Visit from Aunt Jackie

Jackie came to visit this weekend. She hasn't had a chance to see Teagan in quite some time. As you can see Teagan is quite fond of her Aunt Jackie...

Too Tired to Open My eyes!

We had a rough day on Saturday. After a puking episode with Teagan and a very messy cereal session, I decided to give us both a bath. I had already taken a shower, but after T decided that i need another one, I had to clean myself up. So instead of trying to find time when i could clean myself and then her or vice versa, I decided to do them both at the same time. So we both took a bath together. Now, don't worry, i am not going to show you naked pictures of us in the tub... :)

But I am going to show you what happened afterwards... Once I got Teagan dressed it was my turn (it was hard enough just getting a towel around myself so I didnt show my naked self to our neighbors while i dressed T). So i layed her on our bed while i got some clothes on. Before I knew it she was sleeping. We were in the tub for about 20 minutes and the water was pretty warm, so it must have just relaxed her soooo much she didn't want to wake up! Now it wasnt quite nap time yet, she had only been up for about an hour or so before falling asleep. Now mind you it was barely after 11:30 in the afternoon.

This is T passed out on our bed. Notice the skinny jeans (I have a very trendy little girl, thank you Kyle and Sarah). Just wait you two, when you have a baby girl, I am going to get you skinny jeans for her and see how easy it is for you to get them on her legs after a bath and lotion!!! I should be the one taking the nap... I have the bib on her because I wanted to get some cute pictures of her in her new outfit from Christmas that she finally fits into before she messed it up by puking on it. But i couldn't resist these shots!




After this little tickling session, I put her in her crib for the rest of her nap. I had to wake her up for her 2:00 feeding. It took some vigorous waking up to get her to rise from her slumber. I think this is going to be a new ritual for our evening baths, especially if she falls asleep this easily! She hasn't taken this long of a nap in quite some time, most of her naps now a days are no longer than an hour at a time, hour and a half max!

This is her before I had to wake her up.

Cereal video

Here is a clip of the video from her first spoonful.


She is taking after Toby in this one. She kept sticking her tongue out...

Firsts!!!

Today we had a lot of firsts! This morning at 10:30 we fed Teagan her first bowl of cereal! We did one tablespoon of rice cereal and 3 tablespoons of breast milk. It was super duper soupy, but that is what the directions said for first time cereal. She did really well. No crazy faces really, she just kept pushing it out of her mouth. I think most of it ended up on her bib and in her neck rolls, but she seemed to get the hang of it towards the end. At that point she was getting crabby and i couldnt get it in fast enough. Her poop this afternoon was a little thicker than normal, but still runny for sure. I guess once we start getting her more on solids that will change. The doc said to just feed her cereal once a day real thin and then make it a little thicker and thicker and move to twice a day. We can also start veggies in a week or two. I already bought two little jars of veggies, one green beans and one sweet peas. So we will see how she likes them. It is almost 8:00 and no signs of any allergic reactions. I bought some baby Benadryl just in case. I can't wait to feed her again tomorrow! I will post the video later, it takes so long to load videos, i will have to shorten it quite a bit before i put it on here.


She has also really started liking her feet! She likes to grab her feet now when you change her and when she is laying on her back playing. It is cute. Pretty soon I bet she will be sucking on her toes...

Another first today was she is now officially in size 2 diapers! We used up our last size one today, her butt is getting bigger!! The diapers don't seem that much bigger to be honest. I was going to take a picture of them side by side but i didn't realize this morning that i had put her last one on, and I am sure you wouldn't want to see a picture of a dirty diaper.

We were over at my mom and dads this afternoon and i was playing with her on the floor for tummy time. She was actually enjoying herself, we were trying to get her to roll over from her back to her front, figuring that was easier. She is really close. She can get on her side but just cant get over her shoulder. So we would pull her over to try to teach her. She was playing on her stomach when all of a sudden she pushed up far and then kind of just fell over on her back! I couldn't believe it. I guess it is easier to go from front to back after all. Of course i didnt get a picture of this move... so sad to say, but maybe when she goes from back to front i will be more prepared.

Chatter Box

Teagan has become quite the chatter box! I keep trying to get her conversations on video but every time i take out the camera she stops. i think she thinks i am going to take her picture, because that is what i normally do...She is pretty used to it, she just waits for the flash, you can see the anticipation in her face. She also has been waking up early for some reason. Yesterday she was up by 6 and this morning she was up when i got out of the shower a little after 6. She just talks to herself in the dark. It makes getting ready in the mornings a little more hectic, especially if she is crabby and you have to pick her up. Try brushing your teeth with a four month old in your arms... not too easy!

