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Anyone who supplements or uses formula exclusively want any similac or enfamil checks? I have a few that expire soon and I'm not using them.

Guess which 5 week-old slept from 9:30 to 6:30 last night???? Maybe it's just a fluke, but I'll take it!

@anbanan15: i got fitteds and inserts, kinda like flips, but from thirsties. The fitteds get so wet all over i feel bad having them on his skin. And his poo is just way too liquidy for the inserts :-(.

@ShootingStar: That was EXACTLY my issue when we very briefly tried fitteds with DS. I hated them for that reason. I don't get how so many people love them and are fine with urine chilling out on their child's waistline (I know so many swear by them as a nighttime solution, which is what we tried them for and they were super soaked by morning and his skin damp).

Could you trade them in or test out a different system before giving up on cloth?

@FarmWifeGina: Nice!!! I'm hoping to get a long stretch out of LO this week by not having her in bed with me (where it's way too easy to snack all night long!).

@avivoca: Are the freetimes like the BG 4.0s at all? We're using those and I like them, but I can see how the wets could travel up high in front (also, totally creepy, but I follow your Oct. board religiously to see what's in store next for us--your little H is so cute!!).

@ShootingStar: Good job, lady! I haven't braved shopping alone yet, you kick ass!

@ms.janedoe: Freetimes are AIO diapers, so the flaps are attached in the front and back. H is a heavy wetter so that contributes to it, plus they were pretty bulky with the two flaps. And thanks, I think she's pretty cute too!

OMG guys, I'm exhausted! Everything is so much more difficult by yourself.

@ms.janedoe: Glad your baby girl is nice and healthy, and that the shots weren't too bad. I was wondering if babies are as sore as adults with the shots, but Reagan hasn't had any indication of any soreness. She didn't poo for three days afterwards, but that was probably just a coincidence.

@NeekieRose: going back to work and using daycare would be pretty tough- I count my lucky stars I have family available and close by-- I don't think we could afford daycare in anycase--

Regardless, I am still not looking forward to going back-- tomorrow would have been my first day back if it wasn't for me deciding to take an extra month off... as tired and stir crazy as I get sometimes, I sure wish I could be a SAHM sometimes

I went into the LC today and she said M doesn't have thrush in her mouth! But it is likely on my nipples and she's starting to get a diaper rash. my prescription for APNO will be ready tomorrow and I can't wait. I've been so sore!

And, she's up to 11 lbs 9 oz which means 9 oz gained since Friday! Everyone keeps commenting on how big she is.

Cloth diapers - we're having our best luck with AMP sized pocket diapers but we usually put the insert on top rather than stuff it. She's still in disposables at night because I'm paranoid about changing her sleep routine, hah.

@ms.janedoe: eek. Sorry lady. We keep Ollie in the bassinet by the bed so I feel like I still have the convenience without him smelling me too much... At 12:30a when he woke up, I was just able to reswaddle and add the paci without feeding... It was amazing. Doing our first feed now after going to bed at 10p

Returning to work is getting real...less than 5 weeks left, yikes. We have done phone interviews with 6 nannies and are meeting the two final candidates in person this week. The response I received from the care.com posting was almost overwhelming... 40+ applicants. Wow

We had a doctors visit yesterday due to some chronic diarrhea/lose stools. She is fine. I was just told basically not to eat anything (duh). She is gaining well, up to 11 lb 1 oz.

I was thinking about starting a thread on the allergy/intolerance board to update with my diet, recipes, resources and/or symtoms incase someone else has to go through such an extreme diet since it more of an elimination than milk/soy...do you ladies think that would be helpful? I expect I would mainly be talking to myself most of the time lol.

Also if anyone is interested in getting more BG AIO's there were limited quantities of the old style BG elemental a produced and Cotton Babies did this thing where they reduced the priced daily until $17.95 ($7 off plus cottonbabies.com is always free shipping) and now there is just a few colors left at that price point. They are a little different from the freetimes (I think mainly the insert is sewn in on both ends instead of flaps), but the price point is awesome!

I'm going back to work next Tuesday and I've already been crying over it I have this irrational fear that he's going to think I've abandoned him and then he'll forget that I'm his mama.

