Yes I think it's just a little too soon for this stuff...
All she has to do is figure out how to get those feet under her and she's gonna be gone. Anyone want to take bets on if she walks or crawls first?
Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Too Soon
All she has to do is figure out how to get those feet under her and she's gonna be gone. Anyone want to take bets on if she walks or crawls first?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Laney - 7 Months
Where does the time go? Really, I feel like I just wrote her 6 Month update.
Length: I'll have to come back and update this
Weight: 17.0lbs
We just had another doctor visit a few days ago after another night of no sleep with her up screaming in pain. But this time I've switched doctors. We discussed her reflux and my concerns of her meds not working. We also discussed her weight gain and her "spitting up".
Laney is not at the max dosage for the Zantac yet so she wants to increase and re-evaluate in a month. She knows I'm not fond of the idea of just increasing, but the she said that it could work for 2 weeks and then not. If that's the case we will look at something else. Since she has gained about half a pound since her last increase I agreed knowing that she will at least discuss other options if I want in a month (or less if I see no improvement). As for her weight, she said doctors don't get too concerned until they go down 2 % groups between well child visits (3mth, 6mth, 9mth). She She only went down 1 between 3 and 6 months, but it was very close to 2 and she's almost down another one at only 7 months. She plans to keep an eye on this, but said to keep offering the solids and start with maybe some yogurt and cheeses to see if it helps with the reflux. She also said to continue the Miralax as it seems to be working.
Diapers: Still in size 3, but we've switched to the Walmart brand. They seem to be working good.
Clothes: Mostly 6-9 Months, but all the cute footless one piece outfits are too short :(
Toys: Anything she can get her hands on. Especially the foam puzzle pieces her sister leaves on the floor.
Food: sweet potatoes, green beans, plums, pears, squash, peaches, peas and apple sauce
Sleep: What's that. Actually when she's feeling good she only wakes up some nights to eat and then drifts right back off to sleep. This week I think I've gotten at most 4 hours a sleep a night since Sunday.
She is starting to get on all 4s and thinking about moving forward. Right now she has backwards and around in a circle mastered. Just last night she went FORWARD in her walker for the first time! This is something Lillian never did!
Length: I'll have to come back and update this
Weight: 17.0lbs
We just had another doctor visit a few days ago after another night of no sleep with her up screaming in pain. But this time I've switched doctors. We discussed her reflux and my concerns of her meds not working. We also discussed her weight gain and her "spitting up".
Diapers: Still in size 3, but we've switched to the Walmart brand. They seem to be working good.
Clothes: Mostly 6-9 Months, but all the cute footless one piece outfits are too short :(
Toys: Anything she can get her hands on. Especially the foam puzzle pieces her sister leaves on the floor.
Food: sweet potatoes, green beans, plums, pears, squash, peaches, peas and apple sauce
Sleep: What's that. Actually when she's feeling good she only wakes up some nights to eat and then drifts right back off to sleep. This week I think I've gotten at most 4 hours a sleep a night since Sunday.
She is starting to get on all 4s and thinking about moving forward. Right now she has backwards and around in a circle mastered. Just last night she went FORWARD in her walker for the first time! This is something Lillian never did!
Friday, September 14, 2012
Friday Phone Dump!
In big news, Delaney's first tooth finally popped through yesterday! The second one is right there with it and one side is through! Oh and she slept through the night again last night and has been in her own bed for a week now!
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| Lilli's finally tracing! |
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| Glue, glitter and feathers, yes please! |
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| Mommy made her some popsicle stick puzzles while she cut... and cut... and cut some more... |
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| And then she passed out coloring around 7:30! |
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| Football has started again! Don't judge, I didn't get to pick the team. |
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| Hi Grandma! I really am too cute! |
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| She loves to cook! |
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| Mom, get her off me! Are you seeing the trend here? |
Monday, September 10, 2012
Co Sleeping
So I never thought I'd be one to co-sleep with my children. In fact, I was against it. I mean it can be dangerous, you could roll over, the blankets.... the list goes on.
Then I had a new born. Still scared to death in the beginning I would get up with her, change her in her room, feed her and then put her back in the bassinet. Problem was, I wasn't putting her back in the bassinet until I was waking up a half hour later. I was scared to death I was going to drop her. Then we learned how to feed laying down. That was the end of it. I would fall asleep while she ate, she'd fall asleep and at some point I'd wake up and put her back in the bassinet.
Then Laney was born. Getting her to sleep was impossible. She cried for hours, you'd get her to sleep, lay her down and she'd wake up. I can't tell you how many night I fell asleep propped up against my wall with pillows under both arms so she could sleep on my chest and I could still sleep too. Then we discovered the reflux and we were able to sleep laying down again, but by this point she was so used to sleeping on me she would wake up the second I laid her down anyway. So we started going to sleep with her eating (laying down) I have a king size bed and it was just the two of us (that's a whole other post) so after she'd fall asleep I'd just get up and move to the other side of them and barricade her in with pillows. At midnight we'd do the same thing. This had been going on for quite some time now, OK more like 5 months and part of it is my fault. I admit I like sleeping with her and having her cuddle up to me.
