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[awick14]

amaranth- I hope so too. If not that’s for daycare to figure out. Lol.

When did you guys start showing your kids tv? (Well your first as that’s probably later then the second lol) we don’t watch tv much when dd is awake as we mainly watch Netflix and have the radio on when we are not actually watching something. (Except the olympics we had the tv on if we were awake.) Every time we stay with the ILs my MIL seems to think dd needs to watch tv so she always has it on kids shows there.

[ewall]

estrellita does she need to be burped? There's no way M would have allowed us to burp him. He just wanted to suck the entire bottle down.

MrsMB she's still so young, you have plenty of time to potty train!

awick14 DS really only got into TV shows around 2.5 years old. Prior to that, he only wanted to watch nursery rhyme type song videos. We let him watch PBS, but that's it. I don't think we even get any other kid channels with our TV package.

[estrellita]

Mar 7, 2018 21:27:58 GMT -5 awick14 said:

amaranth- I hope so too. If not that’s for daycare to figure out. Lol.

When did you guys start showing your kids tv? (Well your first as that’s probably later then the second lol) we don’t watch tv much when dd is awake as we mainly watch Netflix and have the radio on when we are not actually watching something. (Except the olympics we had the tv on if we were awake.) Every time we stay with the ILs my MIL seems to think dd needs to watch tv so she always has it on kids shows there.

We almost always have the TV on, usually just background noise of HGTV or something. But I think we started playing kid shows somewhere around 18 months? I can't remember! We tried to stick with more educational shows (Sesame Street, Daniel Tiger) but now he watches Paw Patrol and other shows that aren't bad, they're just not that educational. Now that he's more TV obsessed, we've started to limit it more depending on his behavior and our sanity level, lol.

[estrellita]

ewall She spits up more when we don't burp her, so we at least like to try every ounce or half ounce depending on how fast she's eating. It also helps pace her feeding so she doesn't overeat (which also leads to spit up).

[luv2rn4fun]

awick14- C didn’t watch TV until L was born (besides the occasional DH having it on while he was awake, usually sports), so 21 months old. He doesn’t even get real TV...I play YouTube videos on my Kindle Fire. I found a counting and alphabet show that literally taught him how to count and his ABCs. Now, if he watches TV for him (I haven’t turned the Kindle on in about 5 weeks), it’s usually Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I have noticed a big difference not having the TV on. His attitude seems better and he’s asking to color vs watch TV (I was only using it when having to care for L, mostly nursing after his AM nap...now that he’s down to one nap I just put C is his crib to read books while I nurse L).

L has been exposed to a little of what C was watching but he really isn’t all that interested yet.

[krystee]

MrsMB J wouldn't even LOOK at a potty at your daughter's age, so I think she's doing great!

[estrellita]

Should I get A into an actual feeding schedule? I'm noticing her daily intake fluctuates a LOT. Some days she only eats 20oz, other days it's 30. I know some fluctuation is normal but that seems like a huge difference. I'm wondering if instead of feeding her when she wakes up from a nap if I should wake her and feed her like 4oz every 3-4 hours during the day (plus a little more if needed, a lot of times she drinks 5oz). Plus it would be nice to get her on a schedule for when I go back to work so we have a better idea of when she's going to be hungry. I'm also having a hard time knowing if I can freeze some milk or how much I really need in the fridge with the difference each day so if it were more consistent, I'd more easily be able to know if I have extra or not.

TL;DR: should I get A on a feeding/sleeping schedule and if so, what did that look like for you around 3-4 months?

[awick14]

estrellita- that makes sense, when we had cable we always had the tv on too but with Netflix we use the radio for background noise. (We do currently have cable but only for a few months as a special because of the olympics once the special is over we will be done with cable)

I don’t think DD was on a schedule, feeding or sleeping wise until closer to 5 months maybe. I can’t remember is A gaining weight well? If so I wouldn’t worry about the fluctuations in ozs yet. I would just continue doing what your doing for now.

luv2rn4fun- I would rather DD be playing instead of tv, but eventually she will be obsessed with tv like most kids are. I guess I just want to limit it if possible. I can see how t would be easier once #2 comes along.

