While we were at the park we fed the birds, these birds are psycho when they have food thrown out for them. They just kept coming closer to us with each handful of food. DD loved it, but was also a little scared at the same time.
4.18.2008
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Nydalynn was on a little riding duck and she really liked it and always wanted back on it. The last time she was on it she bit her lip. Her face was of surprise, wondering what just happened to me? Poor baby, she was crying and her lip was bleeding. I felt bad for her. Of course I have no pics of her hurt lip. It's healing nicely.
4.18.2008
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It's actually not because of Nydalynn. I am making a friends wedding cake (I love doing this stuff). So here I am messing around on BF while the cake is cooking/cooling. I wish we could have a picture go along with the journaling, I would love to put a pic of the cake up when I'm done.
Hey! I could suggest that to the tech people around here.
4.12.2008
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She woke up at that time. I was so happy that I could actually get up then, I have so much to do today and this week. I would love it if she woke up at this time all week and then for good. She ended up taking a 1.5 hr nap a little while later which freed me up to do some things, instead of being stuck upstairs.
Very nice. I hope this lasts.
4.8.2008
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today is a very fussy day for Nydalynn. She is just not herself today. I better find another tooth tomorrow or the next day. Her gums are so swollen, so I'm thinking that is what is going on with her.
4.3.2008
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DH took Nydalynn to our room last night, I was still getting things put away in the living room. Well DH calls my name and little miss Nydalynn yells out my name perfectly. It was so funny, of course I had to run into the room and ask her just what she was doing. Little stinker.
4.3.2008
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Last night, when I woke up, I realized that I was feeding my DD I rolled her over to the middle of the bed and then realized that I had no idea what I was doing. It was so hard for me to go back to sleep after that because I kept thinking of what if I didn't roll her over to the middle of the bed. Our bed is very high off the ground. That scared me so bad. I sent many prayers up thanking the Lord that He allowed me to roll her to the 'safe spot' in the middle. Every time I closed my eyes I always had the image of 'what could of happened.' I hate that and I pray that doesn't happen again.
4.2.2008
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WOW! Time flies when you're havin' fun. She is such a pleasant baby. Sometimes I can't stand myself around her I love her so much and I have to make sure she knows it.
4.1.2008
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She finally went to her 15 mo Dr visit. (She was very sick at 15 mos so they didn't do any of her normal stuff, just things to make her well). She weighs 21.06 lbs (at her 12 mo checkup she weighed 21.07 and when she became sick @ 15 mos sh dropped down to 21 lbs - her Dr. wasn't/isn't worried about her weight though) and she is 33" long. She recieved 2 shots and has done so well, she didn't even need tylenol, thank God!
4.1.2008
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I took Nydalynn to the salon yesterday and she did great! She sat in a seat shaped like a car and she was holding on to her baby and she sat so still. I was amazed. Of course when DH and I tried to cut her hair in the tub she wanted nothing to do with that. She had a great time there.
3.26.2008
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I was looking at Nydalynn's gums noticing that her bottom gums (her first molor position) are so swollen so I put my finger in there to massage the spots on both side and decided to do the top ones also. Well I stuck my finger up there and she had a tooth, and it had been there for a few days, a complete surprise to me. Now I deffinately know the reason she had been so cranky a few days before.
Needless to say, I have been checking her mouth more often so there are no more surprises.
3.26.2008
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Now she is working on back teeth, I can tell by the amoung of drool and chewing on her fingers. She looks so crazy, but very happy while doing it.
1.26.2008
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She finally has a full head of hair, she is no longer sporting her mohawk. Don't get me wrong I really likedher natural mowhawk, but I also love her curls.
12.1.2007
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Here I am at 12:54 am trying to get Nydalynn to sleep. She has always gon to sleep at 11:30pm. so she really should have been asleep 1.5 hrs ago. I wish I could change her clock, I am a morning person. This is something I will deffinately work on.
12.1.2007
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If she was not eating or sleeping today she was talking. It is so cute. When her daddy came home she had so much to tell him she literally talked to him for 10 minutes. This morning when she woke up she immediately started talking, then she found the baby in the mirror she continued chatting and giggling.
So precious. I really did need a video recorder today so I could tape it.
11.28.2007
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Nydalynn has been walking around and she'll stop, turn her head to the side and just bust out w/a high pitch scream, then she will look at us w/a pleased look and clap and go about her business. Today she has been doing this more often, she usually does this 1-2 x a day. Not today, she's just been going at it. It's alittle hard on the ears.
