Anna: You are TWO Months!

(I know, I know....she's already over three months old...going to post that one tomorrow, I promise! I'm behind!)

Today is Monday, July 22, 2013. Anna, you are TWO months old!

You were weighed on July 8th, and you weighed 9lbs 6oz! Totally blew my mind, you still look like such a peanut! You gained 39 ounces in 33 days, so you are doing great with your eating! On July 23rd, you weighed 10lbs 2oz (25th%) and were also in the 25th% for height. You also got your first set of shots that day and you have had a slight fever and not much appetite since then. :(

You eat 4-5 ounces every 3.5-4 hours. I really am trying to stretch you to the four hour mark, but sometimes I just can't. I know you are still little yet, so we will keep working on this. 

You are still on all breast milk. I gave you four ounces of Similac Sensitive a few nights ago to see if it would make you less fussy and help you sleep, but it didn't. By the second bottle, you wouldn't drink it at all. UPDATE: You have improved on this and are now getting formula at night and breast milk during the day (because no matter what, you still seem fussier on breast milk and tend to throw up so much more!).

You sick your bottle down in 10 minutes for Daddy and take forever with me....like I have all the time in the world. You are very smart, my love.

I am giving you 2ml of mylanta about 3-4 times per day to help with acid reflux, and it seems to be working well, along with gas drops. I swear none of my children have been as gassy as you.

You can be a very fussy and demanding baby. I don't think you got the memo that you are baby #5 in this house!

You are wearing size 1 diapers and are about to go to size 2 as soon as we use the size 1's up.

You are wearing Newborn clothes and some 0-3, and 3 month clothing. You are almost out of all your newborn clothing and we are sending most of them to your new cousin, Ally, who is due very soon. :)

You have become very aware of me. You won't let me put you down or leave your site for more than a few minutes or you start screaming. It's exhausting, but I know you will get through it. You are my fifth child, after all.

You have found the fish on your mobile above your swing and you love them and I love watching you stare at them with your big blue eyes.

You have had some long patches of sleep at night, going from about 8pm to 3am, but mostly you are up every 4-6 hours at night, and sometimes you whine in between feedings and it drives me crazy. Those are the nights when Mommy gets NO sleep and then functioning all day with your four sisters and you, gets extremely tiring. You are a very light sleeper, need your binki and very attached to the vibrate setting right now. Opps!

You love your binki.

You get a bath every other night, and you love it. You can be so fussy and then as soon as I put you in the sink, you quiet down and love it.

You have just started smiling. You smile so much more at your Daddy than me.  :( Do you know I carried you for 37 weeks and gave birth to you and feed you around the clock every day and night???

Your sisters are obsessed with you. They love helping me with you in any way and I am so appreciative of the help, even if it is from three two-year-olds. They love to say, "baby cryin" and "shhhh, baby seepin" while putting their finger over their mouth. It's so cute. Claire also says "baby bottle mommy's milk". Very smart girls, I must say.

You love the vibrate settings now and I am trying not to make you become dependent on it.

You are very bright-eyed and love looking all around at your surroundings when you are awake.

You love to suck on your fingers and fists.

We call you Anna, Annabelle, Anna-Kate, Anna-poo, monkey-moo-moo, and Rah-Rah (because when you scream it sounds like a dinosaurs screaming "rahhhhh").

You are still sleeping in our room, but please be assured, if we had more space, you would so be in your own room!

You still have the sweetest little light fuzz on your head for hair and it's a very light brown.

Your eyes are blue.

You are really starting to kick your legs and bat your arms. 

You have started cooing and "talking", especially when someone is smiling at you!

You stare at me all the time! If you don't see me, you scream!

As of July 26th, you are sleeping on your belly. You did great and slept from 10:30pm to 4am! All of your sisters have always done much better on their bellies for sleep and I was waiting for you to be able to also. You turn your head great from side to side and we have been practicing lots.

Here are some photos from the last month:

One of our special NICU nurses gave us this outfit and it's one of my favorites!

Emily's Appointment

Some of you may know that I have been a little concerned with the way Emily breaths, since  she has been born. When she was born, she had what is called "reactive breathing", which just means the baby is breathing a little harder then normal, and it is shown by the sides of her lungs going in farther than they should. All went well though and she was fine within an hour or so. I really didn't think anything of it once she came home.

But the past few months I have noticed how far her chest and sometimes throat indent when she breaths. It definitely looks a little strange to me. I only really notice it when she is in the bath tub or I am changing her clothes because, well, I don't keep her naked. She has never had any choking incidents, or stopped breathing or looked like she couldn't catch her breath but many people have commented on how loud of a breather she is, so at our 2 month appointment, I asked our pediatrician about it.

