Another month is past again already...I would have wrote our blog post a little sooner. If we were not traveling, packing/unpacking, visiting ect lately. In fact I am writing this right now on our way home from our vacation in Nova Scotia.
Evie is now 8 months and boy oh boy do we have a lot to tell you. We now have 2 bottom teeth fully in. Let me tell you...they are loads of fun and I say that with large amounts of sarcasm. The first one was not nearly as bad as the second one...oh did I mention that they came in two weeks..one the first week and the other started half way though the second week and continued to come up higher and higher. Teeth send little babies tons of joy...NOT!!!! We believe the others are trying to sneak their way up currently or will shortly follow suite. Hopefully the next couple or the roast are not nearly as bad for Evie has been up a lot almost every it since they have started coming through..so we would like some full nights of sleep sometime soon.
We have been on homo for a while now and are doing great..we have also had blueberries, strawberries, wheat & corn cereals lentils , turkey and some other new things. We at slowly making our food chunkier and chunkier...chewing is becoming better..when we are not deciding to be silly at meals.
The next time you see Evie..if you do..say hi..she may respond back to you with a hi back. It is our first word..sometimes followed by something that sounds like ya..hi ya from Evie. We also have this new found throat laugh that vibrates from the back of her throat. She likes to use it when she thinks things are particularly funny and will give you this goofy teethy smile and laugh. It's quite a funny site to see. We are also learning the levels of our voice box. Testing them out for all to hear and notice her..whether you know her or not.
This past week we started to imitate the Itsy Bitsy spider song with our hands. I have been singing the song with the actions for months now..finally my Aunt Beth sings it with her..and what do you know..we are trying to go up the spout with our hands and trying to clap yeah at the end!!!! My baby girl is so smart and amazes us each and every day.
When we were in Nova Scotia Evie got to meet some of my Aunts and Uncles and her great Nana . We took a picture of Evie, my mom, her mom my nana and I. She also got to meet her second cousins and went to the Ocean for the first time in her life. We walked out in the water and where the tide was out on the beach..even dipped her toes in the water. She did not like it too much..added some tears to the ocean. This is so far the longest road trip we have done with Evie and overall she did pretty good considering.
We have also lowered Evie's crib already..she is rolling back and forth to her tummy and back again. She is trying to prop herself up on things..so now I feel like I have to drop her in and out of her crib. We even will slide ourselves across floors on our back or tummy. We use our arms and shoulders both ways.
Doug told me she is started to try and put her legs under herself now when on her tummy. I have not witnessed it myself yet...her head and legs are not up at the same time tho. We also sit up very well on our own.. And only need a little bit of help here and there.
I will be sure to post pictures shortly..I have to load them on my laptop when we get home. 8 months old..."hi ya" to all of you!
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
7 months old
Evie is now 7 months old!!!!! Which means there is now 5 months till Christmas and her birthday....insane!
We now definitely have our own personality..she is growing like crazy. We have a little Mohawk going on in the hair department. We laugh and giggle, smile and talk gibberish none stop. We try to test mom and dads buttons a lot..especially while eating. She likes to forget to chew and swallow..more so now since she had what we think was roseola. She had the throwing up, fever, and ended it with a rash. So now that she had conquered that..we like to gag more often..which makes eating take a lot longer and more frustrating to do. Our newest thing is laughing at her puppy heaven...when I say laughing I mean down right hysterics!
We are eating lots of solids and we now have her going to bed around 8pm sleeping until almost 7am. Naps are good somedays and other days something to be desired..she still has not caught on that she still needs them. This week for example some days I was lucky that I got an hour or two in total in naps for the day..which means her last bottle before she goes down for the night may be a fight to get in. We have now fed her beef and chicken..she has had quite a bit of veggies and some fruits..I wanted to get mother meat in before we switch her to homo.
