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Haaaaalp. Baby J is 12 weeks and his daytime naps are ALL over the place. Saturday= slept 3+ hours in the crib then in the stroller when we went out to dinner. Sunday = one 45 min nap. Yesterday = two hour long naps plus he slept in the stroller while I went grocery shopping. Today = NOTHING... It's 1:30 and he's been up since 7:30. He's having an exceptionally hard time falling/staying asleep except if he's on me. I've tried both the crib, the rnp, darkened room, noise machine, singing, shushing, praying to the baby sleep gods, and nothing.

Usually he goes back to sleep 2 hours after waking up really reliably, but delivery people were here so he wouldn't go down amidst all the commotion.

I think I just needed to vent!

@rockinghorse:

Enzo is 10 weeks.
He's been sleeping in his crib since 6 weeks and switched from swaddleme to Merlins suit at 8 weeks.

Between 6-8 weeks we began a sleep routine and he's in bed by 8:30. A few weeks of the sleep routine and now he has a few 7-8hr stretches a week. If not he sleeps 1 5hr stretch, dream feed and then sleep ms 2-3 hrs

4 month sleep regression has started. 2 hour chunks. Lord help those who interact with me. But seriously. I kind of seethe in jealously when I hear about sttn.

@My Only Sunshine: Breastfeeding is going well for us, but like you said, I'm not pumping as much as she eats while I'm at work. I might start doing some post feeding pumping sessions (but I don't wanna ). Let's face it, I really just hate pumping. It is especially frustrating when I come home and see ounces of milk just sitting out unused from DH or grandma! They just don't understand how much work it is for every ounce! Ugh!

My initial goal was 3 months, now it is 6 months. It is nice now because we are cloth diapering and EBF poop is water soluble so we don't have to rinse. And of course there are the benefits to the baby .

Have your babes started rolling over yet or anything? DD is a pro at push ups, and has been for quite a while, but no rolls as of yet (at 15 weeks). As a FTM I'm getting all anxious that she isn't meeting her milestones, but I know I just need to RELAX.

Anything else new with you guys?

Hi y'all. I stopped posting on this thread last month because everything was just a sh!tshow at home and I was tired of complaining about it. DS1's daycare closed suddenly so he was at home with us and then he caught HMF at a play cafe so we've had to keep the boys separated completely for the last 2 weeks.

DS2 was being crazy and not sleeping at night and not napping and just crying all the time and my PPA started coming back with a vengeance and I stopped eating and was just a zombie. He got formally diagnosed with reflux and we got him Prilosec and his colic has subsided so he started sleeping great. I got medication for my anxiety and with the extra sleep I am feeling like myself.

I've mostly switched to EPing again. This baby is actually great at nursing unlike his big brother but he's SUPER distracted and he wasn't eating enough and feedings were taking forever. Even on the bottle he pops on and off and it takes 30-40 minutes to finish a bottle feeding. He still nurses for comfort or if he needs a little more after his bottle.

But so far since the reflux meds he's been great. I'm off like everything like I was for my other son's reflux (dairy, beans, acidic food, caffeine, chocolate, coffee, tea, crucifers) and I even had to cut eggs because it made him insanely gassy. He gets a formula top off at 1030pm before we go to bed (like 3oz) and he gets formula when we are out at church. I freeze the difference and am building my stash that way.

He's sleeping 11pm after his Dreamfeed to 730am when we all wake up and he's taking 3 long naps during the day. He rolled from belly to back twice last week but it's not consistent. We dropped the swaddle last month because his sleep was crap anyway and in the last week he's found his thumb to suck on. Neither boy took a paci so this is a surprising development.

He is 3 months old today!

Hey all! Sounds like a number of us ran into sleep issues around 3 months, I wonder if it's their developmental milestones.

DS started rolling last week but not at all consistently. He really loves rolling over on his side while playing and to fall asleep at night. He also started sucking on his 4 fingers today, it was really cute! He seems like so much more of a "real boy", with the giggles and the little personality emerging. He's really fun.

