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@meesker: Welcome! She is so cute and I love her name!

Same old same old with us too. My mom's gone again and I probably won't see her until October. My dad is coming for a quick trip in September but my mom isn't planning on coming then. :(. We survived the weekend without DH but just barely. The babies didn't nap with all the excitement of the shower on Saturday and turned into fuss monsters that evening and Sunday. They were so tired that night that they slept from 9 pm to 4 am! Wish that was typical! Last night was a rough night, but we had a good nap day so that helps. Blake is drooling more than ever and has been pretty cranky. We can sort of see a bump on his gums but it doesn't look close to the surface? I think he must be in the early stages of teething. Poor little guy. My friend said her son showed signs of teething for about 6 weeks before his first tooth popped in. I hope that's not the case for us!

@Mae: Glad Fia's been having an ok couple of days. Maybe the MSPI diet will be the magic cure for you!! Loved the smiling pics you put on Facebook!

@Beebug: Tomorrow's the big day right? Hope everything goes well and you can get a lot of rest afterward!

@beebug did you try the magic sleep suit? Looks like a snowsuit. That has worked for A in the transition from swaddle.

@meesker: welcome! Love the name and she is so cute!

@Mae: hope the appointments go well and she continues to improve!

@twodoghouse: glad you made it through the weekend! I am so jealous of that long stretch! I don't think I've had a stretch like that since before DS1.

We are still dealing with some digestion issues. I cut dairy, soy, and wheat and things were getting a lot better but now it seems we're dealing with a relapse. I have no idea what's causing it but G has been fussy, not sleeping, not eating, and having gross dipes again. On top of that, W has decided that we are potty training as of last night and DH has a huge deadline and has been working late. Luckily my mom came up yesterday and staying until tomorrow morning. We'll go to her house tomorrow afternoon and stay until Friday night and cross our fingers that G starts to feel better and DH doesn't have to work over the weekend.

@Coopersmama: No sleep training for us. I'm a wait and see kind of mom. I don't really have patience for the slow approach and I could not stand the crying for CIO.

Leo still isn't consistent sleep wise. He wakes up either one or two times to eat but the times can vary. But he eats and goes right back to sleep so it's not bad.

My older son never went through a 4 month sleep regression. Hopefully little guy won't either.

@Mae: glad Fia is having some better days. You have been through a lot and You are a great mama! Hope the appts go well and you get some definitive answers.

@Beebug: good luck tomorrow! I love that jumper - I need to get something like that. Mikey wants to be standing all the time.

I am praying we have no sleep regression. He has been sttn since 5/6 weeks. He does 9-6 almost every night and would prob sleep later but I actually have to wake him up to bring him to grandma bc I am working. Once in a while he will wake up at 11 and want to party till 1-1:30 but that's maybe once a week. I know I'm lucky and I almost don't want to talk about it bc I'm nervous to jinx it!

I am still having a hard time at work. It's such a long day away from him and I really only get to see him for maybe 2 hours a day. It totally sucks. I also only get to nurse him twice a day - in the morning and right after work. He won't nurse at bedtime anymore and he screams until he gets a bottle. I guess it's bc he's not getting enough out of me maybe? He is still on just BM tho and I pump 3 times at work and once before bed. I'm pumping right now actually. I am on the looking for a new job closer to home so I don't have to commute to the city anymore. I think that would help a lot.

@Beebug: I hope your surgery goes well today and recovery is quick and easy!

@mrsog: sorry about the work situation That must be so tough. Hopefully you get a job close to home soon so you get more time with your babes.

Sleep for us has been great since we started cosleeping at 8 weeks. He goes from about 11 to 7 every day. Today he went until 9 am! We've started the transition to the crib...slowly. The past two nights he stayed in there from 11 to 3, then started to fuss and I brought him into bed with us. We'll see how that goes. We both really miss him when he's not in our bed!

Other news: I just got my first project! My office called this morning asking if i can return to work one week early (my maternity/no pay leave period ends next friday) and begin a 2 week project under the contract arrangement I asked for. I won't have to go in to the office AT ALL. My mom is here for another week so I won't have to hire a nanny for the first week. Sounds like a win-win to me. I'm excited! But it's also hitting me that wow... the long break (I haven't been to work since february) is over and real life is returning. Thank God I'll be working with an arrangement I love and not having to leave my baby for 12 hours a day, as would have been the case otherwise.

@Mae: So you put her to sleep, then she feeds without waking up at all?

@Mae: Interesting. You sound so amazingly in tune with Fia. Glad you have found a method of feeding that works!

@Mae I am so glad to hear that you are making progress on Fia's feeding issues. Hope her appointments go well!

@Twodoghouse D has been drooling like crazy for the last week or so. Please don't let this be tweeting already!

@Coopersmama. We haven't started sleep training yet, but probably will around 4 months. She is an ok sleeper once we get her to sleep, but naps are an issue and during her last wonder week it was taking 5 hrs to get her down for the night. It got so bad we went back to the rock and play. She will sleep for 9+ hours in that thing! But we are transitioning her back to the crib again. On the upside, she has a MOTN feeding again now that she is back in the crib.

