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awww Steph, he's gorgeous!!!!

MG, Thanks!!! I'm starting with naps only! Too scared to attempt nighttime just yet!. Once they master naps I may give the nights a try!

Nap #2 today, Lucas went down quick but he's up after only 15 minutes....he's been crying for a few minutes...I'm waiting to se eif he puts himself back to sleep. It took Alex a while to fall sleep...it's been justa few minutes for him (Lucas will probably wake him up now though with the crying!)


ETA: they woke each other up and are now both crying
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I tried to take them out to see if maybe they were just done sleeping and maybe wanted to play, but they are so cranky that I put them back down....
 
Steph, boy, that Evan is a cutie! I bet it was nice to get out for a walk. Of course, this is coming from someone who feels like she''s been trapped in the house FOREVER due to the stupid snow.

Ben will only nurse on one side for like 5 minutes before dozing off if left to his own devices, so I do breast compression and mess with him quite a bit. If it looks like he''s going to snack before taking one of his "power naps," I work really hard to make sure he eats as much as possible. By power naps, I mean that he is absolutely ridiculous when he wants to sleep -- the other evening he slept for almost 5 hours even though I did my best to annoy him. If he weren''t so tiny, I would let him nap as he wants, but given his size, I don''t want him going that long without feeding.

Anyway, last week, he was cluster feeding. He would nurse for a while, fall asleep and then wake up just a few minutes later wanted to nurse some more. This went on for HOURS for a day or two. Generally, this behavior indicates a growth spurt and it''s very common to have one at 2 weeks, so that might be what Evan is doing.

Growth spurts can be tough on mom because you feel like you do NOTHING except nurse constantly -- it''s even difficult to get a few minutes to go to the bathroom. The good news is that growth spurts don''t usually last longer than a couple of days and the almost constant behavior is great for boosting your supply.

You may want to try to hold out of the formula as long as possible right now and just keep switching him from side to side each time he gets to fussing. Make yourself a nursing nest and hang out there if possible. I know it''s hard when you have another kiddo that needs attention, too, so this might be a good time to pick up some new coloring books and crayons or whatever Andrew would like to keep him occupied.

Are you taking any thing to boost your supply? You might consider adding a galactagogue to help get through this phase. Easy ones include eating oatmeal (steel cut oats), drinking a beer or Mother''s Milk Tea. Fenugreek is easy to obtain and use (a bottle of 200 610 mg fenugreek capsules is available from drugstore.com for just under $15; take 3 of them 3 times a day). You can add in other herbs that work with the fenugreek such as blessed thistle and fennel.

More Milk Plus capsules or tincture is a good way to get the herb combination without having to take a lot of pills. I used the More Milk Plus alcohol free tincture before, and a few days ago started taking the More Milk Plus vegetarian capsules. Both work well for me. I just ordered a 8 oz. bottle of More Milk Plus Special Blend because that contains goat''s rue, which is another herb that can be used in conjunction with the fenugreek. One note about these: they''re relatively expensive, I guess. The 120 capsule bottle of More Milk Plus runs about $42 and the big bottle of the More Milk Plus Special Blend was $50 and a couple. I figure that this is still cheaper than buying formula full time.

I hope that helps some, even though -- ONCE AGAIN -- I have rambled. This is what happens when I start writing, get distracted by something several times and then come back. =)

Fiery, I hope your mood improves once you get home and can hang with Sophia. It''s soooo hard to be a working mom and miss your kids like that, but I also think it makes you appreciate the time you do have with them. The weekend is almost here, too!

Mandarine, I seriously don''t know how you do it! I love reading about what''s going on with your boys. I think raising twins must be similar to herding cats. =) I''ve had very little luck with swaddling with my kids once they were older than just a couple of days. It''s as if they got a taste of freedom and weren''t willing to give it up. Every time I''d swaddle one of them, it would take 2 seconds for them to get their arms out.
 
