lovelylulu said:
In either case, the scale in my bathroom is much nicer to me. Tonight's back to school night at DD's high school. It's at 6:30 and we feel it's important for both DH and me to attend so we're taking N. This could be disastrous!
what parents will do for their kiddos!
he just plays and babbles and occ will come over for a bit of a cuddle, then is off again. he has started to give a bit of attitude when he can't have something he wants, but we're nipping this now. makes me wonder what the toddler years will bring though... 
gingerB said:lulu - def recommended to use vit d if you're EBF. we use carleson's. clear, one tiny drop a day. A doesn't even notice it.
sleep sack - we use one for A with his footies. love the a+a ones for texas. i plan to keep them until he outgrows whatever the biggest size available is!
gas - ditto whoever said babies use feeding as a way to soothe their tummy. reflux is another possibility? A would wake up crying with it -- we could hear it the reflux coming up, poor thing. prevacid has worked really well for him.
cc- poor O! will def keep those tips handy.
AFM, egg yolk was a hit. i hard boiled the egg and popped the yolk out, careful to not get any white, and mashed it into his dinner. gave it a nice creamy texture. he gobbled it. i plan to give some 2x a week or so. trying to figure out what our next protein will be.
we busted out the fisher price laugh and learn house. A IS IN LOVE. seriously occupies him with independant play all day. there are so many diff things to do and it is def a toy that will grow with him. downside is that it's big and bright and not so with my decor
not much else to say except that he is fun fun fun! i love that now when i walk into the room his face totally lights up and he squeals and makes a beeline for me, and tries to climb up my leg, which is his current way of asking to be picked up.
Isn't this age great? 
Dalila has been doing the 'tude thing for a few months, by whinging and flailing her hands and legs about if her toy drops or if I take it away. Her name actually means 'gentle' in Swahili, but I don't think she's the gentle sort! (I guess it was wishful thinking that she would inherit my gentle nature... ) On the positive side - I like the fact that she's very playful and happy most of the time, as well as bright, observant, curious, and determined. But on the... ahem....'not so positive' side....I think she's inherited her father's impatience and low frustration tolerance. Sometimes she'll be lying on her back and her toy will drop just right off to her side, within easy reach, and she'll get upset and start crying and kicking....I'm like, 'Dalila, your toy is right here...seee...." Then I'll give it to her and she'll be all happy and quiet again for a few minutes. 
It's kind of funny sometimes, but It worries me that she'll be really impatient and easily frustrated as she grows up. She can also be very stubborn and demanding - she wants what she wants and loudly protests if it's something she doesn't want. She hates me brushing her teeth at nights. I practically have to wrestle her to get the toothbrush in her mouth! She'll purse her mouth firmly and kick and arch her back so hard I hardly get to do much more scrape her teeth once or twice.... But as soon as I'm finished, she grabs the toothbrush and starts chewing on it happily. Sigh...! DH and I call her 'Dadiva' sometimes instead of Dalila. I see big tantrums in the near future....Big ones.
puppmom said:Just popping in to say we had a great morning with MIL. She could only come for 2 hours so I was worried it wouldn't be worth it since N could easily sleep the whole time. Well, she got here right as he was finished nursing. She changed him, did tummy time and played with him. I did the dishes and vacuumed then took a shower. Just as I was stepping out of the bedroom after getting dressed, MIL had him swaddled and asleep and was putting him down for a nap.
. as for watery stools, N's stools were and still are very, very runny. but to echo the others, call your dr. if you are concerned.
Cried for just a minute. So far she's been her normal self, not any more fussy than usual. We go back next month for her 2nd flu shot. Poor baby, so many shots.
i was initially taken aback on how much they cost, but then i realized it was a year supply. and because these were the only kind i bought due to my pedi strongly recommending them, i didn't realize there were other more versions that weren't so ummm delectable? i remember thinking, gosh, a tiny (and i mean tiny) clear, no scent drop. why does everyone make such a big deal?! guess i was lucky my pedii knew about this brand! some momma were bolder (mara ) and were more adventurous and moved faster. both kiddos (A and J) both seem to be doing ok ( ) so i think it's totally up to you. since you're starting at 6 months (i started a little after 4 months) you can prob move faster than i did (which was turtle's pace i felt compared to mara!) and be just fine. ) and realized he'd pooped. we both kind of laughed and thought it was a funny conicidence. this morning, playing with him just before i left for work and all of a sudden, again we smelled papaya. and again with the butt sniff test -- yep. my baby's poop smells like papaya.
I had googled for something like those, but was coming up with nothing. 
. He's going to make sure that is Texans' oneise is packed for next Sunday while we are there, and then he'll be done.) I bought C a little suitcase for all the trips we go on, but I just don't know if it will hold everything for 7 whole days. I am thinking of packing enough for half the week, and just having a load of laundry done while we are there. Still pondering that situation...
)... he's had like 2 growth spurts in the last month:
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