[krystee]

estrellita she sleeps longer than four hours in a row during the day?! Wow!

I do wake every three hours during the day to make sure he's getting his daily intake in during daytime hours, in hopes that he'll have one (or zero!) MOTN wakeups.

[estrellita]

awick14 she is, yes. I figure the higher days are maybe a growth spurt but I just thought it was such a huge difference!

krystee She's usually not asleep that whole time but she'll eat, be awake for a bit, then sleep a couple hours or she'll fall asleep soon after eating for maybe an hour, wake up for a bit, then fall back asleep for another hour or two. If she's in the swing she could probably sleep all day though! I wish we could keep her in it at night, haha.

[luv2rn4fun]

Taking the boys to CA Adventure today (Disneyland)! We will probably only go for 3-4 hours but it will be a nice change! C is super excited!

[awick14]

Question for you ladies that breast fed.

How did you know if you were still producing enough at night? Now that I’m to doing approx 2-3 feedings a day, (Morning, bedtime and maybe 1 middle of the night.) I’m not sure if she’s getting enough.

At this point if I stop breastfeeding her and just giving her a bottle of milk that’s ok with me. (She won’t be overly happy though.) She was sleeping through the night before (for maybe 2-3 weeks) but now she is waking up hungry. I try to breast feed her middle of the night and it’s very hit or miss if she will go back to sleep.

She used to feed for 10-15 mins max middle of the night and now if I let her it’s 45-60 mins. So I’m guessing she isn’t getting enough.

Yesterday she woke up at 4am and I fed her for 45 mins before I had to put her in the crib and walk out. (I leave the house at 5-5:15 and I had not even started to get ready for work yet.) She cried for 10-15 and fell asleep, but she was up right after I left again. Dh fed her a bottle and she went right to sleep. (He tried to let her put herself to sleep first but it wasn’t happening)

I know she can go all night without eating but I feel like she is legitimately hungry when she wakes up right now. 😞

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awick14 : C is younger that your DD so I don't have any solid answers but C loves sleeping on the boob. If I let her, she will hang out there forever. One trick that a nurse taught me to make sure they're getting the hind milk is to massage the breast while nursing. I've noticed that if she's spending too much time feeding in the MOTN, the massaging seems to make her unlatch since she's not after the milk anymore. So massaging serves two purposes for us: discouraging non-productive sucking and ensuring that she gets the fatty milk at each feed. Also, massaging helps with blocked ducts, which I'm prone to getting.

estrellita : C spat up constantly and refused to burp until she was ~6m. At 2 months old, DH's aunt paused bottle feeding to burp and C was like "what the heck is wrong with you?" didn't burp and DH's aunt eventually gave her the bottle. C had a strong gag reflex & a small stomach so I'm not sure how that correlated to her not burping but it wasn't until she stopped spitting up & having the overflow (which is I think what you're mentioning with overeating?) that she started burping. It was weird though because she nursed before naps and obviously in the MOTN so she'd throw up in her sleep and we wouldn't know until she woke up. 

[estrellita]

A just started doing this high pitched squealing noise. I can't tell half the time if it's excited or mad squealing, lol. I've never heard such a high pitched noise coming out of either kid, lol. Along with that, she's been making tons of other noises so that's been fun

[luv2rn4fun]

estrellita- L has a really high screech as well. He does it both while excited and completely mad. C never did this either so it’s pretty funny.

C was playing after bath/before bed. We are pretty sure he did something to L but didn’t admit to it. It was bedtime anyway so I broke up his playtime and started putting his sleep sack on for bed. He was fighting me and completely bit my arm. Really bad, broke skin and almost drew blood. It’s been an hour and it still hurts. I think it scared him because he got really emotional and refused to look at it once he saw the bite mark. I took away books but we still did prayers and songs...while praying he asked to pray for his biting so hopefully this one sticks as something he can’t do anymore (usually he tries/bites DH...normally him and I are on much better terms and he doesn’t misbehave like that with me)...a couple weeks ago he accidentally slammed the toilet lid on L and it has stayed with him as he now makes a point to close it “gently”.