Mandy They hurt my ears too and I am also a side sleeper, but I got used to them after a while. I sort of pull them out a bit so there is no as much pressure. Anyways, hopefully you find a solution!
 
ok, feeling a bit better after some soup ("we both enjoy soup")

re: swaddling... charlie is still swaddled.. i don''t want to think about how hard it would be to put him down unswaddled. actually, i have tried it several times... and he just kicks his legs and whips his arms around and never goes to sleep. however, if i''m holding him and i can wrap his body around my belly, one arm wrapped around my back and hold the other one down he will fall asleep unswaddled. could you try this and then lay them down? baby steps in lieu of cold turkey?
the aden and anais blankets are HUGE (and made of lightweight ''breathable'' cotton). i can get one of those suckers wrapped twice around charlie and tucked back into the front.. he''s not going anywhere. you could also try the ''aussie swaddle'' - which swaddles their hands up near their face - link: http://www.bugnbelle.com/how_to_swaddle.html

lied... soup is not sitting well.
TTFN
 
aww steph he is so darling!! i love how he already looks like a big boy at just 2 weeks! every day Julian seems to be more like a little boy even though he is still a floppy baby hehe.

steph...re: how long he nurses/eats. well our schedule now is nurse him on one boob for 15 min to make sure he is getting fore and hind milk and then burp him. if he burps we are assuming he got about at least 30ml (1oz) off the boob. then we are supplementing with about 1.5-2oz breast milk in the bottle. this is usually enough to put him into what we call the ''comatose'' state. he starts with his hands up near his face and his ''angry'' boob face and then ends with hands down floppy by his side and his drunken sailor look on his face. this USUALLY works for us. but sometimes it doesn''t and he roots more like crazy and/or is not drunken at all and not really soothed either. so i have started putting him back on the boob really mostly for comfort sucking but sometimes he does seem to ''eat'' for about 10min. that is usually enough to get him into a drunken state and he will then either fall asleep or just lay satiated with his eyes open and looking around then eventually fall asleep.

so not sure if any of that helps you really but that seems to be what is working for us. the LC said that 3oz is a little much for him to be taking right now but he doesn''t spit up and he burps well and he is doing well, PLUS he tends to sleep 3-4 hour stretches rather than 2 hour, so we feed him more like 8x a day than the 10-12. so she said as long as he is getting his 19-20oz a day and he seems happy, it''s fine as long as we feed him at least 8.

oh and he is above his birth weight by 1oz...YAY. she said 9 days is great for being back above birth weight. our little oinker.

RPS thanks for the latch tips. most of what you said i already knew or i was trying to do. i am just hoping that maybe he will eventually keep at it with practice. i do try to put him on the boob when he is not angry and red yet but the window is SO tiny...and actually he gets angry really fast if he is given the naked boob even if he was pacified a minute before. he WILL suck for about 30 seconds but then he just gets agitated. since i don''t want him to have negative associations, we just put the shield back on. i think the LC caught him at a good time AND someone else said that she was prob ''putting'' him on the boob, yep, she just grabs the boob, puts the kid on and it''s all good. i obviously need some assistance with my technique. oh and we also use the football hold because it''s much easier for me and he seems to like it overall. i cannot get a good latch with cradle.

oh and on the head shaking, i noticed last nite he did this when i gave him the pacifier too... and then he grabbed my hand with both his arms and held my hand with the pacifier in it in his mouth just like he grabs at my boob too. he is so strong.

viz yeah he loves to flail his arms around when he is eating. sometimes we swaddle him, mostly at night, when we want him to stay soothed longer so he goes back to sleep after eating. i''ll try keeping him more in a swaddle... the other thing about swaddling is that i tend to want his limbs to get a ''stretch'' because sometimes i feel like the swaddle just keeps them in weird positions and we want him to feel like he CAN stretch out when he isn''t sleeping.

when the babies are this young, how do you do effective tummy time? we put him on our bellies and chest right now and sometimes on a blanket with us watching him and his head to the side. someone mentioned a boppy, how do you use that to position him?

MRS...thanks for the insight re: holding the breast. greg pointed out i was holding it one way and the LC was holding it another when she ''fed'' it to him. who knew that the way you hold the boob would make a huge impact on breastfeeding! all these crazy nuances to remember.

re: side/sleep positioner, thanks for all the notes on how your babies sleep. we will have to try the rolled towel method and see how that works since we don''t have a real sleep positioner, just this mesh flat one that came with some other product (snuggle nest).
 
Thanks Viz,

They would break out of the Aussie swaddle in seconds. I''m not kidding. Would freak me out more to have even more fabric in their faces...even if the fabric is breathable, it still freaks me out.

If I had one bebe, I would try holding them to sleep and then putting them down...but I just can''t go back to that with two...it''s just too exhausting!

So Alex finally took one long nap (1hr)...and now Lucas is taking a longer nap (30 minutes so far). They''re going to be complete out of synch, but oh well!!. They''re so tired that they have left all their bottles sort of half way. I''m hoping to just get through today and try again tomorrow. Day 3 should be the magic day!

