She holds my hair while she falls asleep on my shoulder.
She loves showering with mommy.
She has started to scoot around. (Aug. 2) I guess Dee was right...
She kicks her legs while I feed her.
She slaps my chest & face while I feed her as well.
She switches a toy from one hand to the next (Aug. 9)
She gets up on her knees & rocks back & forth.
She rests her hand on her head while she is nursing. So cute!
She can crawl.. Since August 12. CRAZY!
When we give her medicine... She clamps her mouth shut & refuses to open it. Not fun!
If she is done with something she will push it a way/slap it away.
She has started to kick like crazy while she takes a bath again.
When she doesn't like a food we give her, she gags. (i.e. Mashed potatoes & sweet potatoes)
She is very sensitive. If you make the wrong noise.. or do something she apparently doesn't like... she starts bawling.
She loves when mommy &/or daddy play with her. She gets a huge smile on her face.
If she is hungry she starts patting my chest & scrunches her body until her head is level with my chest. It is so silly!
Still teething
She LOVES peas..
She had her first cold ):
She cringes/shakes (like mommy) when she has to eat something she does not like (i.e. medicine)
She bounces when music is on. It is so cute!
She sticks her lips out & breathes in & out of her nose really fast. It is so silly!
Her hair is growing! It is getting so long & fuzzy!
Her favorite foods: peas, green beans, organic whole wheat cereal, & squash. Not so sure about foods: apples, bananas & sweet potatoes (the baby food kind). Foods she dislikes: mashed potatoes & sweet potatoes (if I mash them up).
She reaches for us now.
She can shake a rattle.. I don't know how long she has been doing this ):
She makes silly noises with her tongue.
In between size 3-6m & 6-9m clothing.. She doesn't fit some brand of baby clothes but fits others.. definitely not fitting 3-6m footie pjs though.
Elsie said "da-da" 2 times... now she won't do it again.
She hates kisses now, she turns her head before you can kiss her. She is so silly.
She thinks my hair is a toy...
She uses her feet to pick things up if she is unable to get it with her hands. She has been doing this for a while though.. I think I forgot to write it last month.
She is 27.5 inches long.
& weighs: 19lbs.. she only gained a half of a pound since last month. Maybe it's because she is crawling? I heard that when babies start crawling they pretty much maintain their weight? Who knows..
Wednesday, July 30, 2014:
I am sick of Elsie going to sleep between midnight & 1am. I'm sick of waking up around 8/9/9:30 because I'm so exhausted. I hate sleeping in. I want Elsie to go to sleep at 8/9pm & wake up at 8/9am. I know, I know. I shouldn't be complaining because at least Elsie usually sleeps 8.5 -12 hours every night. Sometimes for a whole week she will sleep the same hours (i.e 11 hours every night) but she is never on a set routine. She also has been sleeping through the night since the end of April (she was 2 months) & I know a lot of babies don't sleep through the night until they're about 4-6 months old. & even then they consider sleeping through the night only 5 hours.. so some babies may not even sleep 8-12 hours straight. Okay yes there have been a few nights where Elsie will wake up once during the night since she started sleeping through the night. But its only because she is teething. (Those darn teeth need to come in before I lose my mind).
Okay I'm done complaining. Elsie is a good baby & I'm lucky she sleeps & takes naps (even if they are only for 30 minutes at a time).
Elsie can sit up by herself since Monday. She pretty much had it but once she leaned to her right side, she would fall over. So that is why I'm considering Monday the day she could sit without support, because she balances herself now & doesn't fall over.
Elsie is sick & I am too. Elsie has not been feeling well since yesterday morning. I started feeling sick last night. Elsie didn't sleep well last night.. of course when I don't feel well things like this happen. I just wish Elsie felt better. Poor girl. ): it's sad when a cute innocent baby is sick. They just don't understand what is wrong. I keep using the aspirator to get boogies out of her nose. It seems to never end. She keeps coughing & sneezing & she had a fever last night. ): I wish I could take her pain away.
Monday, August 4, 2014:I feel like I get jealous every time I hear or see someone mentioning that their baby sleeps 9 hours straight. I don't know why. Because Elsie can sleep 9 hours without waking up at all... She can sleep 12 hours with out waking up at all. I know because she's done it a few times & I always get my hopes up that she will sleep 12 hours every night. I don't want to be ungrateful but I'm sick of Elsie thinking its okay to go to bed at 1/2am. Its not cool. Then she sleeps in until almost 11. Half my day is over. Because I spend from around 9:30pm-1ish in the am trying to put her to sleep. & sleep in until 9/10 because I'm exhausted. So she does sleeps 8-10 hours every night.. but not at the time I want.
BUT I think I finally found hope. Ever since we got home from my moms the whole sleeping thing has SUCKED like.. major. Its just been 1 thing after another.. getting sick.. teething never ending.. etc. So finally last night I thought "something has got to give!" She CAN sleep 9 hours so this can't have anything to do with teething (maybe a tiny part.. but still) so I looked up on Google "why is my baby not sleeping" on the website I decided to go on (maybe baby center? Or parents something? Who knows I forgot..) I read about different "types" of babies.. & the "excited" baby described Elsie to a T. Holy moly it all made sense after that. Elise's "bath time before bed routine" wasn't helping her go to sleep.. it riled her up because she loves bath time. Keeping the lights on while nursing her & trying to get her to go to bed encourages her to look around & explore.. us talking to her makes her want to stay up. To sum it up Elsie doesn't want to miss out on ANYTHING so she doesn't want to sleep even though she is tired than tired!!
