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Re: letdown, it could be it. She is a quick eater, never more than 10 minutes, and she chokes about 2 minutes in. It could be a double letdown because I can definitely feel the first one immediately.

So I have issues. I KNOW I need to get some free time from Piper, I do. I KNOW she needs to get used to being held by other people (other than the same few), and I KNOW she needs to get used to not having Mommy 24/7. Still, it''s totally driving me crazy because I have yet to figure out how. Do I pump instead of nursing her and have DH feed her? Or do I nurse her and pump the other side to have that for a feeding? I do not want separation issues, and since I see her all day (with working with her here), I know it''s inevitable.

Any tips, please. I want to be able to have a night out someday.
 
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Oh Steph those pics are the greateset!!!
 
Sorry for so many and for the first ones being so big!!
 
Steph - I love the pics
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I especially love the one of Andrew kissing Evan's head. and the one after that of just Evan...those lips!!! OH...and the last one w/ you and Evan is great too!!! Love them all!

In my news, I got AF today....relieved to be able to move on.
 
Steph I just delurking to say
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wow, you have tow little heartbreakers!
 
Date: 3/2/2010 2:52:50 PM
Author: cdt1101
Steph - I love the pics
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I especially love the one of Andrew kissing Evan''s head. and the one after that of just Evan...those lips!!! OH...and the last one w/ you and Evan is great too!!! Love them all!

In my news, I got AF today....relieved to be able to move on.
These are my two favs as well!!!!!!
 
Steph- I can''t pick, they are all making my heart melt. So gorgeous that family of yours. I so wish I had done newborn pics.

CDT- Sorry to hear that. Onwards and upwards, it will happen soon for you methinks!

Amber- Since you asked,
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I personally think it''s really important to start leaving the house without Piper for a bit now. It''s easier when they are tiny and don''t really *know* that you are gone yet. Plus you don''t want a baby that ONLY YOU can put to sleep or whatever. Just my opinion of course. You can do it!!!!! I don''t know how you feed Piper, but when O was younger what I did was pump right before I left, plus I pumped sometime in the day or two beforehand so I had 2 bottles on hand for the sitter or family member or whatever. I had the sitter or my mom give O a bottle for his early evening feeding, and then I was home in time for his next feeding. The first time I left him overnight, he was about 3 months old and luckily was sleeping through the night at that point. I made sure I had enough pumped bottles for every predicted feeding, plus at least one additional one. Does that help??? Let me know if you have more specific questions. It''s hard but once you do it, it gets easier.
 
steph GORGEOUS GORGEOUS pics!!! i love them all!
 
steph i love the last one on the prev page with his big eyes open and the one where he is in the newborn pose with those cutie lips! adorable! oh and i cant choose a pic either for our announcements!

amber does piper take a bottle? if so then either i would pump for a bottle or nurse before you go out. but if she might not take a bottle i'd intro it first and have DH give it to her, potentially with you out of the house. since we supplemented J right off the bat he is easily interchangeable now. and ditto CC re: having an extra bottle just in case you are gone longer or she is really hungry etc. don't leave the sitter or DH without a little 'extra'.

CC that is such a good point re: not wanting a baby only one person can put down. i am glad that both greg and i take turns putting J down so he is used to both of us but i should also make sure that my mom puts him down a few times since she will be watching him while we are in hawaii and also during the summer. she tends to want to just hold him but i have to intro her to our 'routine' too i guess!
 
Mandy-Hope the boys do well with the shots tonight! They''re getting so big!

Steph-Love the photos
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Amber-There are other ways for your DH and others to bond with Piper so that she gets that time away from you that doesn''t have to resort to you pumping. I''m kind of anti-don''t-really-need-to-pumping. If you feel that you''d really like to have someone else feed her a couple of times a day, then definitely pump but if it''s just so that she learns to bond with other people, I wouldn''t. Perhaps just have others hold her or have DH do the bedtime routine. Also, on days when you get a break between feeding go for a walk, run an errand, get your nails done, sit and stare at a wall as I would do often, and let DH take care of her. Or you could pump for a feeding at night and have someone watch her while you and DH go to the movies.