@Skipra. Please keep us updated on G's feeding issues. I am at a loss with D's eating. She was so fussy in the first month, especially when pooping, that I cut dairy experimentally. It did seem to help, but a few weeks in I accidentally ate soft serve (mommy brain) and she seemed ok so I started eating dairy again. Then she had blood in her poo for the first time and I automatically cut it totally out again, along with soy for good measure. The blood stopped , but lately has returned, weeks after I've been off dairy and soy. She never seems uncomfortable, so I don't know if small amounts of blood is just something I should get used to? Not all poo dipes have blood, but most are mucousy, and the last couple have smelled so bad. I just don't know what to do.

Our other issue of late is me stressing over her eating enough. With her sleeping so long in the RnP and always taking one long nap a day, there were several days where I only got 5 feedings in. Her diaper output was still good, but she gained 0 ounces in the last week, so I am really trying to get her back to at least 6 feedings a day. We primarily nurse, so I never know how much she is eating, but she was gaining 1/2 lb a week like clockwork until last week., so I hope she is getting enough. She doesn't act hungry and I've seen her hungry when my milk was delayed coming in so I know what it looks like.

Anyone's LOs ticklish? OMG ticklish fun has begun with C and his laugh when tickling him is THE best. Love, love, love it!!

Surgery went good! I am home resting now, DH at the gym, C sleeping, DD with my Mom today. My ILs arrive today too. They gave me too much morphine following surgery and I was soooo sick and in recovery way longer than normal, but I finally got out, puked my guts out at home, and finally slept it off. Have a presciption for perc's, but have just taken a few tyenol so I can bf again. C took bottles like a pro yesterday, and was a good boy, which was great!

Sleep last night was awful. Like worst night. Bedtime 8pm, work twice before 10, awake again at 11, nursed, DH put paci in at 1:14, nursed at 2, up til 2:40, up at 3, again just before 4, couldn't get him down, so ended up out on couch at 4:50 or so, he fell asleep swaddled on me at 5:30 and then I took him into bed and he slept (but I didn't, don't when he's in bed!) til 7:30. DD was up 6:20 or so and I was listening to her on monitor. Brutal, brutal, brutal. I am going to pick up a magic sleep suit this weekend (second hand), thanks for tip @Coopersmama: !

My ILs are bringing our nephews clothes (he is a May 2012 baby) from BIL and SIL, they have said we won't need to buy clothes for the next two years!! We sent them with the first year of clothes for their DD born two weeks after our C, and we will probably send more back with them! They dress their DS a little more "stylin'" then we would dress our kids, but I am sure there will still be lots for C to wear, and bonus of not having to buy anything.

@Mae: C has really started to drool too! Lots of spit up still too.

My boss emailed, sounds like I have to go in soon, next couple weeks, things are a changing again, so I am curious to know what is going on and what things might look like for me. Sounds silly as I'm not going back for another year, buuuut that seems to be how things go at work, so much change!!

Ok, naptime.....better make the most of this quiet time!

I officially want a mattress for myself on the floor in his room. The zillion times I go back in to put his paci in, might as well.

What do you all do, paci using or not when they unsettle and should be sleeping? I feel like a deer in headlights, like wtf am I doing?

Nothing like a solid brutal night, followed by a short napping (two 15 min naps) day so far!

I want to rip my hair out.

Also opened every bin of clothing in the basement to begin sorting to sell, seriously this baby factory is closed, lol. Just want to get rid of everything we are done with!

@Beebug: he has become best friends with his index and middle finger. When he wakes he just pops them into his mouth and soothes himself back to sleep. I'm not a fan of the finger sucking but I must admit it has its benefits!

@Beebug: things any better last night or this morning?

We had G's follow up appointment with his regular ped this morning. Doctor thinks maybe we are dealing with reflux primarily although that doesn't explain the bloody diapers so for now we are going to try a little bit of cereal for a week and if that doesn't help then we'll try Prilosec and if there is still no improvement we'll go to see a GI doctor. Weird thing is that he is weighing 13 lb 6 oz on their scale which is almost a pound and a half gain in 2 weeks. We weigh him at home and it looks more like it should only be a half pound gain. With that weight he hasn't fallen as much as I think on the growth chart and the ped just says it's genetics because DH and I are not big people. I did not leave there with a great gut feeling

@Mae: hope the appointment with the GI doc goes well! Hoping you'll have a good treatment plan.

@Glitter: The issue is not the weight per se but that he is plummeting on the growth chart. He was in the 80-ish% and is now probably under 25%. But I'm pretty certain the scale at the doctor's office was wrong which puts him back around 50% and therefore the doctor is not concerned. He said he would be concerned if he was below 25%.

In any case, I think we are going to hold off on introducing the rice cereal. Diapers seem to be improving and he is eating better except when big brother is around being crazy. Anyone have tips on getting baby to nurse in a noisy environment?
Also, he decided this weekend to start rolling in both directions! He can't do it consistently yet but we're getting there!
How is everyone else? Hope everyone had a great weekend! I can't believe that we are already more than halfway through August. What happened to the summer?

@Mae: There is no more laying still in our house! he wants to be sitting up or standing at all times. unless he is laying flat on the floor, then hes rolling all over the place. He loves laying on his side and sucking his thumb and taking. and it is adorable to watch as well.
The last few nights hes been waking at night. I know its a normal thing for a 3 month old but he has spoiled me sleeping thru the night this whole time. he has been waking at 1 and 4 this week. I'm thinking maybe a growth spurt and he wants to eat more? I hope its a short phase bc I was really liking the sleep i was getting - especially waking up at 6 every day and working. its a long day.

how is everyone else on this wednesday?