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Amber-I''d get the cool mist as well. If Piper seems to have moments where she needs some effort to breathe a little then I would take her to the Pedi. But if it''s just a little runny nose then you can do the cool mist, nasal spray (as you are doing) and maybe even try to elevate her mattress a little (safely). You could also sit with her in a steamy bathroom. Also you can use the nasal suction but I would do that once a day. Should help get rid of some of that congestion.

Dream feed-it didn''t work for us when she was younger. At about 9 or 10 weeks I started a dream feed before I went to bed and it allowed me to sleep 5 hours as opposed to just 2 or 3. For us it was great. Then I just stopped because I would forget lol and she was getting up at 10/11 to eat anyway. Now I wouldn''t dare wake her up.
 
Thanks everyone! I''m not trying again...it even messed up their day routine!.

Amber I also suggest elevating the crib on one side...I used the twilight saga books under the crib legs...hehe

Was going to post a picture but PS is not letting me
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Ha, at least those books are useful for something (sorry if that offends anyone who are fans of the books).
 
I''ve had the same experience of the dreamfeed just causing Claire to wake up around 12 or 1 to eat (when usually she would go until 3 or 4).

I also realized that because I was letting her go longer between feeds in the day (up to 4 hours), she had resumed waking at both 1 and 4 in the middle of the night. I fed her every 3 hours this week (the first day I had to wake her up from her naps, but every subsequent day she''s woken up like clockwork), and she immediately dropped the 1 a.m. feed. Yay, because I was going crazy, and I''d rather have a predictable schedule when she goes to daycare at the start of next month. I figure saying, "Just watch for hunger and tired cues" is not enough for them to go on. I''m not going to try to eliminate the middle of the night feed any time soon because I figure daycare will be difficult enough on her, that should be better for the shock to my system and my milk supply, and we''ll still have that bonding time.

My sister says the dreamfeed works for her, but she really tanks her baby up . . . BF at 8, bottle of formula at 9, BF again at 10. Then my niece (15 weeks old) sleeps until 8 a.m.


Question: When should I expect Claire to take fewer naps? She naps at the end of every "cycle" unless something unusual has messed her up (except sometimes after the 6 a.m feed she reverses wake and sleep). Claire is 11 weeks and still doing eat/wake/sleep, except now when she wakes up she''s not starving like she used to be (meaning she doesn''t always wake up crying, although by the end of the 3rd hour she usually will begin fussing).
 
In case anyone couldn''t tell--I''m bored as all get out at my house so I just keep coming on here to post! I promise I''ll have a life soon!


Anyways, PG---naps. I probably won''t be any help in actually answering but I''ll tell you what Evan does. We also do the 3 hour cycle. Evan used to be like clock work--He would do his cycle as eat, sleep then play, repeat. Now though--he doesn''t nap like he used to. Some days he does, most days he will only nap twice during the day (one in the morning/early afternoon and the other later on in the day (around 5ish). He is 10 weeks.

Also sometimes when he follows the three hour cycle--the naps aren''t really what I would call naps. They are for like 10 minutes and then he is bright eyed and ready to play.
 
Date: 1/10/2010 6:32:41 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
Question: When should I expect Claire to take fewer naps?
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Romeo napped every "cycle" up until he was about 3.5 - 4 months. At that point he dropped one. At that time, we also went to 4 hr cycles...which changed things.
He still naps 3 time a day but I think he''s finally ready to cut the 3 rd nap (he''s 7 months old).
 
Amber - the other day romy was having trouble breathing and it was completely due to nasal congestion (lots of snot, dry snot) so we hung out in the washroom with the shower on and the door closed. Right after that, he sneezed out the HUGEST boogers.
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They were massive - and then he was breathing totally normal again.
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one way to clear the nose---tummy time! When we put E on the floor the boogers fly out!
 
naps: my guys are also on a 3-hour schedule and sleep at every cycle too (sometimes 15 minutes, sometimes 1 hour...it depends). The first morning nap is usually long, then one nap in ther early afternoon is also long...the rest are more like cat naps, but I wish they were longer because they are obviously tired because they get grumpy!. Then they get grumpy until it''s time to eat and fall sleep while eating! (still finish their bottles, but then it''s hard to have them stay up a little after they eat).

