Summary of Week 13

Sophia's thirteenth week was from July 25- July 31
This will be the last weekly post I do...I will be just doing monthly updates from now on. :)

Mean muggin' on our walk.

Weight: I weighed her this week and she is 14.5 lbs according to our scale.

Holy cheeks!

Health: This week, I noticed Sophia had a little blister on the inside of her bottom lip.  Of course I noticed it during bath time the night before I was supposed to go back to work.  I googled around and think it was probably a nursing blister.  It didn't seem to bother her any and it's since almost gone away.

Sleep: We started doing cry it out (CIO) this week.  I didn't really feel comfortable doing it before now and I wanted to wait until she was at least 12 weeks old to start. We did it on Wednesday a little bit and then Matt did it on Thursday.  We talked about it and since I will be taking Sophia to work with me on Mondays and Tuesdays we abandoned CIO. It's not really feasible for me to do it with her when I have her at work, so we decided to keep on what we have been doing and give her about 15-20 mins if she wakes up in the middle of a nap to see if she will soothe herself back to sleep. Most of the time she will make noises halfway through her naps, but she is able to fall back asleep. If she isn't able to fall back asleep, then we go in there and give her the paci.  This has worked pretty well for us and she is starting to get a lot better at self-soothing! In fact, this past weekend, we had two days of perfect naps where we didn't even have to go in to her room at all!

 










Development/Social:  This week, Sophia had her first play date! She was very excited, as you can see in the video below.  We met up with Danielle and Melissa and their babies Jase and Hollis.  Jase was born exactly a week after Sophia and Hollis was born about 3 weeks after.  It was so fun to see these three together.  Although we weren't able to get all three together for a picture, I know that there will be many play dates in our future!  It will be so much fun when they get a little older and are able to interact more. It will be so fun to watch these three running around after each other. :)

Jase and Hollis

Jase and Sophia

Diet: Still doing great with nursing.  I just love that time with her so much. They are such sweet moments that I will cherish and remember forever.  At our play date, Danielle and Melissa were telling me that they used a Boppy while they were nursing.  The few times I had used it, I was still putting her in a cradle hold and then using the Boppy.  They suggested that I lay her straight down on the Boppy instead and doing that a couple of times has increased her nursing time. Plus it frees up both hands!

Clothes: Starting to transition into 3-6 month clothes and starting to grow out of some of her 0-3 month clothes.

 

Baby Gear Loves:  Things we use on a daily basis and couldn't live without include the Medela pump, Halo sleep sacks, Sleep Sheep, Baby Einstein activity mat, bouncy chair, Chicco Travel System, Summer Peek Plus monitor. I'm sure there are some that I have forgotten.

Likes: Her O-Ball and Sophie the giraffe, people talking to her, bouncy chair, bath time, and SLEEP!

 

Post Partum: I started back to work on August 1st.  Like I mentioned, I landed a new gig that is super close to home (I can go home for lunch!) and that allows me to work from home some and also bring her in to work with me.  Between my work schedule and Matt's off days, we have been able to avoid daycare or having to have anyone other than Matt and me watching her during the work week, which makes me a happy Momma!!

 

Summary of Week 12

Sophia's twelfth week was from July 18- July 24

Weight: I would probably guess somewhere in the 14 lb range.

Health: It looks like Sophia was going through another wonder week this week, which mainly affected her sleeping and eating.  Other than that, we still have a healthy and happy baby girl on our hands!

Sleep: Sophia's naps were a little off this week, but not too bad. She is on the same schedule and still sleeping at night from about 9:30 until 7:15 or so. 

Development:  We are still waiting on some sweet giggles and for that first roll over.  Sophia likes to "plank" whenever I put her on her stomach for tummy time.  I keep telling her that's not going to help her much!  She still loves to "talk" and coo if anyone is talking to her.  She also will smile at everyone!  She has also really found her hands this week. She is much more interested in them and loves to chew on them.  A couple of times she has gagged from stuffing them too far in her mouth. haha...she'll learn!

Diet: We drastically dropped our nursing times this week.  She went from nursing for about 18-20 on one side to about 7-10!  I was worried that she wasn't getting enough during the day and would start waking up at night again hungry, but she didnt! She is also super distracted while nursing. She will eat non stop for about 6 minutes and then will start looking around her room at the different things on the wall. She loves to push down on my lap with her feet when I'm burping her, too.

Sophia and Grandpa

Clothes: I am starting to stock up on some 6 month essentials because I have a feeling she will be needing them soon! Some of her 3 month sleepers are starting to get a little short on her.  Usually, Carters brand are the first to go because they seem to fit her a little small.  The Target brand runs a little big for her, so those last a little longer.

Sophia and Grandma!

 Baby Gear Loves:  Things we use on a daily basis and couldn't live without include the Medela pump, Halo sleep sacks, Sleep Sheep, Baby Einstein activity mat, bouncy chair, Chicco Travel System, Summer Peek Plus monitor. I'm sure there are some that I have forgotten.

 

Likes: Looking around, her activity mat, going for walks, Mommy and Daddy....le duh!

 

Post Partum: I am still feeling great! Other than my hair falling out like CRAZY! I am coming up on the end of my maternity leave. :( Luckily, I was able to find another job that is literally 5 mins. down the road from me.  It was sad leaving some of my coworkers, but I was commuting 1.5-2 hrs ONE WAY while I was pregnant and there was no way that I could do that now.  So I am SO thankful for this new blessing!