This past Friday I started to try to slowly start the process of switching her to homo. Now I do not want to hear any opinions on the subject. Quite frankly it is Doug's and I's choice/decision. I am no longer breastfeeding her..she is fighting me...I am pumping 3 times a day to bottle feed her...she is healthy and already took yogurt well and loves it. I am going to follow the 3 day rule..taking it slow and easy. 3 days where I will give her a quarter of her 5 ounce bottle being homo with the breastmilk..just for her morning bottle. Then I will do all of her bottles the same for 3 days..then switch it to half/half for 3 days and then switch to homo. No cold turkey switching happening here. So far it is going very well and little signs of it bothering her at all.
Our doctor doesn't want us to do it until she is 9 months or almost 9 months..I was going to at 8 1/2 months before..but this will see how she will do..while I am still pumping. Plus if Doug and myself would like to start trying again or see if we can get referred back to the specialist..which we will probably have to. In order for me to see if I will cycle on my own or get my period I need to stop breastfeeding. I have to go to a appointment when Evie goes for her 9 month app..to get referred to the specialist or see if anything has happened as of yet. I am a very special case..plus before this big adventure I was not getting anything at all without being on any drugs. this way it will only be abouta month sooner..I personally do not see the difference. I was switched at 6 months..hell Doug's mom had him on 2% and corn syrup at a couple weeks...if anything he should be dead according to our doctor lol. My little nephews are already switched and dong fine, I figure if anything it should have bothered there tummys and digestion and they are perfectly fine. The way Doug and I see it is we are the parents and it is our decision not the doctors.
We are beginning to sit up with only a little help and support. Jumping is a new favorite..she has always liked to but now it is something that happens alot around here whether it is in someone's arms or in her jumperoo or exer-saucer. We keep trying to do tummy time here and there..getting her to build her core strength and prepare her for exploring the house that we live in...a new world just out of her grasp..however we are save from baby proofing just yet due to she will only stay that way for 5 mins at a time if we are lucky..before crying, screaming or plain just freaking out. Most of the time she will just roll to her back due to that is where she prefers to be while playing with her toys or lying talking to the puppy.
We just came back from wishing my dad a happy birthday and nice visit with my nephews, brother and sister in law. They all love to play and laugh and giggle with each other....whether it is whispering baby talk quietly together or screeching really loud for all to see. They are all growing so fast and we are sure to have a very exciting birthday and christmas this year for sure.
I will be sure to post some pictures quite soon....new bumbo shot ect..much love to all..and we all hope you are having a great summer..I just hope yours is not flying by as fast as ours seems to be.
We now definitely have our own personality..she is growing like crazy. We have a little Mohawk going on in the hair department. We laugh and giggle, smile and talk gibberish none stop. We try to test mom and dads buttons a lot..especially while eating. She likes to forget to chew and swallow..more so now since she had what we think was roseola. She had the throwing up, fever, and ended it with a rash. So now that she had conquered that..we like to gag more often..which makes eating take a lot longer and more frustrating to do. Our newest thing is laughing at her puppy heaven...when I say laughing I mean down right hysterics!
We are eating lots of solids and we now have her going to bed around 8pm sleeping until almost 7am. Naps are good somedays and other days something to be desired..she still has not caught on that she still needs them. This week for example some days I was lucky that I got an hour or two in total in naps for the day..which means her last bottle before she goes down for the night may be a fight to get in. We have now fed her beef and chicken..she has had quite a bit of veggies and some fruits..I wanted to get mother meat in before we switch her to homo.
This past Friday I started to try to slowly start the process of switching her to homo. Now I do not want to hear any opinions on the subject. Quite frankly it is Doug's and I's choice/decision. I am no longer breastfeeding her..she is fighting me...I am pumping 3 times a day to bottle feed her...she is healthy and already took yogurt well and loves it. I am going to follow the 3 day rule..taking it slow and easy. 3 days where I will give her a quarter of her 5 ounce bottle being homo with the breastmilk..just for her morning bottle. Then I will do all of her bottles the same for 3 days..then switch it to half/half for 3 days and then switch to homo. No cold turkey switching happening here. So far it is going very well and little signs of it bothering her at all.