I finally ordered the twin test to find out if my boys are identical or fraternal! I''m just too curious and everyone that doesn''t know them thinks they are ID. I can tell them apart, but have gotten confused (so has DH!). Our families also get confused...so anyway, it would be good to just know
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Here is the picture I was trying to post...

My new favorite thing ever is to see them laugh at each other!. Here Alex is the one laughing, but Lucas also laughed plenty at this "I love my brother" session! (just tough to catch them in pics!). It just melts my heart!...they laugh and "talk" to each other
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Naps-Sophia takes 2 2-3 hour naps and sometimes a little 30 min catnap in the afternoon. She takes her first nap around an hour after she wakes up in the morning and another mid afternoon around 2 or 3pm. Since she wakes up from that nap around 4/5pm, she''ll sometimes nap around 6:30 for 30 mins but for the most part we keep her awake until 7:30. That''s during the week. On the weekend, she is on a 4 hour cycle: wake, eat, play for 2 hours, takes a 2 hour nap, wakes to start over give or take a few.

This is a guideline from baby center. Obviously all babies are different (sorry on phone can''t make clicky). Too bad Sophia didn''t get the memo on the 11 hour sleep sooner lol:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-much-sleep-does-your-child-need_7645.bc
 
Jacks started changing his napping schedule around 3 months and would only take 3 naps a day at that point even if they were all really short catnaps. At that point he was on a 3 hour cycle mostly.

Now at 5 months he''s on a 4 hour cycle. On days where he takes really good naps, he only naps twice a day (around 8:30 and 12:30), but if one nap is short or we''re out in the car somewhere, he''ll take a 3rd nap around 3:30 or 4.

I feel so bad for him right now, as he wants to crawl so terribly bad, but isn''t getting it yet. We''re at the point where whenever I put him down on his back, even if he has toys hanging over him to entertain him, he immediately rolls over and starts trying to crawl. He gets soooo frustrated that he''s not going anywhere.
 
Daisy and naps have never really gone together very well...

At the moment I reckon I can get her to have two on a good day if we are at home. One of about an hour three hours after she wakes up in the morning and a shorter one around 4pm.

If we are out then she'll catnap on public transport or when she's bored for 20 minutes or so, several times in a day.

Weather here is freezing! Not much snow compared with rest of UK though.

Talking of snow, I nearly flipped the other day: I was walking home from the supermarket and I had Daisy on my front in a sling, a diaper bag on my bag and six bags of shopping in my hands. This group of 16/17 year olds were hanging around and decided to run past me while chucking a snowball straight at my head from behind. It was rather more of an ice-ball than a snow-ball and hit me pretty hard and went all over D. A few inches lower and it would have hit her in the face.

I was SO ANGRY! I shouted after them I was going to call the police, get the CCTV tapes from the supermarket and press assault charges!
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(I didn't).

Led me to think exactly what is the position with snowballs? If someone threw a brick at you it would be assault - right? So because it melts it's not??? My own take on it is that snowballs are for throwing at friends and family, or for small kids - if a group of 7 year olds had pelted me with soft snow-balls I would have been a bit worried about Daisy but would have probably laughed. But a group of older teenagers throwing compacted ice at your head...
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

On the plus side, my new coat for wearing when carrying D turned up - I'm in love with it! It's a wool/cashmere mix and so warm and best of all Daisy loves wearing it too. Here's a photo a friend took the other day...

Nuts - so my endeavours to stop Daisy eating nuts have come unstuck... we went to visit relatives yesterday and I left DH supervising D playing with a load of small kids. Came back to find her covered in chocolate and happily munching a Ferrero Rocher
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, so add that to the marzipan that she was given at xmas (BIL didn't know marzipan is made from nuts
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) and I've truly failed. She's fine but I hope it's not a repeat exposure problem looming... there's no history of nut allergies in either of our families so fingers crossed.


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Love all the pics! And that coat is awesome Pandora!

