How's that baby!

We get lots of questions about what/how Kaelyn is doing. Is she crawling? Does she have any teeth? Is she eating well? Does she sleep well?

Well, she isn't crawling. She does do a little scoot thing, but it doesn't take her very far. Just over this past week she had a tooth pop through and shortly thereafter the other one popped through. So the 2 bottom teeth are working there way up. She is still struggling with solids. We have found that she really likes yogurt so she's been eating that every day for over a month. (I discussed this with her doctor, he was fine with it. He did suggest pushing the rice cereal so we add it to the yogurt.) Usually once a day I try to give her something new (and we have tried many different combinations and have also tried to add them to the yogurt). I made a miniature breakthrough with mango/banana puree. The texture is very close to yogurt and she willingly took a few bites. Her next appointment is February 7th. The doctor (and I) were hoping she would widen her range of food intake by then. He seemed to be concerned about it. :(

As for sleeping she does well. We have our ups and downs, but she is usually sleeping through the night without any issues. Right before her little teeth made their appearance she was sleeping poorly, but that was expected.

She's still a little peanut. She probably weighs about 18 pounds and is wearing 9 month size clothes (she'll be 9 months old in 11 days).

She's a great little girl. She has started to clap which is super cute. In the morning when she wakes up she cries mamamamama... or at least that is what it sounds like to me :) She's doing so much better with other people holding her. She likes to hit the windows and squeak her hand down them. Tim puts her on his shoulders and she loves it - she squeals and slaps his head. One super fun little lady baby!!

A blog about what I'm NOT blogging about...

I've actually started several blogs recently, but decided against posting them. Let me begin by saying that I Google everything (as maybe most of you do as well). Sometimes I get really caught up in things and go on a googling frenzy. For instance, I was totally consumed by Beyonce and Jay-Z having their baby. Yes, I do follow some celebrity gossip, but I don't normally get too wrapped up in it. Well, I started reading these reports about whether Beyonce used a surrogate (based on my research, I vote No on this issue). Then I started reading about their extravagant hospital renovations (first it was half the maternity floor, than they said it was the whole floor... who knows). Then there were reports about the security being too tight for the "normal folk", and reports of people saying they didn't have a problem at all, then about the name Blue (as if their baby is the Blueprint for all other babies as Jay-Z has said HE is the blueprint for all rappers, ugh). Anyway, my afternoon (at work mind you) became about this family. It's stupid and I hate that I wasted my time reading about it. It was short lived and I'm totally over it.

As most know I'm breastfeeding my daughter, Kaelyn. We're reaching the 9 month marker and I'm proud of it. I've done a lot of research on breastfeeding especially since I struggled with it in the beginning. I've become a mini-nazi with the whole "breast is best" attitude. I try not to have conversations about breastfeeding because I swear my eyes widen a 1/4 of an inch and I become a little dictator-ish. And rather than being informative I just sound like I've lost my mind. So, anytime I've read negative comments or ignorant view points (haha) about breastfeeding I immediately want to set that person straight. Many blogs have been started about this...but I refuse to let myself post them. But I'm sure, just like the Beyonce and Jay-Z fiasco, I will get over my obsession. I imagine I will always support breastfeeding, but probably not with the same psychotic-like attitude :)