So, I went back to work on Tuesday, April 30th. It has been a bit crazy but it helps that my mom and Keen's mom are coming up and helping out. They split the week and stay here overnight. They watch EA while we are at school, help around the house and cook dinner (and plan and bring the food for it too!!). It has been such a blessing! And we love having them here. So does EA!
This won't be a long post (have so much to do during naps on these weekends now!) but I wanted to write a bit about what she is doing so I don't forget!
She was 15 weeks yesterday---ahhhhh! She will be going in for her 4 month shots soon and the pediatrician will be talking about starting solids then- so not ready for that!!! I have been pumping at school so so far we have been able to stay on breast milk. Pumping is like its own full time job but its totally worth it!
She is sleeping great at night still! I feed her at 5am (she goes down at 8pm) and then she goes back to sleep til 8am! She is doing more and more during her wake time. Lots of interaction, batting at toys, smiling and some baby laughs!!! Naps we are still working on but she can still go into her crib and fall asleep on her own.
She has started to really suck on her fingers. On her right hand, she will suck her first two fingers. She prefers this. Sometimes though, she will suck her left first finger and thumb. Occasionally she will just suck her thumb. Often, when she is sucking on her fingers, the other hand will be rubbing/holding/pulling on her hair. Its so cute! She still mostly does it as exploration, it hasn't necessarily become a way for her to self-soothe, but I think thats coming soon! So hopefully the self-soothe is just around the corner!
She eats very well and can transition between nursing and the bottle easily so that is very nice!!! She loves kicking and splashing in her bath but still its not quite on purpose to get us to laugh yet!
She is starting to make the raspberry sound and I think she does it sometimes on purpose to make me laugh. Its so cute. I am loving this age SO much. I am very ready for the summer where I can (and Keen too) have lots of fun time with her. We are joining our pool here in the neighborhood so that will be very fun!
I will leave you with some pics of my sweetie:
This won't be a long post (have so much to do during naps on these weekends now!) but I wanted to write a bit about what she is doing so I don't forget!
She was 15 weeks yesterday---ahhhhh! She will be going in for her 4 month shots soon and the pediatrician will be talking about starting solids then- so not ready for that!!! I have been pumping at school so so far we have been able to stay on breast milk. Pumping is like its own full time job but its totally worth it!
She is sleeping great at night still! I feed her at 5am (she goes down at 8pm) and then she goes back to sleep til 8am! She is doing more and more during her wake time. Lots of interaction, batting at toys, smiling and some baby laughs!!! Naps we are still working on but she can still go into her crib and fall asleep on her own.
She has started to really suck on her fingers. On her right hand, she will suck her first two fingers. She prefers this. Sometimes though, she will suck her left first finger and thumb. Occasionally she will just suck her thumb. Often, when she is sucking on her fingers, the other hand will be rubbing/holding/pulling on her hair. Its so cute! She still mostly does it as exploration, it hasn't necessarily become a way for her to self-soothe, but I think thats coming soon! So hopefully the self-soothe is just around the corner!
She eats very well and can transition between nursing and the bottle easily so that is very nice!!! She loves kicking and splashing in her bath but still its not quite on purpose to get us to laugh yet!
She is starting to make the raspberry sound and I think she does it sometimes on purpose to make me laugh. Its so cute. I am loving this age SO much. I am very ready for the summer where I can (and Keen too) have lots of fun time with her. We are joining our pool here in the neighborhood so that will be very fun!
I will leave you with some pics of my sweetie:
3 comments:
Jessica Ammons said...
While your pedi may say it's ok to start solids at 4 months, there is absolutely no need to even think about it until 6 months. This is old knowledge and even with studies constantly coming out saying babies are nowhere near ready to digest or learn to chew food, people still continue to feed solids because it's fun for the parent. As the saying goes, "food before 1 is just for fun" and it's just more expensive and a bigger mess to clean up. Just continue to breastfeed like normal and she'll be good to go!
Jessica Ammons said...
Most recent study done by the CDC:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/health/many-babies-fed-solid-food-too-soon-cdc-finds.html
Sarah Klayman said...
Thanks Jessica! Yeah, we are not planning on starting them anytime soon, but I can't believe that its already time for that talk with the pediatrician! Crazy how fast the time flies!!!