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Swaddles & Itching

On January 8, 2014 · 21 Comments · In baby sleep habits, health and wellness, nora, vivienne

Yeah, two totally unrelated subjects.

First of all, I mentioned in Vivienne’s 5-month post that she is still rocking the swaddle. But unfortunately, the time has come—we need to ditch it. Last night, she rolled over in her swaddle about 30 minutes after I put her to bed. She was sleeping, but she fussed and […]

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Milk Be Gone

On November 18, 2013 · 18 Comments · In baby sleep habits, infant reflux, vivienne

You know… I don’t even like milk.

I can’t tell you the last time I drank a glass of plain milk. It had to be like 20 years ago. I’ll do chocolate milk occasionally, but beyond that… I just use it to wet my cereal in the mornings.

So you’d think that giving up milk […]

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Bullseye

On November 12, 2013 · 4 Comments · In baby sleep habits, vivienne

On Sunday night, I was at a breaking point of sorts. We had been dealing with Vivienne’s awful sleep for at least a week or so, and the sleep deprivation was catching up with me. So just as I was about to lose my mind, I let it all out on the blog, hoping someone, […]

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Does my baby hate sleep?

On November 10, 2013 · 31 Comments · In baby sleep habits, vivienne

You guys: I am so tired. And we are so frustrated.

Before I go any further, I want to acknowledge the fact that I know many of you out there hate me when it comes to baby sleep. Nora was a rock star sleeper from the very beginning and I know for sure now that […]

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The Noisemaker

On August 26, 2013 · 19 Comments · In baby sleep habits, vivienne

During the early weeks of Nora’s life, I was very hesitant to talk to anyone about her nighttime sleep. The truth was that she was a GREAT sleeper. Like, freakishly great. My newborn daughter was super kind to me. I feared that if I dared speak about it out loud, she would change. I was […]

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