RPS, herding cats! hehehe
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Mara, the first month I only did tummy time in our chest...then we used the boppys...like in this pic (I think he was about 1 month and a week there)

Now they still like tummy time better in their boppys rather than flat...

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I set a new pumping record, yay! 4.1 ounces in one go!

DH is out of town tonight, so I will be doing everything with Claire solo. Ugh. Feel like a single parent. It was not fun trying to get all my school and pumping stuff and Claire and her daycare stuff out the door this morning. And then Saturday DH is leaving at 4a.m. to pick up his new car (4 hours away) and he won''t be back until late afternoon. Boo. Me tired.
 
Warning: me-centric post coming up. Things have been super crazy at work, and I have been sick, so I have not been keeping up, but I just had to come on and vent real quick.

I pump twice a day at work. All we have in my building that is appropriate for pumping is a stall in the bathroom, with no working lock, and a metal chair to sit in. There is also a stack of exercise mats in there, but they are across the stall next to a non-working plug, so I can''t even sit on those. I basically put my metal chair in front of the door so it stays closed, plug my pump into the only outlet that works (which is right by the door for some reason, so I can''t even move the mats next to it), and pump for my 15 minutes.

Well, today I go in, and there is some woman sitting on the exercise mats. She tells me she is meditating. I ask her if she is almost done, I need to pump my breastmilk. She tells me to come back in 5 minutes. 10 minutes later she finally comes out. I was a little peeved (this may have something to do with the fact that I''m sick and grumpy already).

So after I am done pumping my 12.5 ounces (god, I am a milk machine!), I go and ask my boss if people are supposed to be using that stall for whatever they want or just pumping. She says yes, they pretty much can use it for whatever they want, including naps (wtf?! naps at work!!!). The official "mother''s room" is in another building, and the bathroom stalls are just for whatever. So at a location where there are close to 5000 emplyees, and over 25 buildings, there is only one official "mother''s room". She says it''s really nice, but it''s a little inconvienent for me to haul my pump a couple of buldings away two times a day, don''t you think?

Well, I''ve been back at work for a month now, and that was the first time someone else was in the stall, so I guess I really shoulnd''t complain. Again, being sick makes me grumpy! Sorry girls! Vent officially over.

Hope everyone else is doing okay. Time for me to go back and catch up...
 
don''t want to jinx it, but Lucas just went down for a nap and was out within like 2 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!
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He must have been tired, the poor fella!.

Today has been better, the napping has been staggered (one up, one down)...but I''ll take that over no naps and super cranky babies!!!!

SoCal Did you ask her if they have considered having another mother''s room? that just seems so unfair!...and seriously, who naps and meditates during work hours!!!!??
 
Mara, I really think most of what you''re dealing with is the standard learning curve! I''m pretty convinced that you need 12 hands in order to get a good latch in the early days.

If it makes you feel better, most of the time, I''m fighting Ben to keep his hands out of the way, plus I sometimes have to pull down his jaw to get him to open wide enough, plus I do breast compression and there are times when I''m pumping the other side and holding the horn on in the crook of my elbow. LOL!

Note: baby fingernails do not feel good when dragged across your nipple.

PG,
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for your new pumping record! Way to go!

So Cal, OMG, I think it''s horrible when pumping moms have no choice but to use the bathroom. It''s such a shame that some companies do the bare minimum when it really is in their best interest to encourage pumping.

Is there anywhere else you could go? Like an unused conference room or office?

Good for you for pumping in the first place...and wow, 12 oz? I''m insanely jealous!!
 
swaddles When Hunter was breaking from the swaddles we would put him to sleep in just a t-shirt onesie, then swaddle him in the "swaddle me" and then wrap him really tight in a nice big receiving blanket. That held him! We did it for about a month before we went of swaddles at 3mo.
 
Mara
Try expressing a little bit of breastmilk and putting it on your nipples. It really helps dry and cracked nipples.
As far as flat head/positioning of the head, Jaron also turns his head onto the side when I put him down. So I just make sure he gets equal time on both sides. Meena was the same way.
Swaddling - I don''t always swaddle J when he sleeps. I only does it when he is fussy. I like the fact that it helps the baby learn to not rely on being swaddled, or at least that worked for Meena, so I am doing the same with J.
Good to know that 9 days is great for being back to birth weight. J went in for a weight check on Monday, and he is 0.5oz under his birth weight. I am assuming he is over that by now.

sunkist
I am not looking forward to the hair loss. It was really bad for me last time. It looks like I had a bald spot. It stopped around 6 months for me also.

