Addi says Hello!!!

I know you all think I'm crazy but she has been saying hello for the last week now! She will look at her toys and sometimes it comes out really clear and other times not so much. But this time we got it perfect!! My parents and Kyle have heard it so I am not just hearing things.

Fathers Day

We had a great Fathers Day yesterday! We spent most of it relaxing while watching TV and swimming. We had Kyles Father and Dolores over for dinner with my parents and us. It was a blast getting to catch up and talk about how big Addison is getting already!

Addison has been sleeping a little bit better and wakes up to eat every 4 hours. She is acting strange with her eating habits and only eating half of her bottle at every other feeding. But, other than that, she is doing a wonderful job holding up her head on her own. She is being a lot more vocal although not fully cooing. She loves to smile all day long and makes little sighing sounds when she gets really happy. She still doesn't like to be on her stomach during tummy time and not able to roll over onto her back yet. She is however trying to roll onto her tummy before she falls asleep. I found her in her crib last week on her side so she almost got all the way over! She is starting to suck her thumb too. She is funny because as soon as she gets it in her mouth she falls asleep immediately. Her newest trick is trying to stand up! She is still pretty wobbly but if you support her she will straighten her legs and hold herself. It is amazing to me how quickly they grow and learn new things!

Two Months Old!!

Well almost. It's almost unbelievable that Addison is two days away from being two months old! Things have been a whirlwind with her but worth every second. We finally got her formula set (unfortunately it ended up being the most expensive one out there) and she is so much happier! The formula makes her a really happy baby in the morning and now it seems to be getting then same way at night. She also smiles almost on command. Its wonderful! She is a lot less fussy and her reflux is getting better (no thanks to the Zantac which she hated and never kept down). She is staying awake longer during the day but is keeping the same schedule at night for the most part. I am going to start her on a schedule that is supposed to help her get longer and more beneficial sleep. Which in turn will also give me longer sleep, woo hoo! We will see how it goes. A friend Kera told me about the book and her daughter Joslyn (who is only two days younger than Addi!) is responding well to the schedule and already sleeping 5-7 hour stretches.

We had a lunch date with Kera and Joslyn yesterday. It is so wonderful to have someone who has a child the same age as Addi. It is nice to be able to compare their behaviors and growth. Joslyn is already rolling over and making cooing sounds. She can also hold her head up on her own really well. Addi is getting incredibly close to rolling from her back to her tummy (I even found her sleeping on her side this morning) and she is starting to make more sounds but I wouldn't say it is cooing. As for holding her head up Addi is getting really great at it when she is held against your chest and is trying so hard to pick it up when on her belly. I hope Joslyn and Addi will be life long friends. It would be a great story to say that they have been friends since they were 8 weeks old!

Addi had her 2 month doctors visit today. Man is she getting BIG!! We had feeling that she was since she looks huge compared to when she was born. She now weighs 11lbs and 7oz which puts her in the 75th percentile for weight. She is another inch longer at 24 inches putting her in the 95-97th percentile for length. Her head measures a whopping 40cm and that puts her head circumference in the 75-90th percentile! The doctor says that she looks and sounds great. Today was her first real experience with full blow vaccines. They gave her one shot in each thigh! I could barely watch, I could feel her pain. The first one was as expected for her reaction but the second one, which the nurse warned me was the more painful one, sent her way over the edge and she turned a dark purplish color and couldn't even get a sound out cause she was in so much pain! I tried to blow on her face to get her to take a deep breath which didn't work, so when I quickly picked her up she finally gasped and let out the loudest shriek of a cry I have ever heard! She continued to cry for a few seconds more then pretty much fell asleep. At least until I put her down that is. When I tried to put her in her car seat to leave she started to cry again so I threw her huge diaper bag over my shoulder picked up her car seat and tried to maneuver her with one arm. It was tough but worth her comfort. When we got to the car she was asleep. She has been asleep ever since except to eat or be changed. It took everything out of her. I feel so bad. She kept waking up screaming so I had to send a panicked call to my dad who was luckily at the grocery store just down the street. Thankfully he dropped his work grabbed some baby Tylenol drops and raced them home to me. I am so glad that he was close by. She was inconsolable and I didn't know what else to do. She seems to be less fussy than before the drops but not 100% comfortable. We will see how the night goes. I only got 5 hours of sleep last night so I am running on empty.

