this girl

She has been clicking her tongue, making kissing sounds, and using her lovely voice for months. and now she has learned the joy of singing into a microphone! she also sings when we touch our hands to her mouth to make the "wah-wah" sound, as moses calls it, and she does that when shane jiggles her, too. all this probably makes no sense, but i don't care. i will remember and treasure these memories in my heart forever. eden, you are such a delight, and i just can't get enough of your sweet voice!

5:15 am: My guess is as good as yours

So, the past week or so, Eden's been waking up at 5:15 or so, which is really troubling because I've been going to bed late, and so 5:15 feels really quite early. Also, the I'm sure the neighbors hate us now. Oh, and Moses. 5:15 is too early for all of us to be awake. 

My recent hypothesis is that eden is not only more and more mobile and pulling up and stuff, but she is also very much into fussing for our food. She's not able to eat it very well, so a lot of it actually ends up pooling in the corners of her high chair, and she's simultaneously rejecting the baby food. So, she's probably not able to fill up her belly with much food in the evening. Then she probably wakes up famished. Can't blame her. But it does throw off the whole next day. 

Also, her eyes have been funky since Thursday and she is just so snotty. I hope it's nothing!

9-month stats and checkup

So, this week was her 9 month check up. I was sad about her stats, because even though she is technically quite average, she is still dropping percentiles:

* Height 28.75" (84%)

* Weight 19 lbs, 1 oz (51%)

* Head circumference 17.5" (62%) 

The last doctor I saw pretty much disregarded/minimized my concern, so I was relieved to be seeing our regular doctor. She took a look at Eden's chart and recommended that we start her on a high calorie high protein diet and come back in a month for a weight check. I felt so validated. :) And also empowered! :)  fyi: High calorie foods include: bananas, peaches, pears, sweet potatoes, peas, meats, butter, cheese, and formula.

I sent regular breast milk along with about 50% more high-calorie foods, including meat (which she LOVES). The doctor recommended mixing in peaches and prunes for every meal, so that has given me more comfort that she will be able to eat more and stay regular. I happened to be pumping more milk these days too, so that's been nice to send. She's been devouring almost everything, so yay! wrist rolls, please come back!

At home, we've been giving her more and more table food. I think her first official solid, non-pureed food was cherries. She basically fusses until we give her some of our food. She's also enjoyed nectarines, grapes, spaghetti, and puffs. A couple of weeks ago, I had tried puffs, but she somehow choked on one and completely threw up all her food. She's made so much progress since then! Baby's growing up too fast though.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, Eden got one shot and didn't even cry! She's going to be a tough girl. :)

Pulled up for the first time

Baby Girl pulled up for the first time today. She held Moses's bed and pulled up to look at us and then again to get a green frog from the bed. I couldn't be more in love with this little girl.

oh, and so, of course, over the last few days, she's been waking up during the night and earlier than usual in the morning. it's probably this standing up milestone. but also, she might be getting more teeth! and she might be going through a growth spurt! and she has been constipated on and off! lots of reasons to cry! 

Mum mum mum

I think her first word was dada and now her second word is mama. I love the way her little face looks when she's saying my name! She is such a little treasure. 

In other news, we managed to make it to the other side of Constipation 2015! It lasted four days and it was terrible. But we pumped her full of "P" foods, prunes, peaches, peas, pears, plums, and also apple juice and cherries. wow.