Monday, April 16, 2012
Madeline
Madeline...our little fighter. Where to start...She is doing amazing! After the NG tube was removed, she just blossomed. Last month, we started on solids and we thought that we were going to have trouble getting her to eat. Boy were we wrong. She went NUTS for baby food from the very beginning. We figured that she was ready to try solids after seeing the way she watched us eat....she would follow the spoon to our mouths and back down to the plate. Now when we feed her, she flaps her arms wildly and you can't get the spoon in her mouth fast enough. So far, she loves anything we give her. She has also started eating teething crackers, because she has 2 tiny teeth coming in on the bottom.
At 5.5 months, Maddy started sitting up on her own. I swear it happened overnight. She is one strong girl. I thought for sure she would be behind, and would not be sitting up soon because of the surgeries she had. But once again, she surprised us. She loves to sit on her musical gym and chew on whatever she can hanging in front of her. She loves looking at the dogs and squeals when they get close to her.
Maddy loves to be swaddled to sleep and nap (just like her sister did), and she loves her binky when she sleeps. Most often she naps in her swing, although she won't be doing it much longer because she flops around too much for comfort. She is still sleeping in our room at night, but we are going to transition her to her crib soon, maybe next month. Just yesterday, she slept for the whole night. Hopefully this becomes the norm.
During diaper changes, Maddy loves to laugh, wiggle, giggle and grab at her feet. She is a squirmy girl. Maddy loves to watch Hailey, and she will track her all over the room, just taking in everything. Hailey can always get her to smile.
It looks like Maddy with have sandy colored hair, although in some light, it does look red.
Maddy continues to do well with drinking from the bottle. She is finally capable of drinking a whole 4 oz at a time. She is no longer spitting up and just recently we were able to stop thickening her fluids. We couldn't be happier with her progress. She has another appt at Children's next week, and we are hoping they don't want to see us again until she is a year old.
At 5.5 months, Maddy started sitting up on her own. I swear it happened overnight. She is one strong girl. I thought for sure she would be behind, and would not be sitting up soon because of the surgeries she had. But once again, she surprised us. She loves to sit on her musical gym and chew on whatever she can hanging in front of her. She loves looking at the dogs and squeals when they get close to her.
Maddy loves to be swaddled to sleep and nap (just like her sister did), and she loves her binky when she sleeps. Most often she naps in her swing, although she won't be doing it much longer because she flops around too much for comfort. She is still sleeping in our room at night, but we are going to transition her to her crib soon, maybe next month. Just yesterday, she slept for the whole night. Hopefully this becomes the norm.
During diaper changes, Maddy loves to laugh, wiggle, giggle and grab at her feet. She is a squirmy girl. Maddy loves to watch Hailey, and she will track her all over the room, just taking in everything. Hailey can always get her to smile.
It looks like Maddy with have sandy colored hair, although in some light, it does look red.
Maddy continues to do well with drinking from the bottle. She is finally capable of drinking a whole 4 oz at a time. She is no longer spitting up and just recently we were able to stop thickening her fluids. We couldn't be happier with her progress. She has another appt at Children's next week, and we are hoping they don't want to see us again until she is a year old.
Hailey
Hailey is at such a fun age (3.5). She is clever and witty, and has such a good sense of humor and loves everyone. She is our social butterfly. Hailey is now 100% potty trained. I knew that she was ready to stop wearing pull ups while we were still at Children's, but it was just easier to not worry about bedtime accidents. So last month Hailey started wearing underwear to bed and hasn't had 1 accident. The girl has a bladder like a camel. Before bed, she will drink a full sippy cup, or 2 of milk and be able to hold it all night, and until after breakfast.
Hailey still doesn't get out of bed on her own in the morning. Instead, she lays in bed and says "Mommy, Daddy, I'm awake!" She is a great sleeper for the most part, she will sometimes wake up crying because of a bad dream. She is very particular about her bed time routine: She uses her favorite pink/green blanket to cover up with because she refuses to use the comforter that came with her sheets. The pink side of the blanket has to face up, and the tag has to be at the bottom of the blanket. She still uses her Rainforest music maker to fall asleep, as well as a Twilight Turtle and a Twilight Ladybug (that she took from Maddy). She likes to have 2 songs sung to her, or she likes it when we get in bed with her and tell her random stories about when Moose was a puppy, or about when she was born.
We no longer have nap time, however, we do "quiet time" everyday. During quiet time, she can play in her room with her dollhouse, read books, or nap. Most of the time, she chooses to play with her dollhouse. She has such an imagination and can play by herself for hours. It's really cute to listen to.
Hailey has perfected riding her bike, and loves doing anything outside. It's so hard for me to believe that she is going to be 4 soon.
She still names all of her stuffed animals "Gloria", and her most prized possession is a pink rabbit that my dad bought her for Christmas. She carries it with her everywhere.
Hailey still doesn't get out of bed on her own in the morning. Instead, she lays in bed and says "Mommy, Daddy, I'm awake!" She is a great sleeper for the most part, she will sometimes wake up crying because of a bad dream. She is very particular about her bed time routine: She uses her favorite pink/green blanket to cover up with because she refuses to use the comforter that came with her sheets. The pink side of the blanket has to face up, and the tag has to be at the bottom of the blanket. She still uses her Rainforest music maker to fall asleep, as well as a Twilight Turtle and a Twilight Ladybug (that she took from Maddy). She likes to have 2 songs sung to her, or she likes it when we get in bed with her and tell her random stories about when Moose was a puppy, or about when she was born.
We no longer have nap time, however, we do "quiet time" everyday. During quiet time, she can play in her room with her dollhouse, read books, or nap. Most of the time, she chooses to play with her dollhouse. She has such an imagination and can play by herself for hours. It's really cute to listen to.
Hailey has perfected riding her bike, and loves doing anything outside. It's so hard for me to believe that she is going to be 4 soon.
She still names all of her stuffed animals "Gloria", and her most prized possession is a pink rabbit that my dad bought her for Christmas. She carries it with her everywhere.
MIA
I have been so bad at keeping this blog up to date. Part of me just wants to stop doing it, but another part of me wants to be able to look back on these times and read about what Hailey and Madeline were up to at certain ages.
So for now, I guess I will play catch up...
So for now, I guess I will play catch up...
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