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[thatgirlrachel]

Happy Halloween! I posted on FB that EG has started to refuse all bottles, other than first morning bottle and bedtime bottle. Well this morning she refused her morning bottle as well. Is my baby weaning herself off the bottle? She eats other foods and drinks juice/water out of her sippy cup just fine. She has always been very attached to her bottle so I am finding this such an odd, sudden change.

Since her solid food intake has increased so much, her gas has been off the charts. I am back to giving gas drops several times per day. Even my MIL, who has babysat so many kids, is surprised by the amount of gas she has. I am blaming it on all of the solid food, but I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this.

[geners]

Morning, and happy Halloween! I am sleepy. I stayed up late watching the World Series, and then C was up at 4:30 to nurse. Poor guy is struggling so hard to nurse, he's so congested. Even after I do saline and the Nose Frida he's still a mess. I am not sure if I'm just not doing it right, or enough, or what. He seemed a little better this morning though, and actually slept pretty good last night, so hopefully we're through the worst of it, for him anyway. I am just waiting and expecting that I will have caught the cold....

thatgirlrachel, we haven't experienced any significant increase in gas I don't think, with an increase in solids (we bumped up his solids intake last week b/c his milk intake had dropped on days he's bottle fed, and oddly with the extra food he took in a lot more milk, too). I can't remember from the FB post but will she drink milk/formula out of a sippy cup like she does the juice/water?

[obscurereference]

Well as predicted, the baby has a cold now. Poor thing. She looks terrible. I am putting her in her costume tonight anyway, damnit!

I want to see babies in costumes!!

[thatgirlrachel]

geners, No she won't drink milk/formula out of the sippy either. She won't even put it to her mouth to try. I guess she sees that it's milk and not juice and immediately pushes the cup away.

The strange thing is that Saturday morning I gave her milk for the first time (1 oz of WCM and 3 oz of formula). She sucked it down just fine and never acted like she knew a difference or like she felt bad, but that was the last bottle she took until Saturday night. I even tried a straight formula bottle and sippy and still a no-go - wouldn't even put it to her lips. But I really don't think the bottle refusal and WCM are related, because I believe she would have acted differently if she didn't like the milk or if it made her feel bad.

[byjove]

@thatgirlrachel I think it could be related to the milk. Did the gas start before or after she tried milk?

DoesItComeInPink I am dreading it. I can't get M to sleep past 6 am the last couple of weeks, which is unusual. Heads will roll if we are routinely up before 5!!!!

obscurereference poor baby!

[thatgirlrachel]

byjove, The gas started long before the milk. The gas has been worse for 2-3 weeks at least. I just tried milk on Saturday. Otherwise, I would have blamed the milk also.

[obscurereference]

All this thinking about moving is making me want to throw out all of our stuff. We have too much stuff. I don't even know what we have that's too much but it's definitely something.

It doesn't help that preschoolers are basically small hoarders. DD1 insisted she wanted to keep fake red feathers from school on Friday. They fell off of someone else's costume......

[geners]

Ok last time I tried posting pics on here I failed miserably. But what the heck, I'll give it another go. Anyone else want to share pics of their LOs in costume??

[geners]

thatgirlrachel, that's interesting. I guess I would just keep offering but she may be moving away from bottles... it sounds like at this age, it's not a huge deal. But I agree the suddenness of the change is odd.

[geners]

That pic is huge and I'm leaving it.

[byjove]

I don't have a pic of Margs in her costume yet. Tonight! (I would have done some yesterday but it was 80 and humid and her costume is meant for cool weather).

Well I am officially diagnosing myself with bronchitis. I'm going to join Clara in nebulizer treatments. My inhaler prescription is expired and I don't have a primary care doc right now, blargy. Bronchitis 4 times in a year, a slight cold and it goes right to my chest. I should probably take myself to a pulmonologist. As long as I'm not coughing I feel ok. Clara had a coughing fit and puked strawberry milk all over the rug in her bedroom at bedtime. BURN IT DOWN

[thatgirlrachel]

geners, Thanks for the input. MIL is going to try regular formula bottles today, without WCM, to see if that makes her want bottles. But, I do suspect she is weaning herself, for whatever reason.

byjove, Nooo! So sorry you and C aren't feeling well. FX it passes soon!

[obscurereference]

Oh my god geners. Those pics are amazing. He is so cute! I can't wait to put my kid in her pumpkin costume lol. She's going to look all sick. Oh well.

[cnf2013]

Hi.

I'm trying to survive today as a middle school teacher whose school is antihalloween. Blehhhh.