The separation anxiety issues don''t really start until they are older and I noticed with Sophia that she didn''t really get a mommy thing, it was more of a someone hold me please thing.

CDT ((hugs))
 
QUESTIONS:

1. Strollers- For BOB owners- when did you stop using the infant car seat adapter (if you used it) and start putting your LO right in the stroller?

2. Strollers Part II- When did you start using your umbrella strollers?

3. Sippy cups???? When do you start introducing these?

4. Naps. Looking for general nap schedules of babies around 6 months and up. O is still kind of all over the place and we let him dictate when he naps by his cues of being sleepy. Thinking we need to start dictating them to him a bit more, but not sure if we should strive for 2 naps a day or 3. THOUGHTS???????????????????????

I feel like whenever O starts changing it up, I get frustrated and find it hard to figure him out. I remember feeling like this b/w 3 and 4 months when he stopped acting like an "infant" and started his more "baby" habits. So any tips or things you remember about how they changed b/w 6 and 7 months would be fabulouso!
 
Date: 3/2/2010 3:22:44 PM
Author: Mara
steph i love the last one on the prev page with his big eyes open and the one where he is in the newborn pose with those cutie lips! adorable! oh and i cant choose a pic either for our announcements!

amber does piper take a bottle? if so then either i would pump for a bottle or nurse before you go out. but if she might not take a bottle i''d intro it first and have DH give it to her, potentially with you out of the house. since we supplemented J right off the bat he is easily interchangeable now. and ditto CC re: having an extra bottle just in case you are gone longer or she is really hungry etc. don''t leave the sitter or DH without a little ''extra''.

CC that is such a good point re: not wanting a baby only one person can put down. i am glad that both greg and i take turns putting J down so he is used to both of us but i should also make sure that my mom puts him down a few times since she will be watching him while we are in hawaii and also during the summer. she tends to want to just hold him but i have to intro her to our ''routine'' too i guess!
Mara- We''ve had a sitter since O was about 6 weeks old and my mom and dad have watched him tons of times. Even my grandma and my aunt watched him while we went to dinner once. It''s a great comfort knowing that O isn''t afraid of "strangers" and goes on his merry way and easily goes to bed even if I''m not home. FWIW, you may be fighting a losing battle trying to get everyone to always do things your way. I learned early on that if I am asking someone else to watch O, then I have to let go and let them do it their way. There are things I really insist on, but other things I let go. He definitely gets rocked WAY more with my parents, but it''s infrequent enough that it doesn''t really cause any bad habits. How old will Julian be when you go to Hawaii?
 
Date: 3/2/2010 3:42:13 PM
Author: ChinaCat
QUESTIONS:

1. Strollers- For BOB owners- when did you stop using the infant car seat adapter (if you used it) and start putting your LO right in the stroller?

2. Strollers Part II- When did you start using your umbrella strollers?

3. Sippy cups???? When do you start introducing these?

4. Naps. Looking for general nap schedules of babies around 6 months and up. O is still kind of all over the place and we let him dictate when he naps by his cues of being sleepy. Thinking we need to start dictating them to him a bit more, but not sure if we should strive for 2 naps a day or 3. THOUGHTS???????????????????????

I feel like whenever O starts changing it up, I get frustrated and find it hard to figure him out. I remember feeling like this b/w 3 and 4 months when he stopped acting like an 'infant' and started his more 'baby' habits. So any tips or things you remember about how they changed b/w 6 and 7 months would be fabulouso!

Sippy - we introduced it really early, like 4 months...but not regularly until 7 months, At 9 months he knows how to use it, but just doesn't like it. He's all about that bottle
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I'm also trying to introduce the straw to see if he likes it better, but he still hasn't figured it out. I find he will drink water out of a water bottle or regular cup more (if we are guiding it for him), he loves doing what the grown ups are doing...crazy kid!

Naps - we still just go off of Lex's cues for naps. Generally he naps twice a day, but his morning nap is the only consistent nap (1 1/2 hours)...afternoon naps are all over the place w/ him not taking one at all some days, other days it's only 20 min.