Our doctor doesn't want us to do it until she is 9 months or almost 9 months..I was going to at 8 1/2 months before..but this will see how she will do..while I am still pumping. Plus if Doug and myself would like to start trying again or see if we can get referred back to the specialist..which we will probably have to. In order for me to see if I will cycle on my own or get my period I need to stop breastfeeding. I have to go to a appointment when Evie goes for her 9 month app..to get referred to the specialist or see if anything has happened as of yet. I am a very special case..plus before this big adventure I was not getting anything at all without being on any drugs. this way it will only be abouta month sooner..I personally do not see the difference. I was switched at 6 months..hell Doug's mom had him on 2% and corn syrup at a couple weeks...if anything he should be dead according to our doctor lol. My little nephews are already switched and dong fine, I figure if anything it should have bothered there tummys and digestion and they are perfectly fine. The way Doug and I see it is we are the parents and it is our decision not the doctors.
We are beginning to sit up with only a little help and support. Jumping is a new favorite..she has always liked to but now it is something that happens alot around here whether it is in someone's arms or in her jumperoo or exer-saucer. We keep trying to do tummy time here and there..getting her to build her core strength and prepare her for exploring the house that we live in...a new world just out of her grasp..however we are save from baby proofing just yet due to she will only stay that way for 5 mins at a time if we are lucky..before crying, screaming or plain just freaking out. Most of the time she will just roll to her back due to that is where she prefers to be while playing with her toys or lying talking to the puppy.
We just came back from wishing my dad a happy birthday and nice visit with my nephews, brother and sister in law. They all love to play and laugh and giggle with each other....whether it is whispering baby talk quietly together or screeching really loud for all to see. They are all growing so fast and we are sure to have a very exciting birthday and christmas this year for sure.
I will be sure to post some pictures quite soon....new bumbo shot ect..much love to all..and we all hope you are having a great summer..I just hope yours is not flying by as fast as ours seems to be.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Half a year has gone by since my miracle!
Hey guys,
By golly I can not believe it has been half a year since Christmas and the day I gave birth to our little miracle Evie!!! Things are sure changing fast around here.
Evie is now eating solids! We have so far had carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, rice and oat cereals and apples. Tomorrow we start something new once again. In our house we are using the 3 day rule. My soon to be sister in law Jen had told me that her pediatrician had said after 3 days that if they have no allergic symptoms that you are usually in the clear to start something new.
Today we had Evie's 6 month appointment at the doctors. She now weights a whopping 15.5 pounds and is 4 cm's longer than she was before. She is still in the lower percentile...but the doctor never mentioned anything to us about it..Doug just happened to see that it said that I her Mac computer screen where she types everything up. It was actually a pretty good visit..she answered our questions..gave us advice about Certain things and told us Evie looks healthy and happy!!! Evie was such a big girl..she did not even cry when she had her needle this time..she just had a delayed reaction kind of a small whimper you know after the needle was already out and put away. I was surprised on how well she did behave considering her appointment was during her nap time.
We asked the doctor about Homo milk..due to if Doug and I do start to try again I will not be breastfeeding any longer at that point. Anything that I would need to take would go into my milk and that would be very bad. She does not want us to at least until after she is 9 months old. Has to do a lot with Omega 3..iron levels and digesting it properly. All doctors and studies right now do not want ppl stopping until after a year for many reasons. If we do switch one of the things she told us was there is one homo milk called "dairy-oh" by Neilson that we can buy that has omega 3 in it..or try to give her fatty fish with omega3 in it 2 times a week. I do not eat fish so we will see how that goes over...lol.
After the appointment we re-booked Evie to see her against 9 months and I will going next week to see what my blood results are for hormone levels and such. Doug and I would like to see where we are at. We might start trying again in the fall considering how long it took to get our first miracle. Also we might have to go back to the specialist.
Well there is the latest..will post pics and such soon...just be excited that I am posting only
By golly I can not believe it has been half a year since Christmas and the day I gave birth to our little miracle Evie!!! Things are sure changing fast around here.
Evie is now eating solids! We have so far had carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, rice and oat cereals and apples. Tomorrow we start something new once again. In our house we are using the 3 day rule. My soon to be sister in law Jen had told me that her pediatrician had said after 3 days that if they have no allergic symptoms that you are usually in the clear to start something new.
