Savannah at 10 Months Old

I've gotten so bad about doing these posts late. Late is better than never, right?! Oh and this one is going to be brief since I'll be doing another one in 2 weeks. (Hopefully I can do her 11 Month post on time!)

 Weight: I'm not sure but I'm guessing around 17.5 lbs.      Height: I'm not sure about this one either.

Diapers: Size 3        Clothes: 9-12 months        Foot/shoe: She measures a 2.5 but I haven't bought her any shoes yet. We have size 3.5 Stride Rites from when BR started walking so I'm hoping she will be able to wear those when she decides to start walking.

Sleep: Thankfully, she is still sleeping through the night. I actually don't remember the last time she woke in the middle of the night. That is so nice! Her naps are kinda hit or miss right now. At work/in the nursery she only takes 30-45 minute naps while we are there from 8:15-1:15. It's rough but she does okay. Usually by the time we get home and a give her a bottle she is out for a couple of hours but then again some days she mysteriously wakes up after just one hour. She is a bear when that happens!

Foods/Eating: She is still drinking Similac formula and eating lots of solids. She is getting anywhere from 24-28 ounces of formula a day. I think she has hit a growth spirt here over the past week or so because she is always hungry. It's crazy! She will still eat baby foods when I offer them but she LOVES to eat finger foods. Some of her newest foods are yogurt covered raisins, sliced turkey, cheese and blueberries. She loves bananas a lot and Ritz crackers.

Teeth: Savannah now has 2 teeth. They are the front 2 on the bottom. The first one broke through just before she turned 10 months and the second broke through last weekend. They still aren't all the way in but I can definitely feel them.

Hair: It looks like the fuzz might have grown just a touch but it's not enough to actually get excited about. the fuzz is still very blonde but that's about all I can tell as of now.

New Abilities at 10 months, 2 weeks:

- Savannah learned how to shake her head 'Yes' last weekend. It is adorable! Bebe taught her at Kohl's last weekend while feeding her Cheerios. When Bebe would ask her if she wanted more, she started out shaking her head 'No', aka back and forth. But then after Bebe corrected her and showed her how to shake her head up and down for 'yes', she has been doing it ever since. So cute!

- She pulls up on everything! She still isn't all that interested in walking yet if you ask me. She is still a little unsure of cruising along furniture and such so I'm not sure when she will take off walking. I'm not rushing her though because once she starts walking I'll never sit down. It will be on!

- She has become very gassy and poops at least 3-4 sometimes 5 times a day. It's ridiculous! I'm considering calling the doctor about it because it's outfit ruining poop. TMI! Sorry! LUVs diapers have been letting me down. But I switched back to Pampers Swaddlers to give them a try and they didn't hold up much better. Bummer!

Her laugh is contagious, her smile is adorable and her eyes are still a beautiful blue! I think it's safe to say that she is going to stay my blue-eyed girl and I couldn't be more happy about it. Savannah is smart and loves to play but also slows down for a cuddle every now and again. She is perfect in every way and I am truly thankful that God chose Chase and I to be her parents. She is such a joy and definitely completes our family!

Below is a video I took of her at the park on her 10  month birthday. She was swinging in a park swing for the very first time and she loved it!

Savannah at 9 Months Old

 Weight: 15lb 15oz       Height: 28 inches     Head Circ: 17 1/4 inches

Diapers: Size 3 in Luvs      Clothes: Size 9 Months 

(I've packed up almost all of her 6 month clothes at this point. There are a few stragglers, but not many.) 

Eating: Unfortunately, I am finished nursing Savannah. Shortly after she turned 8 months old, I came down with a terrible case of bronchitis. The antibiotic I had to take kept me from being able to nurse for a whole 7 days. In order to nurse after, I would have had to pump 5-6 times a day. That was totally out of the question, because I just don't have that kind of free time. So by the end of the week I was only pumping twice a day (morning and bedtime). Savannah switched to bottles beautifully and didn't seem to miss nursing at all (which made me a little sad), but she is happy so that's all that matters.

- She is now on Similac formula. She drinks 5oz bottles upon waking in the morning, middle of the day and at bedtime. She has 4oz bottles for her morning and afternoon snack. That is all the formula I can get her to drink. I have tried and tried to get her to take at least 5oz every time, but she just won't do it. Petite!!

Savannah really likes to feed herself so foods she can pick up and feed herself are a must these days. She still eats baby food but I don't think it will be long before she is refusing to eat from a spoon (like her big sister did).

