My sweet baby girl. You have really become such a mama's girl. Whenever you hear my voice, you look around to find me. Even when Daddy has me on speaker phone, he says you look for me when you hear my voice.
I love spending time with you. One of my favorite times of the day when I get to nurse you at night. It's our excuse to sit in the chair & snuggle while Daddy does the dishes!! You go everywhere with us - shopping, out to eat, weddings and {unfortunately} funerals. You are such a good girl everywhere you go! You love to look around and see what is going on. I'm trying to teach you that staring is not very nice, but no one seems to care when smile at them!
Not every day is easy, but it's worth every minute. It's only been a short 8 months, but I can't imagine my life without you.
Weight: 19 pounds 5 ounces {79%}
Height: 27.5 inches {home measurement}
Diaper Size: Size 3.
Clothing Size: 6-9 month.
Her naps have gotten more routine since going back to daycare. She takes a short 20 minute on the way to and from daycare. A short 30-45 minute nap at 10am. And a long 1.5-2 hour nap at 1pm.
Food: Breast milk & Baby food. She continues to be a great eater! She is taking a bottle every 4 hours. She drinks a 5oz bottle {with 1 oz of water} at 6am, 10am and 2pm and I nurse her at 6pm. She eats 3 meals a day - breakfast and lunch at daycare and supper at home around 6:30. We've started giving her some table food, but not too much since I'm a first time mom and scared she's going to choke!
Health: Being healthy didn't last long. She got another ear infection on January 21. It's so hard to tell when she has an ear infection. She doesn't run a fever and she isn't super crabby - she just wasn't sleeping very well and was grabbing at her ears more than usual, so I took her to the doctor to have them looked at. At least this time, she didn't have a double ear infection - only her right ear this time. We've decided to give her another round of meds and go back in 2 weeks for a check up. If it's gone - then we'll wait until she get another one. But if she still has it - we'll move forward with getting tubes.
Nicknames: Kibber. Kimbee Cole. Kimber Sue. Sissy {by mom}, Monkey {by dad}
Likes: {new} Fisher-Price Crawl Around Car. Eating. Bath time. Wash Cloths.
{same as last month}: "Getting Mommy & Daddy". Jumperoo. Puffs.Vtech music toy. Swing {to sleep in}.
We gave Kimber the Fisher-Price Crawl Around Car for Christmas and she loves it! She can sit in the car for atleast 30 minutes by herself and play.
This girl loves to eat! She will drinking her bottle and then eat a meal afterwards. And anytime you give her a puff - she'll eat them too!
Kimber has always loved bath time and now that she's in the big girl bath she's enjoying playing with all her new bath toys.
I know I've said it before, but Kimber definitely has her Daddy's laid back attitude. She is one of the most content babies I've ever met. She literally sat on the floor and played with a wet wash cloth for almost an hour one night. While most babies her age are crawling around getting into things, she's just sitting there with a smile on her face.
Disikes: BMs. Medicine. Diaper changing (rash)
At the beginning of the month, Kimber was having issues having bowel movements. Since she's had breast milk from day one, she's was always very regular & had no problems in this area. But after adding solids to her diet, this all changed. She would scream while she was trying to go because she was constipated. We started putting 1oz of water and 1oz of prune/apple juice in her milk bottles and that was enough to help her have regular BMs.
This is the 4th time Kimber has been on medicine {for an ear infection} since October and she's over it. She will barely open her mouth for the medicine and squirm around trying to get away. We have to hold her down to give her the medicine and when we do get it in her mouth - she likes to blow it out.
After being on the medicine for 2 days, she had the opposite problem with BMs. She had 3 blowouts in 2 days. HUGE blowouts! And this lead to a pretty bad diaper rash. We've been giving her baths at night, taking her diaper off to air it out and using lots of diaper ointments on her.
Health: Being healthy didn't last long. She got another ear infection on January 21. It's so hard to tell when she has an ear infection. She doesn't run a fever and she isn't super crabby - she just wasn't sleeping very well and was grabbing at her ears more than usual, so I took her to the doctor to have them looked at. At least this time, she didn't have a double ear infection - only her right ear this time. We've decided to give her another round of meds and go back in 2 weeks for a check up. If it's gone - then we'll wait until she get another one. But if she still has it - we'll move forward with getting tubes.
