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@NeekieRose: So glad to hear that the west coast trip was a success. And I'm jealous that you were enjoying such warm temperatures. NoVA is too cold right now, don't you think? And I don't know when this snow will melt with these temperatures we are having. // Glad to hear she isn't in those little legs casts anymore. How does she do with keeping the shoes on? I can hardly ever keep socks on my guy.

@ShootingStar: I knew there was someone else who had a blowout. It only gets worse from here, right? Just hoping my gag reflex gets stronger

@ms.janedoe: Yay for 15-20 minutes on the playmat! I find that E's happiest in my arms, but I know I need to work on more time in the pack-n-play or on and activity mat during daytime hours. // As for eating healthier, try to cut up veggies and have them in containers that you can just grab and munch on. I had some red peppers, carrots and snap peas on hand this week and it has made it easier to get in some veggies. And I'm so ready for spring too! It was 60 degrees here on Monday this week and we took a 45 minute walk outside because I knew the rest of the week would be frigid. // Your little girl's smile is adorable

@anbanan15: How scary! I hope your little girl is doing better today. Do you think you'll go in and have her checked out, just in case?

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Great news from me! Elliott gained 12oz. in a week! He's still below the curve, but now he's trending upward. So YAY for supplementing! And yay for growing babies! It was such a great appointment that I treated myself to Starbucks. Those caramel flan lattes are delicious! Happy Friday everyone!

@sweetooth: Yay for gaining 12oz! We heavily supplemented in the beginning just to give me a break (cluster feeding + thrush sucks!) and D's getting huge. So don't feel bad about formula :). And now that he's not cluster feeding and the thrush has been resolved I've been able to EBF :).

Oh man, I hope blowouts don't get worse! I forget if I mentioned up-thread, but D all of a sudden stopped pooping a million times a day and went to once a day, then to every other day. It's that every other day poop that caused the blowout because the diaper just couldn't contain it all. He's usually in 1's, but I had some 2's around, so I put him in those yesterday, waiting for the giant 2 days worth of poop, and it contained it!

@MrsTiz: Sounds like he's doing awesome! We're using the pnp next to our bed for night sleep and the swing for naps. But when he goes to daycare he'll sleep in the crib/pnp there. I don't want to transition to the crib at night until we have less wakings.

So today's my last official day of maternity leave :(. For the next 2 weeks I'll work Monday-Wednesday, then full time after that. It'll be sad leaving this adorable face, but I really need a break from being on baby duty almost 24-7. DH helps but usually just for an hour or two at night.

@sweetooth: NOVA is waaayyy too cold. Totally not used to the single digits. She is okay with the shoes, we just have to get them on good and tight. One of the teachers from daycare told me yesterday that she has figured out how to use the hardware on the bottom of one shoe to pry off the other one. Sigh, my little houdini.

That is awesome that E is gaining! I don't drink coffee (never acquired the taste) but those flan lattes look good. I almost stopped for a chai this morning but didn't want to spend anymore time outside than necessary! Ha

@NeekieRose: All babies are born with a little Houdini side and yes, single digits are so wrong! I grew up in this area and I never remember it being this cold. Drink some herbal tea and stay warm! (I bet the other November moms who live in colder temps are laughing at us... )

I need to catch up...later. Yawn, we had a decent night, but I'm draaaagging today. LO is a little mussy and I'm feeling super guilty...I plopped her on her play mat for 15 minutes...and then when she got sick of that, I put her in her bouncer...in front of the tv. Faaaaaaaaail.

@ms.janedoe: I let Caroline look at the TV when she's eating if she happens to look that way-- I know my mom lets my 6 month old nephew do the same thing when he's in his exersaucer or his jumper-- she'll put on cartoons and if he watches, he watches-- though most of the time he's more interested in his toys... I don't think it's too big of a deal and def. not a fail

@anbanan15: so glad to hear that she's doing better!

@ms.janedoe: You are doing a great job mama! Let go of all guilt!

