She's So Chill?!

Lately so many people have been commenting on how "chill" Lainey is...from family to friends to the doctor!! "Is she always this chill?" Kevin's answer, "No!" (because he mostly sees her crabby time at night). My answer, "actually...Yes!" She loves to just hang out and watch everything that's going on around her, and talk talk talk. She enjoys sitting up in her bumbo - on top of the washer watching me fold laundry, on the kitchen counter watching us do the dishes or cook dinner, in my craft room watching me sew and sing to music, and in the mornings she smiles at herself in the mirror and watches me do my hair. At social outings, she hangs out quietly, listening to me talk...because duh, she was inside me for 9mo and we all know I talk A LOT. Hey, its soothing to her now! At her doctor appointment, the pediatrician was putting things up her nose and in her ears and Lainey just sat so still without a peep. Probably because shes use to me Qtipping her ears after her bath (which she loves) and with all her congestion, she is use to the nose-freida snot sucker up there daily. So yes, she is a pretty chill baby for the most part. Just checking the world out. She gets it from her daddy...cool, calm and collected, well, most of the time ;)

That's My Girl!

As I picked up Lainey from daycare today, Colleen says to me, "She just LOVES her blankie! She puts it right up to her face and likes to snuggle it." I'm like yep, that's my girl...like mother, like daughter :)

When she gets tired, you can just give her her Nuk and blankie over your shoulder, and she snuggles her face into it, and she's out like a light! LOVE her!!!

Hands & Feet = Stop Swaddling

Lainey is right on with The Bump: Your Baby is 18 Weeks! She doesn't need to be fed as often and she is breaking out of her swaddle!! She eats every 4-5 hours now, instead of every 3 hours. And I just pulled out her bigger 9oz size bottles, and have started making her 5-6oz each feeding. Such a big girl!! She'll definitely let you know when she is hungry and spit it out when her belly is full. As for swaddling...I was getting worried I'd never get her out of her swaddle, because she just loves being snug so much, but lately as I go in for her 3am feeding, and when she wakes up babbling at 7am, her arms are free and her legs are sticking out :) Now if we can just get her into her crib...



Read: When To Stop Swaddling... The Bump says, "nighttime movement helps them enhance their gross motor development, which is crucial for upcoming milestones like crawling, standing and walking." I was going to stop once she started rolling over, but I think she is giving me her cue now.

Also, her hands and feet have totally become her new source of entertainment! She is drooling so much more now, that we've started to make her wear a bib. No teeth yet, that we can see, but they are probably on the move up! Pediatrician says, "She could get them now to 18mo, it's so hard to guess, every baby is different. It could take up to a year to get them all in."

LAINEY MAE IS 4 MONTHS TODAY!

Balding

Okay, all my new hair growth from pregnancy is definitely falling out now! It is not falling out in chunks like some people say it does, but it for sure happens 3-4 months after delivery (not right away). I cant even touch my head with out strands of hair falling out. It's annoying because as I hold Lainey, it gets all over her, and stuck in her hands, and that's gross as she's putting everything into her mouth ;) The bathroom floor is just full of it, and I am sure its all over my house. I think for once there's more of my hair on the floor than Colbie hair...our cleaning lady is probably like "wtf this is nasty!?" Hahaha! I have to clean out my brush daily, so our bathroom garbage looks like a birds nest. Sorry Kev! But besides my hair thinning, I could really go for a trim and a new color....Trinity!?!!!!

She's a growin'

Today was Lainey's 4 month wellness check up! She weighs 12 pounds, 1 ounce and is 23-3/4 inches tall! ...still our little peanut girl :) Pediatrician said we can start her on rice cereal! "2-3tsp twice a day, mix with formula, keep it really runny. It's just for practice right now, not for calories, so keep up with her bottles, and try the rice cereal in between bottle feedings." We are excited to try!

Here is a great Solid Food Chart for Babies. He said most babies aren't ready for "solid" foods until 6 months of age, but we could start practicing with some green beans, apples, bananas or pears - mashed baby food of course.

She's got the sniffles :(

I almost cried leaving Lainey at daycare today. I didn't cry the first time I left her, but this time she was all tears with her stuffy nose, I just felt so bad!! She wants her mama! She got stuffy while we were up at the cabin. Not sure if allergies or just baby congestion... She cant blow it out of course, and so the mucus drips back into her throat and so she has a cough too. No temp though! My "Mom's Corner" forum says, "Allergies typically don't happen in babies till around age 2. Normally it takes a season or two them to develop if they get them. Use some saline nose drops first, and then the Nosefrida Snotsucker Nasal Aspirator to suck it all out. Also use a humidifier in her room while she sleeps and kept her head elevated." Tonight I am going to do just that and I hope she gets better REAL soon!!