Monday was Cadence's 4 month check-up, and here are her stats:
Weight: 13 lbs 12 oz (35th %ile)
Height: 26.5 inches (99th %ile)
Head: 41.5 (74th %ile)
Her doctor was pleased with all of her progress, and said we could start her on cereal between now and her next check-up. Since James's mom read something about rice containing arsenic, we're going to start her with oatmeal.
Since her initial roll from back to stomach, she did it one more time today in her crib when I went to get a new diaper. She still doesn't seem interested in rolling the other way, but her doctor wasn't concerned. She's been proving herself to be a true social butterfly lately, as anytime she's fussy at home I just get her around a group of people and she is perfectly content. I guess she finds my face to be boring now.
We are excited that Aunt Shannon is coming tomorrow! Yay!
Lilypie First Birthday tickers
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
like a rolling stone/4 month info
For the past few weeks Cadence had been getting really good at rolling onto her side, either one actually, and just kind of hanging out there. It was pretty cute to watch because she would usually start by lifting her feet to her face, then sort of falling off to the side. She would get so close to rolling over completely, but usually just arch her back to look up over her head, and then flip back to her back to do it all over again.
However, last night, she pulled all the way through, and I was so happy that not only James was there to witness it, but also his mom. We were cheering her on, and it was so cute to see her face once she ended up on her tummy. She's a roller!
I was looking forward to James's mom's visit mostly because I knew I'd get some time to see my friends and James and I would get to go on a date, but now I'm not so sure that will be happening. Unfortunately every time she holds Cadence, Cadence just starts screaming. James thinks it's because she doesn't hold her facing out like C-dog prefers, and I think it's because her scent of coffee+cigarettes is completely new to Cadence, and probably not very welcome. I know James is going to push me to just leave her and let her "cry it out", but it will be hard to knowingly leave my normally sweet and happy baby with someone that I know she isn't happy with :/.
Weight: We'll find out Monday!
Length:
Diaper size: Size 2
Clothes size: Mostly 3-6 month and 6 month clothes, although I can still squeeze you into some 3 month onesies, and you're not nearly chunky enough to fill out anything other than 3 months clothes--but your length is another story!
Sleep: I would say that 6/7 nights you sleep a good 10 hours straight. Every once in awhile you'll give me a rough night though (like tonight!)
Favorite activities/things: Johnny Jump-Up, exersaucer, you still love your cuddle bug and going outside almost always calms you down. A fun fact: you have attended every single home sporting event at Webb this fall. You even made it through a whole football game tonight (halftime was feeding time!)
Eating: You are eating every 1.5-2 hours during the day. Exhausting, but oh well :).
Nicknames: C baby, C dog, Sugar Pie (oh my!), Cadence baby
Talking: We're working on your consonant sounds. You've got the G down, but I'm trying to get those dadadas and mamamas going!
New adventures: Nothing too extraordinary, just more church and sporting events, meals at the dining hall, bible study with the Swaffords, and some meals out on the town. You did accompany me on an airport run this week and you were spectacular! Happy, sleeping, awake for a little while, and then asleep again.
New Skills: Rolling from back to front, touching those toes, making Chewbacca like noises in the back of your throat, and those cute little baby push-ups! You also started sucking on your tongue which is pretty darn cute. Oh, and the drool, the drool! Daddy can't stand it, which is pretty funny!
However, last night, she pulled all the way through, and I was so happy that not only James was there to witness it, but also his mom. We were cheering her on, and it was so cute to see her face once she ended up on her tummy. She's a roller!
I was looking forward to James's mom's visit mostly because I knew I'd get some time to see my friends and James and I would get to go on a date, but now I'm not so sure that will be happening. Unfortunately every time she holds Cadence, Cadence just starts screaming. James thinks it's because she doesn't hold her facing out like C-dog prefers, and I think it's because her scent of coffee+cigarettes is completely new to Cadence, and probably not very welcome. I know James is going to push me to just leave her and let her "cry it out", but it will be hard to knowingly leave my normally sweet and happy baby with someone that I know she isn't happy with :/.
Weight: We'll find out Monday!
Length:
Diaper size: Size 2
Clothes size: Mostly 3-6 month and 6 month clothes, although I can still squeeze you into some 3 month onesies, and you're not nearly chunky enough to fill out anything other than 3 months clothes--but your length is another story!
Sleep: I would say that 6/7 nights you sleep a good 10 hours straight. Every once in awhile you'll give me a rough night though (like tonight!)
