tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72521214556001350552024-03-12T22:14:08.162-07:00Sweet Home KansasDJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-34454096768653134202015-06-04T07:32:00.002-07:002015-06-04T07:32:36.299-07:00Irelyn {April 2015}In no particular order :)<div>
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-April 21st- pooped in the potty for the 1st time! You totally acted like it was no big deal. So funny. You aren't potty trained yet but we do sit on the potty to practice, and sometimes you happen to go. I'm pretty sure you recognize the sensation.</div>
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- Whenever we ask you to do something you don't want to do you say "I don't" or "I didn't".</div>
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-Daddy asked you the other day, "Irelyn, do you live in Kansas?" You replied, "No, I'm right here daddy!"</div>
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-You love to request princess songs at bedtime when I sing to you. Usually it's "Elsa" ("Let it Go" from Frozen) or "Belle" ("Tale as Old as Time" from Beauty and the Beast).</div>
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-You will eat anything if I say "It's a BABY carrot!" (or insert any food item). You like little (baby) things :)</div>
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-When you talk about things in terms of size, big things are "daddy" and little things are "baby"</div>
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-Some days you say "I no go to preschool tomorrow Mommy" and some days you are ready to go. Overall I think you like being with playmates all day, but those drop-offs are sure heart-wrenching most mornings!</div>
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-You are very polite and use your "please" and "thank-yous" with very little prompting from me. You also ask "May I be excused please?" when you are done eating.</div>
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- You like to serve everyone in the room when you are playing kitchen, you are good at offering everyone something "Want some Daddy?"</div>
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- You have had this thing with "The Moose" and being afraid of "The Moose". We don't know where you picked up on a this, but you talk about it often! Grandma had to carry you around their backyard the other day because you were scared of "The Moose" in the woods. You like to talk about foxes too. Lately you have wanted to read any book we have that talks about foxes.</div>
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- When we are in the car, you often point out what all the buildings are: "Daddy's work" (sometimes it's Daddy's house!), "preschool!", "Church", "my house" (or "Irelyn's house").</div>
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- You have started to separate yourself from your blankey the last couple months. We no longer carry it everywhere we go. You just don't need it. The one time we do need it is every morning at preschool. It helps you transition at drop-off.</div>
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- You like to sleep with your Elsa doll at daycare and your "Tickle-Horse" at home (he has a tickly tail that you rub on your cheek. He's a little frazzled looking!).</div>
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- You like to pray and you can say the "God is Great" prayer all by yourself. In the mornings on the way to work and daycare we say a prayer in the car, you have started insisting on saying prayer first "I pray mommy!" and then when you say your prayer you say "Mommy pray now". At meals you usually request the "Bum-Bum Prayer" that Mommy taught you :).</div>
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- When we drop Daddy off at work he asks if you want a kiss or a high five, sometimes you want both! So sweet.</div>
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- You get TONS of compliments on your hair everywhere we go! I don't blame people, I sort of wish I had your beautiful curls too!</div>
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You are getting SO big little girl, you don't even look like a toddler anymore!</div>
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Can't believe you're old enough to start Head Start next year, oh my! </div>
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Love my curly-haired spunky little girl!</div>
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Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-55357295800920812562015-05-13T20:18:00.000-07:002015-05-13T20:18:15.609-07:00Great-GrandmaThis afternoon I got a call from my mom that my grandma was not doing very well. She has been a little up and down the past couple weeks, but yesterday seemed to take a turn for the worse. We're hoping things start looking better but it is hard to tell. She is one strong gal!<div>
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I went back and forth on whether we should drive up to visit tonight. I told my mom that I might come after I got Irelyn down for bed. I picked up Irelyn from daycare and we drove to Dillons to get gas. </div>
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Before I got out of the car Irelyn said to me "Go to Goessel Mommy?" </div>
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Thinking I might have misunderstood her I said "What did you say baby?" </div>
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"Goessel Mommy. Great-Grandma."</div>
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I was floored.</div>
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I hadn't mentioned anything to Irelyn about Great-Grandma not feeling well or about going to Goessel to visit. She was in bed yesterday evening when DJ and I were talking about it. The only time Irelyn has ever mentioned going to Goessel is every Sunday morning, because we always go on Sundays.</div>
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She decided for me. I took that as a sign that we should go see Great-Grandma tonight.</div>
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We stopped by the house to get diapers and pick-up DJ. </div>
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When we got into the car Irelyn said, "Drive fast Daddy."</div>
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It was obvious Grandma wasn't feeling very well when we got there. I'm glad we went to visit, and I'm glad we all went- we cherish every moment we have with her. It is such a joy to watch my baby girl and my grandma interact. </div>
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Irelyn was not fazed by the fact that Great-Grandma was lying down, not sitting up, or the sounds of the oxygen machine. She saw her great-grandma, the person who gives her undivided attention and the occasional cookie, plays pillow-catch, and allows her to slather her with copious amounts of lotion (because nothing is quite as fun as squeezing lotion from a tube)! Irelyn even fed Great-Grandma some blueberries after she had some trouble grasping them. Love their sweet relationship.</div>
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We are praying she gets better, but I do not know what tomorrow holds. I have a feeling God was speaking through my little angel tonight. </div>
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Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-29123292709285738012014-12-01T19:44:00.000-08:002015-05-13T18:52:50.871-07:00Irelyn {2 1/2}<div>
Sweet Little Girl,</div>
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You are 2 1/2! </div>
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Which is exciting and sad. You are moving up to the Preschool room at daycare and out of the toddler room in January. Can I still call you a toddler please?! </div>
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You are getting to be such a big girl in so many ways.</div>
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Exerting your independence... meaning you tell us "NO!" a lot more than you used to, even when we know you mean "yes". Giving two choices or re-directing you is still working pretty well most of the time- unless you're overtired from refusing to nap (yes, you are starting to FIGHT sleep... didn't we sleep train you once already?!).</div>
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You are:</div>
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Size 5 shoes</div>
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2T- 3T shirts </div>
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Your hair is down past your shoulders and is still curly but it's not as tightly curled as it was when it was shorter. You love having long hair, and you usually have an opinion on how Mommy should style it for you (bow, no bow, pig-tails, braids, "Mommy brush it" or "I brush it"). </div>
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Things you love:</div>
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Milk (you would live off of milk if we let you)</div>
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Pancakes</div>
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Dresses</div>
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Accessories (earings, necklaces, bracelets, bows, etc... everything girly!)</div>
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Horses- you basically adore animals in general, but horses still seem to hold a special place for you.</div>
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Books- your attention span is amazing when we read. I can read a 5-10 minute long story and you will sit through it enthralled, and then pick out another book right after!</div>
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Blankie- Thankfully, you accept any soft blankie. As long as you have a blankie- you are set. You have two light cotton blankets we rotate for daycare and home that you love to wear around your neck like a scarf (accessorizing!).</div>
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Your vocabulary has exploded the past two months!</div>
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We have loved to hear you learn new words- I have stopped trying to keep track of what words you know, because you are constantly surprising us when you say things. You have several phrases that you use constantly. These are a few we hear frequently:</div>
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"I got it"<br />
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"I hold it"</div>
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"I run fast!" or "Run fast Mommy!" You are going to give your daddy a good race one of these days.</div>
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"Put a bandaid on it!" Usually followed by... "All better" or "Mommy kiss it!"</div>
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"Mine!"</div>
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"There it goes!" You like saying this when you see the garage door go up and down</div>
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"Aster did it." Already blaming the cat for things! </div>
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"Mommy I hold you." I love that you say this, you want to hold mommy not the other way around :), melts my heart every time.</div>
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"The li-birdy, books!" You say this every time we pull into the parking lot in the morning, since our building is right across from the library, so cute!</div>
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"Good morning Mommy!" You say this when I come get you out of your crib in the morning, you are a morning person. Go figure. Daddy and I are NOT morning people! If I have to wake you up you will literally bounce up from your sleeping position and give me a smile! </div>
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"Princess Elsa, pretty-pretty hair (insert: braid, dress, necklace, etc)"</div>
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You LOVE Princess Elsa. You sing "Let it Go" every day and ask to watch the Youtube video on the computer. You dance around with your arms spread out, you actually know a lot of the words though you mispronounce some of them. Recently you've branched out into "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman". You've never seen the movie- just the singing clips- but you are in love.</div>