This is a small sample of her talking. She was being shy. It was quite early, too early for me to be carrying on conversations...

Teagan made a new friend!

We went to Erika's baby shower on Saturday and Teagan made a new friend, Addison. She is Keith's (Erika's husband) sisters baby. She is so cute. I think she is 3 months older than Teagan, so it was interesting to see what Teagan will be like in a few months. Addison was sitting by herself and eating baby veggies. So cute. We had them sit together for a photo shoot. Teagan is a little chubber next to Addison. Hopefully we will be able to get them all together when Andrew (Erika's baby) is born!

There were a handful of babies at the shower. Olivia who just turned a year. She was walking all over the place. She apparently started walking at 9 months! She is also very smart, she can do sign language! There was also another baby there that was like 14 or 15 months old, so neat to see all the age differences and what the kids can do.

Well gotta run, Teagan is up and ready for her last feeding of the night!!

4 Month Dr. Visit

We went in today to get her 4 month check up. Everything looks good. Teagan is a whopping 14 lbs. 1 oz and is 25 inches long. She has grown exactly one inch since her 2 month appointment, and has gained 2.5 pounds. I didn't think it was that much, but according to the growth charts, she is in the 75% for both height and weight. When I told the doctor that she is eating 7.5 oz every 3.5 hours she was amazed. But because she sleeps through the night she has to get all her calories during the day. I am also excited to say that we can start cereal now!! She even said I could start veggies and some fruits in a week or so. With the cereal, I just start it off real slow, like a tablespoon full first real watery and work our way up to thicker and thicker. Once a day at first and then eventually twice a day. I think I am going to try it this Friday in one of her afternoon feedings because it is a floating holiday for us.

Teagan was a real trooper when it came to her shots. She was so happy the entire visit, I was dreading the end when they do the shots. Again they did 2 shots in one leg and one in the other. Same shots as last time and oral. She got these big blue band-aids again. They don't seem to be bothering her anymore. She is smiling and kicking all the time. She recovered from them real quick. It didn't take long for her to stop crying. I am so glad, I was so dreading this.

I can't wait to take pictures of her first bite of food!!!

Talking Teagan

Teagan has been talking a lot lately. This is going to be really interesting when she gets a little older and we can start to understand what she is saying. She is also giggling more and more. We even found some ticklish spots under her chin and just under her rib cage on her sides. She is sort of talking in this video. Then Toby got jealous and so he decided he wanted in on the action. So he came up and wanted to lay on the couch. So i just made sure he didnt climb on Teagan, and ended up laying on her lap. She wasnt too sure about it, and looked a little confused.

She is becoming our little piggy. We had to up her feedings to 7.5 oz!!! I never would have thought she could fit that much in her belly at once! I have a list of questions to ask the doctor on Monday, hopefully I will remember to bring it. The only thing is, is that I scheduled the appointment to go right after her 1:00 feeding, but now with this new schedule she eats at 2, not 1. I should call to see if i can change it to some other time during the day. I doubt they will on such short notice, maybe I will try tomorrow. I doubt I will remember though.

New feeding schedule

Yesterday was our first attempt at a new feeding schedule. Teagan was at about 6 oz every 3 hours (7, 10, 1, 4, 7, 10) and we moved to 6.5-7 oz every 3.5 hours (7, 10:30, 2, 5:30, 9). Monday it went well, though I was feeding her so I am not sure exactly how many ounces she was getting, but I made sure she got her full every time. She slept through the night, so that was good. Today was her first bottle feeding full day with the new ounces. Grandma R said she was crabby this afternoon and seemed hungry, so we may have to bump her up to 7-7.5 oz. We will see, I guess it is all trial and error. On Monday we go in for our 4 month appointment and I will ask about starting to introduce cereal. Can't wait!

Enjoying the weather!