Sorry I don't have any advice on the napping, infant nap schedules seem sooo long ago. We went to the party store and got a few things for Kyle's b-day, it just doesn't feel like my little baby will be turning 1 next month
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. I gave him a muffin to play with yesterday, practice for the b-day cake, and he didn't even want to touch it
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. At least I know he'll eat the ice cream.

And we almost have a walking baby. The sitter said he took 1 step on Friday for her, but he doesn't seem interested in doing it for mom and dad. He is standing on his own a ton though, he'll pull up, let go and just stand there smiling at us. I managed to snap a pic of "standing baby" yesterday.

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Pandora I don''t know about in the UK but under US law ANYTHING that is used with the intent to harm is a "deadly weapon". A deadly weapon isn''t just a gun or a knife, but could be a fist, a frying pan, a snowball, etc. I would have been REALLY pissed!
 
PS is acting weird for me. I''ve been trying to post for about an hour now and it keeps saying contact administrator. Weird.

Anyway, Pandora DAisy looks absolutely adorable. I don''t know how you cold weather moms do it!

MG-Yay for an almost walking baby. I read that Kyle slept 12 hours. Good for him and you!
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I''ve been sniffing Sophia''s diapers (lol) and she seems to be getting a lot better in terms of her UTI. There''s still an odor but it''s not as bad as it was previously. I''m really hoping for good news at her appt on Thursday.

Last night she was crying in her sleep but not awake. Just crying, with tears. It was so sad. Then around 1am, FI decided to move her into our bedroom because her room was too cold. She woke up and I was really mad (at him). But she stayed quietly in her PNP playing with her hands and staring off into space for about an hour before she fell asleep on her own.

Speaking of sleeping on her own, I was watching her the entire night and freaked out. She got to a point where she had her eyes open, was taking in deep but slow breaths and wasn''t moving much. I flashed the light on her and walked over to her but she wasn''t responding. I started crying. She was just really tired and in the middle of putting herself to sleep but talk about irrational fear
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ARGH, PS keeps eating my posts, and then wouldn''t let me reply. So Fiery, it''s been acting up for me too! Maybe our computers aren''t used to this cold spell!
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Ok, and once more, with feeling:

Thanks for all the responses on warm clothing. Everyone had great ideas. I bought a fleece sleep sack which seems to have worked, but I am going to get some warmer PJ''s and onesies with the hand things. Sorry to not respond sooner, I read all weekend, but couldn''t post.

CDT- Eye contact- sounds like you''ve good advice. Just wanted to say doesn''t sound like anything, but if he never makes eye contact I would bring it up with ped. O makes eye contact all the time, BUT sometimes when I am holding him right in front of me, he won''t make eye contact b/c he''s way too interested in what''s going on elsewhere. He''ll turn his head to the left and I will lean that way, and he''ll whip his head to the right. Like, Mom, you''re so boring, I want to see what''s over HERE!

Mgal- Gah, Kyle is almost one???? Cute pic, btw, where is his other shoe? I can''t keep socks on O, I''m sure shoes will be worse! And what color is his hair? Looks almost reddish-blonde, too cute.

Sunkist- Bedtime- O was the same at 8 weeks. He still doesn''t go to bed that early, despite all of the books saying he should and a lot of kiddos on here that do. Right now he goes down around 8:30, and he is just now starting to seem like he might need an earlier bedtime. (He''s almost 5 months). I tried to force an earlier one and it didn''t work. Follow his cues, you''ll be able to tell when he needs an earlier bedtime.

Mandarine- SUCH a cute pic! I agree on dream feeds, never works with O and just wakes him up. Wish it did, but don''t mess with a schedule that works, right?!

Amber- No advice on the cold, but hope Miss PJ is feeling better pronto!

PhxGirl- Personally, at almost 5 months, I still stick with a 3 hr feeding schedule with O. That way he definitely gets in his 6 feedings (at least) and tends to sleep longer at night. He''s also super skinny though, so I try to feed him as much as possible. As far as naps, he''s still on an every 3 hour schedule. Gets tired about 2 hours in, like clockwork. Naps range from 30 mins to 2 hours. Starting to drop his last nap, but I''m letting him do it on his own. I used to get stressed when the books would say they "should" be doing so and so at a certain age and try to force it, but it just doesn''t work that way. I had to step away from the books. So I''ll tell you the same- put down the books, lady! You have good instincts, just go with them. I''ve realized that these babies will tell you when they need to change things up.