Today we had Evie's 6 month appointment at the doctors. She now weights a whopping 15.5 pounds and is 4 cm's longer than she was before. She is still in the lower percentile...but the doctor never mentioned anything to us about it..Doug just happened to see that it said that I her Mac computer screen where she types everything up. It was actually a pretty good visit..she answered our questions..gave us advice about Certain things and told us Evie looks healthy and happy!!! Evie was such a big girl..she did not even cry when she had her needle this time..she just had a delayed reaction kind of a small whimper you know after the needle was already out and put away. I was surprised on how well she did behave considering her appointment was during her nap time.
We asked the doctor about Homo milk..due to if Doug and I do start to try again I will not be breastfeeding any longer at that point. Anything that I would need to take would go into my milk and that would be very bad. She does not want us to at least until after she is 9 months old. Has to do a lot with Omega 3..iron levels and digesting it properly. All doctors and studies right now do not want ppl stopping until after a year for many reasons. If we do switch one of the things she told us was there is one homo milk called "dairy-oh" by Neilson that we can buy that has omega 3 in it..or try to give her fatty fish with omega3 in it 2 times a week. I do not eat fish so we will see how that goes over...lol.
After the appointment we re-booked Evie to see her against 9 months and I will going next week to see what my blood results are for hormone levels and such. Doug and I would like to see where we are at. We might start trying again in the fall considering how long it took to get our first miracle. Also we might have to go back to the specialist.
Well there is the latest..will post pics and such soon...just be excited that I am posting only
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
5 Month Post
Well here we are again..late on writing the blog again..I am telling you that I should just expect to not get it done when I want to in the first place and it would be a lot easier on myself. I did not even get to take Evie's Bumbo shot until this past Friday at my moms while were visiting and she is already 5 1/2 months old.
Lots of things are changing daily. We started to give Evie some Rice cereal at 5 months...but stopped due to that she did the first 3 days with no problem..but after I started making the full amount of the Gerber/nestle kind she would start arching her back in the highchair..crying and screaming. I really was not sure if it was hurting her tummy or that she was just not ready. It was very hard to understand for she was opening her mouth and doing the mimic taste/chew with her mouth. So I waited a week and decided to try the Milupa Rice Cereal. It has been a complete difference in eating..whether it be the waiting till she was 5 1/2months or the difference in how it is made.
Tomorrow I am starting Oat Cereal with her...hoping we do not have any problems. I have also picked up some cereals to try a little later while they are on sale and some jars of veggies. I want to see how she is with them before I start making a whole batch of things myself.
Evie is smiling and giggling at everything from the Dog playing with a ball...to funny faces or just different objects. Evie will roll from her tummy to her back..but not her back to tummy..however she did do that once when no one was looking. Doug went up to check on her one time and there she was screaming and crying to the side and into the mattress. We have a whole head of hair except for one spot on the back of her head that is constantly being rubbed off from where she turns her head while playing and sleeping.
Standing and sitting up is a favorite. We love to arch our back and turn around in circles in her floor play mat. All the giggles make up for the tantrums of screaming when we are crying just for the sake of well crying. Nap times are even going better. However we learned that we go to bed easier and more quickly after being breastfed at the 6:30pm time slot. We were pumping for then and seeing if we could save some time around dinner time. However it took her just as long to finish if it not longer and then fought naptime with all of her might..so back to breastfeeding then again. Hopefully when I switch to just pumping she gets that out of her system fast.
We are going through clothes just as fast as we are growing. I am constantly boxing things up! Evie and I just spent the last week with my parents and had lots of cuddles from Yaya and Grampa Dave. In two weeks she will be 6months old. Holy Cow is time just flying past us. I will try to update on time...since she will have a doctors app 2 days after and I will definitely have news to update you on.
Here are some newer photos for you all. Much love Cassie, Doug and Evie
Lots of things are changing daily. We started to give Evie some Rice cereal at 5 months...but stopped due to that she did the first 3 days with no problem..but after I started making the full amount of the Gerber/nestle kind she would start arching her back in the highchair..crying and screaming. I really was not sure if it was hurting her tummy or that she was just not ready. It was very hard to understand for she was opening her mouth and doing the mimic taste/chew with her mouth. So I waited a week and decided to try the Milupa Rice Cereal. It has been a complete difference in eating..whether it be the waiting till she was 5 1/2months or the difference in how it is made.
