This is Gabriella and squash (yes, I made her a bit messy on purpose. Usually she stays relatively clean):
Pool pics
8 years ago
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
A change of grades...
Gabriella has had peas for 3 nights now. The 1st night was described below, but then last night and tonight she mowed.them.down. No joke I couldn't get them in her mouth fast enough! We have one more night and then onto carrots, and after that I think we'll go with a fruit before we try the green beans. I think we'll give the peas a B+ :)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Baby Food - a review
Thus far we have been on veggies for a week. Here are the grades thus far:
Squash - A
Sweet Potatoes - A
Peas - D
We started with squash, then went to sweet potatoes, both of which she ate no problem. I was debating what to go with after the sweet potatoes. My options were start a fruit, or try carrots and/or peas. Well we chose peas since we were kinda sick of orange poo. Last night for her dinner Gabriella had peas. She was enthusiastically eating the peas. I mean, she looked like she really liked them. Then, 2/3 of the way through the container I get the locked mouth....hmm, this is interesting. After I coerced her into opening her mouth again, a spoonful of peas got the look of disgust and shudder. OMG I could not stop laughing. Mean mommy, I know. I was like "kiddo, you've eaten almost the entire container and now you're gonna start not liking it?" I coerced her to open her mouth again, and again yucky face and shudder. So, I made her a little bit of oatmeal to make up for the few spoonfuls of peas she was missing out on.
I have to say I was truly perplexed at the chain of events. I would have surely thought that if she didn't like them, she would have never eaten then as gladly as she did initially. Oh well, silly baby...whatcha gonna do. I'll stick with the peas for 3 more days since we are switching every 4 days. Maybe I'll mix it with some rice or oatmeal tonight and see if it helps. I think we'll go with carrots for the next veggie. After that all we have left to try are green beans and I have a feeling that if she didn't like peas, she won't be particularly kind to green beans.
It is tons of fun though. I love seeing her making a mess and blow raspberries with a mouthful of veggies. Makes for a very clean baby.
Side note: 2 weeks till 6 month check up. O.M.G. where the eff is time going?!
Squash - A
Sweet Potatoes - A
Peas - D
We started with squash, then went to sweet potatoes, both of which she ate no problem. I was debating what to go with after the sweet potatoes. My options were start a fruit, or try carrots and/or peas. Well we chose peas since we were kinda sick of orange poo. Last night for her dinner Gabriella had peas. She was enthusiastically eating the peas. I mean, she looked like she really liked them. Then, 2/3 of the way through the container I get the locked mouth....hmm, this is interesting. After I coerced her into opening her mouth again, a spoonful of peas got the look of disgust and shudder. OMG I could not stop laughing. Mean mommy, I know. I was like "kiddo, you've eaten almost the entire container and now you're gonna start not liking it?" I coerced her to open her mouth again, and again yucky face and shudder. So, I made her a little bit of oatmeal to make up for the few spoonfuls of peas she was missing out on.
I have to say I was truly perplexed at the chain of events. I would have surely thought that if she didn't like them, she would have never eaten then as gladly as she did initially. Oh well, silly baby...whatcha gonna do. I'll stick with the peas for 3 more days since we are switching every 4 days. Maybe I'll mix it with some rice or oatmeal tonight and see if it helps. I think we'll go with carrots for the next veggie. After that all we have left to try are green beans and I have a feeling that if she didn't like peas, she won't be particularly kind to green beans.
It is tons of fun though. I love seeing her making a mess and blow raspberries with a mouthful of veggies. Makes for a very clean baby.
Side note: 2 weeks till 6 month check up. O.M.G. where the eff is time going?!
Monday, November 9, 2009
5 months old!
Wow--my baby is 5 months old. She is getting so SO big!
My mom and sister were here for a visit this weekend and we had the best time. The weather was absolutely gorgeous both days so we were able to spend a good amount of time outside with Gabriella. She was adorable all weekend long and was a really good napper this weekend too. I was so happy about that; I was really worried she was going to get overtired and then be screaming like the past 2 weekends. She was giggling and smiling so much...it was so adorable. It was so hard for my mom and sister to leave, but we all knew we'd see each other in about 6 weeks for 11 glorious days. We can't wait!
