Finally getting around to posting Carysn's 3 Month pro pics (From 2/2/2014). Than you Noelle Kai Photography for another sweet session! Big sissy was able to join us this time for some great family and sibling photos.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Random Ry Pics
Random pictures of Ryland so far this year.
Haircut to start the year off right! 1/2/2014
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| Holding baby sissy 1/7/2014 |
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| Icemen 1/24/2014 |
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| braving the ice storm 1/24/2014 |
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| Fun with the paper shredder 1/26/2014 |
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| Eating with chopsticks! 2/11/2014 |
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| Yay! All the kids are asleep! A rare moment. 2/23/2014 |
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| Ry's new fav nap spot 2/25/2014 |
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| Like father like son 3/1/2014 |
That's right, Ry is in underwear in that picture. We are SOOOOO close to being fully potty trained. He's great about #1, even tells us now that he needs to go. But he still has mishaps here and there with #2. He's been wearing underwear during the day for the past 1-2 weeks, and a nighttime diaper or pull up at night only. 99% of the time he wakes up dry!
4 Months
Carsyn is 4 months young as of 2/28! At her checkup she weighed 12 lbs 5 oz (14%), 24 ¼ inches long (42%) with a head circumference of 41.5 cm (74%). The below picture was taken before she received 3 shots. Thankfully she only cried for a moment and recovered quickly. She's a happy and healthy little girl.
Let me tell you she is just like her big brother at this age. Carsyn is crazy for her hands, she can't keep them out of her mouth. She's also drooling and blowing spit bubbles like nobody's business. We have to put a bib on her or she soaks her outfit within minutes. I've had several people ask if she's teething but I haven't seen any bumps on her gums yet. Carsy is constantly grabbing things, including my hair! When she gets a fistful she will not let go. There's been quite a few times she's taken a good chunk of hair with her when I lay her down or when daddy takes her from me, ouch! And it's not easy prying her little fingers open.
She's starting to really like her floor mat and dangling toys and there's been a few times that she's played with a rattle or her Oball. I love how big her eyes become when she sees that rattle. Besides those items she really hasn't shown an interest in other toys. Carsyn prefers to be upright so she can check out her surroundings, she's so alert and curious. She can be quite the cutie and oh so coy, smiling and hiding behind her hands, when daddy talks to her. After a good meal she'll start jabbering up a storm.
The Dr told us it's time to try and get her to sleep through the night. Her normal routine is to eat around 7pm and go to sleep by 9pm, she'll sleep until 2am at which point we feed her another bottle and she'll go right back to sleep until 6:30 or 7am. Now that we can give her rice cereal I'm hoping that will sustain her longer and we can cut out that middle of the night feeding.
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| At the Dr's office 2/28/2014 |
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| 4 Months Young! 2/28/2014 |
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| 2/23/2014 |
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| sleeping on mommy 2/2/2014 |
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| 3 Month Pro Pic taken 2/2/2014 |
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
3 Months
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| 3 months young 1/28/2014 |
Carsyn turned 3 months young on Jan 28th and has graduated from newborn to infant. She now weighs ~11 lbs and 8 oz (fully clothed), 3 month clothes are starting to fit a bit tight, she does much better in a 3-6 month size. All this growing and she was still eating only 4 oz at a time. I swear she's following Ryland's progress to a T. The past week she's all of a sudden increased her intake to 5-6 oz a feeding! Thankfully I started freezing milk when she was 2 weeks old and we have plenty saved up for her. When Ry was her age we had to start supplementing as I didn't have enough breast milk stored up. Currently we have ~2 months of milk in the freezer. Thank goodness because since I've returned to work my production has dropped in half and I beginning to wonder how much longer I can keep pumping. I've gone from 10 oz every 4 hours to 3-4 oz every 4 hours.
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| We're a hoot! |
Carsyn is still sleeping downstairs in our room in her rock n play sleeper (love this thing!) It's just so much more convenient than going upstairs in the middle of the night for her 2/3am feeding. I'm sure we'll move her up to her room soon though, the hubby is anxious to reclaim our bedroom. She's also very spoiled and will really only fall asleep if you're holding her. She's such a little ball of heat that she knocks mommy and daddy out as well! Naps all around. ;)
Carsy still is not a fan of tummy time, we're lucky if we can convince her to lay on her stomach for 5 mins at a time. ** update as of 2/1 ** Carsyn is rolling over! Over the weekend she went from back to stomach at least 3 times. You go girl!
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| side sleeper 1/19/2014 |
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| exhausted 1/26/2014 |
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| Carsy puts us to sleep 1/26/2014 |
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| fist pumps 1/26/2014 |
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| Daycare at Opa & Juju's house 1/15/2014 |
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Potty Training (IP)
We've been working on potty training Ryland now for a few months. He's come a long way since we started. Most of the time he's in pull-ups, but on the weekends when we are at home he'll wear his undies. We started off by rewarding him with an M&M everytime he went on the potty, now we don't have to give him any sweets. In just the past 2 weeks he's made vast improvements! He loves making bubbles, going #1 while standing which causes bubbles to form in the potty. He'll also get super exited when he makes nuggets (#2) in the potty; running out of the bathroom, yelling excitedly and giving you a high 5. Hey man, whatever works, right!?! He's started telling us that he needs to use the potty versus us telling him to go every hour (yes, EVERY hour!). He's also started waking up dry, not a single drop in his overnight diaper, which is AWESOME! He's so so close to being fully trained. Occasionally he does have his accidents, and of course when he's in a pull-up we aren't as dedicated about making him go every hour. But progress is progress and we're super proud of our little guy. Heck, he even went to the bathroom all by himself at Chili's, locking me out of the stall no less. I had to climb on the toilet in the stall next to him just to peer over the wall and see how he was doing. He had made a huge nugget in the toilet! I was so excited I almost took a picture, then realized what I was doing and had to reel myself in. ;) :proudmommymoment:
Back to Work
I'm back at work now, this past Friday was my last day of leave (1/10). It's amazing how quickly 11 weeks flies by, especially during the holidays. My maternity leave managed to encompass Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years! Perfect timing actually. :) As of Monday Carsyn has been going to my parents house, they will watch her until she's 6 months and then she'll attend daycare full time. It's nice having relatives live so close.
Her first day at Opa and Juju's went OK. She slept fine and wasn't too fussy, however she refused to finish her bottles. Apparently she'd only eat 1.5 out of 4.5 oz every 4 hours! Carsy just needs to get used to being around other people. I picked her up at 5pm and she finished her bottle no problem with me. Mommy makes it all better. :D
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| Smile! 1/2/2014 |
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| You so crazy! |
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| cutie 1/11/2014 |
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