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@Beebug: I did the same thing re junk food. I ate it all and haven't allowed anymore in the house. Should help me shed some pounds. I'm not Canadian but my doc has never mentioned percentiles. I think he's a bit laid back. At the last appt, I asked about green stool. His response was as long as hes gaining weight who cares. Lol I see a lot of moms out on their own. I don't have any mommy friends so I'm usually out and about by myself.

I have my work Xmas dinner tonight. My parents will be watching LO. Looking forward to a little no baby time and being able to eat with out rushing thru.

@Beebug: I figure if they want to become thumb suckers, it'll happen whether we want it to or not, lol. I wouldn't stress too much over it--right now, whatever L uses to soothe himself is fine by me, since it probably will help him sleep longer! But in general, I feel like it's easier to get rid of a paci than to stop thumb sucking, since I can't really remove his thumb, lol. Also, my pedi didn't give us percentiles--I looked them up when I got home because I was curious.

@mrskc: ha he sounds relaxed! Which is good--my pedi is similar in that she's very no nonsense, she doesn't really buy into a lot of "trendy" or of-the-moment parenting ideas. Hope you had a good time at your dinner!

I don't really have any mommy friends either, although I've been going to a mom's group once a week. We only have one more session though; I hope I stay in touch with some of the girls (women actually--they're all older than I am, some of them much older!)

I think we're going to get our tree today, yay! Anyone else have fun plans for the weekend? @mrskc, I am also going to attempt your photo shoot with the lights! I also am regretting some of the purchases I made for L on cyber Monday--I bought him 4 sleepers in 0-3 month from carters and now it seems like he'll probably outgrow them in another few weeks, lol. Oh well, save them for the next baby I guess.

@hilsy85: I wish you lived closer! I have met a lot of mommy friends and I find that I'm busier now than before we had C. We have a regular happy hour one day and go to lunch another day. With the warmer weather, we've been walking on those days too. I had an OT come out to the house to work with C's latch - she is a suck specialist that also works in the city if you ever need her. Before she even got her coat off, she could tell what was wrong with C. She was awesome.

@beebug: Our pediatrician gives us the percentiles of height, weight and head circumference at each visit, along with a printout of a chart showing where he is in relation to the average! last time he was 65th percentile height, 35th weight and head circumference. I'm guessing it's because the parents in my area are very into data! The only thing the doctor mentioned about it is that it doesn't matter what percentile the baby is, as long as it stays on that percentile (or goes up) - so if he's 35th percentile for weight, that's fine, as long as he isn't 15th percentile at the next visit.

I know what you guys mean about mom friends - I have one very close friend who has a 7 month old, but she lives a bit too far for us to hang out all the time, and she's back at work now. @hilsy85: are you in Manhattan? If so, we should meet up! Is anyone else an NYC mom?

@Beehive: I'm in Brooklyn! I would love to meet up--maybe in January, after our LOs have their 2 month shots/holiday craziness dies down?
@mrskc: I attempted it unsuccesfully, lol. I think I need to buy more lights to really get the twinkle effect.

@JessLC: yay! I totally agree, would love to meet more mom friends.

We also tried dtd last night...it didn't really hurt but I was so tense it wasn't really much fun! No advice except lots of lubrication and take it slooow.

@Beebug: sorry to hear your date night wasn't so great! I totally get feeling awkward about your body...I feel so unsexy --breastmilk everywhere, sore boobs, flabby tummy. It's not exactly conducive to a romantic evening! Hopefully this will pass for us though and we'll feel like more of ourselves and get back into a groove with our DHs! (hugs)

@Mrs.B: Did you switch from GDipes to BGs if I remember correctly? I opened my BG's a size/snap yesterday for her, and it felt way too soon to be doing that, but I feel like they fit better? Have you done that yet? If you're in BGs, I can't remember! I threw one medium sized FuzziBun in to the mix too, will try it today. Small's say to 14lbs, and I know she's definitely not 14lbs yet, but who knows with the fit and her "shape" I guess, may just work better? We're not getting leaks or anything, just feel like I have to do them up so tight to get the right fit.