Favorite activities/things: Johnny Jump-Up, exersaucer, you still love your cuddle bug and going outside almost always calms you down. A fun fact: you have attended every single home sporting event at Webb this fall. You even made it through a whole football game tonight (halftime was feeding time!)
Eating: You are eating every 1.5-2 hours during the day. Exhausting, but oh well :).
Nicknames: C baby, C dog, Sugar Pie (oh my!), Cadence baby
Talking: We're working on your consonant sounds. You've got the G down, but I'm trying to get those dadadas and mamamas going!
New adventures: Nothing too extraordinary, just more church and sporting events, meals at the dining hall, bible study with the Swaffords, and some meals out on the town. You did accompany me on an airport run this week and you were spectacular! Happy, sleeping, awake for a little while, and then asleep again.
New Skills: Rolling from back to front, touching those toes, making Chewbacca like noises in the back of your throat, and those cute little baby push-ups! You also started sucking on your tongue which is pretty darn cute. Oh, and the drool, the drool! Daddy can't stand it, which is pretty funny!
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Calm before the storm.
Thursday night Cadence had a really bad night--she woke up every two hours, and even when I caved and slept on the couch with her, she still couldn't stay asleep. I go through such a range of emotions when she has these nights--frustration, patience, sadness, etc. Mostly I just feel bad for her because she obviously needs to sleep but for some reason she can't.
Thankfully last night was much better. Although she didn't go to sleep until 10:30, she slept until 7:30am with no breaks. She kind of had a cranky morning, but I put her in the infantino carrier and walked outside with her for a little bit which made her content.
Her feeding schedule has been really off since I got sick last week. She was eating consistently every two hours, which sounds exhausting, but after the every one hour schedule we were on, it seems so liberating! But since she started spitting up more, I've tried to stop feeding her as soon as she pulls off the first time while eating. This has worked to minimize spit-up, but as a result she gets hungry an hour later. I'm hoping and praying that we'll be able to start her on solids soon and that maybe that will help keep her full for longer.
This weekend is our last "down" weekend for awhile--James is actually off duty, but we've just decided to chill and take it easy...and of course clean the house. James's mom is coming to visit next weekend, then my sister Shannon is coming, and finally my parents are coming after her. Then we just have one more weekend in Bell Buckle before our Thanksgiving trip to the beach!
Thankfully last night was much better. Although she didn't go to sleep until 10:30, she slept until 7:30am with no breaks. She kind of had a cranky morning, but I put her in the infantino carrier and walked outside with her for a little bit which made her content.
Her feeding schedule has been really off since I got sick last week. She was eating consistently every two hours, which sounds exhausting, but after the every one hour schedule we were on, it seems so liberating! But since she started spitting up more, I've tried to stop feeding her as soon as she pulls off the first time while eating. This has worked to minimize spit-up, but as a result she gets hungry an hour later. I'm hoping and praying that we'll be able to start her on solids soon and that maybe that will help keep her full for longer.
This weekend is our last "down" weekend for awhile--James is actually off duty, but we've just decided to chill and take it easy...and of course clean the house. James's mom is coming to visit next weekend, then my sister Shannon is coming, and finally my parents are coming after her. Then we just have one more weekend in Bell Buckle before our Thanksgiving trip to the beach!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
getting cleaned up!
I feel like I'm finally getting into a rhythm with this SAHM gig, mostly because we've had a few days in a row when we haven't been setting up concessions and driving students places. This weekend I created a cleaning chart for our house, where I clean 2-3 rooms a day really well--yesterday I tackled the entryway and the pool table room, and I'm proud to say they look great! Today is a little more of a challenge with the bedroom and Cadence's room on the docket, but so far we're moving right along. It's much easier now that Cadence is content playing on her own as long as we're in the same room.
....just saw this draft. Mere hours after starting this post I got sick and the cleaning halted. Good intentions go a long way, right? :)
....just saw this draft. Mere hours after starting this post I got sick and the cleaning halted. Good intentions go a long way, right? :)
do what you know.
The past week has been roughhhhhh. Not at all because of baby C, mostly because of me. Last Wednesday I came down with a cough, and then a fever, and then the fever stayed, and left, and came back, and left, and came back....over a period of 5 days. I was miserable. Luckily my only symptoms were a cough, fever, and extreme exhaustion, or I may have been completely incapable of taking care of myself. I cried on several occasions because I just didn't have the energy to stop Cadence from crying, all I wanted her to do was sleep and eat--even changing a diaper was too much for me to do at times.
