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@mrskc: Great idea!!! I'd gotten so behind on the other thread that I was too intimidated by the thought of catching up to jump back in AJ is so cute!

LO's name: Elliot
Gender: boy
Age: 11.5 weeks
Weight: Last Tuesday he was 13 pounds and 6 ounces. Big boy
Key milestones: Smiling, giggling, he has excellent head control and has lately started to love being stood up and bouncing. He has super strong legs! The back arching when angry is a milestone DH and I could have lived without
How's feeding going: Better. I've been exclusively pumping and feeding him through bottles for a week now and it's helped improve my stress level considerably. I have a really fast flow and that combined with LO's gassiness was making each feeding a 2 hour screamfest nightmare.
How's sleep going: It's going okay. He usually wakes up twice, once between 2 and 4 and one between 5 and 7. His daytime sleep is great and he's a really good napper.
WOHM, WAHM, SAHM or on mat leave? SAHM

I'm in the process of uploading pictures to my laptop- I'll be back with one once I get it figured out!

@mrskc: omgosh I love the silly face! It is my favorite thing when DS sticks his tongue out and gives his toothless grin:)
@Running Elley: hahaha! I feel intimidated when I'm MIA for awhile too. Glad you're back, girlfriend;) & props to you for pumping. It is a Godsend to relieve feeding-related stress!

Andddd here's Elliot This was tonight.

@Running Elley: thank you:) I wanna see Elliot...Hope uploading works for you soon:)

@mrskc: Thank you:) & I know your fears: that's how I feel about the swing. DS will not just go ahead and take a nap in his crib. He fights naps, but the swing lures him into one with its swaying and singing. So, without it, we don't nap. yay:/ Do you swaddle? Maybe that'll help him feel more cozy in the crib? But then again, your babe sleeps so well & you know what they say: "If it ain't broke-don't fix it!"

@Running Elley: maybe try photobucket or flikr? That's what I use so I'm not aure how to do it from a phone:/

@mrskc: ahh he's so cute! I feel like you get so many pics of him smiling, so great!
@Running Elley: glad it sounds like pumping is working out really well for you! Did the supplements your LC told you about help with your Raynaud's at all?
@TurtleDoves: ah cutie! Leo has that same outfit but in Newborn size--he wore it home from the hospital And I hear ya on the magic of the swing during naptime. It's great! I dread the day LO outgrows it.

Yay new thread!

I will post the update thingy when I get home, I can't figure out copy/paste on DHs tablet, lol.

We have some insanely cute pics of C we have snapped on the trip, I cant wait to see then not just on camera screen!

She slept thru the night again last night, looking forward to seeing if she does it at home tonight and beyond. We are trying the crib tonight too, might as well jump right to it! She is 'talking' so much now, so observant and so loud, just like her Momma, lol.

Leaving for airport in an hour or so, two hour drive, flight is later this aft.

Time change will be a perfect new bedtime, works out really well.....I hope!

Hope everyone is doing well, maybe with new thread some other Oct Moms will jump in too!

@hilsy85: The Raynaud's is completely under control- yay! I also developed thrush which is also under control...which makes pumping kind of bittersweet actually =/ My pain is gone but it's still not working. I'm coming to terms with it though. I so miss him nuzzled up against me nursing!
@jessiejo17: She's so beautiful!!! That's about how much Elliot eats every 3 hours too- I'm glad to hear that it's not just a him thing. I get nervous about overfeeding him!

Ahhhh is my baby the only one who doesn't sleep through the night? The only reason we get that long stretch at the beginning is because of a dream feed at 10pm. I don't know what else I can do. I'm pretty sure that the only reason he wakes up is because gas wakes him up though so I guess I may just be waiting it out. I hate gas!!

@TurtleDoves: Oh boy, I'm glad that DD at least least gives me a break at night! But during the day we have to be on our toes, she gets very upset if we make her wait too long! lol

@Running Elley: This face is so cute, and what pretty eyes!!!

@mrskc: Such a cutie
@hilsy85: Love the goofy grin
@jessiejo17: Love her bow
@Running Elley: So cute. He has really filled out since I last saw a picture of him. He is an adorable little man
@TurtleDoves: Love the hat he is such a cute little peanut

Great idea to start a new thread!