Well, I think I reached a new low in this breastfeeding saga...I just emailed pictures of my nipples to my LC--not pretty!

@Beebug: i have the same issue with LOs sleep...she won't go down until 11pm, then sleeps until 5ish. but i'd like to start putting her down earlier. she won't go down unless she's had enough to eat during the day but i can't seem to get her to eat more often during the day!

@hilsy85: oh no sorry to hear that. i hope your LC can help you. i have been following your bf-ing saga - and i must say, you are one tough lady!

@Beehive: i do the miracle blanket while lo is napping and its almost like she sleeps too well in it, that i have to wake her up to feed her. but she won't stay asleep if she isn't swaddled because she startles herself awake every 5 minutes with her arms flinging out to the sides. even with just a regular blanket swaddled, she'll break out, so miracle blanket is a must for us. the one time that we attempted to DTD, baby was sleeping!

@mrskc: i think part of why it was painful was because i was tense, we were using a condom (Which has always hurt me), and it has healed differently on the inside and maybe thats why there was bleeding. its been so long that there are cobwebs in there. maybe it needs to stretch out again! sorry, TMI.

@hilsy85: aw I'm sorry you're still having a hard time BFing. Hope your LC can help you.

@Beehive: we're not very consistent with naps either. He'll nap anywhere from 30 min - 2 hours. Right now DS naps in his swing or my arms. I'm not sure how to keep him napping longer either.

So tried to DTD again last night. Used a condom and did it w/o going all the way in. Sorry if tmi lol. Just taking it slow and we'll work up to full penetration.

anybody have days where LO just didn't want to eat as much as usual? she is sleeping a lot, seems normal, no temp...just not as hungry. like going 4 hours between feedings and only staying on for 5 minutes and crying/fighting when i try to put her back on....i am using the Baby Connect app and its shown that she is feeding much less in terms of time in the last week.

@Beebug: not sure what the issue is now, but they are not looking good. Hope your IUD insertion went well!@JessLC: maybe a growth spurt? How many weeks is she? I feel like my LO never ate all the time like I heard was common during growth spurts, but he did sleep more.

@Jesslc: Perhaps your LO is just growing. We noticed with DS that he sleeps a lot more when he is going through a growth spurt. The days prior to the growth spurt he eats like crazy. My DH commented on how he was going to hiberate like a bear.... O.o My Dad is a NP and he said not to worry too much unless LO is losing weight quickly.

@Hilsy85: I hope that the LC helps you out. On my end it looks like I have thrush again....I am not happy about it. On the plus side it looks as though DS doesn't have it yet. I would like to keep it that way. Last time he got thrush it was awful..we were starting to get away from pumping as much until my nipple on one side cracked. I thought it was healing ok until two days ago when I noticed white spots on the nipple. I feel a little upset about it. I just keep telling myself breastmilk is best for LO and its free....Sometimes it is the only thing that gets me through.

@BeeBug: I hope your holiday travels go well. I have been traveling with DS since he was about a month old. All I can say is be sure not to overpack. I am blessed in terms of all the places I have traveled with DS has pack and plays or portable cribs for him to sleep in. All I have to bring are enough diapers, wipes, clothes, and bottles with me for however long I am staying. I try to pack light because I realized that I was bring WAY too much with be before. All overpacking did was weigh us down more. (Plus I should point out I was traveling alone with LO because of work.) I learned fast to only pack the basics. I hope placing your IUD went well, I am too chicken. Plus DH and I are planning on having another child in the near future. (Crazy I know, but we are looking at about 2 years apart.)

DS has been going down to sleep around 10:30-11pm and sleeps until 5:30-6. If we could just learn to go to sleep when he does we would be in business but no such luck so far. I am sure 5:30 wouldn't look so yucky if I would go to sleep when he does. I am have been getting to bed around 2am most nights. We are currently staying with my folks until we get into our own place after the first of the year, so I spend a lot time chatting with my mom and helping with things around the house.

