Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Alison's Lessons - Week 9
Alison is such a great baby, she sleeps like a champ and is a wonderful eater too! I can not believe that nine weeks have flown by so quickly. Ali and daddy like to relax in the “kick it back” chair and watch the races at night when they can’t sleep… she is going to be a race car driver.
With Jared being in school a full day (8-3) and Gracee going to daycare on Tuesdays and Thursdays… me and Alison have plenty of bonding time. She sleeps a lot but when she is awake I stop what I am doing to play with her.
Alison went over 36 hours without having any poo in her diaper, she used to be a regular pooper… almost every diaper was full. I had to give her gas drops for the first time ever 8-20-09. It must have been something I ate – I had some stinky gas too!
Alison takes a tubby in the morning after Jared goes to school – she is still such a great sleeper I try to wait until she is awake enough to enjoy the bath time.
Everyone still says how much Alison looks like her daddy… well I saw a few newborn pictures of Jared last week and it is true she looks a lot like her brother did when he was a baby, but she looks a lot like Gracee to me to.
Ali still loves that swing, she falls asleep in it almost each night, and may rock until two in the morning or sometimes just sleeps in there.
Gotta love those big dimples – I have been seeing more of her eyes this week too and at night she is one happy baby, after the big kids take baths and are in bed she coos and talks all about the dreams she had during the day. Big smiles are the best.
Here is a break down of Alison’s day: wake up at 5:30am diaper change and nurse, sleep ‘til about 9:30am diaper change again then 5 oz bottle, stay awake for a little while, then take a bath around 10:45am and nurse again, then it is back to sleep in the swing ‘til almost two sometimes later. When Ali wakes up its to eat about 3 oz and then look around, she loves to stare at the bright lights and talk to her brother and sister, then it is naptime again around 6pm, she wakes up around 8pm for an hour or so and then change into PJs and she eats 6-7oz and TV time with dad. Sometimes she falls asleep and other times she wants to nurse and sit in the swing… her bedtime is anywhere from 10-11:30pm and we start again the next day.
Alison is growing so well she weighs 13lbs and is 24 ¼ tall. We took her to get shots today and she didn’t mind the first one… but the second made her scream for almost two min (until she feel asleep) Alison’s head is 41.9 cm and her temp was 96.6
Alison stayed over night with her Memaw Donna 8-21-09, she is such a mommy’s girl I got a text at about 10pm saying that she didn’t want the bottle. After a bath and the swing Ali feel asleep at 10:15pm and had to be woke up the next morning at 9:15.
I feel so lucky to be able to watch all my kids grow, Gracee is such a wonderful big sister… she loves to give SOFT kisses to baby Ali and Jared is one GREAT big brother, always likes to see his baby sister before he goes to kindergarten even if she is sleeping, he kisses her feet (he tells us that she LOVES that). Thanks for reading our blog and learning with us.
With Jared being in school a full day (8-3) and Gracee going to daycare on Tuesdays and Thursdays… me and Alison have plenty of bonding time. She sleeps a lot but when she is awake I stop what I am doing to play with her.
Alison went over 36 hours without having any poo in her diaper, she used to be a regular pooper… almost every diaper was full. I had to give her gas drops for the first time ever 8-20-09. It must have been something I ate – I had some stinky gas too!
Alison takes a tubby in the morning after Jared goes to school – she is still such a great sleeper I try to wait until she is awake enough to enjoy the bath time.
Everyone still says how much Alison looks like her daddy… well I saw a few newborn pictures of Jared last week and it is true she looks a lot like her brother did when he was a baby, but she looks a lot like Gracee to me to.
Ali still loves that swing, she falls asleep in it almost each night, and may rock until two in the morning or sometimes just sleeps in there.
Gotta love those big dimples – I have been seeing more of her eyes this week too and at night she is one happy baby, after the big kids take baths and are in bed she coos and talks all about the dreams she had during the day. Big smiles are the best.
Here is a break down of Alison’s day: wake up at 5:30am diaper change and nurse, sleep ‘til about 9:30am diaper change again then 5 oz bottle, stay awake for a little while, then take a bath around 10:45am and nurse again, then it is back to sleep in the swing ‘til almost two sometimes later. When Ali wakes up its to eat about 3 oz and then look around, she loves to stare at the bright lights and talk to her brother and sister, then it is naptime again around 6pm, she wakes up around 8pm for an hour or so and then change into PJs and she eats 6-7oz and TV time with dad. Sometimes she falls asleep and other times she wants to nurse and sit in the swing… her bedtime is anywhere from 10-11:30pm and we start again the next day.
Alison is growing so well she weighs 13lbs and is 24 ¼ tall. We took her to get shots today and she didn’t mind the first one… but the second made her scream for almost two min (until she feel asleep) Alison’s head is 41.9 cm and her temp was 96.6
Alison stayed over night with her Memaw Donna 8-21-09, she is such a mommy’s girl I got a text at about 10pm saying that she didn’t want the bottle. After a bath and the swing Ali feel asleep at 10:15pm and had to be woke up the next morning at 9:15.