Steph
Jaron only nurses for 5-10 mins on one breast most of the times. Occasionally he''ll take the other breast. He nurses every 2-3 hrs. It really depends on how effective your baby is sucking and how much supply you have. I know I am making more milk than J needs right now b/c I am always full, even after he nurses. The first few days when I was only making colostrum, he would nurse for 20-30 mins on each breast.
Ditto with RPS on oatmeal and fenugreek (I used these when my supply dipped before my period while nursing M) if you think you have supply issue. I also heard good thing about Mother''s Milk Tea and More Milk Plus, but I never tried them myself. I''ve been eating oatmeal daily since I gave birth, and I think it''s really good for my supply.
Evan is such a cutie pie.

fiery
Sorry you have to go to the Happy Hour. Hope you get to spend more time with Sophia tonight.

Mandy
Yay for 4 snore-free nights. hehe.
Good luck with weaning off swaddling. I stopped swaddling pretty early on with M since she was a summer baby and it''s hot here. I just let her sleep unswaddled even when she was a few weeks old. I plan to do the same with J. I think he is more fussy when he is fighting to get his little arms out.

sugarpie
Hope your DS feels better soon. It''s always hard to see your baby sick. I always say I rather be the one who is sick than them.

Viz
Hope you feel better soon.

so cal girl
So sorry that you don''t have a Mother''s room in your building. I have to deal with the same thing when I go back to work. I have to use the shower in the ladies'' room that everyone can use. And there''s this one lady who takes nap during her break in there. So I feel your pain.
And Wow that you get 12.5oz in one pumping session. Lucky you.

J is doing well. I think he has his night and day mixed up b/c he sleeps so well during the day, but he is so noisy and wake up more often at night. Hopefully that will straighten out.
 
Thanks for the feedback Mara, RPS, and QT. I will try the oatmeal for sure and also the tea to see if that helps. I am also going to start pumping to use for a little extra at the end of feedings if he wants it. Man, I feel like the only thing I''m doing is nursing all day long, but I know it is worth it and we''ll get on a better schedule eventually!
 
Date: 2/10/2010 11:40:38 PM
Author: sunkist

My hair is falling out in full force now! Argh! I have tons of hair, so I dont mind it doing what its gotta do, but couldnt it just all come out at once instead of it just keeping coming and coming and coming? How long does this last anyways?
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Ugh – I’m experiencing the same thing right now (4 months post partum). Clumps and clumps of hair keep falling out and I’m finding it EVERYWHERE – wrapped around LO’s bottle, in his crib, all over the shower and stuck to the tile walls in my bathroom. Gross. I’m starting to panic because my hair is thin to begin with... I’m wondering if I’ll eventually have to invest in a wig.
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Thanks ladies for the sympathy. Sometimes just having people agree with you that something sucks makes it not seem to suck so bad. Although if I catch people napping or meditating in there again soon, I may have to make a suggestion to the company that they make some adjustments. I don''t really think naps or meditation need to be done at work.

Too hard to totally catch up, so I''m just going to stick to this page...

Swaddling - Unfortunately for us, swaddling didn''t work that long. Even when E was swaddled, he would still lift his legs up and slam them down on the mattress and wake himself up. And he really likes having his arms up by/above his head when he sleeps (his father sleeps in the exact same position), so we really only swaddled for the first month or two. It seems like it is a hard habit to break, but they all get broken eventually. Mandy, it seems like they are on their way to working it out.

Milk supply - My sister has twins, and to get her supply up she used the More Milk capsules. She really thought they worked for her. She is still partially breast feeding at almost 8 months, and plans to do it for a year. And I do think that the more you pump, the more you produce, so maybe pumping is a way to increase your milk? All I know is that since I have been back at work and pumping twice a day, my milk production just keeps growing. I know I produce more as he needs to eat more, but it is way beyond that.

Nursing in the beginning is definitely hard. You never know how much they are getting, which totally stressed me out. And they''ve always got their hands in their face or something else that hinders the process. And your nipples hurt and you''re so tired. But it does get easier.

