Oh man, Chel, that trip sounds like your boy was a handful! I don't know what I'd do if my girl wouldn't settle in the carrier. When we went to MD in early July, we had the same experience as you with the baby getting messed up on sleep and GI stuff. It was rough for all three of us! I don't think she's been 100% back to herself since then. Sleep is great, but the GI stuff continues. I hope your guy settles back into a routine soon.
Yazzy and Reiko - I thought all babies loved the car seat... well, not the seat, but the ride. I am so sorry to hear your little ones are not happy in the car! I wonder if they grow out of it eventually, or if they will be difficult car travelers as long as they need a car seat? I hope the former is true!
Broken, it's good to "see" you! It is hard to believe these kids are in the 3-month old range already. Mine's actually headed for 4 months (16 weeks on Thursday)... in some ways it feels like she's just new and how can it be that long, but in other ways, it's hard to even remember life before she was here.
AFM - I finally broke down and scheduled with a lactation consultant and our appointment was this morning. M is having so much trouble feeding, even with the bottle, and I suspected it was related to her tongue-tie. The LC confirmed that the tongue-tie is very tight and has restricted M's range of movement to the point that she can't latch and can't maintain suction while making the jaw movements necessary to suck. So we now have a long list of things to do, including scheduling with a dental surgeon to have the tie released, getting in with an occupational therapist to help with all the tight muscles the girl has from working so hard to eat, and doing all kinds of exercises and massage at home. And that's just for the tongue-tie and isn't even the beginning of getting my milk supply up or improving breastfeeding (yet), as those things are kind of backseat to getting the tongue-tie taken care of. I am so not looking forward to the surgery, but at least it's outpatient and fairly simple.
M is up to 8 lbs, 12 oz as of this morning. Wheeee!!! she's almost to 9 lbs! I'm so glad she's growing and filling out. She doesn't look like a twig-baby anymore and despite being petite for her age, she looks "normal" with her chubby cheeks and dimpled knees. Now if we can just get the constipation, reflux, and thrush all under control, she'd be fantastic! So many things to keep on top of. I totally see how my mom came up with her mantra of "if you've got kids, you've got paperwork" because there's always something!