11.21.2007
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With family in town they wanted to go to the base and see the sites and the airfield. Girls wanted to go shopping but decided to go w/the boys, big mistake. Well we ate lunch at the sea wall and I went down the boat ramp to just before the water, I was looking at the hermit crabs and I called for my 15 y/o DD to come and see. Well we were just looking and the last thing I remember saying was "OH, WOW! Look at that big crab." My DD slipped, she was wearing flips and was on the wet part of the ramp. Then the next thing I remember is my head smacking the cement ramp, hard. I never want to hear that sound again, it was freaky! I immediately rolled over and started shaking and saying, OH, MY Gosh! I just hit my head! like they didn't see what happened. My DD went down 1st as she was getting up that's when she got caught in my legs and I went down and twisted her knee in the process. My FIL would accept nothing less that a trip to the ER. She twisted her back and knee and now has a few bruises. I have a nice bruise on my left buttock, my right elbow is bruised and scraped and my head has a nice little knot on it. They did take x-rays of my back and elbow and when I was climbing on the table I tried to lay down, I had a shooting pain go through my body and all I could think was that I bruised or broke my tailbone, then I started thinking about my mom, she did break her tailbone I remembered talking to her about it a long time ago and I asked her what she did for it and she said she just stayed home and healed and I asked her why she didn't go to the hospital she told me, "couldn't you just see me with my butt up in a sling with visitors coming and going?" At the thought of that I was cracking up and the Xray tech said, "from tears to laughing, thats what I like to see."
The nice thing was that I didn't have to cook that night and dinner was ready for us when we came home.
11.20.2007
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She looks at herself in the mirror and she has the best time playing with herself. She laughs, shakes her head, spins on her bottom, waves, talks, makes crying noises, screams, bounces. She just has a big time playing with the baby in the mirror. I also enjoy it because it allows me time to get myself ready in the morning.
I love watching her play like that, it is so cute.
11.5.2007
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She can now say Sister and ow. Of course, her sister was so pleased that she can now call her by name, and wants to show everyone that she can say it.
11.5.2007
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On the 27th I mentioned something about Nydalynn being slow when she walked, not any longer, she's not running, and absolutely not slow. I should give this girl a pedometer and/or an odometer (if I didn't think she would eat it) because I swear she walked at least a mile in the house last night. It was crazy and she was so pleased with herself, she would stop every so often and clap for herself and smile at us just to make sure we were seeing what she was doing.
11.2.2007
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I'm just about exhausted. My LO goes to sleep at 11:30 pm each night, I've tried to change her little schedule, and she usually gets out of bed at 9:00 am. Not bad. But today she was absolutly not going back to slep when she woke up at 5:00 am. She woke up and immediately started 'talking' to daddy. I tried to get ahod of the situation early but to no avail she was determined to wake up that early. I thought that she would go to sleep w/in the hour, that wasn't happening either. She did go to sleep but 10 minutes later she rolled over and announced that she wanted out of her bed.
All I ask for is a little sometime today.
10.27.2007
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Well last night she proved me wrong. She walked almost the whole night (a couple of hours after I posted yesterdays journal). When she would fall she would get right back up and start walking again, still a little slow but she was getting it, and of course, was very proud of herself. Can't wait to see what she does today.
10.27.2007
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She says some words, uh-oh, mama, dada, daddy, baby, amen and I think thats it, but learning fast. Now she has been babbling almost non-stop she is so cute when she does this, if we could just understand her we could have a full blown conversation with her. We ususally just have a babbling conversation with her though. She babbles so much that she even babbles in her sleep, it wakes me and DH up and we try not to laugh so she won't wake up.
She is so precious, I love doing this all over again.
10.26.2007
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She started walking about 2-3 weeks ago but was very slow and has been practicing. Well she is not full fledged walking yet but does get around faster and will initiate walking on her own, like from the couch, but won't do it from a sitting position. We'll see how long it is before she runs - I'm sure it will be in no time now. She is getting there slowly but surely.
10.26.2007
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I know I have said I wasn't pushing her into going tee-tee on the big potty (I haven't been). She was doing fine for a while but then about 2-3 weeks ago she started not going until I put her pamper on and a couple of days I was lazy and didn't put her on at all and the last 2 days she wanted nothing to do with it so I just take her off and get her dressed. Well today she and I woke up late and she was still dry so I put her on the potty and almost immediately she went tee-tee. I'm hoping this keeps up. I really do enjoy saving $$ on the pampers I'm not using.
