Thursday, May 12, 2016

Words

So, I haven't kept up with Edens words nearly as closely as I had with Moses. But I guess this is better late than never. Eden has a pretty big vocabulary. I love it, really because I love her little voice. :) she is so delightful. :) 

Shoes
Fish
Book
Bye
More
Hi
Okay
Poopoo
Owie
Baby
Eat
Mook (milk)
Wawa 
Car
Jacket
Foot (fruit)
Foot (her actual foot)
Uh oh
Shit (shirt)
Auck (socks)
Bausch (brush)
Night night
More
Peas (please)
Off (unbuckle me please)
Joo/dah/go! (Jude, our dog)
Jacket
Moo
Cow



Thursday, May 5, 2016

18 month stats. Real quick.

Height 32.25 inches (66%)
Weight 24 pounds (45%)
Head circumference 18.5 inches (63%) 

She's a perfect size. :) my little babe! 

I don't know if I mentioned that her first sentence was "Mommy, no." Yesterday was her second sentence and it was "Daddy shoe." Haha. Girl loves shoes!

She came to work last week for "Bring your kid to work" day. She worked hard. :)



Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Talking

I love her little voice. She tried to sing Old McDonald with me tonight. That's advanced, right? :) Her current favorite words are:
* uh oh
* key-key (candy)
* apple (any kind of produce)
* go (dog, or what we can Jude)
* mama
* dada
* shoes
* poop
* bebe 

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Four teeth, a cold, weaning, and joy

So, I keep saying it, but really, Eden is the best baby ever! She has recently gotten four new teeth, a cold (complete with irritating eye goop), weaned completely, and she is still joyful. Tonight, the foot of her pajamas had a hole so her big toe was peeking out, and I'm not kidding, she was screaming with joy!! I can't handle how much I enjoy her. 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

15 month stats and update

We had our 15 month appointment last week, kind of late, I guess. We went to see Dr. Deeb because our regular doc, Dr. Brittany Wilson left the practice. The staff were all trying to be nice about it, except for Dr. Deeb who called it a professional divorce due to irreconcilable differences. :O\ I miss Dr. Wilson. But we'll be moving soon, so there isn't a reason to really look for a new pediatrician for 2 months. Except that he brushed off Moses's visit yesterday. Anyway, this was going to be a happy little update. :O) So, here are Eden's 15 months stats:

  • Height 31.75 inches (85 percentile)
  • Weight 22 pounds 12 ounces (47 percentile)
  • Head circumference 18.5 inches (79 percentile)

  • So, Eden went from 45 percentile for height to 85 percentile so I feel a little less confident of her measurements, but at least she's growing. :O) Plus, she's just perfect. :O) Also, her low iron level was corrected with good diet over the last few months. So, we showed you, Polyvisol. Ha!

    She has also started to really use the word, "Up," to get us to pick her up. She raises her arms, looks straight in your eyes, and says it with so much intention. It is so precious that it is really hard to ever say no to it. Of course, the worst comes just before dinner time, when I often have to say no as I cook our meal, which turns into her biggest meltdowns. She cries, Judy howls in response, and Moses often runs off to his room to shut his door and play. It's a sad time of day for Eden. I wish I could just sit and hold that little girl all day. She is so wonderful. :)

    I found that she is waking up early these days (like in the 5 o'clock hour), and yesterday, like clockwork, I found two new teeth nubs, her ninth and tenth teeth, these two on her upper gums. 

    Friday, January 29, 2016

    Weaning, like for real

    So, I've been decreasing breastfeeding/pumping slowly since, oh, about October. We've been experimenting with different kinds of milk because of her crazy dry patchy skin. We've true cow milk (which also gives her a runny nose), soy milk (which she doesn't love unless there is a ton of sugar added), unsweetened almond milk (which she doesn't love either), unsweetened vanilla almond milk (which is better, and now rice milk (which is yummy and had more calories than almond milk). Lots of info that's prob not terribly interesting. 

    I stopped pumping this week. It has been so nice, because pumping. I have still sent bottles of frozen breast milk with Eden, but I think today was the last of my stash. She also didn't really love nursing at night the past couple of nights and this morning, prob because I'm producing less, so it's prob not as satisfying to keep trying to nurse. so, I think it's really ending. I am definitely thinking of how much easier things will be, but at the same time, I'm sad. The way she gets happy when it's time to nurse is just the most adorable thing. I love being close to her, feeling her heavy little body on my belly, and her clammy little hand on my chest and face. It's heavenly. I hope that we can continue doing morning and night for a while, but I know realistically, well prob be done before a couple of weeks. 

    Our little baby really is not a little baby any more. Little baby boo boo bop, I love you. 

    Sunday, January 17, 2016

    We asked her to clean up

    So, I guess Eden has been learning a new trick at daycare--cleaning up! She loves to join in when we start to throw toys back into their boxes. And the other day, we even asked her to go and pick up a car from across the room and put it in a box, and she followed directions! Twice! While clapping with joy! I love her so much.