime I need to just accept it! Yes, Tyler is so social and jsut loves to smile and make noises and sing and laugh (well, chuckle). We spent the week with my sis and her 6 week old and the differences between them is just shocking.

@cvbee: TOTALLY agree re: the 4 hour stretch being the magic number for not feeling like poo. I didn't get one last night - reminds me of the early days. I feel like crap! I'm sad the Olympics are over, too, but agree the TV has been on way too much in our house.

Vacation was great and it was SO nice for DH to have so much time with Tyler. He did most of the feedings during the whole vacation and generally took care of him more than I did, which now means that Tyler really lights up when he sees dad. It's great b/c I think DH was getting a little sad that Tyler showed so much of a preference for me before. He's just such a different baby than even a few weeks ago. Wants to be sitting up and facing the world constantly (and unfortunately LOVES the TV so at night loves to sit on dad's lap and watch....) Also loves being on his back and playing with his hands (sucking mostly), making lots of noises, mimicking noises, smiling, and taking in the world. The 3 month spurt is kicking my butt, but he really isn't fussy, just AWAKE a lot more during the day and up more at night.

Who else is facing a return to work? I have 6 months approved off, but am likely going back Oct. 1 when Ty is 4.5 months. Not looking forward to it.

Here are some pics from vaca!

@Mrsdaredevil: I know! And he is still in 0-3 pants! WHAT? @bpcmarj: I'm only 5' and DH is 5'8", so his height is a big surprise! Yay for Penny recognizing Daddy. Gabriel does now, too, and it is wonderful!
@cvbee: Glad you understand.
I hear you on the 4 hour stretch. LOVE the 4 hours stretch.
@winniebee: Yeah, I took 3 photos in a row, and by the time I was getting ready for the 4th he was screaming. That photo was #1.
Yay for your husband feeding T on vacation. What adorable photos, and you look amazing! Good work! Love T's beach outfits, too.

Anyone having trouble figuring out what LO wants anymore? He used to have a separate "hungry" cry, but now he doesn't cry differently for anything it's all just one AHHHHHHHHhhhhhh for being wet, for being cold, for being hungry, for being lonely--it's like he's brand new all over again. So confusing!

RE: work, my job has nothing for me--it's going to be a rough year... DH gets out the military in January and we're moving and then we will have NO income, so we have to be very very careful.

@pastemoo: Thanks! I still have about 7 more lbs to go, I think. My boobs still feel out of control, but whatever. I'm having trouble figuring out what T wants for the past week - we used to follow EASY (Eat, Activity, Sleep, You) where he would eat, then we would do stuff for an hour, then he would sleep for 1-2 hours. But that has pretty much fallen apart lately. Now he wakes up and eats a little (or sometimes isn't ready to eat depending on if/how long he slept) and then he is up for much longer and then maybe wants to eat, but then definitely wants to eat right before he goes to sleep. But then he doesn't nap for very long - today haven't gotten more than a 30 minute nap despite all of my efforts including trying to let him sleep on me. So, when he sqwaks I'm not sure what the heck he is looking for now.

@MsMini: Cool dude in those shades! I was hoping we would resume normal sleeping at home, but alas we have not.

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I'm ready for a glass of wine - it's 5:15 and since 8:45 Tyler has had a one hour nap, a 15 minute nap, and a 30 min nap....and he dozed a little during our stroller walk. So, literally have had no time to myself today and am wondering if he is spurting why won't he sleep!!!!

@winniebee: I think Audrey's hitting her next growth spurt - yesterday involved lots of napping. And I had to wake her up this morning to get her ready for the first day of daycare.

So far, I'm not a huge fan of the meds, but the doc says it can take a month to get the full effect. But today's my first counseling appt.

@Goldilocks1107: That is really good to know.
I'm glad going back to work is going well for you.

@pastemoo: lol before he realized what's going on, so true!

@MsMini: We have sunglasses like that for Addie too, but she hates absolutely anything on her head. Did it take him long to get used to them?

