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@Pumuckl: I feel bad, giving her Motrin every night but I know they are bothering her.....>She napped an hour and 40 mins, so that helped some.

@Smurfette: Luckly for us, he can usually sleep even though he is in moderate pain so I don't have to drug him up too often. And it really sounds like a lot of hard work as @Adira said but glad it paid off!!!

@blackbird: yeah for her feeling better! And I hear you, they just do the weirdest most random things. Sometimes it's for the cuteness though: We always have a pacifier in the car and keep it in the back pocket of the passenger seat. The rule with this paci is that it stays in the car. One of these days we arrived at daycare and I started to get B out of his seat and there he was handing me his paci/trying to put it in the pocket himself and giving me the widest grin. Ahhh, it melted my heart.

@Smurfette: Thankfully, L is doing OK the last few nights with teething. He goes to bed by 8ish and we wake him at 7. Glad to hear she did better and I think the motrin is definitely worth it. Maybe switch it up a little and do some tylenol some nights instead...? Maybe you have already... I can't keep up on this thread!

We only do hard soled shoes now because he is walking outside a lot. But he only wears them outside and I think that is why he likes them now. He associates them with outside. When I say, "Get your shoes," he gets all excited. That boy LOVES going outside. He's sleep out there if I let him!

We are going to start back in daycare in the fall (because of budget, we always knew we'd end up sending him back to DC- but he'll be going to a different one). Yesterday I had to tell my nanny and she was very sad. I feel terrible but we are trying to find her a new position. It would be super easy except that her situation is unique. She needs to be able to bring her own 1 year old with her. So that limits her a bit. I really hope that I can find the right family for her!

@Smurfette: Tylenol is for fever and pain too. Like you can take tylenol for a headache. Ibuprofen is also for fever and pain but it is an anti-inflamatory as well. I know, I hate having to give him anything but if it is necessary, you gotta do it!

@Adira: Omg Look at him go!!

@Silva: I remember that feeling during the last regression. It felt harder than newborn sleep. Good luck, that job sounds great.

@Smurfette: That sounds like a much better night.

@Adira: Well this is just one morning so I would give it more time before you decide that. He might just have wanted to sleep and not eat yet. He is a toddler now, and is more likely to show you his option.

So I was talking to R's teacher this morning, she signs More all the time at school. Not at home. She eats with a spoon (messy) but tries. At home, she holds it and eats with her hands. She said that R is super smart, tries to repeat words all the time. So maybe DH and I weren't losing it when we said I love you and we thought that she said it back to us. And I think she said diaper the other night. The teacher said if she gives R three different cups and tells her to stack them big to small, she does it. She will stack the rings for us at home but apparently we need to be doing more stuff like that at home.
At least I know the super expensive education based day care is paying off!!

As a side note, having a stomach bug and having to work and then take care of a toddler is super fun. I left work an hour early yesterday cause I didn't want to get stuck in traffic. But luckily R was fine staying up and was an angel for me last night. She went to sleep without crying by 7 and slept till 530!

@Smurfette: Glad to hear, you're doing better and you were able to eat something!

@Adira: Haha, I totally know where you're coming from with the dream feed, whenever I tried feeding B while still asleep he'd wake up and be disoriented... But the sight of my boob usually calms him down really fast

Oh and B stacks those rings. I totally didn't know he could do that until I saw him do it at a friend’s house. He is also always repeating/imitating sounds and sometimes he actually says things... (Like thank you)

@Adira: R still falls occasionally! Did you ever order him some shoes?

@Adira: I don't know....just a warning, their shipping can take like two weeks. I would get him in shoes sooner then later so he gets use to them.

@Smurfette: What size is R in for shoes? I ordered some size 4 SKR and they are still HUGE on T. She's started taking one or two steps and the snow is melting, so I'm thinking I might have to order her some in a smaller size! We have some robeeze that fit, but I let her wear them around a little outside yesterday and they definitely got really wet.

@Smurfette: so 6-9 months in the smaller? I think the other pair I got was 9-12 and they are too big

I can't keep up on my phone, but just wanted to pop in and say hi! I'm at Dunkin doing my weekly interwebs catch-up and eating carbs.

@Smurfette: I totally feel you on having stomach issues while having to take care of a baby- it's horrible! I have been popping zofran like candy and doing alright for the most part, though. I hope whatever you have clears up soon!

I'm interested in all this shoe talk! L rotates between Robeez and a few different soft-soled ones but I think I'll get her some rubber soled ones soon. She has super cute silver mary janes for Easter that I got at Target! Although the baby shoe aisle at our Target is complete chaos so I don't spend much time there. Maybe I'll do some googling and see what's out there!

@Smurfette: I have been praying for long baby naps and taking some myself. And using tv to entertain her at times so I can just lay there. Last Fri. I actually made DH come home from work early, I felt baaaaad but hopefully that won't happen again!

@Smurfette: Yeah, L won't watch tv for very long, but the first 5-10 minutes usually hold her attention, and then she'll go back to it at times if I leave it on. Which I don't do very often because it makes me feel like a bad parent! She reeeally likes Sesame Street, though- it holds her attention for longer than anything else. Something about the puppets, maybe!

@cheert16: The molars are a b**ch aren't they? R has been pooping more, always done when teething, but her's are still just solid. If he is acting fine, I wouldn't worry about it.

We started introducing WCM at 11 months with meals with the Zoli cup or B Box (BBox leaked less for us). She dropped her afternoon bottle around 11.5 months. Wanted nothing to do with them, so we went with it. She would still drink her AM one and most of the time at least some of her PM. When she dropped the afternoon, I just made sure to send a snack to day care instead. Then 3 days after her bday, she woke up and I just gave her breakfast instead of a bottle. She went to day care and got a mid morning snack. Then that night she ate dinner like normal. Offered her more milk after bath and just went to bed like normal. We got super lucky.

@cheert16: We have had a couple rough nights as well. But I am giving her medicine every night cause I know she is in pain. Hopefully they pop up soon. The other bottom one is sooooo close. Her tops are swollen but not white yet. The bottom teeth always take longer it seems.
I don't think you are behind the game. I am cheap I wanted to be done with formula. It helped that she dropped the afternoon herself. I will say that I semi miss bottles cause I miss the snuggles. She never wants to sit and snuggle anymore.
Even at night now, she will stay on my shoulder for like a minute while I sing and then she lays across my legs and rest her head on the arm of the glider.