But Friday night I said enough is enough. I want my bed back and I'd like my husband in it with me. So Friday night after bath I changed her in her room, sat down with her, fed her and when she was done I took her off the boob (which wakes her up some) and let her fall asleep.
Saturday for both naps, I waited until she was good and tired and I laid her in her bed awake. Both times she was able to put herself to sleep. Bed time went well, but she woke up after a couple hours screaming off and on. Even after I picked her up and took her to my room she was screaming. I think it was teeth. They looked a little red and she was chewing her thumb and screaming in her sleep. We got through the night with only 4 wakings though.
Last night went great. I don't think I was in there 10 minutes with her, including feeding her. Then I decided that rather than take her to my room and lay down to feed her I'd sit in the chair and feed her. It took about 10 minutes I think and she then slept in her crib until almost 6 this morning!
Hopefully I can keep up with sitting in her room to feed her at night.
Maybe tomorrow I'll write a post about my husband coming back to my bed...
Then I had a new born. Still scared to death in the beginning I would get up with her, change her in her room, feed her and then put her back in the bassinet. Problem was, I wasn't putting her back in the bassinet until I was waking up a half hour later. I was scared to death I was going to drop her. Then we learned how to feed laying down. That was the end of it. I would fall asleep while she ate, she'd fall asleep and at some point I'd wake up and put her back in the bassinet.
Then Laney was born. Getting her to sleep was impossible. She cried for hours, you'd get her to sleep, lay her down and she'd wake up. I can't tell you how many night I fell asleep propped up against my wall with pillows under both arms so she could sleep on my chest and I could still sleep too. Then we discovered the reflux and we were able to sleep laying down again, but by this point she was so used to sleeping on me she would wake up the second I laid her down anyway. So we started going to sleep with her eating (laying down) I have a king size bed and it was just the two of us (that's a whole other post) so after she'd fall asleep I'd just get up and move to the other side of them and barricade her in with pillows. At midnight we'd do the same thing. This had been going on for quite some time now, OK more like 5 months and part of it is my fault. I admit I like sleeping with her and having her cuddle up to me.
But Friday night I said enough is enough. I want my bed back and I'd like my husband in it with me. So Friday night after bath I changed her in her room, sat down with her, fed her and when she was done I took her off the boob (which wakes her up some) and let her fall asleep.
Saturday for both naps, I waited until she was good and tired and I laid her in her bed awake. Both times she was able to put herself to sleep. Bed time went well, but she woke up after a couple hours screaming off and on. Even after I picked her up and took her to my room she was screaming. I think it was teeth. They looked a little red and she was chewing her thumb and screaming in her sleep. We got through the night with only 4 wakings though.
Last night went great. I don't think I was in there 10 minutes with her, including feeding her. Then I decided that rather than take her to my room and lay down to feed her I'd sit in the chair and feed her. It took about 10 minutes I think and she then slept in her crib until almost 6 this morning!
Hopefully I can keep up with sitting in her room to feed her at night.
Maybe tomorrow I'll write a post about my husband coming back to my bed...
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Laney - 6 Months
It seems un-real to be half way through her first year!
It seems weird that she actually had a well child visit:
Length: 27.25” (95%)
Weight: 16lb 5oz ( 59% This is actually and ounce less than last month)
Diapers: Size 3, the huggies fit best now, but once she
moves up in the weight limit we’ll have to switch back to pampers for the
larger leg holes.
Clothes: Mostly 6 Month stuff. Still fits some 3 month and already some 9
month.
Toys: We’ve gotten out the “bigger” toys. She’s still loving the exersaucer and now the
Jumperoo too. She’s also very interested
in her moving ball and the gumball machine toy.
Food: She is very interested in food. We started her last month and now she eats
sweet potatoes, green beans, plums and pears.
We only use cereal once in a while to thicken up a fruit that is overly
runny. She also had her first Melba
toast that she did quite well with.
Sleep: Still waking up at least once a night to eat, some
times twice. And on a rare occasion
Mommy gets a full night’s sleep.
She sits like a pro now and reaches for EVERYTHING, toys,
food, your shirt, the back of the chair, anything she can get her hands on.
She is definitely interested in figuring out how to get
around. With her ball that rolls around
on the floor with the lights you can see her mind working to figure out how to
get to it.