Tomorrow I am starting Oat Cereal with her...hoping we do not have any problems. I have also picked up some cereals to try a little later while they are on sale and some jars of veggies. I want to see how she is with them before I start making a whole batch of things myself.
Evie is smiling and giggling at everything from the Dog playing with a ball...to funny faces or just different objects. Evie will roll from her tummy to her back..but not her back to tummy..however she did do that once when no one was looking. Doug went up to check on her one time and there she was screaming and crying to the side and into the mattress. We have a whole head of hair except for one spot on the back of her head that is constantly being rubbed off from where she turns her head while playing and sleeping.
Standing and sitting up is a favorite. We love to arch our back and turn around in circles in her floor play mat. All the giggles make up for the tantrums of screaming when we are crying just for the sake of well crying. Nap times are even going better. However we learned that we go to bed easier and more quickly after being breastfed at the 6:30pm time slot. We were pumping for then and seeing if we could save some time around dinner time. However it took her just as long to finish if it not longer and then fought naptime with all of her might..so back to breastfeeding then again. Hopefully when I switch to just pumping she gets that out of her system fast.
We are going through clothes just as fast as we are growing. I am constantly boxing things up! Evie and I just spent the last week with my parents and had lots of cuddles from Yaya and Grampa Dave. In two weeks she will be 6months old. Holy Cow is time just flying past us. I will try to update on time...since she will have a doctors app 2 days after and I will definitely have news to update you on.
Here are some newer photos for you all. Much love Cassie, Doug and Evie
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| Heading out for a afternoon stroll..that is how we roll! |
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| Check out my Shades |
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| Eating Rice Cereal like a big girl! |
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| Having a cozy cuddle |
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| Playing in my exersaucer |
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| Daddy Cuddles |
Monday, May 14, 2012
Our 4th month
It is hard to believe that in about 2 weeks or so I will have a 5 month old. Time is sure flying by. I have not had much time to tell you the truth to update..or I forget to when I get the chance to. So here goes nothing.
Evie turned 4 months on April 25th. Which also happened to be my husband Doug's 31st birthday. I would have update that day..but however we were in the car on the way home from a trip we took to Montreal. After we were done that week of holidays business..Doug had flew out to Texas for a training course. My mom and soon to be sister in law Jen came to visit for the week with my nephews Zach and Cam. So I will for sure have some pics to post.
Evie is doing very well...she is probably about 14lbs now..the doctors scale said just under 13 when we were there..I find it is hard to get an accurate reading with her there anymore..as she is squiggly. We are a couple of inches taller..standing up when supported..and sitting when supported..we can now prop her up on the couch and take pictures lol. We were told she is only in the 20% for height and weight...we however think she is doing just fine.. The doctor said it could just be the way she is small for who she is. I hate statistics for charts..it is probably now based on formula babies..not breastfed or babies that were smaller in weight when they were born. I figure doubling your birth weight in less than 4 months is good enough..but hey I am the mom. Her hair is growing in great..and still has blue eyes like her mama.
We are now wearing 3-6 clothes and some 6 month sleepers based on the weight and company. We are not so wee anymore. They honestly grow up so fast..faster than you think. We are giggling and talking up a storm..feeding her is getting interesting due to we are noticing everything around us and getting very distracted. We hate our car seat..but love to go for walks in the bigger part of the stroller. Teething is a on-going thing in our house. We love our hands so much that Evie will put them so far in her mouth she gags herself..or pulls our fingers into her mouth to chew on.
Our last app was not so fun..we had more needles and oral vac. The oral stuff was just as hard on her as the last time she got it. Messed up her going to the bathroom and eating and all together just upset. It was nice once the oral stuff had finally left her system...Doug was lucky enough to come home to not have to see too much of that.
