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@daniellemybelle: I dunno if you aren't supposed to, it just says in the instructions "let sit one minute after mixing then pour into bottles." I didn't see anywhere that it said NOT to, and it works better for us So I was just curious!

ETA- when she gets on a more predictable schedule (please? SOMETIME?) I would love to be able to say "ok she gets XX bottles XX size at these times" and then prep those bottles in the fridge.

@daniellemybelle: afterwards they told me to give 2.5 because she was 12 lbs. well, that dose is 12-17 lbs so I gave her about 2 in the dropper.

@daniellemybelle: I also do 2 ml after but only if she seems in pain. Once I gave it to her and once I did not.

@TFrances: I sort of have the same problem but always.

Do your LOs follow any sort of predictable daytime routine? DD is usually up 1.5-2 hours at a time, but there's no way of telling when this will happen since a nap could be 20 minutes or two hours. I've heard that three months is pretty early to expect a routine, but how does this work for you all?

hello again! I've tried my best to keep up with this group while on maternity leave but i feel like i failed miserably. I'm on my 2nd full day back at work and now that i have free hands again i figure i would jump back into the conversation. Its hard to believe that our babies are turning the 3 month corner. I feel like the last 3 months have been a blur.

So yesterday Fi was at our house with my MIL which i think is going to work out nicely. I fed her she went back to sleep and got ready to leave and left before she woke up again. One of my frozen breastmilk bags leaked all over the fridge while it was defrosting - there was a tear in it. otherwise no major incidents

Today, Fi is at daycare it was a little harder getting us both out of the house but that might have been partially because of the incredibly cold weather.

Pumping is iffy at best. my goal is to send/leave 12 oz (4 3oz bottles) each day to cover 9-10 hours but i've been pumping 9-12 during the day. I'm hoping my body will adjust to the new schedule and get better as the weeks goes on before i run out of extra milk in my freezer.

How is everyone else managing going back to work?

@Zbug: We are on a pretty strict schedule. It's the only thing that has worked for her fussiness. I feed her every 3 hrs & put her down for naps on the 1.5 hr mark from the start of her feedings so on a good day she has 3 naps that are 1-1.5 hrs. I keep her up between her last two feedings.

@singingbee: Glad it all went well!

@Chillybear: Nice to see you around!

@singingbee: 14 oz! I'm so jealous!

Oh also, I think E is teething. My mom said she thought she was, but I figured there's no way- drool and fussiness must be a stage now. But she started chewing on her hands- I figure that could also be discovery. But she is SO fussy now (like she will wake up whining while sleeping then go back to sleep) and she BITES. SO. HARD. If you give her a finger, she chews it. I am not sure all of this put together could be just developmental. Of course I have people telling me that but I guess time will tell!

@kjpugs: DD has been doing the same things! Some people have commented that she's preteething but who knows.

@catlady: welcome! I'm new too :). Good luck with the transition to daycare/work.

@kjpugs: It's definitely not perfect. What I described is an ideal day. We have worked hard at it because Sadie is so "high needs." Seriously don't be jealous of that! E seems so chill so if what you are doing works, go for it! I will say it's pretty unusual from what I know for a 3 month old to eat so frequently, especially formula fed. Have you tried burping her, letting her settle for 10 minutes, and then offering more? Re: naps, she naps almost exclusively in the swing now. Otherwise she wakes up after 30-45 minutes, which is supposedly really common. We do a little "fuss it out" too - if it's been less than an hour I wait 5-10 minutes before getting her. She often goes back to sleep - the swing is too powerful! Again, this is because she is hell on wheels if she is overtired.

S is also doing all that teething stuff, but I think it's a stage, not teeth, though my mom thinks she sees/feels a nub!

@kjpugs: also meant to say that DD eats every two hours during the day as well. She's EBF so hard to tell how much she's getting, but it's very rare that she will go more than two hours without eating. Maybe our LOs are more grazers?

@daniellemybelle: I feel like now that we're talking, E used to nap longer, but I think this whole teething/phase thing is ruining that. She also fusses all night long. I counted TWELVE TIMES I needed to put her paci in for her last night.

@catlady: I agree! Tell us more about you guys!

@Zbug: I think this weekend my project will be trying to stretch it out. We shall see! I mean it's fine for her it would just be a lot less bottles to clean!