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| Sure I play with this paper until Dr comes in! |
At her well visit I informed Dr. Do nothing that I took her
off the med that was supposed to make her stop spitting up and help her
digest. It wasn’t doing either and I
thought it was pointless. She agreed it
was the right call. She didn’t however
say anything one way or the other about me giving her Miralax. She, again, gave me a run down of the foods
that would make her constipated and what wouldn’t. See list above for all foods that promote
healthy bowel movements. It makes me sad
to think that there are parents out there that need those things told to them
several times, I just don’t happen to be one of them, thank you. So until things become more get more regular
I plan to keep with the Miralax.
Until she puked all over last night :-( And I don't just mean some spit up, I mean she covered my tank top wearing back, herself, and got some on the floor. It took 2 receiving blankets to clean it up. And it smelled horrible! She was so scared and I felt so bad for her.
She slept for a few hours and then woke up again. She sounded like she may be sick again, but she moved around and farted *like a man* and was then happy as pie. She ate and thought it was play time. She lay there squealing with delight as I struggled to keep my eyes open. She never had a fever over 100.2 and besides being clingy seems perfectly fine now.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Getting the Best of Me
My stress and emotions are getting the best of me and I can
feel it quickly spiraling out of control.
Little Miss still isn’t feeling well. The last time I posted about her poop, was the
last time she had a real one. That was 6
days ago now! Over the last 2 days she
had pushed out 3 little marble sized pieces and that’s it.
I took her back to the doctor yesterday (even though her
well child is next week) and the pedi made me feel like I was an over-reacting
mom.
Her suggestions:
Since apple juice isn’t working, give her prune
Giver her more water (I already started over the weekend)
Instead of plums giver her green beans
Give her 1mL of Erythro instead of .8mL
It is my feeling that since I have been in there at least
once a month for the last 3 months because of her belly issues, you should be
doing more than just suggesting I change her diet. I’m actually starting to wonder if it’s the
Erythro that made her constipated in the first place. I know that a side effect is loose bowels, but
just like apple juice binds some people up, maybe this med does too.
Also on the suggestion of some friends and lots of searching
on the internet, I bought some Mirilax last night. I haven’t given it to her, but if something
doesn’t happen by tomorrow night you can bet your ass I will be.
Thankfully she slept peacefully last night, although I think
it’s just because she is so exhausted for not getting any sleep.
On a positive note, both the girls had some firsts this weekend.
Little miss Laney sat in the grass for the first time
this weekend, she didn’t mind it at all.
She also used a sippy cup for the first time!
And Lilli was in her first fishing derby, she didn't catch anything though :-(
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Life Happens
Life always seems to just be passing by. I'm constantly trying to remind myself to slow down and take it all in cause you will never get these days back! I mean look at this, my baby girl can sit now!
After Lillian spending the night at T's on Tuesday I was so excited to come home and hear all about it last night. That last all of about 30 minutes. She started whining, she wanted this and that and no daddy couldn't get it. I did half enjoy her trying to do the Jillian work out with me though. Her being so proud of herself for doing something and wanting to be active with mommy is great. Her running and jumping and wanting me to watch and comment while I'm trying to work out, not so great.
Dinner was one argument after another. Some she started, some B started, they both go spoken to a few times. After dinner we played on the floor with Sissy, this was great...
Until she wanted to hang all over my back and I asked her not to. Then it was fine sit in you lap which would last 30 seconds before she needed to get up and do this, sit back down for 30 second get up and do that. I was happy when it was time for baths!
Bed time wasn't so great, except Laney putting herself to sleep on my bed while I tried to take care of a few things. Then it was a fight to get Lillian to put her pull up on. She tried insisting on a diaper, threw a fit. Kicking the legs and all while on the bed her sister was sleeping on. If I had, had the strength I would have picked her right up and taken her to her room. After finally getting her to lay down she wouldn't lay still or keep her mouth quiet. Then she wanted me to lay with her. I really didn't want to, she was driving me nuts, I needed 5 minutes to recoup from the last "fight". But then I looked over to her and saw her sad, but accepting face. I let her lay for a minute because she needs to know her behavior wasn't acceptable and you don't get the things you want when you misbehave, but then I went and laid with her and we talked about how she needs to work on her attitude. I'm so glad I went and laid with her...
After Lillian spending the night at T's on Tuesday I was so excited to come home and hear all about it last night. That last all of about 30 minutes. She started whining, she wanted this and that and no daddy couldn't get it. I did half enjoy her trying to do the Jillian work out with me though. Her being so proud of herself for doing something and wanting to be active with mommy is great. Her running and jumping and wanting me to watch and comment while I'm trying to work out, not so great.
Dinner was one argument after another. Some she started, some B started, they both go spoken to a few times. After dinner we played on the floor with Sissy, this was great...