We had a nice long visit with Yaya and our aunt and nephews when Doug was in Texas..here are some photo's updated from our visit. We are growing so fast..sometimes it soo much new info to update. Our nephews and Evie are a month apart to the day and it is neat to see how she is ahead in some ways and there are in others. Enjoy the pics and I will update you all again shortly..xo Cassie
Evie turned 4 months on April 25th. Which also happened to be my husband Doug's 31st birthday. I would have update that day..but however we were in the car on the way home from a trip we took to Montreal. After we were done that week of holidays business..Doug had flew out to Texas for a training course. My mom and soon to be sister in law Jen came to visit for the week with my nephews Zach and Cam. So I will for sure have some pics to post.
Evie is doing very well...she is probably about 14lbs now..the doctors scale said just under 13 when we were there..I find it is hard to get an accurate reading with her there anymore..as she is squiggly. We are a couple of inches taller..standing up when supported..and sitting when supported..we can now prop her up on the couch and take pictures lol. We were told she is only in the 20% for height and weight...we however think she is doing just fine.. The doctor said it could just be the way she is small for who she is. I hate statistics for charts..it is probably now based on formula babies..not breastfed or babies that were smaller in weight when they were born. I figure doubling your birth weight in less than 4 months is good enough..but hey I am the mom. Her hair is growing in great..and still has blue eyes like her mama.
We are now wearing 3-6 clothes and some 6 month sleepers based on the weight and company. We are not so wee anymore. They honestly grow up so fast..faster than you think. We are giggling and talking up a storm..feeding her is getting interesting due to we are noticing everything around us and getting very distracted. We hate our car seat..but love to go for walks in the bigger part of the stroller. Teething is a on-going thing in our house. We love our hands so much that Evie will put them so far in her mouth she gags herself..or pulls our fingers into her mouth to chew on.
Our last app was not so fun..we had more needles and oral vac. The oral stuff was just as hard on her as the last time she got it. Messed up her going to the bathroom and eating and all together just upset. It was nice once the oral stuff had finally left her system...Doug was lucky enough to come home to not have to see too much of that.
We had a nice long visit with Yaya and our aunt and nephews when Doug was in Texas..here are some photo's updated from our visit. We are growing so fast..sometimes it soo much new info to update. Our nephews and Evie are a month apart to the day and it is neat to see how she is ahead in some ways and there are in others. Enjoy the pics and I will update you all again shortly..xo Cassie
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| Evie and Her Twin Cousins.. |
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| Zach, Cam and Evie |
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| 4 month Bumbo Shot |
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| The Family in Montreal |
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Pics from Feb and March so far!
Here are some pics of our little family and our beautiful daughter Evie. Hope you enjoy!!!xoxo Cassie
Sunday, March 4, 2012
2 month app and more
I really got to get back on track on this blog business..but as all moms and new moms know..sometimes time is something to be desired...especially when it is something other than looking after your family and house.
On Feb 18th we had an open house for Evie..was supposed to be kind of like a shower but more free flow to let ppl come and go as they please..left it open to more ppl to come and have a cuddle with Evie. Needless to say it was kinda sad in the sense that a lot of ppl who said they were going to be here were not..some ppl were rude enough or too busy to even give us a response to whether they were coming or not. Poor Holly had made 40something cupcakes as a thank you for guests that came...we had TONS left over...so much we had to give them away to ppl. I am kinda a little disappointed to be honest. The roads were not great in the morning..but we had friends come from Whitby..so really ppl in town did not have that for an excuse. We had also posted something at my work for others who were not at the front end or if they wanted to stop in for a visit and cuddle with Evie..and no word of a lie ...not one person from my work came by. We are thankful for the ppl who did show up and also let us know why they could not attend and would like to see them for a visit soon. Anywho....in the past...I just really do not want to hear anyone complain about not seeing her or meeting her ect after Holly and I going to all the trouble of hosting and putting the whole thing together as an opportunity for a nice visit.
On Feb 27th..we got to go to the doctors for our 2 month app..needles and all. Evie now weighs 9lbs 11 0z's...and I believe it said that she was 23inches long. The weight is just an estimate due to she was wiggling all over the cold scale and that is what it said while was still for a couple of seconds. She is growing so fast!!! I really thought that she would weigh more than that...and if you see how fast she is growing you would know why.
