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@Mrs. Sunglasses: Still EBF and no sign of AF, thankfully. That's just one thing I really don't want to deal with right now!

So, Penny slept very well last night (after poor naps all day). Took 3 different trys to get her to stay asleep, but she finally was asleep around 9:30. She didn't wake up again until 4, then I pulled her in to bed with me (since DH was gone to work). She woke up a little between now and then, bit it's 9:15 and she is still sleeping! I need to get her up soon though because I imagine she has a very full diaper!

Sawyer's sleep just seems to get worse and worse. I am anxiously awaiting our white noise machine (the app works amazing for naps, but I need to charge my iPhone overnight so I can't leave it in the crib all night). Last night I gave up and just had him sleep with me, but even then he only slept 3 1/2 hour stretches. My Mom helpfully informed me that I didn't STTN until I was a year old

I am sure it is the teething, because I think he is swallowing insane amounts of drool. His poops went from every 2 days, to major mucousy blowouts every day, and they smell nasty. I have tried teething tablets, but they don't help at all. I am afraid the kid if going to pop up with a half dozen teeth at once!

@Mrs. Sunglasses: No AF here either. Though I have PCOS and had 100 day + cycles prior to metformin, so I am not too surprised.

@regberadaisy: I think I am going to put him in black pants and his tie applique onesie ... I am also bringing his PJ's and swaddle sack, because we might end up there late, and if we do I can probably put him "to bed" in his car seat (he usually does well when I try). As for the EBF/AF/fertility issue I am paranoid about getting pregnant too soon, so on top of EBF (and I still haven't had AF) I use the mini-pill and we use condoms.

@MsMini: I understand your pain on the sleep front. Last night the longest stretch willa did was two hours, although most of them were 45 minutes. By four a.m. I pretty much just broke down and started bawling because I was so exhausted. My body hurt from holding her so much and my nipples were cracked and chaffed. I am feeling so defeated cuz I feel like she is getting too old to have such crappy sleep....

@duckduckkristen: I'm thinking that maybe I should get rid of the bassinet and put the parc n play instead. Hubs just asked me today "When is Sienna gonna sleep in her room" um... "when she stops waking up 4x a night to get soothed." he replied "well it will be good cardio seeing you are trying to lose weight" Sigh! I don't need cardio when im half asleep!

@winniebee go you! Rocking a bikini!
@msmini Sawyers wedding attire sounds adorable!
@ducksuckkristen and mrsdaredevil I feel your pain! I brought sleep up to my pedi at Lilys 4 month appt and he was like "oh no she doesn't need to wake up so often at this point, she can go 10 hours without eating, you need to stop feeding her and it's a good time to sleep train" duh! I'd love for her to sleep longer haha but I guess I've decided I'm going to try harder and be more consistent with sleep training!
No af here and liking it that way

@Mrs.M57: my tummy is sill flabby but whatever! Lil is so cute!!

@msmini: I'm petrified of getting pregnant right away, too, even though it took us 8 mos the first time. EBF, mini pill and pull and pray!!

Hope everyone nursing ailments and struggling with emotional issues is doing better.

Oh ps who else I on instagram? I didn't post on the main thread on HB but some of the may mamas are signed up and follow each other. I'm erindwolf!

@Mrsdaredevil: I hope things get better for you soon!!!
@Mrs.M57: she is adorable!
@winniebee: we already follow each other, but for anyone else I am bpcmarj on instagram, too!

Penny slept for a while in her pack n play last night. She has been arching her back when I put her in the RnP asleep, so I figured she couldn't do that on a flat surface. She slept in it feom 9:30-1. The rest of the night was in bed with me, which I wish was not the case. Oh well, at least we are sleeping better. I feel WAY better, with no signs of mastitis anymore. I haven't left the house since I have been resting over the last few days so I am ready to get out some this weekend. FILs bday is on Monday ao we will have a pool party/cookout. I might even take Penny in the pool with me! Hope you all have a great weekend!

And here is Penny this morning, such a happy girl!

@MsMini: We love our sleep sheep! White noise is a must for all 3 of us :). Good luck with that, and I am sure it will help out in the sleep dept.

@Mrs.M57: Precious little girl! I like the bow!

@bpcmarj: Happy to hear you're feeling better! Cute little Penny pic!