10.25.2007
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I know she has been teething for some time now but still hasn't had any break through. This has bothered her sleep pattern, we've all been soaked through when we hold her, she has bitten me more while nursing and she has been chewing on everything else, but still nothing. I hope something happens soon.
10.25.2007
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She is so proud of her accomplishment, you can just see it in her face. She started standing alone a couple weeks ago, but she has become more sure of herself.
10.2.2007
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Again, we are really not trying to potty train right now just doing some introduction. She still goes on the potty in the am when she wakes up dry (that is most of the time) and she does really well with that. She woke up yesterday from her nap dry but pooting quite a bit. So I went for it and put her on the potty and she poopied in the potty. She does really well and doesn't mind being on the potty and when she puts up a fuss I get her down. She sure does love the toilet paper though.
9.25.2007
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She eats some but not much. I want her to eat more food, not because she looks or acts hungry, but I thought that she would be eating more. I guess it doesn't help that she hates baby food. The only thing she really enjoys is fresh fruit.
9.7.2007
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She loves to play in it and she has the bes time, but the minute she thinks you want her to fall asleep in there she is MAD! So when she does fall asleep she goes in there (this has only happened the last few days). She still wakes during the night, but when she does I make DH bring her to me. Of course, I'm too tired to care if she remains in the bed with me.
I just hope she'll be sleeping the whole night through in her crib, aqnd out of our room before she's 3.
9.7.2007
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Well last Sunday her 3rd tooth popped through and then this Sunday her 4th came out. I really hope she will stop biting me as much as she has been. She is doing a little better today. Oh, when she 1st bit me a couple days ago I seriously had tears and entertained the thought of giving her formula.
9.4.2007
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Nydalynn is becoming more and more vocal in Church. During the music she was also singing, and it seems at the quietest times all you can hear is her. She did finally go to sleep though, through the message, at least she was quiet and I wa able to hear the whole message. I hope she does that more often.
8.12.2007
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Whether crying, signing or using body language, they sure do know how to get their message across. Just in these past weeks she has grown more proficient in letting us know her happiness, discomforts and just plain blah moments. I love watching her grow and develop, it is amazing.
8.11.2007
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They get along just great. My 9 month old just loves her big sister. She gives her more kisses than me - Yes I am jealous! It is cute, though. MY 14 yr old is great with the baby. She makes a big deal about people asking her if the baby is hers, but honestly I think she likes that.
One thing I do know about my older DD is that she sees on a daily basis how difficult rasing a baby is and she is in no hurry for that responsibility. I believe she will enjoy other babies and then give them back to their mommies.
8.11.2007
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She said dada. Her daddy is so happy about that. I'm glad she finally said it for him I was starting to feel bad for him. I have been calling my DH dada for about 2 months now in hopes that she would have said it sooner. Now it is her favorite word.
Now to work on blowing kisses. 8.10.2007
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I have seen an increase in Nydalynn's understanding & learning lately. She has been signing hi & milk for about 2 weeks now. She added dada to her vocabulary. She is standing on her own. There is more but the fact that she is doing these things at once is just amazing me. I know these things are things that have been repeated over and over to her these past few months with nothing from her, then - BAM! She does it like its no big deal and has been doing it for a while.
She is such a precious little girl.
8.10.2007
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She loves them and tries to climb up herself - NOT HAPPENING! She really does think she is being sneaky, crazy baby. She had no interest in them until daddy and big sister showed them to her. Time for a baby gate, so mommy doesn't loose her mind.
8.5.2007
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Well Nydalynn weighs 9 lbs 4 oz and she is 27" long. She had a little cough and her nose was runny once or twice throughout the day and when we took her into the Dr.s office he said she had croup - I really don't believe she did, there was no other signs for that. Her Dr. was very busy that day, but other than that he is a very good Dr. She is doing much better and doesn't cough anymore and we didn't give her the meds.
8.5.2007
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Well every morning that she wakes up dry I have been putting her on the big potty and she uses it. I just put her on right after she wakes up and it doesn't take long. One time she even went pooppy pottie. I am not trying to potty train just yet but if she wakes up dry I will put her on the potty. There is no pressure.
I can't believe she is growing up so fast.
8.4.2007
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Well Nydalynn does not have any more teeth but I believe she is trying to get more. They seem to be trying to come in on the bottom and she is constantly chewing and drooling and biting my fingers or shoulder, these are just two of her favorites. She has been very good while going through all this.
Now for the eating part - she is a champion nurser but as far as food goes she would rather do without. She shakes, gags and refuses to open her mouth. She is slowly becoming better, but if she doesn't want to eat, forget it! ain't nothin' gettin' past those lips. Trying to get her to eat has become a huge production at our house, we sing, we dance and many other really goofy things so she will smile so we can put a little bit of food in her mouth. What have we been reduced to?