@MrsDragon: Happy to hear that things went well with the clip and you are being treated for thrush. Lots of relief and baby weight gain wishes to you!

We got ds into the doctor yesterday for some concerns we've been having for a few weeks now (in which they've already seen him 2x for but we saw a different doctor this time). Although rare, he thinks ds could have a lactose intolerance - boo hiss! He's on lactose free formula right now to see if it helps and so far it is. So long story short, my milk has been making him miserable for the past 8 weeks. All we want is a happy baby but that doesn't mean this doesn't break my heart.
Right now I'm still pumping just in case the formula doesn't do the trick. It sucks to have to quit with such an awesome supply but hopefully I can donate it if ds doesn't get to use it.

Seriously the worst night I think we've ever had. She's been having awesome sleep for the most part but this last night has just been a nightmare. She woke after 45 minutes in the RnP last night and after two separate attempts (and close to 2 hours), I finally just brought her in bed with me where she slept for maybe 2 hours. I put her down after feeding on the RnP and got another 2 hours, and now we've been up for 3 hours straight. She's exhausted, and I'll get her sleeping, but she'll wake up crying after 15 minutes...over and over again. I'm exhausted.

She's been super gassy so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Who knows. I just am praying I can get a nap in at some point today.

@Ash: ohh I was just going to say if you really wanted to you could continue to pump and become a donor. I see you already thought of that I used my local chapters of human milk 4 human babies and eats on feet on FB to find a donor.

Btw, DS was 13lb 11 oz at 2 mo. We called him baby Buddha too He was in 18-24 mo clothing at 1 year and now, a few months shy of 3, he is still mostly wearing 2T. They really do thin out when becoming mobile and during the 2nd year when the toddle body shape really takes over the baby chunk.

@MrsTiz: I'm glad to hear things are going well.

@MrsDragon: hope your feeling better soon and things start to get a little easier.

@Ash: Aww, I'm sorry you might have to give up bf-ing :(. But you are awesome for continuing to push to find a treatment for your baby. I hope the formula helps. I honestly have no idea how colic moms do it. The nightly witching hour is enough to make DH and I come close to losing our minds.

@ms.janedoe: We had one of our worst nights ever too. Though it was kind of our own faults - we decided to try out putting him in the crib in the nursery for the first time at night. He slept for 3 hours, but then once he woke up he kept wake up every hour until I brought him back to our room. We're also trying to get DH to take over one of the feedings at night, and that has just been a disaster. DS screams and screams at the bottle, which is so weird because he takes it during the day.

It's going to be another cold week here...I can't stay at home indoors all week long. I guess I could go to the mall to get some walking in? I had dreams of taking him to museums with me during my maternity leave. 2 weeks remain and I don't see the temperature rising enough for that to become a reality.

How do you all battle cabin fever? The weekends help, I get out on my own and feel a ton better.

@sweetooth: That's exactly what our nights have been like. He starts getting super fussy and I get desperate for DH to get home, and then all I want to do is hand the baby off. And then we spend the rest of the evening trying to get him to be happy.

I didn't realize how bad my cabin fever was until I was out all day yesterday with DH and D. It felt so good to be out of the house. And D slept almost the entire time, so it was a relief to not spend the day wondering when he was going to wake up and then trying to get him to nap.

So I was looking through some of my baby pics at my mom's this weekend. Ever since Nathan was born, lots of people said he looks like his daddy. He's changed so much though, especially in the past month. I think he's starting to look like his mommy

@MrsTiz: So good to hear from you!! It sounds like things are going great!! Full night's sleep? Sign me up! We haven't even started thinking about moving LO to her crib yet, I think once she's on a super consistent night schedule of only a few wakings, I'll get more serious about it.

@ShootingStar: What a little cutie! I'm glad going back to work sounds like a good plan for you. Poop blowouts FTW! Hope your witching hour gets better soon and DH can get one of the night feedings, that sounds blissful!

