Well, the last few weeks have been a whirlwind around here! The holidays were a blast with Emery, though I really can't wait until next year when she will somewhat know what's going on - I can't wait to bake cookies, decorate with her, and do the Santa thing (Adam can't wait to leave those cookies FOR Santa!). I don't have pictures on this computer, so if you want to see pics/video check out my Facebook page. Adam & I decided that rather than get each other gifts, we'd get a video camera - it's been fun so far! Adam needs to learn how to edit the video and things like that, but I love the fact that we're documenting our little girl since she is growing so fast!
Which leads me to...Happy 6 months Emery! I am floored that it has been 6 months since we brought that little bundle home from the hospital. It has been such a crazy, exhausting and emotional (both good & bad) half-year! She has changed so much - she is now sitting with ease, grabbing EVERYTHING putting things in her mouth, I think she is teething (but who can tell?), and jabbering all day long. It seems like she makes a new sound every day...and then practices it for days on end. She started with ha-ha-ya-ya a few weeks ago and in the middle of the night I would year ya-ya-ya-ya-ya on the monitor (better than the high-pitched shriek she was practicing about a month ago). She has since evolved into ga-ga and da-da-da-da, which is cool but we know that she has no clue that "Da-Da" means anything. I swear this morning I heard her say "Ma" twice...but again I know it doesn't mean anything yet! She does know exactly who we are, though, and is starting with a bit of separation anxiety - when I leave the room she starts to fuss, and when I return I get a huge smile.
I am also (cautiously) happy to report that it seems like she is sleeping better. I have to say that the last 2 months have been pretty awful - she went from sleeping through the night at 2 months to waking up anywhere from 4-6 times a night when she turned 4 months! It got really, really bad for a while...but the last 2 weeks or so have really calmed down. I was so sleep-deprived and felt like I was doing something wrong to cause her to have these sleep issues. I even took her completely off solid food because I wondered if it was upsetting her stomach and causing the wakefulness - ironically, the sleep drama started when we started solids. I still haven't given her solids for a while, but may start them back this week. I told Adam that if she starts sleeping horribly again, she can just stay on breastmilk forever if it means I will get some sleep!! (OK, just kidding) She still doesn't like to nap and rarely does more than 30-45 minutes at a time, and she still fights sleep especially if she is overtired (which is not a rarity)...but if we can stick with her just waking up 1x a night, I will be thrilled and can deal with the other issues.
I have reached my initial goal of breastfeeding her for 6 months, and I am proud of myself for it! It isn't easy to do, so I'm glad I was able to stick it out. I am not entirely sure of when I might wean her, if I even do - I may just let her wean herself. However, she is getting huge and it's becoming more awkward. I am also scared of teeth! We'll just have to wait and see how it goes. I do enjoy it and it's nice not to have to buy formula and know that when we leave the house I am all she needs if she gets hungry. We'll see!
She has her 6 month doctor's appointment in a few weeks and I can't wait to see how big she is...she certainly is starting to hurt my back, especially on nights when she fights sleep and I have to walk/sway her around the nursery. It's starting to get to the point where I just can't do that anymore! We had to retire her bouncy seat and even her bumbo seat to the attic because she can't fit in them anymore (her chunky thighs became an issue with the bumbo!). I'll be sure to update the blog when we have all her new stats.
Happy Half-Birthday, Emery!!
Happy New Year to all our friends & family - I wish you all the best in 2009!!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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