Bed time wasn't so great, except Laney putting herself to sleep on my bed while I tried to take care of a few things. Then it was a fight to get Lillian to put her pull up on. She tried insisting on a diaper, threw a fit. Kicking the legs and all while on the bed her sister was sleeping on. If I had, had the strength I would have picked her right up and taken her to her room. After finally getting her to lay down she wouldn't lay still or keep her mouth quiet. Then she wanted me to lay with her. I really didn't want to, she was driving me nuts, I needed 5 minutes to recoup from the last "fight". But then I looked over to her and saw her sad, but accepting face. I let her lay for a minute because she needs to know her behavior wasn't acceptable and you don't get the things you want when you misbehave, but then I went and laid with her and we talked about how she needs to work on her attitude. I'm so glad I went and laid with her...
Monday, August 6, 2012
5 Months
Normally I wouldn't have true weight stats and such at 5 months, but hey she's been to the doctor twice in the last few weeks...
Height: 26.5" (I measured her myself)
Weight: 16lb 6oz (I'm pretty sure it was 16 and not 15 cause 15 would have meant she only gained 3oz in a month and I'm sure the doctor would have been a little worried about that.)
So she is still 95% for height and 82% for weight.
She has changed so much in some ways. She can almost sit on her own, her back muscles just need a little work. Tummy time has been hard for us since laying her on her belly usually ends with her face in a pile of spit up. The exersaucer seems to be helping though and she loves that! She's also learned in the last few days that she can use one arm to prop herself up while reaching with the other.
She definitely shows her emotions, especially excitement. One afternoon she wanted nothing but to stand on my legs, but I had to make dinner. Daddy held her while I went to get the exersaucer and I thought she was going to jump off his lap with her excitement. Squealing and flailing her arms, it was too cute.\
She now reaches for me and pulls on my shirt when she is hungry.
Last week her reflux got bad again. To the point she wasn't sleeping and becoming lethargic. I was glad that my normal sitter was on vacation and she was at Traci's with Lillian. I took her to the doctor Tuesday afternoon. She upped her Zan.tac by .1mL and put her on another med to help her digest her food faster. In the past the second med had been an option. After her, for the first time, witnessing the crying and spitting up she said I needed to start it immediately. Wednesday is when she became a little lethargic and just couldn't sleep (Monday it was lots of crying and spitting up). So Wednesday afternoon I picked her up to see what was going on. I was able to get her to sleep for a few hours after I got her home. She didn't sleep well at all that night or the next. She also hadn't had a crappy diaper. So I stayed home with her. After giving her a bottle that was half apple juice and giving her cereal made with apple juice she finally got it out! But then Saturday she started coming down with a cough and sneezing. It was horrible through the night and Sunday morning, but she slept decent Sunday night. Today, she's congested. You can feel the congestion when she breathes :( I want my poor girl healthy again!
Height: 26.5" (I measured her myself)
Weight: 16lb 6oz (I'm pretty sure it was 16 and not 15 cause 15 would have meant she only gained 3oz in a month and I'm sure the doctor would have been a little worried about that.)
So she is still 95% for height and 82% for weight.
She has changed so much in some ways. She can almost sit on her own, her back muscles just need a little work. Tummy time has been hard for us since laying her on her belly usually ends with her face in a pile of spit up. The exersaucer seems to be helping though and she loves that! She's also learned in the last few days that she can use one arm to prop herself up while reaching with the other.
She definitely shows her emotions, especially excitement. One afternoon she wanted nothing but to stand on my legs, but I had to make dinner. Daddy held her while I went to get the exersaucer and I thought she was going to jump off his lap with her excitement. Squealing and flailing her arms, it was too cute.\
She now reaches for me and pulls on my shirt when she is hungry.
Last week her reflux got bad again. To the point she wasn't sleeping and becoming lethargic. I was glad that my normal sitter was on vacation and she was at Traci's with Lillian. I took her to the doctor Tuesday afternoon. She upped her Zan.tac by .1mL and put her on another med to help her digest her food faster. In the past the second med had been an option. After her, for the first time, witnessing the crying and spitting up she said I needed to start it immediately. Wednesday is when she became a little lethargic and just couldn't sleep (Monday it was lots of crying and spitting up). So Wednesday afternoon I picked her up to see what was going on. I was able to get her to sleep for a few hours after I got her home. She didn't sleep well at all that night or the next. She also hadn't had a crappy diaper. So I stayed home with her. After giving her a bottle that was half apple juice and giving her cereal made with apple juice she finally got it out! But then Saturday she started coming down with a cough and sneezing. It was horrible through the night and Sunday morning, but she slept decent Sunday night. Today, she's congested. You can feel the congestion when she breathes :( I want my poor girl healthy again!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
4 Months
I’m
only a couple weeks late writing about this…
Delaney turned 4 months on July 3rd.
