Savannah Is 5 Months Old-July 18, 2011

Savannah you are already 5 months old, and I cannot believe how fast the time has gone by. This last month was so much fun with you. You have made a ton of changes, and here are just a few!!

Stats:

Weight

Birth: 6lbs 1oz

2 Weeks: 6lbs 5oz

2 Months: Approx. 9lbs

11 Weeks: 11lbs 1oz

4 Months: Approx. 13lbs

5 Months: 13lbs 12oz (around 25th percentile)

Length

Birth: 18in

2 Weeks: 19in

11 Weeks: 23in

4 Months: 24in (approx)

5 Months: 26in (90th percentile)

Firsts:

*baby einst.eins video

*rice cereal

*golf cart ride

*july 4th

*cookout

*church nursery

*you started to get visibly excited when its time for a bath

*daddy put you to bed

*your grandma put you to bed too

*ponytail

*pedicure by mamma

Today we had your well check, and shots. I was a miserable wreck. It is so hard on me I literally get nauseated. My hubby had to stay with her as usual. The first time I sat in the room and sobbed right with her, now this time I left the room. Only long enough for her to get them, then I was right back in to console my sweet angel. She is such a trooper but this time was rough for her. She cried A LOT. Without baby Ty.lenol she probably would still be miserable. I am already dreading her next visit in 2 months.

You hands are now aware of everything that is around you, and everything goes straight to your mouth!

You are my SWEET GIRL!!! I could kiss you a million times in a day and it would still not be enough!!

You squeal with joy most of the day and it just melts my heart. We will have conversations with each other too! :)

You love floor time, but have not rolled over yet! You are so close, I think it will be any day now! You are a supported sitter.

Sleep:

Your sleep has gotten a little worse this last month. You now take a while before you are settled for the night. Right after we lay you in your crib asleep around 7pm, you usually wake up anywhere from 1-3times pretty much right away until about 9pm. Then you sleep until about 2-3am, I will then feed you and you are back in bed asleep about 45 minutes later. You have been waking up right around 7am, if that is the way your night goes. I really cannot complain since I am able to be a SAHM, but I will say I was spoiled for about a month and a half when you were sleeping through the night!!

Your naps are really good, but the problem is, you nap in your swing! Every once in a while I will try to put you in your crib but you will not nap long at all. I am going to keep trying, because very soon you will be too big for your swing then we might be in trouble! Here is your nap routine during the day!

Approximate times:

Wake @ 7am

1st nap @ 8:30am-10am

2nd nap@ 12pm-2pm

3rd nap @ 4-4:30ish

Bedtime @ 7pm

Eat:

We tried Rice cereal this past month, and you loved it, but it did not love you. It gave you gas and constipation, so we quit that and decided to wait a while before trying some other foods. Ever since the rice cereal you have not been sleeping as good either, I was disappointed that the rice cereal messed up your great sleep schedule. I think I will try out some 1st foods and oatmeal cereal the first of this next week.

I would love to hear of your experiences with how it went for you when you started introducing solids!

You are still breastfeeding, and it is going really well. You are starting to get easily distracted while feeding which makes it challenging sometimes. You usually almost always make it to 3 hours between feedings, it depends a lot on how good you nap. I pump once each night, and it is so nice to have a milk storage in the freezer!

Clothes:

We found out today at your well check that you are one tall girl!! I knew all along but today just confirmed it! You are 26 inches long and because of that you are out of all your 3-6 month sleepers, the 6 month ones still fit. Mostly everything else in the size 3-6 still fits your length. You are still in some 0-3 onesies, but will probably be out of those soon. You have been wearing mostly 3-6 and 6 months, it just depends on the brand.

You are in size 2 diaper, and you wear Pam.pers Sw.addlers.

Today I feel SO blessed to have the opportunity to be your momma. You fill my life with so much joy. I love you babygirl.

What a difference one year makes

One Year ago today we found out we were pregnant!

It is truly unbelievable that we now have our precious little Blessing Girl here with us now!

God is so Good!

Savannah you have brought such joy to our lives. From the moment we found out we were pregnant with you, we loved you sweet Girl.

Last year we celebrated July 4th as a family of 2 (you were secretly with us, we just didn't know it yet), and now this year we celebrated the fourth of July as a family of 3!

Today I feel so blessed to have overcome Infertility. Thank You Lord.

Savannah Is 4 Months Old-June 18, 2011

Its so hard to believe that my baby girl is already 4 months old! I can totally say that I love, adore and cherish this stage that she is in. She has found her smile, laughter, giggles, hands and lots more! I have tons of pictures to share since I have been so bad at updating my blog! I want to capture these precious memories!

I don't see too much change in Savannah from her 3 month to 4 months picture below. Do You?

Here below she is talking to me! Its so darling!

Firsts:

First real laughter

First time sleeping in your crib

First time sleeping 12 hours at night

First time scooting

First time grabbing onto things/holding toys

First time falling asleep all by yourself for a nap

First time at GAP

First time Daddy was away for the night

First time screaming with excitement

First time that you started lovin floor time with toys

and so many more that I am sure I missed!

Below she is lovin on her favorite bear!

