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JenO
	Age: 30 Country: Canada Province/region: PEI City: Charlottetown Partner: Hubby Jer Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: Not anymore Due date: 09 0 ,0000 Occupation: Speech-Language Pathologist
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August 2, 2007

This is my second pregnancy and hoping that this one turns out better than the last one. I had a miscarriage in Jan. 07 with twins after almost 2 years of TTC. My doc couldn't find a heartbeat at 12wks so had an u/s and that is when we found out it was twins but neither had a heartbeat. We were devastated! I had a d & c. After only 2 months of trying this time we were successful. This time I was on Letrozol and not clomid like the last time. I am currently 13 weeks and we have heard the heartbeat 2x at doc's office. Although we are super excited, it is also difficult because we are still cautious and desperately hoping everything turns out well. It is so weird that once you have had a miscarriage you will never have a typical pregnancy in your own mind and no matter how much your friends (who haven't had a miscarriage) try to comfort you or understand they will never know what it is like.

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LeahG - Monday, 7 July
No, I've decided that I'm not going to push him into his crib anymore. I just thought he was being stubborn by not wanting to sleep in his crib, but now that I understand that it just hurts him to lay down flat I'm going to keep him in his swing. Why not? He sleeps great in it & my pediatrician said it was fine. The swing can hold up to 25 pounds so he'll be good for a while. The books say that most babies grow out of the reflux by 9 months. It just takes some babies that long for the flap in their tummies to work properly. I just feel so bad that I was hurting him all that time, but he's so much happier now that we are conscious about keeping him sitting up at all times. Also, I don't want to do medication. I really try to do things as naturally as possible, even for myself & my hubby. I have reflux too & I just control it by my diet & other things, so that's what I'm going to do with him as long as it's working...which it seems to be so far. How's Owen doing?

mama2b - Sunday, 6 July
That's what Avery was put on also. I hope it works. I hate it to think that she is in pain!! Thanks!

mama2b - Sunday, 6 July
Hey! I saw your comment on the GERD foruma nd was wondering when you son's symtoms returned and what those symtoms were. Avery's reflux has been well treated since she was 10 weeks old with prevacid, but for the past couple of weeks Avery has had days when she cries during feedings and doesn't finish her bottle. I called the doc and they wanted to increase the dose of her prevacid but I was hesitant and waited. Well, I finally increased the dose yesterday and am anxious to see if it helps. Is this the cyle your son went through? What dose of prevacid did they put him on?

mummykris - Saturday, 5 July
Sorry to hear that :( I am glad that he slept after the beach. I do understand what you mean about feeling sick. I felt really bad just for the one night (40 mins of crying), but luckily he was able to go back down in the night, and my husband was very supportive. For the past two nights he has slept 8-7, without a peep. I think because I let him sleep on his tummy now, he is happy.

Maybe it will just take a little longer. I feel bad for Owen. If you don't think it is the right approach, then try something else, I am like you, hate to hear the crying! I just had a feeling Isaac would connect to it. All I can say is that everything is working for me to a "t", so I do believe what they are saying. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The second and third nights were the worst, and then Isaac turned the corner real fast. But I am a firm believer in every baby is different and connects in a different way.

mummykris - Thursday, 3 July
Great work! 10 hours, that is fantastic. I guess Owen knows how to self soothe afterall, no need for tough love! And I hear you about the humidity. Unfortunately next week looks to be worse then this week!
Isaac slept great last night. He only woke up twice but each time it was because I flipped him over (3am), or my husband (5L30). I am pretty sure he would sleep through the whole night now if we didn't flip him. Not sure what to do...

mummykris - Wednesday, 2 July
Thanks, I am so happy that it is working for Isaac too. They say every child is different, but I am so happy I found something that works for him. So here was what happened... Sunday night: Did routine for bed (bath, change, bottle (I usually bf, but I want to make sure he is full), story, and then bed (with his ducky), and he did cry for 40 mins! He woke up at 2, cried for 8 mins, then fell back asleep, then woke up at 6, cried for 10 mins, then fell back asleep, and up at 7. Monday, my naptime routine was to read him a story, then put him down. I thought naps would be hard, but they were easier. He cried for 5 mins, then went down. He only slept for 30 mins each time, but so far so good. Monday night he went down after only 10 mins of crying, but woke up at 1:30, 4, and 6 (worst night so far). All three times he took about 10 mins but put himself down. Naps on Tues were about 45 mins with the 3rd one being almost 1.5 hours, still only a few mins of crying. Then last night, he stirred at 12 for maybe a min, then again at 5 for a few mins then back down until 8! The worst part is checking on him, and flipping him over because he loves to sleep on his tummy.

I guess I was lucky because after the first night, he didn't really cry much. But the secret really is to be consistent and don't pick him up out of the crib! I think as soon as you do, he will cry longer the next time hoping you will do it again. Routine and consistency. I also made sure I was home for at least 2 of his 3 naps, so he continues to self soothe during the day.