It was a pretty busy time for us between
her aunt’s birthday, her great uncles coming to visit and her sister having
hand foot mouth disease. I will post on
all that stuff later though. This post
is for my little girl…
Stats:
Weight: 15lb 3oz (87%)
Height: 26 inches (95%)
Her growth seems to be slowing some and it doesn't bother me one bit.
She seems to be such a content little girl most of the time. Happy to just sit there and watch as the world happens around her. Only one week after she turned 3 months she started rolling over, but even now, a month later she only rolls over when she feels she has the need.
This month we got out the exersaucer. I wasn't sure her back was ready for it, but honestly my arms were starting to get tired holding her in the standing position.
We also tried cereal this month at the suggestion of her pediatrician because she is still spitting up and having some reflux pain.
I love having my own little model for some of the stuff I've been crocheting, but when I can't find my camera it makes it hard to get some really good shots. My phone doesn't do too bad capturing her cuteness though!
She also started laughing just a few days after turning 4 months, its just the cutest sound, of course I said the same thing about her sister's laugh too! Her face was adorable when she realized the noise was coming from her.
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| One of my favorites |
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Rolling With It
I've just been going along with whatever comes at me the last few days. It's been hot and miserable and I just haven't felt like "dealing" with anything. I've been tired.
Tuesday night was the Chase Corporate Challenge. The same race I blogged about a year ago. Oddly enough it was just one week later that I found out I was pregnant. I was pretty excited to compare my times from being barely pregnant to being 15 weeks postpartum.
Again this year I was disappointed with having to walk before I ever made the one mile marker, but this year the heat and humidity was unbearable. When I reached the one mile marker I realized that it was also the turn around point. They decided to make the race a "Run For Fun" and shorten it to only 2 miles. This also meant that they didn't time it. Thankfully I was still wearing my heart monitor and Nike Sports band. According to the sports band, which I forgot to turn off right away, it took me 28:09 to finish the 2 miles. So knowing that I actually grabbed some water and walked back to my mother who was waiting, it probably took me somewhere between 26 and 27 minutes to finish 2 miles. While this is not stellar and something I certainly want to improve, I am proud. I normally run at 4am, before any other physical activity to speak of and it's a good 30 degrees cooler than it was during the run, without the (according to the weather man) oppressive humidity.
And now for the real topic of Rolling with it. My baby girl Delaney Rose started rolling over last week! I've been meaning to post about it, but put it off cause I wanted to include the video I got, but it appears I may never post about it if I wait until I get a moment to do that! So at only 14 weeks and 2 days old she rolled from her BACK to FRONT. By Tuesday she had figured out how to get that second arm out from under her and by Saturday at only 15 weeks old she rolled across our King Size bed! Now thankfully at this point she is only using rolling as a mechanism to get comfortable, I'm hoping it's a while before she realizes it can get her to things she wants to reach and grab for. Which she is doing. And I'm pretty sure she has good depth perception cause she only reaches for the things she knows she can reach, otherwise she just sits and watches. My baby girl is getting too big too quick!
Tuesday night was the Chase Corporate Challenge. The same race I blogged about a year ago. Oddly enough it was just one week later that I found out I was pregnant. I was pretty excited to compare my times from being barely pregnant to being 15 weeks postpartum.
Again this year I was disappointed with having to walk before I ever made the one mile marker, but this year the heat and humidity was unbearable. When I reached the one mile marker I realized that it was also the turn around point. They decided to make the race a "Run For Fun" and shorten it to only 2 miles. This also meant that they didn't time it. Thankfully I was still wearing my heart monitor and Nike Sports band. According to the sports band, which I forgot to turn off right away, it took me 28:09 to finish the 2 miles. So knowing that I actually grabbed some water and walked back to my mother who was waiting, it probably took me somewhere between 26 and 27 minutes to finish 2 miles. While this is not stellar and something I certainly want to improve, I am proud. I normally run at 4am, before any other physical activity to speak of and it's a good 30 degrees cooler than it was during the run, without the (according to the weather man) oppressive humidity.
And now for the real topic of Rolling with it. My baby girl Delaney Rose started rolling over last week! I've been meaning to post about it, but put it off cause I wanted to include the video I got, but it appears I may never post about it if I wait until I get a moment to do that! So at only 14 weeks and 2 days old she rolled from her BACK to FRONT. By Tuesday she had figured out how to get that second arm out from under her and by Saturday at only 15 weeks old she rolled across our King Size bed! Now thankfully at this point she is only using rolling as a mechanism to get comfortable, I'm hoping it's a while before she realizes it can get her to things she wants to reach and grab for. Which she is doing. And I'm pretty sure she has good depth perception cause she only reaches for the things she knows she can reach, otherwise she just sits and watches. My baby girl is getting too big too quick!
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| Waiting for Mommy to cool down after the run. |
Friday, June 8, 2012
Hhmmmm
I'm not really sure what to blog about right now. My life seems kind of boring with nothing too post worthy. Either that or my brain is fried cause I'm tired, not really sure which.
