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@abbylyn: oh my gosh, I am so sorry! I hate nights like that, all I can say is that she will fall asleep out of exhaustion. I have no idea when it will be, but it will happen. ***hugs***

@abbylyn: I hope so!

@TFrances: Happy 2 Month Birthday, Arthur!

@abbylyn: sorry about today- I'm with you: Georgi did a similar thing today: catnaps and waking up crying ,wanting to be held. I wonder what it is. Hang in there!

@abbylyn: Yay! I hate when they break out. LO is a houdini.

Happy 2 months to our big kids! Can you believe it!? Do you guys do the date or the weeks? LO is 8 weeks tomorrow but her birthday is the 22nd.

Any of you putting your LO's down drowsy but awake? I am trying to lean into better sleep habits in hopes we don't have to sleep train. She is such a sleep fighter that we usually rock for 15-30 minutes - and then she often wakes up on transfer. Lately I have been leaving her in her bed when that happens & letting her fuss for 5 minutes. It's a crap shoot whether she will fall asleep or the crying will escalate & I have to rock her more. I'd like to get to where we only rock for 5 minutes or so and I can put her down awake by the time she is 3 months.

@abbylyn: my night last night was similar! Usually we have NO issue getting her to bed but last night she flipped out. She ate and dozed a little, but as soon as she was swaddled it was like we were trying to kill her. She was FIGHTING IT so hard in that swaddle it was crazy. So I thought maybe it's time to try a sleep sack. So I got out a fleece one and tried that. 10 minutes in I was feeling smug then- flip out baby. She was showing hunger cues so I figured maybe she didn't eat enough. I gave her more, and then she went down again. And in 5 minutes freak out. Eventually I just swaddled her and held her for about an hour until she fell asleep. SUCH a long bedtime it was crazy and ridiculously unlike her. She's been a brat today too so I dunno what's up! Glad to hear she slept so long for you though! Maybe she tired herself out!

@daniellemybelle: She usually falls asleep after her bedtime bottle so I put her down like that. Sometimes she opens her eyes and is "awake" from the transfer but with the exception of last night, she goes down without a peep, maybe a little fussing but right to sleep within 10-15 minutes.

@evansjamie: @kjpugs: @daniellemybelle: LO is doing all right with the transfers. Sometimes she will wake up, but she will go back to sleep really quickly. Last night she slept from 10:30-5:30! It was glorious. We got a woombie and she loves it. She can move her arms around, but it doesn't wake her up. She fusses and then we can put that on her and she calms down and falls asleep in it.

@daniellemybelle: I saw your other thread about naps. LO does a 3 hr nap in the morning, but afternoon is hit or miss. Sometimes she is down for an hour, sometimes 30 minutes, sometimes two hours. Am I letting her sleep too much?

@daniellemybelle: yeah, her longest 'nap' is right after she wakes up and eats for the day. The rest of them are 1 hour or less. Unless I hold her. Ok, that makes me feel better. I was worried she wasn't doing something right!

@TFrances: Have a good trip! I've never been that far north in IN for any amount of time. We frequent Southern Indiana, which is practically Kentucky for all intents and purposes.

You know what's fun? Projectile spit-up of an entire meals worth of milk at 4 am, resulting in outfit changes for both you and the baby. While I was at it, I changed her diaper, and her sleeper is a bit too small (sob) but I was so tired. Then I listened to her kick and talk to herself for 30 minutes or so before finally falling asleep. Then my husband's alarm went off at 5:00, and it was super loud. Thankfully, he didn't hit the snooze (I guess I sounded like I meant business when I told him to turn it OFF).

@Jennimac: Yeah, husbands aren't really allowed to say they are tired. When they get up multiple times a night with the baby for weeks on end, then they can say they are tired.

@evansjamie: word. Then he is all "when are the Christmas cards going out? When are you doing this? What's for dinner?" And I'm like, "do it yourself!"

@ladybee: oh, honey!!!!! I'm soooooo sorry!!! Poor you and poor Matt!!!! I hope you get better soon and I'm willing your ped's office to call you right now!!!!

@ladybee: Oh no! I hope you guys start feeling better soon! Did you leave a message on the machine at the pedi? When I do that, and then don't get a call back soon enough I call the appointment desk and then have them transfer me to a nurse

Jack was 2 months old last week! Ahh!! He's 11 pounds, 3 oz & 23" tall so 18th percentile and 54th for height, just a little guy! Dr is sending us to an ENT because he's a really loud rough breather and she thinks his larynx is floppy, we'll know more once we see the ENT. Flat head over here too, I ordered a Boppy head lounger thing and I'm going to try and keep him off his back, but dang..his swing, bed, carseat, bouncy chair, etc all puts him and his head flat..soo how do I fix it!?

@kjpugs: hmm. I'm going to go with boy vs girl? But is there a difference in infants? So strange!!

Thank you for all the good luck on our trip. Arthur handled it like a dream. He slept for most of the two flights, but woke up happy and alert during our layover. And then he woke up again when we landed at our final destination. No issues, no fussing, no crying. I didn't even have to remove him from the baby carrier for security. They left him stay in and just swabbed my hands. Easy peasy! Once we landed here in Indiana (Winter Wonderland anyone?) and got our baggage, we headed to my grandma and grandpa's for a quick stop in. They live about 5 minutes from my mom. Arthur was awake, talking, and smiling at them. So adorable! Once we got to my mom's, we introduced the dogs to the baby. One couldn't care less. The other is very interested and wants to be right near the baby. Going to have to watch that one (he's also blind, so issues there). Here's hoping the rest of our trip goes just as smoothly...

@TFrances: YAYYY! So glad it went well! Wish I still live in Indy so I could say hi!

@daniellemybelle: our bedtime is the same- she ends up going down between 10 and midnight (if she's really fighting it.) I think any babies that go down earlier are guaranteeing a midnight-ish wakeup for feeding. Which honestly if she went down at say 8, ate at midnight or 1, then again at 5, not horrible IMO? But nope I can't get her down til late.

I also had a dream that Hyla rolled off the bed and I couldn't get to a car to take her to the hospital. She was wearing the sleeper she has on now. It was terrifying.

Arthur slept from 2:00 - 7:30 this morning. My mom knocked on our door at 7:40. "Is everything okay?" (in a super worried voice). "Yeah mom, he's just eating." "Really, I was so scared because he didn't wake up at all last night." Actually he did wake up at 2:00, but doesn't really scream. I think she was expecting lots of screeching and prolonged crying. Thankfully I don't really have that baby. I must say that 2-7:30 was really nice for me. Plus, I could then take a shower and get my coffee while mom and the stepdad were still home. They watched Arthur while I took my time to prep for the day. Very nice!

@evansjamie: ooh, which cloth diapers have you tried? We have freetimes and my DH loves them but I just recently got some flips which I like better bc they are easier to clean

Things have been ok over here. We had a sad day yesterday- had to have our sweet old man pug Harley put to sleep. He had been struggling with multiple health issues but declined quickly. I spent all day yesterday working, watching Effie (since B had a car issue and had to go to the dealership- ended up taking HOURS), and cleaning up after Harley because he had lost all bladder function. Just peeing blood everywhere It was one of the saddest moments of my life to have to let him go but I am glad we were with him. I had today off work, so we had a pick me up by taking Effie to visit Santa. I'll post pictures of both here in a second from my phone. Glad to have B with me for both of these things.

@kjpugs: I'm so sorry KJ. That pic of you and Harley made me cry. Effie looks adorable, as always.