All I have to say is we love our little girl and she is so precious.
7.4.2007
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Well Nydalynn is growing up so fast and I love watching her grow and develop. She is crawling very well, pulling herself up on anything that will support her. She has been using the pincer grasp on me for the past month and has left scratches on me (I always know when I need to trip her sharp little fingernails). She leaves scratches on my stomach on my breast while she is nursing. She is learning how to wave - it is the cutest thing. She makes many different noises with her mouth, clacking, clicking, clomping, smacking, bubbles of course blowing raspberries etc.
She has been more curious about things these past few weeks.
O goodness, I realize I could go on and on about what she is doing and learning. The main thing she is still happy and healthy.
7.4.2007
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Thurs. May 10th she woke up w/ a stuffy nose and now it's progressed to coughing also. Steamy washcloths and saline drops are doing some good for her stuffiness, but I hate the cough. I am going to try the plug-in vicks things. Hope that works.
5.14.2007
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Well Nydalynn is a pro at rolling, so now she is moving on to bigger and better things, rocking & scooting.
She scoots backwards, her upper body seems to be only moving her backwards when she really wants to move forward, she even starts to get mad and makes a growling sound when she knows she is getting further away from the toy she wants. She does get on all fours and starts rocking. Only once she launched herself forward, but she scared herself, that was funny to see. Daddy and I have been helping her with her crawling movements she growls at us for doing that, so we laugh at her.
I know what happens when LOs start crawling so I can wait a little while for that one, we are not trying to rush it.
5.3.2007
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I thought she was teething she would wimper a little at the beginning of breastfeeding and wouldn't eat as much at one time, but she nursed more often. I can see where the next one will break out right beside it. She is growing so big.
4.19.2007
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I am sitting at the computer just listening to her jabberings. She jabbers so much she has to really breathe, almost pant, after a while. She sounds so cute I love the little baby sounds that surround me from day to day. She is really excited about something right now and is just goin' on about it.
3.24.2007
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Well it started on Sunday, she attended a tea party at our church and she was great, she enjoyed mingling with those she cared for. She went shopping quite a bit w/mommy and did very well with that also. Then today, Saturday, she went to our AWANA Family picnic & game day. She loved being outside in the nice weater and again mingling with those she cares for.
I am so blessed with an easy baby, she enjoys many things.
3.24.2007
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She had shots on 3.16.07 and she still has the little knots on her legs, they don't hurt her, they just bother me. I guess next time I need to massage her legs more.
3.21.2007
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She is so talkative and lovie and cooie and smilie. It is so nice to wake up like that in the morning. She is a good baby all day but waking up to that is just great.
3.21.2007
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I believe she has come down w/the flu. We were not vaccinated this year ~ I'm not happy about that at all. I have been praying that nobody else will come down w/it.
3.6.2007
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...toes! First she was sucking on her socks ~ gross! So I removed her socks and she was going after her toes, it is so cute. I can't wait for her next discovery.
3.6.2007
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I love the little coos and gummy smiles. I love to hear her little voice greet me at 3am and then again throughout the day. I love being her ladder, she climbs high and has no fear. I love to feel her little arms around my neck giving me hugs. When she is crying I can calm her down (most of the time) with a touch, hug and my voice and the other times by nursing her.
There is so much I love about having my DD, that I can't think of it all and will add to the list when I do.
3.2.2007
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Where does the time go? Okay, I have watched her grow and develop her personality and become the cheerful little girl that she has become. She is such a blessing to us, we adore her and can't get enough of her. What I can't figure out is where has the time gone. I really want her to stay my little baby for as long as she can. She is already being a big girl by standing up (w/help) rolling over and giving her little squeeze hugs and wide open mouth kisses (of course I sometimes think she is hungry when she does this) but it is still cute. I can't wait to see what she will do next. The little things that we will oohh and aahh over. This things she will laugh at, and so much more. The main thing is to enjoy all her little steps along the way.
3.2.2007
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...has worked its way out. Thank goodness! She woke up on Monday and it turned red once again, but that was it. It went back to looking normal and she was opening her eye and stopped looking uncomfortable.
I don't want that to happen again.
2.27.2007
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This morning I thought she had an infection, but the redness starting disappearing and started looking normal after about 20-30 min. We did call the Dr. he said it was nothing and for us not to worry about it, since the rednes went away. When she woke up at church her eye was very red again and she didn't want to open it at all. We put another call into the Dr. but there was no call back. I will, however, be calling her pedi tomorrow to talk to him about it and see what he says we should do.
