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@winniebee: Oh my goodness! Bummer. Good luck today. Tylenol before you go? (I haven't decided if I will or not, we're going Friday.)

@pastemoo: I'm bringing it with me and will give it right after (you can't give it before).

@sarbear: It strarted out ok but got worse as the night progressed! He keeps rolling up on to his side so I couldnt do the one arm out bc I was nervous he would get stuck.

He was in his crib 7-630 am but sometime after midnight I stopped counting his wakes.

@pastemoo: Oh my goodness. Do you like his mom? Would you be able to handle living with her? I'm not sure I could live with my in-laws. His dad would drive me bonkers. HIs mom I could deal with.

@sarbear: I love the beach picture of him. The best part is your carpet almost looks like sand so...it's like he IS at the beach!

@cvbee: I'll be interested to hear how CIO goes for you. It breaks my heart to hear her cry because she hardly ever cries unless she's in pain. We will probably wait another month before trying that if we even decide to try that.

@LAGS: So, essentially you take the paci from them before they fall asleep so they're not looking for it when they wake up?

@Mrs.M57: I'm considering a new haircut, as well. I am getting so tired of my long strands showing up everywhere, I just wish it was shorter so it wouldn't feel like so much hair! My problem is finding a cute hairstyle that I don't have to do much with. I hate doing my hair, it's such a pain. I have a hard enough time blow drying each day....I can't be counted on to style.

@winniebee: Ohhhh no.....I'm sorry to hear it was horrible with a poopsplosion to boot. Good luck at the doctor today. I hope he naps all day for you.

@goldilocks1107: I don't think there can be too many poops as long as it's not diarrhea. Some days M won't poop at all. Other days there will be poop in every diaper! Babies are so weird.

AFM: If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you'll know that we went to the pediatrician yesterday and M is up to 12lbs 6oz! We had seen this nurse a few times when we went in for her feeding issues so she actually clapped her hands when we saw her weight, she was so happy for us. The pediatrician looked at her chart and said we were doing great, too. Yay!!

So, I was reading the Healthy sleep habits book and talking to some people about sleep and found that 30 minute naps at 3-4 months is normal as they regulate. Very interesting. Of course, the day I find that out, she decides to take a 2 1/2 hour nap! She was exhausted yesterday, I guess. It took a while to get her to sleep (I made dh do it). She was asleep at 9, awake at 11:45. Again I asked dh to get up and soothe her, thinking she just had to fall back to sleep (she ate at 7:30). He put her paci in and she spit it out and SCREAMED at him! So, I got up as he was bringing her to me. His response, "She didn't seem to like that very much..." She fell asleep quickly after nursing and then woke up again at 4:45. Not too bad. I can handle these two wakings for now.

Oh and someone mentioned getting an email list/Facebook group going. If you want, I can have everyone email me and set up a google document for us all. I don't mind putting my email address out there. If this works for everyone let me know. I'll post it at a specific time one day so everyone knows to look for it.

Did I miss the talk of a FB group? I would actually be uncomfortable with joining one because our full names would be linked. And essentially anyone can come on this thread and ask to join the group. But I like the option of beig able to privately share pictures! I wonder if there's another option?

hey all!!!

having a fabulously glorious day over here - it's my birthdayyyy! yay I love birthdays.

So DH let me open my presents in bed - he got me two pairs of awesome boots - woot woot!! Then we got coffee and breakfast at Panera and back home for Cobi's nap. DH doesn't started work until noon (another woot woot) and then hanging out with my friend and her daughter for the afternoon.

I dressed up Cobi super duper cute in honor of today and will have to take a picture when he wakes up

have a wonderful day ladies!!

OH and quickly, in other news- I don't remember who was asking me in regards to Cobi's teeth if he'd bitten or gnawed on me while nursing... He hadn't ever bitten. In fact I had no idea he had cut two teeth until DH told me. I felt nothing. His tongue is always covering his bottom teeth.

UNTIL THIS MORNING... dun dun dunnnnn... It was his early morning feeding, like 5:30-6am ish, and he was nursing in my bed, I was half-asleep and all of a sudden felt a stinging sensation. He had switched to comfort sucking, not eating and just decided to bite. Ugh it was awful. It took me a second to realize what happened since I was practically asleep. I was so sad that he finally bit me! I just put him in his crib and went back to bed- no reaction..

However - for future reference, I talked to my dr awhile ago about what to do when it does happen and she said that screaming/yelling and pulling LO off the boob is the worst reaction you can do because firstly, it scares your LO and secondly may cause a nursing strike (which you obviously don't want). It doesn't nip biting in the bud at all. INSTEAD what you should do (and you have to train yourself to do this since it's not instinct) is pull their face into your breast so that their nose is against the boob and they can't breathe, they will naturally open their mouth to unlatch and it does no harm or hurt to them - but it's not pleasant, so they will learn to associate unpleasant reaction with biting.