Hair falling out - Oh goodness, mine got a little out of control. I have a lot of hair, so I tend to shed a lot normally, but it became ridiculous. There are huge hairballs all over my house. It started bugging me so much that I cut most of my hair off. It was halfway down my back and is now to my chin. It still falls out, but at least now the pieces are shorter
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Sugarpie Who the heck were you?? I cannot for the life of me figure it out. ETA SO I looked on the preggos in waiting list and there is only one person on there who had an Oct. birth and is not still posting regularly, so I am guessing it is you!
 
hairloss - but doesn''t the hairloss just even it''s self out from saving up all that extra hair during pregnancy?? Sugarpie, I can''t see how you would need a wig
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Hi SoCal, don''t you have curly hair too? I do, and I was just deciding to let mine grow again down to the middle of my back
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But, you''re right keeping it short will cut my hairballs chunk volume in half!
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nipple care - I was told breastmilk is a natural antibiotic or something, so like QT said, I always rubbed some on my nips after feeding. Fed baby, expressed a few drips and rubbed it over my nipple, let it air dry, then put lanolin on and covered with breastpad. Don''t be afraid to let your boobs hang out and let them airdry. I think it''s very important to keeping them healthy! You''re home with just the baby all day anyway, so let ''um hang out
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SoCal - sorry about the room issue at work! I can''t believe people meditate and nap at work...
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I remember wishing I could when I was at work, but, seriously???

Mandy - you''re doing a great job! I know getting these babies down for naps is tough sometimes, but I understand how accomplishing it makes you feel like a good mom!!
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How long are your LOs awake before they go down for a nap?? Wes does 1 hour awake, 1 hour asleep. But then as it gets to evening, that all kind of goes to pot and he doesn''t want to nap anymore, but he''s cranky.
 
Date: 2/11/2010 6:18:40 PM
Author: sunkist
hairloss - but doesn''t the hairloss just even it''s self out from saving up all that extra hair during pregnancy?? Sugarpie, I can''t see how you would need a wig
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Hi SoCal, don''t you have curly hair too? I do, and I was just deciding to let mine grow again down to the middle of my back
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But, you''re right keeping it short will cut my hairballs chunk volume in half!
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Yup, thick and curly hair for me! I wasn''t too worried when mine started falling out, because I knew I''d still have plenty left. But my sister has thick hair too (although straight) and she started to get a bald spot in front from losing so much hair PP. My hair dresser said I still had plenty when I went in to get it cut at 4 months PP. It still took her 3 hours to cut through it all! The cutting of the hair has also decreased the amount of baby puke that ends up in my hair. I''ve got a spitter
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nipple care - I was told breastmilk is a natural antibiotic or something, so like QT said, I always rubbed some on my nips after feeding. Fed baby, expressed a few drips and rubbed it over my nipple, let it air dry, then put lanolin on and covered with breastpad. Don''t be afraid to let your boobs hang out and let them airdry. I think it''s very important to keeping them healthy! You''re home with just the baby all day anyway, so let ''um hang out
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They told us to basically do this at our breastfeeding class. I only used the lanolin once a day, in the morning after the shower, but smeared on some breast milk every time I nursed.


SoCal - sorry about the room issue at work! I can''t believe people meditate and nap at work...
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I remember wishing I could when I was at work, but, seriously???

Everyone WANTS to take naps at work, but who actually does?! You seriously should have seen the look on my face when I walked in and she told me she was meditating.

Mandy - you''re doing a great job! I know getting these babies down for naps is tough sometimes, but I understand how accomplishing it makes you feel like a good mom!!
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How long are your LOs awake before they go down for a nap?? Wes does 1 hour awake, 1 hour asleep. But then as it gets to evening, that all kind of goes to pot and he doesn''t want to nap anymore, but he''s cranky.

I think everyone on here is doing such a great job! It is so nice to have so much good information and support from such smart ladies!
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SoCal, that''s tough. I''m currently pumping in my classroom and the school clinic, which was offered to me after i rejected the teachers'' office with open cubicles. My state regulations regarding pumping stipulate that the room supplied not be a bathroom stall. Who wants to do that in the bathroom? (Not that the clinic is much better.) BTW, I totally would have started pumping right then and there. If the lady said something, I would have said, well, take it up with our employer. They''re legally obligated to provide me a place to pump. I''m not sure they''ll feel the same way about you meditating.

Mandy, how''s your DH free night going? Mine is ok so far. Claire is down for a nap (she still needs to eat one more time), pump parts and bottles are in the dishwasher for tomorrow, I''ve got a glass of wine and control of the remote. I guess this isn''t as bad as I thought! If I thought I''d sleep instead of worrying all night, I''d bring Claire into bed with me tonight. It''s ok though; we had some nice Mommy & Claire naps over the snow days.
 
