Week Thirty

Darling girl I am already hideously behind again with this baby book.  It is not all my fault.  At this moment you are on a nap strike screaming your head off in your crib at noon.  You have not napped yet today, this is bad, bad, bad.  You are beyond tired and will not settle.  Your father has hid the teething tablets and is at work.  I am a tired Mama.  I just got up to find the teething tablets and once I found them you have stopped crying... Just one of those days, precious to me, but exhausting.

Back to week thirty.  You were cutting your third tooth and you were sleeping poorly and we had no idea why, then it appeared - your upper left lateral incisor.  I had thought that you would have gotten a central incisor next, but you like to keep me on my toes.  We made a donation in your sister's name at Cardon Children's Hospital.  You watched the train display they have there.  Then we stopped at the MCC Rose Garden and took some pictures.  My beautiful Rose with the other beautiful roses.  I hope that these donations become as special to you as they are to us.  Remembering your sister Grace in any way is so important.  I just wish that she could have met you.  I know that she would have been an amazing big sister.

I was so excited for your first Christmas!  You must have been as well since you refused to sleep and we were up in the living room at midnight!  Let's not make that a tradition!

12:01 am Christmas morning

Week Twenty Nine

I swear that I keep promising to stay more current with this baby book, but then life gets in the way and I am a month behind again.

This week you really started digging solids.  It is so fun to watch you discover new tastes (well tastes that have banana in them) and textures.  Also since I have never been a huge milk producer, at least when pumping, it really takes the pressure off to know that you can get some good calories from another source.  The down side of all these solids is your poo, the days of the sweet smelling breast milk curds are gone, now it smells kind of sour and has all these green chunks and banana seeds in it.  Oh Baby the weird poo you have.

You are also super mobile now, you crawl (or inch worm) so fast.  We have to put you in a play pen or watch you like a hawk since you can get across the living room floor in no time.  You are a total dare devil and like to try and crawl over the step into the dining room, crawl behind the couch and if possible chew on electrical cords.  Fully baby proofing the house has moved to the top of the to do list!

You are also a complete flirt.  You smile at every one and no one can resist your charms, especially your Grandfathers.  You have the most infectious smile and whenever I feel blue you can get my spirits up in an instant.  You are the light of my life darling.

Week Twenty Eight

This week started pretty quiet and I was wondering what I would have to blog about, but you had some great and not so great moments by end and I have tons to talk about!

You pooped in the tub for the first time.  I love you baby, but it was seriously gross.  Breast milk curds and other turning the water yellow and sticking to your bottom.  I was laughing and freaking out a little all at the same time.  To be honest I had been thinking this could happen for a while and then it did and I was still unprepared.

It got really cold (well really cold for here) and you have so few warm clothes, so off we went to Kid 2 Kid and got you some great items for less than $35.  I have been having a blast dressing you in your new outfits, since you are the cutest baby ever.

We finally turned the corner on you liking solids. Banana was the trick.  If we add banana you will eat it!

Sadly we also had your first real ouchie.  Your Dad was trying to cut your nails and cut your thumb pretty badly.  You were screaming and bleeding and he was having a little panic attack.  I was at work and he called my cell and left a voice mail of just you screaming, and then called the clinic line and we spoke.  After 15 minutes of him applying pressure and the cut still bleeding I had him bring you down so I could check it out.  You had stopped screaming by the time you got to the clinic, but you had blood on your sleeper, the car seat, and the little pink bunnies on your car seat straps.  It turns out it was not a cut, but an oval sized chunk that he removed from the tip of your thumb.  I cleaned it and then with the help of your Dad and no less than 2 CVTs I managed to place a bandage around your thumb that anchored to your wrist.  Then I nursed you and everything was all better.  Your poor Dad was so upset and he says that he will NEVER cut your nails again.  I wanted to take a picture of your bandage, but your Dad was so freaked about it this one I will have to just remember.  A few days later we did take a picture of the healing cut.

