Elsie got her four month shots on Monday.. it actually went pretty good. We thought she was taking it rather well. Yeah she definitely cried that cry you never want to hear because it is so sad & it makes you want to slap the nurse for making her cry (even though you are well aware that it's your fault your baby is crying because you're the one who believes in getting vaccinated & the nurse is only doing her job/doing what you "want" her to do) after she got her shots. She even stopped breathing for a second & turned purple ): but after she calmed down & got some lovin from us she was seriously fine all day. I thought she was going to make me hold her all day, only sleep if I was holding her, basically how she was last time she got shots.. but she was totally fine. She played by herself. She got fussy a few times but nothing I couldn't handle! But then yesterday she started acting weird. She slept a little over 12 hours straight that night, She had a fever.. she threw up, she was super needy & she slept so much! It was a rough day but after her second 2 hour nap she definitely was back to her old self. Smiley & happy as can be!
Sunday, July 6, 2014:
I feel bad
because Dee & I haven't been to church for 3 weeks. It seems like
every Saturday night Elsie has a rough night & doesn't go to sleep
until after 1am... or she sleeps in until 10am. I always liked church at 9am,
but right now I'm hating it because I don't want to wake up my teething
baby, especially if she didn't go to sleep until after 1am..
but I don't want to miss church /: I guess if we had church at 11 it
would be the same thing. She would need a nap right in the middle of
church. Same with church at 1. I guess I need to just wake her up next
time.. & don't try to tell me to get her to go to bed earlier,
because I've obviously tried doing that. She decides when she is going
to sleep for the night. Especially now that she has been teething.
My allergies started acting up yesterday.. & they seem to have gotten worse today. My throat hurts, my eyes keep watering/itching, I keep sneezing, my nose keeps running, my head hurts like really bad, my teeth hurt, & my ears hurt. I hate allergies! I feel absolutely miserable! & to top it all off Elsie is still going through a rough time with this teething. I want to lay in bed but instead I have to take care of Elsie's needs first. Being sick & having a "sick" baby is so not a good combo. I thought being sick & just taking care of a baby was hard & the worse thing in the world... boy was I wrong. At least she took a 2 hour nap, but of course I couldn't fall asleep. I just want these allergies to go away & Elsie's teeth to finally come in. ):
She had a poop explosion right before we left...
Friday, July 11, 2014:Traveling with a baby is seriously not the bee's knees. I NEVER want to do it again. The only thing that works is me sitting in the back so she can see me & sing "ole McDonald" "5 five ducks" & "bingo" apparently she likes clapping, up beat songs. She is loud! & we have had to stop A LOT! Things have not gone as planned (yes I'm well aware that you're not supposed to plan things out when you have kids.. but I cannot help it!!) She had a big poop explosion before we left (I guess we're lucky it was at home & not on the road.. I think I would have cried & made us go back home), she hates sitting in her diapers (& obviously I don't blame her or want her to sit in her diapers) so we have to find a place to pull over every time she needs a diaper change, luckily she will take a bottle pretty good lately. So the eating thing is working out.. until she has a big bubble then we end up having to stop again. Ugh! To put it simple road trips with kids are not fun! I do not plan to do this again!
We just got back from our "visitation" last night around 10:30pm. Just as a side note I hate road trips with babies! Oh my goodness we are not going on one again for awhile!! I don't want to do that again. Poop explosions, stopping every second, screaming & crying, getting car sick from being squished in the back trying to entertain Elsie, etc. Not fun!
Anyway we just got back & I started to think of how time just passes on by. We keep hoping & wishing & saying "I cannot wait for this to happen" "when this happens ill be happy" "I can't wait for this to be over" etc. & when its gone we wish we could have lived in the moment longer. What makes us be this way? Always wanting what we can't or don't have. Why can we not just be content with what we can & do have? As I was thinking about how time passes so quickly I looked down at Elsie & didn't see my tiny 21in, 8lb 3oz, cuddly, sleepy, newborn baby. Where did she go?? How did she get so big? How did she grow up without me noticing? I'm going to miss this & I need to stop trying to get stuff done. I need to hold her & cuddle her more. I need to take this all in! Time is not on my side! How did taking care of a baby get so easy?? How did I become so capable of caring for a child day in & day out? Where did the time go?