Tao- Evan is precious!

Pandora- Daisy.
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That toothy grin is so adorable. I''m not much into reality shows, but I could so easily follow you and Daisy all day, you are so entertaining to me. FWIW, "assault" in the US is any threat or attempt to inflict physical harm or just an "offensive" touching; "battery" is the actual offensive touching or use of force without your consent. I think it''s a bit different in the UK (actually studied this in law school but of course can''t remember). Regardless, throwing a snowball at a mom and baby is absolutely offensive and either puts you in danger or puts you in fear of that danger. Now, not sure you could actually get anyone to press charges against kids playing in the snow, but it''s absolutely reckless. Glad you and Miss D are ok.

Mela- Saw you discussing boundaries and saying "no" on the toddler thread. O is obviously too little and doesn''t really do anything bad yet, but he loves to screech and scream. He''s just trying to find his voice, but sometimes he screeches right in my face. When he does this, I just say "no, Oliver, no screaming in my face" in a very calm voice. I make eye contact with him but refuse to smile at him while I say "no". Clearly he can''t understand me, but he does NOT like it if I won''t smile back at him. I only do it for a second, but I figure it''s good practice for when he does get old enough.

Fiery- The things these kids do to us!!!! O now sleeps on his side, as far up against his crib as he can, with his arms sticking through. It''s the ONLY place that I can''t see his face in the monitor. OR he sleeps on his stomach, again with his face turned away. On his back I can''t tell if he''s breathing by just looking. He is seriously trying to kill me!
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No advice, just letting you know that I am so with you on the irrational fear. I keep thinking it will go away, but it just gets worse. The best thing I do is try not to watch him sleep b/c it just makes it worse. O has never cried in his sleep, but he often smiles and then frowns, smiles and then frowns, and then makes little mewing noises. Sounds like when my dog is dreaming!

My question of the day: Do any of your kids shake their heads from side to side? O just started doing this- sort of like he''s saying "no" but it''s not at all related and he''s definitely not saying "no". He does it while he eats sometimes or just hanging out. It''s not manic, but definitely enough that I''ve noticed it. Could it be an ear infection? Or just one of those weird things that babies do? Just curious.
 
China - yup, he took the one shoe off
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. I can''t keep socks on him for longer than a minute (I even caught him pulling off his socks, then crawling to the cat door and putting them through the hole once). Those little leather "crib shoes" seem to stay on him the best, this pair is a bit big still, and he can get them off if he really tries. Then he usually sticks them in his mouth... His hair is actually getting a bit less red, and going to dirty blond. DH is very blond, and I had lighter hair as a child. And it''s getting wavy/curly now that it''s getting longer.

On head shaking, I wouldn''t worry too much unless he does it all the time. I think it''s just a discovery phase, they seem to go through waves of things, then get over it and move on to something new.

Yesterday we were at the autoparts store (again), and the guy ringing us up asked how old Kyle was. He seemed surprised when we told him 11 months. He said he had an 8.5 month old that looked bigger. I did notice this weekend that Kyle doesn''t have any rolls any more. No arm rolls, no knee rolls, nothing! He looks so much more "toddler" and less "baby" now, but he''s still just shy of 21 pounds. At least he does break the 20 pound weight limit for turning the car seat around, I know he''s going to love facing forward next month!
 
China - that's what Lex does too, so I'm thinking he just doesn't like me in his face! As for the head shaking, Lex has never done it, but I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep an eye on him and bring it up at your next pedi visit, I think right now our little guys are so young their just doing all sorts of crazy things
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Pandora - love the pic! And that coat is GREAT! I cannot believe the story about the teenagers! What little a**holes! Really, I would be seriously pissed.

Mgal - Love the pic of Kyle! And his missing shoe is hilarious
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I have to laugh that Lex and Kyle weigh the same...I get the same response you do, except it's because strangers can't believe Lex is only 7 months!

