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Drive-by update and photo bomb! We're also still going back and forth between 3 and 2 naps, and anywhere from 0 to 2 night wakings. LO is kind of meh about purées. Maybe I'll try a little BLW. He's army crawling and rolling and pushing himself everywhere he wants to be. That's usually in an attempt to eat his brother's toy cars.

@Mrs. Yoyo: Look at that happy face! total cuteness. Thanks for sharing.
@Ladybee: so happy Matt is on the homestretch. Now I'm super nervous about these hot months. Had I known... The ped told us at 4 months to go to physical therapy and wait til 6months to decide. Now I wish we'd knocked it out. I swear if we have a rash that thing is coming off. Thanks for all the insight.

@Mrs. Yoyo: he looks like such a little boy! So cute!

@singingbee: beautiful!

@singingbee - Awww,she looks so pretty! That hair bow is so cute!

@singingbee: @Mrs. Yoyo: precious!

Is anyone's milk supply dropping? Mine seems to. E decreasing daily despite me BFing and pumping just as much. Super frustrating!

Andddd we're mobile!

On Wednesday last week E crawled officially for the first time. She had been sitting up wobbily-style but Wednesday she crawled. Within 24 hours she was a crawling PRO, moving from sitting to laying down to crawling and back, no problem sitting, and PULLING UP TO STAND. She's not the best at pulling up yet and still sometimes loses control and falls when sitting with legs bent (like sitting on her own legs vs legs out) but man... this time last week she was NOT mobile. It has been awesome and crazy challenging and everything in between! To sum it up... HOLY CRAP.

@ladybee: @MrsMed: I'm sure you guys have lots of positive stories and people to talk to already, but my cousin had a helmet and my aunt is SO glad, actually wishes she did it earlier. One of her twin boys needed one. They ended up waiting til he was almost a year (because I remember he had it for their 1st birthday) and I know she said he did end up doing some things later in regards to mobility and she thinks it' sbecause of that and that's why she wished she did it earlier (like when you guys are doing). Then again she was comparing them to each other which who knows if they'd be on the exact same schedule! They're both 100% normal and on track 3 year olds now and you'd never know. Just have some adorable pictures. We put a wide load sticker on it once hahahaha. If you have any questions you want me to ask her I'm very close with my aunt (she's almost my age haha) so I'm happy to ask. Sounds like you guys did/are doing 100% the right thing (not that you are questioning it!) and while I'm sure it's not the most fun thing in the world, it'll be over soon!!!!! Hugs and support!!!

@kjpugs: I'm not dealing with bladder control per say, but I do find that I must go to the restroom more frequently. I definitely can't hold it like I used to, which is going to be a problem with the half-marathons I'm planning to run in the fall. I can't believe E is crawling! Hyla wants to, and every time she goes from sitting to hands/knees she falls down and starts wailing. It's only a matter of time, I know.

We have TWO teeth now!!! And now that we have teeth, everyone is asking me if she's bitten my nipples yet. I don't understand why the state of my nips is anyone else's business. My mom is convinced that I will wean, but I have no plans to wean until a year (fingers crossed we make it that long).

Hello ladies!
I've been wanting to check in and say Hi! I'm so glad everyone is doing well and the babies are growing so fast its hard to keep up.

@avivoca: You are braver than i traveling to fl with the wee one but it looks like you're having a great time on the beach.
@singingbee: Congrats on the baptism! She looks beautiful and it must have been so special to have the deacon do the ceremony
@kjpugs: She looks so happy to be on the move!

As for us, Fiona has been changing by leaps and bounds. Easter weekend we did some light weight sleep training (i'm a wuss when it comes to her crying) but we ditched the swaddle and the crib nest and started putting her down awake-ish. We're still at 1-2 wake ups per night though. We're trying hard to do naps better. This weekend was great but i know during the week its a struggle between my MIL watching her on monday and the craziness of her daycare room.

She cut her two bottom front teeth. She loves Veggies, dislikes most fruits, tried yogurt and is obsessed with puffs and mum-mums.

We took our first trip to the beach house, did a birthday party and 1st trip to the zoo. Fi is finally rolling back to belly, sits up by her self and rarely falls over, We're not crawling and i think we might skip it and go right to walking. All she wants to do is stand and she attempts to pull up herself.

I'm so glad that spring has finally sprung in our area. It so great to be able to come home and go for walks or just sit outside.

@Chillybear: awwwww! Look at that cutie pie!!! She looks so fiesty and determined and cute! let us know how the light sleep training goes. I've been trying to let her fuss it out (not cry it out... I go to her if she's crying but leave her if she's fussing, since she usually just puts herself back to sleep) but still get usually 1 wakeup, she STTN twice but she'd done 1/none and gone back to 2 before, so I'm not ruling anything out.