More Smiles!!

6/01/2009

Time flies when your having fun!

Addi is 7 weeks old! It's amazing how quickly time is flying. She is growing so fast, she has got to be 10lbs now. She still fits into all of the newborn clothes except a onesie that Kyle bought her at a car show. He's sad:(

She is getting so much better at focusing on peoples faces and she smiles a lot! She is also starting to reach out at her toys. She can't grab them or anything but you can tell she is trying to touch them. She followed a toy going side to side across her face too! She loves to watch her fishies swim by when she is in her swing. I love to watch her stare at them. It's so cute!

We have had a heck of a time trying to figure out her food situation. The doctor says that she has acid reflux so we put her on Zantac to try to fix the problem. It it mint flavored and she makes the most sour face when we try to give it to her and 9 times out of 10 she spits all of it out no matter what we do to keep it in her mouth! We also had to switch to another formula (one for gas and fussiness, which is what she seems to struggle with all day long). It worked for the first few days and then she was back to being uncomfortable and fussy all day long. Then the doctor said to try another formula called Nutramigen. This formula is almost two times the money for half the formula!! We have tried that for three days now and as bittersweet as it is, it seems to be working. It's funny to me how we thought we would be saving a bunch of money by breastfeeding her to now spending the money on the most expensive fomula out there! Figures. As long as it works it'll be worth the sacrifice.

We had a new
adventure last night! She got all dressed up in the adorable swim suit her Aunt Andrea bought her and we took a little dip in the pool. The water was a little bit cooler than I would have liked it so I only put her in up to her bottom. She didn't seem to mind it at all. She didn't cry or fuss, just looked around then fell asleep as soon as she got out. We had a bunch of friends over for a pool party for Kyles birthday and his friends from Virginia came with their son, who is only 6 days older than Addi. They took him in the water so I got brave and did the same. It was funny to see a baby so close in age to Addi. They acted almost exactly the same in their mannerisims. So cute!

Put a smile on your face

Addison just started really smiling willingly yesterday! I had to share it with you all. I think she has the best smile ever...if I don't say so myself!!

One Month Old!!

I can't believe that my baby is already one month old! It is amazing how quickly time is flying. I tried to prepare myself for it, but it makes me sad anyways. She had her one month check up today. It was obnoxious because when I got to the office they told me that my husband had called and rescheduled the appointment! I said, "Uh no. He doesn't even have the number to the office." Then the girl said, "Well then it was another male member of the household." That made me upset because they wouldn't take the fault of a scheduling error and kept trying to put the blame on me! She said that the appointment was rescheduled for April 27th and we no showed. I was thinking DUH! because we didn't reschedule it! HELLO! I asked her why would I reschedule her 1 month check up a week early. Today she is 1 month not the 27th. So after all the back and forth bantering she said they had to get the okay from the doctor to "work me in." Our appointment was supposed to be at 10:30am and we didn't see the doctor until 12:15! It was really annoying.

The doctor said that Addi is in the 97th percentile for height, 23 inches! She is going to be a really tall girl. We could have figured. Her weight is now 9.3lbs and in the 50th percentile. We thought she would have a large size head since Kyle's head is large but she is in the 50th percentile for the circumference too. Haha!

Addi has developed this strange coughing/hacking/gasping sound when she is being burped and it scared the heck out of all of us. The doctor determined that she has a slight acid reflux. I was relieved that it wasn't anything too serious, but it means that we have to throw the savings of the Costco brand formula to the way side, bite the bullet and keep her on a Soy based formula for a few weeks to see if it will correct the problem.

All in all she is healthy and growing well! She is getting better at trying to smile. She does it a lot while waking up but still not too much when she is fully awake. I can't wait until she is smiling all the time! I love every minute I get to spend with her. She truly is a blessing to us and we can't wait to see where the next month is going to take us!