I'm being rather gushy today, because I realized that this week last year was when I found out I was pregnant. It seems like in a blink of an eye I went from freaking out about a little line on a pregnancy test to watching my sweet little girl sleep next to me on the couch. She's grown so much and every day she's acting older and smarter. I love watching her grow and develop but it's just flying by!
She had her four month check-up with the pediatrician yesterday. All is well, she's a perfectly healthy little girl. She's in the 80th percentile for every category and the doctor is pleased with her growth. It's amazing that the girl I had to almost buy preemie clothes for is now a chunk-tastic 15 pounds! She took her shots like a champ. She only really cried because the pokes scared her, I think.
The doctor said that we can start solids because Audrey is showing interest in them. She's done some pretty funny things trying to get at our food. One day she was sitting on my lap as I ate a muffin for breakfast, and suddenly she reached out, grabbed a chunk, and shoved it in her mouth. She seemed to enjoy it and it all happened so fast that I didn't know what to do but laugh. Tony's also give her a lick or two of pear. We have a pear tree in our yard and we've been eating pears like they're going out of style. She loved that pear! I wasn't at home, but Tony showed me pictures of my little miss piggy with pear juice and pear chunks running down her cheeks. (We are bad parents and let her taste food before 4 months. Shame, shame on us.) I gave her a tiny taste of baby oatmeal last night but she was ultra-grump and didn't seem to like it much. I'm not going to push solids with her, but we'll play around with them and test them out here and there. I've got pear baby food already made and so we'll probably stick to that and oatmeal for now since her nutrition still comes from milk.
The doctor also showed me yesterday how Audrey is beginning to learn to manipulate me with her cries. He wants me to start more aggressive sleep training with her. I'm fully aware that I'm wrapped around her little pudgy finger, thank you. We started letting her cry for a bit last night and it nearly killed me. My chest physically hurt to hear her cry for that long. I know its for everyone's benefit, but sometimes I feel like, "so what if she wants me to hold her? Soon she'll be 13 and want nothing to do with me!! Just let me hold her all the time!" You must admit, I have a good point. ;)
It's fun to see her grow and experience new things, but she's going faster than I can keep up! We love you Audrey Bear!
4months? when did that happen??? Sleep training can be rough! I would turn on the tv and recite the words on tv to try and destract myself, LoL. I ended up too weak to do it before 6mos, but I came up with a couple tricks to ease her in to cry it out before actually crying it out. -let me know if you're interested.
ReplyDeleteOh, I remember that feeling so well! I can't believe that she is that old! How fast time goes!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the solid foods, that's wonderful!
Don't feel bad about starting her early...my dad has tried to feed both of my kids ice cream at about 1 week! I was so mad!