Little Mia-Girl is 28 weeks old! I can hardly believe it! She is 28 weeks old and I am 28 years old! Just had to throw that in there.
Well the week has been pretty fun... well except for the fact she had to get her shots on Tuesday. That was not very fun for any of us, but she took them like a Champ and fortunate for us she has never had an adverse reaction to them. She never gets fevers or fussiness so that’s a good thing. She is her normal bouncy self.
The overall doctor's visit went good and I am following his orders to a "T" now with regards to giving her at least 2oz of prune juice a day. This sure did the trick and cleared up her constipation problem.. YAY for Mia! ... not so "yay" for Mama who has to change her afterwards haha. But I don't mind, as long as she’s feeling good and is happy. An odd thing has started happening recently though... even though we give her the prune juice mid-day she always decides to "go" right before she gets up in the morning. Since it is no longer a challenge for her to go she doesn't cry and scream out anymore so I don't know it’s happened. I am not even sure if she knows.. I am convinced she does it in her sleep! haha. So when I get her up in the morning and walk into the room... it isn't the most pleasant smelling experience to go through to say the least not to mention since the introduction of baby food it’s really not the most refreshing smell to walk into haha. But again I am just happy she is going at all. I know she does it right before she wakes up because after I change her, I notice her little bootie buns are never irritated or red from sitting in it too long. I am so paranoid of her getting diaper rash (something she has never experienced before and as long as I can help it she never will) so I was a bit worried finding her like that in the morning but so far so good... no irritations.
As for eating.. she has gotten eating carrots down pad. So we decided to move her onto a new veggie. What was on the menu next?! Well I chose green beans! I have always liked green beans ever since I was a little kid so I thought maybe Mia would too. I test tasted them before giving them to her and they tasted pretty good. Mia on the other hand thought differently. She quickly made that classic "yuk" face and after a few more failed attempts at trying to get her to like them she just started crying. Sigh.. Guess Mia isn't a green bean baby! So back to carrots we went. Then yesterday we decided to try "Peas". I have never been a huge fan of peas, however, I do like those "sugar snap" peas that come in those pre-made veggie platters. I test tasted it and to my surprise they tasted pretty good. Granted I would not want to make a meal out of them, they weren't repulsive. I gave them to Mia who though didn't enjoy them like her carrots she didn't reject them like the green beans. So after some help from Daddy she ate all her Peas. I am not sure if I will be adding Peas to Mia's menu but at least I know she will eat them. Also I finally figured out how to make her Banana cereal more enjoyable for her. Before she would eat it but not finish her bowl and didn't seem to really care for it much. Turns out I discovered that I was making it to thick for her, once I thinned it out more and started using water instead of her formula she began to like her "Nanas" again. Now she finishes her serving and enjoys them. YAY! score a point for Mama!
Also on the note of feeding. Since I rarely breast feed her anymore I finally decided to graduate her to the "medium flow" nipples. I always kept her on the "slow flow" due to the advice of the lactation nurses. Even though she has never been a big eater, she is finally starting to increase her ounce intake. Mostly at night though because during the day she eats baby food and is only supplemented with milk afterwards to top her off. Before it would take anywhere from 45-60mins for her to finish her bottle and poor thing would work at it so much that she would start falling asleep mid feeding. This wasn't helpful for either of us since she was tired and I was tired since usually its early morning and I just want to get those next couple hours of rest in before she starts her day. But once I started giving her the med. flow nipples she chugs it down in 15-20mins YAY! I didn't want to drown her and give her the "fast flow" yet, the med. seems to be working just find for now. She still uses the slow flow during the day since she drinks a lot less milk but for those big bottles at night (one before bed and one early morning) she uses the med. flow.
As for sleeping all night. She has been able to do this for some time, however, I still got her up between 3-4am to eat anyways. I never felt comfortable with her sitting in her wet diaper all night and I figured she was hungry anyways since she usually goes to bed around 6-7. Most of the time she would be awake and I rarely had to wake her up so it was a nice little routine, however, it started to wear on me. After awhile of getting broken sleep and being so worn down I decided to let her sleep all night. For the times she did wake up in the middle of the night I would just let her fall back asleep on her own which she would. She never cries really just plays with her toys and coos quietly. This only lasted a couple of days because once she slept all night she started waking up to start her day at 6!!! sometimes a quarter to 6! That was worse than when I had to wake up early to feed her. At least if I did that she would go back down for a few more hours and get up at 8-9. So back to the old routine, with one minor change. I now only feed her at 5am (right before the sun comes up) so she will go back down easier for another few hours. I seem to get more rest that way and she doesn't seem to mind.
Another big event that happened this week was the inauguration of Pres. Obama. It was fun taking pictures of little Mia watching this historical event on TV and to know she was a part of it in her own small baby sort of way. However, when it came to the big moment of Pres. Obama actually getting sworn in, she was snoozing away upstairs in her crib. Guess it didn't excite her as much as watching cartoons on TV haha.
She is getting around more and more everyday and making new sounds and noises. She is starting to learn to say the "da" sound though she only seems to do it in a small whisper over and over haha. She also says "ma-ma" and "wow-wow" on command but only when SHE wants to do it. Its really cute. My little baby girl.. she is growing up so fast.