Sleep is still hard during the day, but he'll reliably go down for a morning and mid afternoon nap, just wish they were longer than 45 min! Nights are getting better- earlier sleep time at about 8:30, he'll get up at 4:30ish then wake time is 7ish. Although last night he thought it would be fun to sing in his crib from 5-6 then sleep in till 8:30!

He is 15 weeks tomorrow

Ds1 started preschool this week so we've had quieter days thank goodness. The baby dropped his Dreamfeed so he goes from 730pm-ish to 730am-ish. Naps have been a little wonky because he's learned to roll so he's flailing around and screeching a lot on his belly or whatever. He's become really vocal and interactive but fussier not being content just laying around anymore.

I stopped his reflux meds this week and so far he seems to be doing well. So fingers crossed we are done with that. He was also released from physical therapy for his neck and head. His head is still flat on the left side and favors his left side but he's showing pretty equal strength on both sides.

Overall just enjoying our baby - he's soooo much more content and easier going than DS1 so we are just soaking it in now that we are past the horrible newborn phase. Today is the baby's first day of dropping off at church nursery so fingers crossed it goes ok!

Hi guys! Our sleep has sucked since day 1. DD graduated from swaddle to Merlin suit at 11 weeks, then graduated to just wearable blankets a couple weeks ago (maybe 16 weeks). She is now 20 weeks (I acctually just had to look it up, I just say 4 months now) and her sleep got soooooo much better about a week and a half ago. I only feed her once, with a couple of pacifier reinsertions here and there, especially when she started rolling over. But really, just so much better!

We started solids a week after her 4 month birthday. I have been really excited about it for some reason. We started with oatmeal cereal that her ped recommended, and today she got her first sweet potato with some bm mixed in. I want to do some baby lead weaning too, I have been reading some more about it on HB.

Overall, I'm just having fun watching her grow and smile and giggle and roll and explore. Oh, and she LOVES animals! Smiles and giggles watching the dogs.

OMG, the sleep regression struggle is real. Like @csross217: we are now up multiple times a night (every 2 hours last night) and only nursing gets him back to sleep. I'm wondering if he's teething, because he started an awful scream-cry that I've only heard after he gets his shots Either way, I am soooo tired. He turns 5 mos tomorrow.

ETA: Other than that, he is wonderful! An easy going, happy, silly baby who puts himself to sleep for naps and bedtime.

Hi all! I've been quiet around these parts because of the whole 3 kids thing...time just goes by in the blink of an eye. But we are in the same boat with the sleep regression. I've just kept swaddling at night so she can't roll over, and nurse her back to sleep a million times a night. I can't think coherently enough to make a plan to deal with it, so I'm hoping I can just wait it out. Also waiting until closer to 6 months for solids since we do BLW, and it's one more thing to deal with. otherwise, A is a happy sweet baby. She's been teething so everything goes in the mouth but is pretty good at communicating what she wants. Despite the madness , I really feel having a baby is the best!

@fitfigure87: Oh the rolls! I just want to eat him up! Interesting that your ped said no more than 32 oz. I'm just starting to cut down on BF (8 months) and my MIL who does a lot of baby sitting when DH and I are working swears my DD is skinny (50th percentile in weight) and needs to eat more. Says things to imply I have her on a diet! That could not be farther from the truth! So I may need to eventually get instructions from the ped if MIL goes crazy with the formula...

Its funny as a FTM how everything seems stressful and overwhelming, and then you look back and think, what the heck? Why did I let that get to me so much? Well, my latest things are weaning down BF and advancing solids. Is she getting enough? Am I doing this right? Is this the right order to go in? Am I going to slow? Am I going too fast? Is this healthy? Should I get organic? The list goes on and on..

@YogiRunner: no af yet, but as I start decreasing bf over the next few weeks we will see if anything changes. It's been so nice not worrying about it!!

Hi guys! Haven't been on here in ages. Hope everyone is doing well with their littles

@YogiRunner: Not yet! I was planning on getting the Mirena, but I don't want it to start my period, so I keep putting it off.

