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@bluestriped bee: She does babble a lot but my first LO didn't. She ended up speaking a little later than a lot of her friends but is above average now in how she's speaking and her vocabulary. Is your DD a little ahead of DS in motor skills or any other area? Sometimes they just focus on different things. All kids move at different paces though and I've tried not to be concerned unless or pediatrician was even though I know that's easier said than done!

@NovBaby1112: This LO is only going like once every few days. She goes up to a week in between. Everything says it's normal and it's always soft but it's very strange to me. It's anywhere from 3-7 days between.

@bluestriped bee: DD doesn't babble too much. She grunts and squeals quite a bit. She hasn't fully laughed yet either.

I though DD might be teething because she's chewing on everything and drooling a ton. I was reading some old threads and it sounds like she's probably too young to really be teething. I bought her a couple teething toys and froze some breastmilk to put in a mesh feeder for her anyway. She seemed to like it.

I went back to work today. DD went with me. I work 15-20 hours a week. It was challenging to get everything done with her there, but I managed! I woke her up so that she'd be ready for her first nap when it was time to go. She slept in her car seat a little while and then played happily on the floor or sat in my lap.

@Mrs. Pickle: p.s. How was your long road trip? You already went on it, right? We are planning on a 16 hour road trip at the end of July, to visit in-laws. We'll split it up into two days, but we are concerned with how much longer it will take and how she'll do in the car for such an extended period of time.

@Mrs. Pickle: I hear you on that! I feel bad when we go on longer outings for errands and she is in her car seat a lot.

@Mrs. Goose: time is definietly flying, can't believe C is over 3 months old already! that seems so big, but she still looks so little to me. @Mrs. Pickle: I think this age is when their salivary glands kick into full gear, and they also start noticing their hands, so the drooling and chewing is more developmental than actual teething--My first LO did this all the time but didn't get any teeth til 9 months!

@Mrs. Pickle: wow!! Talented! ds is still baby blob, he doesn't even roll the other way!

@hellobeeboston: dd (3) had it a couple weeks ago. 9 days of fever and cold symptoms and misery!! And she's sick this week with some kind of virus from preschool. Vomit, fever, cold symptoms. And pink eye is going around according to the email we got. Feels like it will never ever end.

@Mrs. Pickle: LO rolled back to belly at 2 months and it freaked me out because LO1 was four months before she did that. We've had her in a sleep sack for a while though because she never appreciated being swaddled. It did help with LO1 though because it's convertible so we just went from arms in to arms out.

@NovBaby1112: hi! He is better! The croupy cough went away after 2 nights and turned into a head cold with a mucousy cough. He's good though, just this cold! Hate croup though, so scary!!

@hilsy85: I'll probably have about 7 today and that's I think what we normally have. I'm feeding her every 2-3 hours and she sleeps usually to either 4:30 or 6:30. I had been feeding her around 4/4:30 when she was rustling around, but I might try to cut that back out so my sleep stays better because I can't fall back asleep once I dreamfeed her at that early hour and she doesn't sleep particularly well when I put her back in the crib after that early feed. This morning I got up at 6:30 instead of trying to keep her sleepy and then I just put her for a nap at 8:45. I know they're supposed to be able to go longer between feedings, but I am just sort of doing what she appears to need/like and hoping it all works out.

I don't get long naps in the day ever now. I think I just have a low sleep needs baby. I used to be able to hold her for a long afternoon nap (2-3 hours) if she had just had two cat naps, but even that doesn't work anymore. The longest nap I get is 45 minutes and that is rare. Right now she naps 3 times in the day (for half an hour), maybe 4 if I can get her down for a short nap before I put her to bed between 8 and 9. I put her in her crib in our room (when I am home), in her sleep sack, with white noise and the blinds closed and she still doesn't sleep past that half hour mark. She's wide awake when she wakes up too. I spy on her with the monitor before I go get her just to see if she'll fall back asleep.

@NovBaby1112: I think we really should just cut out one overnight feeding--I don't think she really needs two, and honestly sometimes I feed her just to get her to go back to sleep, but she's not crying, just kind of whining. it's hard because she's right next to our bed, so if she's awake but not crying and making noise, then DH and i are awake too. I just don't really have anything else other than nursing that soothes her. I wish she took a paci! @Mrs. Goose: That' sounds pretty good and normal! We are also at 3 (if they are long ones) or 4 (if they are normal 40-60 min ones) naps a day. I tihnk the 30 min nap is normal because that's one sleep cycle--sometimes DD will soothe herself back and sleep another hour (that's what happened this morning) but generally we are heading out or something so I just get her up.

She also has a flat spot on the back of her head. It's very small and the pedi said it's not helmet worthy, but basically I shouldn't have her on her back except when she's sleeping that is basically impossible! I try to wear her or hold her as much as possible, but sometimes she just needs to chill on her activity mat or something while I help LO1 or do other things. I just hope it improves as she gets bigger.

@hilsy85: DD takes 3-4 naps a day and nurses 6-8 times and once overnight. Most of her nursing sessions are short so I think that's why they are more frequent. She likes to snack! She does like to have one long session combined with a nap on me and I let her do it if I'm not at work and we have no where to go. I don't mind the snuggles. I'm sure any future baby won't get that luxury. Have you thought about moving her out of your room? When we were out of town DD was sleeping in the same room as DH and I and she woke 2-4 times a night instead of her usual 1. Once we got home she went right back to normal. I think she could sense me there and took advantage when we were in the same room!

@hilsy85: good to know about it sounding normal. It does sound pretty unrealistic to never have your baby lying down except when sleeping! Hopefully she'll be moving around a bit more soon anyway and lying on different parts of her head. It sounds small so that's good! Someone at a baby group I go to has a 5 month old with a fairly large flat spot on the back, but no helmet has been recommended and she doesn't even like being on her back so isn't very often.

@Mrs. Pickle: mine is a bit of a snacker too I feel. I feel she should be able to go longer between feedings. She fools around at the breast when she is done though. Ah well, I have the freedom to feed her frequently now. I love the snuggles and think the same as you about future kiddies not having that attention.

I think I might move her out of our room after 6 months. I don't sleep that heavily when she is snuffling around, but I'm not ready to put her in her own room yet!

@Mrs. Pickle: I would love to move her out of her room, but she will be sharing with DS, and I am scared that he will wake her up--he often gets up in the MOTN to use the bathroom or to call for us for something. Plus, there is nowhere to nurse her in that room, so I'd have to bring her back into our room to nurse, and then back to her room...seems like a lot of movement in the MOTN. Not sure how long I can deal with her in our room though--plus she is only a few inches away from otgrowing the bassinet by our bed!

We transitioned DD to her crib last night and it went great! She slept well and woke up her usual one time. She's a mover though! And she discovered that it's fun to kick the slats when she wakes up. I elevated the mattress so it would be like the RNP and I don't think she cared since she wound up at the low end and turned sideways.

We also moved our older lo into our old room which is now her play area and her bedroom (and bathroom!) and ds is in the room they were going to share, and we moved upstairs to the loft, but for now ds is still with us. We're going to get the storage in his room sorted out and then maaaaaybe move him to his room. I surprisingly don't feel rushed to move him into his room. With dd I couldn't wait!

@Mrs. Pickle: What did you do to elevate the mattress?

We've tried putting DS in his crib this weekend a few times and he sleeps for about 30 minutes and then wakes up. I'm usually so tired by that point I just give in a put him in his Rock 'N Play.