Last night I finally tried dimming all the lights, not bathing her at night, singing songs, & feeding/rocking her in her room with the lights off. It took a few times of putting her down & starting over & over again. But eventually she went to sleep at midnight.. a hour (or 2) before she has been going to sleep for the night. Tonight she was in bed by 11:30.. lets hope she is asleep for the night & every night from here on out gets better & better.
Elsie is well on her way to "crawling" she is scooting around everywhere with her arms & legs.. she hasn't quite figured out that she can get on her knees to do this. Although she does know how to get on her knees.. she just has not put 2 & 2 together. She is so smart! We are so proud of her! I can't believe my baby is only 5 months & is crawling (basically). Holy moly sad (yet happy) day. Well technically this happened on Saturday night August 2.
Oh! The going to sleep at 1/2am thing is finally getting under control. Last time I wrote, she went to bed at 11:30.. every night keeps getting better & better. Last night she went to sleep at 9:20 woke up ate went back to sleep for 8 hours. So 10:40-6:40ish then went back to sleep for a hour. So its not perfect yet, but we are getting there! Ahh! All I changed was no bath time at night.. & I always feed her in her rocking chair with all lights off so she cannot try to explore. It is working & I am so excited!!(:
Friday, August 8, 2014:Its crazy how much getting out of the house makes me feel better about myself. Lately.. & by lately I really mean since Elsie was born I don't like going anywhere without Dee. (I was slightly like that before Elsie too though..) her carseat is SOOO heavy & it just keeps getting heavier & heavier. Its SOOO hot outside. We only have two door cars.. it seems like when Dee isn't with me I have a million of things to hold, so I'd rather not go with out him. & the list goes on. But recently I decided I really need to get out of my apartment more. I need to go on walks.. hang out with mamas that are in the same boat as me.. etc. I guess being home day in and day out really gets to you. Anyway I'm glad I decided to get out of the apartment 3 days in a row. (2 times without Dee) I feel more motivated to work out.. more motivated to get things done.. I don't have negative thoughts about myself.. & the list goes on again! Its crazy what a little sunshine, exercise, different scenery, & human.. adult.. contact can do to you.
Elsie slept 10 hours last night! Woooo!! 10:45ish- 8:40ish.
I'm fed up with Elsie not sleeping 9-12 hours straight anymore. I just don't understand why she went back to sleeping 2-3ish hours.. wake up eats.. goes back to sleep.. repeat. & if I'm lucky she will sleep 6 hours straight. She won't nap during the day.. I don't know what to do!! At first I thought it was because of her teeth.. then I thought it was because she is still getting over her cold.. then I thought it was a combination of the two.. now I'm thinking she just doesn't want to sleep. She's too curious! She doesn't want to miss out. But I'm going crazy!
Also.. Elsie choked today.. well technically yesterday (Aug. 12) since it is midnight. It was the scariest thing ever! I'm glad she is okay. I'm glad I never leave her unattended when she has food & I'm glad it was something that dissolves fast. So lucky! We cried. Elsie cried because her throat probably hurt & she probably was scared. & I cried because I love her so much & I never want anything bad to happen to her!! & I felt like I was the worst mom in the world. I don't know what I would do if I ever lost Elsie. I'm glad I know the knowledge I know about forever families.. but I'd be heartbroken & sad for a very long time. She is such a sweet little baby. Like I said I'm glad she is fine!
So I know why Elsie hasn't been sleeping now.. We went to the doctor on Thursday because I wanted to make sure she didn't have an ear infection. She didn't! BUT she has a swollen tonsil. So we have been giving her amoxicillon since Thursday afternoon. Now she has a sore... like REALLY sore red bum. I'm not sure if it's because of the medicine.. or something completely different. I have not given her any new foods recently... so it cannot be because of food... can it? I don't know. All I know is I feel so bad for my cute girl. She is so innocent & doesn't understand why she is in pain. I breaks my heart... especially when I'm changing her diaper & she starts screaming & crying ): sad sad sad day.
Oh & I'm pretty sure I'm an idiot. Yesterday I got the feeling that I should probably upload the pictures from my phone to the computer like way soon. But I put it off... because I always have better things to do apparently.. & now my phone will not turn on. I mean it turns on but it only goes to a white screen "htc quietly brilliant" & then turns black, over & over. I'm so sad that all Elsie's pictures from around July 30th (ish) to today will probably never be seen again. ): AGAIN... sad sad sad day!!
I guess on a kind of good note.. Elsie is getting better at crawling! So unreal! I thought she was just born? now she is crawling?
Tuesday, August 26, 2014:
Also do not ever take a baby to any appointments alone.. that is when they decide to have freak outs & then everything goes wrong! Seriously. I had a Chiropractor appt. at 3pm today & Elsie was totally fine.. then I put her in her car seat... Her freak out began. & I thought Hey maybe she will fall asleep on the way there! (She was tired...) Then as we were driving there she tricked me into thinking she was asleep until I parked.. Then the freak out started up again. & I thought Hey my sister is getting off work at 3 so I will just call her to come watch Elsie/ help me. (her work was right across the street...)
Guess what? my phone decided to stop working.. So I had to bring a screaming crying baby to my appt. & everyone probably thought I was the worst mom in the world! Never doing that AGAIN!!
Oh I just cannot believe Elsie is 6 months today. ):
That's all for now!
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