I haven't tried it yet but read many places that is what you should do so if/when he bites again I will try to remember that (nursing two more times since he bit me and he didn't bite me again).

@Mrs. Sunglasses: @mediagirl: @Goldilocks1107: @bpcmarj: I like the idea of a private FB group.

I think the way to make it most private is having everyone email one person with their FB name and HB username, create the group and invite those people.

As for those who have reservations about an FB group, you obviously have a choice whether you want to join or not! so no pressure.. but I get the feeling there is a lot of interest

@pastemoo: @cocobee: I am totally storing this info for future reference, "Smoosh baby's face into boob when biting starts." Now that we have the feeding stuff kind of figured out, I want to breastfeed her forever. It also helps that as long as I'm breastfeeding and pumping, I don't have to travel. Woohoo!

@Coco Bee: Happy Birthday!!

@cvbee: The CIO seems to be working well for you all!

@bpcmarj: That sounds awful! I'm sorry you had such a rough night!

@Goldilocks1107: I hope that switching off is what works for you and your husband.

@winniebee: Gross! Nothing like a first thing in the morning poop. A huge one at that!

Cooper woke up a couple times early this morning. He went to bed an hour later than normal, and we all paid for it. He woke up a little after 4 the first time, then a couple hours later around 6. We let him babble and fuss through it. He never had a full blown cry, and fell asleep. I was about to go get him around 6, but as soon as I was getting out of bed, he fell asleep.

This morning's nap sucked. He always wakes up after 45 minutes, and it has been so hard to get him to go back to sleep after the wake-up during the am nap. I won the battle eventually, but went in a couple of times for reassurance. The first time I went in there, he was so happy to see me. He calmed down for a bit, then started up again. I'm thinking I should have got him up. I don't think there is a right answer.

I lost another pound. I'm confused bc I've been eating so much. I literally cannot stop eating. I've never been so ravenous. Imagine if I worked out more than I do now. On that note, I'm going to go eat some lunch!

@duckduckkristen: It's amazing how much better life gets when everyone is sleeping well!

@pastemoo: Sleep is like gold around here too. I've always been someone who could sleep for 12 hours, so this 3-4 hrs/night thing isn't cutting it!

@regberadaisy: The first night of sleep training is rough, but it gets better so fast!

@winniebee: We went from one arm out to both arms out the night we started sleep training and he did so well with that extra arms. He was able to hold his hands together instead of just digging at his face with his one available hand.

@Goldilocks1107: Hopefully this new schedule works well for you guys!

@cvbee: Way to stick it out last night! I just remember that he won't cry for much longer, and if I give up now then all that crying was for nothing.

@Coco Bee: Ouch! I'm so scared of biting. It seems like it will be hard to resist the reaction to pull away when it does happen.

@mediagirl: Those headbands are too cute!

@calsmom: I'm starving all the time. I eat a lot more now than I did when I was pregnant, but have still been losing weight. Go figure.

CIO night 2 went really well! First off, he took awesome naps at daycare yesterday after night 1. One 3.5 hr nap and one 1.5 hr nap. The day before he took three half our naps. It took him 40 minutes to fall asleep last night, but he only cried for about 18 minutes of that time. A huge improvement over the 1 hr of crying the first night. He woke up twice that first hour and a half but went right back to sleep after we checked on him once. Then he had a great 4 hours stretch of sleep which has been unheard of in our house for more than a month! He does have issues around the 4am sleep shift, but he went back down after 45 minutes last night instead of the 1.5 hrs it took the first night. He eats around 2-2:30 but eventually I'd like to move his nightime feeding to 4am so the nursing can help calm him so we're gradually pushing it back. He woke up again around 6, but DH said he went back down after one check until 8:30. I'm just amazed how much of a difference this has made. He's still waking up a lot more than I'd like to see, but he's going back to sleep so much easier. I'm starting to see a light at the end of this sleep deprived tunnel!

His 4 month appt is tomorrow too, I can't wait to see how much he's grown.

@pastemoo: And I already got my message from you!

Two quick things:
1. What do you all use for a bathtub for baby? I just went to buy a new one because the padding on the bottom of our was coming off. I decided just to buy one of those sponge things they lay on in the bath instead. Cheaper and less space! Hopefully it will do the job!

2. I bought another swaddleme today. She is going to be swaddled fighting it or not, and 2 just wasn't enough!

@pastemoo: Just email you to get added? Just want our name so you can look us up on fb?

