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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: **Apple/Kristen/MM/Anyone else?**
Aww thanks for checking in! Little miss Katie is doing very well. She's nursing like crazy and is FINALLY sleeping a 4-6 hour stretch at night (yaaay!). She did start having a nightly fussy period about 2 weeks ago, and it lasts from about 5-9 pm - Jake did the same thing but he screamed the whole time, and luckily she just nurses or wants to be held so it's not that bad. She also took a bottle for the first time yesterday w/ DH, and finally accepted a pacifier today (she didn't like Soothies, so I tried Nuk as a last resort and she liked it). I'm glad she took to the bottle so well, so I'll feel more confident that she'll drink her milk at daycare (Jake had a hard time w/ bottles). Also, it'll help DH bond with her since it's been a MUCH slower process for him this time due to the fact that he's caring for Jake when I'm w/ her and doesn't get much one-on-one time w/ her.
Life with a toddler & infant is beautiful yet insane at times. The good times way outweigh the bad, but I'm still trying to find a good balance between giving enough attention to each child (not to mention DH, Sadie and everything else in between!). All in all, I wouldn't change it for the world though!
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
Ellie's funny. In the past week, she's just starting to really be aware and react to us when we talk to her. We've gotten bonafide smiles, and you can tell that she's trying to make noise at us (she occasionally succeeds). She's also a lot more needy than Owen was, though (I think), and spends a lot of time being held...particularly by me. It seems that there are times that there's nothing wrong, she just doesn't want anything but to be held specifically by me. (Must be the smell.) She nurses like a champ, very frequently during the day and then less so at night...I usually only have to get up once, sometimes twice. When she's hungry, though, you KNOW IT. She goes from sound asleep to screaming like you're killing her in 15 seconds. She's a little bit of a drama queen. Sadly for her, she also seems to be really gassy all the time, (probably because she only poops every two to three days), which gives her much more frequent fussy times than I'm used to. Again, though, a snuggle with Mommy is usually the solution. Sweet little girl.
I can't believe that she's almost 7 weeks old!!
Thanks so much for asking. I'll be honest, today I am having a bad one. I have basically been crying since 2am. I am just really tired today.
Jack is adorable! He is a pig! I didn't breastfeed with Peter, he didn't latch on so I pumped for 8 weeks. This time is so much easier. Jack latched on and we have had no problems! Right now he seems to get his big stretches of sleep (he'll do a couple 4 hours sleeps) between 3pm- 11pm so I am trying to figure out how to move it to a little later. Peter has been a great big brother. He is really good with him and I feel lucky.
Kristen nailed it on the head when she said... having two is beautiful yet insane! I feel guilty about not spending time with Peter but am trying to figure out how to balance it all!
The balance is the most impossible thing, especially since kids seem to have a sixth sense to tag team napping (at least mine do)...so you never get a break either....which results in being pulled in THREE directions (kid one, kid two, and yourself). I feel like I'm neglecting everybody -- and MH is just a hanger-on who I don't even have time to think about. It is hard
...but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love being a mom of two kids and I love seeing Owen develop a relationship with his sister.
Jen, I'm so hard you're having such a hard day!! Can anyone come take the kids (or at least one of them) for you for a little while??
I'm so glad to hear these stories. I'm still so nervous about #2 since I feel like I hate to lose time with DD when she is napping, no less if another baby comes along. So, thank you for sharing. I know it's so difficult to make time to get on here, but I love hearing about the new babies and #2 stories!
Jen - I hope today is a better day for you!
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06