Date: 2/11/2010 6:13:18 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Sugarpie Who the heck were you?? I cannot for the life of me figure it out. ETA SO I looked on the preggos in waiting list and there is only one person on there who had an Oct. birth and is not still posting regularly, so I am guessing it is you!
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How come I can't figure it out? All I see for October is me, Viz, and Nat.
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DH set up a babysitter for Sunday night so we can go out for Valentine's Day. Yay! The funny thing is that somewhere along the road in the 11.5 years we've been together, he decided I didn't like surprises. So he always ruins them by saying, "So, I know you don't like surprises, so I'm just going to tell you . . . " I'm like, yeah, maybe once when I was 22 I didn't like some surprise, but give me another chance!
 
Helloooooo ladiessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It''s LADIES night in my house!!!!!!!!!!!....well ok, I''m the only lady here, but I love it!
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Is it weird that I love when DH goes on vacations without me?...lol. I always have loved it (even before babies!). I enjoyed living by myself for so long (like 8 years) that I just miss it!. I miss being all by myself so I love it when he takes off for a few days?
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Yeah, I''ll mis him, but I LOVE IT!. I''m weird..my friends think Im nuts that I''m happy that he left and I''m home alone with the boys...hehe.

So many options now. I just had some soup, now it''s time to break the bar and start watching some TV!!!....he says I only watch "trash"...so tonight is trash TV lady night over here!!!...which shouldn''t be confused with trashy lady night...hehe, ok now I''m rambling...I''m like a teenager whose parents left for the weekend...lol.

yyyyyiiiipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Date: 2/11/2010 4:34:22 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
swaddles When Hunter was breaking from the swaddles we would put him to sleep in just a t-shirt onesie, then swaddle him in the ''swaddle me'' and then wrap him really tight in a nice big receiving blanket. That held him! We did it for about a month before we went of swaddles at 3mo.
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hehe I think that''s a better option to what I had in mind: duct tape! hehehehe
 
Cool PG! I''m glad you and hubby are going out for V-Day!! I don''t know what we''re doing??

Anyone else doing something fun or romantic for Valentines??

Mandy, Ladies Night, wooohoooo!!!! :D Time for a pedicure and chick flicks!

Ok, I"m going to attempt to vacuum while Wes is napping
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The laundry is already going... I hope this works!!
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Sunkist, I assume you''re doing this for white noise? (sorry I missed something!), but have you tried one of those little but very loud fans?
 
Date: 2/11/2010 7:55:47 PM
Author: Mandarine
Sunkist, I assume you''re doing this for white noise? (sorry I missed something!), but have you tried one of those little but very loud fans?
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We have a Marpac Sleepmate, if you want the best white noise without running an appliance. My roommate in college got me addicted to hers. We''ve only broken our habit of sleeping with it on now that we''re parents and need to be able to hear Claire. But it works well for her if there''s outside noise.


I drank my glass(es) of wine a bit quickly. Oops! It really is fun being by yourself. (I hope I still feel this way when I''m rushing around trying to get Claire to daycare and myself to work in the morning!). The best thing will be sleeping in the middle of the bed. When I think of the boring suburban cookie-cutter apartment I had by myself out of college, I always think fondly of my nights sprawled out in the middle of the bed. Sigh!
 
Date: 2/11/2010 7:55:47 PM
Author: Mandarine
Sunkist, I assume you''re doing this for white noise? (sorry I missed something!), but have you tried one of those little but very loud fans?
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Mandy, no, haha! I just needed to clean house
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But I''ve been using laundry as white noise during his naps, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn''t. The vacuum didn''t wake him up though!
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Ha Mandy! Love your happy post about husband being gone!

My husband was snowed in at work two weeks ago and I slept sooooo well! I slept right in the middle of the bed--all spread out. It was FANTASTIC!! I missed him a lot---but having that little bit of time to myself was just what I needed.

Evan just had his shower with Daddy---He loves it so much (the baby) it''s crazy.

I''m trying to think of what I''m going to post tomorrow for Confession time.
 
Ok, I forgot to post a pic last Friday for BPF, so Im posting early this week
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He''s 3 months on Saturday!!

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Date: 2/11/2010 8:36:15 PM
Author: sunkist
Ok, I forgot to post a pic last Friday for BPF, so Im posting early this week
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He''s 3 months on Saturday!!
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Lookit that cute little chubbo!
 
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