* She weighed 11 pounds on the dot when we took her in at 3 months to check her heart murmer.
* She has one fat roll on each leg and a little chub around her armpit area! This might be the closest we will ever get to having a chubby baby!
* She is wearing size 1 diapers during the day, size 2 at night, and 3 month clothes still.
* She's lost a lot of hair and has a major bald spot on the back of her head!
* She started sleeping for 7-8 hours at night shortly after turning 2 months old. At the moment, her last feeding of the day is between 11pm-12am and then she sleeps until 7-8am. So nice!! She is definitely beating out Caleb in the sleep department (compared to when he was a baby...he didn't really start sleeping through the night until about 4 1/2 months) Can't wait til she goes 10-12 hours!
* Shortly after she turned 2 months, we decided to try to get her to sleep in her crib instead of her bouncer. I was nervous about the transition because she was sleeping well in the bouncer and would fight sleep in her crib. Well, I guess something finally clicked because I just put her in there to let her cry herself to sleep and she did....and she's been sleeping there ever since! It is so nice! I am interested to see if this changes at all as she gets older and more mobile and curious. If I can get out of "sleep training" her like we had to do with Caleb, I will be amazed!
* She is a great sleeper, so for that, I am extremely thankful!! I finally figured out that she doesn't want to be rocked. She just wants to be put down in her crib. She finds her thumb, rolls to her side, and goes to sleep within 5 minutes most times. Every now and then she will fuss/cry for longer and I will go in and try to calm her down. She doesn't want the paci...just her thumb! I have mixed feelings about this and "mommy guilt" is telling me that by letting her suck her thumb, I am going to ruin her teeth and make her the kid who sucks her thumb and gets made fun of in school. :-( But, she soothes herself so well and sleeps so well it is hard to make her stop. Oh, what to do......
* She is eating 6 times a day, about 4 ounces per feeding (yes, we still have the scale so I know exactly how much she is eating). Sometimes I can get 5 oz in her, but not often.
* We are still having nursing issues, so I guess it's not going to change. She is just an inefficient eater, I guess. Most times, she takes 30-45 minutes just to get 2-2 1/2 ounces and then I have to give her the rest in a bottle. I am trying my hardest to pump enough to be able to give her pumped milk but if I don't have enough, I will give her formula. If I have to give her formula, I try to pump that much to make up for it at some point in the day. Breastfeeding is supposed to be easier than bottle feeding, right? Don't have to make bottles. Milk is always ready and waiting. Well, not for us. I weigh her, nurse her, weigh her again and determine if she's gotten enough, warm up milk if I have it or make a formula bottle, give her the bottle, then I pump unless I don't have time to. This process takes at least an hour. It's exhausting and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't stressful. I'm constantly worrying about her getting enough. If I don't give her a bottle, she won't be getting enough most times. The exception is the first morning feeding. She always gets enough and sometimes more than enough at this feeding. I just don't know what else to do. I definitely don't have an oversupply of milk, but there's enough because I can always pump more after she nurses...she's just not getting it all! Frustrating!! I'm torn between keeping up the routine so that Aubrey gets breastmilk or throwing in the towel to save myself the time and give me more time to just play with the kids.
* She had an echocardiogram done on her heart to see more about her murmur. Apparently, she had two murmurs, one of which showed up on the echo but the doctor can no longer hear. (normal for it to go away with time). The other one that she still has is called a Still's murmur and this one is also benign and not a sign of any heart defect. It might go away or it might not. Either way, her heart is perfectly normal - praise the Lord!
* She loves to watch Caleb and seems very intrigued by him. He doesn't pay her too much attention yet, although he does like to lay on the activiy mat with her.
* She loves being on her changing table. She get's so happy she starts kicking her legs and smiling. She also smiles when I rid her nose of boogers using the suction bulb (a little strange). Caleb always hated it, as I'm sure most kids do!
* She is doing a little better "playing" by herself, but she really prefers to at least be in the same room and within eyesight of someone else. She doesn't like to be left alone, although she will tolerate laying in her crib under the mobile for a little bit.
* She is starting to "talk" more and it is the sweetest sound! When she smiles, she sticks her tongue out and it is so cute! Isn't everything your own child does the sweetest and cutest thing?! :-)
* She doesn't cry much and usually just fusses when she's ready to go to sleep...or if you leave her alone for too long.
Well, that's all I can think of at the moment, so here are some pics!
at cousin Jake's football game in Pearland...
Caleb always lays on the activity mat with her.
this one insists on loading sideways
I made this little A&M onesie dress for her! I haven't found a maroon bow or flower headband to match, so she kinda looks like a boy wearing a dress in this picture - ha!
playtime in big brother's bed! this is his idea of sharing - piling things on top of her!
love this one!
sweet girl!
look at that precious face!
cutest pumpkin in the patch!
this is her bald spot!
can she get any cuter?!
tummy time
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