@kjpugs: Well, I'd love to be one of those moms who says, "No! It's soooo easy having two!" But I'm not It's just hard to juggle, and I feel like I spend most of my day in nap jail. Take today, for instance. The baby woke up around 6:30 and went down for his morning nap around 8:45. Slept an hour. Went down for his second nap around 12:30. Only slept 45 minutes. As he was waking up, I was putting his big brother down for his nap. And once big brother wakes up, baby will be going down for his third and final nap. After *that,* hopefully we can go enjoy an hour at the park or something and get out of the darn house! (When DH is here I am much more liberal about leaving and figure the baby can catnap while we're out if he needs to, but when I'm alone I do try to make sure he takes at least his morning nap in the crib.)

Now that the baby is getting bigger, they're starting to interact more, which is fun. He craaaaacks up at his big bro's antics, and big bro loves to entertain. But the flipside is that now the baby is getting grabby, and he wants allllll of brother's toys. And big bro is NOT happy about that. And will frequently try to swipe anything the baby gets his hands on, even if he had zero prior interest in it.

Overall, though, it is WAAAAAY easier having a *baby* the second time around because you just don't worry/obsess over things. The downside is just the lack of one-on-one bonding and the absolute lack of free time for me anymore (when I do get an hour or two at bedtime, it's hard to make it count for much because I am ZONKED by that point.) I just started having a sitter come a couple mornings a week so I can get a few hours for myself, to do work/errands/exercise, whatever.

This pic is a bit old, but here's some brotherly love

@Mrs. Yoyo: E is REALLY into solids (well, purees) and gets 2 servings a day of the little 4 oz stage 2 jars. We tried puffs recently- I just dont feel comfortable with BLW because I'm alone with her a lot and have high anxiety and worry about her choking and it being just the two of us. Puffs was the first non-puree. She didn't really "get" them, she played with them and got a few in her mouth but it wasn't necessarily a success. Same with yogurt melts. I put some in a mesh feeder though and she LOVED sucking and gnawing at it. I tried to get mum mums at walmart but didn't see any so I will be checking anohther store later this week. Hoping to put some banana or roasted sweet potato in the mesh feeder too, maybe frozen fruit.

@kjpugs: Look at that girl! On the move!

@kjpugs: @avivoca: RE: crawling... Is moving from sitting to all fours the natural progression? LO is definitely not doing that but she will get up on hands & knees if I put her on her tummy.

@Chillybear: So cute!!! No real Mother's Day plans. Really hoping DH comes through

@Mrs. Yoyo: Your boys are so adorable! LO is still kind of meh on solids. Every once & a while she will go to town on one particular food & then we will try it again the next day & she acts like she doesn't like it. We do mostly homemade but if she eats a jar she only eats about half before getting cranky. She does like to play with food BLW-style but has horrible aim trying to get it to her mouth & then cries The mesh feeder has been good because she can hold onto it, but I hate cleaning that damn thing!

So far, we've only done fruit, veggies & oatmeal. I was thinking of trying yogurt soon. I feel like it's still too soon for puffs/melts/etc. because her pincer grasp is not there yet? And I am not crazy about Mum Mums because they have sugar in them Just seems unnecessary at this age - I wish they would make some without!

@daniellemybelle: IDK. She still isn't fond of tummy time. We're working on it though.

@kjpugs: Mum mums will be the death of me. They get so gross. Hyla hasn't mastered the mesh feeder. She thinks it is a toy.

@Mrs. Yoyo: @avivoca: @daniellemybelle: I also had an instagram friend recommend this- she said she got it for a few bucks at Target, and Amazon also has 2 packs cheaper. http://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-Silicone-Baby-Food-Feeder/dp/B00HNZ5D5W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1399476114&sr=8-2&keywords=munchkin+silicone+feeder

No one? I swear I'm not a crazy killer. You can share personal information.

@Mrs. Yoyo: we love that!!!! Lo loves to eat frozen pear cubes in it.

@daniellemybelle: Oh, how sweet!

@ladybee: The book exchange sounds like a fun idea!

@kjpugs: We are not on a schedule here. It's a rotating door of sitters since family is doing what they can till I'm on summer vacation. When I'm home I try to do 4 puree and 4-5oz bottle at 7, 3oz at 10, 4oz puree and 4-5oz bottle around 12/1, 3oz at 3, 4oz puree and 3oz bottle at 5, bedtime bottle at 7 which is between 6-7 oz. Our pediatrician recommends that he gets at least 24oz of formula a day but no more than 32 so I try to balance it. When I'm home full time and keep him to this schedule we get a few nights of STTN. With the sitters he is rarely getting larger than 3oz bottles and still has a middle of the night feed where he gets 6oz.

I hope that helps! Our pediatric GI recommended M get 4oz of puree 3 times a day. We are supposed to start table food now too but I'm afraid with the sitters so I'll be waiting till summer break.