Stats:

Weight

Birth: 6lbs 1oz

2 Weeks: 6lbs 5oz

2 Months: Approx. 9lbs

11 Weeks: 11lbs 1oz

4 Months: Approx. 13lbs

Length

Birth: 18in

2 Weeks: 19in

11 Weeks: 23in

4 Months: 24in (approx)

Clothes:

You are totally out of 0-3 sleepers, but mostly everything else is still 0-3 months. Although you are wearing quite a bit of 3-6 months as well. The problem with most 3-6 month clothes is that they are too big at your waist and the sleeve length is still too long. So right now you are in between.

I went to the Carter's Outlet for the first time this past weekend, and let me tell you that place is so AMAZING. I could have spent way to much $ there for the little Princess!!

You are now wearing size 2 diapers.

You love to scoot around on the floor! You started at the bottom of this blanket and scooted until you could not go anymore!!! Momma was so proud of you!! You are very close to rolling over, and you want to pull your head up all the time now, I think you want to sit!!!

All the toys go straight to the mouth now! I wonder if you have teeth coming!! You love sticking your tongue out now too!

Sleep:

Just a couple days after I wrote your 3 month post you started sleeping through the night!! I was so amazed and so happy! You usually go to bed right after your bath around 7:30-8:30 and then sleep until 6ish when I feed you, then you go back down for another 2 hours or so!! You started this in your bassinet, and now we have moved you into your crib and you do so great! The great thing about you sleeping through the night is that you don't even wake up once through the whole night!! As soon as you started sleeping through the night, you never wake up until morning! Don't ask me how you do it, but I have heard that right around 3 months babies usually are able to go longer periods of time through the night without feedings! Another thing that helped with your sleeping is that we usually try not to let you nap too close to your bedtime, and we play lullabies and keep a small light on in your room!

We are so proud of you!! Daddy and I can have some time for us in the evenings now, it is so nice!

Eat:

You love to eat! I have just recently started to have some problems with breast feeding. You might be going through a growth spurt, it seems you eat almost every 2 hours during the day, and by mid afternoon my supply is drained! I keep waiting for my supply to increase but have not had any luck! I usually need to finish off one feeding towards the evening with about 4oz of pumped breast milk. I only pump once a day, at night right before I go to bed.

Before I quit, I want to try one more thing. We are going to start feeding you rice cereal! I am so super excited to see how it goes. You are showing all of the signs that you are ready to eat! Hopefully you will be more satisfied then!

I would love to hear from anyone who has had similar issues with breast feeding!

Below in the picture you are trying your hardest to eat your favorite teddy!

Your Daddy and I Love you so much, and feel very blessed to have you Sweet Girl! I just cannot get over how many changes you have made in the last month! You seem so much more grown up, you are definitely not a newborn any more!!

You look so big and grown up in this pic!!!

Momma and Daddy love you so much Savannah!! Happy 4 Months!!

Happy 1st Fathers Day!!

This year Father's Day has a whole new meaning for us. We feel beyond blessed to celebrate this year with our beautiful Daughter! She sure loves her Daddy!!

Savannah is 3 Months Old-May 18, 2011

Firsts:

-First Holiday

-First time sleeping in your crib (only lasted about 3 nights)

-First Giggle

-First stomach bug/fever

-First shots :(

-First time Daddy took you out without Momma!

-First time watching Days of our Lives with Momma!!

Stats:

Weight:

Birth: 6lbs 1 Ounce

2 Weeks: 6lb 5ounces
2 Months: Did not get an accurate weight, but around 9pounds
11 Weeks: 11lbs 1ounce (50th percentile)

Length:

Birth: 18 inches

2 Weeks: 19 inches

2 Months: ??

11 Weeks: 23 inches (75th percentile)

Clothes:

-0-3 months

-Some of the 0-3 months clothes are getting to small, this week I want to get all of your 3-6 months clothes put in your closet.

-Still in size 1 diapers, they are fitting real nice.

-You are definitely a long little girl, I have noticed some of your 0-3 months sleepers are the ones that are getting a little too small, just due to your legs and arms being to long! You are growing like a weed sweet girl!

Feeding:

You are still nursing, we very rarely give you a bottle only when I work which is about once a week. You do so well when you need to take a bottle, and I am so thankful for that. You eat about every 3 hours during the day, and about every 3-4 hours at night. I love how it has started taking a lot less time to nurse you, we are down to about 8min on each side. Occasionally you will nurse longer!

Sleep:

Sleep has been quite the challenge for you, we put you in your crib after you had been sick and you slept OK in it for a couple of nights. Then we moved you back into the bassinet in our room since you were getting up every hour or two in the crib. You slept a lot better in the bassinet, but were still getting up every 3-4hours. Naps are all taken in your swing! You take a long nap in the morning, 3 hours sometimes! That's when I either sleep too, or run around like crazy doing housework! Then you take a few shorter naps in the afternoon. We then try to have you bathed by about 7-8pm, then by the time I have your sleeper buttoned you are crying ready for your paci. I wrap you in your blanket and rock you to sleep, but you are almost always sleeping before I even sit down. I try to have you fed before your bath, it seems you go to sleep a lot better that way. Hoping that your sleep will improve in your 3rd month!!