Sick baby

Tori has a stinking cold. I think her little body fought it off as long as she could, but between daycare, Hive, and us being sick, she had no hope. Other than Hive, last night was the first time she's woken up in the middle of the night in a loooong time. She started coughing yesterday and had a stuffy (and a little bit runny) nose.

Doctor says it's just a cold...for now. Basically, I went in too early. He said it could very well develop into something more. He even said that babies with eczema and sensitive skin are also more susceptible to colds and infections. And, of course, that would describe my baby. Weird. But he also said since she's still breastfed, that might counter-balance that. So we'll see.

Hope she gets better and not too much worse!

Pool time!

I forgot to talk about Tori's first time in the pool at Hive. We took her in her cute little floaty with the canopy to keep her out of the sun. I don't think that she loved it as much as she loves the bathtub, but she didn't hate it either. She did not really like the splashing of the 1200 other people in the pool at all (Jason!). By "not really like" I mean taht she hated it! But the whole experience made for awesome nap time afterwards...where she proceeded to pee on me in her sleep because swimmy diapers do nothing to hold pee! Oh well, what are you gonna do? :)

Now that I'm thinking about this, maybe I'll take her to the pool this weekend. Yay swim time!

Chapter 4 - Crawling

At Hive this weekend, Tori made a very forward movement that we fondly like to call crawling. :) The first incident was about 6 inches to reach a towel on the floor. Of course it would figure that even though there were over 20 people in the house, not a soul was around except for me and Min. I got a video, but it's not that good. Luckily, though, we showed everyone later that day and she moved about 3 feet to reach a book that she just had to put in her mouth (because that's what you do with books, right?).

So now I guess I have to start vacuuming my house more and begin the baby proofing process. It's on!

4 month checkup

We went to the doctor last week and I totally forgot to post this!

height - 25 1/2 (90%)
weight - 12 lb, 14 oz (35%)
milestones - rolls from front to back, can grab toys and bring them to her mouth, can sit up with support
sleeps - 8-10 hours (starting to wake up at 7 on weekdays, but i can usually get her back to sleep on weekends)
problems - eczema, mild cradle cap, not loving formula

The doctor said that she is very strong for her age. He is always surprised at how much upper body strength she has and that he was able to pull her all the way up to her feet even at 2 months. I asked about solid foods, though, and he advised waiting until 5 or 6 months saying that there is really no rush. Since breastfeeding is all but free and we have a full supply of formula, I'm ok with waiting. :)

He said her drop in weight percentile (she had been 50%) is not a concern.

I should have asked about the pool, but I forgot. He told my neighbor no pool until about 6 months :( because they can't hold their heads up and support themselves very well yet. But see above about her strength. I should have asked...I want to take her swimming!!!!

Then she got those awful shots. :( I hate the months where she gets 3 shots AND an oral dose. We have quite the screamer! But she usually gets a good nap in afterwards, so all is well.

Daycare update

She is doing great now! She eats. She smiles. She only cries when a normal baby should cry. And I'm starting to actually get some work, so the days go by faster, and next thing I know, I'm home! (Although, I'd still rather be home with my baby girl.)

Back? Belly?

I realized tonight that they do a fabulous job of putting the fear of god into you when it comes to SIDS. I put Tori to bed tonight on her back like I always do, but in the midst of her putting herself to sleep, she rolled onto her belly. Now here's my dilemna...do I leave her or flip her?

There's that voice in my head (my mother and every other one of our mothers) saying that we were all put to sleep on our bellies and lived to tell about it. And I've watched her nap on her belly or roll over in the morning before I get her out of bed. But, although I know she can, I have never seen her roll onto her back. So I sit there and stare at the monitor for a few minutes, and now all I'm thinking about is what if I make a horrible mistake and pay the worst consequence (damn those nurses in childcare class and the books I read are good!). Yes, I went in and flipped her.

How long is the risk of SIDS really a risk? Would she have figured out how to get onto her back or would I have been woken up at 3am to a very upset baby?

Btw, she barely flinched when I rolled her over, so no harm, no foul. :)

Daycare week 1 complete.

She drank an entire bottle today!!!! Yay!!

Now let's see how she does next week being there full time. Good news is that a lot of the kids in her class are children of teachers, so they won't be there this summer. That means my baby girl gets more attention!

Daycare day 2

Daycare day 1 did not go so hot. Tori cried the 3 hours she was there until she fell asleep. Only ate half an ounce from her bottle. And was all in all not a happy camper.

I'm not sure today went much better. First of all, let's talk about me first. :) I was fine when I dropped her off. Much better than yesterday. When I got there, they had the babies out in the little buggy so I put Tori in there and never saw her again. When I left, she was happy. But apparently that didn't last long. I called to check in like an hour or 2 later and they said she was crying and still not taking her bottle. So I gave them some tips that work for us (because she still is not a huge fan of formula), and by the time my mom picked her up, she had eaten 2 ounces. So as my sister said when she asked if today went better, the answer really is, yes, today was better than yesterday. But still not good. Tomorrow is another day. :)