Delaney has become very vocal and I love it. She wakes up cooing and goes to bed cooing. And she's pretty much always smiling. She acts like she's playing peek-a-boo when she's in her car seat. Once she gets a hold of her blanket she pulls it up over her face and when she puts it back down and sees you she gets all smiley. Of course she isn't pulling it up and down on purpose, but the reaction is the same as if she was.
Lillian has been, well, Lillian. When she isn't being mouthy, throwing a fit or begging for something I told her she can't have, she's a great, funny, happy little girl that I love to spend time with. I love when I randomly find her singing to her little sister. Or when she starts playing with her "friends" in the bath tub. The other night they were all in the van going on a trip to town. Have you ever seen Drop Dead Fred?
Delaney has become very vocal and I love it. She wakes up cooing and goes to bed cooing. And she's pretty much always smiling. She acts like she's playing peek-a-boo when she's in her car seat. Once she gets a hold of her blanket she pulls it up over her face and when she puts it back down and sees you she gets all smiley. Of course she isn't pulling it up and down on purpose, but the reaction is the same as if she was.
Lillian has been, well, Lillian. When she isn't being mouthy, throwing a fit or begging for something I told her she can't have, she's a great, funny, happy little girl that I love to spend time with. I love when I randomly find her singing to her little sister. Or when she starts playing with her "friends" in the bath tub. The other night they were all in the van going on a trip to town. Have you ever seen Drop Dead Fred?
For some reason I picture this being Lillian in 25 years! I'm sure she's perfectly normal since she doesn't blame things on her "friends" and all her "friends" have the same names as kids she knows for real, but she's always playing with them.
Oh and because most of us forget to blog about it, B has been wonderful! He's really started to help out more with his own chores and even does some of mine if he is home during the day (which he has been because he was laid off, again). And one time when I thanked him he said "no need to thank me, I should do it anyway." I about fainted!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Delaney is 3 Months!
My baby girl is growing up so fast! I can’t believe she is 3 months old already!!! My pregnancy sure didn’t seem to go
this fast! Delaney amazes me every
day. She gets more and more smiley and
coos all the time. She is constantly
looking around and taking everything in.
She adores her big sister, who can’t seem to leave her alone either.
Delaney’s 2 Month Stats (measured by me):
Height: 25.5”
Weight: 14lb 6oz
She’s back on the charts for weight at 92% but still above
95% on height. Yesterday I went to my
MIL’s and sorted out the rest of the clothes we have stored in her basement
because Laney was quickly running out of pants and one piece outfits. I started to get nervous, but I finally found
all the 3-6 month stuff in the last few boxes I opened. *hint for new mom’s, save the diaper boxes and
put them in the closet to just toss clothes into as your little one grows out
of them. When you start a new box write
the size on it and then when it’s full, write the last size on it. Saves from having to go through it all again
later.
Hopefully we will be set for a while, although I was
disappointed to find that she has already out grown 2 of the out fits when I
went to get her ready for bed last night. I also grabbed the bumbo and she seemed to
enjoy it!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
A Big Day
Well I guess not really unless you live in the world of a 3 year old girl. Today Lillian is going to start gymnastics. She's very excited and so am I. Ever since we were at the mall back around Christmas time and I couldn't get her to leave the window where you could see the older girls practicing gymnastics, I've wanted to get her into it. It took me a while, but now for her birthday present from grandma, she is going to get started! I'm excited because she will be interacting with other kids her age (besides the boys at the sitter) and getting some much needed extra exercise.
So far we are doing pretty good with our new eating habits. It will take a while to know for sure how it's really going, but we are making progress. She did ok yesterday with having to wait for the boys to get up before she could have her snack. She doesn't sleep as long as the boys so she was asking for a snack when she got up, and then having another when they had their after nap snack. She was also great this morning when I said "how about some grapes for you treat for sleeping in your bed?" She said "no I want candy" I said "No, remember doctor said no candy, healthy choices." She said "Ok, I want to put them in the bowl." No argument from me!
I can't believe my baby is 2 months old today! In all honesty I think she looks more like 3 or 4 months old!
As for my marriage, we are doing ok right now. I hate that all most of us ever think to write about is the bad stuff. While we still have a ways to go in working on things together we have made some small improvements over the last few days. We both realized that we tend to try and "help" each other when Lillian won't listen, but all that really shows her is that she doesn't have to listen unless she wants to. It has also helped a little in the discipline area. While we still have a different idea on what a fair punishment is, letting the other handle the whole situation is more consistent than changing the punishment during the time she is being punished, or me having to hand down a punishment that I think is too harsh for the action.