LO's name: J
Gender: boy
Age: 10 weeks
Weight: 11lbs 6oz at his 2 month doctor's appointment last week
Key milestones: Smiling and cooing are the really fun ones we have been enjoying. He also has rolled from tummy to back a few times, and his neck is definitely getting stronger. He's constantly in motion and "stands" on his legs when we hold him up.
Milestone looking forward to most: I'm looking forward to giggling and sitting up on his own.
How's feeding going: Breastfeeding is going well. J seems to be eating all the time though - he will eat every 2-3 hours during the day (I try to stretch him out to 3, but some days he just won't do it), and for the past few days, in the evenings from 5 or 6 until he goes to bed he has been eating nearly constantly, growth spurt style. He has also started taking a long time to eat during each feeding - he used to do 15 minutes on each side, but now he can take up to half an hour on each side (and cries if I stop feeding him when I think he should be done) - any ideas on what to do there?
How's sleep going: Can't complain. J goes to bed at 9:30 and sleeps until 6 or 6:30, then eats and will sleep another hour or two if we're lucky. Naptimes are less successful - he will often take catnaps of 30 minutes or so, and it's a struggle getting him to nap for an hour to an hour and a half, though he'll do it sometimes.
Bedtime Routine: Bath every 2-3 days, PJs, nursing, miracle blanket, little song and a kiss on the cheek, then to bed in his bassinet with white noise.
Where is baby sleeping/napping: Sleeping in a bassinet next to my side of the bed, napping in his crib in the nursery with the occasional nap on me or my husband if we can't bring ourselves to stop holding him.
WOHM, WAHM, SAHM or on mat leave? On maternity leave until April, then WOHM.

@TurtleDoves: Seriously! Elliot gets really impatient when he's hungry too- there's no distracting him =\

I love seeing all the updated pictures of the little ones! Everyone is getting so big! Time is already seriously flying...

So yah....also.....post-partum AF number THREE visited me today. I am so bloody pissed (lol, literally?). It's like 7-8 days of it on, then 6-7 days off, then back again, and this is #3. So bitter.

Also, DH got a new brand of multi vitamin and it's making him nauseous when he takes it, and it's SO funny because he didn't believe me when I whined about it when taking pre-natal! He never remembers to take it with fully belly, routine to have it first thing in morning, that'll teach him

C is SO unsettled today, I think she is just spent from all the travel. Not nursing well, and f-u-s-s-y!

@Beebug: wow! Looooove that smile in the tub! She's precious:)

OK ladies sleep training commence! Ok well, we started 3 nights ago but I didn't want to say anything in case it was an utter fail.
Basically, we are doing the Ferber method.
We do the bedtime routine, put him in his crib drowsy but awake and walk away. Every 5-10-15 minutes we check on him if he's crying. Can't pick him up but can sing, pat, offer paci until he calms a bit, then we leave again.
I thought this would be super hard because I CAN NOT stand to hear LO cry:( But luckily for us, he didn't cry much:)
He fusses for a few minutes but then sleeps! It's been super easy.
It differs greatly from what we've been doing because we've been letting him sleep in our arms, only to have him wake up the second we lay him into his crib. So, we'd have to start all over and this would go on for awhile. But now, because he falls asleep in his crib, he stays asleep:)

part 2 of sleep training: weaning the night feeds
Everytime LO cried at night, I go down there, feed him and put him back to sleep. Well, my ped said at his age he should be going much longer between feedings than he is. So, when he woke the first night, I didn't feed him. I wanted the 5 mins, soothed him in his crib and walked away. Again-within 2-3mins he was back asleep.
Next night: no wake at all.
So he has now done 8h stretches without waking *twice*. Then, he wakes, feeds quickly and finishes to 12h total.
By 4.5 months, i'll wean him from the 1 feeding as well if he doesn't on his own by then. (How to Solve your Child's Sleep Problems).
So, sleep training has been going so great! He's responding well and sleeping without any more than 2-5 at the most mins of crying.
Today DH convinced me to try it with naps too. We figure why try to teach him good habits at night only to allow him to break them during the day? So, I just put him down for his 2pm nap and that went well too. He cried for 5mins, I soothed him, and then he cried for another 6:( But then he fell asleep before my 10min mark so, that was great:)
Mind you his crying isn't screaming or anything...it's like a fussy whine.
Anyways---apparently 2.5months old is a good time to sleep train so maybe that is why he's responding so well? Either way, I have a new found feeling of hope!
I used Mrs.Bee's blog (http://www.hellobee.com/2012/12/20/does-when-you-sleep-train-help-determine-success/) as inspiration and ordered this book: http://www.amazon.com/Solve-Your-Childs-Sleep-Problems/dp/0743201639/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356896839&sr=8-1&keywords=solve+your+childs+sleep

@TurtleDoves: how many times was he waking up at night before? L is only waking up once usually so I feel like we can't/shouldn't drop that feed...although I would love to!! So glad to hear training went well, right now were still rocking L to sleep 80% of the time, I'm sure this will bite us in the butt.

Also what does it say to do if after the 15 min chk baby is still crying?

@hilsy85: he was sleeping 12h and waking every 3-4h so about 3 sometimes 4 times:( I wouldn't drop the feed if its only the one. I don't think they "need" to be sttn until 6months. But the book said by 4.5m he needs to be down to 1 feed a night. Leo is there! Esom is way behind! I'd still sleep train him if you think hes dependant in rocking (for going to bed on his own), but you've got it good because you don't have to sleep train during the night.
I still rock him actually but I only rock him until his eyes are droopy-not until he's in deep sleep. I love rocking together:)