2.25.2007
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Well I knew she could do it but she just wasn't getting that arm out from under her and bringing her head up. Well finally she did it. And she kept doing it about four more times.
2.25.2007
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Okay, I have heard of it for babies, but for mommies? The past 2 nights I have fed my LO, I put her beside me and nursed her while laying down. So when I wake up it scares me because I don't remember getting her up to nurse her. This mommy needs some sleep! I don't like doing that at all.
2.19.2007
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She has been eating like she has not had food in hours. One of the main ways I know she is growing is because she wakes up every 2-3 hrs in the night. She usually lets mommy sleep at least one 4-5 hour strech at night.
2.19.2007
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I'm so glad she's been much happier this morning. I just need to nap with her. I have also found that I am much happier when well rested. There is so much do do when she naps though. Oh, the life of a mother. I wouldn't have it any other way.
2.16.2007
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She doesn't do it. She is so much happier when she does. She startles herself awake. She used to nap very well, now she does it for maybe 20-30 min. at a time.
Sleep, LO, sleep!
At least she does well at night, for the most part.
2.15.2007
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Oh my, every time I look at my LO she is getting to be so big. She is growing too fast. I know she is supposed to grow and all that, but I just can't help to want her to be this fun little tiny baby for a little while more.
There are things I have learned from my older two and one thing is no matter what stage in life she is in I will cherish where she is. I was not able to witness my older childrens changes as I am witnessing hers. I love it. I love my family.
2.15.2007
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Nydalynn has been pretty consistant with her sleep, go to sleep at 11:30-12:00, wake at 4:00-4:30am and then go back to sleep till around 8:00am. This was a good plan, but then something changed about 5 days ago. I don't know what it was, but something happened. She is not sleeping well after she goes to bed at 4:00 she squirms and startles so much. I have been putting her to sleep with me when I really want sleep bad (she seems not to move so much next to me). I don't want her to get used to having to sleep next to me, I can see that as becoming a problem.
Another thing that adds to the problem is when she wakes at 4:00-4:30am I will nurse her and I sometimes fall asleep w/her. When that happens I don't get 'good' sleep, my neck and back hurts, it is not good sleep at all. This morning that happened and when I woke up I put my LO in her little sleeper, she squirmed and woke herself up, and she woke DH up and I asked him if he saw me sleeping with her, he said yes. I was so mad. I don't know how many times I told him that I don't sleep well like that and I don't like to do it, so you think he would wake me up. I told him, in not so nice of a tone, that he needs to wake me up so I can get some sleep.
I can tell that I am not myself today, I do believe my sleep is affecting my mood this morning. I am just glad that my LO is asleep in her swing.
1.17.2007
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All I can say is that you don't want one! I found out that I had an infection after my Dr.s visit on the 14th. The only sign that I had that morning was I really didn't want to eat breakfast, but I honestly thought that was due to the choices I had to choose from. Well right after my appt I came home to have lunch I looked at it and didn't want anything do do with food at all, so I just drank water. That is when the truck hit me. I started having chills, my clothes hurt my body and all I wanted to do was sleep and get warm in my 81 degree house. I took my temp and it was 100.4. I fed my LO and we slept. I got up feeling worse and my temp then was 101.4. I called the Dr. and when the nurse called me she was very sharp with me because I didn't bring it up during the visit. I told her I really did feel good when I went in. So now that I have my antibotics I am doing well, I will take them till Sun. next Week. I hate taking meds, but I hate being in pain. I can't wait for this to heal.
12.15.2006
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I am so happy about my visit. I weigh the same as my pre-pregnancy weight. Now what I am hoping for is to lose a little more. I have never really lost below my pre-pregnancy weight, so I am very hopeful that I can with the BFing and exercise that I will be doing soon.
12.15.2006
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Oh My! We went through our first growth spurt on Sat.
We were having a company over that night for dinner, caroling in our neighborhood and then more people comng overfor dessert. I had fully planned to be helping with all the arrangements to the est of my ability. I couldn't, I had a little girly attached to me about every hour, I really thought that my boobies were going to be dragging on the floor after she finished with me that night. She probably only slept a total of 4 hours that day. So finally at the end of the night when the carolers came back to enjoy some dessert she finally allowed me o give her to my daughter and I was able to socialize with my guests - most of them I didn't know - they are neighbors! I really did enjoy my socializing time my neighbor ladies are a great bunch, I hope to get to now them better in the future.