We started our veggies (squash) this weekend. At first Gabriella made the most hilarious face of not necessarily disgust, but I guess of uncertainty. She warmed up to it pretty quickly though and ate almost the whole container. She made the same face on Sunday, but again warmed up to it and ate the whole container. We have 2 more days of squash and then we are moving onto sweet potatoes, then maybe carrots, or I might go to peas. Once we finish those we'll move into the fruits which I'm sure she'll love. I was so glad that my mom and sister got to be there for her first veggies!
Gabriella is now consistently rolling from tummy to back, but is still working on back to tummy. She can get to her side still, but really has no interest in going the other way for right now. She was doing the most adorable thing this weekend. I would tap my hand over my mouth and making that oh-oh-oh noise. Well, I tapped on her mouth and she would start doing the same thing. Now every time I tap my hand over her mouth she does it too. She stinkin cute! She was so much fun all weekend long that it made it really hard to leave her this morning. I totally almost cried....
But anyways, here are some pics of Miss G in all her cuteness:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Halloween and Smiles
Its been quite a while since I wrote a full update about our lives, but I've been super busy. Gabriella is doing wonderfully. She is so distracted by EVERYTHING. Everything is interesting--especially Leo. Unfortunately Leo is know not so curious about her! I know they will become great friends once Gabriella becomes a little more active, but for now she'll just have to be satisfied with staring at him intently. She is SO super smiley and laughs all the time. sometimes she smiles so wide that her eyes get really squinty. It just melts my heart. She is also attempting roll over again. She rolled from tummy to back 2 times about 2 months ago and hasn't done it since and now I think she is getting interested again. However, she is way more interested in trying to sit up and bouncing in anyone's lap than she is rolling.....
October was quite the interesting month. For me, I had a clogged duct that turned into mastitis (ouch). I developed another clogged duct this weekend and am determined to not let it get worse. I am actually going to stop pumping next month. I am looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time. But, I have decided its time to stop and I am so thrilled that I will have EPed for half a year. Its WAY longer than I ever thought I would be able to do it. I was also sick 3 times this month--boo! On the health front, Chris had swine flu. He developed it last week. It was pretty much a bad flu but he's all better now and Gabriella and I are just fine. Thank you for all those that knew and kept us in your thoughts and prayers.
My mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend and I am so excited to seem them. My mom hasn't physically seen Gabriella since she was 6 weeks old (she sees her on Skype once or twice a week) and my sister was here about 6 weeks ago. I purposely waited to start fruits and veggies till this weekend so that they could be here for that. I can't believe my little baby will be 5 months old on Saturday. Time is just flying!
Sleep wise--Gabriella is doing great. She was waking up a lot and fussing overnight and I just was at wit's end about 2 weeks ago. I was against doing any type of sleep training more than anything b/c I felt that I didn't know which route to go since there are so many different methods. The book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child" came very highly recommended so I decided I might as well give it a shot. The book is wonderful and taught me SO much about infant sleep and I am so delighted to say that Gabriella has STTN ever since I started following this system. Its pretty much a CIO approach coupled with putting a baby to sleep before they get overtired (as soon as you start seeing certain signs of sleepiness). Every since we started Gabriella wakes up super happy and chipper in the morning and has become a superb napper at daycare. She went from getting about 12-13 hours of sleep per day to getting 14-16 and it has made a huge difference in her temperament. Her naps at home are still a battle, but we are working on it. I'm glad that she's at least getting good sleep at night.