@My Only Sunshine: so funny you say that, my son was crawling, pulling up and cruising by this time (8 months) and my daughter has no interest! She's content sitting, (which J never was) and rolling (he almost bypassed it to crawl). So different! I am mostly thankful that she's not on the move too much yet, but at the same time, they are so way off that all I know is the kid that does everything on the early side.

Hi! No AF yet but I'm still pumping and nursing. I'm beginning to pump wean and just nursing before bedtime this week. I have enough frozen BM that if mixed with formula should last another 2 months or more. I'm totes good with that - I weaned DS1 to formula completely at 9 months so we will be going longer this time.

DS only has 2 teeth but working on more. He's cruising and pulling up and crawls like a speed demon. Not really getting self feeding that well - can put big things in his mouth but pincering is still hard for him. He eats food well when spoonfed however!

DS2 is taking 4-5 steps at a time as of this week, but still prefers to crawl because he's so fast at it and with DS1 zooming around the house, he finds it easier to keep up. Boys are playing super well together. DS2 has been at daycare since 11 months old. Is still having a rough time napping there, poor guy.

DS2 had mostly breastmilk until after 1 year, but has since fully weaned to a straw cup and we're doing Nido Kinder right now as a transitional milk. DS1 had a hard time with the milk transition digestively, so we're following suit and doing it really slowly. Last week, we did formula and Nido, this week its all Nido, and I think next week we'll start mixing with WCM. The diva still prefers warm milk, but will grudgingly drink cold milk at daycare.

He's self-feeding just fine and can manage a spoon decently well when we load it for him, but the stinker prefers to be spoonfed chunky purees because likes to eat and it gets the food in his belly faster! I think we have about 6 teeth now. He says hi, bye, mama, dada, and waves. He does very simple versions of the motions to Twinkle Twinkle and Itsy Bitsy Spider. He points at stuff he wants and reaches his arms up when he wants to be picked up. He also baby signs "all done."

He's a tall, solid little boy and at 13 months wears the same size diaper as DS1, who's almost 3! (Size 5, yikes!) But that makes diaper purchasing easy.

He is SOOOO sweet and happy, even when he hasn't napped well at daycare. We just love him. When he's at home with us, he naps for an hour in the morning, 2-3 hours in the afternoon, and 11-12 hours overnight. So no complaints there!

Yay for 1 year updates! My guy is 13 months and isn't walking yet, but has quite a little vocab. Some words are so random and adorable like lawnmower ("wawa") and elbow

Down to one nursing session a day but still no AF!

He's also extremely clingy and won't let go of me around strangers. I'm home with him most of the time so trying to get him out to socialize more!

A is 12.5 months and is so different from her big sister! She's very social -- always trying to get people's attention on the street, subway, wherever. We didn't have to do much babyproofing with our first, but this one goes immediately for outlets, cords, electronics.

Not walking yet, but she cruises all over and walks holding our hands.

She started daycare about a month ago, and is now to the point where she's happy to go in the morning, but happy to see us at the end of the day. I'm back to work and it's been fine so far.

My grandma (their great-grandma) died last night, but I'm not sure what to tell our oldest. We were up to see her on Saturday. She'd been on oxygen for about a year, and bedridden for over 6 months. I cry pretty easily so I don't know how to tell her without being overcome and making it worse for her!

I'm so glad they both got to meet her before she died! She was a remarkable lady -- worked in a swanky law firm downtown for senators and lawyers from the 60s till she retired. Always kind, always generous, and always loving.

@tinyperson: So sorry about your grandma! No advice on how to tell the kiddos, but lots of love and light being sent your way!

DD is crawling still, but will randomly stand on her own here and there. She says "doggie" and "dada" well, and signs "milk", but that is about it so far. She basically uses "milk" whenever she wants anything.

We are at 6 teeth, and naps are very hit or miss. Some days two naps, some days one, some days one very short! Those are bad days!