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Category: Maddie (Page 3 of 5)
I took Maddie in this morning for her 6 month check up.
She weighs 21 pounds 13 oz and is 29.25 inches tall. I haven’t checked the other kids stats, but I expect them to be almost identical. We’re keeping right in line with her clothing needing to be double her age which was exactly what happened with Chloe. So she fits wonderfully in 12 month clothes right now.
She is busting out of her car seat, so once she is sitting up just a tiny bit more securely, we’re going to transition her to the next backwards facing carseat. Speaking of car seat I got to wondering how much that monster weighs, now that I know she is almost 22 pounds. Seriously, that thing feels like it weighs 50 pounds as I lug it around on my arm. I can’t wait until she can walk! Anyway, when I got home I weighed it on my scale. It only came to 34 pounds. I admit I was a little disappointed. Now I just feel like a pansy. 😉
- The kids and I love the movie “Home.” We’ve been listening to the soundtrack on my phone all day.
- I have a student learning this song right now (Bohemian Rhapsody). That should be fun!
- I love when it snows and it’s very cold because it looks all sparkly like diamonds. It may be painful to go outside, but at least it’s pretty!
- I’m starting a new student tonight that has only been speaking English for a year. She’s young, so she’s picking it up fast, but I’ll have to be careful that I speak slowly and clearly during the lessons…
- Josiah’s new phase includes asking how everything is spelled.
- Speaking of Josiah, today we enrolled him in Preschool (starting in September). He’s very excited.
- I am currently growing my bangs out and trying to decide if I like it or not. I do know that I REALLY like the feeling of not having something on my face, that’s for sure!
- We registered Chloe for Big Sandy Camp again this summer. She’s super excited because she got to go with Kailynn last year and it sounds like BOTH Kailynn and Allison will be going this year. I love that the cousins get to do so much together!
- And finally, how about a picture of Maddie. I know I post a lot of her, but they’re only babies for a little while!
My favorite picture from Christmas Day
Madison is officially a rolling machine. She rolled a few months back and then was uninterested in doing it again. Not long after that, she found her feet, and they were much more interesting than rolling. But just after Christmas she (re)discovered that she really does want to roll and loves it. She gets all giggly after she rolls–she’s so proud of herself.
In other Maddie news her two bottom teeth popped through the day after Christmas as well. She’s had the flushed cheeks and excessive drool for a bit now, so it was nice to see it was actually leading to something. 😉
I need to schedule her 6 month check up to find out how she’s doing. I keep forgetting…
Someone got a cute new hat!
That’s right… the time has come to install a gate at the top of the stairs to the basement. She’ll be crawling before we know it!
Before you read about how sad and unhappy Maddie has been I thought I would make you smile with adorable picture of Chloe from this weekend. We attended Pajama Birthday Brunch Party and the kids got to wear their jammies. It was super cute. (She has donut in her mouth… haha!)
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Maddie has been a bit off for the past couple of days. I had chalked it up to teething or just having a mild cold or the fact that she had started on solids… but it wasn’t adding up. Last night she (and in turn Tim and I) slept TERRIBLY. She would wake up every 30-45 min. crying out in pain. You should know that she doesn’t normally cry much at all, so this was even more alarming to us. We were able to get her into the doctor’s office this morning and he discovered her right ear is filled with puss. Luckily it doesn’t sound like it is a ridiculously bad infection and it’s contained to just one ear. So she’s on medication now and we’re hoping she’s feeling better soon. I don’t think she has a very high pain threshold, so the ear infection was making every other “little” annoyance or uncomfortable thing–like gas bubbles–unbearable for her. Hence the screaming out last night. At least, that’s what I’m guessing. With babies it’s always a guess.
I’m glad this is happening now and not on our family trip over Thanksgiving–no one will be fighting to hold her if she screaming! 😉
Unhappy baby… 🙁
I love this picture because it really shows how big she is sitting in Tim’s lap.
That’s right, Maddie is officially eating “solids” now. I have to laugh, because the solids are really just mush, but it’s still working towards eating regular food. We video recorded the first time she tried the rice cereal, but it was pretty anti-climatic, so I won’t post that video. She really didn’t seem to care one way or the other. We’ll need to work on that tongue control of bringing the food INto her mouth, but she really didn’t do all that bad on her first try. She definitely likes the attention she gets when she’s in the high chair though, so I think starting on solids will be a happy experience for her.
That’s right folks, we dug out the high chair this week! Another week and she’ll be starting solids. (Hopefully she’ll be more excited then.. haha!)
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