Finally that night I sat on the recliner and she finally went to sleep in my arms, my DH told me to come upstairs I just told him to cover me up and let us sleep. If that was the way she wanted to sleep then that was the only way I was going to get some sleep. She did fine through the night though I was glad of that. Now she is back on her little track and doing good.
12.5.2006
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Every time we go somewhere with the baby she has major blowouts in her carseat and we have used both pampers and huggies and they both have done it. She hates her car seat and if she is not asleep when we put her in it she cries and DH hates to hear her cry and will pull over for me to nurse her and it takes forever for us to do anything like that.
She is 2.5 wks old and I have only been out 4 times for short amounts of time. My DH comes home for lunch sometimes and I have only had 1 visitor during the day. I am so wanting/needing to get out of the house. My neighbor had a purse party and I wanted to go over for a few min to look at what they had (I really need a new purse). I told my husband to call me if she woke up and I would be right home. He looked frightened when I told him that so I stayed home. He really is a good daddy and husband but just isn't quite sure of this 8# little girl. He was so busy during the week and weekend and I hardly saw him and I hardly had anyone to talk to so I made it very clear that I wanted to go to church on Sun. (he didn't want her to go this soon) so he finally told me he would get me for the service after a big diaagreement. I told him to just forget it and leave and come back when service is over. He came back for me anyway, I was almost ready he helped me the rest of the way with her. Finally, everything is in the car and loaded and wouldn't you know that the truck had a dead battery! I didn't cry at all but I was so disappointed and upset. All I could do at the time was to get all the stuff out of the truck get undressed and in comfy clothes put her in a onesie and out of her dress that she looked so cute in and stay at home while he went back to church.
I really like being a new mommy, I love my little Nydalynn, but I am just going crazy being in these 4 walls with nothing to do all day but being a milk factory, I would love some adult interaction.
11.22.2006
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Miss Nydalynn hasn't really said much all she does is cry when she needs a diaper changed and cry when she wants to eat and other than that she just "looks." A couple of times she has cooed to us maybe about 6 times and it is only once in a day it never happens twice. Ihope to hear her voice a lot more, she sounds so cute. Idon't think she knows what to do about her voice, except cry - she does that well.
11.21.2006
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On Thursday at Miss Nydalynn's Dr. visit she had to have her 2nd PKU so I was leaning over trying to console her. When all was finished I stood up straight I had a major sharp pain in the back of my eye and cheek on the right side of my face. I didn't say anything at first to my DH I was really hoping it would go away. As I was walking out to the truck (my DH was holding Nydalynn) he noticed that I could barely walk and asked me about it, I had to sit down to talk. Since we were at the hospital he decided I needed to go into the ER. He had me do some simple things to see how my muscles were responding, but still he was worried about me and had me go to the ER.
We stayed in the ER for 7.5 hours. Nydalynn was great through it all except one part, but I don't blame her on that one.
They were checking me for an anurisum (sp?) I had a cat scan done, and a lower lumbar puncture, which my left leg is a little numb and everything I touch with it is warm. (The first thing I noticed that with was when I used the bathroom - I know TMI - but it was strange to have one side of the seat warm and the other side cold. Same thing with the tile one foot feels warm on the floor and the other is cold on the floor, hope this goes away soon!)
Oh, yeah, I didn't have an anurism, but they did see that I have sinusitis so now I am on antibiotics for that and I hate the meds. I am just starting to not feel the side affects as bad as I did the first and 2nd day. I will be completely off the meds on Sunday - hurry up Sunday! I can't wait.
But the whole time I was in the ER I just couldn't help but pray that my baby doesn't get sick in there. She didn't and all is well for the both of us.
I do know what caused the problem though - it is TMJ. I am hoping to go to a chiropratcor and get some relief from that so I don't have to stay on motrin for the duration of BFing. I also need to see if I can find some good neck stretches and a better night guard for me.
I am praying that the rest of my recovery goes smoothly.
11.20.2006
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So we went to the Dr.s for her 2 week check-up. Well at birth Nydalynn wighed 6.13, when we left the hospital she weighed 6.11 and 3 days later she weighed 7.1 and at her 2 wk appt she weighed 8 lbs. I see it in her face, chin and belly, she is just so cute. The Dr. said she is doing great and would see us at her 2 mo. check-up.
Now thid is the kind of viits I would like to have all the time.
