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November 2014 Moms
Carebella
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10/15 - 10-31 Weekly Check-In
Carebella
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Hi mamas! Post away 
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-Sleeping:
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-Milestones:
-Questions:
-Working On:
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Re: 10/15 - 10-31 Weekly Check-In
-Age: 7 weeks 5 days
-Sleeping: still all over the place, he had one 5 hour stretch one night but usually in 2-3 hour stretches only. Last night was bad because he was gassy
-Eating: bf on demand every 2-3 hours, 1 bottle of expressed bm per day for bonding with DH and prep for day care
-Milestones: more smiles this week and improving tracking and head control
-Working On: sleep!
-Sleeping: Will sleep 1-6 am, but will only take 1-2 hr naps until until midnight or 1 am. Will usually sleep several hours after 6 am feeding.
-Eating: 2 oz expressed BM + 2-3 oz formula every 2-3 hrs during the day, 6 am to midnight.
-Milestones: smiles, cooing, head lifting
-Questions: Wonder if her 50/50 breast milk and formula combo only lasts 2.5 hrs b/c the breast milk digests faster?
-Working On: Sleeping earlier, but she either wakes up hungry or soiled. Somehow, she saves the stools for late evening.
-AW:
Praying unceasingly for a miracle. ALL welcome!
Age: 8 weeks and 1 day
Sleeping: We were getting anyweher from 4-6 hours a night. But then came the growth spurt which it is finally starting to end. Plus she has had a stuffy nose the past few days (thank god no fever) and that has been keeping her up and waking every couple of hours.
Eating: FF 4oz of enfmail newborn about every 3-4 hours. Sometimes she gets 5oz before bed
Milestones: Has really good head control while doing tummy time, also doesn't seem to cry as much. Is starting to grab and hold onto some of her toys. Is starting to make sounds and smile (even though she hasn't smiled for me she sure seems to love to do for DH....total daddy's girl)
Questions: I'm with @lincoln79 about when would you introduce the bumpo seat. I sat her in it for a minute the other day but she didn't seem to care for it probably because she slouched over.
Working On: Trying to sleep in crib without having to have legs swaddled. We did get an hour and half one night.
AW: A picture my DH just sent me of LO at the tale end of her smile
-Sleeping: not bad at night. He *will not* go to sleep in his crib until 10:30, and is up twice a night. Napping is pretty horrible though despite all my third time mom know-how.
-Eating: nursing on demand
-Questions: Anyone else have a baby that is almost never happy? If he's not being jiggled or bounced, eating or asleep, he's crying. I'm pretty disappointed, I was hoping for another baby like my son (#2) who was happy and content all the time. My daughter (#1) was like this and she cried at least once every day until she was 5 or 6. She missed out on so much fun stuff because she was always miserable.
-Sleeping: I will usually get 2-4 hours at the beginning of the night. Then they seem to take turns the rest of the night.
-Eating: they seem to be nursing nonstop lately.
-Milestones: holding their heads up, smiling and making sounds
-Questions:
-Working On: they will sometimes roll onto their sides, so I don't think they are far from fully rolling over.
-AW: unhappy about being put down so we could pack because DH got released from the hospital.
-Sleeping: he doesn't really sleep much durine the day which makes him super grumpy and then he's overly tired at night and sleeps in 2-3 hour increments. It's been rough this last week.
-Eating: non-stop. 3-7 oz. No spit-up, so he's keeping it down. He's in the 45% for weight which seems low since he's gained 4.02 FREAKING lbs!!!
-Milestones: shots today. Don't know if that's a milestone, but I'll take it.
-Working On: more yummy time. Doc said we should be doing an hour today which we haven't even been close to.
-AW:
-Sleeping: Sleeps best from about 2am-11am. Usually sleeps for 2-4 hours at a time, though we will occasionally get 5 hrs. Naps pretty well in the afternoons and evenings, tends to be very alert between 6pm-1am.
-Eating: EBF on demand, about every 3-4 hrs. Still using a nipple shield because he's a chomper! When he goes longer stretches I pump as I tend to get pretty full. He gets 1-2 bottles a day depending on if my husband is around and if I have pumped enough.
-Milestones: Smiling quite often! Totally heart melting
-Questions: None I can think of right now
-Working On: Establishing routines (it's chaos here right now), tummy time (he totally hates it)
-AW: His little grin just makes my day, and he's starting to coo!
Tried to post picture, but on mobile....
-Sleeping: Starting at exactly 8 weeks he was willing to sleep in his crib and not the pack in play and has been sleeping longer. We went from feeding every 2 hours to a nice 6 hour chunk of sleep:)
-Eating: I wish he would be more regular but I think he's starting to figure it out.
-Milestones: Smiling at us
-Questions: My baby was 5 weeks early anyone have any experience with this. He does not turn towards sounds yet....is that normal
-Working On: Holding head up more regularly
-AW
-Sleeping: Waking two times at night but going back down easily. Finally starting to take longer naps in his crib. Weissbluth says daytime sleep consolidates at 3 months, so I think that's what he's heading for.