Solids: Finger foods she is eating now: sweet peas, lima beans, green beans, carrots, cut up chicken, puffs and lil' munchies, bananas, kiwi, eggs, cheese cubes cut up into small pieces, yogurt puffs and crackers (ritz and saltines).

Teeth: Still no teeth! I keep thinking one is going to pop out but so far, nothing. 

(Update: Since I'm posting this so late I'll just add that on Feb. 28th we noticed that she is cutting her first tooth. It's not of the front bottom teeth. Bless her heart! We didn't get much sleep last night.)

Sleep: She is consistently sleeping through the night now!! YAY!! This is way before Brantley started sleeping through the night so I am super pumped. Her morning naps at school are really crappy. They are only about 30 minutes, on a good day. When we're at home and she's in her bed, she'll sleep for an hour or so. Her afternoon naps have been 2-2.5 hours lately, which is wonderful! 

Words: "dada" all the time. She is starting to say "momma" more and more but she still doesn't say it when she is referring to me. She also says her /b/ sounds every now and then.

Abilities at 9 months, 13 days: (Wow, I'm really behind on this one! Oops!)
-Crawling EVERYWHERE! She has the full crawl down to a science now and she is super fast.
-Pulling up on lots of stuff. She has been pulling up to her knees for a few weeks now, but she is getting braver each day and is now pulling up to her feet. Yesterday, 02/28, was the first time she pulled up to standing in her crib. She does it all the time now. Last night while protesting bedtime, she busted her lip/tongue on the edge of her crib. :( I felt so bad for her. Of course, that didn't stop her from doing it again though. Her favorite place to crawl to is the bathroom and then she pulls up on the tub. I can find her there most times I go looking!
-Still needs her pacifier to go to sleep and likes it in the car as well. I've been consciously trying to make sure she only has it at these times so maybe she won't become as attached as BR did.
-Loves bath time! She is no longer using the Bumbo seat in the bathtub. I have a mat in the bottom of the tub and she can sit on it just fine and doesn't scoot or fall over. Now she splashes like crazy and gets me totally soaked. haha!
-Savannah loves her walker. She has gotten really good at it! She will walk in circles around the island in our kitchen. It's pretty cute!
-Her interest in Brantley's toys is growing more and more every day. She enjoys playing in BR's kitchen and doll house.

Savannah is such a happy baby! We love her so so much! I can't believe she will be a year old in less that 3 months. Wow! Slow down time!!

Savannah at 8 Months Old

Weight:  15 pounds     Height: 26.5 inches

Diapers: Size 3 Luvs      Clothes: 6 months, 6-9 months

Nursing: 

I'm nursing at approximately 7am, 10am, 1pm, and 7pm. I have started the weaning process, but I'm going to do it very slowly. I have about 8 weeks until I go the the beach for my friend, Jami's bachelorette weekend. I'll be gone for 4 days so Savannah is going to need to take bottles while I'm gone. This week we've dropped the 4pm feeding and replaced it with a bottle/sippy cup and snack. She is doing okay with it, but so far she has only taken 2oz of formula each day and eaten the snack. I'm attempting to switch her straight to a sippy cup during these snack feedings and only use a bottle when I wean her breakfast, lunch and bedtime feedings.

Solids:

Savannah is eating breakfast after nursing in the morning, a small snack with her 10am feeding, lunch around 12pm-1pm, snack (puffs or wagon wheels) around 4pm and then dinner at 5:30pm, and nursing again at bedtime. She is eating solids very well. We've started some meats but only with them mixed with other vegetables. I haven't attempted to make her meats yet. I've been slacking and buying most of her food lately. It's just easier to buy it. I'm buying all organic baby foods so I'm confident that she is still getting the best nutrition. She of course loves fruits and veggies. She is eating yogurt and oatmeal also.

Teeth: 

No teeth yet. Although, I do think she is teething because she's started drooling A LOT and chewing on everything she can get to her mouth. I've been trying to keep a bib on her so her clothes don't get soaked from all the drool.

Sleep:

While we're at school/work, Savannah only takes short 30 minute naps in a bouncy seat or the swing, or I can hold her but I try not to do that. She will not sleep in a bed in the nursery at all. When we're at home I put her down for a nap after she's been away for 2-2.5 hours and she usually sleeps for at least an hour, sometimes more. Nighttime sleep still isn't great because she is still waking some. About every 3rd or 4th night she'll sleep through the night, but then the next night she is back to waking at weird hours.

