So I have been a busy
busy mom. I apologize for the lack of posting, but life has gotten so
busy. I am hoping to have more time, but then I laugh and think when is that
going to happen.
So on 5-22-13 my
little girl turned 4 months old! Brooklyn had changed so much in 4 months
alone. Babies do grow up fast. She has come a long way from the little peanut
that we brought home and now she is such a little person with a huge
personality. She can bare weight and stand and loves to be up and interacted
with. Her smile lights up a room and melts my heart. It is true what they
say…you will do anything as a parent just to see your kid smile. And her cute
little baby laugh is adorable. I can’t wait for the days of full baby belly
laughs. Brooke’s laugh is very sly if you didn’t know it you might miss
it.
EATING
Baby girl is getting big and strong. We still don’t know for sure how much she weighs etc, but will find out shortly at her next dr. apt. But she can put back some bottles for sure. She will usually eat between 5-6oz bottles every 3-4 hours during the day. And at night we have added cereal. She has been eating cereal for about 2 weeks and she seems to really like it. She has gotten the hang of it and now when I put the spoon to her mouth she will open her mouth big and is learning to swallow and not push the cereal out with her tongue. She has come a long way with eating her cereal in just a few weeks.
Baby girl is getting big and strong. We still don’t know for sure how much she weighs etc, but will find out shortly at her next dr. apt. But she can put back some bottles for sure. She will usually eat between 5-6oz bottles every 3-4 hours during the day. And at night we have added cereal. She has been eating cereal for about 2 weeks and she seems to really like it. She has gotten the hang of it and now when I put the spoon to her mouth she will open her mouth big and is learning to swallow and not push the cereal out with her tongue. She has come a long way with eating her cereal in just a few weeks.
We usually feed her
cereal just at dinner and give her some bottle too, and then down for bed. When
we go to the dr. we will ask about adding cereal to her in the morning. I am
excited for her to try new foods, because that means she is growing and getting
big and healthy. Even though I know it will be a mess and it means a lot more
baths in our future I hope she enjoys trying all the foods.
SLEEP
Brooklyn is a pretty good sleeper for
the most part. We put her down for bed between 7-7:30 at night and then awake
again in the morning between 7-7:30am. She does fuss in the night and
mostly because she spits out her pacifier or she broke out of her swaddle. But,
we can calm her down and get her usually to go to the morning without feeding
her. Every once in a while there will be an early bottle, but for the most part
she has been great with this.
Her naps are very hit or miss. Somedays
she will have long stretches for 1-2hours and other times we are lucky to get
20 minutes. I just ordered a new “sleep sack” type thing. It is supposed to be
a transition in between the swaddle and “cold turkey.” I have heard good things
about it and to start using it at naptime.
Her
Favorites: shoving her fists in
her mouth, kicking and pumping her legs, morning
playtime, her paci, sitting up or standing up, the words feetsises and brookie
cookie, the book Madeline, the alphabet song, watching cartoons especially; sponge Bob, laying on the changing pad and
smiling and playing, the color yellow and hot pink.
Her Not-so-Favorites: bedtime/fighting sleep, lying down for long periods of time, the sun here eyes, sitting or playing alone, the bumbo-but she is coming around to it, being snuggled when she wants to be awake and play
Milestones: discovered her feet, can hold and reach for objects especially her bottle, recognized her name and certain words, recognized her parents and loves ones, eating cereal, can play in her exercauser and jumparoo.