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In general you say "pretty-pretty" when you see something pretty.... because pretty things need more emphasis.</div>
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You are starting to remember things really well, especially people and places. You like to ask about your aunts and uncles and cousins.</div>
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You learned this past weekend that Easton and baby Ellie live in Oklahoma, which you pronounce "'lahoma".</div>
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We also talk about the kids in our daycare class and the teachers. I love that for the most part you look forward to going to daycare every day and talk about the people you are with there. Sure makes this mommy feel better!</div>
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Cute conversation at bedtime:</div>
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Me: Okay Irelyn, it's time to lay down now and go to sleep.</div>
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Irelyn: No (whispers)</div>
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Me: Why not?</div>
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Irelyn: I'm scared</div>
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Me: What are you scared of?</div>
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Irelyn: The moose</div>
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Me: Where is the moose?</div>
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Irelyn: Moose (whiney voice)</div>
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Me: You don't have to be scared baby</div>
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Irelyn: Cuz Mommy's right there.</div>
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Me: That's right baby, Mommy's right here :)</div>
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Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-85886043235734798832013-12-19T19:19:00.001-08:002013-12-19T19:19:15.472-08:00Irelyn {15 Months} <div style="text-align: center;">
Here's what happens when a stay-at-home mama starts a job.... blogging just doesn't happen. Hopefully I can play catch-up with Irelyn's monthly posts over the holidays! 15 months... finally :)<br />
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<b>15 months, October 5, 2013</b></div>
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 15 months!<br />
Stats from you 15 month check-up:<br />
Weight: 20.2 lbs.<br />
Height: 30.7 in.<br />
-You got four shots at your appointment which went okay, but then they had to do a blood draw to test for iron levels and that was NO fun. SO many tears! You cried as soon as the nurse came in the room! I think you subconsciously remember all those heel pricks you had as a newborn :(.<br />
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- You've learned three new signs this month: "water", "ball", and "fish"!</div>
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-Started piking your body like
you're about to do a somersault, and you peek between your legs! The
world looks so different upside down! (Sept. 9)<br />
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-You have started wanting to wear your ballet slippers, you get SO excited when you have shoes on your feet. The problem is you kick your little feet together (like Dorothy) and the shoes come flying off!<br />
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-I took you to the library to check out books for the first time (Sept. 10). You were kind of upset that Mommy didn't put you down to crawl around, but you did like looking at the other kids in the children's section and trying to socialize with them! The librarians thought you were pretty cute- especially when they were checking out the books and every time the scanner made a beeping sound you got SO excited! When we got home you would have NOTHING to do with the new books from the library and only wanted to read your own books (which Mommy has all but memorized)! Such a goofball! <br />
-You have started trying to talk more. You say "hot" when you see a coffee mug and "up!" when you want to be held! It is so fun to hear you talk! You always whisper your words and jabber loudly :).<br />
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-You have never been a super snuggly baby, but you have started giving really good hugs! You even patted mama's back while hugging me, it was so sweet!<br />
-You got your 3rd tooth (2nd on bottom) (Sept. 24)<br />
It's been a busy month baby girl!<br />
We love you bunches Ladybug!<br />
Love,<br />
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DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-73447883398245573742013-10-23T17:07:00.004-07:002013-10-23T17:08:10.896-07:00Irelyn {14 Months}<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>14 months, September 5, 2013</b><br />
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 14 months!</div>
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At 14 months you are:</div>
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-Signing for "book" (Aug. 13)<br />
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-You LOVE pointing out your belly button! You also like to try to find other people's belly buttons by lifting up their shirts... oh dear!<br />
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-You are learning body parts- you know "belly-button", "nose" and "toes" :)</div>
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-Putting food on your own spoon<br />
-You like sitting on the recliners like a big kid :)<br />
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-Almost said "paper", Grandma took you to get the newspaper and she was telling you about the paper and you tried repeating it!<br />
-You are getting into EVERYTHING! You like to dump your toys and help "organize" papers!<br />
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-Say "uh-oh" ALOT (started Sept. 3)! It is so cute! Although, sometimes you drop things on purpose just to say "uh-oh"... like throwing your sippy cup off the high chair... hmmm.</div>
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-Daddy had to go back to work this month, you miss seeing him everyday. We are working on getting back into our school-year routine!<br />
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-You still love love love your animals and dolls! You give them lots of hugs :).</div>
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-You are still crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything- no walking yet!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Window gazing while sucking you thumb = multitasking! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You like to play piano, but Mommy has to keep you away from the sheet music!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major hat-hair after a hot afternoon walk in the back-pack! Look at that frizz!</td></tr>
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It's been a busy month little girl!</div>
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We love you ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-37782529259078804492013-10-23T12:24:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:09:30.633-07:00Irelyn {13 Months}<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>13 months, August 5, 2013 </b><br />
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 13 months, a TODDLER! How did that happen?!</div>
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It never ceases to amaze me how much you change in a month!</div>
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Here's what you've been up to:</div>
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-Crawling everywhere!<br />
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-Will crawl the opposite direction very quickly when I call you! Sometimes you even "Shoo" me away and get VERY upset when I try following you! Defiant!</div>
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-We had your birthday party on July 27th<br />
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-Feeding food to your dolly- you share your Cheerios :)</div>
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-Eat like a bird</div>
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-Stand up on everthing</div>
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-You've started trying to climb on furniture </div>
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-Throw a fantastic temper tantrum (can be quite demanding!)</div>
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-Want to whine instead of using sign language! Goober.</div>
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-You got your first tooth on July 14th! Mommy noticed it in church!<br />
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-You love to eat olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, mixed veggie puree, graham crackers and cinnamon rolls. You still hate eating watermelon, I'm hoping your taste will change for it as mama LOVES watermelon!<br />
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-Drink milk and water, you really like cold water and generally it MUST have ice (can we say "Diva"?!)</div>
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-Wants to eat everything off of our plates and not your own</div>
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-Sometimes you say "mama"</div>
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-Babble talk frequently with inflection</div>
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-Like the TV (never thought I'd let my kid watch TV... jokes on me!), Barney, Arthur, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood are your faves</div>
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-Love playing with the Kindle or keyboard... you are mastering the touch screen</div>
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-Dance to music by swaying your hips or swinging your arms back and forth! So cute!</div>
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-Like to play peek-a-boo and still love to be read to (you would sit for books all day if I let you!)</div>
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-LOVE dolls, especially your Carter's "First Doll" from Grandma... sometimes you insist on taking "Dolly" with you to the high chair to eat- then Mama has to sneak her into the washing machine!<br />
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-Suck your thumb (right thumb) throughout the day- you used to just do it at night</div>
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-You have finally attached yourself to your blankie (fleece froggy) and lovey (bunny). When I give you either you will instantly suck your thumb or rub them on your face for comfort!</div>
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-Fight naps but not bed-time</div>
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-Generally sleep from 6:30pm-7:00am with one 1 1/2 hr. nap during the day</div>
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-Eat with left hand more than right</div>
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-Like it when people clap... you'll join in a few seconds later</div>
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-BIG mama's girl when you're tired, hurt, or not feeling well<br />
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-Point to everything!</div>
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-Follows verbal directions well- you understand a lot of what we say.</div>
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-You have also started trying to dress yourself- putting your pants on or pulling your shirt over your head. You help me dress you which is nice :). You love clothes so sometimes Mommy lets you pick out your own outfit from the closet- you get pretty excited!<br />
Love having a little girly-girl!<br />
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Love you Ladybug!<br />
Love,<br />
Mommy<br />
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DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-31864512164245813802013-08-22T18:13:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:08:25.102-07:00Irelyn {12 Months}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irelyn, 12 Months Old, July 5, 2013</td></tr>
