WOW- that's a lot to remember! I wonder if I will suffer from identity confusion....
Love,
Anna
Friday, January 22, 2010
My Nicknames
......Anna. Anna Colleen. A-Colleen. Little Girl. Anna Banana. AnnaBelle. Tooter McScooter. Burpee McSlurpee. Sister. Kiddo. Sugerplum. Beautiful. Princess. Babycakes......
WOW- that's a lot to remember! I wonder if I will suffer from identity confusion....
Love,
Anna
WOW- that's a lot to remember! I wonder if I will suffer from identity confusion....
Love,
Anna
Belly Giggle!
I did my first deep belly giggle yesterday!
I was on mommy's knee and she was bouncing me and singing "This is how the cowgirls ride....." and I busted out laughing. I was having SOOOO much fun! My three short belly giggles also made mommy laugh REALLY hard! Laughing is so much fun :)
Love,
Anna
I was on mommy's knee and she was bouncing me and singing "This is how the cowgirls ride....." and I busted out laughing. I was having SOOOO much fun! My three short belly giggles also made mommy laugh REALLY hard! Laughing is so much fun :)
Love,
Anna
Monday, January 18, 2010
So TIRED!
Last night I was SOOOO tired from waking up for the past week around 3 am to eat, that I slept almost 10 hours straight! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of me; mommy even played with me for over an hour after I woke up before putting me down for my first nap of the day! I hope I sleep like this again tonight :)
Love,
Anna
Love,
Anna
Friday, January 15, 2010
Weaning
So let the weaning process begin!
Our little girl is almost 4 months old now and the "fourth trimester" of trying to help Anna "make a peaceful transition from womb to world" is coming to an end. As successful as following advice on the fourth trimester has been to us, it is time to let the little lady start to live in our world the way we do. She is growing up (tear)!
The 5 things, from the fourth trimester, we eventually need to wean her of.
1. Sucking
Anna was never found of pacifiers (it appears that she likes her two fingers much better) so weaning her of her pacifier is done. As for weaning her off the boob, that will come sometime before she is one year old- we are still undecided on when.
2. Swinging
Anna loves the swing. It will be a sad day when she out grows it. Her feet are already beginning to go off the end of the swing, so the weaning will begin when she is too big. I am going to begin placing her in her pack and play instead of the swing for her afternoon naps.
I think vibrations fall in this category and this is where I think we are going to have the most trouble. She loves her vibrating pack and play (it puts her to sleep on her own) and I get to be the mean one who will begin to take it away during nap time...... I hope she is weaned of this by the time I start subbing in Mid-Feb. I predict this will be the most challenging wean for us!
3. Side or stomach position
WEANED! Daddy used to hold her on her side to calm her down- that ended long ago because she was just TOO big!
4. Swaddling
Anna still LOVES the swaddle! She is still being swaddled in two blankets- one light one and one heavy one- to keep her warm in the winter. Once she is weaned of this, she will move into a sleep sack.
I started the weaning process last night. I swaddled everything but her left arm. She did GREAT! So, this morning I swaddled everything but BOTH arms and she has been asleep nearly an hour! IS this going to be easier than expected???? This is another thing I hope she is weaned from by Mid-Feb.
5. Shushing sounds
We started this weaning about a month ago when we decreased the volume of the "rain storm" or SoundSpa, as Bed Bath and Beyond likes to call it, in our bedroom. We are going to continue to decrease the sound each night. I can't imagine a quiet bedroom again! We hope she is weaned of this on by Mid-Feb as well.
So.... happy weaning to Rob and me!
Much Love,
Jenny
Our little girl is almost 4 months old now and the "fourth trimester" of trying to help Anna "make a peaceful transition from womb to world" is coming to an end. As successful as following advice on the fourth trimester has been to us, it is time to let the little lady start to live in our world the way we do. She is growing up (tear)!
The 5 things, from the fourth trimester, we eventually need to wean her of.
1. Sucking
Anna was never found of pacifiers (it appears that she likes her two fingers much better) so weaning her of her pacifier is done. As for weaning her off the boob, that will come sometime before she is one year old- we are still undecided on when.
2. Swinging
Anna loves the swing. It will be a sad day when she out grows it. Her feet are already beginning to go off the end of the swing, so the weaning will begin when she is too big. I am going to begin placing her in her pack and play instead of the swing for her afternoon naps.
