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Tear78 
hah! Cool, Cat! Turns out I was a total lurker then, too. Thanks for trying to include everybody here. I always try to keep my Mothering identity separate from my real-life identity because I'm a teacher and I have to be careful what I do online. But I've been feeling left out when I hear about the FB group. Is there a way for me to join and keep my anonymity?
What's going on with us is that DD slept for 5 hours in a row last night, and 6 the night before. I almost don't want to say anything because it's so beautiful and I don't want to mess it up. so "sssh!" I didn't say anything.
Hey Tear, glad to hear baby is sleeping better. Any tips? Did you do anything in particular, or did it just happen?
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cakemama579 Do you guys think FB will turn out to be like Myspace after a while-- people just get tired of it? Or is it here to stay? My DH is going to cancel his acct. I have one, but really only use it to post photos of the kids so the grandparents stay off my back...I feel like the more I'm connected, the more accounts I have and email/internet outlets I have, (for example I used to get internet on my phone. then cancelled it), the more I am a slave to them. I'm sure it is just me, and other people have more self control, but when I could check my email on my phone I was like one of those mice in the sociology experiment.. constantly checking, checking, checking to see if there was any mail for me. ugh, it was exhausting! Now I check this site, my email, and a couple of blogs about two times a day. That seems to be a good fit for me--any more than that and my brain starts to go on overload.
How much are you all connected, and how?
I often wonder the same about FB, if it will go away. I've never officially been on there. My sister loves it and so I occasionally sign on as her if there's family photos I'd like to see, etc. I can't imagine having time for FB. I have been on Flickr for several years, and that's a bit of a social media thing for me. But I never get particularly personal - - I have friends on Flickr but our associations are more about the love of photography/art than about what's going on in our personal lives. My guess is that FB will stay. There are over 300 million members on there, and lately I've noticed that in order to join other sites (i.e. pinterest) you have to have a FB or Twitter account. Unlike Myspace, FB has a real clean, simpler interface and once so many people are on there, actively sharing so much, it's hard to break that. Just my 2 cents. But who knows, maybe folks will tire of it. I have. 
As for baby Sam, he rolls over (from front and back), does a semi-crawl thing where he pushes and wriggles his legs a little and moves forward a few inches, and he babbles quite a bit. He grabs at everything and tries putting it all in his mouth! He isn't able to sit up just yet. He's had a taste of pear, and a little bit of rice cereal, but no real solids yet, just a taste...He'll be 6 months next week!
His sleeping pattern is still hard. He takes 2 or 3 naps a day (never for more than 45 minutes, though right now he is presently breaking that record!?), and at night he gets up anywhere from 3-6 times. We've had a rare night where's gotten up only twice, but again that's rare. Aside from that, he is sweet, smiling, and rosy-cheeked...
Edited by Ree Tee - 2/20/12 at 2:43pm
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