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 12 months old! </div>
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It is hard to believe you are ONE already.</div>
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One year ago we were in the hospital, awaiting your arrival. </div>
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Everyone was impressed that you decided to come right on your due date! </div>
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Mommy has a hard time looking back at those pictures, they make her miss her little peanut!</div>
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Of course, you are still tiny according to the pediatrician. </div>
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At your 12 month appointment we found out you are only in the 5th % for weight! </div>
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She told us to add butter/ peanut butter to your bread and give you full fat cheese and yogurt since you eat like a bird. </div>
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At 12 months:</div>
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Height: 29.6 in.</div>
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Weight: 17.12.8 lbs. (5th %)</div>
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Teeth: No teeth yet! Eight months of on and off teething and no teeth to show for it!</div>
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Diapers: Size 3 sposies, still on mid-settings on the cloth dipes</div>
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Clothing: 12 month</div>
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You have had a busy month. We went on a "camping" trip to Oklahoma with Grandma and Grandpa B., Auntie Elissa, Uncle Dustin, and Easton. It was a four hour drive and you did surprisingly well- despite the fact that you didn't nap very long in the car! We stayed in cabins so it was pretty easy to keep you on your sleep schedule. The best part of the trip for you was getting to swim in the lake and the salt water pool at the resort. You LOVE swimming and seem to have no fear of the water- even when it splashes in your face you don't care! You liked it when Easton was near so you could play with <strike>steal</strike> his trucks and motorcycles. You also seem to have a fascination with his pretty hair and wanted to pull on it when he got close :). At this point you weren't sitting up and getting down on the floor by yourself very well so you spent a lot of time doing "spin-cycles" and looking longingly after your cousin as he ran around. It was a lot of fun to get away and spend time with family!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Splish-splash! Your little legs were moving the ENTIRE time in the pool! Little fishy!</td></tr>
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Some other exciting milestones from the past month:</div>
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- Signing for "milk" for the first time (June 13)</div>
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- Sitting up from a lying position (June 20)</div>
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- Saying "mama"- although I think it was a fluke and not in regards to me! (June 22)</div>
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- Sitting up in your crib (June 30)</div>
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- End of June you mastered sitting up and lying down without hesitation, as well as pulling yourself up on everything and attempting transitioning from things. You also bend your knees now when you go from standing to sitting instead of just plopping down on your bum stiff-legged. We have to watch you when we leave a room because you will try following! We are now in official baby-proofing stage!<br />
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We spent your actual birthday in the car driving to Uncle John and Auntie Andi's wedding in South Dakota. I felt bad that you had to spend your birthday strapped in a car seat for 8 hours, but you did okay and only got really fussy when it was close to nap time. Unfortunately you have a hard time falling asleep in the car seat and usually will not sleep for very long once you are asleep. At least you no longer scream at stop lights like you did as a newborn (silver lining)! We drove up with Grandma and Grandpa B. and stayed with Grandma's Aunt in Freeman, SD. </div>
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Opening your first birthday gift in Freeman, from Great-aunt Lois!</div>
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A book! You love it! It is now your official bedtime story book :).</div>
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Grandma and Grandpa watched you during the rehearsal dinner Friday. They gave you your first birthday cupcake, and we hear you simply picked a few sprinkles off to eat! You stayed with Gma and Gpa while Mommy did wedding flowers Saturday morning. Grandpa held you during the ceremony and you did great despite the outdoor heat! I was so proud of you for letting other people hold you too!<br />
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Daddy's Aunt Lois and cousin Alexi did great entertaining you for awhile! We stretched your bedtime to about 8pm when Gma and Gpa took you back to the house to get you in bed. It was so nice to have extra hands to help with you! You rode back with Mommy, Daddy and Pa-Paw and did great! I was glad I had a bag full of "new" toys and books for you as each toy only last about 5 minutes, ha! Daddy also spoiled you and got you your first Happy Meal at McDonalds- of course you barely ate any of it and only wanted the toy :).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with Great-aunt Lois!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone had an obsession with the balloons!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First dance</td></tr>
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You are such a goofball and love making people smile!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ducky face!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading with Great-aunt Clarice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bunny cuddles with Pa-Paw</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uh-oh, bucket head!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ALL smiles! </td></tr>
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Baby girl you are the LIGHT in our lives and we cannot imagine our lives without you! You are a joy to everyone around you! On your first birthday it is amazing to reflect on the meaning of your name that we so carefully chose for you, and how you have grown into it. We named you Irelyn Nadene- a combination of "Irene", meaning "peace", and "Lyn", meaning "waters"- Nadene means "hope". It is amazing to see how your name fits you so, a wonderful peaceful (most of the time!) little lady who loves the water and brings hope to everyone around her! </div>
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Happy FIRST birthday Ladybug!</div>
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We love you!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-68687713685501269342013-08-08T08:42:00.002-07:002013-08-08T08:42:56.980-07:00We're still here!!We're still here!<br />
I DAILY acknowledge that it's been over a month since I've posted.<br />
It is bugging me.<br />
I actually have blog posts written but no photos attached for the little girls 12 month photo shoot and birthday party!<br />
It is bugging me, but we have been a little busy... with weddings, travel, visitors, party throwing, chasing a super-fast crawling baby, and most of all house hunting! <br />
All I have wanted to do in the evenings is sit and be lazy!<br />
Hopefully I will catch up with downloading photos and adding them to posts.<br />
In the meantime, here is a picture of my swimming cutie pie to tide you over :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little girl LOVES the water! Splish-splash!</td></tr>
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<br />DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-67732545873111088092013-07-04T20:00:00.000-07:002013-07-04T20:06:29.730-07:00Happy 4th of July!<div style="text-align: center;">
One year ago today I "celebrated" the Fourth of July in active labor-</div>
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though our little firecracker didn't arrive till the 5th! </div>
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I remember the late night fireworks not bugging me that night because I wasn't sleeping anyways!</div>
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This year I went with my parents to my aunt and uncles house to celebrate the 4th. </div>
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Irelyn really loved their great dane. </div>
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She even warmed up to family enough to let them hold her! Go Irelyn! </div>
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Then we left early as we were already an hour past her bedtime... and she cried the whole way home. </div>
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Poor baby was exhausted! </div>
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Maybe next year we will be able to stay up for fireworks! </div>
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Hope everyone is having a great 4th of July!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little firecracker!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppy! BIG Puppy!</td></tr>
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<br />DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-15781256825584255692013-06-05T19:25:00.000-07:002013-07-02T19:26:11.344-07:00Irelyn {11 Months}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 11 months old!</div>
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Within one week you learned how to scoot in a circle (May 21st) and army crawl (May 27th). You are getting to be such a big girl! We all get a kick out of watching you scoot in circles. It is ALWAYS clock-wise, even if it takes longer to get to what you want. So funny!</div>
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We are still working on getting your knees up when you army crawl, but I am SO happy you can move yourself (and so are you)!</div>
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You still haven't figured how to sit yourself up yet but you are great at pulling up on things.</div>
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You continue to be quite the squirmy worm when Mommy is holding you. As a result my wrist got a slight sprain... I had to get a wrist brace so I could hold you without hurting! You have always liked facing out and seeing what's going on all around you, it's just hard on Mommy's wrists! </div>
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We celebrated our first mother's day! We went to church and then hung out at home. I got Daddy to do a little photo shoot with us :).</div>
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We had fun going to Mommy's cousin Mariah's pinning ceremony and graduation party. You were a little trooper but I had to spend most of the ceremony out in the Fine Arts Center hallway with you and Easton, at least I could hear what was being said!</div>
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Mommy and Daddy have been taking you on walks occasionally which has been fun, you really prefer the backpack to the stroller. I think you like being up high where you can see everything! Daddy really wants to start running with you so maybe we will have to find a jogging stroller soon.</div>
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Dan continues to tolerate you quite well, even when you pull on his feet, ears, and gums. The other dogs continue to steer clear of you :).</div>
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You do not seem to be getting much bigger lately but some of your baby pudge is gone and you are starting to look more like a toddler. Where did my little peanut go?!</div>
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In one more month you will be ONE and I can hardly believe it. You are such a light in our lives and we just love watching you grow into such a bright, happy, smart, gorgeous little person!</div>