@winniebee: Our days have been the same... its a marathon of awake time. I wont lie, I've had days lately where I've relaxed with a beer well before 5:15 haha I love your beach photos. We had our first beach days with Addie but didn't get a family pic

@Goldilocks1107: I'm glad you enjoyed your day back at work! I bet restoring the balance of "you" time will be a big help!

@Nskillet: Best of luck with your interviews! Let us know how it goes.

Yesterday I spent a day working onsite with my employer... it was blissful! With the couple weeks I've been having with baby it was the perfect break. I feel refreshed as if I got a full nights sleep (which definitely didn't happen). I feel like my patience and appreciation for LO is back and of course now I'm feeling guilty that I was loosing it in the first place I've realized I need to get out and do something for myself more often... it just helps to ground me and refresh my spirits so I need to make it a bigger priority so I can be a better mom.

For those who bottle feed, how many oz are your little one's taking? The last bottles I'd fed Addie (a few weeks ago) she was doing okay with 4oz but yesterday she took 6.5oz in one sitting with DH. I was shocked, is this anywhere near what you guys are giving or was this a fluke?

@Goldilocks1107: How was counseling? I can't wait to go back to work--I think I need some space from the baby (and less money stress!), too.

@Nskillet: Gabriel is a spit up and drool factory today--we finally went through so many outfits I stopped changing (and this shirt has 5 different baby pukes on it). Don't feel guilty--I get frustrated with LO and forget what a miracle he is, too.
Addie is so cute!

Gabriel is:
- 12 weeks yesterday
- in 3-6 everything... and they seem a little snug even though we *just* switched like this week out of the rest of our 0-3.
-Size 2 diapers/ Size M gDiapers
-7hrs 45 is our longest stretch but that was once at 6 weeks. Since then the longest is 6 ish, and we get 5 fairly regularly now. Sometimes he sleeps 5 hours only, sometimes he gets more sleep--never more than 8 hours at night. Naps are hit or miss--some days he naps "real" naps, and others he naps for 10 minutes and gets up.
-he laughed TODAY! I think...
-he cannot roll at all, but he does funny baby crunches and can rotate himself in a circle (all while staying on his back). it's hilarious!
-very very slippery and covered in drool
-a spit up factory
-nursing a LOT

AND I may be going back to work soon. Cross your fingers for me! (We are moving in January when DH gets out of the military, but we don't know where we will move--possibly Colorado--because we are applying to schools. It is a mess and terrible timing since we have to move when he gets out, and won't know what schools we can go to yet. That means potentially 3+ months of NO income.)

Tyler is:

- 13 weeks on Thursday
- in 0-3 onesies, 3 month sleepers, mostly 0-3 outfits. My best guess is he is 11 lbs and maybe 23 inches. Seems like some of the 0-3 onesies are getting short in the crotch.
-Size 1 diapers
- 8.5 hrs has been our biggest sleep stretch but that was when he was 10 weeks. Pre 3 month growth spurt, he was sleeping consistently 6 hrs, then 3. Now it's all over the map but last night was 5.5 then 3.5 :His naps have been terrible lately but today is good. We also still swaddle for all sleep.
- He's smiling, cooing, screeching, mimicking, kicking/wiggling, and has giggled a bunch in the last week
- Not very good at rolling but he did roll front to back during tummy time a few times. I hate making him do tummy time because he screams and then is in a bad mood after.
- If I let him grab my hands he pulls himself up to sitting (with assistance of course) and now loves to go all the way from laying to sitting to standing.
- Reaching for and batting toys, bringing everything to his mouth. Loves to suck on both fists at once. Likes to blow bubbles!

@LAGS: oh meant to say that Tyler bottle feeds breastmilk only and just Atatted taking 4 oz thi week. Hea eating about 28-30 oz a day but he is spurting. Usually it's mire like 20-23 oz. But he's ambler probably 11 lb and not 23 in. At his 2 month he was taking 3 oz and the ped said that was normal an he was then 9 lbs.