It has been nice these past few days, other than the snowfall we got on Saturday. So When I was off at soccer sunday night, Chris took Toby and Teagan for a walk. I was quite shocked to see that Chris had taken pictures on his own without me reminding him to. Of course he decided this when I wasn't around, so yet again there will be no pics of me, at least not ones where you cant see my arm jutting from the camera... So here is Chris and Teagan on Sunday.
Today on my work at home day, I finally made it outside. So we all went for a walk again, me, Toby and Teagan. We went in the stroller first and then I dropped Toby off because he has a sore leg and I didn't want to work him too hard. It was pretty nice out. It is amazing what the difference the temperature is between the shade and the sun. We didn't get out until about 3:00 or so. We stopped at Jessi and Bry's house to say hi, but Bry was taking a nap. So I figured we would walk around until Bry woke up. Teagan was awake for a while and then fell asleep.

When we got back to the house to drop Toby off Jessi called and said they were on their way out to the park. So I put Teagan in the baby bjorn and went to the park. On our way there we met Julie, Lindsay and Logan, our neighbors. They were on their way back from a walk. By the time we finally got to the park it was starting to get a little chili outside, so we didn't stay long.

Teagan had her first outside swing experience today! She wasnt too happy at first, but I think it was because she didnt have a very long nap in the stroller and she might have been a little cold. But after i started pushing her, she started to like it. It was cute. She looked like she was swimming in the chair. This summer I think she will be a good size for it. We had a few pushes with Bryahna and then went home. I was getting cold, and Teagan was not very happy anymore.

First walk alone

I went for a walk with just me, Teagan, and Toby. I was a little nervous with Toby and no one to manage him on the walk if we passed other dogs, but he did very well. Currently he has a soar hind leg, not sure what is wrong. If he is still hobbling on it by the end of the week I think we are going to take him in to have it looked at.

But our first walk together went well. Toby was nice and calm and Teagan pretty much slept the whole way. I had her pretty bundled up, because it was a little chili out. We walked for about a half hour or so. I didn't want to go to long because I didn't want Teagan to get cold and I didn't want to aggrivate Toby's leg. I just had to go yesterday, the outside was just calling my name. It is so nice to be able to go outside now with out having to bundle up so much. Soon it will be warm enough where we can just go and I wont have to put Teagan in 50 layers.

I am gonna eat ya!

We were at my cousin's 21 birthday party this weekend and Teagan was getting tired and cranky. We were all chatting in the kitchen and Dani was watching Teagan. The next thing we know everyone is laughing. Dani had Teagan flying and Shelby was on the other end entertaining her. It was so funny, T kept opening her mouth real wide as if she was going to eat Shelby. We knew she liked flying, but this opening of the mouth thing was something new.

Sit-up face

So Chris was playing with T last night and she always makes this face when she wants to sit up. We finally got it on camera. If you hold her hands she gets all tense and tries her hardest to pull herself up. She doesnt get that you have to use your arms to help pull up, she just tries to use her stomach muscles. See the look of determination? She is trying hard. It is so cute. She will be sitting in her vibraty seat and will start to do that. I think her seat is a little to layed back for her sometimes. She likes to sit upright, but we have to be careful when we do that, especially after she eats because it will all come right back up. She is starting to like her bumbo more and more, I just wish there was a happy medium somewhere. The vibraty seat is too layed back and the bumbo is too upright. T loves to be on her feet. She will stand for a long time with you holding her hands. Then she just kind of collapses when her legs get tired.

lopsided butt

I was giving Teagan a bath the other day and I realized that her butt was lopsided!! I think it is because she always sleeps on her left side when she is napping. It is really quite funny how different each cheek is! She has a flat one and a round one... I think she might have mommies bubble butt (sorry T). Take a look for yourselves and tell me what you think. Poor girl, I hope they even out as she gets more mobile!

Holding Bottle

I was getting ready for soccer on Sunday evening and I was trying to feed Teagan quick before I left at 4:00. She was getting down to the bottom and she started to hold the bottle herself! I She did it for a long time. She is getting pretty good with using her hands. She loves her little blankets and pulls them up to her face all the time.

Standing Tall

Teagan loves to stand now. She can even do it by herself for about a second. I had just gotten done changing her diaper and putting her in her outfit for the day and she was standing so strong I decided to try to get some pictures of her. Don't worry, i was careful... She just holds on to your hands and stands there. She is pretty stable, at least in the standing straight part. I think she just locks her knees and stays stiff. Even last night Chris was holding her and we couldnt get her to relax and sit. So he was holding her on his lap while she was standing and would let go for a second and she would just stand there and then slowly tip over. But it didnt seem to faze her. She just kept staring at me as she was falling over. It was like slow motion, kind of funny.

First Giggle!

