This has worked for us.

 In a restaurant though taking a step outside until the worst has passed is not only a polite, but a great way to distract the child.

What a great idea! I can't wait to try this.

I tried preggie pops and they were not my favorite. From the same makers, there are also preggie drops that appealed to me a little more. The lollipops have flavors like lavender, which normally would be soothing, but for whatever reason tasted like air freshener to me while I was sick. The drops were just flavors like lemon and rasberry. I know plenty of people though that said the pops helped them. Good luck! I hope you feeling better soon.

I can't remember where I saw it, but there is a vest for men that has all these hidden pockets and zippers, it's a "diaper vest," but it just looks like a really outdoorsy vest. I thought it was cute!

Sometimes babies just do that...something throws them for a loop (vaccines, for example) and it disrupts their little routines. Most babies don't need anything but breatmilk until they're 6 months old, but supplementing with cereal later in the day is certainly an option. I tried it with my youngest when the same thing happened around the same time and found it didn't help. That's not to say it can't though, it sounds like it has worked for others. Is weight gain on target, that's always a good clue as to whether or not your child needs more or is just fine?

I bet, if your baby's not really nursing for very long, your feeling is right,  that it's not so much hunger...it's probably a comfort thing.When I realized mine was going to keep doing what she was doing as long as I gave in and nursed, I stopped doing it. While it's SOOOO much easier to take a crying baby into bed and nurse her back to sleep, I would get up and stroke her head until she fell back to sleep. The waking eventually stopped but it wasn't right away, so I don't know if what I did worked, or if the stage just passed. 

Do what feels right to you, and if you do decide to keep nursing her in the night, know it won't last forever...Scarletsdad is right, the time will quickly pass and you'll actually miss those quiet middle of the night moments. Good luck! 

Don't worry-I didn't have any CLUE about dates for my first two-I'm sure OBs/midwives see that all the time. I think they do an ultrasound pretty quickly-that may even be a first visit thing, especially if you know it's been a while since a period. Don't quote me on that though...

All the same, congratulations!

We started our oldest at 2.5. It was half day/twice a week. I only started her so young because we were in a brand new town and I wanted her to have some kids her own age to be with. I think most places will start taking 3 year olds.

My mother is a seasoned kindergarten teacher and she told me the only year that really makes a difference, in relation to kindergarten readiness anyhow, is that final year before kindergarten, when they're 4 years old. So, 4 is a perfect age to start!

If I were you, I would start looking to sign up now. I know the registration for my daughter's preschool for new entries started in March. Don't be discouraged if there are wait lists though, I know so many people who get calls in August saying a spot has opened up for their child.

Good luck!  

The only difference between a Braxton-Hicks contraction vs. a REAL contraction is that the BH contractions cause NO cervical change. This means the only way you can tell the difference is to know if your cervix is changing or not. If these hurt or are happening frequently, even without consistency (meaning not at regular intervals) do alert your OB. I wouldn't worry too much though, but definitely DEFINITELY tell your doc! 

I am looking for some input here, because I am truly torn on how to handle this matter.

Our lives are crazy right now, for starters I DO know what change can do to a toddler. I am 34 weeks pregnant and we are closing on a new home in two weeks (don't you love the timing) and have had to do some rearranging to accomodate family who came to help out since I had been on bedrest.

Long story short, my three year old and 1.5 year old have had to merge rooms and this will remain the case in our new home. The 1.5 year old sleeps in a toddler bed, and had been doing so for 2 months without a problemand then they moved into the same room. About 1 week went by with no trouble, then all of a sudden a little less than 1 week ago the baby will NOT got to sleep at night. She WILL take a nap in the bed--it's just bedtime that's the problem...

My three year old isn't distracting her, or egging this on, the baby has simply started FLIPPING out. 

I would appreciate two kinds of advice about this:

1. Would you take the hard line, 19 mos. isn't too young to leave crying -or-understand that way TOO many changes are underfoot for such a little person and comfort her to sleep??? (I'm inclined to soothe her, but my husband thinks this will perpetuate the problem, and I DO totally see where he's coming from, but...it's so much for a little person to handle)

2. Logistics?? How can sharing a room work out long term? In our new home it's not an ABSOLUTE necessity that the girls be together, but it really would be the best situation, providing we can work out the sleeping part :-) 

WOW-I know that was a long one, but I would really appreciate opinions and suggestions, especially on the logistics of this room sharing thing, because I'm starting to get a little worried...

THANKS!!!