She watched her breath for a good five minutes and pointed out some things to me and asked me a lot of questions. On the outside, listening into Emily's lungs, everything sounded great and  there was no issues with her getting enough air. I was very happy about that. However, the doctor was a little concerned about a condition called "pectis excavatum" and so she gave us a referral for a pediatric pulmanalogist. Basically it's where the breast bone is sunken into the chest wall, and can look like a hole in the middle of the chest when breaths are taken, which is exactly what it looks like on Emily. However, if I hadn't pointed it out to the doctor (or anyone else) you probably wouldn't even notice. But me, being her mother and knowing every inch of my babies body, I did, I knew it was something different than in her sisters.


I looked for a photo that you could see it on her, but this was all I had. It was barley visible, and unless you watch her breath, you won't see it too much, but it has become a little more prominent.

Look right in the middle of her chest, it almost looks like a little shadow, but it's a little indented hole.

The appointment was last Friday and I sure learned a lot. (And Emily was weighed and she was 11lbs. 4oz.!!!) First of all, Emily does, unfortunately have this condition known as, pectis excavatum. The doctor took one look at her and diagnosed her right away, which I was very surprised at. However, she does not have any of the symptoms at this time, most likely due to it being a mild case. Her oxygen levels are great which was a great sign, however he still wanted me to get an xray to make sure all of her organs were properly placed and this abnormality wasn't causing any issues. After the xray, we went right back over to the office and he took a look at the films and said she is perfect inside. No issues at all. Thank goodness.

We can't really do anything for this condition and hopefully it will correct itself on it's own, possible in just a few months. Once the chest muscles become stronger, they will most likely "fill in the gap". Like I said, if you looked at her, you probably wouldn't notice anything, but there is a difference. I am so glad though that it isn't bad.

The doctor said she should be fine and correct itself, so we are praying that is the case.

And for now, the loud breathing is just a lovely characteristic she got from her Daddy!

Happy 2 Months, Emily!

TWO Months? You are already TWO months? I cannot believe it! You are getting to be such a big girl!

Today is Monday, March 26, 2012!

Your hair is a lightish brown, with some red in it.

Your eyes are a greyish brown.

You are 22 inches long.

Your weight will be check tomorrow at your drs appointment. You are definitely over 10 lbs though!!

You are in size 1-2 diapers, but they are already getting too tight on your little rolls. I love those little rolls!

You are wearing size 0-3 month, 3 month, 3-6 month and even some 6 month clothes. All your newborn stuff is too small and put away, and it seems your 3 month clothes are fighting perfectly at this very moment, but I don't see you staying in them very long. I have put some outfits on you this past month when it was warm that your sister didn't wear until they were 6-7 months old! You are SO much bigger then they were!

You are still 100% breastfed, however I have given you a bottle at times. Especially when I ate blue cheese dressing, which apparently you do not prefer me to eat. 


You love to eat! You are quite the little piggy! You eat every 3 hours, and normally drink around 4-6 ounces, I'm guessing, because this is what you have drank when I have given you a bottle.

You still spit up from time to time, but everyday I swear it is getting better and better.

Your skin is so much clearer now. Thank goodness. I could stand seeing you have so much little acne, even though your doctor assured me it wasn't hurting you at all.

You love gas drops and you sure do need them! :)

You love to swing, and you aren't a huge fan of the bouncy seat still.

You love to be held; shocker there!

You are such a good little girl.

You can lift your head pretty good, but you still are no where near as strong as your sisters were at two months old. That's okay sweet girl, you are doing great!

You sleep completely on your back. You schedule of sleep is random during the day, but this month we are going to be working on your schedule a little better. At night, you are going down at around 9:00PM or 10:00PM and you sleep until around 5:00AM, eat and then sleep until around 9:00AM.

You love, love your baths! Even if you are having fussy evenings, you love being in the bath and just smile from ear to ear.

Oh, and you started smiling right before you were 6 weeks old. Melt my heart! Now it takes you a second to see my face and you light up with a smile. Oh, I just love it! You have smiled at your Nana, Grandma, Grandpa and of course your Daddy too.


Daddy says you are a little diva and have some sass in you!


Everyone says you look just like your Momma!

You love to be in the stroller or in the Baby K'Tan. You spend a lot of time with me in the K'Tan, because I am always chasing after your crazy sisters.

You still pretty much go everywhere with me. You and I are attached.

I love every little inch of your little self. You are so sweet and such a blessing to us. Your Daddy and I love you more than you will ever know. Happy 2 Months Little Miss E!