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I am a hardcore Babywise mama. I start implementing sleep strategies from birth to help my babies become great sleepers ( Click here for my post on how to start Babywise from birth! ). It's not easy: it takes WORK. When you put in all that work, time and effort and then your baby just isn't sleeping the way you think they should be it's beyond stressful. Sleep issues can be frustrating and it can be tempting to just say "I GIVE UP!" I've learned over my years of parenting that sometimes there are sleep struggles simply beyond our control. Enter in the high sleep needs vs low sleep needs baby.
Tess turned 18 months old on January 31st. This month covers her 18th month of life which was from Dec 31 - Jan 30th! Eating: The BIG news this month is that Tess is officially DONE with breastmilk! It's crazy to me that I had SO MUCH in the freezer when I weaned her back in September. I gave her 3-5 oz a day of the frozen stash and she made it to just a few days shy of 18 months old. There are SO many benefits to breastmilk so I chose to spread it out rather than use it all up earlier. She did fine with the transition to regular (organic) whole milk and seems to enjoy her milk more now that the breastmilk isn't in it! Last breastmilk sippy! Of course being named Tess her eating habits have given her an easy go-to nickname "Messy Tessie" Girl can GRUB but she can also make a mess doing it. The mess doesn't bother me at all though b/c it's ALL on HER. Britt is 4 and her meal mess is everywhere . On the table. On her chair. On the...
