Dang, I can really use a good BLT right now...
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Claire seems to be teething. :-( She has been extra fussy and irritable the past couple of days. While she doesn't seem to be drooling more than usual (but then again, she's been a drooling machine for the past month), she ALWAYS has her fingers in her mouth. She is not eating as much — she will drink for a few minutes then stop and wail, as if sucking on the bottle is causing her pain — and sleeping in shorter stretches, often waking up with whimpering cries. At first I believed it to be the sleep-training regression mentioned in the How to SUCCESSFULLY teach a baby to sleep post. But then I noticed that her cheeks would intermittently turn red which...
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Via Geeks are Sexy....
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As promised, here is my follow-up post to Sleep Training Progress. Before continuing to read, please be advised that in no way am I a sleep expert, and that you should always do your own research and make an educated decision based on your baby and your family's unique and specific needs. This post only outlines what I have found useful, and which methods worked best for us. Why sleep train? Sleep training is certainly not for every family, and not every baby needs it. The reasons we decided to sleep train are: Ever since Claire hit her 4-month wakeful period, her sleeping habits became horrible. She was waking up 5x a night and would nap for only 30-40 minutes at a time....
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I have been especially exhausted and cranky as of late. I just chalked it off to the side effects of sleep-training Claire — I was stressed out and mentally drained. Then last week, I felt it. Nausea. Once again I brushed it off as a consequence of exhaustion. But it didn't go away. And on Friday, I realized when I had felt this way before: the first few months of being pregnant with Claire. Uh-oh. I peed on a stick. I waited 2 minutes, then examined the window. "Do you see something? Am I going crazy? I can swear that this area over here is SLIGHTLY darker. Do you see it?" J took a look at the test and declared that I must be seeing...
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