Words:

"dada" is really her only one right now. Chase claims that she said "momma" yesterday afternoon a few times but I haven't heard it yet. I've heard her say her /b/ sounds a few times. 

Abilities at 8 months, 8 days: 

- sitting up from being on all fours

- Crawling! Well, sort of. She has a very strange crawl. I don't have a good video of it yet but as soon as I do, I'll post it. She isn't going anywhere fast just yet but she did "crawl" towards some puffs yesterday afternoon and some toys last night at my parents house. Chase has instructions to put up the baby gate at the top of the stairs this weekend. 

- She pushes up on her feet into a plank position. Silly girl!

- Savannah loves her walker, Johnny Jump Up, and exersaucer. 

- She can roll from tummy to back and back to tummy with no trouble at all anymore.

- Her most annoying discovery is that she can now turns over during diaper changes. It's almost impossible to change her diaper without her trying to turn over to her tummy now. This drives me crazy!

- When she wakes from her naps upset, she crawls over to the crib rail and rocks, banging her head on the side of her crib. Bless her! She noggin is usually red when I go in to get her.

 She has realized that I put headbands on her head and she tries to take them off. haha

Savannah is sweet, bubbly, silly and absolutely a joy to be around. We love her very very much and we're so blessed to spend each day with her watching her grow.

Savannah at 7 Months Old

Weight: 14lb 2oz        Height: not sure

Diapers: Size 2 Pampers /Size 3 Luvs

Clothes: Mostly 6 month now

Nursing: I am still nursing her 6-8 times a day depending on how many times she wakes in the night and sometimes she nurses more often if she doesn't nurse well during one of her feedings. She has also gotten her appetite back from being sick a few weeks ago so she is nursing better and eating more solids now.

Solids: Baby girl loves to eat! She prefers to eat solids after each time she nurses during the day. She doesn't always get to but she'll eat whatever I offer her. She is still eating lots of vegetables and some fruits. I'm still making most of her food at home.
She eats rice puffs and I gave her the yogurt melts for the first time yesterday. I have to put them in her mouth but she likes them for a snack. She LOVES drinking water from a sippy cup!
 The foods that are homemade are listed first.

             Vegetables: sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, butternut squash and acorn squash. I'm planning to make carrots for the first time tomorrow. She has had them before and loves them. She has also had spinach and white beans in some of the Sprout baby food pouches I've bought for her. I buy those to feed her when we're out and about. Last night I fed her Gerber's Organic Macaroni and Cheese with mixed Vegetables and she LOVED it! She wanted more but I wasn't about to open another one. ha! I offered some applesauce instead.

             Fruits: pear (her favorite), banana, avocado and applesauce. She has had combinations of strawberry, blueberry and apricots in the baby food pouches.
             Other: She started eating yogurt on Friday. She loves it so far. She's eating YoBaby Vanilla yogurt. Even I like it!

Sleep: She still isn't sleeping as well as I'd like for her to but again this is mostly my fault that I wasn't strong enough to let her cry-it-out (CIO) when she was younger. Naps 3-4 times a day. I put her to bed by 7:30 each night. She has been waking up at least twice a night for a few weeks now. Sometimes I let her CIO to go back to sleep and sometimes I cave and I go in and nurse her so she'll go back to sleep. I know that I need to be more consistent and stick to having her CIO but that's easier said than done at 12am and 3am. It's so much faster and easier to just go in and nurse her. We get more sleep that way. But I do realize that I'm about to have a crawler on my hands and then CIO is going to take even longer and be much harder. I need to be stronger but seriously, it's just so tough to listen to her scream and cry in the middle of the night for close to 2 hours at a time. SO HARD! I hate it!!
Last night (12/15/12) she slept almost all night. I did hear her a few times but I never got up. I actually stayed in bed all night! I couldn't believe it this morning. I was so happy and proud of her!!

Abilities at 7 Months: Savannah has mastered sitting up. She loves to just sit and play with her toys in the floor now. She has started prepping for crawling by pulling her legs under her tummy and rocking back and forth. With help she can kinda crawl/scoot towards a toy. She can drink from a sippy cup as I mentioned before. She grabs my hair all the time and pulls very hard. It hurts!
Savannah has learned how to click her tongue and blow strawberries with her tongue. You know like the na-na-nu-booboo kinda thing. She does it all the time! She will just smile SO big!! She knows she's cute already!! Takes a bath in her Bumbo seat instead of the baby tub.

