In honor of my baby girl turning 5 months old (a week ago)...I thought I would finally try to catch up on my blog. I've been writing little posts each month about her, but I never publish them. Likely because I either don't finish them or I don't get a chance to find a corresponding picture. Anyway, once I edit my 9 page birth story to condense it and edit out the parts with too much detail, I will post that here as well. Coming soon: Months 2, 3, 4, & 5.
1 Month Old!
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There is so much I
want to say about you, that I can’t even remember it all! This past month has
been absolutely incredible, even through the limited sleep, RSV, and healing
from surgery! I love being your mommy!
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I’m not exactly sure how much you weigh, but at
3-weeks you weighed 8 lbs 14 oz.
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I don’t know how long you are, but you have at
least stretched out. You still like to curl up in a little ball, though, and I
love it!
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At your 1-week doctor’s appointment you were
back to your birth weight. They couldn’t believe it because they don’t expect
that until the 2-week appointment! You were 6 lbs 8 oz when we left the
hospital on Friday, and you were already back up to 7 lbs on Monday!
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Your umbilical cord stump fell off the morning
that you were a week old!
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At your 2-week appointment you were 8 lbs 2 oz.
You really like to eat! Dr. Adams used silver nitrate to fix your belly button
because it was still a little oozy.
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You went to church for the first time on March
18, 2012. You slept through most of it.
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Changing your diaper is always an interesting
experience. You usually end up pooping while we are changing you. This
sometimes results in some pretty big messes. One time, not long after we
brought you home from the hospital, Daddy started to change your diaper. You
had only peed, and as he started changing you, you started pooping. He had your
legs in the air when you did, and you squirted poop onto the carpet. Then it
had pooled up on the changing table, so Daddy asked me to hurry and get your changing
pad. In the meantime you started peeing on yourself. He quickly moved you from
the changing table to the changing pad on the floor. Once he had you down
there, you started pooping again. It ended up being all over you! We finally
gave up and gave you a bath!
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You also like to poop in your diaper right after
we change you into a clean one.
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You already smile a little bit, and it is the
cutest thing ever! Sometimes they are sleep smiles, and I absolutely love them!
- I was so nervous about bringing you home, but I think I have adjusted to being a mommy pretty well. I still feel like I don’t know what
I’m doing, but I am at least more comfortable with you.
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You went to your first movie, The Lorax, when you were 8 days old. You
slept in a sling on me for almost the entire movie.
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tried to take you to The Hunger Games,
a few weeks later expecting the same, but that was not the case. You slept
during the previews and woke up as soon as the movie started. Not long after
that you started crying, and I took you out into the hallway. I eventually came
back in and stood in the hall where I could see the movie. You were fine when I
was standing. Daddy eventually came and found us. You had fallen asleep, so he
thought we could go sit down. You immediately woke up and started crying, so I
tried to feed you. The problem with this was that it was dark and neither of us
could see, and you are a very loud eater (you smack and groan). After we tried
that for a few minutes, Daddy took you back to the hall and stood with you
until the movie was over. After that I took you to the bathroom to change your
diaper, and you pooped everywhere! What an adventure!
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The day you turned 3 weeks old you started
coughing and sneezing. I thought it was probably just a little cold, but I
called the doctor’s office the next day just in case. They told me that I
needed to bring you in since you were so young. It had gotten a little worse
that day anyway, so I felt better about taking you in. The first thing they did
was swab your nose for RSV. I thought for sure that it couldn’t be that, but I
was wrong. I was so scared when Dr. Gill told us you had it. I had heard that
it could be pretty dangerous especially for such a young baby. He explained
that RSV is a type of cold that can get much worse. The dangerous part is that
it can be hard for you to get enough oxygen. Your oxygen level at that
appointment was 97% which is great! The cold also wasn’t in your lungs, yet. He
told us we would hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Dr. Gill said
that with RSV you usually know by day 3 or 4 how bad it is going to get. It can
easily develop into bronchiolitis or pneumonia. He gave us a panda bear nebulizer
for breathing treatments and told us that we didn’t have to use it yet, but it
wouldn’t hurt you if we wanted to use it. We were also supposed to elevate your
head when you slept. He told us to watch for signs that you were having trouble
breathing (retractions-seeing your ribs when you breathe, super fast breathing,
lips and fingernails turning blue, etc.). Fast breathing is dangerous because
it can cause you to get tired of trying to breathe, and your oxygen level can
fall. We decided to try the nebulizer, and we were afraid that you would hate
it, but you basically slept through the whole thing. Sometimes you even smiled when we cleaned out your nose. We had to go back to the doctor the next day for
them to check you again (3/28/12). Your oxygen level was 92%, and we were
informed that they immediately admit a baby to the hospital if it is below 90%. I started
getting very worried! The infection had also moved into your lungs slightly. We
were told to continue the breathing treatments and come back again the next
day. That was a very rough night for Mommy. I didn’t sleep at all. I just sat and
watched you breathe. You slept, but you were retracting and breathing pretty
fast. We went back to the doctor on 3/29/12. You were starting to sound a
little better, and it wasn’t any worse in your lungs. The oxygen testing machine
was sporadic though and it did say that your oxygen level was 88% once. I was
very scared, but it popped back up to 93%. Dr. Adams thought that the worst
part was over, and he told us we didn’t have to come back unless we were
concerned. I was so thankful! He did say that it could still turn into an ear
infection, so we were supposed to keep an eye out for that. So far so good! He also told us to keep doing the breathing treatments for about a week.
Unfortunately, you have decided that you aren’t as big of a fan of those.
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You make a monkey sound when you are hungry! It
is so cute!
- Sometimes you make chomping movements in your
sleep like you are dreaming about eating. Too cute!
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You have started getting fussy every night at
9:00 like clockwork. The only thing that calms you is to stand up. Thankfully it doesn't last for very long!
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You also like for Mommy to walk around with you
in the afternoons.
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Daddy wrote a song for you that he uses when you
get fussy (and sometimes just because it’s funny). It’s called the “Baby Girl”
song. Sometimes you like it, and sometimes you don’t. The lyrics are, “Baby girl, baby girl,
buh buh buh baby girl,
baby girl baby girl,
baby, baby, Girl”
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