We were over at aunt Andi's house on Saturday making Perogi's and Andi was playing with Teagan on the floor. She was half naked, as she was changing her diaper, and after several minutes of tickling, a lone giggle came out! We were so excited to finally her it. She has been so close for so long. She has laughed and cooed and stuff but, never an actual giggle. It was only one, but we all heard it! Then on Sunday I was trying to get her to giggle again. She was getting all excited and having fun, so I started video taping her and after about 2 minutes of not much, i finally gave up. But sure enough, about a 30 seconds later she giggled again, just one. go figure, right!

Hopefully soon we will have more occurances of these giggles.

Gaining Hand Eye Coordination

Teagan is starting to be able to grab objects on purpose. She can't always do it, but is starting to realize how her fingers work. Of course, her first instinct is to try to put whatever it is she is grabbing in her mouth... It is cute to watch her think about it. You can see the wheels turning in her head, but mostly watch her eyes, they get buggy when she is really concentrating!! :)

Toby's Turn in the Tub!

We are getting our pictures taken on Saturday, so Toby was in dire need of a bath! He still needs a good brushing, but I think he prefers the water to the brush! He kept jumping right in the tub before I even asked him to, so I had to get it on video. He does really good in there. He just lays down and lets you rub him down!

Wiggle Worm

This morning when I went in to say goodbye to Teagan before I left for work, she was completely flipped in her crib. I had noticed that she was becoming more and more of a mover in there, so yesterday (Monday) I had taken all of her stuffed animals that I had shoved in the corner out. Good thing, because this morning she was facing the complete opposite.

My Little Princess

We spent the night over at aunt Andi's on Friday night. We had a fun time, making red velvet cake and playing in her princess room. Teagan is going to have her own special room when she gets older... They have this spare bedroom that was staged as a little girls room with all the Disney Princess in it. There are these huge cardboard cutouts of 3 different princess, don't ask me to name them, you can figure it out from the pictures. We got Toby in on our little photoshoot. Come see the shutterfly pictures later in the week for the rest of the pictures.

12 Weeks!

Teagan is 12 weeks today! She is becoming quite the character. We are starting to think that she is left handed, she will only suck on her left thumb. Teagan has discovered her tongue. She keeps sticking it out and playing with it in her mouth, it is kind of cute. She is getting pretty good with her hands. She can grab stuff now, not all the time but she can get a hold of stuff every once in a while. She loves fuzzy blankets. Always trying to put them in her mouth. She still talks all the time to her little friends on her vibraty seat, hence the majority of our pictures of her are in that seat.

Today was my first day working from home. It was a little difficult at first, but I think I am going to get the hang of it. I am just glad it is one day a week, at least at this point. It is much harder to work with a little one to keep entertained. She had a good day today though. She even went to bed in less than 15 minutes tonight. Lets just hope she sleeps through the night tonight. Last night she must have known that I was staying home today, because she woke up at midnight. I ended up feeding her, she kept acting like she was hungry. According to the baby books around 3 months is one of their growth spurts and they eat more. So maybe that was it too.

I am still loading her pictures, so go to our shutterfly site to see the ones from this week.

Back at Work

Well yesterday was my first day back at work. It wasn't that bad. It was nice to get out of the house and have a structured day with adults. Leaving the house in the morning was very difficult though, I got all teary eyed when I got in the car. Once I got to work though, they kept me busy enough to keep my mind from thinking too much about her. I do realize that I have much more to bring to work now. Lunch, coffee, pills, pump, milk storage cooler and bags, and my purse. And that is on the days that Gini (grandma Renwick) watches Teagan. On Thursdays and Fridays I will have a baby and the baby bag with me and have to drive to mom's (grandma Feldmanns). Not sure how I am going to get out of the house by 6:20 on those days. Not to mention when I get my butt in gear and start working out during my lunch hour I will have my workout bag with me. I will have to take several trips just to get into work. But it is all worth it right?

11 Weeks

Teagan is 11 weeks today. Sorry it took me so long to post but I had to go out and buy work shirts that fit my larger than pre-pregnant belly... :( Teagan spent the morning with Aunt Andi while I went to the Prime outlet mall quick. Did find much. Then we just hung out at her house, she made me dinner and then Teagan and I went home.

