Our board is indeed very active and it is so nice to see so many new people joining.
I saw pics of Megha, Santosh, Yash, Sid, Rishi, Kich & Vrisa. OH my God, they all look so cute and I just want to squeeze them all:) Maurni, I was able to see only 2 pics of Vrisa. One in her spring outfit and the three of you is the other one. I remember reading that you had posted some more pics. Am I right? Tweetie, I loved all your captions.
Swathi, what is your baby's name? I would love to see pics of him. I had posted Diya's photos in yahoo groups(Januarymommie). In one of the messages is the link to my snapfish albums. I will try to post some new pics too. Boy, it must be hard for you to take care of a toddler and a baby.
Sweety, why no messages from you? How is Neel doing now? Are u a physician(read about your peds rotation)? What is your specialty? Have you gone back to work?
Sush, congrats! You must be feeling much better now after Tia took the battle. Isn't she a sweetheart and you will not have any complaints against her now. Didn't you start her on cereal at 4 months? What is this Annaprasan?
PK, why no messages from you? How is Smriti doing now(her skin rash)? I hope everything is ok with you and her.
Vani, love Rishi's smile. He looks like an active boy. Diya is pretty active too.
Reena, cetaphil and aquaphor are good for eczema I believe. I have also heard about Elidel. I donno if it is good for babies. Try not to put soap on him much. Don't give him too many baths(aveeno baby wash is good I believe). Eczema could be because of food allergies too. Do you eat wheat or peanuts?(I know you have avoided dairy) Check with your pedi.
Jayshree, it must be hard for you to take your parents out in MN weather with a small baby. Don't be hard on yourself.
I feel very tired too all the time. I think it is because of lack of exercise for me. I have insomnia too. Even if Diya sleeps, I am not able to becos my body is tuned to not sleeping.
Girls, if your baby wakes up every 2 hrs, try not to nurse because they might be waking out of a habit. If they do it only for 3-4 days, it could be a growth spurt. But if they wake up around the same time every day, I believe it is habitual waking. Try to pacify them by rocking or giving them a paci or patting. They will go to sleep without associating sleep with the nursing. They will not wake up after a few days.
Sorry for the long message. I get to post only on fridays or the weekend and not many people get to read it I guess(or is it becos it is too long all the time:) )
Tweetie replied. Hi,
Nice to hear from you,
Diya must be almost 4 months now isn't it? I keep getting confused with birthdays...was she born on Jan 25? Hats off to you for managing all by yourself, well I guess it has some small advantages too, you'd get to decide how to do things for the baby according to your comfort level, and not have to please many others.
Do you put diya directly on the crib with just asheet or do you put some more padding? do you place any towel rolls/pillows on either side etc...I am just trying to find ways to restart on my project of making Santhosh to sleep in his crib. Well I guess I'll start after my mom leaves, nevertheless my in-laws are with us full time, and it's difficult to answer everyone when the baby cries.
Thanks for ur tips on night time waking up patterns in babies.

BTW are you from Chennai? Post some pics with you too in them...I don't recollect seeing u in the pics :)

Love to Diya
Tweetie Jayashree replied. Hi Vidya,
How are you and Diya doing?
As if taking care of a baby is not enough, I hate when we have to make time for exercising, to manage weight and feel fit. I need to lose abt 18 lbs more to reach my pre-preg weight, but these last lbs are very stubborn.

I have to change a few of Yash's habits ( sleep related), but will do so only after parents leave on Jun 4th, since its difficult when mom keeps insisting on me doing some things and I don't like to argue.

BTW, when you put Diya for a nap during daytime, do you stick to her crib only?
Chalo, you have a gret weekend.

J maurni replied. Nice to hear from you. I haven't been able to post more pics. been kinda lazy. will do so soon and send out a message.
xoxo
~M pk replied. Hi Vidya,

Good to her from you. I havent been able to read or post messages for a long time and am trying to catch now.Wow.. .looks like lots of girls want to join jan mom group. Thats really good.

Smriti is doing great. Her rashes are all gone now..Infact her spit up reduced a lot . Her sleeping habit is also much better. She mostly sleeps of her own. I try to make a bed time routine for her. A nice sponge bath, changing her to night dress and cuddling with her for some time. Then when she is happy and I will put her to bed with a music. she sleeps of her own. She still needs a feed at night around 4. But once in a while she sleeps thru the night. I found this trick, When she is trying to wake up in the middle of the night I switch on the humidifier then she continues her sleep. She does not wake up untill I switch it off...But only when I switch it on before she is wide awake.But unfortunately I cant sleep with piece of mind thinking that she might be hungry.I also stoppes changing her in the middle of the night so she goes back to sleep right after feeding. I dont know if its okay to leave her with wet diaper but so far no rashes.

I read your tips on how to manage babies alone. Although I mangaed her all alone since her birth those tips were really helpful.

Lots of love to diya,
pk