Likes at 7 Months: Mommy! She loves me so much and the feeling is mutual. She is definitely a momma's girl.  -  She still loves her Johnny Jump Up.  -  She loves bath time! Now that she's sitting up in the Bumbo seat, she will just kick and kick and kick. She tries to grab the cup and wash cloth while I'm bathing her.  -  The girl loves to eat. Really, I mentioned it before but she really loves to eat solids.  -  She loves playing in the floor with her toys. Every now and then I pull out a new toy for her to try out. She loves playing with balls and musical toys.

Dislikes at 7 Months: Being left alone for too long.  -  When mommy leaves the room.  -  Sitting in her highchair while I prepare her food. She beats on her tray and fusses.  -  Sleeping through the night. ha!

 We just love her smile! It's contagious!!

She'll be crawling before too much longer so I've got to get busy with baby proofing the house. Our upstairs is pretty much okay, except for the staircase. We have the gate, Chase just has to install it. Our downstairs, specifically my sewing room/the office, is a different story. That room is definitely not crawler ready so I'm going to be working on taking care of that this week. 

So, another month has passed and I still can't believe it. She is growing up too fast and it makes me a little sad because I'm pretty sure I'll never have another baby to cuddle with or nurse. I'm going to miss these times! Savannah is a true joy and we are so very thankful for her!

Savannah at 6 Months Old

I can't believe that Savannah is already 6 months old. Oh, how time flies!! She is such a cutie and a joy to be around.

 Weight: 13lbs 9.5oz      Height: 26 inches
Diapers: Size 2       Clothes: 3-6 months and 6 months

Nursing: I am still nursing Savannah exclusively (except for solids). She loves it and so do I! She stopped taking a bottle over a month ago so leaving her with others has been quite the challenge since then. She has taken 2 bottles in the past 2 weeks but she didn't really like it and didn't finish them. She more drank just enough to satisfy and hold her over until I got back.

Foods: Savannah is eating more and more foods but breakfast is still her only consistent "meal". Her nursing still isn't on a fixed schedule so sometimes a "meal" doesn't fit in before a nap. 

Veggies she has tried: sweet peas (likes a lot), sweet potatoes, butternut squash, acorn squash, spinach & pear combo (loved it!), pumpkin (not a fan), and carrots.

Fruits she has tried: avocado, apples, pears, peaches

I'm still making most of her foods but for the things that aren't in season I buy the organic baby foods.

Sleep: Sleep is still a touchy subject around here when it comes to Savannah. She still wakes in the night. Sometimes I let her "cry-it-out" but when her crying last over and hour I usually give in and feed her so we can both get back to sleep. Her morning naps are usually only 45 minutes and then her afternoon nap is 1 1/2 hours or so, sometimes only 45 min. In that case she takes a third nap around 5:00. At her 6 month check up, her pediatrician said she should be able to sleep through the night and that I could drop all feedings at night. Well, that sounds great but when it's 2:00am and she's been crying for close to 2 hours, I just can't let it go on any longer. Ahh! The last 2 nights have been better, because she has only woken once at 1am (I fed her and she went back to sleep). It's so hard for me to drop the feedings and let her cry-it-out because that takes hours usually and nursing her only takes 15 minutes and then we're both back to sleep. You see my dilemma?!  

 Savannah loves to bounce-bounce-bounce in her Johnny Jump Up and her Jumperoo. She is rolling over both ways with no problems. She is sitting up, unassisted, almost perfectly - she rarely falls over. We've caught her attempting to pull her knees under her a few times but she's is not showing any other signs of crawling so I think it will still be a month or so before she makes it to that milestone. I'm honestly not ready for her to crawl yet anyways. BR crawled at 7 months, but I think Savannah will do it a little after then. I'd prefer her not start until after the Christmas tree is put away. ha!
She still shows preference to being with me over anyone else at the moment, which makes it hard for me to leave her. I'm hoping she grows out of this and that it doesn't get worse.

This is what she thought about the sticker on her shirt. hehe Little stinker!

 Savannah is such a happy baby and a total joy to be around!

Savannah is 6 months old and I can hardly believe it's already been that long since I delivered her back in May. Our family is now complete! My life has been flipped upside down by adding another kiddo to the mix, and though I complain sometimes, I love it, I love her and I wouldn't change anything!!