Sabine - poor Jacks! I'm sure he'll get the hang of it soon! And then you'll be wishing he wasn't crawling all over the place
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Mandarine - The boys are just so cute and getting so big!! The pic is adorable!

Nothing new really w/ me. Funny story though (well not really), yesterday we were trying to put Lex down for a nap, we left him in his crib at first he was crying, but suddenly he just got quiet so we thought he fell asleep. I went in to check on him and he was standing up in his crib
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. He was just looking at us like "Look what I can do" abd had a huge smile on his face. Good thing we had lowered the crib back when he first starting crawling, otherwise who knows what trouble he could have gotten into. This kid is going to give me gray hairs soon
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MGal- So cute. Boys are such rascals. Glad to hear that Kyle is on the smaller side too. O is soooo little and babies much younger than him already weigh as much.

CDT- Wow for Lex! And at 7 months! Is that early? Why does it seem like O standing up/crawling is so far away when really it''s not?
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I was thinking this morning about how different my life is with O. Obviously there are the big things, but do you guys notice yourself doing stuff that you would have never done pre-baby? I''m not talking about the big stuff, but the little things that make my life so different.

For example. I go to Pilates on Monday mornings at 6:30 am. In order to do this, I have to get up at 5 am to pump and get all of my crap together (pump, clothes, work bag, etc) and get to the gym in time. Once I got in my car, my windshield was frozen so I had to wait for it to thaw. Mind you, it''s in the 20''s here and freezing.

Pre-baby, I barely made it to pilates when I had to wake up at 6, throw on clothes and get to the gym five minutes away. And I often skipped just b/c I didn''t want to get out of bed. NO WAY would I have gone if I had to get up an hour early to pump (or something similar) AND take all of my stuff with me. But now, it''s worth it in order to 1) get some exercise; 2) get to work early; and 3) Let DH be in charge of O one morning a week.

Just funny how thoughts/priorities change. How quickly something that would have seemed so inconvenient and therefore not worth doing becomes the norm.
 
China - Well, I think 7 months is early, but by PS standards, not early! We have a lot of strong active babies on this board. Robbie posted a video on FB of Des doing exactly what Lex does now (standing) and he's 3 weeks younger than Lex
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These kids are crazy!! I don't know, I kind of wish he wasn't standing! It's a lot more work now....we constantly have to watch him because if he stands, he will fall and we don't want him to get hurt, ya know?

About priorities...I think I'm the opposite, I'm just so much lazier now and I hate it! I have a gym at work and have yet to go, I used to use it 5 days a week. I feel tired, but I know it's lack of exercise. I certainly can't blame lack of sleep because Lex sleeps great and even so my DH lets me sleep in on Saturdays. Not sure why I can't find the motivation (because I REALLY would like to lose the last 10 lbs and they're not going to magically fall off).

Crazy part is, is that I barely remember life before Lex, I've never been happier than I am now. My son is the love of my life and I just cannot imagine that he wasn't always here. He makes my heart hurt just to look at him
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Date: 1/11/2010 6:39:14 PM
Author: cdt1101
China - Well, I think 7 months is early, but by PS standards, not early! We have a lot of strong active babies on this board. Robbie posted a video on FB of Des doing exactly what Lex does now (standing) and he''s 3 weeks younger than Lex
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These kids are crazy!! I don''t know, I kind of wish he wasn''t standing! It''s a lot more work now....we constantly have to watch him because if he stands, he will fall and we don''t want him to get hurt, ya know?

About priorities...I think I''m the opposite, I''m just so much lazier now and I hate it! I have a gym at work and have yet to go, I used to use it 5 days a week. I feel tired, but I know it''s lack of exercise. I certainly can''t blame lack of sleep because Lex sleeps great and even so my DH lets me sleep in on Saturdays. Not sure why I can''t find the motivation (because I REALLY would like to lose the last 10 lbs and they''re not going to magically fall off).

Crazy part is, is that I barely remember life before Lex, I''ve never been happier than I am now. My son is the love of my life and I just cannot imagine that he wasn''t always here. He makes my heart hurt just to look at him
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Quick one from me as I''m off to bed, but you''ll find Lex will learn to get down quite fast. Daisy only clonked her head twice before she learnt to sit down onto her backside from standing.
 
