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I'll play! Since my EDD was in Feb, even though LO had other plans.

Favorite thing about LO right now: She is SO CUTE! I love her beautiful brown eyes and her smile makes me so happy. She loves meeting new people and usually does great on outings.
LO's latest milestone: Sitting pretty well unassisted...til she gets tired after a few minutes and plops over.
Having difficulty with: Rolling from front to back. She does back to front all the time, but has forgotten how to reverse it and gets stuck and really angry!
Starting solids- how's it going: She'll be 6 months on 9/6 and we'll start sometime after that. I think probably BLW...maybe purees as well. Depends on how adventurous I am and how things go.
How are YOU doing: Pretty well! Baby weight is gone and I feel like I've gotten a pretty good mommy routine going. Looking forward to her spending 1 day a week in Mother's Day Out starting this fall! (= ME TIME!!!)
Fun summer activities you've been doing: Hanging out in the air conditioning...I'm not a fan of summer weather in Texas.
Most looking forward to: Cooler weather and getting to do more outdoor stuff as a family! I really want her sleep to get better as well. She used to STTN a few times a week but never does anymore.

Just popping in to see what fun things the March babies will be doing soon. ... And not to thread jack but @tororojo: we've been in Houston 10 years and I'm still not used to the heat here. It's rough!!

Yay! Thanks for starting this @Baby Boy Mom:! I'm sad our old thread faded out! I can't believe it's been 6 months!

Favorite thing about LO right now: Her wild giggle fits! The fact that she really 'gets' how to play now. She's loving peek-a-boo and 'I'm gonna get you!' type games.

LO's latest milestone: Sitting unassisted, scooting around.

Having difficulty with: Sleeping, which is crazy because she's been STTN for so long now. I think it's a bit of a 6 month regression/slight separation anxiety. We tried out a new method where instead of putting her in her p n' p and leaving (she's still in our room!) I laid in bed and read with a nightlight on. She woke up and started to cry but she looked over and saw me and I talked to her and she went back to sleep. She STTN in her p n' p (as opposed to the swing or on me, which is what we were resorting to to get some sleep!) for the first time in a week and a half so fingers crossed!

Starting solids- how's it going: We haven't started! She'll be 6 months this week but I'm delaying a week because she had a little cold or something last week and I want her to be 100% for a week before we start. We're going to do BLW so my plan is to start with some broccoli!

How are YOU doing: Pretty good! Feeling fine (especially since I finally got a good night's sleep!) My PP hair loss is making me a little sad though. I don't know if other people notice but I sure do! It's so long, so when I brush it it seems like I have handfuls of hair coming out! I've been lax about my vitamins so I'm starting up again and hoping that will make a difference.

Fun summer activities you've been doing: Walks, hanging out in the yard in the play tent!

Most looking forward to: Cooler weather so we don't have to worry about mosquitos, taking LO apple picking and wearing her insane fall wardrobe! LO learning to crawl...solids I'm part excited and part nervous and sad she's not my little EBF baby anymore

@JerricaBenton: Forgot about the hair loss....it is driving me INSANE!

Yay! I joined HB after the Feb thread had pretty much petered out so am happy to hear about the other February babies! I have identical twin girls born about 3 weeks early.

Favorite thing about LO right now: they are so smiley and giggly! and they have started to reach towards our hands when we go to pick them up. and baby hugs.

LO's latest milestone: Putting their pacifiers back in! One of the girls has started scooting backwards - she wants so badly to crawl - and the other is doing a better job sitting unassisted.

Having difficulty with: persistent early morning waking at around 5:45, probably not unrelated to some earlier evening crankiness starting at around 6:30 - I think they are getting hungrier earlier, which will hopefully improve with solids.

Starting solids- how's it going: we just started yesterday. the high chairs were a big hit, until they weren't. We tried a squash puree and a piece of banana to get a sense of how the girls would react to BLW vs. baby food. K liked the first few bites of puree but then was d.o.n.e. with the highchair and wanted out. I think she was too hungry to wait, even though it was well before she was due for her next bottle. C, our better sitter, was slower to start but ended up pretty interested in the puree - she kept grabbing the spoon and ultimately was (messily) self-feeding. But she'd lost interest and patience by the time the banana came along, so we will try BLW next time.

How are YOU doing: Pretty good. Sleep is mostly good, and I am glad to be home after a week away with the girls and my family, but without my husband. My family is awesome and happy to help out/babysit etc, but it is hard to relax as the only parent with two little ones!

Fun summer activities you've been doing: we drove 13 hours to Florida for that week away - does that count as fun? But once we were there we did a lot of sightseeing and spent some time at the pool. The girls liked it but they'd still much rather kick in the bathtub than go in a big cold pool.

Most looking forward to: Pulling up to sitting! I want the girls to be able to sit up and look at each other because right now they have to be held so that they make eye contact. Once they are facing each other, though, they talk to each other and it is the cutest thing

@lolabee: Thanks! It was always a fear of mine but it has worked out to be a lot of fun.

@Baby Boy Mom: Yay! Thank you so much for starting this. I think I was the last one to respond to the last Feb thread and pretty much killed it

@twobee: I'm a mom of twins too but they arrived 3 weeks early so technically i'm a January mom but hung out with the Feb mamas the whole time! Welcome!