I don't know. But for now I'm going to hold Elsie while she sleeps & cuddle her! This doesn't happen often. I should have cuddled her more when she was a newborn. I didn't get enough time! Now she never cuddles.. she's always moving! She is so active & growing up way too fast! ):
For the last 3 nights Elsie has been waking up in the middle of the night. The first night it was only once. The second night it was every 30minutes-1 hour. Finally I got sick of going back & forth from her room to my room so I put her in bed with us & she slept a hour & a half. Then last night she woke up 3 times.. not so bad but still!! I feel like I went back in time when she was first born & she never slept through the night. Last night I got "smart" & put her in bed with us the second time she woke up. Okay no I'm not smart because I'm doing exactly what I don't want to do! I don't want her to think she gets to sleep with us. But how come she will only sleep if she is in our bed? Is it from sleeping in the same room with us for a week while we were at my moms? Or what?? I need to figure something out because I do not want her sleeping in bed with us.. or waking up every second at night. I want her to go back to sleeping 9-12 hours straight! I can't deal with these horrible headaches I get from lack of sleep!
Also we think Elsie got fifth disease. (Slap cheek disease). Her cheeks look like they have literally been slapped she has a rash on her head, elbows, behind her ear, a little on the belly & legs. She hasn't had a fever.. but she has been super cuddly lately, she is never cuddly! So somethings up! Maybe that's why she isn't sleeping good.. or maybe her teeth went back to bothering her after our trip.. I just hope whatever it is she starts feeling better & starts sleeping ): poor baby!
She holds her toes all the time now & she puts them in her mouth as well!
She opens her mouth when she sees us put food in our mouths.
Her new thing is biting her tongue. She will stick it out & bite. I think it's because she is teething?
She is VERY interested in our phones. She wants to grab them & put them in her mouth.
She gets up on her legs (if you're familiar with yoga it kind of looks like downward facing dog but not quite the same)
She stops crying when we turn on Sesame Street.
She is starting to "creep" not quite crawling.. but definitely close. Dee's guess is August 3 & mine is August 20. We will see(:
She sucks/bites on her pointer finger now. Instead of sucking on her thumb.
She rolls over continuously. She will be on one side of the room & the next thing I know she has rolled all the way to the other side.
She will drink cold milk in a bottle now. She used to hate cold milk! I think it helps with her teeth.
Her belly is ticklish. When we tickle her belly she laughs.
She absolutely hates her car seat now ever since we went on a road trip & she always had to be in it. (She has always hated it but she despises it now)
She is so fascinated by plastic water bottles. The noises they make, how it feels on her teeth/gums, & the cold stuff that sometimes comes out of it.
She wants to do what we do.
I gave her a bite of a sweet potato on July 9 & she made the funniest face!
She slaps our hands whenever we put our hands facing her. Kind of like a high-five.
She grabs things with her feet. Haha!
She will take a bottle really good now.
She knows what a bottle is & when she sees it she makes a funny noise, "uh uh uh" the only way to describe it is an impatient sound (she makes the same sound when I'm about to breastfeed her) & she snatches it away from me as soon as I put it within her reach. So cute!
She still prefers breastfeeding over a bottle any day though. (Which makes me so happy).
She is so loud! People think she is mad or frustrated when she makes these loud noises while she is playing. But her frustration & mad noises are totally different from this noise. We think this loud noise is "singing"... Or maybe she just likes her voice.
She still has 2 teeth trying to come in. It's been over a month since she started teething. (Around June 18 is when she started).
She went on her first road trip.. she hated it.
She has finally met all her aunts & uncles(:
Her favorite toy is her blue monkey!
When she is happy/excited she kicks her legs like crazy!! Haha I think she started this before she was four months though so its not that new.
She still needs a little support when she is sitting up but she's so close to doing it on her own.
She rubs her eyes when she's tired (& her eyebrows turn red still as well).
She seriously gets so frustrated! Pretty much since she was born.
We starting feeding her baby food July 20. She was getting so curious & interested I couldn't hold it off any longer. She loves it!
She gives kisses!
She weighs: 18.5lbs & is 27.5 inches long.
That's all for now!