I know I'm lucky for several reasons, I guess I should just focus on those. My mom and grandma will be keeping him and thats the next best thing apart from DH and I. They love him so much and we've spent a lot of time with them so he knows them. I only work 7 hour days, so including drop off/pick up, I'll leave the house at 8:15 and be back with him by 4:15ish. And best of all, I'll have the summer off. I may work part time, but that's it.

Holy shitty night... Totally my fault, but ugh. I decided to try and get LO back in her RnP and out of our bed now, before it gets tougher. I think I chose the worst possible night, as mom and sister were over all day and totally overstimulated LO and she literally didn't nap all day (it was awful). When they left, she finally went down until 6:30, but was out again by 7:00...so I just went with it and plopped her in the RnP. She was up about every 45 minutes to an hour (sleep cycles...) until about 11:30ish when she wanted to eat. Then she didn't want to go back down at all, so I caved and crashed in bed with her.

That didn't go any better and we were both up all night long until about 6-7 this morning. Yawn. Hoping tonight goes better. We've gotten a few good naps in so far, so that should help, and maybe bedtime will be a more reasonable hour. It'd also be nice if I could freaking relax and not look over at every little peep! Anyway, better to do it now than a few months from now, right?

Heading in to officially tell my boss I don't plan on coming back...that should be interesting!

@ms.janedoe: We had a crappy night last night too. D usually goes to sleep pretty good after his bath, but it took him an extra hour +. Then he was up a half hour later, after I'd fallen asleep. He's never done that before :-/. I pulled him into bed and then was up with him from 3:30 to 5. Then at 5:30 up again! I managed to get him to sleep some more on and off from 7-9, but I'm dragging today. Luckily he just took a nice 2 hour nap.

I never made it to the grocery store on Monday, but we're going to try once I finish feeding him. I'm going to try wearing him in my Beco. Hopefully this isn't a total fail.

@ShootingStar: good luck mama! You're braver than I am - we're heading to the doc and I'm making dh come with.

So tomorrow morning at 6:30am baby girl and I will be flying from DC all the way to southern California, by ourselves. My dad and two siblings are out there who have not met baby Reagan yet. It should be a good time, and I'm not *too* concerned about the flight, as baby girl is pretty good. Hopefully I won't eat those words tomorrow...has anyone traveled with their babies yet?

We survived :-). Shopping itself wasn't too bad, except it was nervewracking trying to get stuff on the bottom shelves. And they had a guy push the cart to my car and load it up. But getting him in and out of the carseat and the beco with the gold was a challenge. I feel super accomplished though, and sent DH this selfie cuz I'm a big dork.

@ShootingStar: Boo for a bad night. You look so great!! Congrats on the shopping trip! Haahha, I can just imagine the half bending over/half side squat to get something low.

@anbanan15: It's so tough!

@MrsDragon: good job on the outing! The first time is always terrifying, let alone to a hospital. Haahha, and I totally hear you on the car seat, we have a Toyota 4Runner and there's times I don't think I can lift it up and into it, seriously. Glad you're starting to feel better!

@NeekieRose: Good luck on the flight! It'll go great I'm sure. No experience yet, but we're going to Florida in April for a little get-away, so fingers crossed it'll go well! OMG, poor thing! At least it's only a week!! Does she seem to be bothered by them at all?

Tonight is going muuuuch better than last night. She had another craazy over the top day (again my fault) with way too little nap time, but I got her down at 8 in the RnP and she just wine up around 11:45. I'm hoping her stretches will get a liiiittle longer as we go on, but it's a good start! I'm nursing now so here's hoping we get another decent stretch!

Like I said, busy day again, we went to my work to show her off and have me quit, both of which went great! What a relief! Then we went to my friends house who lives close by. She has a one year old and a dog, both of which were LOUD! Poor LO again hadn't napped in way too long (45 min car ride each way, too) and was a little bit of a mess by the time we left. Luckily we have no plans for tomorrow except going to pick up DH from the airport. He's getting in a day early, which is good, but not landing until 9 at night, which is bad. I'm hoping she'll sleep in her car seat then I can "dream feed" when we get home and out her right down.

ETA: one picture after shots (and before a diaper change!), and one from her 9 week picture today!

@ms.janedoe: oh my, look at that hair! And the leg rolls!
If it truly is colic, it isn't an extreme case. He just gets really really gassy at night and becomes inconsolable. Some nights are worse than others, naturally. Gripe water seems to help but she discouraged it. But I still want to give it over giving mylicon. Bad mommy.