Week Twenty Seven

Oh my gosh I am actually writing this post on time!  It is a near miracle considering all the stuff going on, but it is so important to me to record all of the events of your life that I made it a priority!  This week was HUGE, so many firsts, so many changes.  We had a really good visit with your Grandma, she is not really a baby person, but she was on the floor playing with you and had a fun time just watching you.  You unfortunately are having some separation anxiety, so although you are a huge flirt with people, if any one tries to hold you that is not your Dad or me you quickly lose it.  I am pretty sure that you hurt your Grandma's feelings with the screaming when she held you, but you are a little baby and really can't help it.

Your first Thanksgiving was this week, we went to Emilie's house and had dinner with Leslie, Monty, JC, James, his girlfriend, her son Isaac, Josephine, Roosevelt, and of course your Grandma.  It was fun, although I thought that you would be more excited about getting to eat.  I made you a sweet potato mash and you loved playing with it, but acted like I put poop in your mouth when I tried to feed it to you.  We have some funny pictures of the whole experience, basically you had more of a sweet potato facial than a meal.  Your Grandma fed you cranberry sauce, which I am pretty sure is not an approved first food, but you loved it way more than the sweet potato!

We started dry brushing your teeth this week, and found out later that we should be using baby fluoride free tooth paste.  You love having your teeth brushed so I hope that continues since so many kids seem to fight oral care.

You also decided that you needed a few more firsts this week and started to crawl!  It is more of any army crawl than up on all fours, but you can move!

We had your 6 month pictures taken by Tiffany Young here at the house.  The photo shoot was so much fun, I hope that she got some great images.  We get the cd next week to find out.  You were so good and smiley the whole time we were so impressed with your stamina.

We saw Dr Chang Monday for your 6 month check up.  You are doing great, on track and meeting all your developmental milestones.  You are still long and thin just like Mama.  Unfortuantely you had to get 4 shots and 1 oral vaccine.  Poor baby, you were so brave, but it just breaks our hearts to see you in pain like that!

What an amazing week!

Week Twenty Six

It was cold and rainy this week.  So we spent a good amount of time indoors trying to keep your socks on so that your feet would not get chilled.  You have big feet darling girl and we need to get some better socks since they either fall off, or you chew them off frequently.  Dad took you for a walk in your baby carrier with his big fizzy shirt closed around the two of you, it looks weird and cute at the same time.  You officially turned 6 months old this week and you are so ready to eat solid food.  You grab anything we are eating and try and shove it in your mouth.  I promised that I would not feed you until Thanksgiving so we are holding off one more week.  I have to confess that I am bad about letting you put things in your mouth.  When I am sorting the mail I often let you chew and gum on junk mail that we have.  This week I got scared like crazy when I found flecks of black on your poop, it turns out it was just pieces of a navy blue envelope I let you chew on the previous day.  I got scolded by you Dad and I am trying really hard to not let you eat any more paper!

Week Twenty Five

You have been working so hard on trying to crawl, I know that you are going to figure it out soon and then you will be MOBILE yikes!  You already roll with purpose so I am a little nervous about you moving even more.  My little helpless baby is getting so big and strong and it is amazing and wonderful and a tiny bit sad all at the same time.  We had the Open House at my work this week to introduce the clients to the new doctors.  I helped a lot with the planning and suggested the photo station for pets, it was a big success.  You came at the very end and were super cranky!  We did get a great staff photo and the whole staff wanted you in the picture!  Later that night we realized why you were so out of sorts, you my dear are the proud owner of 2 central mandibular incisors!  Teeth!  My baby has teeth!  We completely babied you the next few days because of your teething, but you were back to your sweet self as soon as the teeth broke through your gums.  However when you chew on our fingers it hurts like crazy now.

Week Twenty Four

So sweetheart this was a relatively quiet week.  We finally made the transition from the small infant cloth diapers to the regular size.  And not a moment too late we could barely squeeze you into the smalls any more.  We also left you for our first evening out.  Not a romantic date, but the infant CPR and First Aid class at Banner Desert Hospital.  Your were pretty ill behaved for Aunt Sally, we got a desperate phone call when we were on our way home.  Looks like no movie date nights for a while yet.  We are still working on your sleep and I think that it is getting better.  I know that if I were more strict you would have learned all this stuff by now, but I melt when you cry and then you end up in bed nursing.  We will figure it out eventually.  Love you baby girl.