DragonflyWing
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I don't drink coffee, but I do drink caffeinated soda once or twice a week, and I don't pump and dump. I don't think caffeine is a problem unless you're taking in a lot...like, more than 200mg a day. You could try it and see if you notice any difference in the baby, like fussiness or not sleeping well.
The babies have slept through the night consistently for the past week
The only downside to that is they are not gaining weight as well now. Over the past week, Lily has only gained 3 ounces, and Gunnar has gained nothing. I was shocked when I weighed him, because he has gained 1.5 oz a day practically since he came home. Going from 10 oz a week to nothing is a big change! However, it's only one week, so I'm not going to worry about it yet. I'm just going to make sure DH gets as much milk into them during the day as possible. Yesterday, lazy Lily didn't get up for the day until noon (she had fussed until after midnight, so we let her sleep in), so it was really hard to get all her calories in before bedtime. She went to bed as usual at 10ish, but woke up a little later for another bottle, so at least I know they'll wake up if they're really hungry.
I am continually amazed at how different my two babies are when it comes to food and sleep. Gunnar practically lives to eat, and he'll eat and eat until he barfs if you don't cut him off. Lily doesn't particularly like to eat, so she'll just eat until she's not hungry anymore, making disgusted faces the whole time, then she's done. He eats 8-10 oz every 2-3 hours during the day, and she eats 4-5 oz every 3ish hours during the day. Haha, that's why he's 25% heavier than her!
As for sleeping, Gunnar's the easiest baby ever. If he's tired, he falls asleep wherever he is, and he transfers to the crib beautifully. He also goes to sleep on his own if you put him down awake, just give him his pacifier and he drifts off in minutes. He's somewhat of a restless sleeper and usually wiggles around until he's perpendicular to where he started (usually ramming his head into Lilja or smacking her in the face lol). If he wakes up on his own, he never cries unless he's hungry or if he spit up and needs to be cleaned up. This morning, DH and I heard some noises from the crib, so we went over to check on them...Gunnar was lying awake, just looking around and singing to himself "ahhh, oohhhh, eeeee..."
Lily is a terror when it comes to sleep. If you put her down awake, there's about a 95% chance she will scream her head off within 3 minutes no matter what you do. She likes being rocked to sleep, but she does NOT transfer well...if you don't wait until she's deeply asleep, she'll wake up and scream as soon as you put her down. Even if you wait until she's completely unconscious, you only have about a 50% chance that she'll stay asleep when you put her down. She seems to hate going to sleep, and fights it tooth and nail, but when she finally goes down, she sleeps soundly for up to 12 hours at night.
Gunnar has said his first word! It's not a real word
, but he uses it consistenly for the same thing. Whenever he wants his pacifier, he says "ning." He started it on his own, and we've encouraged it by saying it every time we put the pacifier in his mouth, and he says it all the time now. As soon as that pacifier falls out..."ning!" and if we're not fast enough getting to him, "*whine whine* NIIIING!!" He even does it on command. Last night, he was whining and DH thought he wanted the pacifier, so he said "Do you want your ning? Tell me what you want." and Gunnar looked at him and said very quietly "ning." We were peeing our pants, it was so cute. Lily has said it a few times, but she doesn't say it in reference to anything, I think she just sees that Gunnar gets a response from it, so she's trying it out too.
They're so cute and precious, I can't stand it sometimes!
The babies have slept through the night consistently for the past week
The only downside to that is they are not gaining weight as well now. Over the past week, Lily has only gained 3 ounces, and Gunnar has gained nothing. I was shocked when I weighed him, because he has gained 1.5 oz a day practically since he came home. Going from 10 oz a week to nothing is a big change! However, it's only one week, so I'm not going to worry about it yet. I'm just going to make sure DH gets as much milk into them during the day as possible. Yesterday, lazy Lily didn't get up for the day until noon (she had fussed until after midnight, so we let her sleep in), so it was really hard to get all her calories in before bedtime. She went to bed as usual at 10ish, but woke up a little later for another bottle, so at least I know they'll wake up if they're really hungry.I am continually amazed at how different my two babies are when it comes to food and sleep. Gunnar practically lives to eat, and he'll eat and eat until he barfs if you don't cut him off. Lily doesn't particularly like to eat, so she'll just eat until she's not hungry anymore, making disgusted faces the whole time, then she's done. He eats 8-10 oz every 2-3 hours during the day, and she eats 4-5 oz every 3ish hours during the day. Haha, that's why he's 25% heavier than her!
As for sleeping, Gunnar's the easiest baby ever. If he's tired, he falls asleep wherever he is, and he transfers to the crib beautifully. He also goes to sleep on his own if you put him down awake, just give him his pacifier and he drifts off in minutes. He's somewhat of a restless sleeper and usually wiggles around until he's perpendicular to where he started (usually ramming his head into Lilja or smacking her in the face lol). If he wakes up on his own, he never cries unless he's hungry or if he spit up and needs to be cleaned up. This morning, DH and I heard some noises from the crib, so we went over to check on them...Gunnar was lying awake, just looking around and singing to himself "ahhh, oohhhh, eeeee..."
Lily is a terror when it comes to sleep. If you put her down awake, there's about a 95% chance she will scream her head off within 3 minutes no matter what you do. She likes being rocked to sleep, but she does NOT transfer well...if you don't wait until she's deeply asleep, she'll wake up and scream as soon as you put her down. Even if you wait until she's completely unconscious, you only have about a 50% chance that she'll stay asleep when you put her down. She seems to hate going to sleep, and fights it tooth and nail, but when she finally goes down, she sleeps soundly for up to 12 hours at night.
Gunnar has said his first word! It's not a real word
, but he uses it consistenly for the same thing. Whenever he wants his pacifier, he says "ning." He started it on his own, and we've encouraged it by saying it every time we put the pacifier in his mouth, and he says it all the time now. As soon as that pacifier falls out..."ning!" and if we're not fast enough getting to him, "*whine whine* NIIIING!!" He even does it on command. Last night, he was whining and DH thought he wanted the pacifier, so he said "Do you want your ning? Tell me what you want." and Gunnar looked at him and said very quietly "ning." We were peeing our pants, it was so cute. Lily has said it a few times, but she doesn't say it in reference to anything, I think she just sees that Gunnar gets a response from it, so she's trying it out too.They're so cute and precious, I can't stand it sometimes!
Gunnar and Lilja are so lucky to have each other. They will never be lonely or bored 
Something must be wrong with me! We registered DD#2 for pre-k too, so starting in the fall I'll have mornings with just Max. Maybe my house will actually get clean 
She is only 3 months old! She doesn't eat solid food! "Just a taste?" Um, no! We aren't going to introduce any foods to her until she shows interest and no sugar until after a year at the very earliest.
Okay, my rant is all done.
Wouldn't that be something!
