I think she had a good time!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Three Months and More...
I have been a really bad blogger lately. This is suppose to be her three month post (but she turned three months two weeks ago). This has just been such a busy month for us and before I knew it we are now at the end of August! At the beginning of the month Mady made her first five and a half hour car ride to Port Arthur. We were there for about a week and the time just flew by. We were busy everyday visiting with friends and family and there was never a dull moment. Even my aunt and uncle from Mexico came in town to see Mady and celebrate my mom's birthday! Mady was also baptized at our church down there and it was great being able to celebrate that with everyone.
Here are a few pictures from our time down there:
As for her recent milestones, Mady is now reaching out and playing with her toys on her playmat. She loves to grab them and move them around. I love hearing the rattles moving around when I am in the kitchen doing something. She also has really good head control so we can hold her own in the bumbo and we just started putting her in the highchair this week so she can sit up with the adults when we eat dinner. She also loves being held so that she can look out at everything. Right now we get tons of smiles from her, especially when you sing to her, but our giggles are few and far between. I can't wait until I get a big belly laugh from her because the little giggles we do get are so cute. Here are some videos of her.....
The first video was when she started grabbing things and the second one was her laughing a bit with a funny ending when she noticed the camera.
Right now we are still facing the 45 minute (or 30 minute) intruder when it comes to her naps. I have tried to get her back down but many times it doesn't work. On the rare occasions she will go down for a couple of hours. It's a work in progress and I'm hoping that eventually we work it out or she just grows out of it. She is still on prevacid for her reflux and it still is helping her a lot. While I hate that she has to take medicine twice a day everyday, it helps her so much and makes her a much happier baby and that is worth it to me.
I start teaching next Tuesday and two of my three classes didn't fill up so they were cancelled which leaves me with my one class at 8:00. It was disappointing but I have to admit I was a little relieved too because I was getting a little nervous, anxious, and sad that I was going to be leaving her for most of the day. I know, I know, it's only two days a week so I need to get over it but this will help me ease into it better.
Our baby girl is going to be four months in just a few weeks and I cannot believe it. Hopefully I get that post out sooner!
Here are a few more pictures:
Here are a few pictures from our time down there:
As for her recent milestones, Mady is now reaching out and playing with her toys on her playmat. She loves to grab them and move them around. I love hearing the rattles moving around when I am in the kitchen doing something. She also has really good head control so we can hold her own in the bumbo and we just started putting her in the highchair this week so she can sit up with the adults when we eat dinner. She also loves being held so that she can look out at everything. Right now we get tons of smiles from her, especially when you sing to her, but our giggles are few and far between. I can't wait until I get a big belly laugh from her because the little giggles we do get are so cute. Here are some videos of her.....
The first video was when she started grabbing things and the second one was her laughing a bit with a funny ending when she noticed the camera.
Right now we are still facing the 45 minute (or 30 minute) intruder when it comes to her naps. I have tried to get her back down but many times it doesn't work. On the rare occasions she will go down for a couple of hours. It's a work in progress and I'm hoping that eventually we work it out or she just grows out of it. She is still on prevacid for her reflux and it still is helping her a lot. While I hate that she has to take medicine twice a day everyday, it helps her so much and makes her a much happier baby and that is worth it to me.
I start teaching next Tuesday and two of my three classes didn't fill up so they were cancelled which leaves me with my one class at 8:00. It was disappointing but I have to admit I was a little relieved too because I was getting a little nervous, anxious, and sad that I was going to be leaving her for most of the day. I know, I know, it's only two days a week so I need to get over it but this will help me ease into it better.
Our baby girl is going to be four months in just a few weeks and I cannot believe it. Hopefully I get that post out sooner!
Here are a few more pictures:
Monday, August 1, 2011
Two Month Appointment
Well Mady had her two month appointment last Monday (she was a couple of weeks past two months) and here are her stats:
Weight: 12lbs 2 oz (60th percentile)
Height: 23 inches (50th percentile)
Head Size: 15 inches (25th percentile)
She has a tiny little peanut head! She got three shots when she was there and it was one of the saddest things I have ever seen. The minute the nurse stabbed her (yes, stabbed her!) with the needle, her eyes opened wide, she dropped her paci, and then started screaming! It was a cry I have never heard before and it just broke my heart. I wanted to tell the nurse to just forget the other two and that we were leaving but of course I couldn't and I had to watch her get two more. Poor thing was still sniffling when we got home. She got extra spoiled that day and was in her mommy's arms a lot.
As for her reflux, it wasn't getting much better with the maalox or the prescription medicine so at her appointment we decided to put her on prevacid and see how that worked. Since then, she has been a different baby. She is much more content and I am so happy to see that it is working. Putting her down for naps and bedtime is a lot easier. It would take her forever to settle down and after a lot of crying she would finally go down. We are still dealing with the 45 minute intruder as far as her daytime naps go. 45 minutes comes and she is up and while it wouldn't bother me if she was really awake and rested, she is still tired and cranky but won't go back down. It is definitely getting better and we are getting more longer naps than we use to so maybe we are turning that corner as well. We'll see...
The past couple of days she has discovered her voice and now all she does is talk. She loves when you talk and sing to her and she will just talk right back to you. It is the cutest thing! She also talks to her butterflies on her gym, and the mobile on her swing, and all of the ceiling fans. I think she might be a talker when she grows up! While she has learned she has a voice, she has forgotten how to roll over! She did it for a few days like a pro. Everytime that I put her on her tummy she would just roll back over on her back but now she just can't do it. She gets so frustrated too because she wants to get on her back and she tries so hard but she just can't do it anymore! It'll come back to her eventually, lol.
I can't believe that we'll have a three month old in just a couple of weeks! Below are some of her latest pictures.
Weight: 12lbs 2 oz (60th percentile)
Height: 23 inches (50th percentile)
Head Size: 15 inches (25th percentile)
She has a tiny little peanut head! She got three shots when she was there and it was one of the saddest things I have ever seen. The minute the nurse stabbed her (yes, stabbed her!) with the needle, her eyes opened wide, she dropped her paci, and then started screaming! It was a cry I have never heard before and it just broke my heart. I wanted to tell the nurse to just forget the other two and that we were leaving but of course I couldn't and I had to watch her get two more. Poor thing was still sniffling when we got home. She got extra spoiled that day and was in her mommy's arms a lot.
As for her reflux, it wasn't getting much better with the maalox or the prescription medicine so at her appointment we decided to put her on prevacid and see how that worked. Since then, she has been a different baby. She is much more content and I am so happy to see that it is working. Putting her down for naps and bedtime is a lot easier. It would take her forever to settle down and after a lot of crying she would finally go down. We are still dealing with the 45 minute intruder as far as her daytime naps go. 45 minutes comes and she is up and while it wouldn't bother me if she was really awake and rested, she is still tired and cranky but won't go back down. It is definitely getting better and we are getting more longer naps than we use to so maybe we are turning that corner as well. We'll see...
The past couple of days she has discovered her voice and now all she does is talk. She loves when you talk and sing to her and she will just talk right back to you. It is the cutest thing! She also talks to her butterflies on her gym, and the mobile on her swing, and all of the ceiling fans. I think she might be a talker when she grows up! While she has learned she has a voice, she has forgotten how to roll over! She did it for a few days like a pro. Everytime that I put her on her tummy she would just roll back over on her back but now she just can't do it. She gets so frustrated too because she wants to get on her back and she tries so hard but she just can't do it anymore! It'll come back to her eventually, lol.
I can't believe that we'll have a three month old in just a couple of weeks! Below are some of her latest pictures.
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