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Happy 11 months ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
<br />DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-44038880589445508252013-05-05T17:25:00.000-07:002013-06-12T17:28:19.633-07:00Irelyn {10 Months}<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sweet baby girl,<br />
You are 10 months old!</div>
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The biggest milestone you have reached this month has been SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! </div>
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Yeah!</div>
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Mommy did some major sleep training, and thanks to a wonderful book you are now sleeping from 6:30pm to around 5-6am. It is awesome. Mommy will write a whole other blog post on how that whole process went down :).</div>
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<li> Sleep training also resulted in you weaning yourself off the pacifier. You simply lost interest. I tried to give it to you a couple times when you were fussy during the day but you just chucked it aside! Mommy is very glad she did not have to wean you from it!</li>
<li>Wearing 12 month onesies/shirts, 6-12 month pants (you've finally grown out of your 3-6 month pants!)</li>
<li>You are JUST starting to fit into your size 1 shoes. Your feet have barely grown since birth!</li>
<li>Size 3 sposies</li>
<li>No teeth yet... still have bad teething days occasionally.</li>
<li>You grew enough hair for a barrette, and it's all on the center top part of your head- still working on growing out the back and sides!</li>
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<li>The physical therapist has officially declared your head "evened out"... so no more cranial massage! We are still working on gross motor for crawling.</li>
<li>Waved bye-bye for the first time (to Grandpa).</li>
<li>Signed for "More" at dinner.</li>
<li>Can rotate your body while rolling to get where you want to go (anything to avoid actually crawling right?!)</li>
<li>Reach for things far away- sometimes you reach so far it looks like your going to do a forward roll and face-plant... silly baby.</li>
<li>Lift your arms up to be held.</li>
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<li>You are a social baby, unless a stranger tries to hold you! People love watching you in church. You like to stand up on the pew and make smiley faces and play "Sideways" with the people sitting behind us. Such a ham.</li>
<li>You get VERY excited when you see other babies or kids, your arms flap up and down and you kick your legs really fast!</li>
<li>Mommy has you drinking milk ONLY with sippy cups now- no more bottles!</li>
<li>You can hold your own sippy without the special handles.</li>
<li>You still eat every 3 hours, usually 3-4 ounces during the day and about 6 ounces right before bed.</li>
<li>Still take two naps, usually one at 8am and one at 12pm, each lasting a little over an hour.</li>
<li>You are eating a lot more solids- you love baby food, especially carrots, squash, and mixed veggies.</li>
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<li>You are quite dramatic when Mommy leaves the room and will wail until I come back... oh dear.</li>
<li>I've said it before, but you just LOVE to read. Your box of books entertains you longer than your toy box. Who needs toys when you have books?! You turn the pages when being read to and will chuck the book aside if you don't like it... you have strong opinions about literature :).</li>
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It has been an exciting month for us (hello sleep!). </div>
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What a joy it is to watch you change so dramatically each month!</div>
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Love you to pieces Ladybug!</div>
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Love, </div>
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Mommy</div>
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Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-8257290100446478622013-04-21T08:29:00.002-07:002013-04-21T09:32:19.823-07:00Irelyn {9 Months}<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 9 months old!</div>
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You have been out in the world just as long as you were inside your mama :).</div>
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You didn't have to have any shots this time at your 9 month appointment, thank goodness! </div>
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Your 9 month stats:</div>
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Weight: 16.12 lbs (14th %)</div>
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Height: 28.6 in. (82nd %)</div>
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Head: 17 something? cm (40th %)</div>
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You are long and skinny with an average head! </div>
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Here's what you've been up to:</div>
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- Almost grown out of the 3-6 month onsies (9-12 month fit better in the torso), 3-6 month pants (short little legs!), can fit in her 12 month outfits/dresses. Size 3 sposies and starting 4 snaps width-wise on the cloth dipes.</div>
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- You don't fuss at all during diaper changes or getting dressed. You help get dressed by putting your arms in your sleeves :).<br />
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- No teeth yet. Some days the teething is pretty bad so we give you tylenol.</div>
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- Hold your own bottle.</div>
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- Mommy has been doing sign-language with you so hopefully you start signing soon!</div>
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- Rolling around both sides onto tummy.</div>
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- Will do a push-up but won't hold it long.</div>
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- Not crawling yet. Still getting physical therapy and cranial massage. We do lots of stretching and massage during the day. We just learned the "I Love You" massage which helps your gassy tummy.</div>
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- You "Be-Bop" to music or if someone starts be-bopping with you! </div>
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- Like to make the "ba-ba-ba-ba", "buh-buh", and "ah-ah-ah" sounds, no mama or dada yet.</div>
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- Like to make noises, especially blowing raspberries!</div>
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- Ticklish under arms and on ribs, you "coo" and giggle! You like being stroked under your chin and on your legs and feet.</div>
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- You have learned "SOOO Big!" How big is Irelyn... "SOOO Big!"<br />
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- Favorite books, "Pat the Bunny", "Ten Little Ladybugs" and "Polar Bear, Polar Bear". You actually fuss if I'm reading something you don't like!</div>
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- You like to dump out your toy box :).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look what I did Mommy!"</td></tr>
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- You LOVE: peek-a-boo, being held, smiling at people, playing "sideways", "Mirror Baby", LOVE stuffed animals- you grab them and hug them against you and talk to them and smile, touching fabric with texture or patterns, buttons, tags, jewelry, any toy with a face, and books that have pictures of people.<br />
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-You know certain words and people (babushkas, grandma, grandpa, mommy, daddy, pretty sure you know Aster).<br />
- Flap your arms up and down and "pant" when excited.</div>
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- Reach up to be held.</div>
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- Like watching the dogs and cat play... the cat avoids you now that know how to grab his fur and tail! He used to sleep next to you... poor kitty!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the dogs, it was snowing outisde... crazy Kansas weather!</td></tr>
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- You know your name and respond to it.</div>
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- Fall asleep on walks and sometimes in the carseat. You refuse to sleep in church or whenever we're around people (lots of stimulation, and you love observing people).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for a walk! Wearing Mommy's old baby bonnet and coat!</td></tr>
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- You have stranger anxiety and separation anxiety (esp. from Mommy).</div>
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- You are a HAM at mealtimes and love to engage with everyone sitting at the table.</div>
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- You will eat oatmeal, rice cereal, puffs, cheerios, applesauce, a variety of veggie baby foods, zwiebach, you've tried bits of pasta and meat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrot chewing for sore gums!</td></tr>
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- Mommy tried formula (just for fun to see how you would take it) boy-oh-boy was that a HUGE mistake! You gave me the NASTIEST look, cried, and refused to put the bottle in your mouth after that! I had to trick you into taking the bottle with breastmilk after that as you thought I was going to be mean and give you yucky formula again! You are not easily fooled!</div>
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- Will drink from the sippy cup or the bottle.</div>
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- You are easily distracted when taking a bottle and usually we have to sit you up so you can look around and not miss anything.</div>
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- Like having a blanket or burp rag to snuggle next to your face when taking a bottle.</div>
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- Use your binky for comfort and will pop it in yourself. I am trying to unclip your binky from you during the day as you really don't need it unless you're sleeping.</div>
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- You are great at falling asleep on your own for naps but you often fight sleep at bedtime.</div>
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- Still wake up 3-5 times a night to nurse... lucky Mommy. We are starting weaning off night feedings this month, the pediatrician gave us some good ideas... here's to hoping they work! </div>
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Goodness you are growing and changing, before long you will be the big ONE! </div>
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Where does the time go??? </div>
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We just love watching your personality come out!</div>
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Love you bunches Ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-10049872705505921822013-04-04T12:49:00.001-07:002013-04-04T12:49:05.040-07:00Honest Ramblings on the Myths and Truths of "Sleep Training"<div>
<b>Warning:</b> This is a long rambling post in which I vent and get out some of my regrets/frustrations that have come with having a baby and not sleeping... there will be no pretty pictures to view- if there were you would see a mama that looks like a zombie, a vaccuum cleaner, and a red faced baby.</div>
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<b>Baby advice #1: "Enjoy the sleep while you can... then sleep when baby sleeps!"</b></div>
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<b>Myth or Truth: TRUTH</b></div>
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While I felt like I took it to heart, even though I wasn't getting that much sleep from months 8-9 of my pregnancy (hello full bladder!), I had NO idea what the lack of sleep that comes with having a baby would be like.</div>
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I am not a morning person so it took quite some adjusting to wake up and sometimes stay up with Irelyn.</div>
