3 months old

Ryane is doing really well at 3 months old.  When she's awake, she is generally happy unless it's getting close to nap time.  Speaking of nap time, that's not going that well!  Damn you, 45 minute interrupter!  I remember having the boys "cry it out" when this happened with them... but for now I'm okay with picking her up and rocking her back to sleep.  She's a bit spoiled, but I'm okay with that for now.

Nights are going great.  A typical night consists of putting her to bed around 7:30 and she's not waking up (most mornings) until between 6:30 and 7.  She rocks!!

Ryane's still in size 2 diapers.  She is also still in 3-6 month clothing although the one piece outfits are short on her.  I haven't weighed her, but I'm guessing she weights about 15 pounds.  The carrier is so hard to carry that most of the time if she is awake, I just take her out and carry her or put her in the Bjorn. 

 

She's so smiley! She still smiles with her whole body which makes at least part of the picture blurry when I try to capture it.  She smiles at Nic every time he talks to her.  She also loves to smile at Kaden and she talks to him as much as he talks to her (which for anyone who knows Kaden, is a lot).  She started laughing out loud this week (14 weeks) but it's not that funny baby giggle.  It's more of a squeak and a ha ha!  It's actually very similar to how Cam laughed. 

 

Ryane WON'T take a bottle... which makes back to work pretty hard.  Thankfully my mom has been bringing her up to the hospital twice a day and I nurse her out in the car.  We are trying, but she doesn't want to take one.  She will play with it for awhile and then get mad.  We've tried several different kinds of bottles, but still no luck.  This also happened with Cam and I kick myself because we didn't do more bottles at the beginning with her... but with 3 kids, it's so much easier just to nurse her.  Hopefully soon.  Fingers crossed. 

 

Well, it's been 45 minutes and baby girl is awake again... Time to rock her back to sleep.... Sweet lil thing :)

My babes

We decided to do a Valentine's Day mini session and I'm thankful we did! 

I think the pictures turned out darling... and you can see their personalities (ahhhhem... Cam) through each shot :)

Seriously

I can't get enough.

2 months



At 2 months, Ryane's stats are:

 

Weight: 13 pounds, 13 ounces - >95th percentile

Length: 23 3/4 inches - 95th percentile

Head: 15 1/4 cm - 50th percentile

 

She was a trooper at her check-up and received her first round of shots.  She actually had a harder time with the oral vaccination than the shots.  Not a big fan of medicine, that one.  She was a little drowsy after the shots, but managed to make it through without a fever.  I think the boys started getting fevers after the 4 month shots. 

 

Ryane is doing great at night! Most nights I feed her between 8:30-9:30 and she wakes up between 5:30-6:30.  You go girl!  Actually, she has slept till 7:30 twice (an evening with lots of wakefulness). After she eats, she generally goes back to sleep for 2-3 more hours. 

She still eats, plays and sleeps, although her morning naps aren't as restful.  She sleeps 30-45 minutes at a time in the morning.  When she wakes up, sometimes I can get her back to sleep for a bit longer.  In the afternoon, she takes a big 3 hour nap.  Sometimes it starts in the car when we go get the boys, and on the weekend it's in her cradle.  Her evening naps are more similar to the morning. 

Ryane's in size 2 diapers.She is also in 3-6 month clothing.  She's so big!  It's difficult for me to carry her in the carrier.  If anyone ever sees me out... don't laugh at what it looks like when I take her out of the car and put her carrier in the stroller.  Takes all my strength!

 

She's a smiler!  Her smile is to die for and you can see her smile on her whole body.  She LOVES to smile at her daddy.  She loves to talk and starts to chat up a storm if you ask her about her day!  We do a little bit of tummy time when I remember.  Bad OT.  She doesn't love it on her tummy and she usually spits up quite a bit.  Speaking of spitting up quite a bit, I changed my shirt 5 times yesterday!  She does spit up a lot.  She's a happy, sweet baby girl and I couldn't love her more!!

 

 





Twinkies

Pictures of my little twinkies, Cam and Ryane, both taken on the day of their 2 month doctor appointments:

 

LOVE

Love this girl! I love how you can see her gray eyes in this picture. She was such a good girl tonight- no fussing this evening. She just played, cooed, smiled... She's wonderful!

Nic and I decided she's probably not considered an easy baby. She's probably just an average baby as far as temperament goes. But we appreciate her temperament more than anything! She's made life so sweet :)

Kaden stories

"Last night I had a dream I was a 7 year old.  But I'm really not."

"I watched this show where there was this boy and this girl and they were trying to decide on which house to buy.  They went to 3 houses.  Then they went to a restaurant and tried to decide which one they wanted.  They got the 'spensive one . I don't know why they wanted the 'spensive one.  Then after, like two days after, they got married."

"It smells like diarrhea in here."

Watching a commercial: "Look at her hip!  It's like Jessi [teacher from last year]!"
I told him that was actually her shoulder and not her hip; she was wearing a shirt that showed one of her shoulders.  He said, "They really shouldn't wear those shirts because they look like schlubs."

"I didn't see that one coming..."

"Eeny meeny miny mo. Catch a tiger by his toe. If my mommy says it's okay, I'll just tie my shoe today."