The only BIG thing that changed for us after 6 months was my consistently great sleeper (12 hours at night) went out the window! He was up 4 times last night, 5 times the night before....it's gotten so so so bad. But for us, he started daycare at 6 months and has been sick for most of the last 3 months, so I know that has a LOT to do w/ his poor sleeping habits now. I just don't know how to *fix* it. I'm all for CIO at this point, but when he wakes he stands in the crib yelling for us and banging on the crib...so how does a kid cry that out??? No clue....but it's gotten out of hand
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sorry for the rambling at the end
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Steph, wowwwww
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I don't know how you're going to choose! The one of you and him is ADORABLE!!!!

Mer, I have a Best chair (as EB suggested) and I LOVE it!. I do use it quite a bit and it's pretty enough that will go in my room once we're done with it in the nursery. I posted a pic of it in the nursery thread.

CC, I have a BOB and my guys have been going in since like 6 weeks? I bought a snuggler...basically a little pillow that hugs them in there :) They love it!.

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My guys are doing well so far! They're eating! Last time they didn't eat all day. Right now they are playing. I did give them a little tylenol before because they were getting very cranky...then they both passed out on top of me for an hour (I was trapped and needed to pee!!!!P

ETA: Sippy cups? HWat do you put on them when you introduce them early? a little water?
I had a question too...
when can I stop burping these guys???? I can't wait until they burp themselves!
 
China:

Umbrella Strollers-We just started this weekend. Sophia kept trying to sit up and look around while in her car seat and getting frustrated. She loves being able to look at what''s going on in the stroller.

Sippy Cups-I introduced at 6 months with a little bit of water. I usually give her some of her formula to "drink" (i.e. cover herself in) while I''m feeding her and the rest in the bottle.

Naps-I let Sophia tell us when she needs a nap too but it''s typically 2 naps a day. One around 10 am and the other around 2/3pm. I think at this point if he is STTN, then 2 naps sounds about right if you can get him down for at least 1.5 to 2 hours.

I feel the same way. Every shift/growth brings on new frustrations and a new learning curve.
 
Date: 3/2/2010 4:00:39 PM
Author: Mandarine
Steph, wowwwww
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I don''t know how you''re going to choose! The one of you and him is ADORABLE!!!!

Mer, I have a Best chair (as EB suggested) and I LOVE it!. I do use it quite a bit and it''s pretty enough that will go in my room once we''re done with it in the nursery. I posted a pic of it in the nursery thread.

CC, I have a BOB and my guys have been going in since like 6 weeks? I bought a snuggler...basically a little pillow that hugs them in there :) They love it!.

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My guys are doing well so far! They''re eating! Last time they didn''t eat all day. Right now they are playing. I did give them a little tylenol before because they were getting very cranky...then they both passed out on top of me for an hour (I was trapped and needed to pee!!!!P

ETA: Sippy cups? HWat do you put on them when you introduce them early? a little water?
I had a question too...
when can I stop burping these guys???? I can''t wait until they burp themselves!
yes...we put a little water in the cup.

I think we stopped burping around 4 1/2 months?? Definitely by 5 months we were not burping anymore.
 
Mandy-I put a little bit of water in her cup. She actually doesn''t like her sippy cup as much as she does a regular cup but she doesn''t get how to control a regular cup yet.

I stopped burping a while ago. What I find hilarious is that sometimes I''ll just sit her down after a bottle, she does a little wiggle, and then burps! Ha!

If you have a good bottle that doesn''t let in too much air and you find that the boys aren''t really gassy, then I wouldn''t worry too much about burping.
 
CC...he will be about 3 months when we go to Hawaii. my mom actually asked us how we soothe him to sleep so that she can learn our routine and try to keep it consistent...that part should be easy, BUT it''s the ''before sleep'' thing that she does diff. she doesn''t want him to cry at all and will just walk around holding him the entire time since he''s a fuss. i imagine 3-4 days of carrying him won''t be enough to TOTALLY ruin him but hopefully by that point he will not be as fussy and she won''t feel like she has to hold him the entire time. or maybe 3-4 days with him 24/7 is enough to break her of that habit of having to hold him all the time.
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also my sis will be with her 2 out of the 3-4 days so she''ll have a break.