I feel so lucky to be able to watch all my kids grow, Gracee is such a wonderful big sister… she loves to give SOFT kisses to baby Ali and Jared is one GREAT big brother, always likes to see his baby sister before he goes to kindergarten even if she is sleeping, he kisses her feet (he tells us that she LOVES that). Thanks for reading our blog and learning with us.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Alison's Lessons - Week 8
Another week has flown by and my little tiny baby is getting bigger and bigger. Eight weeks old she has a two month check-up and shots next Tuesday.
Alison holds her head up like most three month olds. She looks around the room and follows your every move.
Alison is a mommy’s girl…don’t get me wrong she loves daddy too, but mommy is the key to a full belly and clean diaper every time. Plus I think she likes me almost as much as I like her.
Ali goes to bed at 9:30 and has been getting up around 6am every morning, it is nice to feel like I get more rest, even though my bedtime is closer to mid-night, Alison is still sleeping most of the day away but when she is up she is doing the WIGGLE.
Alison still favors her right side, when she sleeps or just laying on the ground looking around – it is always to the right, she went to the chiropractor for the second time today; just to try to help her out. We don’t want her head to be misshaped.
I can’t get enough pictures of this beautiful little girl; my favorite game is trying to get the perfect picture of that gorgeous smile, and the new expressions she is full of.
Jared and Gracee both love Alison so much, before they go to bed I have to bring Ali into each of their rooms at night and let them give her a hug and a kiss, they both tell her they love her and they will see her in the morning. J
Our sweet little angel is growing up so fast, everyone says “WOW she is getting so big” I guess we just make healthy sleeping baby girls! We all love our princess so much! Next week there will be more lessons and tons of fun.
Alison holds her head up like most three month olds. She looks around the room and follows your every move.
Alison is a mommy’s girl…don’t get me wrong she loves daddy too, but mommy is the key to a full belly and clean diaper every time. Plus I think she likes me almost as much as I like her.
Ali goes to bed at 9:30 and has been getting up around 6am every morning, it is nice to feel like I get more rest, even though my bedtime is closer to mid-night, Alison is still sleeping most of the day away but when she is up she is doing the WIGGLE.
Alison still favors her right side, when she sleeps or just laying on the ground looking around – it is always to the right, she went to the chiropractor for the second time today; just to try to help her out. We don’t want her head to be misshaped.
I can’t get enough pictures of this beautiful little girl; my favorite game is trying to get the perfect picture of that gorgeous smile, and the new expressions she is full of.
Jared and Gracee both love Alison so much, before they go to bed I have to bring Ali into each of their rooms at night and let them give her a hug and a kiss, they both tell her they love her and they will see her in the morning. J
Our sweet little angel is growing up so fast, everyone says “WOW she is getting so big” I guess we just make healthy sleeping baby girls! We all love our princess so much! Next week there will be more lessons and tons of fun.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Alison's Lessons - Week 7
Life is wonderful with little people around, asking questions and making you remember how precious each day is. Alison is such a blessing – I don’t remember what life was like before she was here. She is my doll baby, my sweet little piece of goodness. Seven weeks lessons coming right up:
Alison slept in her bed all night (10-5) for the first time, she usually sleeps in her pack-and-play in our bed room. But we decided she would be fine in her own room. I slept pretty well too!
Big Smiles… and Miss Ali coos, it is so sweet, I could just eat her up. She makes my heart melt every time I hold her and look into those glassy eyes - gotta love that BIG gummy smile with her cute dimples.
Alison is wearing 0-3 months and really filling them out, she loves to eat and then look around, so proud of herself for being a good girl. Her eyes are open more and more… Gracee says in amazement “Look Mommy baby Ali eyes OPEN”
Mommy has lost 25lbs since the day she gave birth to Alison Jean Willard!
Alison will drink from a bottle, however she knows who has the goods… so more often then not, she doesn’t take a bottle from me. Alison eats 4-5oz each bottle (and before bed sometimes its 7oz!)
Everyone compliments what a beautiful baby girl we have, how pretty she is and never cries. She is so healthy and strong we couldn’t be more pleased with her development. Next weeks lessons will be here before I know it – keeping track as well as I can. :)
Alison slept in her bed all night (10-5) for the first time, she usually sleeps in her pack-and-play in our bed room. But we decided she would be fine in her own room. I slept pretty well too!
Big Smiles… and Miss Ali coos, it is so sweet, I could just eat her up. She makes my heart melt every time I hold her and look into those glassy eyes - gotta love that BIG gummy smile with her cute dimples.
Alison is wearing 0-3 months and really filling them out, she loves to eat and then look around, so proud of herself for being a good girl. Her eyes are open more and more… Gracee says in amazement “Look Mommy baby Ali eyes OPEN”
Mommy has lost 25lbs since the day she gave birth to Alison Jean Willard!