I wont have any current pictures today. I left my camera at Andi's house for her to take some cute pictures of her before i posted them, but my camera battery was dead, go figure... So i will have to charge my battery tonight and post tomorrow. She is getting quite good at sucking her left thumb. She now even likes to take her right hand and cover her eyes or cover her left hand while she sucks on it, as if she was trying to suck on her thumb in secret. She is already trying to hide stuff from us... :)

She holds her head up really well. Teagan is getting pretty good at holding herself up if i balance her first and then let go, Especially if she is focused on something in front of her. She is definitely staying awake longer throughout the day. We have our routine down pretty good. She is eating every 3 hours still and taking about an hour to and hour and a half naps inbetween feedings. She goes down for naps pretty good, the only one she really fights is her 8:30 pm one. for some reason she just does not like that nap time. She is tired and will fall asleep briefly but then will wake herself up and cry for almost 20 minutes. Sometimes i wonder if she will get any sleep because I will have to wake her up at 10 for her last feeding of the night.

She has been a really good baby. She is growing so fast. Some of her 0-3 month Gerber onsies I am going to have to store soon, she is growing out of them. I can't wait till the warmer months when I can dress her up in cute little dresses! I bought her a little summer dress thing. It was on the clearance rack, actually I ended up buying Teagan more outfits than myself. I have a feeling that is what is going to happen from here on out...

Look for pictures tomorrow on my shutterfly account. Hopefully I will have them loaded on there by tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon.

Toby got a haircut!

I started yesterday, but got much closer today. He is almost done. He really needs a brushing and a bath. it is hard to give him a proper haircut with all the mats he has. I have not been keeping up with him and his grooming since Teagan came along. Poor Toby, he has been tortured for several hours yesterday and a few today. He does really well as much as he hates me pulling on his fur. He keeps trying to creep away, and i have to keep calling him back eventually, and he mopes back. It has been quite some time since his last hair cut, i would say at least 6 or 7 months.

We went outside and shoveled at about 3:00, after I put Teagan down for a nap. There is now way I would have taken him out there with all that snow with his almost full coat. The snow just balls up and hangs on his fur. We got a good 6 or 7 inches on the driveway when I was shoveling. I even had to go over it again to get the quarter of an inch that had fallen by the time i was done. Toby loved it though. He was bouncing around like a giant rabbit! I played soccer with him for a little while, but he liked playing with the little girl that lives kitty corner from us in the little cabin-looking house. He is much easier to clean off now with the short coat.

1st Overnighter at the Feldmann's

Friday me and Chris went to Devil's Head to go skiing. We dropped Teagan off at my parents house Friday early afternoon. It was her first over-nighter there without us. She has been sleeping through the night for over a week now, so I was pretty confident that she would keep up with her good habits. When I went to drop little T off, I found Grandma had gone shopping!! She had all sorts of little outfits for her. So it was no surprise that when I came back to pick her up I viewed a bunch of photos of Teagan in almost all of her new outfits and none that I had brought over. It was cute, kind of like having her own little fashion show with grandma. I still have to get those pictures from mom so I can post them on Shutterfly.

While at grandma and grandpas Teagan used all of Cade and Caleb's old toys. her favorite was the green caterpillar with the black and white feet. It was really short and wrinkly, but when you pulled it out it stretched out to be about a foot and a half and as it scrunched back up it played music. She LOVED it! She could just stare and talk to it for her entire awake time between feedings. I think it was the black and white feet, Teagan seems to love great contrast in colors right now. (She loves my Balls Deep softball shirt) From what mom tells me, she was really good all day Friday, but decided to be a little stinker on Saturday. We showed up at about 1 on saturday afternoon. She was pretty crabby. I think it was because she was drinking her bottles too fast that day. On Friday it took her about 20 min. a bottle, and on Saturday she downed them in 10 min. So she probably just gave herself a stomach ache.

But she survived her first overnight at the Feldmann's!

Humidifier

Over the past week little T has been sounding kind of raspy. So on Thursday I went out and bought the Vicks warm mist humidifier. I know, most of the baby books say that you should get the cool mist humidifier so the kids dont burn themselves. But i figure she wont be big enough to burn herself for quite some time now. Plus the cool air ones cool off the room. Teagan doesnt need her room any cooler than it already is.

Chris is working on getting our furnace humidifier to work. We havent used it since we moved in I dont think. Chris was always worried about mildew on the windows when get got condensation on them in the winter months. But now that we have a little one, at first sign, he changes his perspective. Now I think i would like to have a humidifier in our room. I too tend to wake up with a soar throat and it goes away by mid afternoon.