Greg just found out today that he was invited to attend some exclusive work events in May, but he''d have to travel for them. It''s def the next step for him to get to a Sr level of Director so its not like he can decline, but it''s bad timing. It''s the week that I would ''technically'' return to work but I was going to start by working from home. So yikes...I will be all alone with J 24/7 the first DAYS I am supposed to go back to work. I might have to push my return off a few days just so my sanity doesn''t totally disappear!! Though I think my sis is out of school at that point and might be able to help me. We''ll see how it plays out but boo on bad timing. May is shaping up to be a crazy month!
 
Steph, I love the propped up photo. SWOON.
 
hmmm...interesting.

I have to burp them, if I don''t I''m guaranteed a huge spit up!...As a matter of fact, if I don''t burp them fast enough, they spit up. So that''s why I have to burp one baby one handed while I use the other hand to let the other one finish his bottle...to reduce wait time!
 
Date: 3/2/2010 4:21:15 PM
Author: Mandarine
hmmm...interesting.

I have to burp them, if I don''t I''m guaranteed a huge spit up!...As a matter of fact, if I don''t burp them fast enough, they spit up. So that''s why I have to burp one baby one handed while I use the other hand to let the other one finish his bottle...to reduce wait time!
The boys have reflux right? I forgot. Hopefully Sabine can chime in on when/if she stopped burping.
 
Date: 3/2/2010 4:23:57 PM
Author: fiery
Date: 3/2/2010 4:21:15 PM

Author: Mandarine

hmmm...interesting.


I have to burp them, if I don''t I''m guaranteed a huge spit up!...As a matter of fact, if I don''t burp them fast enough, they spit up. So that''s why I have to burp one baby one handed while I use the other hand to let the other one finish his bottle...to reduce wait time!

The boys have reflux right? I forgot. Hopefully Sabine can chime in on when/if she stopped burping.

Yep, they do...
 
Thanks ladies.

CDT- The "rambling" helps- I think as our kiddos get older, we "vent" less on this board so it''s hard to know exactly what goes on with the older babies. Probably cause we take it in stride so much more, but it''s harder to figure what''s going on. I feel for you- O was a GREAT sleeper till Christmas and now he''s all over the place. His default is STTN, but if his schedule gets off at all, he is up at night. And his schedule gets off all the time- but it''s life and we can''t just stop having guests, etc. And by guests I mean DH''s family.
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I think it''s hard for parents of kiddos that were great sleepers b/c we don''t really know how to fix it. O just slept TTN on his own, so I don''t have any tricks. I think we are going to have to CIO too. In theory and in the light of day I have no problem with this, but every nerve in my body goes on alert when he cries at night.

Sippy cup- This is one of those things that just never occurred to me. Does he "need" to learn to use one?

BOB- Mandy, are your twins lying down in the BOB? I ask b/c I tried it the other day but he is still such a peanut that he was sort of reclined back and O HATES lying down so it''s a no go for me. He needs to be sitting up. I think someone said I can adjust it, so I will try.

Mandy- Burping. Hmmm. O was never a great burper, and being mostly BF he didn''t really burp that often. I think I stopped trying to burp him after every feeding around 4 months maybe? Now he kind of does it on his own.

Naps- I was thinking 10 am and 2 pm in general, so sounds like I''m on the right track. He''s getting to the point where we can put him in his crib and he can just play until he falls asleep. So even if he doesn''t necessarily "nap" he can start learning that it''s "time" to nap.

This is where I really hate being a working mom. I feel like it''s so hard to decide what to do when I am not with him everyday so I don''t necessarily know his habits as well. He decided to fall asleep at 5 pm yesterday and NOT wake up. I HATE it when he does this. First of all then I don''t see him except for like an hour in the morning, plus I don''t know whether to wake him to eat or not. And he''s not in his PJ''s or overnight diaper or sleep sack.
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Grumpy today about missing O. Viz, if you feel like this everyday I really really feel for you.
 
China, no..they are not laying...I have them on the lower sitting position (if that makes sense)
Like this (they were like 6 or 8 weeks here!)

ETA: I'm jealous you guys don't burp or rarely burp!!! I spend most of my day burping! They eat fast, but burping can take a while sometimes!!!!!

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