I haven't updated the blog in a long time. I know it has almost been two months! So can you guess what my new years resolution will be? I have a few resolutions but keeping the blog better updated will be one. I will try to post a few new blogs this week with some of the things that have happend in these last two months. These pictures are from Thanksgiving. We hope all of you had a great one.
I could not believe it! Irelynn took her first 2 hour nap today. She has a horrible habit of taking 30 min naps. I really don't get much done until Jeremy gets home from work. Anyway she just kept napping away. Of course I had to keep checking on her because I thought something bad had happened! Yes I worry about everything. I hope she continues these long naps.
Irelynn turned 4 months old last sunday. She now weighs 14 lbs 2 ozs. Here is a video of her playing with her toys on her 4 month bday. I love her more and more everyday.
Irelynn was sick this week with a cold. I think this was actually her second cold. I'm not sure though. About 6 weeks ago, she seemed like she had a cold for a day and 2 nights but it went away really fast and was really mild. I thought maybe it was allergies? My allergies were really bad at that time....but her dad was sick at that time too. Last weekend, Raeleigh came to visit. Whenever anyone is sick, I make sure they are very far away from my little Irelynn. Yes, I'm crazy, but I don't care. Most of the time I move out of the house when Jeremy is sick. The last time he was sick, I moved to my mom's house and she got sick so then I moved to my brother, Tighe's house. So anyway, Raeleigh came on Friday night and she was just fine. Then late on Saturday night I started hearing a cold coming through. Jeremy just thought I was paranoid. No.....I know these things! I'm a mother! Anyway, Jeremy figured out I was right after he had a rough night with Raeleigh waking up several times. Turns out she was getting a cold and puking. Oh what fun. So I just waited. I knew Irelynn would get it since 5 year olds can not keep their hands off of babies and had been all over her on Saturday. Jeremy started getting the cold on Monday and then I heard it start with Irelynn on Tuesday night. Atleast it was just the cold and not throwing up. It wasn't too bad of a cold but I know I hate being sick so I'm sure she does too. She hates the snot sucker too. She just screams at me but I have to get all that junk out of her little nose. She is doing much better now. Its pretty much gone. We will see how the rest of the winter goes.
I don't know where the time goes! Here are a few recent pictures. Irelynn is growing out of all her 0-3 month clothes. I guess she is right on schedule with that. She is starting to grab more at her toys and likes to play in her baby gym. She is still sleeping really well at night. She has just started to wake up an extra time during the night for a feeding but she always goes to sleep fast while she is eating. She doesn't really like to sleep during the day time and tries to fight the naps. She may take 2 or 3 half hour or hour naps but that is about it.
We still have her on the baby zantac for reflux. She still does the cough/gag thing but it doesn't happen as much as it used to. Hopefully she is growing out of it. I can't wait until she doesn't do that anymore. I'm looking forward to starting her on some baby cereal at the end of this month when she turns 4 months old.
Irelynn is 3 months old today. Here are a few pictures and a video. So far Irelynn just plays in her crib. She is sleeping in the bassinet. Someday we will try the crib.
We tried the Bumbo chair about two weeks ago and it seemed as though Irelynn was still too little for it. Then I noticed the last couple of days she has been pulling her head forward whenever she is in her bouncy seat or car seat so I thought I would try the Bumbo chair again. This time it was perfect. She seemed to love being able to sit up by herself.
Irelynn and I went to baby lap sit at the library today. It is supposed to be for babies from birth to 18 months. There were just a few kids there. Irelynn was the littlest baby. Everyone was a lot older than her. The baby that was closest in age was 10 months old. Irelynn slept for the first 10 mins and then she woke up and seemed to like watching all older babies crawling and walking around playing. We will probably continue to go but I think it will be more interesting when Irelynn gets a little older.
Today is the last day of my maternity leave. The closer and closer it got to it, the more and more I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving my little girl. So last Friday I went into my work and told them I just couldn’t come back to work. It’s a bit scary to quit my job but I don’t want to leave Irelynn and I don’t want to miss anything right now. I know I won’t regret being with her but I would regret missing out on seeing her grow. So I will be a stay at home mom for now. I’m very happy about it. We will see how it goes and hopefully I won’t have to go back to work too soon. I will be doing a few minimal things from home for my job at the City. So that will be nice to still be on the City payroll. If I need to look for another job someday I will still be in their system. For now, I’m so happy that I get to be with Irelynn everyday!
Irelynn was perscribed baby Zantac for her reflux. We'll see in the next few days how it works on her. She doesn't seem to like the taste too much. I tasted it and it was pretty gross.
She also had another bath last night and she just loved it this time! When I washed her hair she was all smiles and cooing. She really liked the head massage. Bath time is alot easier when she isn't screaming:) I love her spiky hair after her baths.
Last week Irelynn went to her 2 month check up. She got her first shots. I know it is best they get all their shots but sometimes it just seems like alot! I had talked to the Dr about spreading them out a little but he didn't think that was such a good idea so we got the 3 shots and the rotovirus drink that we were supposed to get. This post is a little delayed because my mom (Nanny) didn't want to know when Irelynn went to get her shots. Irelynn did pretty well. She screamed, of course which made me want to cry. Afterwards she was a little fussy but not too bad. I was waiting for a fever to come along but thankfully it didn't. I'm not looking forward to the next shots though!
Ever since Irelynn was born, she has had this weird little cough/gagging thing. At first I thought all babies must do this same thing or that she has the same throat issues I have (I won't even get into that whole story). Anyway the Dr. said it was probably reflux and that he could order this test to check it out. She had her test done yesterday. She had to drink some chalky stuff and then they took some xrays to see what happened to the chalky stuff. Of course I worry about everything and didn't really want her to have the test done with her drinking some weird chemical and then getting xrays but we finally went ahead with it. Irelynn did not want to drink the chalky stuff. She was screaming because she was hungry and wanted some real milk. (She has been rejecting formula too so its all breastfeeding now). After about 30 mins she finally ate enough for them to do the xrays. I was so happy she finally did it so that we didn't have to go back and try again. The Dr confirmed she does have reflux so now we are waiting to hear from our other Dr to see what she will need to take now. I hear baby Zantac works wonders. In the mean time I'm adjusting to changing my diet...no sodas and spicy foods for me. It's a little hard but worth it for my baby. She is also sleeping elevated a bit. I hope this all makes the cough go away because it scares me!
Here is cousin Mady on her first day of First Grade. She is so cute and getting so big! I can't believe she is already in the first grade.
