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Ok...sleep may have been crap today, but Hyla took a 3oz bottle from me after my class! I also didn't die during Barre today, but we'll see how I feel tomorrow.

Another 6 hour sleeping stretch for LO! That's the third time this week,,, now to get him to do it every night.

Lucy went to sleep at 1030 last night! But then woke up at 2:15, 4, 5:30, and 7:30. If she doesn't go back down for a couple hours I am going to be such a zombie.

@ladybee: Maybe call your ped? I think that means he's constipated. Everything I've read says babies shouldn't have formed poos until they are eating solids.

@Jennimac: Don't you love the projectile vomit!

Hyla went to bed at 11:30 last night, woke up at 4:00, and now is up at 8:21. Naps definitely helped yesterday, even if they were crappy and short.

Effie fighting the swaddle... it's legit! Girl is strong!

So, I made another post about this, but I was nursing LO this morning and when we were done she got choked and coughed and I freaked. It took a few seconds to catch her breath and I spazzed out. I found her sucky bulb and auctioned her mouth a little bit. Googling was the devil because it told me that any time an infant has a cough at her age, you immediately go to dr. Then I was worried it was whooping cough and she just hasn't shown any other symptoms. Seriously. I could be certifiable. I held her while I was wide awake for an hour and a half. Then I put her down because I was exhausted. She was fine and is fine this morning. We were going Friday to have her 2 month shots and visit, but our wether is suppsed to be horrible and we don't do winter weather where I live. Like people spazz out. So I called this morning and I got her appt changed to tmrw, which is awesome, especially given my worries about LO, but it means we leave our other home today instead of Thursday. DH made some jokes about it and I cried. Then he realized that he shouldn't have done that. We could have had an appt on Thursday, but it wouldn't have been with her pediatrician. I really want him to see her because I have a lot of questions and I think she has an umbilical hernia and I want to see what he suggests we do about it.

@evansjamie: I think I will. Just some reassurance will be nice. We don't do a one month visit and it's been about 5.5 weeks since we've been there.

I know he hates for us to leave and that's why he was making a joke about us leaving. I just hated it, especially since I think that sometimes he resents me because we live in two places because of our jobs.

Well, we had our 2 month check-up. LO was a champ! She is also a little chunk. she is 12 lbs 5 oz (89%), 23 in long (79%), and her head is 39.5 (74%). I love my ped. He answered all my questions, didn't think I was crazy, and gushed about how pretty and sweet LO is. Of course, I agreed. she cried a little with her shots and I nursed her afterwards in the car. She was great after that, so we ran some errands since we are expecting an ice storm this weekend. Then, when we got home, LO was upset. I think her legs were really hurting her so I gave her some Tylenol (infants) and nursed her and she is currently asleep on my chest. I'm going to lay her down and hopefully get some things done around the house. In all my sadness of yesterday and leaving early, it all works out because LO had her appt today and we are headed to our other home tomorrow because daddy wasn't going to be able to make it up here. Rather than us get stuck up here and miss out on a long weekend with daddy, we are headed to him! So happy and excited everything worked out.

@Jennimac: Does your LO sleep in her carseat? M hates being strapped in the carseat and cries so I stay in back with her while DH drives. I haven't been able to take her anywhere by myself yet because she throws a fit!

@daniellemybelle: We've been using the Halo swaddle sacks since M was a few weeks old. She let us know from the day she was born that swaddling with arms in just wasn't going to happen. She broke out every time and then got upset when we put her arms back in. So the Halo sacks have been great because they give her that security of being tightly bound but her arms can move freely. P.S. I LOLed at "lactivists". Good luck today!

@Abbylyn: We seem to be in the same boat this week. LO was sleeping a 4-5 hour stretch at night and the rest were 3 hours. Now he's waking almost every 1 1/2 hours, but sleeps a good 2 - 2 1/2 hour nap during the day. I'm baffled... and ridiculously tired.

@abbylyn: Arthur is also 7.5 weeks. It must be the start if the next wonder week. I finally got him to sleep 2.5 hours this morning by putting him in our bed with me... Really don't want yo keep doing that.

@TFrances: I'm jealous of your 2.5 hour nap. Hyla will nap for 40 minutes. Her wonder week started at Thanksgiving, so naps and sleep were HELL. She did four hours last night, but I am tired. I honestly don't know how I will function at work in January.

@evansjamie: Aww so cute!

@MapleMoose: Haha - thanks! I didn't invent the term.

The support group went well today. There was another mama there who is having issues & so I was not alone in giving a bottle, and I didn't feel judged. There was a LC there who was helpful though she gave some advice that slightly contradicts my LCs. I feel like there are so many different ideas about BFing! She was in agreement with my LC that I need to be pumping to increase my supply... which I have given up. Sigh. I am going to get back at it next week, and see what happens. I hate the time it takes away from my LO.

Good news is that there was a scale at the meeting and LO is gaining weight like gangbusters! I wish it was all from me, but she is a healthy baby & that's what matters.

Naps/Sleep - LO is a decent nighttime sleeper though she'll have a rough one every few days where she just doesn't seem to get into a deep sleep. Her naps are crap. It's not so much that she won't sleep long - she will take at least one nap a day, if not two, that are longer stretches. It's that she takes FOREVER to go down for a nap & cries (not fusses, full on screams) before she falls asleep every time. I have no idea why girlfriend hates naps so much! Naps are great! I feel like we are going to have to nap train eventually so she can learn to go to sleep on her own.

@abbylyn: My ideal schedule is nap time 1.5 hours after she last woke up to avoid that very problem but she still fights it! I definitely need to pre-empt the overtiredness better though. We have a swing we borrowed, and that has been helping. It makes a good transition from playtime to naptime.

We have been dabbling with cosleeping lately & man, is that a slippery slope! I can tell she prefers to sleep on or next to me now instead of her RnP. I need to break this bad habit! It's just so much easier to feed her in bed some nights when I am so tired.

@daniellemybelle: Co-sleeping is a slippery slope! I can't even get her in her crib now for a nap.

All naps today have been in the swing. Therefore, all naps have been 1.5 hours. Therefore, Mama has been doing some things for me, like sewing. Mama is happy. Maybe swing naps are bad, I don't know, but if she sleeps longer than 40 minutes and I don't have to fight her to sleep, it's all good.

@Jennimac: Lo sleeps on her side at night with me. She likes to curl up with my boob. It's sweet.

@Evansjamie: That is a great picture. Arthur will be experiencing his first snow when we fly back to Indiana for Christmas. I can't wait to see his face!

@Evansjamie: Fort Wayne

After three horrendous nights of not sleeping, LO was back to his usual 3-4 hour night schedule. Woo hoo! I never thought I would be so excited for three hours of sleep at a time, but this is glorious. Hoping it continues for the rest of the week...