Five months old!

Today our baby girl is five months old.  It seems so crazy that for 3 years of TTC every day and every month moved slowly and now time seems to be flying by in an uncontrolled free fall.  Kylie is doing great, as I have mentioned before she's growing like a weed.  She isn't making an moves toward rolling over but is starting to get closer to sitting on her own.  We are going to start feeding her oatmeal once a day this weekend.  After that our next challenge will be transitioning away from having her swaddled at night and starting first foods.  Each milestone seems to come so quickly...we're focused on just taking one thing at a time though.

We're so happy she's growing and thriving but I honestly wish I could freeze time for a little bit...just so we could get extra cuddles, snuggles and just enjoy her babyhood for a little longer.  I never expected this time to feel like it's going by in the blink of an eye.  From what my brother tells me time just keeps speeding up too...my twin nieces (also IVF babies) are turning 16 in February.  If anyone knows how to hit the pause button on time please, oh please give me the secret =)  Here is a picture of our big girl, being her normally happy self:

Happy five month birthday my sweet little girl!

Bright colors!

So before I had Kylie I would look at all those primary colored, big pattered toys and baby accessories and think "WHOA, those are obnoxious.  If I have a baby I don't want those in my house."  This is another exercise in theory vs. function because now this is on my living room floor...

I know I wrote about the playnest before but this picture shows a bit more of how she fits in it.  For size reference she is now 16lb12oz.  Her new horse friend, "Daisy", is a surprise love.  When I took the tag off it I thought she would warm up to it later when she's a little bigger but she loves it and adores chewing on Daisy's ears.

In other Kylie news she still has a cold...we're going on day 10.  So just as a precaution I took her to the doc this morning to check her lungs and ears.  Great news is that they are clear.  I have instructions to put saline in her nose every time I change her diaper to thin the mucous and help it come out.  Oh what fun ;-)

In non-Kylie news we are getting a treadmill for our house tomorrow!  We found a True brand treadmill on craigslist that only has 196 miles ever walked/run on it and it's still under warranty.  Both M and I are excited to have the ability to do some cardio on weekday nights without missing tons of time with the wee beast.  For those who've known me a while know that we were complete gym rats before having Kylie and now we can't seem to make it there except on the weekends.  We were getting outside for walks most days during the summer but now that it's turning more brisk here in CO that will be more rare.  I think this will be great for both M and I and I can't wait to loose the last 4.5lb of baby weight that seems to be hanging around.  Other weekend plans include lunch at my folks and then the typical laundry, grocery shopping, etc.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Fun in the playnest

M's mom got Kylie some presents this weekend, she loves spoiling her one and only grand baby.  One of the presents is a playnest which I had never seen before. It's essentially an inner tube covered in activity mat type material.  It has different textures and such too to keep their attention.  For a non-sitter like Kylie you leave it partially inflated and it squishes down to support her head, neck and upper back.  When she learns to sit up you inflate it more and it will help if she topples over.  When M came home with it I wasn't so sure because it is huge but Kylie took an instant shine to it so now it's a staple on our living room floor =)  Here she is enjoying it:

The toy she's holding is also a new addition from her Gma and she loves it too.  You're looking at the back of the birds feathers but the front has all kinds of colors, textures, rattles, squeaks, etc.  She tries to cram the whole darn thing in her mouth.  So cute!

This weekend we just hung around the house recovering.  M went to the hockey game with his Mom and I stayed home with Kylie - we both had fevers so there was no way we were going anywhere.  She is such a trooper...her cold is still pretty bad but the fever is gone and now just the stuffiness and cough remain.  Hopefully only a few more days and we'll be back to our old selves. 

6 weeks at daycare...cold #2

Poor little girl is sick again *UGH*  and so am I.  M got it for all of 48 hours and is now better but us girls are down for the count I'm afraid. I wish somehow he could give her his immune system since it's superior...but since men can't breast feed I'm thinking it's not going to happen.

Kylie threw up twice this morning because of mucous blocking her airway...I feel so sorry for her.  And I feel guilty for taking her to daycare.  After her last cold, when I kept her home all week, daycare told me if she doesn't have a fever or diarrhea and it's just stuffy nose and/or dry cough she can come.  I want to save my sick time from work for cases when she really needs to stay home.  Today was such a tough call.  Typically the stuffiness is the worst the first hour she's awake and the rest of the day is better.  I sure hope she's doing ok.  This has to get better...I hope we aren't looking at colds every 3-4 weeks for the duration!

 

Just so this post isn't all a big whaaaa here is a pic of one of her new 6-9 month outfits.  I know she looks unimpressed, this was taken juist after she woke up and got dressed for the day so she hadn't found her smile yet. 