So far we are doing pretty good with our new eating habits. It will take a while to know for sure how it's really going, but we are making progress. She did ok yesterday with having to wait for the boys to get up before she could have her snack. She doesn't sleep as long as the boys so she was asking for a snack when she got up, and then having another when they had their after nap snack. She was also great this morning when I said "how about some grapes for you treat for sleeping in your bed?" She said "no I want candy" I said "No, remember doctor said no candy, healthy choices." She said "Ok, I want to put them in the bowl." No argument from me!
I can't believe my baby is 2 months old today! In all honesty I think she looks more like 3 or 4 months old!
As for my marriage, we are doing ok right now. I hate that all most of us ever think to write about is the bad stuff. While we still have a ways to go in working on things together we have made some small improvements over the last few days. We both realized that we tend to try and "help" each other when Lillian won't listen, but all that really shows her is that she doesn't have to listen unless she wants to. It has also helped a little in the discipline area. While we still have a different idea on what a fair punishment is, letting the other handle the whole situation is more consistent than changing the punishment during the time she is being punished, or me having to hand down a punishment that I think is too harsh for the action.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
39 Week Love
I certainly didn't think I'd be writing a 39 week post! Especially with the amount of Braxton Hicks contractions I had starting around 20 weeks.
Right now I'm taking things day by day. Last night B asked how I was doing and my response was "I made it through today, I can make it through tomorrow." It's getting hard though. My body aches, my muscles ache and feel week and the thought of doing anything other than sitting on my ass generally makes me cringe.
One thing I'm loving though is the love my baby girl has been giving me. She got to stay home with her daddy yesterday, but when she woke up and realized I wasn't there too she was not happy. She wanted to see mommy. After lunch time she called to tell me how she was looking for me when she got and how she was going to hide when I got home so I could find her.
When I got home we played on my (thankfully King Sized) bed where she showed me over and over that she could summer salts and when she'd tip side ways she'd say "Ooops that wasn't a good one." She helped me make dinner, well really all she did was press the buttons on the microwave, but I have found that to be very useful in teaching her what each written number looks like. And we took a bath where she lined up all her letters according to color and told me she was putting this one on the right and that one on the left and even one in the middle. I really can't believe how smart she is.
At 4 this morning when her daddy picked her up and put her in our bed I really didn't mind much. She came right over to me and told me she loved me and cuddled with me until I had to get up at 5. As much as I hate her sleeping with us this mornings love was great! I'm really starting to feel the pull at the heart strings that I'm not going to be able to giver her all my attention soon.
And just to keep up, here's this weeks belly picture...
Doesn't look like much change from last week to me. But you sure can tell I'm running out of clothes that fit!
Right now I'm taking things day by day. Last night B asked how I was doing and my response was "I made it through today, I can make it through tomorrow." It's getting hard though. My body aches, my muscles ache and feel week and the thought of doing anything other than sitting on my ass generally makes me cringe.
One thing I'm loving though is the love my baby girl has been giving me. She got to stay home with her daddy yesterday, but when she woke up and realized I wasn't there too she was not happy. She wanted to see mommy. After lunch time she called to tell me how she was looking for me when she got and how she was going to hide when I got home so I could find her.
When I got home we played on my (thankfully King Sized) bed where she showed me over and over that she could summer salts and when she'd tip side ways she'd say "Ooops that wasn't a good one." She helped me make dinner, well really all she did was press the buttons on the microwave, but I have found that to be very useful in teaching her what each written number looks like. And we took a bath where she lined up all her letters according to color and told me she was putting this one on the right and that one on the left and even one in the middle. I really can't believe how smart she is.
At 4 this morning when her daddy picked her up and put her in our bed I really didn't mind much. She came right over to me and told me she loved me and cuddled with me until I had to get up at 5. As much as I hate her sleeping with us this mornings love was great! I'm really starting to feel the pull at the heart strings that I'm not going to be able to giver her all my attention soon.
And just to keep up, here's this weeks belly picture...
Friday, February 24, 2012
38 Weeks and Then Some
So I've tried to write this post a few times, but apparently blogger no long supports the version of Internet.Explorer I have on my work computer and I can't very well call the IT people and say "Hey, I need to blog so you need to update my internet. One thing about working for a fortune 500 company is that you pretty much have no control over anything you use and can't download anything. I've been using google.chrome at home for quite some time now and I love it so I decided to try and download it at work this morning fully expecting to get an error, but guess what, it worked!!! Yay!
So anyway, here I am at 38 weeks and 3 days. This little girl has officially baked longer than her big sister did who was born at 38 weeks 2 days. I'm feeling it, I'm feeling very over due even though technically I can still go 2 weeks and then some before my midwife will do anything forceful.
After my 37 week appointment I had a break down, but this week I wasn't so bad. I have accepted the fact that it's now just a sit and wait game. She will come when she is ready to come and hopefully like her big sister, it will be once I'm completely convinced she won't be here until after her due date.
