i noticed a pattern of change in my kids' eating habits right before a growth spurt; they'd eat like little fiends for a week or two, then sleep more than normal, then i'd see that clothes were getting too small. i also saw the same sort of persnickety nighttime behavior before a big milestone, like sitting up or walking.

often pediatricians will tell you not to change nighttime feeding and cuddling habits, lest you make the habit permanent, but i say whatever makes your little guy and/or you feel better is A-OK. if that means more to eat before bedtime, cereal in a bottle, midnight cuddles, ignoring him completely, or bringing him in your bed for the rest of the night, then do it. i never had a problem breaking my kids of any temporary routine changes. and i never had a problem not following a doctor's order. i look at it as more like a bit of friendly advice. moms have been doing their own thing for millennia, anyway, and a little trial and error is to be expected.

happy parenting, lou and fussy

He has just come down with a cold (again, 3rd time in 2 months!) probably due to just starting nursery, and he always wakes needing milk before a cold. The last two nights he's not woken needing food and has totally gone off solids, which is usual when he's ill.

I'm so close to the end now, we are counting down the days. I'm very nervous about the whole birth thing....but I cant wait to meet my son!

Miss Bryleigh is teething. She'll be 5 mos old in about a week. She's upwards of 18-19lbs and 27" long. She's in 6-9 mos clothes! She likes her veggies and cereal too. She's laughing now as well...hubby gets all tickled when she laughs. He'll start laughing so hard he'll have tears running down his face!

This was quite the Pixies baby year.

Congrats to all the mommies and daddies and soon to be ones too.

My gorgeous little man is 1 on Monday!

Hard to believe that this time last year I was as big as a house and just wishing the days away until 'B'-day.

Now, he's nearly walking unaided and ressembles a toddler more than a baby. I just can't believe how quickly it's gone and how much we've all grown up!

I can't believe he's 1 already! What an amazing year!

Yay Little Pucker!!! :loveshowe:

Wow has it really been a year.. Yikes

Congrats to you guys

My lil' miss has 2 teeth on the bottom and is working on her top ones. She'll turn 6mos old next Thursday!

Shhh...but I think that I am in labor.... A Solstice baby would be nice :D

You think???

So THAT'S why she moved to England.


And she was thinking about it a few minutes later too. :D

Oooh! Any news? Any news?

My sister was a solstice baby, by the way!

Have a wonderful Christmas, Lizz and Mayhem - whether the baby puts in an appearance or not! x

This sequence reminds me of #2 son's birth...I had had about 1.5 hrs sleep (worked night shift at the time) when mrs zoid hollered from the bathroom, "Scotz! I think my water just broke!"

I resisted the urge to tell her to wake me when she knew...