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Spear Summary of Month 6

Thursday, July 12, 2018

This is a summary of Spear's 6th month of life (the entire month of May). He was 5 months old during this month. Eating:  At this stage in parenting Spear I'm really sad about not nursing him. I know it was the best choice for everyone  involved and I can't fathom actually breastfeeding him. Especially during those tender days in the hospital! But life is easier now with him. He's on a smooth schedule. He eats well. He's happy and content. This is the sweet spot of nursing a baby and it's when I'm really missing it. I still love the snuggles with him while feeding but it's simply not the same as nursing! He is taking 2 6 oz bottles a day (the first two of the day) then I offer between 6-8 oz of breastmilk at his 3:00 feeding and give 8 oz for his nighttime bottle. He went through a period this week where he was fussier with his bedtimes and was fussy right after feeding so I bumped his 6 oz bottles up to 8 oz for a few days and it must have been a ...

BFBN Week: 5 Powerful Reasons Babywise is Effective for All Babies

Today we continue with our Babywise Friendly Blog Network Week topic of sleep. Our spotlight blogger for the day is Christine from Christine Keys . She's posting on the topic of 5 Powerful Reasons Babywise is Effective for All Babies.

BFBN Week: How to Go to No Naps and Staying up Past Bedtime

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Today's posts with the Babywise Friendly Blog Network theme of sleep both work so beautifully together. Both Katrina, from Mama's Organized Chaos , and Kim from, Team Cartwright , are discussing a lack of sleep rather than ways of creating more sleep.

BFBN Week: 7 Ways to Establish Good Sleep Habits from Birth AND Dropping to One Nap

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Today is the second day of our Babywise Friendly Blog Network Week on the topic of sleep. We have TWO spotlight bloggers today who both are offering up awesome content on this topic but from two different places in parenting. First up we have Caitlin from Twin Mom and More and her post called: 7 Ways to Establish Good Sleep Habits from Birth . I am HARDCORE about starting as I mean to go on and that means from birth implementing Babywise techniques with my infants. Caitlin offers up wonderful suggestions and simple ways to establish positive sleep habits from the start!  A great read for any mom-to-be :) Natasha from Let's Be Brave is covering the opposite end of the sleep spectrum in her post today: Dropping to One Nap. When is it time to drop to just one nap? And how do you make that happen? Be sure to read her post today on tips for helping through that transition! Sleep is so important. For adults. For babies. For kids. I love that our Babywise Friendly Blog Network...

Tess Monthly Summary: May 2018

Monday, July 9, 2018

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