Since getting this humidifier, Teagan has sounded much better. She is also talking a lot more, well baby babble. I think the dry air was causing her poor little throat to get soar. She is still not fully recovered, but much better. Hopefully soon she will be back to normal.

Teagan and Toby Time

Teagan and Toby have become such good buddies. Toby is very comfortable around her, sometimes too comfortable, and Teagan has become so accustomed to Toby giving her tons of kisses and poking at her diaper all the time. Teagan does have a habbit of trying to eat Toby's fur. In some of those pictures of Teagan on Toby's back (see the link to Shutterfly in "Teagan 10 Weeks") she kept opening her mouth wide and tried to eat his fur, that is why I had to put the burp rag on him. Once she gets a little older and can interact more, I think she is going to love playing with Toby. We just better get ready for some bumps and bruises from Toby knocking her down.

Sitting on Changing Table

I was hanging out with Teagan on the changing table after I had to change her for the 2nd time because she pooped all over herself. It was aweful, and blew out the front of her pants. It was so bad she had a pool of poop in her belly button!! So she got a bath and then we decided to play since she was in a good mood. She did really good on the changing table. As usual any chance for her to get naked puts her in a good mood! But she was sitting up on the table and the little bird cling-on on the wall caught her eye. She was able to balance on her fully belly and hold her self up. She was pretty wobbly, but she could sit there for a few seconds by herself. It was cute. Don't mine my annoying voice, I hate listening to myself.

2 month Doc Appointment

I brought little T in yesterday (Monday, Feb 1) for her 2 month doctors appointment. I was not looking forward to this one, because she gets her shots!! I had 2 concerns going in, her voice has been a little raspy for a few days. Chris says it was just from crying from us trying to let her "cry it out", but she never cried for more than 15, 20 minutes before she would fall asleep. The other concern was that she had this little white thing on her left nipple. As far as the raspyness the doc asked me if either of us were sick and I said no. She told me to come in in a week if it doesnt get any better. I guess Chris has had a soar throat for a few days now and didn't tell me... So we are going to get a humidifier for her room and see if that helps at all. As far as the nipple thing goes, I guess it is just possibly a blocked duct and should go away on its own. Who would have guessed, babies have milk in their boobs!! She said it was probably from hormones. I also have to give her vitamin D every day since I am still exclusively breast feeding. Breast fed babies don't get any vitamin D from breast milk and here in good old Wisconsin we don't get enough direct sunlight to supplement enough for her. She doesnt seem to mind it. It is just an eyedropper thing that I have to give her once a day.

Teagan is growing very well. She measured in at 24 inches, which puts her in the 90%!!! Never would have guessed with a mother that is barely 5 foot 3 and a father that is 5' 11". She is now 11.bs 7.5 oz, putting her in the 50% for weight. The doc said this doesn't necessarily mean much at this point. It changes so much as they grow. But she is healthy! The worst part was next....

3 SHOTS!!! and an oral vaccine. I was so scared for this part. They made me sign a bunch of stuff and while i was doing that the nurse gave Teagan her oral med which she took fine. Then i had to hold her little hands and comfort her while the nurse stuck her left thigh with her first vaccine!!! Teagan did really good until she was taking it out, then the screams came. Her poor little face turned bright red. Then the second shot came in the same leg. I almost cried!! She still had one more to go. After she moved over to the other leg and did that shot that one started bleeding! That was when I almost lost control of my emotions! The nurse quick put on snoopy band aids and she was done. Teagan was a brave little baby, she stopped crying shortly afterwards. I was scared to put her clothes back in in fear of hurting her poor little legs with these giant band aids. But I got her dressed and got out of there.

After leaving the doctors office we drove to Aunt Andi's pharmacy to get some baby Tylenol and her vitamin D. The doc said she may need some Tylenol for the pain and could get a little fever from the shots. Teagan slept in the car on the way to the pharmacy and all while everyone oohed and awwed over her. She did good last night. She was a little more crabby than usual, but that could be expected. She is still doing well with the sleeping through the night. I was anticipating her waking up because of what she had been through yesterday but she did well.

This morning one of her band aids were coming off so I tried to slowly peel it off but she told me otherwise... So I stopped. I didn't want her to be in any more pain, but then when i was done changing her diaper and clothes it came off pretty easily after that. The other two band aids are still on her left leg. I think I will give her a bath and try to see if they fall off in the water. Well it is 10:00 and time for Teagan to eat. Don't want to mess up her wonderful schedule that is keeping me sane at night!

