Thursday, September 24, 2009
Sucking on her dress
Today was one of those days that McKenna seemed to come alive. I kept noticing that her dress was wet, and I thought it was because she spit up. Turns out she was, in fact, prone to spitting up today (which almost never happens), but several times today at Sarah's wedding luncheon and reception I would look down at McKenna and see that she had her dress in her mouth. She learned to pick it up and put it in her mouth. She was soaking wet all day. Dear me, but I loved it because she just felt so real and old and bright and special and mine.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Getting Bigger
I guess it is stating the obvious to say that McKenna is getting bigger. But it really hit me today when just a few hours after having a conversation in the mothers' room at church about how small her is, I got home and put her in a new shirt from Old Navy -- 6-12 months and fitting fine! I know Old Navy runs small, but please! McKenna is very tall. If I were a good mother, I could tell you exactly how tall because I would be taking her to her well baby check ups ... which I sometimes do not do. But fear not, her four month check up is scheduled and ready for mid October.
McKenna has started to sit in the bumbo chair and little and watch me cook. It is nice to have her around, and I think she feels the same about me. She still loves her gymini, and inspite of my indications on this blog that I would get out with exersaucer, I forgot. Maybe in a few weeks.
Now, for the future, I must say clearly that McKenna is not nearly on the routine we would like. According to Baby Wise, she should be eating every 4 hours or so. We spend several cycles a day eating every 2 hours. It is not a huge deal or I would do something about it. She sleeps through the night ... sometimes. What it comes down to is that I just am too tired to make her cry it out at night and too busy to let her cry it out during the day. Not sure how I feel about this, but all seems to be going just fine.
But McKenna and I have a special bond. Tim thinks she is a little bit of a mama's girl. He says she is just not quite as happy when I am now around. I think that is cute, but it could mean trouble in the worlds to come.
Anyway, 6-12 month shirt today and 3-6 month pants. A bracelet. And dark hair. And mostly a smile to go along with it. What a babe!
McKenna has started to sit in the bumbo chair and little and watch me cook. It is nice to have her around, and I think she feels the same about me. She still loves her gymini, and inspite of my indications on this blog that I would get out with exersaucer, I forgot. Maybe in a few weeks.
Now, for the future, I must say clearly that McKenna is not nearly on the routine we would like. According to Baby Wise, she should be eating every 4 hours or so. We spend several cycles a day eating every 2 hours. It is not a huge deal or I would do something about it. She sleeps through the night ... sometimes. What it comes down to is that I just am too tired to make her cry it out at night and too busy to let her cry it out during the day. Not sure how I feel about this, but all seems to be going just fine.
But McKenna and I have a special bond. Tim thinks she is a little bit of a mama's girl. He says she is just not quite as happy when I am now around. I think that is cute, but it could mean trouble in the worlds to come.
Anyway, 6-12 month shirt today and 3-6 month pants. A bracelet. And dark hair. And mostly a smile to go along with it. What a babe!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
3 Months
My little lady is 3 months. Dear me. That went fast ... and slow.
Right now she is laying next to me on the couch. She was in her Gymini, which she normally loves, but she got fussy. So now she is laying here, and I can hear her sucking on her fingers and thumbs. She's looking out the window. She's got one hand in her mouth now and one on her head touching her hair.
She spends most of her awake time in the gymini, but it just occurred to me in this very moment that I can get out the exersauser. I think Quinn started with that at 3 months just before we went to Arizona. Sometimes I put her in the bumbo chair, but I don't do it very often because I feel like it requires a lot of super vision. To be honest I don't give McKenna tons of that, but I try. We sing together every day, and I love nursing her. Sometimes I take her on walks to the mailbox.
She's wearing 3 to 6 month clothes now. One Old Navy outfit with stripes is almost a little short in the legs. She seems to have a long torso. Her hair is still long and dark, but a friend pointed out the other day that some highlights are growing in. She's starting to lose some hair in a strip from ear to ear along the back of her head. It's probably from ALWAYS laying down. One more reason to pull out the exersauser.
She still loves to be swaddled. We are trying to ween her of that, but she puts up quite the cry if we lay her in her crib without a tight wrap. She's not quite making it through her entire 3 hour cycle. During most of the day it is more like 2 and a half hours. But it does not bother me since she sleeps from 10 p.m. to 5 or 6 a.m. most nights. And I don't mind nursing her more often in the day because it is the one time I get to drop everything and just be Avery McKenna's mama.
At this age, we had Quinn sleeping on her side, holding her poodle. Doesn't seem to be McKenna's thing yet. I've tried out a few stuffed animals on her, and she does not seem all that interested. She loves attention, and I think in the last week she has started to cry when she is lonely or needs some love. Quinn never did this, and Quinn never actually slept through the night for over a year. (but I didn't mind because she just ate and went straight back to sleep in the night.)
McKenna giggles when you play this her. She seems to like to be tickled on her neck or chest. When she is playing in her gymini, she grabs and kicks the toys, and she loves to put her legs up in the air and swing them to her right side. I think she is trying to flip over. Just this week, I put her on her belly for a few minutes, and she did not cry. That was a first. Sometimes she'll catch my eyes when she is on the floor and I am all the way in the kitchen. She smiles brightly. She can see far.
She mostly loves the car still, but she does not fall asleep as fast as she used to. And she is kind of a stinker on a walk. She does not love the stroller and will sometimes cry for half of 2 miles.
Her fingers and toes get cold, so I always put her in bunny slippers.
She still rarely spits up, but she is starting to poop more and stain her clothes every few days. Yikes!!