Savannah at 5 Months Old

Weight: 13 lb 1oz      Height: I'm not sure

Diapers: Size 2      Clothes: 3-6 months and 6 months

Sleep: (Unswaddled) This one is not a great topic around our house. Savannah still isn't a very good sleeper. Her naps are usually only 30-45 minutes. She takes 4 naps usually, some days only 3. I feel like I've tried everything and nothing seems to keep her asleep for longer (with the exception of today). Today, I watched the monitor and watched the clock as it got to the 45 minute mark. At 44 minutes she began wiggling and then crying, I dashed in there and gave put the paci back in her mouth and patted her back. She actually went back to sleep and slept for another hour and 15 minutes. Hallelujah!!

Her nighttime sleep is okay but she isn't sleeping through the night. Typically, she wakes at 11:30pm and then again around 3:30am or 4:00am. I'm really hoping that she starts to drop the 11:30 soon and just wakes up once. We'll see.

Nursing: I'm still nursing almost exclusively. Every now and then I have to give her formula but it's very rare. That's usually just when I'm leaving her with someone and I haven't had time to pump.

Note: Lately, while she's nursing, she reaches up and plays with my lips. 

Solids: I have started letting her try a few things as of this week. She has had rice cereal, squash and avocado. She really liked the squash but it's too sure about the avocado yet. I'm going to keep trying. She is still spitting most of it out. A friend of mine told me something that I thought was funny about feeding a baby food for the first time. She said "it's like spackling a wall. You put it in, you wipe it off. You put it in, you wipe it off." haha

Abilities:

- Pushed her chest up off the floor pretty high during tummy time

- Will play on her tummy for a good 5-10 minutes before getting tired of it

- She loves the new toy that we borrowed from our friend, Carter. Thanks again, Marcie!

- She loves to jump. In her Exersaucer, Johnny Jump-up, her Jumperoo or our lap. Doesn't matter where she is, her legs are always moving. 

- Her eye-hand coordination is getting pretty good. She can get any toy to her mouth if she wants to

- Puts everything in her mouth

- Not rolling over yet but she's getting there. Maybe by 6 months.

- Plays with her toes all the time. She can put them in her mouth.

- Coos "talks" a lot. So cute!

Likes & Dislikes:
- Likes being held
- Loves her Mommy A LOT!
- Likes her Exersaucer and Jumperoo. She doesn't need the pillow behind her anymore now that her stability has improved and her head control is really good.
- Dislikes riding in the car when she is tired or hungry.
- Dislikes her swing. She rarely ever lets me put her in it for longer than about 5 minutes. Bummer!

Overall, she is a super happy baby and we love her so very much! Despite her bad sleep habits, she is still totally happy and loving life. She smiles ALL the time!! We are so thankful for her!

So that's Savannah at 5 months.

UPDATE: Just minutes after I posted this Savannah rolled from her back to her belly for the first time. She has now done it twice all by herself. She also rolled from tummy to back twice with just a tiny push from her daddy. She'll probably be rolling over in no time both ways, all the time!

Smile!!

Our sweet Savannah will be 5 months old tomorrow. It's hard to believe! I'll be posting an update of her soon but maybe not until Thursday since that's when I weigh her at the BFing group. Stay tuned...

Savannah at 4 Months Old

 Weight: 12lbs 5oz (9/18/12)       Length: 24 inches        

Head: 16.25 inches            Diapers: Size 1 

(We actually as switching to size 2 today because we found 2 big boxes of size 2 on clearance at Publix last night. They fit pretty good , so we're moving up.)

Clothes: She is still wearing mostly 0-3 month clothes but some of her 6 month clothes are fitting. We also have a few 3-6 month things and those fit really well. She is wearing a 6 month Carter's onesie set today and it fits pretty well. So cute! I honestly think it's crazy that she is already wearing 6 month things at 4 months because this is just foreign to me. Brantley was always a whole size behind her age so Savannah being a little ahead is just crazy. She's eating good!!

Eating: I'm still exclusively nursing her and we are loving it. No problems thus far! I am super thankful for and lucky for us to be doing so well. I plan to start giving her cereal once every couple of days just so she can start to figure out solids. I may not start this until next month though. We'll see! What we're doing is working for now so I don't really want to mess with it. haha!