Favorite thing about LO right now: the smiles I get when I go into their room in the morning and when I come home from work, the stories they tell

LO's latest milestone: sitting up unassisted for longer periods of time, really understanding toys, and holding their own bottles

Having difficulty with: they really want to start crawling but can't figure out how to put all the movements together. I put the toy just out of their reach and they get so frustrated trying to figure out how to get to it. It's so cute.

Starting solids- how's it going: We are doing BLW and they love it. So far they have had avocado, banana, sweet potato, zucchini, cucumber, watermelon, carrots, canteloupe, and apple. The Ped said we could give them meat/protein around 7 months so I'm looking forward to that

How are YOU doing: Pretty good. Back into the swing of things at work. Still trying to fit in regular exercise.

Fun summer activities you've been doing: farmers's markets, walks and hikes

Most looking forward to: first words! I'm just dying for them to say mama.

@WALLAROO: Thanks! I lurked a little bit while I was pregnant and I was cheering for you - it was nice to see what was going on with a twin pregnancy a little ahead of mine. Thanks for sharing

@Baby Boy Mom: We were in St. Augustine. I love it there - we go pretty often so it is familiar and pretty easy. We drove in two days on the way but just pushed through on the way home. I honestly don't know which was better - the girls were going to be exhausted either way. I feel like I have the only babies in the world that don't sleep well in a moving car. At least by making the return trip in a single day I had an extra day to recover before I went back to work - spending 13 hours entertaining strapped-in babies is TOUGH. Reminds me that I was right when my maternity leave ended and I observed how much easier my job is than staying home full time would be! Twins or no, I think staying at home is hard work.

@JerricaBenton: @lolabee: my hair loss has started to slow down. I think I'm back to just my regular amount of shedding.

@tororojo: congrats on the baby weight being gone. Jealous! I still have about 9 pounds to go.

@Ginabean3: Having her out of the infant seat in the stroller will be great!

@NavyRN2012: do you see teeth yet? We have a lot of the signs of teething but no teeth yet.

@Corduroy: aw how sweet. Can't wait for mine to start saying mama

@JerricaBenton: I can't wait for fall. It's my favorite season. I'm so excited for the obligatory pumpkin patch pictures. Twins in a pumpkin patch...adorable!

@twobee: how did they do on the 13 hour drive?

Anybody have a LO who is consistently sleeping through the night? L was an awesome sleeper for the first 3 months, but things have sucked ever since. Any tips, tricks, commiserating would be welcome! Tonight I'm gonna try feeding her every time she wakes up instead of giving her a paci...last night I think she woke up 4-5 times (I fed her once) and other nights she only wakes up 1-2 times. But where are the 9-10 hour stretches she gave us as a 2 month old? And she only naps for 45 mins at a time.

@JerricaBenton: my pp hair loss is driving my crazy too. it was never this bad after i had my first baby, but it's awful this time around. it's really obvious to me how thin my hair is getting and making me sad! this has got to be my least favorite pp symptom.

@WALLAROO: Yea pureed green beans to start. We're starting with one meal a day of purees for a week. Then I'll do 2 meals - one puree, one BLW.

Then at Month 7 I'll probably transition to full on BLW.

If you are worried about green beans, maybe you try a different veggie at first like steamed cauliflower, broccoli stems, carrot fingers?

@Mrs. High Heels: we are currently just doing one meal a day with BLW and they love it so far. They haven't disliked any of the veggies or fruit we have offered. I'm going by the mantra "food before 1 is just for fun"

Looking at the January board they have the following: sleep, milestones, feeding, moms

That looks good to me. Anything else to add?

@WALLAROO: I completely agree with "food before 1 is just for fun!"... when we feed the purees it's only a few tbsp and he's done, most of the time it dribbles out of his mouth haha so I'm not even sure he's eating anything. I just want to get him used to using his swallow reflex with really soft, purees first but will start BLW soon.

I think those 4 categories sound good! We can add more later if we feel the need, but those seem to cover the main topics most mom's deal with in the first year.

@twobee: I did the same thing with my daughter, and it worked out well for us so that's why we're doing it again! I don't think it has to be all or nothing (purees vs BLW) so this is what we're comfortable with. Once she went BLW she never went back though and wanted to do everything on her own! My sassy one liked having control over her food.

@Elderberrygin: Welcome! What's your secret for longer naps? You are a superhero for surviving colic - congratulations on getting through to the fun part

@twobee: Thanks!

I really think the naps were just a matter of time. I did months and months of swaddling, white noise, black out curtains, drowsy but awake and she woke up at exactly 30 minutes. every. single. time. I was putting her down for six or seven naps per day and it was driving me crazy. Then she started having the occasional long nap, and in the last two weeks has suddenly switched to a short early morning nap, a long mid-morning and long afternoon nap and sometimes a short nap before bed. She actually started the longer naps when DH was on full time daddy duty while I was at a conference. I guess he just has the magic touch.

@Elderberrygin: Welcome!

We put our twins in the swings at the park and they loved it!