As you can tell breastfeeding is going very well. There is almost no pain (only at the initial latch-on then nothing). I am so glad I used the sheilds when I did they really helped with the healing of my nipples. I don't know how long I could have kept going without the sheilds. Now miss Nydalynn hates the sheilds, so I hope we don't have anymore problems with that.
11.20.2006
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She did so well last night. She slept 2.5-3 hours at a time, nursed and went right back to sleep. I really feel rested. When she wooke up at 5 am this morning I nursed her while I was laying on my side and we both went back to sleep together. Right now she is in her little sleeper just as cozy as can be. I really want all times to be like this. I do know that there will be harder times and easier times. I am just trying to enjoy all the times I have with her. She will be 18 before I know it, and I definately know what I am talking about when I say that, my baby boy is 17 and I still don't know where the time went.
11.16.2006
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Well it has been less than two weeks since our world has changed. The days have changed and most definately the night times have changed. Is is hard? No. Is ist easy? No. Just so many things to get used to. She has now discovered that mommy's arms are the best place to be when awake, asleep and doing anything else. So I have had to pick her up and put her to sleep 3 times this morning and I am hoping that she will realize that she needs to sleep in her little sleeper. At night she is right there in between us in her sleeper and that doesn't seem close enough to her. When she is in my arms she does sleep well but I don't. So now she is trying to wake up from her nap without mommy which she really hasn't napped at all. I am telling myself that she will soon learn to sleep where she needs to. I hope!
11.15.2006
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I went into labor on Wed. and Wednesdays we are leaders in what is called AWANA so about an hour before DH had to leave (I was sick so I didn't go, plus I planned for another lady to take over) I had my first of many contrax. DH wanted to know if he should stay or go, I told him to go ahead because the contrax were 13 min. apart and that I would call him. My DD stayed home with me, I'm glad she did she was a huge help for me. Well at 7:30pm labor pains were 4-5 min apart so I called the Dr.s office and was told to go right in to L&D. At 8:00 pm I called my DH and he was quite shocked that I didn't call him when they were around 7-8 min apart. Well he was home in a flash and my DD had packed all the stuff into the truck and she went to the hospital with us.
Unfortunately when we had our birthing class the instructor didn't take us the front way to the L&D she showed us the back way, well that didn't help matters any we started pacing the hall and I finally told my DH go find someone who can show us the way and come back and get me, so finally we were able to find our way and get to where we needed to go. So there I was in labor after almost 4 hours they check me and I was only at a 2. I was ticked. But they put me into a delivery room and the Dr. came in and broke my water and then she hooked/screwed a heart monitor into the baby's head because they needed to monitor the heart more closely because her heart rate was not doing what it needed to do during the contrax. Once they saw that was fine and normal they said they would be back to check on my progress. I finally was at a 4 about 1 hr later and the contrax were lasting a long time and they were hard contrax, even the nurse commented on this. She did ask if I wanted to have any drugs. I deffinately said no to stadol (sp?) and asked about the safety of the epi. she said she had one. I have heard so many things across the board about the epi's so I wasn't too sure about them, and I did have my heart set on a natural delivery w/no meds, so I told her I would just get back to her later with the answer. Well right after that my contrax started to get stronger, longer and piggy-back every other one and they were coming about 2 mins apart. So I would have a contrax wait 2 mins have a contrax and right when that one would die down another one was right on its heal and so I was like that maybe 2-3 times and then I told DH that I wanted an epi. and I couldn't handle what was happening. But I still wanted no meds so I had DH go back and get the nurse to check me one more time and then I would make my decision (my DD I went from a 4 to an 8 in 20 mins) I just wanted to see how I was progressing. Well she came in and checked me and I was only a 5; I caved at that point. So, David, the epi. guy, took his dear sweet time about getting to me but when he did and when it all took affect there was a whole different atmoshpere in the room. My DH and DD laid down to sleep and I was resting so peacefully, they came back every now and then to check me and told me that when I started to feel pressure in my bottom then that would be the time to push. Well I really didn't know what I would feel so I did start to feel something and I told DH to get the nurse just in case so she could check and tell me that I was crazy or not. Well she came in checked me and told me that indeed I was ready and she went and called the Dr. and again the environment in the room changed instantly. Bed came apart nursery worker came in, the nurse was still there, the Dr was ready and another guy came in (I don't know who he was nobody introduced him to me but he cleaned up afterwords so I think he was the janitor (JK!)). Finally I was able to push, I pushed for about 30 mins and everyone kept telling me she is right there push, you can do it push real hard. I was trying and they told me I was doing a good job but I couldn't get the baby out and I was really getting frustrated with it all and that is when my DH kicked in and really started encouraging me, he was so excited and kept saying, "she is right there, sweetie you can do, she's right there." and he kept saying it and helping me push and he kept getting more exctied and really that did the trick, I must have gotten my 2nd wind because 2 pushes later her head came out and the Dr. said, "no wonder you were having such a difficult time she is 'sunny side up' and that is the most difficult way to push them out." I felt a little better after that comment, but then right after that I heard the most wonderful sound of my LOs cries. I was so ready to meet her.