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Our little pookie slept pretty good the first two months of her life.</div>
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Then, from months 3-5 we were "blessed" with COLIC.</div>
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OH THE NIGHTMARE.</div>
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I would not wish a colicky baby on ANYONE.</div>
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The things a screaming inconsolable baby does to your sanity are not pleasant.</div>
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I am sorry to say at times I resented my little red faced screaming cutie-pie. </div>
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Where was my calm peaceful slumbering newborn??</div>
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Why did God give me a screamer??</div>
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When would it end??</div>
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Ahhh, there were some nights where it wasn't too bad and I would think "Maybe it's finally over!".</div>
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Then, we took baby to her four month appointment where the doctor proceeded to tell us she was teething. </div>
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GREAT.</div>
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Now, we had a colicky, teething baby. </div>
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Looking back, I am SO glad Irelyn's colicky time was predictable. The screaming would commence from 6-9pm. </div>
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We used everything from white noise on the radio, the vaccuum (Irelyn's favorite), hair dryers, loud shushing, and bumpy stroller rides to get her to sleep.</div>
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I didn't go a lot of places with Irelyn because she hated the carseat and when the car would stop at stop-signs she would start crying. The last thing I wanted to hear was baby crying during the day when I knew I would have to listen to it for hours at night.</div>
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So, out of self preservation I pretty much was holed up at home while I sent the hubby grocery lists via text message. </div>
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Obviously, I got quite lonely.</div>
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Unfortunately we were not so involved in a church to where we had people to bring us meals or come visit. I regret that we didn't make more of an effort in getting to know people in Topeka. It would have helped out this mama's sleep deprived sanity immensely had we had that support. </div>
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The hubs and I aren't exactly those extroverted personalities that "need-to-be-with-people-to-survive". We are pretty happy hanging out with each other and occasionally doing social things.</div>
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Thankfully we have wonderful family. My mom and my sister got lots of hysterical phone calls from me and were extremely helpful in calming me down and making me not feel like I'd completely lost my mind.</div>
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I digress. </div>
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<b>Baby advice #2: "Food will make your baby sleep longer!" </b></div>
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<b>Myth or Truth: MYTH</b></div>
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Also at baby's four month appointment, in addition to the teething news, our pediatrician told us we could start her on solids- and maybe it would help her sleep longer.</div>
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I brought this topic up at a<i> Le Leche League</i> meeting and was told that it is better to wait until six months to start baby on solids as it could jeopardize baby's sensitive digestive tract.</div>
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This is where asking for advice from lots of different types of people can lead to new mama confusion. One person tells you one thing, another tells you the complete opposite.</div>
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However, I was willing to try ANYTHING that might help Irelyn sleep through the night so we gave rice cereal a shot, at the risk of "damaging" her digestive tract... she didn't want anything to do with the rice cereal. Great. </div>
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Luckily, the colicky symptoms went away around 5 months so mostly we were dealing with teething and several wake-ups during the night.</div>
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We decided to wait on solids and try again at six months and just deal with the sleep deprivation. </div>
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Six months rolls around and we try again with better success! Despite the tongue thrust we are able to get baby to eat. I was so excited thinking this would for sure work and help her sleep through the night.</div>
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Nope. </div>
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Even now, at nine months the amount of food Irelyn eats makes NO difference in her sleep patterns.</div>
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<b>Baby advice #3: "Stretching their feedings will make them eat more and less often, thus "training" them to last longer through the night."</b></div>
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<b>Myth or Truth: MYTH (In our case)</b></div>
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I actually think this makes sense and would probably work for some babies. However, trying to stretch Irelyn an extra hour (at nine months she "should" be able to go four hours between feedings) seems to make her really fussy. Even when we distract her with toys or games, when this girl gets hungry she's hungry and is NOT interested in playing. She likes to eat on a three hour schedule. I do think if we just let her fuss the extra hour for a couple weeks she would eventually get it, but that's two weeks where I don't need to listen to fussing if I just stick to her desired three hour schedule. Oh well.</div>
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<b>Baby advice #4: "Just let them cry-it-out"</b></div>
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<b>Myth or Truth: UNDECIDED</b></div>
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I say "undecided" because I have talked to people who have actually had this work successfully, but it is a VERY hard sleep training method to put into practice. </div>
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Listening to your baby screaming for you is heartbreaking :(.</div>
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Also, the ladies at<i> Le Leche League</i> said cry-it-out is BAD for baby and could lead to baby not feeling comforted and safe. </div>
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Enter new-mom-anxiety again over which advice to follow. Let her cry-it-out and risk "ruining" our bond or let her cry-it-out MAYBE get my sanity back...hmmm. </div>
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My sister did it with her baby and it worked- for the most part, he still may get up once a night now but that's better than 4-6 times right?!</div>
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I braved this method after getting some encouragement from her and deciding if I didn't try it I would go completely insane and I'm a better mommy when I'm not feeling crazy sleep-deprived.</div>
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The first night she went to bed okay (she's been going down fairly easy since 6 months), the first time she woke up she cried for one hour, the second time for 45 minutes, and third time for 30 minutes, she slept until 6:30am.</div>
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The second night she cried for 30 minutes the first time, and 30 minutes the second time, and then slept until about 6am.</div>
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The third night she slept through the night until 6am! Yeah!</div>
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I thought we finally had this sleep thing figured out!</div>
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Then, the next two nights she was back to waking up every 2-3 hours and crying for 30 minutes.</div>
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At this point I was starting to lose sanity again so I decided to just feed her like usual because I knew she'd fall asleep instantly if I nursed her.</div>
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So now we are back to square one. </div>
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<b>Baby advice #5: "Do what works for you and your baby."</b></div>
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<b>Myth or Truth: TRUTH (Obviously)</b></div>
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Irelyn wakes up four times a night and I nurse her back to sleep, but at least I don't have to hear her cry-it-out (which was heartbreaking) and I don't lose as much sleep waiting anxiously for her to stop crying. I still fantasize about trying this method again, and maybe I will get to that point eventually, but for now I will wake up every three hours to feed her. I will count myself lucky that I have a healthy baby who apparently LOVES my company four times a night, and I will soak up every moment that she wants to be held because she is growing WAY to fast.</div>
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<b>Baby advice #6: "Read parenting books with a grain of salt and do not compare your baby to other babies."</b></div>
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<b>Myth or Truth: TRUTH</b></div>
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I read several parenting/breastfeeding/birthing books before Irelyn was born. A lot of them were written by doctors, which I guess makes the books seem more credible. However, after dealing with a pediatrician whose advice I found more annoying and canned than helpful, I was frustrated how he made me feel like my concerns weren't that big of a deal or that my baby's sleep problems could be "solved" by simply following A,B, and C. I think trusting your instincts and other moms' advice is better for your sanity, and of course finding a pediatrician who you really like and trust makes a world of difference.</div>
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Expecting your baby to sleep through the night is like expecting your labor and delivery to go according to your carefully laid out birth plan. It's nice to think about but don't expect it to happen!</div>
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As for "sleep training", well, I think it's more like "parent training". You decide what you can tolerate and your baby decides what they can tolerate... and then you just deal... and try to smile when someone tells you their baby has slept through the night since birth.</div>
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As for what is "normal", well, within the past week I've had one person think my daughter is a year old and another that she's six months old. She's nine months.</div>
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So yeah, there is no NORMAL.</div>
DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-67752644562041800512013-03-25T13:25:00.001-07:002013-04-04T08:52:10.148-07:00Irelyn {8 Months}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 Months Old, March 5, 2013</td></tr>
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Sweet Baby Girl,</div>
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You are 8 months old!</div>
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Here's what you've been up to:</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Eating solids, actually eating and not just smooshing them out with your tongue (bye-bye tongue thrust!). It is fun to try new foods with you, your favorite right now is applesauce. You still have to make a grimace face every time the spoon hits your mouth- it's like you anticipate a yucky flavor! I was surprised to find you liked clementines too, I thought they might be too sour for you.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma feeding you peas... yummy</td></tr>
