Welcome aboard Pdb!! It's never too late to join us
My lo also has 26th of Dec as her birthday. I can't help much on the eating more since she's doing the same thing. :?
Lindsey - I saw this question on another board, I believe it was Getting Back on Track, about traveling & doing EASY.
http://www.babywhisperer.com/forum/managing-jet-lag-with-infant-vt34025.html?start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= I don't know what to tell you as far as whether to go or not. I hope YOU are comforable with the decision and I wouldn't worry about what they say. You have to come home & live with your lo, not them.
For her last nap, if she is taking the last nap & is awake by or after 3pm, I would try to keep her awake til 7pm. Maybe take her outside and walk around if she gets really sleepy.
Jenn - Good luck on your job on Monday. Sorry to hear Jake's getting worse on his separation anxiety!! I'm really having a hard time thinking about dropping the 11am feeding. I've had such an easy time bf from the beginning. I know I'm one of the fortunate ones that I can bf and not have such diffculties
It would be nice to go from 7am feeding to 3pm and have the time in between, but it would mean she would only be getting 3 bf a day! :cry: I know I"m going to be dropping the df within the next month and I'm dreading that. So how do I go from 5 bfs to 3 bfs without it backfiring and her waking up all night long?
Sharon - YAY
Standing up!! Matthew's Mommy told me that the next 'difficulties' will come when our lo's starts to pull up & stand in their cribs. So I guess yours has officially started :lol: Do you actually see her teeth on top or is it bumps? Also, when you dropped the 11am bottle, were you doing the df as well? How many bottles were you giving?
Jillybeansmith - Don't feel bad about bringing her in to your bed when she wakes crying. I do the same thing. Heck, I'm starting to just put her in it to begin with since she seems to LOVE our bed for all her sleeps!
She sleeps longer & doesn't wake at 45mins when she's on our bed. I think it's the mattress. You're so tired when they wake at night, the last thing you feel like doing is patting or shhing or p/u p/d. You just want to do whatever's fastest to get them to sleep. :oops:
Cazao - I'm having the 45mins naps once in a while, too. I can usually extend them by putting her in my sling, which btw she is WAY too big for. I then lay her on my bed still in the sling and she sleeps usually another hour in it! The times she wakes after 45mins, if she's happy, I just wake her & go on with it.
Thanks for asking about her drinking more. I think she is taking a little bit more. I've dropped her breakfast & lunch solids. Just giving her dinner of solids. Also, I have to stand up & move around while singing :oops: to get her to nurse at night time :roll: :? Sigh... The things we do for the love of our babies...
Kathy