We decided to get the Sophie giraffe teether while at Babies r us today. Our son took right to it, and has never been so excited about a toy. I hesitated to buy it at first, bc all of the babies I used to nanny were never that excited about it despite the hype.

Cooper has been put to bed way past his bedtime for much of the week resulting in a very unhappy boy! Tonight, he went down at 9, and we are finding that his bedtime needs to be by 7:30. I wish he didn't have to go to bed so early! We have so much fun with him. My husband and I are such night owls, so we still have plenty of time to spend together, just the two of us.

Cooper is now scooting on his tummy! I fear that he will take after his daddy and start running by 9 months. I'll be fine if he waits until after he's a year old! There is noooo rush!

I'm so behind, but I read all of your posts. The weekend with the in-laws here was going well. They are a grandma and grandpa who respect bedtime! I was so happy. But guess who had less respect for bedtime than was needed? DH.

Long story, but the short version goes like this: I was crying and screaming at him this morning for not respecting how difficult it is to put down LO when he is overtired.

Right now, as I type, DH is upstairs running bedtime routine. If it works, I'm going to make him do it for the rest of the week too so I can go back to yoga nights in peace, and especially so that he gets back to respecting the sleep. (Although, in order to REALLY know what it's like, I should make him get up to soothe Nico back to sleep when he wakes up EVERY HOUR ALL NIGHT LONG on those nights when Nico goes to bed too late because of DH). Yep, last night was the worst ever.

Now, since I have the pleasure of being down here and typing while he's putting him to sleep, I can join the thread with replies!!!

@winniebee: You made it through vacation! I used to be worried about waking up guests, but I have found that only I hear the baby cry in the night, and it's for such a short time.....wait, since you bottle feed, does Tyler end up crying for a little while before you can soothe him with the bottle of pumped? I've always wondered that about night-feedings with bottles. I can go from sleep to feeding Nico in about ten seconds, and practically with my eyes still closed.

@calsmom: that reminds me: I've lost our Sophie somewhere in the house and haven't seen her in a couple of weeks. I'll have to hunt her down now that Nico is better at hand-mouth coordination. PS. I like your new username. Any reason that you changed it?

Oh! Reading about Cooper's scooting success reminds me that I almost forgot to report a milestone today:
Nico rolled over for the first time (and 2nd and 3rd time) today. Tummy to back. Not an early roller, but not the latest. He seems to have absolutely no idea how to roll onto his side from back, so I don't think we'll have to deal with the sleeping-rolls for a while still.

@Coco Bee: and @bpcmarj: My guy needs his space too. Well, i should say that he either needs his space, or he insists on being attached to my boob. When he is attached to my boob I sleep like ca-ca. When he sleeps with me, but not attached to the boob, he sleeps like ca-ca (which wakes me up in the end). So, because of all this, I'm pretty diligent about putting him back into the crib. But last night was so horrible that I finally gave in around 1am and decided to accept my ca-ca sleep so Nico could sleep.

@duckduckkristen: Thanks for sharing with us everything you are learning about PPD and the anxiety component; i think when I was in prenatal classes they were very in-the-box about what PPD was and it might have been more beneficial for them to be more up-to-date about the spectrum that you're talking about.

@Coco Bee: That is cool that your Mom says that. I think at first my Mom felt a little strange about helping me, since she didn't breastfeed and didn't cloth diaper, so she felt like there wasn't much she knew to do. I realized this a bit on the late side, but she needed to hear from me that I am not judgmental of how she raised me....it never occurred to me that she was feeling insecure about that. She told me that back in her day there was no talk of breastfeeding and they just assumed you were giving formula and asked you which one you wanted to use.

@winniebee: Never heard of Dr. Spock. I'll have to google.... Here's what he was (from wikipedia):
-whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time.
-influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals
-Spock advocated that infants should not be placed on their back when sleeping
- at first was pro-circumcision and in the late 80s was an advocate for leaving the penis alone

Hmm he sounds like a pretty good guy....just didn't know about the SIDS research.

Update on DH's bedtime routine: well, the good news is that Nico took a bottle---yay! And he is not crying---yay! But he is also not sleeping. I say 'yay' to this too, since the purpose of this exercise was to teach DH that this was not easy.

@Mrs.M57: I loooooooove that little headband! girl envy!

