milestones – The Late Stork

Faith is 9 Months Old Today!

SherryApril 3, 2013

A whopping 9 months old! Yay Faith! It seems unreal that in only a few short months we will be celebrating her very first birthday. Wow.

She will be going in for her 9 month check-up next week. I’m sure she has gained a healthy amount of weight, despite the fact that she rarely eats solid food. Her main nutrition still only comes from my breast milk. Trying to get Faith to regularly eat solid foods for the past 3 months has been difficult. Once she turned 6 months old, I started her out on baby cereal…. she didn’t like it. Then I tried pureed vegetables of all kinds…. didn’t like any. I tried pureed fruits of all kinds…. didn’t like any. I’ve tried Gerber baby desserts… and she doesn’t like it. Any of the foods she may like a little bit … she will eat a few bites and be done with it. She has never had a full serving of any kind of baby food yet.

She is still getting up every night for milk as well. To be honest… her nursing schedule is still pretty much the same as it always has been ever since she was a newborn. She wants milk about every hour throughout the day, and during the night she will wake up sometimes every hour… sometimes every couple hours… and occasionally she will sleep 3 or more hours before waking up for a feeding but that’s rare. I’m tired. I wish I could add some baby cereal to my breast milk in a bottle for her to drink before bedtime… hoping that it will satisfy her enough to sleep through the night … but she refuses bottles. She never drinks from a bottle. Bottles are toys to her. She’s no dummy… she knows breast milk is best, but c’mon! :)

New mothers with newborn babies are always tired because newborn babies want to be fed every couple hours around the clock. I’m still feeding Faith every hour to two hours, and I still get up anywhere from 2 to 5 times a night. I haven’t slept all night since I was pregnant. I am TIRED.

I will be weaning her when she turns 1 year old. How will she adjust to being weaned when she refuses to eat solid food? I plan to start her on bottles of organic cow’s milk when she’s a year old… but she has always refused the bottle. I expect the transition to be rough. I believe she will probably lose a pound or more until she finally accepts solid food for nourishment.

I really hope she will happily dig into her birthday cake and gobble it up like most one year olds do. We shall see soon enough!

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Faith is 5 Months Old Today ♥

SherryDecember 3, 2012December 8, 2012

Faith has learned a lot this month. She can easily roll over onto her tummy now. She is babbling away like crazy, and is starting to say “mama” and “dada” although she has no idea what those words mean, yet. I was able to get a quick video of her saying “mama!”

She recognizes her own name now. When we call her, she will turn to look at us. And she is also starting to sit upright by herself, at least for a little while before she topples over :)

She has mastered the art of grabbing things. She can move things from hand to hand with ease. She also lets go of things just to see where they drop and what sound it makes when hitting the floor. She has great hand dexterity… just in time for Christmas! I can’t wait to see her first attempt at opening presents!

Here is a video of baby’s progress at 5 months…

I am excited about starting solids foods with her next month when she’s 6 months old, and I will continue breastfeeding her until she is 1 year old. I can’t wait for her to experience pureed fruits and veggies! So many textures and flavors! It is going to be so much fun!

She is such a joyful baby. She is always smiling, and her face lights up when she sees me or her daddy ♥ She is a charmer. She has perfected the art of facial expression, and she knows how to make the sweetest baby gurgles and coos I have ever heard. Even her slobbery, bubbly raspberries are adorable.

5 months old has went by too fast! It is a fast moving roller coaster of new experiences and emotions, and we are loving every minute of it! Thank you Lord for our 5 month old bundle of joy ♥

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Faith is 4 Months Old Today ♥

SherryNovember 3, 2012November 4, 2012

Here is what she looked like at 3 months, 2 months, and 1 month.

An entire 4 months have passed since our baby girl came into the world. I still can’t believe how fast the time is flying by. Becoming a mommy for the first time was such a huge moment in my life that Faith’s birth still seems so fresh in my mind. I still think about my time with her in the hospital. The beeps from the monitor, the buttons at my bedside, the nurses, the hospital room smell, etc. It seems like yesterday I was resting in my hospital bed, with tiny little Faith swaddled in her hospital blanket, laying in my arms. Time is just passing too quickly. I was looking at newborn pictures and videos of her just the other day. So small. So new.

Everyday feels brand new with her. She is constantly changing, and learning new things every single day. New noises. New facial expressions. New movements. There is so much I want to hang on to! I know that in the blink of an eye she will be walking, and talking. Soon, she will no longer cry for milk… she will ask for it.

Here is what Babycenter says about the developmental milestones of four month olds, “Researchers believe that your baby can now understand all the basic sounds that make up her native language. Between this time and 6 months of age, your baby will develop the ability to make some vocal sounds, which means you may hear the words you’ve been dreaming about, namely “ma-ma” or “da-da.”

Just a couple days ago Faith was testing out some new sounds. She was going, “Hmmmmmmmmm! Hmmmmm!” Real loud. And then I heard, “Mmmmmmaaaah!” I guess that’s as close to “mama” as she can get for now :) I wonder if she will say “mama” or “dada” first? :) She LOVES talking. She loves making tiny high-pitched gurgling noises in the back of her throat. She sounds like she’s purring. She knows how to use her voice in such a way that makes her ultra-cute! And she knows it.

She is becoming less frustrated with tummy-time. However, she still can only tolerate being on her stomach for a little while. She still MUST be on her feet, standing. That is what she likes best. She doesn’t like sitting up. She would rather hold our hands and stand.

She is now starting to talk contentedly to herself when she wakes up in the morning. She doesn’t belt out a hunger cry immediately after waking up. Just this morning, Aaron and I were in bed listening to her sweet sounds. When I looked over the edge of her bassinet, she saw my face, and she smiled a big gummy grin. She is such a happy girl. I picked her up, and put her between us in our bed. She was reaching out with one hand to feel daddy’s whiskers, and the other hand grasping my shirt. I love these moments.

She is almost ready to roll over. She is SO close! Take a look at this …

She will be having her 4 months immunizations on Monday afternoon. I am praying it goes a bit smoother than her first round of immunizations. I hate to see her so upset. Her teary eyes looked like she felt betrayed by her mommy. Even after the pain was gone, she still sobbed like she had a broken heart :( I really really hope things go a little bit better on Monday.

Four months old :) Wow.