[Niclayson]

Stephanie,

I think most of the carriers hurt your back! Try to find one where the baby "sits" on your hip.

We did limit the stoller in the beginning...unless you can find a stroller where they face toward you instead of away from you. Trey used to hang out the side and look back at us and of course cry! So we gave up and went for walks with him in the backpack.

We did NOT co-sleep. Not because I am against it, but he was too active and too unpredictable. I was truly afarid he'd fall. But we put his crib in our room right next to our bed so he could touch me at night. We did move him to his own room after about a month though because we discovered that my husband's snoring woke him.

I wore him sometimes 6-8 hours a day!!! In the beginning I didn't wear him enough. After someone suggested longer wearing time....that was when he stopped crying.

Ask your pediatrician about the formula. Some might not be as good a quality as US formulas.

We have his blanket from Guatemala. But I did a VERY stupid thing. When we got home, it was dirty so I washed it!!! Yikes! I should have left it a mess, the smells would have comforted him.

Yes, we visited 2x/s and he was fine with us both times....he was 2 months and 4 months. Now at pick up he was pretty freaked out and really cried at night.

I'm in South Florida too. Let me know if you'd like to join a play group with others in the area!