We had two needles that day. The regular age required boosters at that age and also an oral for a virus that is covered in babies for excessive Diarrhea. The oral med however takes 10 days to get out of their system and I believe that is why we are having such a hard week. It has been a very tear filled house this week..after the needles ect. Keeping in mind that we also started to let her sleep through the night so were are on a very odd new non-shedule schedule. Meaning whatever time we wake up in the morning is when we first feed and base the days feedings on that ending the last one around 11pm. On the bright side we are sleeping through the night..except for one odd night...still fighting the naps until the end of time..but we are getting a little less hours of broken up sleep. I believe she may be having nightmares tho. She crys in her sleep around the same time every morning..sometimes just lightly crying and other times she is kicking and flailing her arms while scream crying...we will go and check on her but she is completely sound asleep..weirdest thing ever!!!
We are feeding very well now..not using the shield at all...also only having a top up at the last feed of the day...which she only sometimes takes all of it. We are making some coos and smiling tons. The one day Doug said she laughed at something he did in Walmart..I did not hear or see it unfortunately. Our hair is growing back very well and we love to play with some of the new toys we have purchased from Babies-R-Us...or have been given by some of our dear friends. We have now packed up a couple of boxes of clothes that are already too small for us to wear.
Here is one of the pics of Evie and her Twin Cousins Zachary and Cameron
I will post more pics soon..for now we are doing really well!
On Feb 18th we had an open house for Evie..was supposed to be kind of like a shower but more free flow to let ppl come and go as they please..left it open to more ppl to come and have a cuddle with Evie. Needless to say it was kinda sad in the sense that a lot of ppl who said they were going to be here were not..some ppl were rude enough or too busy to even give us a response to whether they were coming or not. Poor Holly had made 40something cupcakes as a thank you for guests that came...we had TONS left over...so much we had to give them away to ppl. I am kinda a little disappointed to be honest. The roads were not great in the morning..but we had friends come from Whitby..so really ppl in town did not have that for an excuse. We had also posted something at my work for others who were not at the front end or if they wanted to stop in for a visit and cuddle with Evie..and no word of a lie ...not one person from my work came by. We are thankful for the ppl who did show up and also let us know why they could not attend and would like to see them for a visit soon. Anywho....in the past...I just really do not want to hear anyone complain about not seeing her or meeting her ect after Holly and I going to all the trouble of hosting and putting the whole thing together as an opportunity for a nice visit.
On Feb 27th..we got to go to the doctors for our 2 month app..needles and all. Evie now weighs 9lbs 11 0z's...and I believe it said that she was 23inches long. The weight is just an estimate due to she was wiggling all over the cold scale and that is what it said while was still for a couple of seconds. She is growing so fast!!! I really thought that she would weigh more than that...and if you see how fast she is growing you would know why.
We had two needles that day. The regular age required boosters at that age and also an oral for a virus that is covered in babies for excessive Diarrhea. The oral med however takes 10 days to get out of their system and I believe that is why we are having such a hard week. It has been a very tear filled house this week..after the needles ect. Keeping in mind that we also started to let her sleep through the night so were are on a very odd new non-shedule schedule. Meaning whatever time we wake up in the morning is when we first feed and base the days feedings on that ending the last one around 11pm. On the bright side we are sleeping through the night..except for one odd night...still fighting the naps until the end of time..but we are getting a little less hours of broken up sleep. I believe she may be having nightmares tho. She crys in her sleep around the same time every morning..sometimes just lightly crying and other times she is kicking and flailing her arms while scream crying...we will go and check on her but she is completely sound asleep..weirdest thing ever!!!
We are feeding very well now..not using the shield at all...also only having a top up at the last feed of the day...which she only sometimes takes all of it. We are making some coos and smiling tons. The one day Doug said she laughed at something he did in Walmart..I did not hear or see it unfortunately. Our hair is growing back very well and we love to play with some of the new toys we have purchased from Babies-R-Us...or have been given by some of our dear friends. We have now packed up a couple of boxes of clothes that are already too small for us to wear.
Here is one of the pics of Evie and her Twin Cousins Zachary and Cameron
I will post more pics soon..for now we are doing really well!
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