Since my last update, we've gotten settled into a routine at daycare. I'm proud of how well she does there and I'm glad we can be apart and still have quality time every night. She does great at the nursery at church and I'm so excited to see her grow up in our church and through Kidville and middle/high school ministries.
She's had a couple freak out moments. The first one was on November 8 at her cousins' birthday party. I think all the noise and people just upset her and she was tired. She had a couple others, but usually being held tightly by her mommy will calm her down. I don't like that she gets upset, but it warms my heart to know that she has a bond with me and trusts me.
We attempted having her sleep in the crib that weekend, but she didn't do well, so we decided to put it off until the next weekend. But then we heard about a special baby monitor that can detect when a baby stops breathing, so Mike wanted to wait to get that before she went back in the crib. Right before Thanksgiving though, we realized that she was getting too big for her Rock and Play. So we set up the Pack and Play in our room for her to sleep in that. She has to lay flat and that would be a good transition to the crib.
She's wearing all her 3-month clothes, but just the past week, the length is getting snug. Probably in the next month, we'll be working up to a bigger size. She still doesn't have her teeth, but the drool is still very present. And her neck and back are getting so strong. She loves sitting up and holding up her head. It's so hard to believe this is the same baby from a couple months ago!
She's wearing all her 3-month clothes, but just the past week, the length is getting snug. Probably in the next month, we'll be working up to a bigger size. She still doesn't have her teeth, but the drool is still very present. And her neck and back are getting so strong. She loves sitting up and holding up her head. It's so hard to believe this is the same baby from a couple months ago!
Her 4-month check-up on 11/21 went well. She's growing as she should, weighing 13lbs and 3 oz. She's still low in percentiles for height and weight, but in the 67 percentile for her head. Naturally she wasn't pleased with the shots and ended up with a high fever the next day. We called the doctor, but were told just to give her tylenol. A couple days later she came down with a cold and it just broke my heart to her her struggling with a cough and stopped up nose.
The doctor explained that it wasn't necessary for her to start on foods yet. She would be getting her nutrition from her milk only. She said the food thing was more about the parents just wanting to. So we decided to wait. We thought maybe at 5 months we would start on rice cereal and then decide on other food when we go back to the doctor at 6 months.
The doctor explained that it wasn't necessary for her to start on foods yet. She would be getting her nutrition from her milk only. She said the food thing was more about the parents just wanting to. So we decided to wait. We thought maybe at 5 months we would start on rice cereal and then decide on other food when we go back to the doctor at 6 months.
For the past few weeks, she's shared her laugh to us. It is the most wonderful sound on earth. It's so amazingly adorable and we get so excited to hear it. Unfortunately when we go to record it, she usually stops, but I know it will be coming more often soon. I just want to enjoy each moment as it happens. One night when Mike went to bed early, I stayed up with her and we had bath night. As I'm carrying her naked little body to the tub, I talk to her and she giggles with me. She actually gave herself hiccups with her laughing. It made my day. I can't think of a better way to end a day!
Ella had a great first Thanksgiving. It just made us think back to the previous year when we had just learned we were pregnant and how our lives started changing so much. Her day care was closed for the short Thanksgiving week. Her Grandma took care of her Monday, then I took off Tuesday to be with her, and our friend Jami had her on Wednesday. That week and leading to the holiday, we adjusted her feedings. We went up to 5 ounce bottles 6 times a day. We were nearly at 4 ounce bottles 7 times a day, but it wasn't working as well anymore.
We took another trip with Ella to Bryan, OH to visit her great grandparents. I feel so blessed to have them as grandparents and Ella is so lucky to have time to be spoiled by them. I just wish we could see them more often.
We got our Christmas tree up and we know it will be special for us this year to celebrate not only the birth of our Savior, but also the birth of our miracle baby. I know she won't understand it this year, but it makes it so special to have her with us this year. I look forward to the memories we will make!
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