First Halloween and some other firsts!
Meghan~ Your first halloween was this last Tuesday, October 31, 2006. Gramma K bought you a little ladybug costume the weekend before Halloween when she was here visiting. I thought it was the cutest thing and couldn't wait to see you in it. When I picked you up from daycare on Halloween I put the costume on you and laughed so hard that it made you start to giggle too. You were the cutest Little Miss Ladybug! Everyone that saw you in your costume thought you were adorable! You are sure getting big my baby girl, 3 months old on November 13th. It just doesn't seem right how quickly you grow. I love you so much my little pumpkin! ~Mommy
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Meghan is getting so big - she'll be 3 months old on Nov. 13th! Where did the past few months go?! So much has happened this month. Gramma K came the weekend of Oct. 21st and the weekend of Oct. 28th. The first weekend she babysat so Mike and I could go on a much needed night out. Even though I was thinking it, Mike was the first to ask "I wonder how Meghan is doing?" hehe. The next weekend Gramma K and Mommy went out to find you a big girl crib. We bought the crib, went to Babies R Us to get some sheets and decided to then come home. Meghan and Gramma were playing on the couch when all of a sudden Meghan started GIGGLING! It was the first time she actually laughed! Both Gramma K and I started laughing too! It is one of the most precious sounds I have ever heard.
I believe our little Meghan is beginning to teeth. She may not pop a tooth out for a couple of months yet, but she's drooling like crazy, chewing her poor little hands off, and seems at times somewhat uncomfortable. I bought her a teething ring at the store the other day and boy does she just chew on that thing!
Meghan has also found her hands. When she's in her bouncy seat her hands end up in an "L" shape as she's laying there. While laing there she'll turn her head and start staring at her hand and all the movements it can make. This happens almost everytime I've put her in her bouncy seat and just in the past few days whenever I lay her down. It's amazing to watch her face as this thought process is going on in her head. She gets the most mystifying look on her face, almost as if she's saying "woah, what is THAT supposed to do?"
She's kicking and punching rather fiercely. When she kicks, if one isn't careful, they will be the recipient of a good whack in whatever body part is closest. She LOVES smiling and is such a happy baby most of the time. Seems she fusses only when she's hungry, tired, or has gas. She still wakes up many morning with gas. I bought some infant gas drops at the store the other day so we'll see if that works.
My milk supply is back - WOOHOO! I think making a conscience effort to pump helped, but I've also been eating oatmeal pretty consistantly too. Lately when Meghan is nursing she'll put her hands up in a fist by her face, like she did in her ultrasound picture. It's an "I'm content and comfortable" thing. Sometimes she even holds my hands when nursing too. I love it! She's starting to grab a hold of things and hang on to them, even if it is for a few seconds. She's been grabbing her shirt and pulling it up. If it isn't a onesie she pulls it up to show us her tummy. Gramma says that I used to do that when I was her age. Meghan's been turning to her side alot while changing her diaper - I'm sure practice for when she really starts to roll over.
Just the past couple of days she's trying to mimic the sounds and raspberries we do. It's a lovely little banter we have going. I coo, she coo's. I say ahhhhaaa, she does the same. I make a raspberry with my lips or tongue and she tries soooo hard to immitate it. It's very amusing to watch. She wants to do raspberries so bad! Its only when she gets frustrated that she finally does one. Before long she'll be a spittin' raspberries!
She's still such a tiny precious baby. Very dainty and girlish in every way. Although I'm very excited to experience the things she has yet to show us, I so want her to forever stay my baby. |
Meghan seems to be doing fine and getting plenty to eat, but my frozen supply is diminishing. I immediately called my OB office and spoke with a nurse who assured me that it wasn't the pill or my period that is causing the milk reduction. Um, ok, so what the heck IS it then? She told me to nurse every feeding and not to pump in place of a feeding.