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@kjpugs: I haven't done any solids yet at all. I was holding out until closer to six months and I really don't want to do cereal at all. She poops every other day or so, and I missed it yesterday (yay!) but she pooped overnight and it didn't wake her up so she's got a bit of a rash today and I feel bad about that.

We need to get a breathable bumper now as well. I've gone in and found her with hands and feet through the slats, and she's also turned herself completely around. She's a mover. She's also rolling to her side now, so I anticipate flopping over on her belly is coming soon.

@avivoca: sweet potatoes, avocado & bananas seem to be the most popular first foods if you skip cereal. Bananas can be constipating though. We are probably going to start with oatmeal & then sweet potato.

@kjpugs: I need to ask our pediatrician about juice. Are you giving it in a bottle or a sippy cup? Glad the crib is working out! The first week or so I would always find LO totally sideways but now she stays in place.

@Mrs. Yoyo: We were in the absolute throes of hell - I'm talking 8 wake-ups before giving in & cosleeping - before we sleep trained. It's not "stuck" completely but so far we are back to 2 wake-ups & longer naps, thank God. When did your first LO STTN?

@kjpugs: Oh yikes - I'm sorry! I thought you meant from your second post that it was going okay. Have you tried the rolled up towel under the sheet to make it feel cozier? We put a heating pad on the bed before she goes down, too. I feel you though. The transition to the crib is when it all went downhill for us... Some days I still long for the damn RnP & her 9-5 stretches

Re: juice - I think we are going to start with cereal (waiting to get the ped's opinion on going straight to fruit/veggies as is the trend now) & if we do, I am wondering if an oz of diluted juice could preempt constipation. My poor doctor is going to get SO many questions this week!

@kjpugs: We always rocked her completely to sleep so she didn't really know where she was at first & then woke up 30-45 min later & was like WTF MOM GET ME OUT OF THIS. I just rocked her back totally asleep & did the whole thing over & over all night. It took about a week if I recall before she started going 3-4 hours but she never again did longer than a 4 hour stretch I will say that when we moved her out of the swing for naps & did all sleep in the crib (unless we were in the car) she seemed to just get it more & things improved for like a week & a half and then we hit the 4 month regression. Bottom line: Baby sleep SUCKS.

@daniellemybelle: I guess we will skip the bananas for now. I don't need constipation in my life.

Hyla is demanding more milk at daycare. I'm about three oz. short right now. My freezer stash is getting skinny since I have to bottle feed at bedtime. I need to start pumping and dumping this feed until she can take it again, and also pump all weekend to help make up the deficit. I'm also going to make some lactation cookies.

@daniellemybelle: Honestly, not until a year. But I feel like we were at least solidly down to two wakeups by now? Though DH insists that's not true. Ugh, who knows.

@daniellemybelle: I think our first son went to one wakeup around 7-8 months. Honestly, that wasn't too bad, and that's why I didn't push him to drop it. Even two I can deal with. But more than that is rough. I don't think I'll consider any sleep training for a couple more weeks because the baby has had cold off and on, plus the regression crap. I think I just repressed all this the first time around.

@Mrs. Yoyo: @daniellemybelle: this convo is so crazy for me... do yours sleep fine and just wakeup a few times? E wakes up to eat only once, but has fussing wakeups SO OFTEN and if I don't put her paci back it escalates to a crying fussy wake up and I'm pretty much powerless to do anything. There are sometimes some earlier at night and the most are around 4-5am. I honestly would rather her wake up 2-3 times to eat and sleep the rest of the time than have to keep jumping out of bed and struggle to quickly put her paci back... every 5-10 minutes for an hour or two. I just don't know what to do about it or what's causing it

@kjpugs: I hope you can work on sleep stuff soon too. And what a week you had with AF, your MIL and BFing issues!

@daniellemybelle: good to 'see' you too. Glad to hear I am not alone with hair falling out and AF. I still don't understand A's lack of pooping. It's been a full week again! I'm going to call our ped tomorrow.

@kjpugs: you may want to try a tsp of flax oil for constipation. We give it to A straight since his pooping has been so minimal as of late.

@Mrs. Yoyo: oh my goodness human paci. That's got to be so hard, both mentally and physically!!!!!!!! Hope things improve soon.

@Lozza: hahaha YES. My give-a-shit meter has hit record lows. And screen time has hit record highs.

Kiddo dislikes swaddling and paci, so the boobs are the only trick I got. Yawn indeed.

@Mrs. Yoyo: Hyla has been refusing the paci lately and has also decided that 10:30 at night is high time to scream inconsolably while refusing to be put down once she is asleep. All she wants is the boobs. Unfortunately, I'm on a medication where I cannot nurse her at that time of night. Fun times.

@Mrs. Yoyo: We try, but she screams, arches, and refused the pacifier. Sometimes she will go back to sleep, but as soon as you put her down, she wakes up and starts crying again. We've been cosleeping that part of the night.

@daniellemybelle: It's so tiring. We figured out that she's hungry, so when she's waking up then, she is legitimately starving because as soon as I offer the boob, she attacks it. Just this week, we've had to up her amount of breastmilk that we are sending to daycare. I've had to add an extra pump session to make up the deficit, and I'm still an ounce short. We started solids this week, and she's not a fan of sweet potatoes. I think she's getting bananas or apples tonight and this weekend I'm going to pick up some baby oatmeal.

Also, you aren't a bad mom.

@avivoca: Fun that you started solids, but not-so-fun that she is not into sweet taters! Crazy Hyla Supposedly EBF babies really like bananas because of the sweetness. I might pick up some prune juice just in case it stops her up.

I am posting something on your wall re: milk supply You are my hero for how hard you work to EBF! I know 6 months is your goal but if it would take the pressure off to give one formula bottle I wouldn't feel guilty.

@Zbug: We are all there with you! This thread has been sleep focused for days!

What did you talk to your ped about at your 4 month visit? Mine is nice but a little cursory so I have to come with questions. Obviously solids. S is not rolling all the way over yet or doing push-ups on her hands (just elbows) so I am going to ask about that.

I wish I could quit my job. I'm searching for something else, but a) the ones I apply to don't call me back or b) what's out there isn't something I'm qualified for. There is one particular board member who edits all of our publications after the fact and then calls my boss to tell them what's wrong, i.e. if some word is misspelled. In our most recent calendar (the one I sent up today), nothing was misspelled, but I didn't italicize two book titles, and our ED is really big about that (granted, there were 24 publication titles and I missed two). I am doing my absolute best, but they are expecting perfection and nobody will be able to give them that. The worst thing is that this month, we had an outside person edit the calendar, and this person didn't catch the italics either!

I am starting to crack under the pressure. I am so paranoid about making a mistake that it's causing me to make mistakes. If I were to quit without another job lined up, we would be able to pay our bills and that's it.

I'm going to have to just keep swimming, even though I feel like I'm drowning.

Interesting development today. After a LOOOONG stretch of 30-minute catnaps, he did 2.5 hours this morning, and 1.5 this afternoon in his crib. He has recently perfected rolling from back to belly, and spent most/all of both naps either on his side or belly. Desperately hoping this is the start of a trend, and not some blip in the ever-changing sleep landscape.

But now I have to decide whether I need to try to get him to catnap in a couple hours or try to just put him down for the night early. I hate that.

@Mrs. Yoyo: @Zbug: Hyla has started rolling to her side in her sleep, so I'm hopeful that once she starts sleeping on her belly her naps will improve.