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<li style="text-align: left;">You are giving HUGS- which is adorable, though you still aren't super snugly- you are a busy girl and have to watch what's happening around you.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">I've said it before but you are SUCH an observer! You love to study faces of new people and touch faces of people you know.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">First Valentine's Day- Daddy bought you a ceramic ladybug ornament- you really liked the tag on it, go figure.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Playtime involves lots of peek-a-boo, talking, chewing, drooling, and silly faces! You are really turning into quite the goof-ball!</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">You started physical therapy again to work on your neck muscles. At this point you are not behind but you could be if we don't get these neck problems conquered. You still hate tummy time because it hurts to lift your head upwards, poor baby :(. This is keeping you from working towards crawling. You are still not doing a great push up and have yet to get up on your hands and knees. The PT thinks you'll improve quickly- we just gotta keep working with you- even when you cry and scream because you don't want to stretch. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">You smile and jabber a lot, even in church, which is pretty funny- I think you like to fill those prayerful silences. Luckily we've had several people tell us they like to hear you "talking" during the service!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">You experienced your first big snow! Pretty much all of Kansas got almost a foot of snow! Daddy was out of school for 4 days so you had lots of cuddle time and Mommy had a nice break :). You weren't really interested in the snow when we took you out, just watching the dogs (snow makes our dogs a bit crazy and quite frisky). We actually braved the bad roads on one of the snow days to take you to the doctor. You were pulling on your ears and whining a lot, we thought you had an ear infection- luckily you didn't, just fussy from teething.</li>
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Baby girl you are just amazing! Even though I'm often sleep deprived or tired of listening to whining from the never-ending teething, all those smiles, giggles, hugs, and joy that you bring make it all worth it! </div>
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We just love you to pieces! </div>
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Love you Ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-54833387924590987832013-03-04T17:04:00.001-08:002013-04-04T08:52:31.301-07:00Cookies, Cookies, Cookies! When you decide to make cookies, why not make three batches at once... especially if you have a 7 month old who insists on your constant attention unless sleeping :).<br />
These are three family favorites, they always turn out great, plus they freeze well!<br />
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<b>Rolled Sour Cream Cookies</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">**My Grandma B's recipe and my dad's favorite! Light, fluffy, and lemony!**</span></td></tr>
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1/2 c. shortening<br />
1 1/2 c. sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
1/2 t. soda<br />
1/2 t. salt<br />
2 t. baking powder<br />
1 c. sour cream<br />
1 t. lemon extract<br />
1 t. vanilla (optional)<br />
3 1/2 c. flour<br />
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Topping:<br />
sprinkles (optional)<br />
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Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in eggs. Add rest of ingredients, mix until blended. Roll out 1/4" thick and cut, add sprinkles.* OR simply use a cookie scoop then add sprinkles. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.<br />
*This dough is very soft, it helps to stick the dough in the refrigerator for a good hour until it stiffens up if you plan on rolling it out and using cookie cutters. Flouring the work surface, rolling pin, and cookie cutters before using the dough also helps. I prefer to use the cookie scoop because it's easier. They should not be browned on top.<br />
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<b>Snickerdoodles</b><br />
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1 c. butter or shortening<br />
1 1/2 c. sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
2 3/4 c. flour<br />
2 t. cream of tartar<br />
1 t. soda<br />
1/4 t. salt<br />
2 T. sugar<br />
1 t. cinnamon<br />
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Mix butter, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. Sift together flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt; stir into first mixture. Form into balls the size of a walnut. Roll balls in mixture of 2 T. sugar and 1 t. cinnamon. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. They puff up during baking but settle down and look sugary and crinkly. Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes. Yield: 5 dozen.<br />
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<b>Peanut Butter Cookies</b><br />
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1 1/4 c. packed brown sugar<br />
3/4 c. creamy peanut butter<br />
1/2 c. butter or margarine<br />
3 T. milk<br />
1 T. vanilla<br />
1 egg<br />
1 3/4 c. flour<br />
3/4 t. baking soda<br />
3/4 t. salt<br />
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Preheat oven to 375. Combine brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg, beat just until blended. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart unto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with fork. Bake 7-8 minutes. <br />
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Happy baking!DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-75911477704148415792013-02-05T13:27:00.000-08:002013-03-04T13:51:49.961-08:00Irelyn {7 Months}<div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 Months Old</td></tr>
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Sweet Baby Girl,</div>
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You are 7 months old!</div>
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Mommy doesn't have a whole lot of changes to report in you... other than you can now sit up extremely well on your own! Yeah!</div>
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Your balance had been pretty good for awhile so we knew it was only a matter of time. You really mastered it when Mommy and Daddy went on a date (for the first time since you were born!) and Grandma and Grandpa babysat (Jan. 31st). We came back and you were sitting tall and proud! </div>
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It is nice to be able to put you in the high chair and not worry so much about you slipping down or toppling over, though we still tie you in with Grandma's tea-towels since we're using Great-Grandpa's antique high chair (no safety harnesses back then!).</div>
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You still talk to us a lot and dazzle us with your smiles.</div>
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You still know how to roll from front to back and back to front, you just choose not to now that you know how to sit... which is fine, except it's not helping improve your skills for crawling when all you want to do is sit on your own.</div>
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Your eating and sleeping haven't changed too much at this point.</div>
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Peek-a-boo is a BIG hit with you right now, whether we hide and pop up to surprise you or whether we cover your face with a burp rag and you pull it off suddenly, it always elicits a big smile or giggle out of you... so cute!</div>
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The teething is still continuing with no teeth to show for it, we have occasionally given you Tylenol to help you sleep. </div>
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We are waiting for you to really start enjoying solids, you still have the tongue-thrust reflex.</div>
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You are such an observer and quite curious about any new object that comes within reach!</div>
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Sometimes I think we can see the gears turning as you learn new things!</div>
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You are getting to be such a big girl!</div>
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Keep smiling Ladybug! </div>
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We love you bunches!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-72254558013446620152013-01-05T12:31:00.000-08:002013-04-04T08:52:44.996-07:00Irelyn {6 Months}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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I can hardly believe you are six months old.</div>
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We have had you in our lives for half a year! </div>
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6 month stats:</div>
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Height: 26.2 in., 64th%<br />
Weight: 15 lb. 1 oz., 30th%<br />
Head: 42.5 cm., 51st%<br />
Diaper: Size 2 sposies, most of your cloth dipe snaps are fully out length-wise<br />
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The infant stage of unpredictability (well, maybe some infants are predictable but you weren't!) has passed.</div>
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I can usually predict your hungry/sleepy times now which makes going out loads easier. </div>
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I still haven't gone on long errands solo with you... Mommy's chicken :).</div>
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A few highlights of month six:</div>
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- Your first Christmas!</div>
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- You attended your first funeral, your Great-Grandma Quiring passed away and we celebrated her life New Years weekend. You were in the nursery for the service but then everyone enjoyed holding you during the fellowship meal, such a little dazzler!</div>
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- Dec. 31 you found your feet and promptly started sticking them in your mouth.</div>
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- You are an observer, you study things carefully (and then stick them in your mouth).</div>
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- You LOVE your taggy blankets.</div>
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- You hate getting dressed, especially putting your arms in sleeves, and you fuss fuss fuss during the whole process!</div>
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- Tummy time has progressed significantly and you no longer cry when we put you on your tummy! Hooray! As a result, your neck muscles are getting so much looser and your arms stronger. This has all but gotten rid of the plageocephaly/torticollis. You are still tight turning to the right but it is hardly noticeable anymore!</div>
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- Mommy witnessed you rolling back to front a couple times this month, though not frequently.</div>
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- You are still loud and chatty and you make the funniest sounds! We love hearing you talk to us!</div>
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- We have tried solids more consistently this past month. I read it doesn't matter if you start your baby with sweet foods, so, figuring you would like fruit better than rice cereal I tried bananas and applesauce. You don't like either!!! Silly baby. You do however like sweet potatoes and squash. You like to feed yourself and will grab the spoon out of Mommy's hand (Grandma says Mommy was an independent feeder too :). </div>
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- We spent the last half of December packing to move as Daddy accepted a teaching job (yay!). Mommy got to experience attempting to pack while caring for a 6 month old... I think I should get some kind of award for this! You do not like being left alone on the floor or in your bouncer for too long so I packed in spurts! </div>
