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I want a 3 month check up! We don't go to doc until Feb 20th again, for four month check up....and needles....

Hi everyone, sorry I have been MIA for me, what a whirlwind week! I am still "on" facebook, but have pretty much everything deleted and just haven't de-activated yet. I do like browsing, and heck....I like posting, but hate how I can't control what others do and that's my huge issue right now.

The funeral was as good as a funeral can be, C was good, but I had to stand at the back and keep her bouncing most of the time, but she hardly made a noise, and brought smiles to people at the reception afterward.

We may put an offer on a house in the next few days......attached the floorplan because I'm that excited, though it's a little stressful too. It's a lot of money (will be close to half a mil, it's gross that's "all" you can get for that here) it is a 1600 sq ft bungalow that will go on a lot 50ft wide by 110ft deep, that backs on to greenspace (a major must for me) and a park in a subdivision of homes 5 minutes from where I work. We went to look at a resale home that backed on to a park/soccer field like 2 minutes west of this for the same price and the updating/paint selection/floorplan left us feeling really discouraged, so we flipped back to looking new.

So that's got us a little consumed, it would be ready in September, the lot is just dirt right now, no foundation in or anything.

C is doing good, still waking far too much in the night, she is only eating once in the night though, and just four times throughout the day, rejects me twice through the day as I have been trying to get back to five times, but she won't have any of it. She is sort of trying to roll now, it's funny, but so much as she tries, she really doesn't enjoy it, lol.

Yesterday I had my grossest Mom moment to date, C puked pretty much an entire feeding down my v-neck hoodie, it pooled in the cups of my bra, continued down my stomach, and soaked across the top of my underwear.....gross gross gross....all part of being a Mom I guess

@hilsy85: How did your house offer end up?! Good to know I am not alone with the rejecting feeding stuff, everyone around me keeps telling me if she's hungry she'll eat, and we're still getting regular wet and poopy dipes, so everything must be ok....! It's sort of nice to be honest, once I maybe accept and plan more for her not having 5x a day, it's usually about 8-9am-ish, Noon-ish, 4pm, then 7pm, good stretches if we are out and about if it continues and I give up trying to get her another meal in!

Going to try for another run tomorrow, I did some solid shred sessions this week, did level 1 today to take a break from level 2.

@Kemma: lol about arched back, craned neck and grinning! C is going to have strong oblique muscles as when she strikes she does a side crunch "up" to me, turns her head and gives a big gummy smile with the widest eyes, I either have to avoid looking at her, or just laugh. Then there's the times she freaks screaming and crying....those aren't nearly as fun

@Kemma: A also likes to play while feeding.

We have hit the 4 month sleep regression. A was up every 1.5 hours last night and woke up for the day at 4:30am. I hope it passes quickly because I am SO tired.

@Mrs.B: oh no! i'm so worried about this, especially since I'm heading back to work in a week. J has started to wake earlier & best semi-awake in the middle of the night and this is new, he was sleeping 10 hr stretches for a few weeks, and something is changing. Not good!

@hilsy85: how's L doing with sleep/paci etc?

@MRSKC: J is also loving his hands, and is not as happy on his back as much... He gets bored fast! I think i saw you said A loves his changing table - so does J, there's a lot to look at so sometimes I strap him on and he happily hangs there for half an hour while I clean/fold laundry or whatever!

Update for me. This is my last week of maternity leave
It's going to be hard to go back, but I guess I'm ready. I feel like I'm actually in denial, I'm not even thinking about work even though it's a week away. UGH. It will be fine. It will be fine.

We bought a jumper/exersaucer thing that i think he will love. He's maybe a week or two away from going in it, but he's loving sitting up all of the time and he is constantly kicking his legs so i think he'll love it.

I still don't have him sleeping in his crib - but I've got him doing naps in the crib now and it's going pretty well. I just put him in there after he's awake playing for an hour and he'll cry a little then just sleep.

I may start trying the crib tonight, but I just like having him in the room with us still.

He's getting too big for the rock n play though, its time....

@hilsy85: She is in the habit of nursing to sleep. So I nurse her everytime. I have learned how to nurse while I'm half asleep so it's not horrible but not ideal.

@hellobeeboston: A is also still part time in her rock n play and part time bed sharing. She is short but chunky so she is not to long for it but looks smushed in. She still will not sleep flat unless co sleeping. This is something we need to work on.

@Mrs.B: I feel you on the sleep thing! Just about every hour and half last night DS was awake....I am one tired mommy today. He generaly sleeps about 8-10 hours at night. I really want that back but the last couple days have been pretty busy. I think tonight I will give him a bath early and see if we can get him down better.