@Mrs. Sunglasses: We have a similar situation where Nico's room will be on a different floor than ours. His crib is in our room now, and I had planned to keep it there for the first 6 months, as per the Canadian health recommendation.....but now that he is getting so sensitive to sound, I'm considering moving him earlier because the other room would be quieter. But there is not enough room in that room for his crib AND a bed, so if we do make the move and he is still waking up a lot, I will also be getting midnight cardio sessions in. (No thanks!) For now, I am just advocating for us living a quieter lifestyle (leading to the big giant fight this morning).

@Mrsdaredevil: Ah! we both had bad nights In my dream in the middle of it all, someone handed me a bottle of lanolin. Yep, my nipples were that sore that my dreaming-self wanted some lanolin.

@MsMini: I am now really considering a noise machine thing. Are you getting the Sleep Sheep? It's the only one I've ever heard of. There is a small possibility that I might break down and order one this week.

DH putting Nico to sleep update: not sleeping...but I sure do like this getting a break and just sitting on my laptop while DH does the work. Why was I only having him do bedtime routine on my yoga night?

So, with all the time on my hands, I just pulled up my calendar from last year. I thought that my BFP was Sept 1, but according to the calendar, it was the 2nd, so happy BFPiversary to me! (Sept 1st was the day I felt pregnant even though the BFN, I was still 100 percent sure that I was). Man, I was a super-late BFP. I got a BFN 4 and 1 day before that too. Crazy how fast time flies, even though pregnancy felt like it took forEVER.

DH bedtime routine update: Nico is sleeping. He did it. It took exactly an hour, including the bath and the bottle and the walking-him-to -sleep. He did a damn fine job.

@cvbee: DH is the same way about Liam's sleep. I keep telling him that as soon as Liam does any fussing at all he needs to go to sleep, otherwise he'll be a mess and it will be harder to get him down. Of course, DH doesn't listen. When Liam gets fussy, he just plays something else with him so he gets overtired and then I have a hard time putting him to sleep. I need to start making him to the bedtime/nap routine and then maybe he'll appreciate what I do!

Last night was the worst night of sleep recently - 4 hours then 2, then 1 and then that's it....and he won't nap this morning either! We pit stopped at my parents yesterday and heading home home today. Time to transition to crib and stop this nonsense!!!

A bit of exciting news - 3 lbs to go to get to my pre-preg weight and I fit into my old jeans! Muffin top, but whatever.

@Mrs.M57: Well sounds like she may be turning a corner!

@cvbee: yay for Nico rolling and for DH stepping in! Dr. Spock was one of the first proponents of "cry it out" I think.

So many more replies to do! Has anyone considered sleep training anytime soon?

@Mrsdaredevil: yucky

@Mrsdaredevil: ughhh no so sorry...

@cvbee: what I had heard about him was that he teaches babies are manipulative from the very beginning and you have to "train" them right away. He advocates letting them cry until they "submit", even if they start vomiting from crying so hard, you're not supposed to give in. It was traumatizing for me to read

Cobi's sleep has been so back and forth. We have been experimenting with a 6:30pm bedtime. The first night wasn't great. Before he'd been sleeping 7pm-4am, then til 7:30.

The first night it was 6:30-12, then to 4, then 6. It was a pain. Next night he slept 6:30-6am, then back to sleep until 8.
After that it was similar to the first night.
Then another 11.5 hour night!
Last two nights he woke up at 8:30, 12, 6 and 8.

It is a hit or miss... But now he is always tired by 6:30pm so I think we're sticking with this bedtime.

@cvbee: From my Mom's memory, Spock was basically the first guy to commercialize a baby how-to book. She always talks about how much info we have available to us now when back "in her day" all they had was Spock! He seems a little rigid and hardcore for my liking.

update!!!

Cobi just broke his first tooth!! DH found it actually... it;s the teeniest tiny bit of it that is just poking thru the skin! It's so exciting though... and nerve racking! I cannot believe he has a tooth! He's been his usual mellow self lately, so we totally didn't see it coming!

I am now predicting he'll have 2-3 teeth by Christmas!

