Her 4 month appointment is this week so I don't have her height and weight yet but I think it is safe to say she is ginormous. Caden was so consistently in the 50th percentile or under and at 2 months she was in the 90% for height and 75% for weight and I feel confident she is still there.
Because this will also be my journal, I have not got around to doing a baby book for Caden yet, let alone Kara, I am going to record some facts:
Kara slept through the night, at least from 10:00 until 5:00 for the first time at 7 weeks. She has regularly done it since and in fact, often goes from 7:15 to 6:00 or later. She has very short daytime naps however.
Although she was colicky for the first 4-6 weeks of her life and there were times in those 6 weeks that I wasn't sure I could make it through a year if she continued to be colicky. She smiled for the first time at 5.5 weeks and she is now such a happy baby. She almost never cries and is ready and willing to smile at anyone who talks to her. She is such a flirt!
She started to "talk" coo and babble at 7-8 weeks and she has continued to do so. It is hilarious, she even pauses so that you can have a turn to talk back to her. This is not something Caden did (although he spoke real words really early, he never really babbled, he was always a happy but serious baby)
She laughed/giggled for the first time at 3.5 months and although she has not really started to laugh consistently yet, when she does it, it is the cutest sound.
She has not yet rolled over. About a month ago she was so close I thought she would get it any minute. In fact every time I put her down on her back, I watched closely, sure that it would be the time. She gets over to her side immediately, then almost all the way to her belly but could not figure out how to get her arm out from underneath her. However, she got really, REALLY frustrated and one day screamed (not cried or fussed) but screamed in frustration and then stopped trying. Literally she has not tried once since then! Boy I think I am in trouble, I am sure this child is going to have a temper!
She loves her big brother. If Caden is around, I do not need to entertain her at all. I put her in her exersaucer and she just will watch him for hours. Now when she is on her play mat, he picks up toy after toy and gives her. Unfortunately this has two problems 1) she will never roll over if he keeps handing her the toys and 2) he takes the one he has just given her and gives her a new one so quickly that she gets frustrated and the quick switch!
She loves the outdoors, a great thing because we spend a lot of time out there. And she rarely fusses if she is in the stroller and able to see things. Recently I tried her in the baby swing in our play set and she LOVED it. Caden loved it too, he loves to push her and also he loves that I can give her a push and then go play with him for 5 minutes without her in my arms!
She is losing all her hair. She was born with so much and it grew quite a bit and then all of a sudden in the last couple of weeks it is disappearing. I would think she was rubbing it off because it started in the back but it has happened most on the top of the back of her head. She does love to dig her heels in when she is on her back and push herself along but I doubt she puts that much pressure on the top part of her head. Any ideas about this, is it normal? She looks quite funny as the only part that hasn't come out is a triangle of long thick hair in the front so she looks like she has a comb over!
Breast feeding is fantastic however she absolutely refuses to take a bottle. Normally I wouldn't care but I already rescheduled my MRI (originally supposed to be Sept 28) because I would prefer not to feed her for 24 hours after the contrast dye. It is currently scheduled for Dec 1 but I have had no luck getting her to take any bottle. I have tried, Avent, Playtex, Nuby (the new breast like one) and Adiri (which I was sure would work it looks so much like a breast) and different flow nipples for each one but she just spits it all out. I have tried letting her get hungry and offering it to her before she gets really hungry. I have tried giving it to her myself and getting someone else to give it to her. I have tried formula, frozen breast milk and freshly squeezed stuff. She refuses, gags and urges if you keep trying. Interestingly, I have noticed that she gags easily now that she is gumming toys. I have tried giving her freshly pumped milk from a spoon but it was not that successful. Although she was very interested, she didn't really get the concept of swallowing and most of the milk drizzled out again. It would take forever to get much milk into her that way.
If anyone has any ideas on getting her through a 24 hour period without the breast please pass it along. And I do know that new research suggests that I could feed her after the contrast dye. My hospital recommends pumping and dumping for 48 hours, mother risk says you don't have to at all. I have done the research and read the science journals. Based on the levels of dye in the breast milk in 4 hour intervals after the injection, I would be more comfortable discarding for 24 hours. On the other hand, it has been 1.5 years since my last MRI (supposed to have them yearly) and I really don't want to reschedule again.
Here are some pictures of my beautiful 4 month old daughter:
4 months old today! well... not today.. on the 3rd, when this picture was taken
6 comments:
Adam would never take a bottle either. We tried different brands like you. It didn't matter. He just wanted the boob.
I totally understand not wanting to postpone your appointment even more, but I guess if there's no other way you could push it back just another month or two. Then maybe Kara could make it for 24 hours on cereal mixed with breastmilk and/or some other solids and by that point she might be able to drink a little breastmilk from a cup.
Good luck figuring it out.
She is the cutest thing ever!!!
And she is even cuter in person!
Such a smiley little one. Love the pictures.
If you already had the MRI ignore this, but what about trying it with Dad, while you are out?
Alternatively, tube feeding or syringes, which takes forever, but is better than nothing?
I do think that if you aren't there in front of the baby they are more willing to take it, especially if they get hungry,
Kara is beautiful!!
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