Well Miss Elizabeth is officially 2 months old (as of yesterday!) We have had a bit of a tough month with her and that took away from any blog time I had set aside! I've also included a little Madison update and a Mommy update. As for Daddy well, he is still working lots and playing softball and hockey in his spare time :)
Our new "questionnaire" is actually taken from my friend, new mom and newlywed - Ainslie over at For The Love Of Ivy, check out her blog, her daughter Ivy is super cute!
HERE WE GO!
Elizabeth
Weight: 7lbs 15oz
Length: Beth has her 2 month check up on monday so I will update this part then!
Sleep: We are so lucky .. Beth sleeps 7 hours a night! She has the odd night that she wakes up and wants to eat but its very rare. I know that our time is coming when she will be up more.
Eating: This has been a struggle the past month. At her 1 month appointment they put her on Zantac to help with her acid reflux.. since then we have been back to the docs 4 times and also a 5hr visit to the ER at the Children's hospital (last night). A lot of different things have been thrown around. First we stopped breastfeeding at 6.5 weeks because we thought she may need something heavier in her stomach to help with the spitting up. at 7.5 weeks we found out she was losing weight because she wasn't keeping the Gentlease formula down, we then switched to Nurtramigen (for milk protein allergy/intolerance) and she was been doing AMAZINGLY with it! And then yesterday (her 2 months birthday) she started spitting up violently, and not peeing so we visiting the doc and they told us to head to ER, where they gave her an ultrasound looking for pyloric stenosis which came back negative! SO it looks like our feeding issues are all due to this milk protein allergy/ intolerance and she just has a little stomach virus at the moment!
Diapers: Finishing off with our Newborn sizes and moving to 1's. She could probably wear newborn for a little longer but I'd rather have the 1's on her now since she is growing and then I wont have an overload of newborns laying around!
Clothing: Still newborn! I have started putting her in 3 month clothing but they are HUGE on her and she looks so tiny in them (even tinier then she already is). We have so many adorable 3 month spring clothes that I cant keep holding off until she is looking like a sausage in her newborn outfits because that might take awhile!
Mood: Because of our feeding issues her mood has been a little funny.. she has days that she is super happy (since switching formula) and days that she is really fussy and inconsolable (days her reflux acts up!)
Loves:
- Her big sister singing to her.
- Sucking on her thumb.
- Cuddling with her daddy.
- Surprisingly BATH TIME!
- Being outside.. she loves when we go for walks at the park!
Hates:
- When daddy is not home.. she is much more of a daddy's girl then Madison. She seems to always be fussy when Chris is working!
- Being hungry
- When we take her thumb out of her mouth!
- Being wet .. she cries over the tinniest amount of pee in her diaper.
Madison has 4 weeks of school left until her first official year of preschool is FINISHED! Over the next few weeks we get to visit the school, see her artwork, see a mini concert from her class and the other 2's class and we get to join her on her last day for a special snack with all her friends! Madison has grown so much figuratively and literally since starting school in September. She has gained about 2lbs and grew a few inches. She has become a little girl not a baby! Her speech is incredible! Sometimes I am shocked at how well she speaks! She is so loving and caring and very aware of other peoples feelings as well as her own!
The big news about Madison is... SHE IS POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!! She had regressed when Elizabeth was born but I am happy to say that since last Thursday (almost a week) she has been diaper free, with the exception of night time! Night time training will come soon!
Mommy
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| Photo from a wedding (7 weeks post partum) |
Weight loss: 21lbs down - 5lbs to go! This will be gone soon I hope.. Chris and I are planning a cleanse ( 9 and 30 day options) beginning May 19th. Chris is doing 9 days but I am so happy and lucky that he is doing this with me and supporting me!
Exercise: Been out walking alot more and started running again.. my first 5k is mothers day! I am doing the Bikini Body Mommy Challange and on day 3 and so far so good! I can get a good workout in at home, this helps especially on days that Chris is working and I can't take both girls to the day care at the gym yet!
Breast or bottle: bottle.. had to do what is best for Elizabeth (check her update at the top for more)
Sleeping: Yes!. Beth sleeps about 7hrs at night so I sleep when she sleeps!
Baby schedule: getting a little loser to having a schedule..usually the day for Beth starts between 7 and 8 she wakes up to eat, gets dressed and has a nap... Since switching to formula is on a 2 every 2 schedule .. 2oz every 2 hours to help with her reflux. We will be gradually increasing the length and amount since we know why she was spitting up so much! Her day usually ends around 1030 when she gets her last bottle and closes her eyes for the night :)
Mood: Great! I am back at work and couldn't be happier to have our life back to normal. I missed working for those 8 weeks ( 2 weeks before baby and 6 after). I really do love my job at the preschool and I think that helps with my mood. I am happy to be there, sad to leave Beth and Madison but I come home happy to see them! It's win-win. I am getting a few hours out and they get bonding time with mima or daddy!
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