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@hilsy85: true. Thank you again.

I'll keep dairy free for a month just to see, although it doesn't seem to be making a difference. It is however helping my waistline! I used to go to the fridge and eat cheese every time I opened it...

I am glad that she does seem so content. It could be her normal I guess!

Hey ladies, checking in. Hope things are going well.

It's like a light switch went when L turned 5 months - his temperament is better, he's sleepin 3-5 hours at a time (finally I get more than 2 hours at a time overnight). Still no real daytime naps but that's okay, and solids going well.

@hellobeeboston: it was going good actually, although there was no difference in her poo-still mucousy. :(. I go for her 6 month on the 22nd or around there and will be asking to speak to someone else. We're in England now though and it has been harder to be dairy free so I fell off the wagon a bit, but not a lot. I'll return to it when we come home.

@babycanuck: I was thinking about that fact the other day actually, I was telling my friend about how that happens so perhaps that was part of it.

J is so into food and us eating and drinking that we have her some oatmeal this morning, mixed with breastmilk. She loved it. So far she is showing she will be a little pro eater which makes me happy and sad at the same time-she's growing up so fast already! I also gave her kiwi to try and she made funny faces, but still ate it. So when we get home solids will be full on.

@renee0106: congrats!

I feel like time is FLYING and we just had our los so now I'm taken by surprise someone is pregnant again although I guess it was bound to happen soon. I'm so out of it, I feel like we JUST had newborns but they are actually closer to one than just born now!!!

@renee0106: congrats!! I'm sure it will be crazy, but fun!

@hellobeeboston: sorry just saw this--yes we are moving to Philly, in mid June. So soon! So now I am trying to find a preschool for L and figure out housing. Stressful!!!

I posted on our FB group, but C dropped in percentiles for height/weight/head circ, but doc was not worried. I think she is just not a big eater, because when she is done nursing, she is just DONE--can't get her to re latch even if there is milk. She is also not really into solids, and I am trying not to push too hard since she is just 6 months. Hopefully it clicks for her soon. Also, her sleep is crap

@renee0106: Congratulations!

@renee0106: congratulations!!

@Mrs. Goose: I'm giving R finger food and purées. She likes both. There's definitely a lot of waste though! I should probably scale back on how much I put on her tray.

I can't believe how fast R is growing up! She's been crawling and pulling up for a month. She is cruising along the furniture and has two teeth. She really likes to eat, but I'm sure she doesn't consume much. So far she's had several different types of vegetables, cheese, puffs, and she tried a couple bites of my cream of wheat this morning. Her favorite food is broccoli cheddar soup. When she tries to feed herself she misses her mouth at least half the time. Her fine motor skills need some work.

@hilsy85: sleep is bad here too. She wakes up 2-5 times a night. I'm not really sure what to do about it though because she goes down easily and every time she wakes up she nurses quite a bit. I think she really is hungry.

I think we're starting to deal with some separation anxiety. She'll cry when I leave the room. She's starting to babble "mamamamama" when she cries.

@renee0106: congrats!! Haha I can't even imagine tho....G sleeps so badly right now

Lo is growing fast! 6 months tomorrow. She's a terrible sleeper but the happiest baby. Grins and babbles all the time.

Weirdly glad to hear most everyone is having sleep issues. Gives me hope maybe it's a phase!

Can't believe we have someone prego already! It seems like yesterday they were all little squishes!

@birdofafeather: that sounds like so much fun (and of course stress, but it'll be worth it!) good luck!!

@2littlepumpkins: I didn't know that about broccoli or cheese!! Oops! I didn't really do a lot of research about solids other than whether or not to start with cereal. I probably wouldn't have been so lax if there were food allergies in her family history, but there aren't. She's handled everything really well so far. A couple weeks before we started solids she went from giving me a dirty diaper every day to every 5 days! I asked her pediatrician about it and she said if she went a week to call. She's actually gotten regular again since starting solids. I have the most adorable video of when she tried the soup for the first time. She wouldn't let my spoon go!

@Mrs. Pickle: we are also hearing a lot of mamama when C cries. It is heartbreaking but also very cute! She has major separation anxiety and if I hand her off to anyone but DH, she cries Makes it really tough to get out of the house by myself.

She is also constipated as of today! she hadn't pooped in several days, and then today she cried every time she pooped, and it was very firm--not like little balls, but definitely in a solid form. I feel so bad!

@Mrs. Goose: she didn't like it or she couldn't get it in her mouth? Also, that's good to know about sweet potato! That's become a staple at our house lately.

@MamaBear87: It is nice to know that others are waking up multiple times a night.

@hilsy85: it's definitely hard. I tell myself that at least I know we formed a secure attachment!

@Mrs. Goose: I think so!

@Mrs. Goose: we have dinner between 6 and 6:30. R nurses around 5 and then again at 7:30 before bed. Some nights she's fussy after she eats but before DH and I are finished so she'll nurse at the table. I'm not consistently feeding her breakfast or lunch yet. Sometimes she eats a little of what I'm having if she shows interest or if we are dining out. This morning she had a few bites of my breakfast about 15 minutes after she nursed.

@hilsy85: we've been battling some constipation too been adding pears into his cereal. Pumpkin is a good idea @Mrs. Goose:

My Ped said not to give water really, but that might just because LO is not drinking his milk, and we don't want him to fill up on water. But that was my first thought to help with the constipation. Bananas are also blocking him so we need to limit!

@NovBaby1112: So glad to hear everything is going better with C's tummy!!

@Mrs. Goose: We're still just doing once/day. My son is prone to not pooping (not necessarily constipated with hard stool but just not pooping and getting fussy about it) so we're taking it slow.

@2littlepumpkins: never. 6-7 hours between feedings has been the longest. and it's always the front end of the night, not when i'm actually sleeping. i think the longest stretch of sleep i've gotten (when i haven't been away from her for a bachelorette party or working!) in 6 months is 5.5 hours!

@2littlepumpkins: my lo was a decent sleeper til we moved right before she turned 4 months. After that sleep went to hell and hasn't come back. She slept from 7 to midnight last night and then 12 to 4. Then was up for like an hour. This is an excellent sleep night for her. She's usually up at least 3 times. 5 to 6 on a bad night. And now she's refusing to nap. My kid sucks at sleeping. People who say the newborn stage sucks are lucky lol I'd take that again over now

@birdofafeather: Wow that is awesome! Big project for sure but it's going to be so rewarding when it's all done! Good luck... are you living there during the renovation?

@2littlepumpkins: mine sleeps the exact same. I had two nights where she slept until 6:40 without waking up. Lately I am feeding to sleep for naps, but the naps for two days have been over an hour which is magical since she never did that as a little baby even. I know it's a bad habit though... :(. However if i don't then there are tears and screaming... She didn't sleep a long time for naps before when I used to feed her to sleep though so I don't think they're connected.

It's getting harder to put her to bed for some reason and night wake ups are tricky to put her back to bed too. She didn't go to sleep easily at 2-3 am last night and it was stressful for me. She's so wide awake when she wakes up. I don't know anyone who has a kid who sleeps through the night solidly at this age! Except one friend. My others have been the same as us though. It's weird that her day naps are getting better, but night is trying crappier...