Alison will drink from a bottle, however she knows who has the goods… so more often then not, she doesn’t take a bottle from me. Alison eats 4-5oz each bottle (and before bed sometimes its 7oz!)
Everyone compliments what a beautiful baby girl we have, how pretty she is and never cries. She is so healthy and strong we couldn’t be more pleased with her development. Next weeks lessons will be here before I know it – keeping track as well as I can. :)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Alison's Lessons - Week 6
Has it really been six weeks?Our sweet little Ali Bugs is growing up too quick Jared thinks she can talk, she doesn't really cry very often so a few time in the past week she will yell out and it sounds like she is saying HI or HEY! He thinks it is too cool! Another week of fun ahead - thanks for reading out lessons.
Alison wears size 0-3 mo. I had to put all the newborn clothes up, she is way too long for them. I still play favorites with the comfy clothes but I try to make sure she wears everything at least once.
Alison likes to be stretched out... she always has, she is so relaxed even when her brother and sister are yelling and playing around her. She just lays there and looks at them.
Alison loves her swing... sometimes she lays in her bed and falls asleep but most of the time she eats and gets a clean diaper... then it is off to the swing for about ten minutes of rocking and she is out - she did sleep in the swing over night on Thursday.
Alison is raspy and has a snotty nose... when i looked back at Gracee's six week lessons she was too, but I took Gracee to the doctor and they said there was nothing I could do. So I guess I will just keep sucking the snot out of Ali's nose and assume she has allergies too.
Alison loves her mommy... if she is fussing all I have to do is talk to her and she will stop (for a minute) then I usually fix the problem and she is fine again. She is just such a good baby.
Alison has baby acne... I have had a few moms tell me not to worry about it - that it is probably the way that her skin is reacting to being out of my womb. I keep her clean and lotioned up. Ali usually gets a bath in the morning but I think I am going to give her a bath at 7pm before the big kids and see if that will make a difference with her skin.
Alison likes her milk warm... when I can get her to eat from a bottle it has to be almost hot(and usually someone else has to feed her) it is like she knows I am the one that nurses and she prefers that so she wont take a bottle from me unless she is starving.
Alison nurses like clock work at night 8pm, midnight, 4am, and 8am. This week almost seemed like during the day I nursed her on demand rather then every four hours… and I had just enough milk for her too. I didn’t put any in the freezer this week.
I moved her pack and play to the bottom level and she sleeps in there now… she was sleeping on the changing table part of the pack and play but I don’t think that it is safe anymore (the big kids love to get the stool and give her kisses – I don’t trust that they wont try to pick her up one day…)
How lucky am I to be able to watch my children grow and learn each day they teach me something new. It’s funny to think that my job is to be the teacher when I am still learning so much. I love being a mommy and thank God for all of my blessings daily.
Alison wears size 0-3 mo. I had to put all the newborn clothes up, she is way too long for them. I still play favorites with the comfy clothes but I try to make sure she wears everything at least once.
Alison likes to be stretched out... she always has, she is so relaxed even when her brother and sister are yelling and playing around her. She just lays there and looks at them.
Alison loves her swing... sometimes she lays in her bed and falls asleep but most of the time she eats and gets a clean diaper... then it is off to the swing for about ten minutes of rocking and she is out - she did sleep in the swing over night on Thursday.
Alison is raspy and has a snotty nose... when i looked back at Gracee's six week lessons she was too, but I took Gracee to the doctor and they said there was nothing I could do. So I guess I will just keep sucking the snot out of Ali's nose and assume she has allergies too.
Alison loves her mommy... if she is fussing all I have to do is talk to her and she will stop (for a minute) then I usually fix the problem and she is fine again. She is just such a good baby.
Alison has baby acne... I have had a few moms tell me not to worry about it - that it is probably the way that her skin is reacting to being out of my womb. I keep her clean and lotioned up. Ali usually gets a bath in the morning but I think I am going to give her a bath at 7pm before the big kids and see if that will make a difference with her skin.
Alison likes her milk warm... when I can get her to eat from a bottle it has to be almost hot(and usually someone else has to feed her) it is like she knows I am the one that nurses and she prefers that so she wont take a bottle from me unless she is starving.
Alison nurses like clock work at night 8pm, midnight, 4am, and 8am. This week almost seemed like during the day I nursed her on demand rather then every four hours… and I had just enough milk for her too. I didn’t put any in the freezer this week.
I moved her pack and play to the bottom level and she sleeps in there now… she was sleeping on the changing table part of the pack and play but I don’t think that it is safe anymore (the big kids love to get the stool and give her kisses – I don’t trust that they wont try to pick her up one day…)
How lucky am I to be able to watch my children grow and learn each day they teach me something new. It’s funny to think that my job is to be the teacher when I am still learning so much. I love being a mommy and thank God for all of my blessings daily.
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