11.14.2006
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Things where just becoming worse and worse. I decided to see my family Dr. (much easier to get into) and he set me up with the meds that I need. They seem to be working ok, just not as fast as I want them to work. One thing I am completely surprised about is that I haven't given birth through my mouth with all the coughing that I have been doing. My poor DH has not had a decent nights sleep either and my DD told me she heard me throughout the night, coughing my head off. I really hope tonight I can see some progress with the meds. I have to sleep in a sitting position (thankfully I have plenty of pillows for that trick).
I take hot showers before bed to help me to breath better w/o coughing and at 2:30am I took another shower which worked some. I was able to get some sleep not much though. I really would like to sleep good just once before my LO arrives.
11.1.2006
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Well I am calling the Dr. today because I lost my list of safe meds to use I have been very carefull about meds but I also know that I don't want to deal with this during pregnancy and I don't want it to turn into a sinus infection. I really think I will have enough to deal with when the LO comes.
Speaking of the LO we told her she cannot come on the 31st but she just might, since there is nothing to let me know that she may come today.
My DH is so sweet he told me he will be coming home early today to take care of me. I wish I was well enough to take care of him he does so much for me. I'm crazy in love with him.
10.30.2006
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Yes, it just may be allergies, but I still feel terrible. I hope it goes away before I deliver, my throat is so sore I'm stuffy and just plain draggin' around. This is not fun! I will call my Dr. tomorrow and ask them what I can take for my allergies. I have made it through the whole pregnancy w/o taking medications (other than what was required for IVF) I at least thought the trend would continue.
I am even swelling in my feet like crazy these past few days and I just now had to remove my wedding rings.
Well I know that I am nearing an end to this and I am excited about seeing my baby and having her hear with us, but I also know that I will miss being pregnant. I truly enjoyed this pregnancy, I am glad since this will be the last time that I am to be pregnant.
10.29.2006
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Well today is to be the day. I have not even had a cramp yet, she is still moving like nothing is going to happen (but that's ok I love to feel her move in there). We are all becoming anxious or the big moment.
I started packing my hospital bag this morning. I still need to purchase some more items for the hospital. Hope to get that done today.
I hope something happens soon!
10.28.2006
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Well I wnt to see the Dr. on Thurs. and he again told me that nothing was changing that I am staying the same. I have been the same for the last 4 weeks. Also my Dr. told me that he didn't want me pregnant on my due date, so I thought that measures would be taken to assure us of that. So we go in on Thurs. and he tells us at the end of the appt. that nothing will probably happen before next week and he will see us then. OH MAN! I was really wanting to see her before then. Oh well she is very active still and apparently very comfortable. So we wait and pray some more.
10.27.2006
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I woke up again and had many troubles sleeping. I am completely congested and not at all feeling like myslef. I did get out of bed at 5:30 am to see if a hot shower could help me breath again. I am having BH contx like crazy with some lower pressure, I really hope that is a sign. These contx are not painful but annoying. I would like just one night of wonderful sleep before my LO arrives.
10.27.2006
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I did not get a good night sleep last night. I really don't know what I did. I always sleep on my left side since it has been uncomfortable for me to sleep on my stomach. Last night my left hip hurt so bad that I could hardly move and it hurt like crazy when I had to get up to use the restroom. So I finally found a comfortable position when I could only sleep for an hour more. I hope I get to take a nap today. I still need to do things to get ready for my little girl. I still have to pack my hospital bag, make Baklava for my daughters class and I have been promising my DH some chocolate chip cookies. I just pray I will be able to get all this done before I see the Dr. today at 4:00.
I am praying I sleep better tonight, I hope I remember how I slept for that hour, it would be nice to sleep like that the entire night.
10.26.2006
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Well I have 3 days till my EDD. I am wondering when she will arrive. We are finally ready for her to come, we have all her necessary items she will need, the only thing we don't really have is her name picked out. We have a name, but have not said in fact that is what her name will be.
I am a little anxious about labor (as I was with my first 2 labor experiences). I have prayed about this constantly and the Lord continues to give me peace about the whole process.
10.25.2006
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