For Halloween, Gabriella was a pumpkin--behold the cuteness of last weekend :)
October was quite the interesting month. For me, I had a clogged duct that turned into mastitis (ouch). I developed another clogged duct this weekend and am determined to not let it get worse. I am actually going to stop pumping next month. I am looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time. But, I have decided its time to stop and I am so thrilled that I will have EPed for half a year. Its WAY longer than I ever thought I would be able to do it. I was also sick 3 times this month--boo! On the health front, Chris had swine flu. He developed it last week. It was pretty much a bad flu but he's all better now and Gabriella and I are just fine. Thank you for all those that knew and kept us in your thoughts and prayers.
My mom and sister are coming to visit this weekend and I am so excited to seem them. My mom hasn't physically seen Gabriella since she was 6 weeks old (she sees her on Skype once or twice a week) and my sister was here about 6 weeks ago. I purposely waited to start fruits and veggies till this weekend so that they could be here for that. I can't believe my little baby will be 5 months old on Saturday. Time is just flying!
Sleep wise--Gabriella is doing great. She was waking up a lot and fussing overnight and I just was at wit's end about 2 weeks ago. I was against doing any type of sleep training more than anything b/c I felt that I didn't know which route to go since there are so many different methods. The book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child" came very highly recommended so I decided I might as well give it a shot. The book is wonderful and taught me SO much about infant sleep and I am so delighted to say that Gabriella has STTN ever since I started following this system. Its pretty much a CIO approach coupled with putting a baby to sleep before they get overtired (as soon as you start seeing certain signs of sleepiness). Every since we started Gabriella wakes up super happy and chipper in the morning and has become a superb napper at daycare. She went from getting about 12-13 hours of sleep per day to getting 14-16 and it has made a huge difference in her temperament. Her naps at home are still a battle, but we are working on it. I'm glad that she's at least getting good sleep at night.
For Halloween, Gabriella was a pumpkin--behold the cuteness of last weekend :)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
One year ago today
I found out I was pregnant. I will never forget that morning. It was our 10th month TTC, 7th cycle (we'll take more about the weirdness that is these 2 numbers in a sec). I was feeling pretty down in the dumps about TTC. We had just gone through all of our evaluations and testing with the RE. All my b/w was normal and my HSG was clear (I had it at the beginning of my 7th cycle). Chris' SA came back questionable with low count and he was on Femara. We couldn't do any treatment cycles b/c we weren't covered insurance-wise until one full year of TTC. So, we were still trying on our own but were looking forward to treatment come December (IUI).
That fateful cycle was a little bit different for me temperature wise. I had an enormous temp jump after O and it stayed high the whole time. My chart was really too good to be true. I was so nervous to test on 10/13, Monday morning. But my temp was still high and AF would have shown up that day since my LP was only about 11 days and I was 11 DPO that day. I wasn't feeling particularly hopeful b/c I had cramps, but tested anyways. I 1st tested with an Internet cheapie and saw a faint line. I pretty much started shaking at this point as I pulled out the FRER and digital. The 2nd line on the FRER came up right away and the digital said "pregnant" right away as well. After this point, things are kinda fuzzy. I started sobbing uncontrollably and tried to tell Chris who was worried that something was wrong. Once I actually got the words out we just hugged for a long time. We couldn't believe it. Our dream was coming true. It was one of the happiest days ever.
Now I have a beautiful 4 month old that lights up my life. I did not know happiness until she came around. My heart is so full that it feels like it could burst.
***
Back to the weirdness about the numbers 7 and 10. Chris and I conceived Gabriella on our 10th month of TTC (which was also the 10th month of the year) and it was our 7th cycle. Gabriella was born on June 7th at 7:10pm weighing 7lbs and 10oz. Totally bizarre!
That fateful cycle was a little bit different for me temperature wise. I had an enormous temp jump after O and it stayed high the whole time. My chart was really too good to be true. I was so nervous to test on 10/13, Monday morning. But my temp was still high and AF would have shown up that day since my LP was only about 11 days and I was 11 DPO that day. I wasn't feeling particularly hopeful b/c I had cramps, but tested anyways. I 1st tested with an Internet cheapie and saw a faint line. I pretty much started shaking at this point as I pulled out the FRER and digital. The 2nd line on the FRER came up right away and the digital said "pregnant" right away as well. After this point, things are kinda fuzzy. I started sobbing uncontrollably and tried to tell Chris who was worried that something was wrong. Once I actually got the words out we just hugged for a long time. We couldn't believe it. Our dream was coming true. It was one of the happiest days ever.