At that point, Cadence also started spitting up a lot more. Ironically enough, the day I got sick, I thought SHE was sick, so I got to take her temperature "that way" for the first time. I don't know if I'm proud of this, but she actually didn't mind getting it taken rectally. (She of course was perfectly fine, other than the spewing of milk.)
Anyway, Cadence had a string of very good days while I was sick, she would take long naps with me, and be able to spend a lot of time just chilling on her back while I tried to get better. She even rolled from back to front once when she was slightly elevated on a pillow--and she's been really close to getting there several other times--she gets all the way on her side and just hangs out there for awhile :).
She also started going to bed at 11:00 around this time. Nothing else in her routine really changed, but I would try to get her ready for bed at 9:30 as I always did, and it just took a lot longer, and she got a lot more upset with my efforts to get her in bed. It wasn't a big deal, but being sick I really wanted an earlier bedtime (she would sleep until 8, so I was okay with the wake-up time!) At the advice of some friends, I tried to move her bedtime earlier by a lot--up to 7:30/8:00. Well, the 3 nights I tried it were easily the most miserable nights I've had with her. She did NOT want to sleep that early, but I kept trying, she would get mad, eat, spit up, arch her back, scream, hit me, scratch me, you name it--and I in turn would get mad as well, wonder why she couldn't just calm down, cry, etc. Sounds like fun, huh?
Tonight I tried again, but told myself if she got mad, I would just stop and take her out to the living room to play quietly until she calmed down. She was much happier once I gave up, and we played quietly until about 9:15 when she got hungry. I fed her in a quiet place, and put her down to sleep at 9:35, and so far she has woken up once that I can tell from the monitor and just went back to sleep.
So....what have I learned? Well, in my desperation last night, I told James that I felt like it was my fault she wasn't going to bed and I was doing something wrong. I've come to terms with what I already know--every baby's different, and I can't make Cadence be like anyone else's baby. She is mine, and I love her with all my heart, and I would rather her go to bed at 11:00 than spend 4 hours angry with her because she won't go to bed at whatever time some book says she should. James told me that I'm the best rookie mom he's ever met, and that he couldn't believe I thought I was a bad mother. Love that man.
Anyway, now that she's been down for over an hour, it's bedtime for mommy as well.
At that point, Cadence also started spitting up a lot more. Ironically enough, the day I got sick, I thought SHE was sick, so I got to take her temperature "that way" for the first time. I don't know if I'm proud of this, but she actually didn't mind getting it taken rectally. (She of course was perfectly fine, other than the spewing of milk.)
Anyway, Cadence had a string of very good days while I was sick, she would take long naps with me, and be able to spend a lot of time just chilling on her back while I tried to get better. She even rolled from back to front once when she was slightly elevated on a pillow--and she's been really close to getting there several other times--she gets all the way on her side and just hangs out there for awhile :).
She also started going to bed at 11:00 around this time. Nothing else in her routine really changed, but I would try to get her ready for bed at 9:30 as I always did, and it just took a lot longer, and she got a lot more upset with my efforts to get her in bed. It wasn't a big deal, but being sick I really wanted an earlier bedtime (she would sleep until 8, so I was okay with the wake-up time!) At the advice of some friends, I tried to move her bedtime earlier by a lot--up to 7:30/8:00. Well, the 3 nights I tried it were easily the most miserable nights I've had with her. She did NOT want to sleep that early, but I kept trying, she would get mad, eat, spit up, arch her back, scream, hit me, scratch me, you name it--and I in turn would get mad as well, wonder why she couldn't just calm down, cry, etc. Sounds like fun, huh?
Tonight I tried again, but told myself if she got mad, I would just stop and take her out to the living room to play quietly until she calmed down. She was much happier once I gave up, and we played quietly until about 9:15 when she got hungry. I fed her in a quiet place, and put her down to sleep at 9:35, and so far she has woken up once that I can tell from the monitor and just went back to sleep.
So....what have I learned? Well, in my desperation last night, I told James that I felt like it was my fault she wasn't going to bed and I was doing something wrong. I've come to terms with what I already know--every baby's different, and I can't make Cadence be like anyone else's baby. She is mine, and I love her with all my heart, and I would rather her go to bed at 11:00 than spend 4 hours angry with her because she won't go to bed at whatever time some book says she should. James told me that I'm the best rookie mom he's ever met, and that he couldn't believe I thought I was a bad mother. Love that man.
Anyway, now that she's been down for over an hour, it's bedtime for mommy as well.