Eden~ The Last Couple Months

My baby girl is 5 months already and as you all may know, things change A LOT in 2 short months in the first year of life, so, this is ME updating YOU on a few of her latests.

I'll start with her 4 mo. check up: Eden weighed 11 lbs 3 oz and was 25 1/2" long. That put her in the 5th percentile for her weight and 60-70% for her height. My dainty little girl is long and skinny like her mommy was growing up, but I'm pretty sure soon after that, she hit a growth spurt because all of the sudden, none of her clothes fit! Kind of a bummer since there is only about a month and a half left of summer. I went and got a few 3-6 mo. outfits to get us through the summer, and I will prob have to buy a bit more 3-6 mo. once fall officially gets here.

The next important milestone on the list is that we have FINALLY made the transition to sleeping on the belly instead of constantly needing to be swaddled. I sometimes still swaddle her for naps, and in the early morning, but for the most part, we are done with the swaddling! YAY!

This is how I found her one day after her nap... happy as can be!


BABY FOOD- man have we had trouble with baby food! A little before she was 4 months I tried to start adding rice cereal into a nightime bottle for her, but in the middle of the night and all throughout the next day, she would just throw it up. :/ My next attempt a couple wks later was rice cereal thickened up and given via a spoon. Of course that stuff is discusting so she def wasn't having any of that (I don't blame her)! So finally a little before she hit the 5 month mark, I thought I'd try her out on real baby food. First, I attempted sweet potatoes and gag, she screamed and would not take it! So ok, maybe she just doesn't like sweet potatoes, so I try bananas! Surely she will like bananas! Nope! Same thing. I tried the next day again, just to make sure it wasn't her mood, but the same thing happened. I gave it two weeks and today I tried the bananas again. She ATE them and she LOVED them! :) Finally... after close to a month and a half, she is eating something other than her mommies milk! (Maybe now she will start packing on the pounds!)

Banana faced! :)


And, finally, here she is just looking cute figuring out her bottom lip. I'm thinking maybe she is chewing on it since she now has two teeth on the bottom. (One came in at 4 mos and one just came in last week). She does this all the time now and it is just the cutest thing in the world! :)






Of course I snap so many pictures of her that I have to include some of those too! :)

Remington~ The Last Couple Months

Ok, I know its been a while (over 2 months to be exact) since my last blog post but since Ross has been working from home, and our USB internet device broke thanks to our crazy toddler, my time on the internet has been limited to my phone. Luckily tonight, since Ross is practicing, I am able to get a little time on the computer.

Since my last post, we have completely gotten rid of the paci! YAY! Honestly, I thought it was going to be extremely hard for him to give it up, but I must say, I was pleasantly surprised! A few weeks ago we decided that the only way to go would be to take it away and never look back. So earlier in the day, after he had his nap, we sat down and had a talk with him. Since "Being a Big Boy" is the latest thing, we proceeded to explain to him that he is a Big Boy now and that Big Boys don't need Paci's. And since Noah and Cana (his cousins) don't use paci's, then he certainly didn't need one either if he wanted to be a big kid like them. It seemed to somewhat work while talking to him except for him occasionally rebelliously saying "I not a big boy" just to be silly. So later that night we executed and refused to back down! HE WAS HYSTERICAL! And since he did not want to stay in his bed, Ross laid ON him for basically 2 hours. And our VERY strong willed boy kicked and yelled and tried everything in the book to get free for a good hour and a half, but finally he surrendered to Daddy for he knew he had lost the battle! He attempted to complain and fight going to sleep the next few times, but after a few minutes each time, he knew he was not getting anywhere with that and since then, bedtimes are back to normal. The only thing that I miss way more than him is the extra COUPLE of hours of sleep in the morning. He has always slept in until at least 8:30, and sometimes until 10:30, but since that Paci is gone, he is up sometime between 7 and 8. I know what you other mommies are thinking, but I am definitely not a morning person, so this is going to take some getting used to for me!

Also something worth blogging about, Last night before we took Remington to play at the park, we walked to the convenient store to grab drinks and while there Remington pointed out a cop car. Instead of saying "Cop Car" or "Police Car" however, he said "Look, a Fire Car." :) Laughing, we thought about it, and why wouldn't it be called a Fire Car. Fire Trucks are big trucks with lights on them, so it is only logical that cars with lights on them are Fire Cars! Thanks for reminding me to blog about this Ross! :)

His obsession with the movie Cars continues, and has probably become a full on addiction!

Our baby boy is growing into quite the animated little boy! :)