@calsmom, we do lots of laundry anyway—but YES. He spits up sooooo much. Sometimes it goes splat on the floor, sometimes it goes all the way down my back or into the couch. Ugh, gross. Today there was yellow-green specs in it—I almost puked when I saw it!
Cooper is scooting onhis tummy? WOW! Cool! Gabriel doesn’t do much at tummy time (but cry), but he loves standing and will now stand on the floor with his hands against the couch—so cute! Glad the sophie is working for you. Gabriel loves his.
How cute that he likes bananas! We let him lick an apple DH was eating and he was all smiles. So cute!
Still EBF though and no AF—and I forgot to ask my mom when she was here this weekend! The weekend was exhausting. It was fun but too much. We did go to Gabriel’s first Nationals game (baseball) but it was hot and we lost. We should have gone a different day. We used to be season ticket holders so we were kind of desperate to go. Oops.
@cvbee: One thing after another!  I’m glad the house is clean now, and I hope you had fun this weekend. Bummer about your husband putting the baby to bed late. My husband would do that too, but I have to put Gabriel to bed when DH is still at work (6 to 8pm bedtime, DH gets home around 10pm).
@winniebee: I hope his sleep is better when you get back! And yay for a bikini! I wear mine to the pool but usually it’s just me and the baby and the lifeguard since I go for maybe 20-30 minutes right when the pool opens. And my tummy is still flabby with my linea nigra still showing.
Yay for 3lbs to go! Congrats!
I guess I could look for a sitter. I don’t really trust my neighborhood but maybe could arrange something with a daycare center? When my parents were here I really tried to nap with baby but all day he only took 15-30 min naps and I’d wake up feeling sick and wished I hadn’t tried… or he would sleep in the car and I was driving. 
@msmini: I’m sorry his sleep is getting worse. That is what we’re dealing with and it’s rough. I wish I had advice for you.
@mrsdaredevil: 45 min sleep stretches are the worst! I have been sleeping on the couch by the crib and nursing and then sleeping there. Sometimes I put him back in the crib, sometimes not.
Sorry about AF. 
@mrs sunglasses: WHAT A BUTT! I can’t believe he said that! I am not going on a diet until 6 months pp. We had Gabriel’s crib in our room for 4 weeks—then he started talking in his sleep so we put him in the living room. I walk back and forth but sometimes I just sleep in the living room.
@mrsm57: Lilly is adorable! I love the green headband. Sleep training… I am trying it now because I need to try SOMETHING. Ugh. 10 hours without eating? Really?!
@duckduckkristen: mmm grassfed meat.  Yay for lots of sleep! Glad your therapist sounds so good.
@bpcmarj: Yay for sleeping in the pnp. Hope you get a whole night there soon. She is so cute and smiley!
@cocobee: Gabriel needs his space to sleep, too.
@lags: I know! I am lucky if I can pump 1 oz from each side anymore… bummer.
So… what is instagram? Do you have to have a smartphone to do it?
How cool is it being a year out from the BFP? We’re one week away from ours (ish) Sept 9 or 10?
So… 10 lbs to pre preg weight. I can zip/button all my pants but the muffin top is really bad, so I’m only wearing my fat pants. And most of my shirts are way too short (and not nursing accessible).
PS My spock book says babies need to sleep on their backs because of SIDS research.

Since I have some time ... here are a couple of pictures from Sawyer's 4 month photo shoot:

@winniebee: I hope T sleeps better for you tonight! Nice work on losing the pregnancy weight! As long as you can button those jeans, it's considered an accomplishment...muffin top or not haha

@pastemoo: The spitting up is out of control. I can't burp him over my shoulder anymore for the reasons you stated!

He hasn't scooted much more! He's also being stubborn on rolling back over when he's on his tummy. We bail him out when he starts whining, so hubby and I are having to try to let him work it out.

@Coco Bee: Sweet!

@cvbee: No particular reason I changed my username. I was just ready to switch it up a bit

@Mrsdaredevil: Sounds like mine. It was horrible. There was no such thing as a light day and it was 7 days long. Gross.

@LAGS: Ha! That happens to us all of the time. Either my husband and I will comment how Cooper is still asleep. Without fail, he wakes up more often than not!

It took Cooper an hour to fall asleep tonight. I'm having a hard time with him going to sleep these days! You would think a 7:30 bedtime is early enough? I kept going into his room to check and see if he had a spit-up, so I know that doesn't help him drift off. Instead, I found a lot of drool. I moved him to various parts of the crib, but eventually I ran out of options lol. I decided to put more Aquaphor on his cheeks.

In another post, I stated how Cooper had several wake ups last night and I was wondering if it was due to an upset tummy from his solid feeding yesterday. I'm going to ask the Dr about it tomorrow at his 4 month appt. I decided to forego the solids today.

@MsMini: Aww! That face! His smile is precious!