She talks and coos a lot more now especially when she is all alone. Sometimes I run to get her when I hear her, but when I get there, she is happy and just talking to herself or to the duck hanging on her gymini. And mostly if you I talk to her, she'll talk back. Sweetly and nicely.
We've taken her on a few family picnics in the backyard, and she does not seem as anti-outside as she once did. But in general, I get the vibe that she will follow my lead with likes and dislikes, and if nothing else, she will have more particular tastes than Quinn does. Tim says that when she is flowing a fit in her bed, she hits this point of no return and makes this sad, sad noise. He says I do it too. It is my grunt and my wince when I am sad or at my end. He says the noises are the same. He loves it.
Kenna still only drinks a few oz from a bottle, but she does not seem to get too hungry when I am gone. And I should still be giving her the Acid-Reflux medicine at least twice a day, but I am trying to ween her because it is so expensive. I think this is a horrible idea. I'm pretty sure she still needs it.
We missed her 2 month check up. Oops. It will all come out in the wash.
But to sum things up. I love McKenna very much. I feel a deep love for her and a completeness in her presence that I have never felt before. I feel guilt when we are not together or when I do not pay attention to her, but I try to just roll with it and give her everything I can when I can.
Quinn is in love with McKenna too and is very concerned if we leave home without her to go somewhere just the two of us. She gives her hugs and kisses a lot, but is not all up in her face like some kids. However, once this weekend, Quinn picked up McKenna and dropped her gently on her head. Sisterhood is a gift in the end. Sorry, McKenna :)
Right now she is laying next to me on the couch. She was in her Gymini, which she normally loves, but she got fussy. So now she is laying here, and I can hear her sucking on her fingers and thumbs. She's looking out the window. She's got one hand in her mouth now and one on her head touching her hair.
She spends most of her awake time in the gymini, but it just occurred to me in this very moment that I can get out the exersauser. I think Quinn started with that at 3 months just before we went to Arizona. Sometimes I put her in the bumbo chair, but I don't do it very often because I feel like it requires a lot of super vision. To be honest I don't give McKenna tons of that, but I try. We sing together every day, and I love nursing her. Sometimes I take her on walks to the mailbox.
She's wearing 3 to 6 month clothes now. One Old Navy outfit with stripes is almost a little short in the legs. She seems to have a long torso. Her hair is still long and dark, but a friend pointed out the other day that some highlights are growing in. She's starting to lose some hair in a strip from ear to ear along the back of her head. It's probably from ALWAYS laying down. One more reason to pull out the exersauser.
She still loves to be swaddled. We are trying to ween her of that, but she puts up quite the cry if we lay her in her crib without a tight wrap. She's not quite making it through her entire 3 hour cycle. During most of the day it is more like 2 and a half hours. But it does not bother me since she sleeps from 10 p.m. to 5 or 6 a.m. most nights. And I don't mind nursing her more often in the day because it is the one time I get to drop everything and just be Avery McKenna's mama.
At this age, we had Quinn sleeping on her side, holding her poodle. Doesn't seem to be McKenna's thing yet. I've tried out a few stuffed animals on her, and she does not seem all that interested. She loves attention, and I think in the last week she has started to cry when she is lonely or needs some love. Quinn never did this, and Quinn never actually slept through the night for over a year. (but I didn't mind because she just ate and went straight back to sleep in the night.)
McKenna giggles when you play this her. She seems to like to be tickled on her neck or chest. When she is playing in her gymini, she grabs and kicks the toys, and she loves to put her legs up in the air and swing them to her right side. I think she is trying to flip over. Just this week, I put her on her belly for a few minutes, and she did not cry. That was a first. Sometimes she'll catch my eyes when she is on the floor and I am all the way in the kitchen. She smiles brightly. She can see far.
She mostly loves the car still, but she does not fall asleep as fast as she used to. And she is kind of a stinker on a walk. She does not love the stroller and will sometimes cry for half of 2 miles.
Her fingers and toes get cold, so I always put her in bunny slippers.
She still rarely spits up, but she is starting to poop more and stain her clothes every few days. Yikes!!
She talks and coos a lot more now especially when she is all alone. Sometimes I run to get her when I hear her, but when I get there, she is happy and just talking to herself or to the duck hanging on her gymini. And mostly if you I talk to her, she'll talk back. Sweetly and nicely.
We've taken her on a few family picnics in the backyard, and she does not seem as anti-outside as she once did. But in general, I get the vibe that she will follow my lead with likes and dislikes, and if nothing else, she will have more particular tastes than Quinn does. Tim says that when she is flowing a fit in her bed, she hits this point of no return and makes this sad, sad noise. He says I do it too. It is my grunt and my wince when I am sad or at my end. He says the noises are the same. He loves it.
Kenna still only drinks a few oz from a bottle, but she does not seem to get too hungry when I am gone. And I should still be giving her the Acid-Reflux medicine at least twice a day, but I am trying to ween her because it is so expensive. I think this is a horrible idea. I'm pretty sure she still needs it.
We missed her 2 month check up. Oops. It will all come out in the wash.
But to sum things up. I love McKenna very much. I feel a deep love for her and a completeness in her presence that I have never felt before. I feel guilt when we are not together or when I do not pay attention to her, but I try to just roll with it and give her everything I can when I can.
Quinn is in love with McKenna too and is very concerned if we leave home without her to go somewhere just the two of us. She gives her hugs and kisses a lot, but is not all up in her face like some kids. However, once this weekend, Quinn picked up McKenna and dropped her gently on her head. Sisterhood is a gift in the end. Sorry, McKenna :)
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