The other advantage I had is that he wasn't consistently sleeping in him crib, and he was going to bed way too late, so this gave me the perfect opportunity to start new and set up a better routine. I love having my evening back with my husband!

Lastly, sorry this is so long, but I am so jealous you live in PEI. We rode our motorcycle out there last year for our summer holiday and it was absolutely beautiful. We can't wait to go back, maybe hit NF next time. Good luck on Friday, I hope he doesn't cry too much. Oh ya, and Isaac still cries VERY loud, but it makes me feel better that he only does it for a minute or two, so don't feel too guilty. It is such a good feeling to watch him put himself to sleep, and he has been an absolute dream these past few days, so happy and entertaining!

LeahG - Tuesday, 1 July
It only lasted about 5 minutes

Then he screamed for the next hour. The pediatrician told me to let him cry & that he'd eventually get used to it, but I hate doing it.

LeahG - Monday, 30 June
No. Update...he's in the crib right now & he's not crying!!! He's not asleep, but at least he's not crying. I guess that's progress

LeahG - Monday, 30 June
The doctor said he probably has reflux, but there's nothing he did to come to that conclusion besides me telling him that he doesn't like to lay flat. He never spits up, so I don't know if it's reflux. The doctor said that they don't have to spit up to have reflux. I just really don't know how else to get him to sleep in there. He will not fall asleep even if he was just asleep in my arms. He will just keep crying. I don't get it.

jennyoaces - Thursday, 26 June
What school did you go to in Halifax? My brother in law is at Dalhousie for pharmacy and he really likes it out there. I'd like to see the east coast sometime, I've never been further than Montreal.

jennyoaces - Wednesday, 25 June
right on! I love superstore in general, you can get almost anything there. we went and had professional ones done with a photographer when Nyah was 6.5 weeks, and they're ok. I can't wait to go home to Ontario. A friend of my husband's family is an award winning photographer and is giving us a photo session as a baby gift...she did our son's 6 week photos and they look like they should be in magazines. So you're in PEI? We're in Alberta.

jennyoaces - Wednesday, 25 June
those are awesome pictures! did you get them done at Superstore? I recognized the Teddy's Choice stuff in the bathtub pic. I've wondered before if they were any better than Walmart, and if that's where you got them done I must say that they are better!

mayasmom - Monday, 23 June
I read your comment about your husband. Sorry! I think the world of my husband, but he totally surprised me after Ian was born by scheduling lots of activities that took him away from family time. He just proceeded as if life never changed, whereas I had to make all sorts of concessions and adjustments to take care of the baby. Looking back, I think he just didn't feel competent where Ian was concerned and he was also clinging to his former life in order to feel some control after dealing with so many life changes. Anyway, we had to have a big talk about prioritizing activities and I literally had to quantify (at his request!) how many hours I felt him doing X ,Y and Z (time with friends, time to work out, doing yardwork, going to political meetings etc....) was reasonable. It really did help. Also, we talk every Friday morning about how we see the upcoming weekend playing out and what our priorities are for that particular weekend, then we create something of a schedule and try and stick to it. This has pretty well eliminated the conflict. You can't over communicate in this area, in my opinion. Good luck, sorry for the mini novel here!

flutterbylovebump - Friday, 20 June
Haha!! luv Owen's expression with the carrots, hehe. And 4 new friends in the backyard too.. luv it! thanx for the LOL

dannie - Wednesday, 18 June
Were all those waking with a 9-10pm feeding? It is so hard when babies decide to revert back to their old ways. Mom's end up racking their brains to try and figure out if they did anything differently with the schedule and work so hard to get them to sleep better. I also think that babies change so much and so often that their bodies are always a bit out of wack. Ryland was up today at 6, but like I told you before, 5 am use to be his waking time. However, he use to sleep til 8/8:30, but he was much younger then and I am sure he was waking more in the night. I hope you get a better sleep tonight!

karenc - Wednesday, 18 June
yeah, definitely a small world! did you grow up there? her last name is vandervalk, but idk if that's her maiden name -- I can check tho! oh, hey, on owen's dream feeding, have you tried letting him sleep thru? I ask b/c I was always afraid to not feed beckett during his mid-nitetime waking, between 2:30 and 4:00. but one night, I just decided to try it... and gave him the pacifier... and he went back to sleep til 5:00 am, when I had to get up anyway!

dannie - Wednesday, 18 June
I actually read in a book that waking a baby at around 9 or 10 or anytime after they go to bed, can actually interrupt their sleep and possibly cause them not to sleep as well the rest of the night. Maybe that is why he is waking so early??? You try do some cluster feedings towards the end of the day to get a few extra ounces in him? That's what I try to do with Ryland. Sometimes when Ryland goes to bed really early i am tempted to wake him and get another feeding in, but I refrain myself from doing so and most of the time he surprises me by not ever waking in the middle of the night. It is worth a try to just try cutting the late feeding out.

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