Sleep: I still haven't started a structured nap schedule for her yet. I'm hoping to get her on some type of schedule this month. She is napping 3-4 times a day but some days her naps are only 45 minutes long and then other days she will take at least one 2 hour nap. Night time- I try to put her to bed between 8:00 and 8:30. She is still waking up 2 times a night. Usually around 1:00 or 2:00 and then again at 4:00 or 5:00. This is making me exhausted during that day but I'm hanging in there with God's help. 

Savannah is a wonderful baby! She is so happy and smiles all the time! Her smile is so sweet! She is starting to laugh, which just melts my heart. I could just eat her up!

• She is a total Momma's Girl right now. Probably because I'm nursing and she's with me all day everyday. I love it but it makes me sad when she rejects others, especially her daddy.
• She is trying to roll from her tummy to back. She did it a few times on the bed last week at the beach but has yet to do it all on her own while on the floor. She does roll to her side while lying on her back.  
• Savannah has found her hands/fingers. She has them in her mouth pretty much ALL the time. She's also drooling a lot. I don't think she's getting any teeth yet (I don't see any buds) but I do think it's a new discovery and her gums may be itching or something.
• She has found her feet/toes a few times in the past couple of days. I just love watching her discover new things. Her eyes light up and she looks over at me, as if she's saying, "Mommy, look at me!" So cute!
• Grabs toys and chews on them. 
• She has been sitting in her Exersaucer for a few weeks but is starting to enjoy it more each day since she is becoming more stable.
• Still not a big fan of car rides.
• Savannah is still sleeping swaddled in her Woombie. 
• She is finding her voice and "talking" a good bit.
• She now giggles. ADORABLE!!

We love you Savannah! You are 4 months old.

Savannah at 3 Months Old

 Weight: 11 pounds    Length: Not sure

Diapers: Size 1     Clothes: 0-3 Month

• Eats every 2-3 hours during the day. We are still exclusively breastfeeding.
• Night time: On a typical night, she goes to bed at 8:30 and wakes to eat around 3:30-4:00, and then sleeps until 7:00. Love it! Other nights, she's up more often or wakes up much earlier.
• She naps 4-5 times a day depending on how long each nap is. I put her down for a nap after she's been awake for an hour and half to two hours. During a good nap she will sleep for over 2 hours. If we're at home all day, she will typically take 2 of those long naps.
• Her eyes are still really blue. I'm really hoping that they don't change.
• I noticed the other day that her peach fuzz, aka her hair, looked a little strawberry blonde like Brantley's always has been.

• Savannah still does pretty good during tummy time. She has really good head control.
• She has started sitting in the Exersaucer with a little pillow in front of her and really seems to like it a lot. She will sit in there for about 5 minutes at a time. She has also been sitting in the Bumbo seat while I get ready in the bathroom. I guess I need to send off for my seat belt kit for the Bumbo but I just haven't done it yet.
• Savannah has started trying to sit up all the time. When she's in her car seat or bouncy seat, she will pull herself forward in an attempt to sit up. She's very strong so I think she will be an early sitter. 
• She is chewing on toys now and pulls on the little toys on her tummy time mat when she's on her back.
• She smiles all the time and is starting to laugh out loud at us. Sweetest sound ever!!
• And lastly, she HATES riding in the carseat pretty much anytime she's awake back there. She will scream and scream until I can get her out. This makes car rides really stressful and long, so I'm hoping she grows out of this really soon. If I can get her to keep her pacifier in her mouth, then she usually does better and sometimes falls asleep.

Brantley is so in love with her baby sister. It's SO cute to watch her care for and love on Savannah. It's not always roses around here but we are truly blessed and thankful for all that we have and for our sweet little family. God is so good!! 

Savannah is a joy and we love her VERY much!! Both of our girls are beautiful gifts and we are so thankful for each of them. We are all still adjusting to life as a family of four and we're finally starting to settle in. 

Savannah at 2 months Old

Weight: 9lbs 13oz     Height: 22 inches

Diapers: Size 1      Clothes: 0-3 month

At 2 months, Savannah...