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- You still aren't sleeping through the night without eating... Mommy gets up at least three times a night... sometimes four or five :(. SO ready for that to be over, but I remind myself that at least you go right back to sleep.</div>
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- You usually don't like to be held or rocked when you're going to sleep, you arch your back and fuss. I guess we did too good of a job sleep-training you to put yourself to sleep!</div>
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- I still swaddle you for sleep time but you do not tolerate your arms being swaddled anymore, which is fine, except for the fact that you pull your binkie out which makes you wake up or cry.</div>
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- You still LOVE <strike>reading</strike> eating books!</div>
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You are changing SO much each month, can't wait to see what next month brings!</div>
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Love you bunches Ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
<br />Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-33297037505408674202012-12-20T14:36:00.003-08:002012-12-20T16:42:55.401-08:00Irelyn {5 Months}!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 5 months old!</div>
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Not sure of your "official" stats (no Dr. appt. this month).</div>
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Weight: about 15 pounds</div>
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Height: about 25 inches</div>
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Diapers: We've opened up all the snaps on most of your cloth dipes.</div>
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Here's what you've been up to:</div>
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You started noticing "strangers", Thanksgiving weekend, you cried at Papaw when he looked at you :(. Silly baby. You take awhile to warm up to people, but then you give your "DAZZLE" smile! So beautiful :).</div>
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Nov. 27th (Mommy's birthday) you rolled from back to front!</div>
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Thanksgiving weekend- Mommy saw you grab your feet for the first time!</div>
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You know how to put your binkie back in your mouth, even though you get it backwards or sideways sometimes- you still "nom" on it- I think it feels good on those teething gums.</div>
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No teeth yet.</div>
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We can't keep shoes on your feet, you constantly kick your feet together like Dorothy...</div>
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"there's no place like home"!</div>
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You are belly laughing and squeal with delight!</div>
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You talk a lot, especially in the morning.</div>
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You have started smiling at the dogs and cat- you reach out to pet Aster when he rubs against you!</div>
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You anticipate being picked up and when you get a bottle.</div>
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You are sleeping in your own room now!</div>
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You LOVE baths.</div>
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You are putting yourself to sleep more frequently.</div>
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You still get up at least twice a night... SO fun for Mommy.</div>
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The car-seat is not your enemy anymore! </div>
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You smile easily and often :).</div>
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Daddy gets the biggest laughs out of you.</div>
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You LOVE when mommy's hair falls across your face- it makes you smile and coo every time! Although, you are now grabbing mommy's hair which isn't so fun- luckily I have a tough head!</div>
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You are observing us eat a lot, and occasionally try to grab our plates.</div>
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We've tried rice cereal and are starting to get used to it, I think you like the spoon more than the cereal!</div>
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We attempted sweet potatoes once but they gave you a diaper rash. We'll have to try again in a month or so because you liked them!</div>
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We're looking forward to introducing you to more family over Christmas!</div>
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Keep smiling baby girl :).</div>
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Love you Ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-69120555689332134472012-11-28T09:43:00.003-08:002013-04-04T08:53:13.881-07:0027 on the 27th<div style="text-align: center;">
Yesterday I turned 27 on the 27th.</div>
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I thought that was funny.</div>
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The only time in my life it will be that way!</div>
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I celebrated by putting up Christmas decorations.</div>
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It was fun showing Irelyn the Christmas tree for the first time! </div>
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She just stared and stared. </div>
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I should have taken a picture but I didn't- I will have to do that soon, luckily she reacts the same way every time she sees the tree :).</div>
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I am now apparently old enough that I actually had to think about how old I was... seems like I just turned 25. </div>
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Where did the last two years go?</div>
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I was looking through old Facebook pictures from college, and for the first time I thought "Wow, I look so young!". </div>
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Yeah, it was a weird feeling.</div>
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Last year I was pregnant on my birthday, we just hadn't told anyone yet!</div>
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It was a special birthday having my baby girl here-</div>
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I look forward to celebrating her birthdays and trying to forget how old I am!</div>
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Here's to year <strike>28</strike>... I mean 25 ;)!</div>
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A few years ago I had scanned some pages from my baby book into the computer.</div>
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Little me on my birthday when I was 4, 5, 6, and 7! So fun :).</div>
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Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-86831485349546363272012-11-19T13:55:00.000-08:002013-04-04T12:55:02.192-07:00Irelyn {4 Months}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 4 months old!</div>
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Stats from your four month check-up:</div>
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Height: 24 in. (38th %)</div>
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Weight: 13 lb. 5 oz. (41st %)</div>
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Head: 40.6 cm. (40th %)<br />
Diapers: Size 2 sposies and mid-snaps in cloth. </div>
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You seem to have evened out across the charts!</div>
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Although, I think length-wise your torso keeps getting longer but your legs seem to have stayed the same, I'm still rolling up your size 3 month pants!</div>
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We switched pediatricians this month due to insurance conflicts, and we couldn't be happier! You smiled at her the whole time during the appointment, and then the nurses came in to give you your shots. They had you grinning and then in went the shots and out came the tears! Poor baby :(</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So sad after shots, but so cute with your little Kermit the Frog band-aid and shoe-socks :).</td></tr>
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This past month we have really been working on tummy-time and head rotation. Your head has really improved and the Dr. says no helmet will be needed! You still tend to turn to the left but not nearly as much as you used to. Now you have a bald spot on the back of your head :).</div>
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Your hair has started growing this month, although most of it is in the back, you finally have some fuzz on top too!</div>
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You can roll from tummy to back if we get your arms up under you during tummy time- it's fun to watch your shock when you end up on your back! </div>
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We have started "sleep training"... it is a process. I lay you down for your naps while you are still drowsy to try to get you to fall asleep on your own without Mommy bouncing you or patting your back. This has been successful a few times and other times I still have to pat your back while you lay in your bassinet. The Cloud B Giraffe cousin Easton loaned us is working wonders at helping you get to sleep and stay asleep! It is so cute to watch you hug Mr. Giraffe in your sleep :). We have also started a bedtime routine (bath, bottle, story, bed) which I think is really helping you wind down at night, as evidenced in that we can get you to bed between 6:30-7:30pm every night! Wahoo!<br />
The downside is you are still getting up 3-6 times a night... which means some tough night-time sleep training is in store :(. We'll see how that goes!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We roll up bibs or blankets behind your head to keep you from turning to the left!</td></tr>
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I think the colic has gone BYE-BYE. You are not as fussy this month as you were the past two months. It has been a gradual decline, but we are thanking God daily for that- the crying was driving Mommy and Daddy crazy! We did find out from the Dr. that you are teething... at four months... which explains a lot of your current fussiness during day and some crying in the evening. We can't see any teeth yet but the bumps are there. Now we just try to give you things to chew on to keep you happy!</div>
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You went to your first birthday party this past month. We drove down to Oklahoma for Easton's first birthday party. The drive down was, let's just say, not fun. We stopped six times (it's a four hour trip) because you kept pootering your pants and I didn't want you to sit in it in the carseat, and then you SCREAM-cried the last hour of the trip. It was BAD. Mommy and Daddy had pounding headaches by the time we got there... and Mommy may or may not have had a little breakdown at the end. Ahh, the joys of parenting! You did pretty good the whole weekend and you slept almost the ENTIRE trip back home so God heard our prayers for sanity.<br />
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You have started jabbering to yourself, when you wake up in the morning we hear you "talking". You like to say "m's" and sometimes say "mamamama" even though I know you're not correlating that with me yet, it's still pretty cute!<br />
You also have been laughing daily now, especially when Daddy is playing with you! <br />
We LOVE hearing you giggle- it is the cutest thing!<br />
Sitting you on our belly's always gets a laugh out of you!<br />
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Some other photos from this past month:<br />
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"Pirouette" the Beanie Baby Ballerina Bear<br />
