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@SleepyMonkey: That's what I'm hoping. I actually think our daycare lady is going to whip us all into shape with her scheduling abilities, haha. I'm kind of looking forward to it even though I know it's going to be super tough at first.

@mfa_lady: Haha, yeah, at least he is certainly healthy. On one hand, it's nice to hand off a few feedings to DH - H was only 7 lbs 14 oz at birth - which is not small, but not in the 90th percentile like now - so packing on that much weight while being EBF means I have been nursing, um, a lot. He is (was?) a boob monster. But I really like nursing, and it hasn't worked out with either of my LOs because of allergies. It's just frustrating.

I don't know if it's because I have a toddler too, but it seems like Henry sleeps SO much. When I read that max awake time should be 1-1.5 hours that sounds right, like what he does, but I'm so used to parenting J for 5-6 hour stretches that when H falls back asleep at 8 AM after getting up at 7 I'm like, ummm, are you sick?!

@keepcalmcarrie: E was 7 pounds 13 ounces at birth--and she was 11 lb 1 oz at her 2 month appt! Haha. You've got a growing boy on your hands for sure!

I am also in the nighttime fussiness club! A can either fall asleep easily or have a night where she refuses to sleep. She still naps very long in the afternoon, like 2-4 hours. Is this normal? I'm not concerned because it doesn't affect her bedtime but I'm just wondering if I should wake her up or something.

@namaste: We have a pretty solid afternoon nap too.

@mfa_lady: Dang!! C weaned herself from the love to dream Swaddle. They can move but they're still snug so I don't know if I would feel comfortable if she flipped over but in theory she could still wrestle her head to the side I would think..

Also, C nurses every 2h on the dot. Yep. Haha.

@Radish: omg just saw this! How are they?

@Radish: glad they're getting better! C had her first cold this week too. It's so hard to see them feeling poorly.

@namaste: let her sleep! C takes a three hour nap in the morning and then another three hour nap in the afternoon. I feel like I hardly get to see her!

12 week growth spurt in our house. Ugh. I got spoiled by weeks of amazing sleep. Instead of doing 8 then 2 she's doing 3,4,1,1,1... naturally I only catch the back half of the four and then three very broken hours. Prayers that writing about it here ends it!

@Radish: Ugh poor things! Boogie wipes helped immensely with double colds here last week.

@oliviaoblivia: That's normal sleep here so I feel your pain! We co bed so I was like at least I don't have to move to feed her but she alwaaaays poops right after she falls asleep after nursing. So then I have to get up and wake her up. Gah.

@Radish: j had a cold last week and had a ton of snot, the nose frieda was awesome. She hated it but it really helped her breathe when she had to nurse. The snot unfortunately backed up into her eyes thru her tear ducts so she had crusty eyes for awhile which needed antibiotics. Anyway, hope the snot passes soon. Is it yellow? I think when it turns yellow, the cold is on its way out.

@oliviaoblivia: oof! Hope the great sleep returns soon and maybe it'll be even better post growth spurt!

Do you guys wake your babies up in the morning for the day or do you just let them wake up whenever? I try to get her day started at 730 but she will sleep until 9 if i let her.

@SleepyMonkey: i used the nose freida on A but I didn't want them sharing so I really need to get a new one for B. Hers was yellowish a few days ago, back to clear. B also got a gunky eye, but it was only for a day or so and seems to have cleared up now. A has never been sick other than a fever in the past so this is all pathetically new to me, haha.

@mfa_lady: That is crazy and scary!!
No real advice, but I would think something like the merlin magic sleepsuit would prevent her from rolling.

@Radish: glad to hear they're getting better!

@oliviaoblivia: ugh, I feel you on the crappy sleep at night

@SleepyMonkey: I don't wake her up, I'm usually trying to get her to sleep a little longer. But I'll give up on that at 7am and just get up for the day.