Eating out failure...

Just need to vent a little.  I have come to believe that wait staff and even chefs have no idea what is really in their food...so frustrating!  I had to go out for a business lunch last Friday and from all indications I got something dairy or soy in my food despite making it clear I had allergies to both.  Kylie has been out of sorts all weekend as a result =(  I feel so guilty that something I put in my mouth is causing her discomfort, poor thing.  The stupid waitress was just saying things like "most of our menu is fine" and "just don't get cheese or sour cream" and "is butter ok".  UGH!  It feels like I can't go out to eat at all these days and since that's what M and I usually did on our date nights pre-Kylie that really stinks.  And since I'm planning on trying to make it until she's 1 year breastfeeding it seems like a problem that isn't going away soon.  Anyone with food allergies have tips for ensuring you don't get offending food when eating out?

Whew, I feel better having complained about that but now I'll move on...we had a nice weekend.  Friday night after work we did our grocery shopping, it's one of Kylie's favorite outings...not sure why but she seems to love all the things to look at.  Saturday we did some errands and we took Kylie to her first hockey game.  She didn't think much of the buzzer, a little too shocking I think, but seemed to enjoy the rest.  We left in the middle of the second period to get her home in time for bedtime.  Sunday friends brought some wonderful food over for lunch and hung out most of the afternoon.  M went for a run and I made it to the gym in the evening.  Not much out of the ordinary happening this week...

I'll leave you with a smiley picture of Miss Kylie, love those wonderful cheeks =)

She's a growin!

Kylie's 4 month appointment was last night, almost a week after she actually turned 4 months but who's keeping track ;-)  The doctor is happy with her development, she's hitting all the milestones she should be for now...laughing, smiling, pushing up on her arms when on her belly and gaining more head control all the time.  Our little chunky monkey weighed in at 16lb 4oz, that's the 95th percentile.  Her height is in the 50th, at 24.5" and her head circumference is in the 75th but I forget the exact number of cm.  They always save the icky shots until the last thing...she got three shots and an oral vaccine.  All of which she was unimpressed with.  We had a different nurse and she wasn't as fast as the one we had at Kylie's 2 month appointment =(   After the appointment we took her home, gave her a bath, fed her and put her to bed.  She slept like a champ, only fussing a few times but not needing us to soothe her back to sleep.  What a tough little angel!  This morning she was fussy and a little feverish so I gave her some Tylenol before taking her to daycare.  I wish I had the day off to cuddle and spoil her at home...

To those of you looking at Kylie as a yardstick for sizing like Lara & Mic, my advice would be to pace yourself on the clothes buying ahead of time.  It's impossible to know how quickly they will grow and when.  Obviously I've moved up in sizes much quicker than I anticipated and it means that most of the 9 month stuff I have is on the too warm side since I anticipated it being the dead of winter.  She was in newborn stuff for 5 weeks, 0-3 month stuff from 5-11 weeks and 3-6 month stuff from 11-17.  And she just outgrew the cute Christmas sleeper I got for her when I was pregnant...long before the Christmas stuff is even out at the stores.  Many little ones grow in weight before they grow longer or vice-versa and it can make the size they wear different. Here's a picture of her in a 9 month Halloween sleeper (purchased after she outgrew everything I had for her in this weight) and you can see it's none too big...

I love fall!

Here in Colorado this time of year is so nice...the days are warm but the mornings and evenings are crisp with the cool air.  I love taking the hoodies out of the closet but haven't yet given up my flip flops.  While we don't have the beautiful hard wood trees in the Northeast we do have lots of Aspen trees that shimmer with their gold leaves in the breeze.  On Saturday we took my Dad and M's Mom up to the mountains to go leaf peeping and enjoy some of thing beauty this time of year has to offer.  Kylie slept on the way up but got out with us to take some pictures.  My Mom recently got her some 9 month clothes (yes, that's right...at 4 months we're moving to 9 month clothes!) and one of the fleece vests has ears.  Here we are enjoying the day:

It was also a ploy to keep my Dad away from the house while my Mom set up for his 70th birthday party.  He was surprised and had a good time so that's good news.  He also loved the photo book I made for him with pictures from when he was a boy =) 

Yesterday I spent a lot of time ordering various pictures for Kylie's baby books, ones to hang on the wall from her 3 month photo shoot (thanks for all your votes!) and also made five different collages to give to family members.  Then I made it to the gym and M made a wonderful stew for dinner.  It seems like the weekend just sprinted by!

Tonight be have Kylie's 4 month checkup.  Our poor baby has to get more shots =(  At least M will be there with me and he's always such a rock about such things.  I'll give a full report tomorrow or Wednesday...