7 month update

We crossed the 7 month threshold almost 2 weeks ago and Ada's definitely keeping us busy. Unofficially she was at 14.4 lbs and somewhere over 25" (I think maybe 26"). As mentioned in my previous post, we're up to 3 solid meals a day, along with our typical nursing sessions. I'm slowly trying to phase out the formula/extra bottles. The pediatrician said we could do it as we got into a good three meal a day. She's eating anywhere from 2-4 oz per meal depending on how she's feeling.

We're off and crawling now. Around the beginning of July Ada began with an army crawl where she tucked her right arm under her chest and pulled with her left. Possibly a lefty? Guess we'll find out. Now she's working on the full, up on all fours crawl. Sometimes she gets it, other times she bobs up and down. This week while we've been visiting Nini and Pop (my folks) she's decided to start pulling up to standing and taking a few steps. I have a feeling that she'll be an early walker.

Still no teeth yet, but definitely all the signs. Drooling, chewing on everything, etc. Mom doesn't quite remember when I first got teeth, but she knows it was later on. J got teeth just before turning 8 months, so we could have at least another month before anything breaks through. It's a busy time with this active little one.

Solid foods

I decided early on that I was going to try to make all of Ada's solid foods, except the cereals. So we started out with oatmeal, which didn't go over terribly well on it's own. Her first real foods included avocado and banana since these were easy to mash up. She's really taken well to most foods. Only a couple, like peas and green beans, that have to be mixed with other foods to go down easier.

We've made it through most of the foods that she's allowed to have currently according to the website I've been using as a guideline. Just recently we've added her third meal, lunch. I started doing just dinner, then added a breakfast, and finally lunch. Adding each about 2 weeks after the previous. Breakfast is usually a fruit or two with some cereal (mixed grain or oatmeal), lunch is a combo of 2-3 fruits and veggies (sometimes with cereal) and dinner is usually 2-3 veggies (and the occasional fruit).

It's been a fun journey making foods and introducing my little one to a wide variety at an early age. Hopefully I can start adding some of these foods to our meals too as Ada gets older.

6 months old!

We made it to 6 months! Halfway to 1 year old! Where has the time gone?!? At her 6 month well check Ada was 13.1 lbs and 24.5" long, still on the lower end of the charts, but at least on them. 

By this time Ada was doing with the pediatrician called tripoding, which is a precursor to sitting. Within two weeks of this (the end of the month) she was able to sit up fully on her own. While we may have mastered the sitting part, the getting up/down from sitting was not quite there yet. Also she's doing a lot of rolling around to travel from one place to another. Nothing is safe anymore!

6 months was an exciting time because we now introduced solid foods. Our first taste was oatmeal cereal and Ada was not a fan of plain oatmeal. Subsequent solids that have become favorites were avocado and bananas. Now that we are introducing solids, the pediatrician said that once she gets a good three meal a day routine we can finally drop the formula! It may take some time, but hearing this made me one happy momma :)

We also marked this momentous milestone with a photo session with Taryn Melgoza Photography. The pictures turned out amazing and Ada loved her. I think we have a winner for all future shoots. Now enjoy some cute baby pictures :)

Ada tripoding

Our first taste of cereal

Six months old!

Closing and Moving

Wow.... It's been a while since I updated our blog. So be warned that there will be several posts over the next week.

We closed on the new house May 20. It was a relatively smooth process.

Moving day was May 23. My mom came down to help with the last of the packing, moving and watching of Ada. It was wonderful to have the extra set of hands. The movers had expertly and quickly loaded up all our stuff in the morning. Then after lunch, delivered it to the new place. Rather uneventful really.

By May 30 we had everything finally out and a cleaning crew come to clean the old place for us. Ada definitely didn't make the last of the moving easy. So we opted for having someone come take care of it for us.

It was sad to leave the island, but we know that we are in a great place for the next stage of our life.

Rascal helping with packing

Movers arrived!

5 months and moving

Today marks 5 months since Ada arrived. Next month will be half way to 1, eek! In one month, she's come so far that I can only imagine what this next month has in store for us. As of Friday, she was 12.2 lbs. We went to the doc to check out what ended up to be dry skin. No clue how tall, but I'm sure she's over 24".

She's moving and grooving, as I mentioned in one of my earlier posts. Lots of rolling and almost rolling as well as scooting on her back and twisting around. I'm guessing that she'll be fully rolling and maybe even some attempts at crawling in the next month. She's also sitting and standing, both with help.

The only thing we are struggling with is sleeping. Naps are inconsistent, some days almost non-existent. We were doing great with bed time and then in the last week things have been rough. I think it's because the sun is setting later and later. Hopefully we can get some black-out curtains for her new room to help her with going to bed earlier.

In other news, we are getting into the final week prior to closing and moving. The dining room is starting to overflow with boxes, especially now that we are starting to transfer boxes out of storage. Hopefully we'll make it through the next couple days until we can make the final push to pack. Exciting times to come!

They see me rollin'....

About a week after her four month check up, I caught Ada almost completely rolled from her back to her front. So I thought to myself "Rolling front to back should happen first. If she's this close to back to front perhaps she can roll if I put her on her tummy" So I flipped her over and readied my camera (since J was at the office).

I am one proud Momma :) We still haven't mastered back to front, but she's getting closer every day. My baby is growing up so quickly.

4 month update

Sunday was Ada's 4 month birthday. It's hard to believe that four months have already passed by us. Ada's growing by leaps and bounds with each passing day. She's already trying to feed herself when she has a bottle. I'm kept busy helping keep her entertained daily. Simply laying on her activity mat doesn't always cut it. We now have an activity center that she's enjoying, even though she looks ridiculous sitting in it. 

Everything goes into her mouth now and she's testing limits. Nothing like watching your child see how far down her throat she can shove her fingers. I live for her smiles and laughs. Whenever I get her laughing, it makes me laugh. I love to hear it so much.

4 months!!

Her 4 month check up and shots were on Monday. She didn't do quite as well as she did at 2 months, but we some how made it through. Ada is now actually on the charts in all areas: 23.25" long, 11.2 lbs and head circumference of 16.14". These are in the 16th, 6th and 52nd percentile respectively. We are going to keep up our current feeding routine and hopefully after the 6 month check we'll be able to let her sleep through the night. Our pediatrician just wants to be sure that her weight continues to rise at a good rate.

In other news, we've begun packing up our house in anticipation of the move. We folded down the dining table and put it off to the side so we could start filling our dining with packed boxes. The next couple weeks will go by quickly, so I'm trying to get ahead on packing things that we won't need between now and then.

Also, I've been having some issues with wrist pain in the past couple weeks. My ob/gyn referred me to an orthopedist to diagnose the problem. He confirmed what I thought it most likely was which is de Quervain's tendonitis. It's like carpel tunnel and apparently many new mom's experience it. Hopefully a regimen of anti-inflammatory pills and rest should help get me over it soon. Gotta love all these postpartum issues.... 

Well, it's time to get back to playing with baby girl, working and getting the house in order for moving.