At this weeks appointment my mw did check me and I'm barely dilated a fingertip. Not that it really means anything. I'm just hoping that by next Wednesday I'm dilated enough for her to strip my membranes and hopefully get this show on the road. I'm starting to have the fear that the saying "If I had my second one first, there wouldn't be a second" is going to hold true for me. I was blessed with an easy pregnancy, delivery and baby with Lillian and I'm just thinking things aren't going to be so great this time.
Speaking of Big Sister Lillian, she really is getting so big. I'd like to believe that she is fully potty trained. At home anyway. The only time she wears a diaper with me is bed time and when we are in the car at bed time and she may fall asleep. She doesn't even wear one for naps at home anymore, although she doesn't take many naps at home anymore either. The only thing close to an accident we've had in a long time is the little dampness she got when I couldn't get her to the bathroom quick enough at the store. I haven't even had a change a poopy diaper in a long time! And this week she's even pooped on the potty at the sitters all week! This is a great accomplishment since she was waiting for her diaper at nap time to go. I'm so very proud of her! She also does lots of things by herself now like wash her hands and button her shirt and all those "Big Girl" things!
And the one that kills me...
She's big enough to sit in a booster seat in the car now. While this is great for extra room now that we have an infant seat in there again, it wasn't something I was totally prepared for. She loves it though and it makes her feel like such a big kid.
For now I will leave you with this, my 38 week belly picture.
These were my last two pictures with Lilian. I don't think I look quite so big this time and although my thighs feel huge, I don't feel as big this time.
So anyway, here I am at 38 weeks and 3 days. This little girl has officially baked longer than her big sister did who was born at 38 weeks 2 days. I'm feeling it, I'm feeling very over due even though technically I can still go 2 weeks and then some before my midwife will do anything forceful.
After my 37 week appointment I had a break down, but this week I wasn't so bad. I have accepted the fact that it's now just a sit and wait game. She will come when she is ready to come and hopefully like her big sister, it will be once I'm completely convinced she won't be here until after her due date.
At this weeks appointment my mw did check me and I'm barely dilated a fingertip. Not that it really means anything. I'm just hoping that by next Wednesday I'm dilated enough for her to strip my membranes and hopefully get this show on the road. I'm starting to have the fear that the saying "If I had my second one first, there wouldn't be a second" is going to hold true for me. I was blessed with an easy pregnancy, delivery and baby with Lillian and I'm just thinking things aren't going to be so great this time.
Speaking of Big Sister Lillian, she really is getting so big. I'd like to believe that she is fully potty trained. At home anyway. The only time she wears a diaper with me is bed time and when we are in the car at bed time and she may fall asleep. She doesn't even wear one for naps at home anymore, although she doesn't take many naps at home anymore either. The only thing close to an accident we've had in a long time is the little dampness she got when I couldn't get her to the bathroom quick enough at the store. I haven't even had a change a poopy diaper in a long time! And this week she's even pooped on the potty at the sitters all week! This is a great accomplishment since she was waiting for her diaper at nap time to go. I'm so very proud of her! She also does lots of things by herself now like wash her hands and button her shirt and all those "Big Girl" things!
And the one that kills me...
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| Buzz in her new Booster Car Seat |
For now I will leave you with this, my 38 week belly picture.
These were my last two pictures with Lilian. I don't think I look quite so big this time and although my thighs feel huge, I don't feel as big this time.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
37 Weeks
Yes I've made it to 37 weeks, full term! While I am very happy about this, I am not happy about the thought of there still possibly being 3 weeks left, or maybe even 4! I can't imagine how painful things will be then! Don't get me wrong, I want my baby girl to stay in there until she is nice and healthy to come out, but I also want to have my sanity too.
Right now I'm functioning on a day by day basis and while this may cause a disappointment every day it causes less anxiety than the thought of how I may feel in 3 weeks should I not have a little girl to hold.
At my appointment today my MW informed me that she won't check me, let alone sweep my membranes until I'm 39 weeks. I'm really frustrated by this, I'd really like to know if the 2 hours work of contractions I had 5 minutes apart yesterday did anything. Of course, even if it did do something you can be dilated 3cm for weeks, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
Here's this week's lovely picture...
Right now I'm functioning on a day by day basis and while this may cause a disappointment every day it causes less anxiety than the thought of how I may feel in 3 weeks should I not have a little girl to hold.
At my appointment today my MW informed me that she won't check me, let alone sweep my membranes until I'm 39 weeks. I'm really frustrated by this, I'd really like to know if the 2 hours work of contractions I had 5 minutes apart yesterday did anything. Of course, even if it did do something you can be dilated 3cm for weeks, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
Here's this week's lovely picture...
What do you think of the new design? It's not really what I wanted, but for the time being it will have to do until I have time to change it to the one I want when I'm home.
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