Now I have a beautiful 4 month old that lights up my life. I did not know happiness until she came around. My heart is so full that it feels like it could burst.
***
Back to the weirdness about the numbers 7 and 10. Chris and I conceived Gabriella on our 10th month of TTC (which was also the 10th month of the year) and it was our 7th cycle. Gabriella was born on June 7th at 7:10pm weighing 7lbs and 10oz. Totally bizarre!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Survey!
Baby survey....I can't remember who's blog I found it on, but thank you!
1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I 1st took an internet cheapie and saw a faint line, then took a digital and a FRER. Once those came up positive I went into the bedroom sobbing trying to tell Chris. I was so elated I could hardly breathe.
3. How old were you? 26, 27 when I had her
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? See question #2
5. Who did you tell first? Chris
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Absolutely. Deep down I knew it was a girl.
7. Due date? June 23, 2009
8. Did you deliver early or late? 2 weeks and 2 days early
9. Did you have morning sickness? I had mild nausea from weeks 6-10, but never any throwing up.
10. What did you crave? Sandwiches. I was convinced that I would give birth to a sandwich. I ate them all the time.
11. What irritated you the most? People touching my stomach and the "oh you just wait" comments. Constantly going to the doc at the end of my pregnancy. I had a great pregnancy though.
12. What was your first child’s sex? Girl
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 45-50, I was weighed about a week prior to delivering and I was around 47 then, so I'm guessing I was close to 50.
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? High blood pressure my last 2 weeks
15. Where did you give birth? Central DuPage Hospital
16. How many hours were you in labor? From the time I started having contractions to the time I had Gabriella, 10-11 hours. From the time I got to the hospital till delivery, 7 hours.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Chris
18 . Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Yes--I don't know how I could have done it without it.
19 . How much did your child weigh? 7 lbs 10 oz
20 . What did you name him/her? Gabriella
21 . How old is your first born today? A few days past 4 months
22. Who does your child look like? Like a combination of me and my sister. Its like Chris wasn't even involved in the process
23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor? A little. He kept trying to hold my hand and I didn't want to be touched. I know, I'm really sweet ;)
1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I 1st took an internet cheapie and saw a faint line, then took a digital and a FRER. Once those came up positive I went into the bedroom sobbing trying to tell Chris. I was so elated I could hardly breathe.
3. How old were you? 26, 27 when I had her
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? See question #2
5. Who did you tell first? Chris
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Absolutely. Deep down I knew it was a girl.
7. Due date? June 23, 2009
8. Did you deliver early or late? 2 weeks and 2 days early
9. Did you have morning sickness? I had mild nausea from weeks 6-10, but never any throwing up.
10. What did you crave? Sandwiches. I was convinced that I would give birth to a sandwich. I ate them all the time.
11. What irritated you the most? People touching my stomach and the "oh you just wait" comments. Constantly going to the doc at the end of my pregnancy. I had a great pregnancy though.
12. What was your first child’s sex? Girl
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 45-50, I was weighed about a week prior to delivering and I was around 47 then, so I'm guessing I was close to 50.
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? High blood pressure my last 2 weeks
15. Where did you give birth? Central DuPage Hospital
16. How many hours were you in labor? From the time I started having contractions to the time I had Gabriella, 10-11 hours. From the time I got to the hospital till delivery, 7 hours.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Chris
18 . Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Yes--I don't know how I could have done it without it.
19 . How much did your child weigh? 7 lbs 10 oz
20 . What did you name him/her? Gabriella
21 . How old is your first born today? A few days past 4 months
22. Who does your child look like? Like a combination of me and my sister. Its like Chris wasn't even involved in the process
23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor? A little. He kept trying to hold my hand and I didn't want to be touched. I know, I'm really sweet ;)
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