@avivoca: the hair grabbing kills me. Even though my hair is back she'll grab the back area and oh boy does that hurt. And she DOESNT. LET. GO.

@catlady: Welcome!

@kjpugs: Fi is also "teething" She drools like a faucet and does what i call a sneak attack if i'm holding her under her armpits she slowly turns her head and all of a sudden chomps on my thumb. We asked our parents and i had my first tooth at 4 months and Jon at 4 1/2 so we're expecting them soon. No buds yet but her gums look a bit swollen but it comes and goes.

First day at daycare went well, When i picked her up at 4:45 she was napping and had been asleep for over an hour. she only ate 9 oz so fingers crossed that will be the trend. I'll still send 12 oz each day but i can keep up better with 9oz.

This morning we had a rough start she woke up at 5 and i brought her in our bed and we both fell asleep i turned off my alarm at 6:15 and kept right on sleeping until 7 which is when were supposed to be on the road. Luckily i can be flexible with my hours at work. as long as i work 40 hours in the week i can adjust when i come in and leave.

I cannot figure out how to dress her at night with this weather the last 2 nights its been incredibly cold outside so i've been doing diaper, short sleeve onesie, cotton sleeper, fleece Halo sack swaddle. But i think she was way too warm. Tonight maybe i'll do onesie, fleece sleeper and A&A swaddle. We have heat so its not like our house is freezing at night.

@kjpugs: Fi started flipping belly to back at like 4 weeks, and just recently she started going from back to side. I think if she had her way she would be a side sleeper a couple times during play shes turned on her side and dozed off. But since she still sleeps in her RnP its back only at night. Hopefully after a few weeks of daycare, we'll transition to crib. She's quickly becoming a Houdini at getting out of A&A Swaddles she fights to have her hands up and out of the blanket

@Zbug: YAY! But we aren't BF. We didn't offer it to her until a week and a half in when we realized BF wasn't working and I started EP. It's a lifesaver, especially right now with whatever it is that is going on with her.

@Zbug: I'm totally pro-pacifier. My oldest loved his, I wish my younger (now 3 months) was more interested (he's hit or miss). With both kids we waited to introduce them till around 5 weeks post-partum to not screw with nursing or milk supply. I really love the effect in the car, when it soothes my LOs when I can't physically comfort them. With my oldest, the pacifier was magic- instant soothing. It made a big difference when we were out and about with him, made our lives a lot easier. There was a period (maybe around 6 months? 9 months? It all blends together now) when it was kind of a pain because the pacifier would fall out of his mouth at night but he couldn't get it back in on his own so he'd cry and we'd have to replace it... but that stage passed. We also had an easy time weaning him... we started restricting it to night, naps, car rides, and public excursions around 6 months, and started to cut things out gradually till he was only using it while sleeping by 1 year, and then stopped using it for naps, and then stopped overnight by about 15 months. Thereafter we still let him have it for naps and nighttime when he was sleeping at someone else's house, and it was a big enough treat that it made traveling with him a lot easier. He'll be three in April and I can't remember the last time he used a pacifier, and he has also never sucked his thumbs or fingers or anything else, which would be harder to take away.

@Zbug: Paci for the win! She will only take the Wubbanub kind. I have tons of Soothie pacifiers (the kind on the Wubs), but she spits them out immediately. Such a diva.

@Chillybear: That sounds like how my Friday was. H decided to wake up at 5:30 to eat, I went back to sleep and slept past my alarm. So not fun.

@Lozza: thank you! I think you are right - the pros probably outweigh the cons. I guess I was thinking we made it three months using it rarely so maybe shouldn't start now. But it is an easier habit to break than thumb sucking, which I could see her starting instead. I appreciate your insight!

@Redmini1: @Chillybear: @kjpugs: thanks!

@avivoca: that's fabulous!! Congrats. Hope you celebrate tonight (although these days that probably just means getting some sleep!)

E is fussing something FIERCE. Only shuts up with my thumb or a teether in her mouth. Thinking about giving her Tylenol but I haven't before except shots so I'm nervous. Thoughts? Reassurance?

@Zbug: thanks. It seems like she's in pain and it kills me. All signs point to teething pain but then I worry what if it's just gas and I'm medicating her and not helping? What you said tho makes a lot of sense.

I get a snow day home with my baby!!!!!!