So many changes have happened in the last month. Hopefully I can do some justice in high lighting the big ones. Both of my girls are happy and healthy, what else can we ask for as a mother? Well how about sleeping through the night, being well mannered and being best friends? We will get there... (I hope)
Alexa has grown up so much this year. I think a lot of has to do as her new role as a big sister as well as her first year in preschool. Sometimes she will be mature beyond her years and other times as she is rolling on the floor in the middle of the commissary I am reminded she is only 3. Alexa is very empathetic towards others. She does not like when others are crying. She will immediately try to find out what is wrong and more importantly, how to fix it. If I am sad she will ask what happened. I generally try to tell her but on a 3 year old level & she will tell me only the witch makes us sad.
Alexa responds to any answer with the question, Why? She get you on your own crazy cycle if you are not careful. I love her curiosity but sometimes things just have one answer and I cant keep answering as to why things are the way they are. I have even been caught telling her to ask her Daddy. :) Alexa's best friend is named Gabby and they do everything together at school. Recently she has started to play with the boys again after a good 6 months of only playing with the girls. I don't think her Daddy is going to be thrilled with her requests to have Gavin and Ethan over.
Alexa has become very schedule oriented. She likes to know what day of the week it is and what we have going on in the upcoming days. She knows Sunday is Church, Monday is dance class & so on. Alexa still has many eating restrictions. I never would have imagined she still would have such a limited diet at 3 1/2 years old. Once the decision is made on where and more importantly when we are moving I will put her back into therapy to see if it can help her discover new foods.
Last thing on Alexa, she now likes to go by her middle name, June. I am sure it's just a phase and I think it's special. I am happy she wants to go by a name I chose for her instead of something off the wall.
On to our little Cox girl. Addison is doing the normal 6 month old baby stuff including learning how to crawl, discovering her voice and trying new foods. She does not care to jump in the jumperoo at all. She does not mind being in there but she just plays with the toys instead of trying to work off some energy. She is so tiny she does not need to burn any calories. I hope her legs are getting strong without the exercise. The biggest change with Addison is she is starting school (daycare) in 2 weeks. I am so nervous and excited for her. She LOVED playing with the kids in her new room last week so I know she will have fun. She will be in the same Butterfly room Alexa started in when she was 7 months old. Two of the teachers are the same too. Addison has a few things she needs to accomplish before she starts. She needs to sleep unswaddled, get on a schedule and take a bottle. So I got her to sleep unswaddled in just two days of trying. I went cold turkey and it worked. The first night she was up 3 times and woke up early for the day. I felt it was a huge success that she made it. The second night she only woke up twice. I am hopeful she will be back to being our good little sleeper within a week. Addison also got on a really nice schedule, she wakes up at 615 and nurses, Breakfast at 745, Nurse and nap at 10, Lunch at 1130, nurse and nap at 2, dinner at 445, nurse and bed at 645. Of course this is earlier than most would want, but our days have to start out early with my work schedule. I am not sure I will get her to take a bottle in the next week but if she is on a schedule I will at least know when I need to be at "school" to feed her.
Addison has always been a big babbler. In the last month the big change is it appears her sounds are starting to have meaning. She has always sounded like she is saying Mama when is was crying but now she says it when she is happy as well. I just LOVE hearing it. She has very recently starting saying sounds with "D's" in them. It is not quite Dada yet, but I am sure in the next few weeks it will be.
Addison still loves to be carried around constantly and does not like being left alone. She has recently started to sit unassistanted for long enough periods to where I can let her play that way on her own. I think it has helped with her overall happiness but I believe once she starts crawling her day will get a lot better.
This month Addison was dedicated at our church. She wore a beautiful dress bought by Grammie with a matching bow and shoes. She did great through the entire ceremony and even sitting through the service. Raising our daughters in faith is very important to Justin and I. I am glad we were able to make the commitment to God, our church and our children. Alexa loves going to church and she even sings her church songs more than her favorite Disney songs. :)
Monday, February 24, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
6 Months Old & Lots of others...
Our tiny peanut is 6 months old. As I say every month, it's hard to believe. Addison weighed in at 14 lbs. 12 oz., 25.5 inches long & her head circumference is 47 centimeters. Her weight is still the 23 percentile, height was somewhere in the 30's (went up) and her head is HUGE! I guess I never noticed how big her head was. Babies proportions are so different then adults and I am not around many babies, so it just seemed normal to me. The doctor was first concerned with how her forehead protruded. She looked at Alexa and said it was the same way.. then moved my hair to the side and said it must be hereditary. Nothing like a kick from the doctor. Haha! Addison has hit all of her milestones and got her 3rd round of vaccinations. This was the first well visit that Alexa went to with me. She was upset because she was not getting a shot (she is OBSESSED with band aids). After she saw Addison crying she was good with not getting one. Addison blew raspberries at the nurses during the oral vaccine. It was sort of her way of protesting the situation. She did really well after the shots. That first night was rough but she never got a fever or any real symptoms. She goes back for a well visit at 9 months & her fourth round of shots at 1 year.
