Trying to roll

Well, since Mamacita and Daddy P are both sick with the stomach flu, a girl has to entertain herself. Here's Baby Kate trying to roll...

Kate's tummy update

At our last doctor's visit, we got some samples of antiacid meds to give to Kate to see if we can help with her tummy troubles. Her severe gas and stomach pain make her arch her back while eating, and cause her to wake up in the middle of a perfectly good nap simply wailing. So we will see if the meds help. In the meantime, after carefully administered trials, we have come to the conclusion that the gDiaper only exasperates her tummy troubles. The gDiaper has a very hard, thick elastic band that is not very forgiving for a tiny tummy. Now we are investigating if we can make the gDiaper liners work with a cloth cover... to be continued...

2 month update

The 2 month update:
21 inches
11 lbs, 3 oz (OMG!)

50th percentile weight, 10th percentile head, and 10th percentile length (up from 10th in weight and 3rd in head!)

Wooo wee! All that eating has paid off! She has also decided to sleep in a four hour stretch, eating at 9pm, 3am, and getting up at 6:30am. We are hoping she will soon decide to drop the 3 am feeding since she's hardly eating at that time anyway.

Everything checked out okay. Doc thinks her umbilical hernia is healing up. He says she's still jaundiced, so she goes for a full panel of blood work tomorrow to check up. But she's all shot up with vaccine's and ready to face the (increasingly un-vaccinated) world!!! Daddy P even got his whooping cough vaccine the other week to be extra sure she's protected. (Apparently it is coming back now that people are not getting their babies vaccinated!!)

2 Months Old!

Kate is the big 2-point-0 (months). She posed by her volleyball so we could compare her growth from last month.

Tomorrow she gets all her shots. What fun... Poor gal.

To mark her new maturity, she has chosen to make some political statements. We support her whole-heartedly in her outspoken-ness.

Big Bed Now

Kate spent the first night in her crib without her co-sleeper. Woo hoo! She was outgrowing it pretty fast, but we'd been using it to prop her upright so she wouldn't spit up after feedings. I decided there was no time like the present to risk a transition-night-sleep, so I took it out and threw a couple of pillows under one side of her mattress. She adjusted perfectly! Not only that, but she napped in it today without being swaddled! She must be trying to show off before her 2 month birthday tomorrow... I haven't been able to snap a pic of her in her crib yet since I'm too scared I'll wake her up. Don't want to mess up a good thing! She looks super duper tiny in it though compared to the giant she was in the co-sleeper.