Stevie Reese 4 MONTHS OLD

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SR did so good at her 4 month well check. She had to get 2 shots this time and an oral medicine. This go around was much smoother. She was smiling and talking to the nurse during the first shot not even a flinch. The second shot was in and  nothing until the medicine went in. She cried for a few short seconds. The nurse said the second shot burns alittle. I had given her Pediacare 30-40 min prior to her appointment. When we got home she was so good the whole day in a really good mood, but pretty sleepy. She slept most of the day and all through the night. These past couple days we have been battling the Teething pain! It is awful and I feel so bad for her!

Weight: 14.9 lbs (75%)

Height: 26 inches (95%) Tall girl!!

Head: 16 (40%)

Size 2 diaper

3-6 clothes some 6 month depending on the brand

She laughed and giggled out loud for the first time November 25 (16 wks 1 day)

She is teething like crazy!

She now loves to scream and squeel to hear herself!

Loves her play gym/jumper

She loves her baths and now kicks her feet and splashes with her hands

She love's her monkey/blankie

Sleeping great through the night

Exclusivley breast feeding on demand.

Eats every 3-4 hours.

Timeline in photos!

2-3 weeks

10 weeks

13 weeks

18 weeks

21 weeks

22 weeks

25  weeks

27 weeks

31 weeks

35 weeks

36 weeks

38 weeks! Before we left for the hospital!!!

(water broke)

going home 2 days old!

1 Week old

                                                                     One Month

                                                                        2 Months

3 Months

3 months and 3 weeks

                                                                      3 months and 3 weeks

SR 3months old

Stevie turned 3 months old November 4th! She is just growing up so fast!

• She is so fun and she loves listening to music!
• She loves her monkey blankie
• She talks all of the time
• She loves kicking her feet "the same as when i was pregnant with her"
• She rolled over officially from her back to her tummy at 13wks 3days
• She trys to sit up all the time now when she is in her car seat
• Now in size 2 diapers
• Wears 0-3 month clothes "but she has long arms and long legs but a small body"
• We will be in 3-6 month soon
• She loves when I sing to her!
• She likes playing patty cake and peek a boo! She just smiles and laughs.
• She loves her play gym, she bats at the toys and just smiles and talks to herself in her little mirror all the time.
• She is weighing around 14 pounds

We go for more shots and her four month check up December 2nd.

We are so blessed to have little miss Stevie Reese in our life. Daughter I prayed for you. Prayed to be your mommy, Prayed that God would bless me with a happy healthy baby. He definitely delivered.
Mommy and Daddy love you very much.

We are looking forward to the upcoming Holidays! Our first Thanksgiving and Christmas as a Family of Three.

 

Happy Halloween

Stevie's first Halloween 2011

She got money for her piggy bank

from Pepaw and Linlee

Her card from Pepaw and Linlee

Playing With Daddy

Tucked away in bed

Happy Saturday

Little Miss Stevie Reese had a rough night, she has actually been fussy for a few days now. She has already started the process of teething a few weeks ago. So we bought some Orajel All Natural for her. It seems to work pretty well for her. Stevie Reese was pretty restless the whole night. She would take her pacifier then she would lose it or spit it out. When it fell out she would wake up and start squirming everywhere! She sleeps in a bassinet beside our bed so I was able to keep my hand in there and try and hold it, but she was still restless. Nathan got up around 5am and took her to the living room to rock her a while. She finally gave in and crashed. Poor baby. Nathan had to go to work this morning. He got home a little after twelve this afternoon. So we got ready and went and grabbed a quick bite to eat and looked around a few stores. This is the first weekend we have been home in a while. It's only about to get busier though and we will be on the road again during the weekends. This evening we decided to go to Saturday night Mass. It was pretty exciting for our family because we got to take the gifts to the altar! Stevie Reese brings lots of attention everywhere we go, but especially at church with the older people! After church we had to visit with the assistant priest to go through a baptism class. Lets just say he wasn't the nicest and we would have rather visited with the main priest Father Peter. Oh well the class had to be done. We are getting SR baptised at our church in Olney with Father Ray. We wanted to have it done there so all of our friends and family could be there. Plus we have made a good relationship with Father Ray and wanted the same person who had married us!

On another not you have to check out www.totsy.com when you sign up for FREE on your FIRST purchase your get FREE SHIPPING!! I bought SR a pair of sequin boots and a pair of Mary Jane's. My final total was $12 and some change. I saved nearly $30!! I would call that a deal!

I will leave you with a few pictures from today!

Random Wednesday

So our doctor had told us to give Stevie Poly Vi Sol. Well I had held off for a while.

The stuff is awful!!

So on Monday we gave her the smallest dose. She was trying her hardest not to throw it up.

I tried mixing it with expressed breast milk but she would not take it. Plus we don't really ever give her bottles so on top of her not liking the taste she didn't want the bottle.

Tuesday I gave it to her again this time it was the recommended dose. I gave her half, let her nurse a minute and then gave the other half. Once again it took all she had to not throw it up. You could just see it in her eyes and facial expression. Her little lip was quivering because it was so nasty.

A few hours later we had went to the dollar tree and she finally ended up throwing up some. It just wasn't settling with her.

Stevie already has reflux issues and some stomach and gas issues.

And adding the Poly Vi Sol was not going to help.

She had not had a bowel movement all afternoon tuesday up until 2 pm today (wednesday)

and for her if she doesn't go she is so fussy and restless. Her stomach was so bloated.

She finally went. It was a mess I had to put her clothes in the wash and then bath her asap!! She was just smiling afterwards, I could tell she felt so much better.

So Nathan and I decided that we aren't going to be giving her anymore Poly Vi Sol.

She is getting everything she needs from breast milk. I continue to take my daily vitamins and eat a variety of meats, fruits and vegatables. That's what im going to do.

I had to tell myself it isn't the law! lol! She is our child and it is our choice. All the doctor can do is recommend.

Also Nathan and I have been discussing solid foods for Stevie. We have decided that we aren't going to start her at 4 months we are going to wait until 6 months.

I will do another post on that later regaurding our reasons!

Well tonight I am going to be making chicken tacos with verde salsa!

Happy Wednesday!!!

A brand new day...

Today was much better. I had stayed up all night and went to bed at 6 AM this morning. I know crazy huh! But I was painting our dining room and had a quiet hose while my two loves were sleeping away. I just painted, listened to music and just thought to myself. Nathan's parents came up for a visit and it was so nice. We headed over to Lawton to grab a bite to eat then we went shopping around for a little while. It was so fun because every time I'm with them we can just laugh and Linda and I laughed a lot. It was definitely what I needed!

LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE that's what my day consisted of.