A super quick, one-reply from me since we're still out of town (scouting a move!)

China- Henry does the same head shaking thing, esp. when he's happy/excited (like when we're playing). I've heard it's because they like the sensation (if they have no other signs of an ear infection), though I'll get a second opinion from his ped. when we get back home. Just wanted you to know O isn't the only one!
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I plan to catch up tomorrow night! Hope everyone and their tiny ones are doing okay.
 
Thanks for the nap advice. I''m glad to know babies older than Claire are still napping every few hours. I''m not going to stress about trying to establish a "morning nap" or anything like that.

Pandora, ugh about those boys! I''m kind of evil, so I think I would have just shrieked, "My baby! My baby! What have you done to my baby?" That''s the kind of thing that will haunt a kid for several years at least.
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In your honor I scared a bunch of teenaged boys today. We''re a couple blocks from a boys military school, and the kids have taken to smoking in our alley. OK, fine, but now it seems that they''re actually standing right behind our garage door and leaving the butts on our property. So I snuck into the backyard, went into the garage, then opened the garage door to the sound of "Oh ****" and boys scattering. Hee hee. One of them stayed behind, I guess because he thought it was just a normal garage door opening and not a crazy lady about to pounce on them, and I said, "Boys! Can''t you do this somewhere else!" and he said, "Yes m''am. Sorry m''am."

China, good for you for keeping up with pilates! Definitely with some things I will put up with more to do things I might have taken for granted before, but one thing I miss is how much we/I used to go for walks to run errands. It just seems like too much work right now, plus it''s winter. I broke down yesterday because I thought we were going to go for a family walk, but then DH asked me to go to Staples (by car), and when we were leaving I realized that it was time for Claire to nap and then eat, and then after that the sun would be setting and it''d be too cold. So I started crying about not getting to go on my walk, and of course DH declared we would go right then, which turned out fine. Claire just slept on DH in the Baby Bjorn. Whenever my instinct is, "Oh no, we can''t go out right now in case she fusses" or "Oh no, I can''t put her down in case she fusses," I try to ignore my fear and do it anyway. And 9 times out of 10 Claire is fine. So I need to start doing that with walks too, but since I''m trying to do "real" exercise most days, it''s hard to fit that in too.

I ran 4 miles today! It took me 46 minutes, which is 10 minutes more than prepregnancy, but it felt really good. Once I go back to work, running will actually be easier to squeeze in. Currently DH is coming home from work 2x a week to watch Claire, but I can squeeze in a run before I pick Claire up from daycare.

Freezer Stash o'' milk: How much do you need for returning to work? I am up to 4 days'' worth (twelve 4 oz. bottles). Can you ever have too much? I''m worried that since I seem to get about an ounce less than she consumes per feeding, eventually I won''t have enough unless I have a head start.
 
PG - I think that George cut his third nap at around 7 months old as well. I can''t remember when he dropped down to three.

You can''t ever really have too much milk but minimum, you need enough for the first day that you''re at work plus some emergency milk. The main purpose of a freezer stash should be for emergency use, like if you accidently spill a bottle of milk and need to replace it. Daycare also has to toss milk if they misread hunger signs and warm it up too early, which hopefully shouldn''t happen too much but it did from time to time for me.
If you''re consistently feeding her 1oz per feeding out of the freezer stash, that sends the signal to your breasts that they dont'' need to make that ounce. It''s hard when you first start pumping because it''s not as efficient at getting milk out, but ideally you want to find some way of pumping out as much as she''s consuming when she''s gone. Are you massaging while you''re pumping? That really helped with me. You could also add in an extra pump after she goes to bed, or when you first wake up. What worked well for me was pumping once in the morning. I also fed him once in the morning, and just tried to shower in between pumping and nursing to give myself a little time between the two and help me relax.

Mandarine - love the picture!

Sabine - I felt really bad for George when he was in that stage, and for us it lasted two months. My sympathies.

Pandora - I''d be furious at those boys. I''m pretty sure that''s assault too. That coat looks really nice!