A has been on nap strike all week, then her night time sleep is crap because she's so overtired. It's taking forever to get her to sleep during the day, then she'll only nap for 30 minutes max. My mom came over a few days to help out, and she didn't have any better luck than me (and she's raised 5 kids and is usually a pro when it comes to making babies happy)
So frustrating A doesn't act like her tummy hurts or anything is wrong, just can't seem to get to sleep and stay asleep. I pretty much wore her in the Moby wrap all day yesterday and she still would only nap for maybe 30 min at a time. Hope this is just a passing thing and it goes away soon!

@mfa_lady: Just seeing this about your little flipper. Can she flip back over if she's not swaddled?

I love this sleep book I've been reading and they actually say that your baby flipping (if they can safely flip back) is a good thing for sleep! They explain that the baby can now move around and pick out a sleeping position that is comfortable for them, and recommend putting them in snug pjs instead of sleep sacks so they can do so. I had never considered that before, but it makes sense to me.

I love how the conversation is mainly about sleep. It's a big topic on my mind as well! The only consistent nap seems to be the morning one, a little over an hour of waking. The rest is anyone's guess!

Bed time is around 6:30-7ish, but the actual falling asleep is a process as well. We are running up the stairs to shove the paci that has fallen out back in her mouth. All I can think is, "This is dumb," but it soothes her right away. I tried last night to take it out before I put her in the crib, hoping she then wouldn't miss it. No luck.

Anyone dealt with paci issues with young babies?

@HappyBaker: hooray! Signs like life just got easier.

I'm hesitant to put B in her crib/pnp for a nap because she wakes up with a dent in the back of her head after sleeping in them over night and it fixes itself slowly throughout the day.

Ugh, B gave me a terrible night of sleep last night. Went down way late after 2 hours of screaming then 3 hours, 2 hours, 2 hours and 1 hour. 2 of the wake ups were because of very full or overflow wet diapers and the other one i let her fall asleep side nursing and she didn't take the transfer. So I'm on the shitty sleep boat with you ladies as well. What a way to start the week. Since she's been sick i haven't gotten a full nights sleep out of her, but most nights weren't this hard.

@SleepyMonkey: Haha, I wish. I think it was a bigger disappointment because usually if she has a witching hour her sleep is great, but I got to deal with witching + multiple night wake ups.

I can't believe that some of you are leaving the "4th trimester" - our babies are going to be crawling and walking before we know it.

Have any of you taken your LOs on a plane yet? We have a flight in May and neither LO1 nor LO2 have flown before, so I'm starting to mentally prep for it all. Luckily, it is only a 2 hour direct flight both ways. Packing will be interesting.

Finally FINALLY breastfeeding on my left has become mostly easy. I think i may have been interfering too much before. Now i just let her latch on her own and she is all good. Putting her down for bed has been better too. We have stuck with a 7:30 bedtime for the past week and i think she is finally getting it. Hoping it sticks (at least for the near term...i know a sleep regression will just mess everything up at some point).

3rd laser treatment today...poor girl. At least we are seeing progress.

@Radish: that is awesome that she loves planes! It will be really fun for her then. Is the flight in a few months? By that time, hopefully dd2 will get over the whole witching hour thing and fall asleep easily. Maybe get her in her pjs and have her blanket and whatever to replicate her bedtime environment as best as you can?

So i am a little reluctant to say it because it might jinx it and also because she is so little but we let dd2 cry a bit on her own when she goes to bed. The first night was 10 mins, the second was 3 and last night no crying. I am not sure it will stick but i couldn't keep rocking her and putting her down and picking her up when she woke up. I did it 4x one night and my back was killing me. I don't think i would let her go longer than 15 mins crying but it hasn't come to that yet. I dont know if less than 15 mins is considered CIO.

Boo. Back to 2 wake ups at night. Growth spurt perhaps? I knew i shouldn't have said anything about her sleep!

@SleepyMonkey: yuck! We had a few nights and then got back to good sleep. Hoping it's just a growth spurt for you!

@Radish: L has flown a bunch, all but one time were great. The bad time, she hasn't slept the night before because our flight left super early and then our second leg was delayed so instead on napping on the plane she fell asleep while we waited for the flight and then woke up pissed when we had to board.