I think vibrations fall in this category and this is where I think we are going to have the most trouble. She loves her vibrating pack and play (it puts her to sleep on her own) and I get to be the mean one who will begin to take it away during nap time...... I hope she is weaned of this by the time I start subbing in Mid-Feb. I predict this will be the most challenging wean for us!
3. Side or stomach position
WEANED! Daddy used to hold her on her side to calm her down- that ended long ago because she was just TOO big!
4. Swaddling
Anna still LOVES the swaddle! She is still being swaddled in two blankets- one light one and one heavy one- to keep her warm in the winter. Once she is weaned of this, she will move into a sleep sack.
I started the weaning process last night. I swaddled everything but her left arm. She did GREAT! So, this morning I swaddled everything but BOTH arms and she has been asleep nearly an hour! IS this going to be easier than expected???? This is another thing I hope she is weaned from by Mid-Feb.
5. Shushing sounds
We started this weaning about a month ago when we decreased the volume of the "rain storm" or SoundSpa, as Bed Bath and Beyond likes to call it, in our bedroom. We are going to continue to decrease the sound each night. I can't imagine a quiet bedroom again! We hope she is weaned of this on by Mid-Feb as well.
So.... happy weaning to Rob and me!
Much Love,
Jenny
Ignoring My Children: Night 1
So the first night (of many to come I'm sure) of ignoring my children is through. You might be wondering, how did it go? Did I stick to my guns and not let Peanut come to the bed? Did I let my heart crumble while the little girl cried herself back to sleep? This is how the night unraveled.....
Peanut decided not to come to the top stair and bark when we were getting ready for bed. So, Rob and I decided to let him stay downstairs..... and he did not make a peep until he heard me feeding Anna at 7 am this morning. SUCCESS!!!!
As for Anna, she woke up for the third night in a row (that makes the last 5 out of 6 nights) around 3 am. She started with soft coos and babbles. Having our decision made up that we were not going to get her out of the pack and play, I hit the vibrate button on her bed to help her settle back down (I am probably not supposed to do that either!!) Tens minutes of feeling like the WORST mom ever, she stops her babbling. SUCCESS! I am the BEST mom ever!!!
That is until about 5 minutes later she begins to cry her "I"m starving over here" cry. After exchanging a couple hazy 3 am consulting sentences with the husband, she was in my arms and nursing within minutes. And I must say that she really WAS hungry! She pretty much drained one side (which is about 6 oz when I pump) and ate a little off the other. So during this feeding time I started to wonder if babies experience growth spurts at 16 weeks (she has been textbook about when her growth spurts occur) and sure enough, after a 3 am research session on the internet, I find that it is her time to have a growth spurt.
So growth spurt or not, I gave in on the first night of ignoring my child. We'll see how the next couple of nights go. We should almost be through this growth spurt- fingers (and toes) crossed!
Much Love and Good Night,
Jenny
Oh and everyone- thank you for all the advice!
Peanut decided not to come to the top stair and bark when we were getting ready for bed. So, Rob and I decided to let him stay downstairs..... and he did not make a peep until he heard me feeding Anna at 7 am this morning. SUCCESS!!!!
As for Anna, she woke up for the third night in a row (that makes the last 5 out of 6 nights) around 3 am. She started with soft coos and babbles. Having our decision made up that we were not going to get her out of the pack and play, I hit the vibrate button on her bed to help her settle back down (I am probably not supposed to do that either!!) Tens minutes of feeling like the WORST mom ever, she stops her babbling. SUCCESS! I am the BEST mom ever!!!
That is until about 5 minutes later she begins to cry her "I"m starving over here" cry. After exchanging a couple hazy 3 am consulting sentences with the husband, she was in my arms and nursing within minutes. And I must say that she really WAS hungry! She pretty much drained one side (which is about 6 oz when I pump) and ate a little off the other. So during this feeding time I started to wonder if babies experience growth spurts at 16 weeks (she has been textbook about when her growth spurts occur) and sure enough, after a 3 am research session on the internet, I find that it is her time to have a growth spurt.
So growth spurt or not, I gave in on the first night of ignoring my child. We'll see how the next couple of nights go. We should almost be through this growth spurt- fingers (and toes) crossed!
Much Love and Good Night,
Jenny
Oh and everyone- thank you for all the advice!
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