We put an offer in on a house at the beginning of November and quickly tried to soar through the short sale process with much luck and help from our lender and Realtor we were able to close on December 8th! We were thrilled, to say the least. We now live in lovely Frederick County and are very happy with our new home, our fabulous yard, and the changes we've begun to make to the home.
Claire turned 4 months over my blogging hiatus and man has she changed! Here are her 4 month stats:
Weight: 12 lbs 0 ounces
Height: 24.75 inches
Milestones:
Loves to stand with support,
sits with support,
talks up a storm (loud and noisy),
loves her exersaucer and jumparoo, although it's hard for her to touch the ground,
puts everything in her mouth,
chews nonstop on mine or daddy's hand,
loves daycare with Miss N,
but also loves when mommy picks her up!
Claire is a bundle of happiness and smiles. She really only cries now when she is hungry, tired, or dirty. She is such a fun little baby.
We spent Christmas up in Buffalo this year and it will probably be a Christmas Tim's mom will always remember as all her kids were home including her baby granddaughter, C!
We had a really nice time and enjoyed seeing the entire family. We were so thankful that Uncle Donny gave us Sabres tickets for Christmas and we got to see them crush the Caps.
Once we got home and actually we were really surprised by how well Claire did in the car ride both up and back from Buffalo! She slept nearly the entire car ride on the way up (we left a 5 pm and arrived around midnight). She got up once to eat at 9:15 pm. On the way back we left early in the morning at about 7:30 am. She talked to herself for about 30 minutes before passing out. She slept until about 10:45 when I fed her and then screamed for 15 minutes before falling back asleep until about 2 where we had to stop again to feed! She really was a very good girl!
Wednesday we did Christmas with my family! It was a nice evening with a great dinner and Claire got soooo many gifts. She actually loves them too! She's been trying to sit by herself now while playing with some of her toys.
Because she's been getting up 3-4 times a night since I went back to work I finally came to the tough decision of giving Claire some rice cereal. My mom kept telling me to try it and I really wanted to try and exclusively breastfeed for 6 months like the AAP recommends, but honestly after her 4 month appointment Dr. S said I could start it whenever I felt she was ready. Given the fact she is always putting things in her mouth, she can sit supported, and she seemed way more hungry, eating 3-4 times in the middle of the night, I caved. Yesterday we fed her some rice cereal (completely watered down) and she LOVED it after the initial what the heck is this face! Today she kept opening her mouth and pulling my hand towards her mouth for the spoon to enter:) I now know we made a good decision.
I will probably wait until 6 months before I start any other solids (at least that's my thought for now).
No comments:
Post a Comment