Current mood: nervous
Another week zooms by, another week my baby gets older. This week has been pretty exciting. Her Grandparents (Pizano) came down to visit her this weekend and we took her for her first real park visit. The last time Mama took her to the park was many weeks ago and it was just zooming around in her stroller as she melted down half way. This time was different, she actually got out of her stroller and touched grass for the first time. We found a nice little shady spot under a tree and bombarded her with picture as the tree bombarded her Kaiser blankey with ants! It was fun though, and Grandpa was beaming with pride, he was the one pushing the stroller. I can't wait to go again.
A new thing she started doing this week is using both her hands at the same time to hold something on her chest. Whether its my hand, or her favorite stuffed animal (a little bright green alien her Grandpa Pizano got her from Rosewell, NM) She attempts to hold her own bottle now but it is still a little too heavy for her. Once she drinks most of it, she can hold it. It is really cute. As for her little Alien, she loves to hug it and talk to it. She can go on and on just holding it, pulling it away from her, look at it, then munching on its face haha. In fact, I could have sworn the little alien had a mouth at one point!?!
She has been taking TONS of new pictures all week. I have been going nuts! She seems to be getting better with it too, she will smile like crazy at first but after awhile I will just get that blank expression look. It’s still cute though!
Her and I have also come up with a new Mama/Daughter bonding game. I will stare at her, then make my eyes real big as I slowly get closer and closer to her face saying "I am going to give you a Kissy!" over and over, kinda in the same tone as "I am going to get you!" and right before I get to her face she lets out this HUGE scream while smiling and kicks like crazy. Then of course I give her a kissy and start again. It’s a little game that I LOVE and she only does with me. I love those moments with her.
Ok now for the not so fun stuff. I have noticed lately that her scalp has been getting scaly on the top, and has a weird color to it. No matter how hard and good I scrub her little head during her nightly baths, the scales just won't come off! Her head is not flakey, but I don't like her being like that. It was driving me nuts. I thought it could be cradle cap and I finally contacted her doc. Sure enough it was. He suggested I use Head and Shoulders on her twice a week and if it didn't clear it up to bring her in. Head and Shoulders?!?! GASP! That’s an adult heavily medicated shampoo. I didn't want to hurt her delicate skin/scalp or worse have her little newborn hair fall out. Well I decided to use it anyways (doctors orders) but I got the sensitive one. I tried it one night (stressed me out cuz I didn't want to get it in her eyes) and it sort of helped but not really. My mom kept telling me to use baby oil but I didn't want her head to get all greasy (That stuff is penetrating!) However, I talked to my best friend Mona (who also has a baby around Mia's age) and she too had the same problem with her little one, Koa. She said his doc recommended baby oil as well. So I figured there has to be something to it if my Mom (an experienced Mom) and Mona used it. So during her bath tonight I decided to give it a shot. I put some baby oil in her hair worked it in real well, then washed it out. Afterwards, I washed her hair again with her regular baby shampoo and out of the tub she went. Her hair looked normal till I attempted to dry it. However, that stuff made her hair soooo GREASY and clumpy. Poor baby, now its all messed up. It looks aweful! Looks almost like she hasn't bathed in weeks. I can't get it out either. I tried towling it off, brushing it out, and running my hands through it but it just won't budge. Now I am all depressed I ruined her pretty poofy hair. I know it will eventually wash out over time (I hope) but the bad thing is, her grandparents (Pizano) are babysitting her this weekend while Adrian and I go to Las Vegas for our 1 year wedding anniversary. Now they will have to see her in that condition as well as take pictures of her like that. Poor Mia girl... I couldn't even sleep well last night (tonight) due to her hair problem . I know, I know I am just obsessing over something that is not a big deal, but I hate making mistakes like that.. sigh... well I hope at least it will help with her cradle cap. It better!!!
Well thats about it. What a busy week but fun. Well up until I greased up her hair. She (and I mostly) will be having a huge weekend this weekend. It will be the first time I am going to be away from her since she was conceived! But I know it’s good for Adrian and I go get away for a day (yes its only for 1 day, Saturday) and she’s in awesome hands, but still I hate leaving my baby... sigh .. another joy of motherhood. She doesn't have separation anxiety but I do!
**********UPDATE********
Well her hair still looked pretty bad this morning. I know what it is... all the curl is gone and its all straight and weighed down. I miss her poofy curly hair!!! Well I hope it comes back. Anyways, when I got her up for the morning I changed her diaper and started to comb her hair with a fine tooth baby comb. Her hair seems clumped together but its still soft, so I figured by combing it it will separate the hairs a bit and make her hair look fuller. Well when I did this I noticed her cradle cap was MUCH better! and the scales started finally flaking off! So I busted out her baby brush and brushed out all the flakes and more kept coming off. I didn't want to overdo her sensitive little scalp so I didn't take all the scales off but I got about 80% of it off!! YAY!!!! Guess the baby oil did work! I still don't like it and probably won’t use it again till after her grandparent visit.