@NeekieRose: I like your crib transition plan. That's probably what I'll try doing once I get around to...actually doing it. Ha. Also, 9-10 hour stretches? Hell yes.

@sweetooth: Hope you're surviving the weather! We're having yet another cold blast, windchills of -45. Sigh. We haven't been out of the house...at all. Oops. I'm feeling a little guilty but there just really isn't anywhere worth going when it's this freaking ridiculous. So ready for spring.

@MrsDragon: So happy it sounds like things are getting better!! I'm sorry but you have a cutie on your hands!!

@Ash: awesome that the formula seems to be helping!! I'm sure it's nice to have a happy chunka-chunker!

@lilteacherbee: So cute!!! I can definitely see you!! I am so freaking jealous of sunny and 65. OMG, I'd kill for that. Enjoy it!!

Whew, I think I'm caught up! Thanks for ann the well wishes about our lack of sleep and tv babysitting! Ever since that shit-night of sleep, things have been great, a 5 hour and 4 hour stretch, and tonight, a SIX hour stretch (nursing now). Mornings still blow as she's up and ready to go at like, 5, then will only go back down for like, an hour, but with long stretches before, it makes it way easier. I'm hoping this keeps up!

My mom came over today for a long time, so that was awesome. Got the house cleaned and some much-needed company! LO has been great, looooves that damn playmat! I've been binge-watching Gossip Girl on Netflix and am a little worried what I'll do once it's over! DH is still set to come home Friday, though I'm hoping he gets in a day early! I still feel guilty about how much she seems to love the tv and how I use it as a babysitter from time to time throughout the day, but again, I'm kind of in the mindset that I gotta do what I gotta do to get through the days/nights. I figure it'll all work out!

I've been suuuuper lazy about cloth diapers... Oops. Also, like I said, I have no plans to get her in her crib anytime soon. I need to work on naps with her though, she's a crap daytime mapper unless she's in the carrier. Blah. It's just way easier, plop her in there abd she passes out immediately, or spend an hour or more trying to get her down in the swing or RnP, just to have her wake up in 20 minutes... Sigh, I need to stick to trying to do it though...eventually.

@ms.janedoe: I'm still using sposies... not sure if we're even gonna use the cloth. Don't feel bad! Focus on one thing at a time - that's been my motto! I have an idea regarding your baby girl's sleep... Have you tried white noise? Dh read babies like the whale sound so we turned it on on the sleep sheep and he puts himself to sleep. Weird but it works! You're quite the mama! *hugs* glad you had some company. I get lonely just being home for 24hrs alone. You're doing great! Hurry home dh!

@Ash: I'm glad you have found something that makes your little guy's tummy happy and you happy too

@ShootingStar: Hope your first day back to work goes well!

@MrsTiz: You know, we swaddled right after birth, and then we took a break. And then we tried again. Then a break. But now, we swear by the Halo Sleep Swaddle. We feed, burp, swaddle, white noise and place in his crib and walk away. Sometimes we have to go back to put the binky back, or pick him up for a little rocking and shooshing. But overall, it works like a charm for us. // That is so awesome about the year's supply of diapers

@ms.janedoe: It's going really well, I just get aggravated when I have to use sposies for any length of time. We use them overnight and this was the first time she'd peed through them. Our furnace was broken over the weekend, so she was in sposies since it was too chilly to wash her cloth.

Overall, I'm much happier now that I'm using a sized system instead of my BG AIO. It also doesn't hurt that I was able to sell all my BG for a decent price. I wish I'd gone with my gut in the first place and bought gDiapers, but you live and learn.

@lilteacherbee: your photo comparison is so cute! I still can't figure out which one of us E looks like...

@ms.janedoe: I only have a RnP or PnP... Wondering if I should find a used swing at the local baby consignment store...we wanted to limit how many baby things we had in our house. But now I'm just curious how he would take to the swing.

@ShootingStar: Hugs!