i've been so excited to start annabelle on rice cereal since her 4 month birthday! opie was away and i didn't want to feed her for the first time without him here, so i waited and waited all week for him to come home. and first thing yesterday morning we fed her! it was soooooooooooooo funny! hahahahahahaha!!! i was totally prepared for it to be a flop because a lot of babies don't take to it right away. well... not my chunky, hungry babe. she dove right in! of course she made this funny, weird face the whole entire time, but she just kept eating. it's like when something is so ugly you just can't look away. well, for her it was like the food was so odd and weird that she just couldn't stop eating it with that goofy look on her face. it was a success! and i fed her again today and she loves it. hopefully her little tummy will start to settle down now that she's eating the rice cereal too. the doctor seems to think her reflux will get better once she's eating cereal on a regular basis. she hasn't started any spoon grabbing yet, but is very receptive to the spoon and doesn't really try and spit the food out. sometimes her tongue will give that reflex and try to push it out, but then she sucks it back up. so cute! this is so much fun!!!
i video taped the whole process and it was quite entertaining! everytime i try and post a video to this site it won't upload. so, i guess everyone won't get to see it. i'll continue to try and post it when i have time.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
while daddy's away...
this past week was rough... to say the least. opie left us sunday night for the week and while he was gone i thought we were falling a part. well, i almost did. if it weren't for my mom and some good good friends, i probably would have had a nervous breakdown. i don't think you realize how much you lean on your better half until they are gone. i've had to do a couple days here adn there and a short week or two without him before, but this was harder and much more drawn out. annabelle is at an age now where she needs constant attention and i need more help.
my mom came up and played with us monday and tuesday and we had a blast! all week annabelle was ill again due to her teeth. she's still teething pretty seriously. it's sad. i took her for her 4 month check up on tuesday morning. dr. stewart says he can see several tooth buds and they are all just waiting to pop through! he said she was growing just great and he was very impressed that i was still breastfeeding and was happy that she has done so well with it. her weight and height were great and her head is growing just as it is supposed to. i have been SUPER hesitant about vaccinations. it's been so tough for me to want to poison her little body with all of the additives in the vaccines, but when it came down to it, i just decided to put her on an alternate shot schedule and the pediatrician has agreed to work with us on that. so, tuesday we only got one of her shots and the rotavirus oral vaccine. i will take her back in a few weeks to get the other shots.
on wednesday annabelle started acting weird. arching her back and neck a lot and then she would spit up violently. she's always been a spitter, but now it seemed to be causing her pain. after two days of this i finally took her into the doctor on friday. dr. stewart feels she has a severe case of acid reflux, so we have now started her on baby prevacid solutabs. poor baby. it breaks my heart. she will probably have to do this for about 4 months or so. he feels that the older she gets and the more she sits up on her own and the more solids we start to feed her that it will clear up; however, if we don't start treating the problem now, the acid could ruin her esophagus. i was warned early on that babies with spit up problems usually hit their peaks at 3 to 4 months and it's at its worst at that point. oh boy, they weren't lying!
recently annabelle has started to do a lot of fun things! she LOVES her new exersaucer!!!!!!!!! absolutely LOVES IT! she's hilarious when she's in it. looks like such a big girl! she's always been a smiley baby and a giggler, but lately all she does is laugh. it's so funny! you can't help but have a smile on your face when you look at her and she's smiling from ear to ear just because you look at her. and then she'll just laugh for no reason. and talking... man, she's a talker. but, i guess she is learning from "THE TALKER"! haha. poor child never stood a chance with me as her mother. i talk to her all day long... i'd love to be a fly on the wall in my house just to see our interactions all day long. haha. if someone were to see us talking all day long, they would think i'm a NUT! annabelle has also started to turn herself around a lot while she's laying down and if you walk behind her she turns around to follow you. I LOVE IT! she's finally learning about everything. it's so cute! while laying on her back she will turn herself all over the floor reaching for toys and she is babbling now more than she ever has!