Another week zooms by, another week my baby gets older. This week has been pretty exciting. Her Grandparents (Pizano) came down to visit her this weekend and we took her for her first real park visit. The last time Mama took her to the park was many weeks ago and it was just zooming around in her stroller as she melted down half way. This time was different, she actually got out of her stroller and touched grass for the first time. We found a nice little shady spot under a tree and bombarded her with picture as the tree bombarded her Kaiser blankey with ants! It was fun though, and Grandpa was beaming with pride, he was the one pushing the stroller. I can't wait to go again.
A new thing she started doing this week is using both her hands at the same time to hold something on her chest. Whether its my hand, or her favorite stuffed animal (a little bright green alien her Grandpa Pizano got her from Rosewell, NM) She attempts to hold her own bottle now but it is still a little too heavy for her. Once she drinks most of it, she can hold it. It is really cute. As for her little Alien, she loves to hug it and talk to it. She can go on and on just holding it, pulling it away from her, look at it, then munching on its face haha. In fact, I could have sworn the little alien had a mouth at one point!?!
She has been taking TONS of new pictures all week. I have been going nuts! She seems to be getting better with it too, she will smile like crazy at first but after awhile I will just get that blank expression look. It’s still cute though!
Her and I have also come up with a new Mama/Daughter bonding game. I will stare at her, then make my eyes real big as I slowly get closer and closer to her face saying "I am going to give you a Kissy!" over and over, kinda in the same tone as "I am going to get you!" and right before I get to her face she lets out this HUGE scream while smiling and kicks like crazy. Then of course I give her a kissy and start again. It’s a little game that I LOVE and she only does with me. I love those moments with her.
Ok now for the not so fun stuff. I have noticed lately that her scalp has been getting scaly on the top, and has a weird color to it. No matter how hard and good I scrub her little head during her nightly baths, the scales just won't come off! Her head is not flakey, but I don't like her being like that. It was driving me nuts. I thought it could be cradle cap and I finally contacted her doc. Sure enough it was. He suggested I use Head and Shoulders on her twice a week and if it didn't clear it up to bring her in. Head and Shoulders?!?! GASP! That’s an adult heavily medicated shampoo. I didn't want to hurt her delicate skin/scalp or worse have her little newborn hair fall out. Well I decided to use it anyways (doctors orders) but I got the sensitive one. I tried it one night (stressed me out cuz I didn't want to get it in her eyes) and it sort of helped but not really. My mom kept telling me to use baby oil but I didn't want her head to get all greasy (That stuff is penetrating!) However, I talked to my best friend Mona (who also has a baby around Mia's age) and she too had the same problem with her little one, Koa. She said his doc recommended baby oil as well. So I figured there has to be something to it if my Mom (an experienced Mom) and Mona used it. So during her bath tonight I decided to give it a shot. I put some baby oil in her hair worked it in real well, then washed it out. Afterwards, I washed her hair again with her regular baby shampoo and out of the tub she went. Her hair looked normal till I attempted to dry it. However, that stuff made her hair soooo GREASY and clumpy. Poor baby, now its all messed up. It looks aweful! Looks almost like she hasn't bathed in weeks. I can't get it out either. I tried towling it off, brushing it out, and running my hands through it but it just won't budge. Now I am all depressed I ruined her pretty poofy hair. I know it will eventually wash out over time (I hope) but the bad thing is, her grandparents (Pizano) are babysitting her this weekend while Adrian and I go to Las Vegas for our 1 year wedding anniversary. Now they will have to see her in that condition as well as take pictures of her like that. Poor Mia girl... I couldn't even sleep well last night (tonight) due to her hair problem . I know, I know I am just obsessing over something that is not a big deal, but I hate making mistakes like that.. sigh... well I hope at least it will help with her cradle cap. It better!!!
Well thats about it. What a busy week but fun. Well up until I greased up her hair. She (and I mostly) will be having a huge weekend this weekend. It will be the first time I am going to be away from her since she was conceived! But I know it’s good for Adrian and I go get away for a day (yes its only for 1 day, Saturday) and she’s in awesome hands, but still I hate leaving my baby... sigh .. another joy of motherhood. She doesn't have separation anxiety but I do!
**********UPDATE********
Well her hair still looked pretty bad this morning. I know what it is... all the curl is gone and its all straight and weighed down. I miss her poofy curly hair!!! Well I hope it comes back. Anyways, when I got her up for the morning I changed her diaper and started to comb her hair with a fine tooth baby comb. Her hair seems clumped together but its still soft, so I figured by combing it it will separate the hairs a bit and make her hair look fuller. Well when I did this I noticed her cradle cap was MUCH better! and the scales started finally flaking off! So I busted out her baby brush and brushed out all the flakes and more kept coming off. I didn't want to overdo her sensitive little scalp so I didn't take all the scales off but I got about 80% of it off!! YAY!!!! Guess the baby oil did work! I still don't like it and probably won’t use it again till after her grandparent visit.