@winniebee: Yay Tyler for staying on his growth curve! Hope you do get to use that stash of yours---I hate hearing about breastmilk going to waste. And it's kindof cute that T started sleeping on his side: I think Nico is the only sack of potatoes sleeper left in this group, and he's the oldest! (except for Cobi) Good luck with the swaddle weaning.

@bpcmarj: I've been using a spababy european bath, and it has been amazing, but Nico's favourite thing is to splash and I feel like now that he sits with assistance he can move onto something else. I have my eye on the blow-up duckie tub. I don't like the idea of 'baby stuff' taking up my small place, so I love that duckie can deflate later, and can be used as a float toy at the beach and as a pull-toy on the ice! In fact, I might order it tonight. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3331853

@kiddosc: having you one day ahead of me in CIO is amazing. Thank you! I'm gearing my head up for tonight. Nap CIO has been great, by nap 3 there was actually no crying, only babbling.

@autumnlove: sure is!!

@calsmom: I am the same way with eating soooooo much and being below pregnancy weight. I literally just eat as much as I can, mostly healthy foods though, all through every nap time. I think it is par for the course with breastfeeding. When my dog had 6 puppies (long story) at the point just before we gave them puppy food, my dog was eating insane amounts of premium dog food. She would go through an extra-large bag of dog food in just a week. These days it takes her over a month, maybe 1.5 months, to go through the same size bag. And she got scrawny.

@pastemoo: thanks for starting the facebook group! I am having some internet issues and haven't been able to load facebook all day, but normally I am on facebook just as much as this board.

@Coco Bee: You got a birthday bite from baby! ha. Thanks for the tip about the boob smoosh. I hope I remember! Congrats on your new boots. I totally can't afford anything, but if I could, I would buy a pair of fall boots.

Got to finish up making dinner. Chow for now! (get it? chow instead of ciao! And I'm making corn chow-der....mmm)

@MsMini: I get all worked up when the IL come with the cleaning and entertaining to do, but then when the weekend is over I feel like a jerk for freaking out, because they are always so lovely to us. Hope Sawyer is extra independent the next couple of days so that you can get all the cleaning/cooking done that you need to prepare for them.

ETA: For facebook, I have been unable to find 2 of those who e-mailed me. I e-mailed you back. Please search for me.

@calsmom: 5 lbs under and eating what you want?! I'm jealous! I still keep hanging onto an extra 5-7 lbs I definitely don't work out as much as I used to though so, that could be contributing.

I took Lily to a story time today at a local library. It was for 0-5 year olds, she was definitely the youngest one there. She loved just sitting and watching and was so attentive the whole time! We had gone to a lap sit library time for 0-2 year olds about a month ago, and I could definitely tell a difference in her between this time and last time!
I think we are officially giving up on cereal with Lily. I tried a different time of day and a couple days with oatmeal instead of rice, and she still cried every time. Im really try to keep feeding low stress and fun, so i definitely dont want to stress her out anymore with cereal. She continues to love the banana in a net feeder, but I'm not sure what we will do next. Her ped said no puree fruits or veggies until 6 months, but we will see. I want to keep doing something and she will be 5 months next week, so I might just casually try a new purée in a couple of days, then maybe reintroduce cereal with purée in a couple of weeks. Anyone else have a little one eating? @cocobee did Cobi start any purees prior to 6 months?

@Mrs.M57: Bummer about the cereal. We went to story time at our library, too! It was really fun. It was our first group story time. He loves it more at home when he is right next to the book.
G might be cleared to start eating this week!!!! We'll probably start with just milk on a spoon and see if he understands the spoon and then try whatever the pediatrician recommends. I have rice cereal at home but nothing else.

Hi everyone! I've been kind of creepy and have been continually reading this thread since it was over on WB but too intimidated to join. I know I'm really late in the game but I hope it's okay that I jump in

Quick summary: I live in NH and I have one son named Holden, he was due May 17th and born May 21st...so he will be 4 months on Friday. It was a fairly normal pregnancy other than being high risk for a couple of reasons and my brother passing away when I was 13.5 weeks along (he was one of the reasons).

He was 6lbs 10oz when he was born at 4 days overdue and we were pretty surprised because I had a pretty big belly. He continues to be really small (He's somewhere in the 11 pound range right now)! He has his 4 month appointment October 1st and I'm a little concerned about it because I don't think he's put on a sufficient amount of weight in the past 2 months!

I decided to join because I don't have many friends with babies and with the anniversary of my brother's death quickly approaching things are getting really difficult and I could use some distractions!

I am particularly interested in winniebee, you have a little guy too and I was wondering if you get any weird comments... People are always asking me if Holden is brand new or if he's 2 or 3 weeks old, it's crazy! He's very alert, smiling and talking all the time so I think it's pretty obvious that he is not brand new but he's so little no one believes he's 4 months!

Anyways, can I join?