Addison also had her eye visit follow up. The doctor said her tear duct is not closed (YES!). He did notice there is some redness and dry skin on the eye lid. He gave us a steroid cream to put on to hopefully clear it up. Assuming it does, she does not need to go back. I just realized I did not write about Alexa's eye exam. Our insurance covers an exam every other year starting at the age of 3. I figured I would take her in just to make sure she was seeing the best she could. She sat in the big chair all by herself. The nurse had Alexa tell her the shapes (house, airplane, horse). Alexa did great. Once she realized the pictures were larger behind her, she kept cheating. We would catch her turning around to look at them. Alexa passed the regular eye exam. The doctor felt she may have some small astigmatism so she wanted to dilate her eyes. She was just like her Mommy. Once her eyes were dilated she had a small prescription. The doctor said they do not give reading glasses to 3 year olds unless they really bad. She said when Alexa get her eyes checked at 5 they will give her reading glasses if her eyes are equal or worse than what they are now. I have to admit watching her walk around with dilated eyes was adorable. She freaked out when she realized she could not read things up close. When she went outside she held the sunglasses very tight against her face. She did very well and I am proud of her.
Addison has spent the last month enjoying all of her new foods. So far she LOVES her veggies and tolerates her fruits. Her favorite food seems to be green veggies (peas, green beans, garden veggie's). So far I have not found anything that she actually refuses all together. She enjoys eating puffs. We usually put a puff with her fruit and she eats her breakfast quicker and happier. She likes the challenge of MumMums. I am looking forward to watching her discover new foods. So far she enjoys watching us eat and she even opens her mouth for us to give her some. I am trying not to expose her to anything with seasons or processed foods in it. Hopefully she will be my good eater. Addison is still refusing bottles. Ms. Darlene has had a few successes here or there, but nothing consistent. I guess we are just going to skip them all together. Hopefully she will take a sippy cup sometime this spring.
Bath time is my girls favorite time of the day. Addison is still laying in her baby bath. I put in the big bath while Alexa is in there and they can sort of play together. Addison prefers to kick the water as hard as she can. Sometimes it looks like she is trying to empty her baby bath out. Other times she watches Alexa and laughs at the show her big sister puts on for her. Alexa has become obsessed with her color changing tablets. She has learned how to make green, orange & purple and what happens when you mix the wrong colors together. It's been a great learning experience. She will even ask us if we know how a certain color is made, just to make sure we know. She also enjoys playing with her bath markers, lots of floating toys & her submarine from GB.
Alexa has continued to enjoy dance class. I am actually impressed on how much the teacher is able to teach 6 3-4 year olds in an hour. She will continue day through March and then we will reevaluate. If we are still living in Kansas in April then she will start swim lessons. I am really excited for her to learn how to swim. After watching my nephew Matthew's videos it is evident that three year olds can do much more than I gave them credit for. I hope Alexa loves the water as much as Matthew does. We have talked about getting Addison in a parent/ baby class but have decided against it for now. When Alexa took swim lessons it seemed as though she got an ear infection within 3 days every time. I really want to avoid another set of tubes if I can.
Addison also had her eye visit follow up. The doctor said her tear duct is not closed (YES!). He did notice there is some redness and dry skin on the eye lid. He gave us a steroid cream to put on to hopefully clear it up. Assuming it does, she does not need to go back. I just realized I did not write about Alexa's eye exam. Our insurance covers an exam every other year starting at the age of 3. I figured I would take her in just to make sure she was seeing the best she could. She sat in the big chair all by herself. The nurse had Alexa tell her the shapes (house, airplane, horse). Alexa did great. Once she realized the pictures were larger behind her, she kept cheating. We would catch her turning around to look at them. Alexa passed the regular eye exam. The doctor felt she may have some small astigmatism so she wanted to dilate her eyes. She was just like her Mommy. Once her eyes were dilated she had a small prescription. The doctor said they do not give reading glasses to 3 year olds unless they really bad. She said when Alexa get her eyes checked at 5 they will give her reading glasses if her eyes are equal or worse than what they are now. I have to admit watching her walk around with dilated eyes was adorable. She freaked out when she realized she could not read things up close. When she went outside she held the sunglasses very tight against her face. She did very well and I am proud of her.
Addison has spent the last month enjoying all of her new foods. So far she LOVES her veggies and tolerates her fruits. Her favorite food seems to be green veggies (peas, green beans, garden veggie's). So far I have not found anything that she actually refuses all together. She enjoys eating puffs. We usually put a puff with her fruit and she eats her breakfast quicker and happier. She likes the challenge of MumMums. I am looking forward to watching her discover new foods. So far she enjoys watching us eat and she even opens her mouth for us to give her some. I am trying not to expose her to anything with seasons or processed foods in it. Hopefully she will be my good eater. Addison is still refusing bottles. Ms. Darlene has had a few successes here or there, but nothing consistent. I guess we are just going to skip them all together. Hopefully she will take a sippy cup sometime this spring.
Bath time is my girls favorite time of the day. Addison is still laying in her baby bath. I put in the big bath while Alexa is in there and they can sort of play together. Addison prefers to kick the water as hard as she can. Sometimes it looks like she is trying to empty her baby bath out. Other times she watches Alexa and laughs at the show her big sister puts on for her. Alexa has become obsessed with her color changing tablets. She has learned how to make green, orange & purple and what happens when you mix the wrong colors together. It's been a great learning experience. She will even ask us if we know how a certain color is made, just to make sure we know. She also enjoys playing with her bath markers, lots of floating toys & her submarine from GB.
Alexa has continued to enjoy dance class. I am actually impressed on how much the teacher is able to teach 6 3-4 year olds in an hour. She will continue day through March and then we will reevaluate. If we are still living in Kansas in April then she will start swim lessons. I am really excited for her to learn how to swim. After watching my nephew Matthew's videos it is evident that three year olds can do much more than I gave them credit for. I hope Alexa loves the water as much as Matthew does. We have talked about getting Addison in a parent/ baby class but have decided against it for now. When Alexa took swim lessons it seemed as though she got an ear infection within 3 days every time. I really want to avoid another set of tubes if I can.
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