so, this last week was rough. i don't see how single mom's do it! my hats are off to them. it's tough enough just being a stay-at-home mom, but when you're doing it all day and all night by yourself, you pretty much become a single mom. not having opie here at night when i need a break really did test my patience. but, i've realized how valuable he is as a father. he really is such a big help when he's here. it's sad when he's gone. i wouldn't trade him for the world. he is an amazing dad and a wonderful husband! just since he came back on friday night, annabelle has been a different baby. so happy and so funny! she loves her daddy. hopefully all this traveling ridiculousness will end one day soon. we're praying for a change.
my mom came up and played with us monday and tuesday and we had a blast! all week annabelle was ill again due to her teeth. she's still teething pretty seriously. it's sad. i took her for her 4 month check up on tuesday morning. dr. stewart says he can see several tooth buds and they are all just waiting to pop through! he said she was growing just great and he was very impressed that i was still breastfeeding and was happy that she has done so well with it. her weight and height were great and her head is growing just as it is supposed to. i have been SUPER hesitant about vaccinations. it's been so tough for me to want to poison her little body with all of the additives in the vaccines, but when it came down to it, i just decided to put her on an alternate shot schedule and the pediatrician has agreed to work with us on that. so, tuesday we only got one of her shots and the rotavirus oral vaccine. i will take her back in a few weeks to get the other shots.
on wednesday annabelle started acting weird. arching her back and neck a lot and then she would spit up violently. she's always been a spitter, but now it seemed to be causing her pain. after two days of this i finally took her into the doctor on friday. dr. stewart feels she has a severe case of acid reflux, so we have now started her on baby prevacid solutabs. poor baby. it breaks my heart. she will probably have to do this for about 4 months or so. he feels that the older she gets and the more she sits up on her own and the more solids we start to feed her that it will clear up; however, if we don't start treating the problem now, the acid could ruin her esophagus. i was warned early on that babies with spit up problems usually hit their peaks at 3 to 4 months and it's at its worst at that point. oh boy, they weren't lying!
recently annabelle has started to do a lot of fun things! she LOVES her new exersaucer!!!!!!!!! absolutely LOVES IT! she's hilarious when she's in it. looks like such a big girl! she's always been a smiley baby and a giggler, but lately all she does is laugh. it's so funny! you can't help but have a smile on your face when you look at her and she's smiling from ear to ear just because you look at her. and then she'll just laugh for no reason. and talking... man, she's a talker. but, i guess she is learning from "THE TALKER"! haha. poor child never stood a chance with me as her mother. i talk to her all day long... i'd love to be a fly on the wall in my house just to see our interactions all day long. haha. if someone were to see us talking all day long, they would think i'm a NUT! annabelle has also started to turn herself around a lot while she's laying down and if you walk behind her she turns around to follow you. I LOVE IT! she's finally learning about everything. it's so cute! while laying on her back she will turn herself all over the floor reaching for toys and she is babbling now more than she ever has!
so, this last week was rough. i don't see how single mom's do it! my hats are off to them. it's tough enough just being a stay-at-home mom, but when you're doing it all day and all night by yourself, you pretty much become a single mom. not having opie here at night when i need a break really did test my patience. but, i've realized how valuable he is as a father. he really is such a big help when he's here. it's sad when he's gone. i wouldn't trade him for the world. he is an amazing dad and a wonderful husband! just since he came back on friday night, annabelle has been a different baby. so happy and so funny! she loves her daddy. hopefully all this traveling ridiculousness will end one day soon. we're praying for a change.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
YOU GROW GIRL!
in a week, Annabelle will be 4 months old and she's growing so fast. we're about to hit the crazy months where things are changing every single day... sooooo excited!
a few updates on our nanner:
this past week Annabelle has been trying to pull herself upright from a lying down position. it's super cute. she's getting so frustrated everytime she tries because she's just not quite strong enough and not quite there yet. she looks like she's doing crunches. she tries to do it when she's hangin out in the boppy too. it's hilarious! the other day i decided to sit her on the floor and put the boppy securely around her waist and she sat up in that position for a very long time! so yay! shouldn't be long now and i'll have her sitting up all alone with no support from boppy, mommy or bumbo!
my mom thinks she is going to be a crazy soccer player or other sporty girl as soon as she is able to run. she has entirely too much energy and has to be moving or playing at all times... it's exhausting! and my mom says i should watch out because as soon as she's able to walk, she'll be running! the child NEVER EVER stops moving! it kinda wears me out! but, at the same time it makes me super happy to know her little brain is working so well and working overtime! she is a little over-indulgent. i mean i constantly catch her with two toys in her hands (one in her left and one in her right, just going to town shakin away) or one toy in her hands, but she has to have both hands, all 10 fingers and toes and her face smooshed up against the toy! she is quite a hoot!
she's getting a million times better with tummy time. she can hold herself up with her arms and she reaches for toys while on her belly.