@hilsy85: DS generally (up until this week) has slept so much better with his Paci. I plan to let him keep it until he loses the bottle and moves to a sippy cup. This is what my mom did when I was small that worked very well. If he stops before then I won't complain. DS does love chewing on his hands though.

@hellobeeboston: Good Luck with the crib sleeping. DS did just fine going from his bassinet to crib. I think I was more worried about it. However most mornings he does still end up with me in bed because he wakes up and wants to snuggle before he eats. I think it helps me sleep because DS's crib is in our room presently. We are getting new floors put in, so we are waiting to move him until they are done.

Ds has taken to smiling and laughing when he eats sometimes. As much as I love his smiles and laughs, it is taking so much longer for him to eat. We had a great routine down, but I don't mind too much.

We went to the Frankenmuth Snow and Ice Festival over the weekend and DS did great! It was a little funny to see him all bundled up in his snowsuit. I did learn it was harder to wear him with his snowsuit on but he wouldn't sit in his stroller at all.

Ds goes to the Children's Hopsital tomorrow to meet with the Oral surg. folks about his upper lip tie. I am hoping that we can get it taken care of tomorrow.

@MrsRcCar: good luck with your appt tomorrow, I hope it goes better than ours went with the ENT a few weeks ago! I really hope they're able to help N

Eeeek I just booked the venue for A's first birthday. I know I am SO far in advance but I like to be on top of things. It's hard to sneak time in to plan things with all the kiddos running around and I have to throw DH a 40th birthday party and DS a 5th birthday party this year. I am going to be a party planning fool!
The venue holds 70 people which should be big enough. We are doing a Rasberry Pink and Carribean colored chevron theme. We will most likely add some poka dots into the theme as well. Here is my pinterest board I started for her Bday.

http://pinterest.com/craftybrouard/alia-s-chevron-themed-1st-birthday/

@mrskc: It's at a community center so it's pretty plain. I'm going to put up back drops to add pops of color. Like this.

@Mrs.B: Cute!

@Running Elley: I hope Elliot feels better soon! I'm so worried about all the germs going around this winter, I feel like people who have spring and summer babies are lucky about not hitting the cold and flu season with the youngest babies! It's great that he doesn't have a fever, hopefully his cold will just go away on its own.

@Mrs.B: wow that looks like it's going to be awesome! love the colors.
@Beehive: yay for better napping and some predictablity! Just out of curiosity, had he dropped in percentiles, or was his actual weight just not where the dr thought it should be? And I'm the same way with watching the monitor all night, even now with LO in his own room for two months!
@Running Elley: poor E not looking forward to our first cold, which I'm sure is coming.

@TurtleDoves: we're probably not doing a party, or even a fancy dinner...we will probably have grandparents and aunts and uncles over for cake and some finger foods. We don't really have a huge apartment, and it's so expensive to rent spaces in NYC.

@Beehive: ah gotcha! I';m just always concerned that L isn't gaining enough weight since he never seems particularly hungry and never nurses for a long time. Hopefully J's schedule helps him get back on track

@mrskc: How are you feeling?
@hellobeeboston: I was also in denial about going back to work. Even that morning! It didn't hit me until I finished nursing DD and I had to leave. I cried all the way to the train. @Running Elley: so sorry little E is sick. I'm dreading that first sickness. A 2 year old coughed right on C today. I had to try really hard not to make a disgusted face right in front of his mom.

@Running Elley: I hope E is feeling better!

@mrskc: Hope you're feeling better!

@MrsRcCar: Goodluck at your apt.

@TurtleDoves: I did not do a "big" party for DS but since A is going to be my last LO I really want to this time. I do agree it's more for our family and friends then DD because she will not remember it. DS will be getting a big fun 5th birthday this year. This is the first year he will be inviting his friends to his party.

Finally got around to ordering my push/christmas gift. I'm excited for it to get here.

@mrskc: @Mrs.B: @JoeysMama: @hilsy85: His appointment went very well today. We met with the dentist at Children's Hospital about his lip. The dentist said that N will likely out grow the lip issue but will continue to keep an eye on it. Although he did say that if it does become an issue he wouldn't fix it until N was 9 or 10 years old. I am just feeling better, knowing that the professional doesn't think it is anything to worry about right now. N has such a great time at the office visit. He was flirting like crazy with all the ladies.

I have decided that I am going to take up knitting. Hopefully it won't be too hard. Any tips from other ladies on good ways to get started?