• eats every 2-3 hours during the day and once or twice at night. She's still nursing really well. So far so good. We aren't having any nursing issues so far.
• sleeps at night 5-6 hours when I first put her down, wakes around 3am and then sleeps for another 3-4 hours. 
• is usually taking 2 pretty long naps during the day (one in the morning and one in the afternoon during BR's nap) and then extra cat naps here and there throughout the day
• is smiling more and more every day. So cute!! She doesn't have a dimple like Brantley unfortunately, but she's still super adorable. We love her!!
• has started cooing and gurgling a good bit during her play times. I love it!
• likes her pacy when she's tired or fussy
• hates the car seat pretty much anytime she's sitting in it. Once she falls asleep then she's fine. My guess is that she just doesn't like to be tied down in the seat.
• sleeps swaddled in her Woombie. Now that Savannah has gotten bigger the Woombie fits her much better so we use it all the time now.
• only likes to sit in the bouncy seat if we are bouncing it with our foot (Annoying! but it keeps her happy so we can eat meals so we do it until she falls asleep.)
• still doesn't really care for the swing all that much. If she's really tired then she'll let me put her in it. I usually have to hold her for a few minutes until she starts to fall asleep and then I can put her down.
• likes to watch Brantley play. They are going to be such good friends!
• has really good head control while we're holding her and pretty good during tummy time. Dr. Simpson was impressed yesterday at her appointment.
• I try to give her a bath every other night before bed but that doesn't always happen. I'm getting ready to start new bedtime routines for Brantley and Savannah in hopes that we can move bedtime up about 30 minutes by the time school starts. I'm planning to shorten BR's naps to just 2 hours instead of her 2-3 hours so that she'll be ready for bed earlier. Or at least, I hope so! as found her hands. She licks and sucks on them. It's very strange but I guess it's just a start and she'll be using them to reach for toys in no time.

 Seriously, how cute is that smile!?! I just love to watch her grow and play. She really is a much happier baby than she was a month ago. She still has trouble with gas pains every now and then but I try to give her Mylicon at times I think she might have tummy troubles from something I have eaten.

Chase and I are truly blessed to have these two beautiful girls as our daughters. Our family life has changed a good bit since Savannah was born but only in good ways. 

We love you Savannah Claire!! 

Savannah at 1 Month Old

Weight: 8lbs 6oz (6/14/12)

Length: 21 inches

Diapers: Newborn     Clothes: Newborn (some 0-3 months are starting to fit)

~She follows objects/faces as they pass in front of her.~
~She tolerates Tummy-Time for about 30-45 seconds at a time. She's very good at holding her head up already.~
~She sleeps most of the day but is starting to stay awake for longer periods of time.~
~Night time: The past 2 nights she has slept a 4-5 hour stretch (amazing!) and then another 3-4 hours.~
~She's still nursing really well and the colic episodes are occurring less often then they were a week or 2 ago. She eats every 2-3 hours during the daytime.~
~Smiles every now and then but not intentionally at us yet.~

Likes:

- Being held out in front of you while facing you and bouncing up and down slowly

- Her bouncy seat

- She's starting to get used to a pacifier but doesn't always keep it in her mouth 

- Being swaddled. We swaddle her with an Aden & Anais blanket and we recently bought a Woombie. Savannah likes them both. My only issue with the Woombie is that sometimes it isn't tight enough to calm her flailing arms. I wish I had bought the Houdini style because it's suppose to be made of a thicker fabric. Oh well, for now we use the Woombie when we can and the blankets when she needs a tighter swaddle.

- She loves to be outside in the morning or evenings before it gets too hot out.

- Sitting in her bouncy seat in the kitchen window. She will look out the window at the sky and trees. It's pretty cute!

- So far she likes her bath but hates being cold while a dress her afterwards, but I don't blame her. Being wet and cold is no fun.

- She likes watching Brantley run around and play

Dislikes:

- Sitting in a dirty diaper

- Getting in her car seat

- GAS! BURPING!! COLIC!!! (I think we all dislike these symptoms here at the Williamson house!)

     Savannah has been showing signs of Colic since she was 2 weeks old. I'm avoiding gluten, dairy and nuts (nut butters) as much as possible to hopefully eliminate some of the discomforts that cause her colicy times. So far this method seems to be helping a good bit. She also been adjusted by our chiropractor 3 times. We're hoping to continue taking her but I'm not sure how often yet.

In her first month of life, Savannah has...

- Met Mommy's cousin and her boys that live in Pennsylvania.

- Attended her first wedding and reception. One of my roommates from college got married last weekend. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Parker Gargis!! Meagan looked beautiful, as always! We sat in the balcony. Savannah slept through almost the whole ceremony and thankfully never made a peep.