Nicknames: Kibber. Kimbee Cole. Kimber Sue. Sissy {by mom}, Monkey {by dad}
Likes: {new} Fisher-Price Crawl Around Car. Eating. Bath time. Wash Cloths.
{same as last month}: "Getting Mommy & Daddy". Jumperoo. Puffs.Vtech music toy. Swing {to sleep in}.
We gave Kimber the Fisher-Price Crawl Around Car for Christmas and she loves it! She can sit in the car for atleast 30 minutes by herself and play.
This girl loves to eat! She will drinking her bottle and then eat a meal afterwards. And anytime you give her a puff - she'll eat them too!
Kimber has always loved bath time and now that she's in the big girl bath she's enjoying playing with all her new bath toys.
I know I've said it before, but Kimber definitely has her Daddy's laid back attitude. She is one of the most content babies I've ever met. She literally sat on the floor and played with a wet wash cloth for almost an hour one night. While most babies her age are crawling around getting into things, she's just sitting there with a smile on her face.
Disikes: BMs. Medicine. Diaper changing (rash)
At the beginning of the month, Kimber was having issues having bowel movements. Since she's had breast milk from day one, she's was always very regular & had no problems in this area. But after adding solids to her diet, this all changed. She would scream while she was trying to go because she was constipated. We started putting 1oz of water and 1oz of prune/apple juice in her milk bottles and that was enough to help her have regular BMs.
This is the 4th time Kimber has been on medicine {for an ear infection} since October and she's over it. She will barely open her mouth for the medicine and squirm around trying to get away. We have to hold her down to give her the medicine and when we do get it in her mouth - she likes to blow it out.
After being on the medicine for 2 days, she had the opposite problem with BMs. She had 3 blowouts in 2 days. HUGE blowouts! And this lead to a pretty bad diaper rash. We've been giving her baths at night, taking her diaper off to air it out and using lots of diaper ointments on her.
Things to note:
Kimber finally got teeth this month! Her bottom left tooth came in on January 5 and her bottom right came in on January 17. Luck for us, she wasn't very crabby for her first teething experience. Let's hope all her teeth come in this easy!
We've been giving Kimber a bath in the kitchen sink since she came home from the hospital. Even though she's been able to sit for a couple of months, we never moved her to the big girl bath. Mostly, becausewe're lazy it is much quicker & convenient to give her a bath in the sink. But we started giving her a bath in the tub on January 21 and she's loving it!!
Kimber is still not rolling over or crawling. But we've been trying to get her to move! We know she could roll over if she wanted to because if we give her the slighted nudge, she will roll over. She did move from sitting position to belly on January 26. Not a huge accomplishment but it's something! But ofcourse, then she was stuck on her belly & started whining!
I had my work holiday party on January 25, so Kimber had a slumber party at Gramma & Papa's house with Chloe & Abey. Chloe told her mom that she had to go to Gramma's house to help take care of Kimber. So adorable!
Kimber has been spending a lot of time with Daddy this month since I have been working so much due to year-end reporting. By the time I get home from work, Nick has fed and bathed her and she's ready for bed. I nurse her, read our nightly books and put her to bed. Things have gotten better this last week and I'm getting home at a decent time & am able to spend more time with her.
Kimber finally got teeth this month! Her bottom left tooth came in on January 5 and her bottom right came in on January 17. Luck for us, she wasn't very crabby for her first teething experience. Let's hope all her teeth come in this easy!
We've been giving Kimber a bath in the kitchen sink since she came home from the hospital. Even though she's been able to sit for a couple of months, we never moved her to the big girl bath. Mostly, because
Kimber is still not rolling over or crawling. But we've been trying to get her to move! We know she could roll over if she wanted to because if we give her the slighted nudge, she will roll over. She did move from sitting position to belly on January 26. Not a huge accomplishment but it's something! But ofcourse, then she was stuck on her belly & started whining!
I had my work holiday party on January 25, so Kimber had a slumber party at Gramma & Papa's house with Chloe & Abey. Chloe told her mom that she had to go to Gramma's house to help take care of Kimber. So adorable!
Kimber has been spending a lot of time with Daddy this month since I have been working so much due to year-end reporting. By the time I get home from work, Nick has fed and bathed her and she's ready for bed. I nurse her, read our nightly books and put her to bed. Things have gotten better this last week and I'm getting home at a decent time & am able to spend more time with her.