ALSO... this morning she ALMOST rolled over from back to front! she hasn't tried from front to back because she doesn't prefer her stomach... but soon enough. she's been close to rolling over a few times recently, but this morning was the closest yet! i made sure to get it on camera at least. didn't have the video camera ready, but i did get it on camera. it's all happening so fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have to have the video camera ready at all times from here on out. she's keeping me on my toes! it's crazy how excited i am about this... it's so sweet how much life changes when you become a mommy. it's so much stuff to capture and i love being home with her and being able to see it all happen first hand the minute it does. makes my heart smile :)
P.S. Today Opie and I pulled out the video of the first 5 minutes after she was born and her first bath in the baby nursery and i cried like a baby. she's already growing so fast... it's unreal! oh i'm so blessed!!!
a few updates on our nanner:
this past week Annabelle has been trying to pull herself upright from a lying down position. it's super cute. she's getting so frustrated everytime she tries because she's just not quite strong enough and not quite there yet. she looks like she's doing crunches. she tries to do it when she's hangin out in the boppy too. it's hilarious! the other day i decided to sit her on the floor and put the boppy securely around her waist and she sat up in that position for a very long time! so yay! shouldn't be long now and i'll have her sitting up all alone with no support from boppy, mommy or bumbo!
my mom thinks she is going to be a crazy soccer player or other sporty girl as soon as she is able to run. she has entirely too much energy and has to be moving or playing at all times... it's exhausting! and my mom says i should watch out because as soon as she's able to walk, she'll be running! the child NEVER EVER stops moving! it kinda wears me out! but, at the same time it makes me super happy to know her little brain is working so well and working overtime! she is a little over-indulgent. i mean i constantly catch her with two toys in her hands (one in her left and one in her right, just going to town shakin away) or one toy in her hands, but she has to have both hands, all 10 fingers and toes and her face smooshed up against the toy! she is quite a hoot!
she's getting a million times better with tummy time. she can hold herself up with her arms and she reaches for toys while on her belly.
ALSO... this morning she ALMOST rolled over from back to front! she hasn't tried from front to back because she doesn't prefer her stomach... but soon enough. she's been close to rolling over a few times recently, but this morning was the closest yet! i made sure to get it on camera at least. didn't have the video camera ready, but i did get it on camera. it's all happening so fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have to have the video camera ready at all times from here on out. she's keeping me on my toes! it's crazy how excited i am about this... it's so sweet how much life changes when you become a mommy. it's so much stuff to capture and i love being home with her and being able to see it all happen first hand the minute it does. makes my heart smile :)
P.S. Today Opie and I pulled out the video of the first 5 minutes after she was born and her first bath in the baby nursery and i cried like a baby. she's already growing so fast... it's unreal! oh i'm so blessed!!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
our future tiger
so, we took annabelle to her second game of the season. we had tickets and decided we should try and go in even though it looked a little dreary. thankfully we didn't start the walk from the tailgate a minute sooner than we were going to. at about the point that we were getting ready to leave the tailgate and head to the stadium with our "precious cargo" it started pouring buckets... it was awful. so, annabelle missed out on the action of the game once again. but, she tailgated like a trooper. we couldn't really leave the tailgate 
because it was raining so hard for so long, but she did awesome! check out her get-up for this game!
because it was raining so hard for so long, but she did awesome! check out her get-up for this game! she loves tiger football already. or at least she loves what she's gotten to do so far. she's getting broken in early and i know she's gonna be just like her mama! ;)
P.S. *there were literally rivers of water running through our tailgate. i don't think things had dried up from the terrible flooding we had the week before. next thing you know it was just like a monsoon hit all over again. i think oconee county saw more rain in the month of september than we usually see in a year. no seriously.*
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