- Started sleeping in her bedroom instead of the Moses basket in our bedroom. This is so much better for mommy to get good sleep. Down fall...our brand new video monitor broke after just 3 weeks of use (not even everyday use). I still need to take it back but I haven't found the time yet. The power button on the parent unit stopped working. I'm not sure why because I didn't drop it or anything like that. I just hope that Babies R Us will take it back and order us a new one otherwise, a lot of money was wasted on it. Thankfully, Savannah's bedroom is right across the hall and I have really good mommy radar/hearing so I get up as soon as I hear her squirming and squeaking.
- Gone to her first couple of playdates with Brantley's playgroup. Most of us Mommy's have 2 kiddos now so the babies will have friends to play with just like the big kids.

Last Friday the playgroup went to Oak Mountain beach. Savannah did really well despite the  heat.

This past Wednesday, we went to our friends parents house to swim in their pool. Savannah slept like this is the pack 'n play the whole time.

Savannah, 

You are 1 month old. We are loving watching you grow and change every day. We love you so very much!

-Mommy, Daddy and Brantley

Family of Four - 3 Week Update

Wow! Things have changed quite a bit since bringing Savannah home. I'm exhausted most of the time and in desperate need of a nap. Sometimes I can get Savannah to nap while BR is down for her nap and when that happens, I actually do get a much needed cat nap. For the most part, Brantley has adjusted beautifully and is loving being a big sister. She enjoys helping me with diaper changes and holding Savannah. Sometimes she sings to her. Those moments melt my heart and make me smile so big!

 Savannah's 3 Week Update:

Weight: 7lb 14oz (6/5/12)           Head: 14inches            Length: 20 1/2inches

Diapers: Newborn             Clothes: Still mostly newborn but some 0-3 months things are starting to fit.

Eating: Savannah is still nursing exclusively. She eats about every 2 hours during the day and thankfully, stretches those out to every 3 hours at night. We're having some issues with her tummy so I'm having to change my diet to try and get her some relief from the pain she seems to be in. After a few of her feedings (it was every feeding a few days ago) \she gets very fussy and cries non stop because she is in so much pain. I'm changing to a gluten free & dairy free diet in hopes of giving her relief and to be able to continue nursing for as long as possible. I'm nursing her while she's sitting in my lap, strattling (sp?) my leg with her tummy against mine. This has helped tremendously with her feedings. She doesn't get choked as easily and doesn't take in as much air, which makes burping easier and less frequent. I've been having to give her Mylicon a few times a day when she's having trouble with gas. The main reason for her choking is that my milk supply is still regulating (my letdown is really forceful) and once it does, I'm pretty sure this problem will go away.

Sleep: Savannah is still sleeping the majority of the day and night. I have a really hard time getting her to go to sleep without nursing her to sleep. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll figure out how to change that without using a pacifier but I may have to give in at some point.

So for the most part we are doing really well and adjusting to life as a family of four. Things are busier, more  hectic and tiring but also a whole lot cuter than they were 3 weeks ago. We are truly blessed and loving our new addition to our family!

Savannah at 2 Weeks Old

 Weight Checks: (5/24/12) 6lbs 13.5oz - Above her birth weight

(5/31/12) 7lbs 8.5oz - Gained 10.5oz in a week

Missy Prissy is putting on the weight faster than her big sister. She might end up being our chunky kid, but honestly I doubt it and it's way to early to really guess.

Diapers: Newborn

Clothes: Newborn

- Savannah is a precious baby girl and we love her so very much already. I love holding her and just looking at how beautiful she is! Chase and I are so blessed to have two precious little girls and we thank God daily for them both!

- She loves being held but what baby doesn't. haha

- Savannah loves sleeping with her arms above her head. I swaddle her at night but during the day she naps unswaddled and on her side or back.

- She is nursing really well so far. I'm not following any type of schedule at all right now. I'm more just feeding on demand. She is nursing every 2-4 hours (usually every 3 hours). 

- The past 2 nights she has been VERY fussy from around 7:00-9:30pm so unfortunately, she is stricken with colic just like Brantley was. Hopefully, it doesn't last a really long time. I've tried giving her Colic Calm (a type of Gripe Water) but so far, we haven't seen much relief from the crying and discomfort she seems to be feeling.

I know there is more I should probably document but for now this is all my tired brain can come up with. For now Savannah is sleeping and it's 7:18pm so I'm hoping tonight she does better and not that the colic just starts later and lasts later tonight.