I just want to be home dressed up with my baby. I have the grumbles today. My last school went all out for Halloween. Today feels like such a let down here.

[thatgirlrachel]

cnf2013, Ugh, that's rough. I love making the best of the holidays at work. I mean, you have to be at work...you might as well make it fun. I hope your day flies by and you get home soon to E!

[13liza]

I already shared this, but I love his costume.
The gnome makes the home.

[13liza]

byjove I'm sure C would enjoy the company during her treatments. Can you attach two masks to your machine?? That would be adorable. Lol. But, really- sorry you're so sick!
cnf2013 we're anti-Halloween at my office this year too. :(

[obscurereference]

13liza Adorable!

[geners]

Thanks obscurereference! Thankfully C's pics were taken before he got sick. He was... not photogenic yesterday, lol. Poor guy.

Speaking of which I need to look up safe medicine to take while BFing. I am steadily feeling sicker as the day goes on and pretty sure I'm headed towards a full blown cold.

byjove I hope you feel better! I can imagine the smell of strawberry milk puke is not pretty. I am in agreement with the burning it down response.

[byjove]

Oct 31, 2016 13:20:49 GMT -5 DoesItComeInPink said:

byjove , YIKES! I didn't think about them getting up EARLIER! Can I just cry now?

Anyone have their crib mattressed propped to an incline for reflux? how does that work out with LOs that are pulling to standing? how about belly sleepers, is it helpful?

Crying right there with you.

We have M's crib slightly inclined (well, the mattress is- I layered some receiving blankets under it), I would say 10-20 degrees. It does seem to make a noticeable positive difference (we un-inclined it for a couple of weeks and her reflux definitely bothered her more). She can pull to stand at the inclined side, but the crib is low enough that we don't have to worry about her climbing out for now (she is not left alone while in the crib awake for very long). She mostly sleeps on her back or side in the crib. After her first or second wake up she spends the night in our bed, which is not inclined, but she spends more time on her belly or propped at angle in my arms. 

[HelgaHuffle]

Happy Halloween!! I don't have any good pictures yet but we're trick or treating this evening so I'll post some tonight. F's costume turned out really cute. I suspect R will not tolerate his for long. It doesn't help that it's 87 today! WTF? Apparently it's the warmest Halloween since 1950.

Everyone's little ones look adorable!

I'm sorry for some many sick little ones and mamas byjove geners obscurereference.

[byjove]

Some good news! Clara's labs from over the weekend all came back normal/negative for diabetes. Phew!

[gdaisy09]

geners, if you haven't already stumbled into it TOXNET/LACTMED is the resource my PCP/Lactation consultant relies on for meds

[evenkeeled]

Mini vent - Well I am an anti holiday person at work so I am working from home to avoid the insanity. I tend to have a lot of conference calls and having them disturbed by people dribbling basketballs, yelling down the hallway, etc. because of the dumb costume contest, I just avoid it. I swear, I don't understand adults needing to act like children and if I want to relax it isn't while at work, I would just go home then. Same goes with bringing kids to work. I don't get that and since I know I would get no work down if I brought Emma, plus dealing with having to have her in a carseat for almost an hour drive each way, blah.

I am not a "put flowers on your desk and celebrate birthdays" kind of HR.

Emma has a full blown cold the last few days and can hardly breath out of her nose, poor thing. So nights are even more fun, yeah! lol Not sure if going to take her out at all today, may just stay home with her. We are supposed to walk around a little bit with a neighborhood friend but we may just pass on it.

[RoLoMa]

M shared his stomach virus. Pretty sure I'm dying. Send help.

[geners]

Oct 31, 2016 14:57:59 GMT -5 RoLoMa said:

M shared his stomach virus. Pretty sure I'm dying. Send help.

Nooooooo I'm sorry

[byjove]

Oct 31, 2016 14:57:59 GMT -5 RoLoMa said:

M shared his stomach virus. Pretty sure I'm dying. Send help.

the worst

evenkeeled sorry E is under the weather too

[byjove]

My fire-girl with her fire-pup. Someone was handing out applesauce pouches, so Margs got a treat too!

[geners]

Oct 31, 2016 14:29:06 GMT -5 gdaisy09 said:

geners, if you haven't already stumbled into it TOXNET/LACTMED is the resource my PCP/Lactation consultant relies on for meds

Thanks!! That was helpful. I just sent MH out to the store to track down some safe drugs.

I feel like I took for granted all the times I could take some NyQuil and pass out undisturbed for like 12 hours.. those days are history!

[geners]

Omg, byjove ,