Our holidays have always been busy even before baby. This year I was hoping that the maddness would be less but again no such luck. We are starting our holiday trek on 12-23-12 with a 3 hour (normally) ride north to DH's family. We are then driving back to my folks on 12-25-12, to meet up with them, and drive 2 1/2 hours to my Grandparents home for our family Christmas. We will end up staying over night at my Grandparents and meet up with some family friends on 12-26-12 and then at some point drive home 2 1/2 hours. It seems to never fail that we end up running everywhere. This year I had hoped everyone would come to us.

This weekend we have a family Christmas Party 2 1/2 hours away. We are doing a down and back trip so that is 5 hours in the car for LO in one day. We shall see how that goes.... I am not predicting good things here. Hopefully we can plan it around his eating schedule so he will sleep in the car.

Tomorrow DS is getting his 2 month shots. I am not looking forward to this. I HATE needles and I know that he will just feed off my feelings. Also his doctor ordered x-rays for his hips to make sure that they are properly formed. Both of DS's hips click when they do range of motion. Hopefully it is nothing, perhaps we will get the X-rays done before his shots tomorrow.

Hope everyone is doing well. And here is a picture of Nolan just the other night.

PS: Sorry it is so long...

@MrsRcCar: Yes about packing light....quick trip too, so that will help!! Are you back to work already?

We are planning for kids close together too....IUD will likely just stay in until June/July Going as close together (if we got preggo right away) as we can, so long as I get my hours in (600 from when I go back to work in October) until I'd go off again!

@Beebug: I never really stopped working completely. I work for my Dad's office. I mainly doing billing for his medical office. I haven't really been back to work in the office yet. I work from home a lot though and I do go to the office a couple times a week to just clean up some paperwork stuff. I used to work nearly 50 hours a week before I had DS. Now I work about 10 or 15 hours a week sometimes less. My dad would like me back in the office full time weeks ago but fact of the matter is I am not ready. After the holidays I plan to work more at the office plus my mom will be able to look after the baby more for me. My mom works in retail so she is working a lot right now with the holiday. After the first of the year she will be working only 2 days a week and will be able to look after DS for me. She is pretty excited about it.

My brother and I are 15 months apart. I would like my kids to be more like 16-24 months apart. Yes I know big range. My DH and I plan to have four children but we shall see about that. We love Nolan so much, and can't wait for him to have a sibling. I was lucky when I was pregnant with him I had a pretty easy pregnancy. I am sure my veiw would have changed if it was rough.

@hilsy85: @Beebug: @MrsRcCar: i hope its a growth spurt...its frustrating. just when i thought bf-ing was getting a little more tolerable (i really hated it for a long time), stuff like this happens! also, LO has been on antibiotics for a week and my boobs have had these sharp and quick pains in them for the last day or so. not terribly painful, but unusual for me. do you think its thrush? what are the symptoms that you guys had? that is the only thing i have noticed. LOs mouth looks normal too, no white spots. i have been so paranoid about getting thrush that i actually didn't take antibiotics that my doctor prescribed me for an ingrown toenail...yes. i'd rather have my toe fall off than get thrush. (my toe is fine though)

as for #2...i don't even want to think about it! this motherhood thing has been so hard for me!

Wow! I missed a lot again!

We haven't DTD yet --- my 6 week checkup is today so if she clears me we will be trying very soon - I'm scared!

As for baby #2 - DH brought this up the other day, which is crazy because I can't imagine doing it all again - but we want one more and we want them close in age and we are getting older.... So, we will probably start trying this summer. Yikes. We are going on vacation in July in Europe, and he wants to start trying then. We will see - I may push it off a little longer! It did take us about 7/8 months to get pregnant though...

Too much to think about right now!

@JessLC: ugh I hope it's not thrush! Have you noticed any white spots on your nipples or in LO's mouth? Also, thrush pain is typically like a deep throbbing pain in the breast and nipple--feels like shards of broken glass (fun stuff). I would maybe start taking a probiotic just in case, those can be helpful in warding off yeast. @Beebug: we moved LO out of his bassinet into his crib at night at 4 weeks, but we still use it on the stroller. I hate when I can't fall back asleep atnight--insomnia is the worst! That's so cute of your husband, and I hear ya on the more practical gifts...I want to ask for those storage bags that you can vacuum seal and that get small, so I can start storing away my maternity clothes!