MGal - I can''t believe he''s almost ONE! He looks like such a toddler now. George is just at about 20 lbs at 9 months (so a little bit smaller than Kyle) and we met a lady on Friday who kept insisting that he had to be 14 months old. Haha.

Fiery - glad the infection seems to be clearing up.


I''ve decided that I want to be serious about losing these last pounds, and have been working out each day. Only 5 to go now!!
 
Amber - I went to the paeditrician for that same issue yesterday. Dalila has been congested for a few days now - she has a snuffly sound that seems to be coming from her chest, and is worse at nights than in the day. It seems to really bother her when sleeping, too. It doesn''t seem to be a cold because she''s not producing any mucus through her nose or coughing anything up. I tried the saline drops and the steamy shower and neither really made a difference. When I went to the doc he said that newborns generally produce a lot of mucus, and don''t really have a way of getting rid of it (like adults too - coughing it up, etc). He said it''s usually at the back of the throat, and won''t usually impair their breathing. He recommended using a bit of Vicks Vapor Rub mixed with vaseline on her chest and back (or Baby Vicks if you have), as well as continuing the saline drops, and elevating her head/chest. He mentioned the problem would go away on its own though.
 
I actually had a TOFTS moment last night (I love that expression Tgal!)! I went to visit a friend and her 4 week old, who''s been very colicy. She was talking about how he''s waking up every 3 hours at night. I know it hasn''t been that long since Kyle was born, but I just sat there listening to her and thinking "I don''t want to go through THAT again!". And we''re only 30
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Date: 1/11/2010 6:39:14 PM
Author: cdt1101
Crazy part is, is that I barely remember life before Lex, I''ve never been happier than I am now. My son is the love of my life and I just cannot imagine that he wasn''t always here. He makes my heart hurt just to look at him
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I feel the EXACT SAME WAY. Every word you wrote - I ditto.

Madarine - your boys are so cute. There really is something special about twins, isn''t there?!

Speaking of twins: SHOUT OUT TO NYCBK!!
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Miss you if you''re lurking. Hugs to Jackie and Jon!!
Also, Shout out to Courtney and Alila
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, and Robbie and Des
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. Hope you are all well and miss seeing you around here.

Pandorsy - URGH on the kids. Sadly, kids (especially boys) will be kids and they probably thought ZERO about the consequences of their actions. All they thought about was the fun of the moment. Oh youth! It really is wasted on the young. Love the coat though!

Blen - can I say how inspired I am at your weight loss. I''m just such a cow. still up 15 lbs.
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I''ve decided to do some crunches and yoga stretching tonight (ironically, as I watch "my fat friends" aka The Biggest Loser, on TV. I''m going for a power walk now with a friend. I neeeeed to lose this weight. It''s bringing me down, literally.
China and Phoenix - you two are also inspiring to me. I just don''t get off on exersize (I''d never exersized before Romeo except for doing yoga which I love for the mental benefits I get). good for you girls. Your body and mind will thank you. Now, if only I could find something to feel good about.
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I''m going to swim laps (which I enjoy) when I move to Florida for the month of Feb. It had better warm up!
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TOFTS? Qu''est ce que c''est? I missed something.

Romeo has two teeth now. Poor guy cries in the middle of the night. I gave him Tempra at 1:30 am last night, and he settled back down. Poor little froggie.
 
Mela - hello
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Yeah like I said yesterday I''m REALLY struggling w/ motivation to lose these last 10. And I unfortunately have a body type that likes to hang on to weight, I HAVE to work out to be *smaller.* I''m not petite at all...short yes, petite no.

And I don''t know what TOFTS means either
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A "Biggest Loser" competition was started in my dept at work! So I''m using that as (hopefully) motivation to start going back to the gym. I''m going today, which will be the first time in awhile!

Hello to the rest of the mommies
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TOFTS: Too Old For That/This Sh.....lol

That''s what I remember from my lurking days
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Date: 1/12/2010 11:01:56 AM
Author: fiery
TOFTS: Too Old For That/This Sh.....lol

That''s what I remember from my lurking days
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lol....got it
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