We didn't actually take you trick-or-treating, but it was still fun to dress you up!<br />
Maybe next year!</td></tr>
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It's been amazing watching you grow and change this past month! <br />
Here's to a new month... hopefully with more sleep!<br />
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Love you Ladybug!<br />
Love,<br />
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DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-46163430632356571282012-11-15T09:45:00.000-08:002012-11-15T10:16:28.486-08:00So call me crazy...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I don't really like doing laundry, it's always just been another chore to get done... until baby came along. </div>
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Call me crazy but I LOVE washing Irelyn's cloth diapers! There is something extremely satisfying about getting something SO DIRTY sparkling white again! The best part is always hanging them outside to dry and watching the sun magically fade the stains away *sigh*, I just love it!</div>
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<br />DJ and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175264286161082393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-90137183357177183332012-10-16T12:38:00.000-07:002013-04-04T12:55:18.895-07:00Irelyn {3 Months}!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are 3 months old!</div>
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We are not sure of your stats as your next doctors appointment isn't until four months. I know you have gained at LEAST a pound as you are becoming more difficult to carry around everywhere with me! You have also outgrown some of your 3 month clothes, and we have extended a snap on your cloth diapers! Unfortunately you still don't like the moby wrap or the baby carriers we've tried. They say baby-wearing is a great thing for babies and helps with bonding... but you just don't like it- that's okay, we're bonded for life baby!</div>
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You had your first out-of-state vacation this month when Mommy had a floral design class at the Teleflora Education Center in Oklahoma City (Sept. 29-Oct.3). Grandma came along to watch you and Aunt Elissa and Easton met up with us too! They took you on your first trip to the zoo and your very first dip in a swimming pool! I wasn't surprised to hear that you didn't mind the pool, you've been liking your baths for awhile now :).</div>
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You have reached nearly every milestone for a 3 month old and are already advanced a couple months in some. Here's what you've been up to: rolling onto your side (usually your right side), almost doing push-ups during tummy-time, noticing and studying your hands, putting your hands together, noticing when Daddy and I leave the room (this is a 6 month milestone... and not so fun for us... no more sneaking away to get something done!), tracking objects, laughing, noticing and enjoying your reflection, and smiling at everybody!</div>
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One not so fun change has been reverting back to getting up twice a night. However, you are going to bed around 9pm. You have been colicky for about a month now, usually starting at 7pm and ending around 9pm when we finally manage to get you to sleep with radio static or the vacuum, good grief. Mommy and Daddy miss sleeping! </div>
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Mommy tried taking you to work one day during the week and she didn't get anything done, but you did help make a sale :). I've been working every Saturday and Daddy watches you. This has been great for Mommy and for Daddy- he gets some one-on-one with you and Mommy stays sane.</div>
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You are generally happy little lady (especially in the mornings) and we enjoy watching you become more interactive and social, this also makes Mommy's days more fun when you respond to the world around you! Your smiles make my day!</div>
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Happy 3 months Ladybug!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Mommy</div>
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<br />Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-71384102651333080262012-10-15T13:20:00.000-07:002012-10-16T13:21:57.008-07:00Irelyn {Weeks 9-14}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Gretchen Bookouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536388769738251316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7252121455600135055.post-63595257454162374522012-09-20T13:01:00.000-07:002013-04-04T12:55:50.292-07:00Irelyn {2 Months}<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58JsJIH0TLJnJBt5FYl14hKW1Mk4eQwDdSdOxDAygTqWAWI6Ua9ySrWhN8rXtyHB3It1Gfwq2t2TmY0mJzt9K1WBekhnZ5gO1V8quHwbAsno40MwtKx1AGvyVcgchj31VcKmSskMJc-c/s1600/2+Months.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58JsJIH0TLJnJBt5FYl14hKW1Mk4eQwDdSdOxDAygTqWAWI6Ua9ySrWhN8rXtyHB3It1Gfwq2t2TmY0mJzt9K1WBekhnZ5gO1V8quHwbAsno40MwtKx1AGvyVcgchj31VcKmSskMJc-c/s640/2+Months.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />
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Sweet baby girl,</div>
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You are two months old (9/5/12)!</div>
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You have GROWN:</div>
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Head: 14.96 in. (28th %)</div>
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Weight: 11.25 lbs. (60th %)</div>
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Height: 22.25 in. (43rd %)</div>
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We are noticing you have a long torso- you get this from Mommy :). You grew two inches since your 1 month appointment, but I think it's all in the torso and not in the legs! You have been wearing your 0-3 month onsies since the end of month 1, and are now starting to wear some of your 3 month outfits, the the pants are still a couple inches too long! You have officially grown out of ALL your newborn clothes :(. </div>
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Some days I can't wait for you to grow up a bit more, and other days I wish you would just stay my tiny little peanut! </div>
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We conquered the never-ending diaper rash (you were allergic to the cloth diaper detergent... yucky). We've switched detergent and you are now a full time cloth diaper baby! You are still on the smallest leg snap of the diapers, but we've taken away one snap around the waist- in sposies you are still a size 1 :).</div>
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Everyone says how much you look like your Daddy! Some days I can see a bit of me in you... mostly around the eyes, but for the most part you resemble Daddy. I'm looking forward to seeing how you change as you grow and if you start to show more of Mommy in you!</div>
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Our nursing troubles seem to be over which is a HUGE relief. You nurse 6-8 times a day and we give you a bottle in the evening when you tend to be more fussy and finicky with nursing (this also gives Mommy a break and a chance for Daddy to feed you). We introduced the bottle to you at exactly 1 month and had zero issues- I was a little concerned since the nurses at the breastfeeding clinic said I might have waited too long and you might reject the bottle. You did great and we haven't had any problems! This is also a good thing as I've started working on Saturdays, which means Daddy can feed you with no issues while I'm gone- thank goodness!</div>
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You are a good sleeper... most of the time! You slept 6 hours straight at night at 6 weeks, 7 hours at 7 weeks, and you did one 8 hour stretch at 8 weeks old when we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Newton! Usually you go to bed between 10pm-12am (uck) and stay asleep until 6am-7:30am. Sometimes you are super fussy in the evening and don't eat well, then you wake up at 4:30am for a feeding and I end up staying up with you for about an hour until you conk out again. You take 2 long naps during the day and 1-2 shorter naps. Some of our night-time helpers are the vaccuum, dryer, stroller, running water, and going outside- all of these things calm you down INSTANTLY and usually will put you to sleep when nothing else works! You are good at falling asleep on your own for naps- the pacifier is a big help with this. You also are a thumb-sucker which helps when the pacifier pops out! Sometimes you will even stick your little thumb in the hole of the pacifier when it's in your mouth :). </div>
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On another note, car rides are usually an adventure... you really aren't a fan of your car-seat and will cry and cry until the car gets moving- then you cry when we get to a stop light :(. Sometimes you do great and other times you don't. We are hoping this gets better as you grow and we take you out more. Mommy REALLY wants to "baby-wear" you more in the Moby wrap, but you just aren't a fan of facing in, you like to face out so you can see what's going on! We are looking into getting a different carrier for you. </div>
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Another fun development this month has been your voice! You are a super chatty little girl and will have conversations with us when we talk to you where you coo and smile and make sounds! It is SO cute! I kept waiting for you to laugh and you finally did on 9/19! It was funny because you were wailing and I was talking to you trying to calm you down and suddenly you stopped crying, looked at me, and laughed (already showing a sarcastic sense of humor)! Shortly after that you started crying again and we have yet to hear the laugh again, but I'm sure it will come out when we least expect it!</div>
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One big thing we've been working on this month has been getting you to turn your head to the RIGHT, you always favor your left side and unfortunately this caused you to get a mild case of plagiocephaly (a flattening of one side of the head). Your ear was starting to get pushed forward. You are great at holding your head up when you are upright. The pediatrician told us how to stretch your neck to loosen it- you HATE this. We've turned your bassinet so you have to turn to the right to see us, we also do more tummy time to strengthen your neck muscles. Mommy moves your head to the right as soon as you fall asleep. It is getting better and is not as noticeable, we will see what the Dr. says at your 4 month appointment, if he hasn't seen enough improvement we might have to get you a special helmet- which we REALLY do not want to have to do :(. </div>
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Your 2 month appointment was also eventful in that you had your first round of shots- 4 shots, 1 oral. Two nurses gave you the shots at the same time so it was over with in about 30 seconds! You cried and cried but Daddy held you! Mommy was so sad for you! We gave you baby Tylenol at the appointment and so you slept pretty good after that, but once we got home you had a breakdown and for the first time I saw actual tears on your sweet little face... that was hard on Mommy. I knew you were hurting and your poor little legs were red at the injection sites. Luckily once the second round of Tylenol kicked in you got better and slept. </div>
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We have started reading to you more and you love it! One prayer I've had for you is that you will LOVE reading as much as your parents do. I have been impressed with you that when you were 1 month you were focusing on pictures, now you smile and respond excitedly when we read to you! Your favorite book right now is "Peek-a WHO?" by Nina Laden; it's a board book and the last page has a mirror which you LOVE. I am excited for when you're old enough to really enjoy going to the library and story-time!</div>
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What a busy month it's been! Looking forward to month 3!</div>
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Love you Ladybug!</div>
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