Bad habbits starting early...

Well the other not-so-good milestone that I have been referring to is her new found talent of getting her thumb in her mouth and getting it to stay there. I have a feeling that this new talent helped her get through the night in peace. But I say, thank goodness for now! I try to switch her thumb for her paci, because at least you can take away her paci, you can't take away her thumb.

As you can see, she is very determined. She managed to get her little mitten off of her hands and get that thumb in. She first started off by making a fist and getting just about the whole thing in her mouth (a feit not many of us can do) and then slowly opened her hand to get a few fingers and soon just her thumb. It was interesting watching her process this information. I know, I should have nipped it in the bud, but it was so neat seeing her learn and imagining what she is thinking while she is trying to figure it out.

I may have a future problem on my hands, so if anyone has any suggestions in the future on how to get a child from sucking his/her thumb, please let me know... :)

A Good Nights Rest!

Teagan has done it!!! After less than 2 days of following the advice of "Baby Wise" by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, she has successfully slept through the night without any interruptions!! We followed a strict feeding and sleeping schedule and after feeding her at 9:30 last night she did not wake up completely (she had a 5 minute crying spurt at about 10:30 but went back to sleep on her own) until about 5:45 this morning.

I woke up at about 3 this morning and went in her room to check on her to make sure she was still breathing. I was so excited that I couldn't fall back asleep for at least a half an hour. My mind just kept going on and on about how nice it is going to be and hoping that it will last. Plus I was a little worried about timing her next feeding if she were to wake up soon. I was also worried, but mainly uncomfortable, about my boobs. They were like rocks! They have been used to getting emptied every few hours throughout the night. I was debating on weather I should pump or not, but then was worried that she would wake up and I wouldn't have anything for her. So needless to say, I finally went back to sleep, and by the 3rd snooze hitting of the 5:30 alarm clock she was getting crabby. I got up and she was wide awake trying to get her thumb in her mouth (that is her new not-so-good milestone which I will talk about later) so I shoved her paci in instead. I decided to pump since I didn't think she would be able to latch on easily in her anticipated hunger frenzy. 10 oz I got, that is a record, and I wasn't even done.

She was pretty content while waiting to get fed. According to the book, I need to have a set morning feeding time. I picked 7:00, so she had a ways to go. She was so good, I was a little worried that she would be unbearable until then (I kept thinking, should I give her a snack?) but I just turned on her lamp and turned on her mobile and she was fine for a while. I even made coffee this morning before Chris left for work! She started to get a little fussy at about 6:50, so Chris changed her for me and then she got fed. Piece of cake!! I was a little worried about her diaper situation. The night before she had had a pee blowout, and that was only after about 4 hours between changings. But it was all good, just your typical everyday wet diaper! Lets hope we can keep this ball rolling. She then fell asleep at about 8:15 and will be due to feed again at 10:00.

It is so nice, I can now plan things and get so much more done now that I know when she will be awake and feeding (at least for the most part).


Here are pictures of her this morning just hanging out in her crib before getting fed and changed. Isn't she an angel!

9 Weeks

Teagan is 9 weeks old today! This past week we have gone for our first walk outside. We went to Bong behind grandma and grandpa Renwick's house. Toby even got in on the fun. I really needed to get out and get some exercise and we wanted to get some energy out of Toby. So we dressed Teagan up in her little Bear suit and put her in the Baby Bjorn and went for a walk.

We are now trying to get on somewhat of a normal schedule now. Teagan is back in her crib and is making mom and dad very tired with her many wakeup calls throughout the night. I have been reading this book Baby Wise (should have read it a long time ago) and hopefully it will help. So far we have been sticking to their schedule. Eat every 2.5–3.5 hours and stay awake for at least an hour and a half after each feeding. Hopefully this will help her sleep longer throughout the night. Normally she follows this pretty good other than she used to take a long nap in the afternoon.


I got some cute pictures with her and Toby. I figured I haven't taken any of him with her in a while and everyone seems to like those the most. So here is a glimpse.


Naked Teagan. She loves being changed and dressed in the mornings. When I was changing her this morning I noticed how chubby she was getting. She has boobies now!!

I decided to throw in a pic of her with the tv remote for comparison on how big she was the first time i did it. The first picture is the more recent one. She is growing fast. Every day I am starting to see new changes in how she looks and acts. It will be a sad time when I go back to work and don't get to see everything every day. Gotta make money though, right?