Fall Pictures

I decided to take some pictures of Faelyn in the fall leaves. Though we do have plenty of leaves in our own backyard, I stole some leaves from two different yards on our way home from Maddox's Preschool.

4 Month Appointment

So we trekked our little selves over to the UofM campus for Faye's doctors appointment. This was a completely different Clinic and Pediatrician. She was really funny on our bus downtown. She was talking so much and so loud that a woman at the front of the bus (Maddox LOVES the back row of seats, so we always have to sit there) turned around and giggled at her. She has been talking since 4 weeks old, but she is really starting to move her tongue around a lot when talking and she all of a sudden started talking a TON. She woke up at 5AM this morning and talked to me, which is probably why I didn't hear Maddox come to our bed, or hear Clayton get out of bed, or hear Clayton turn on the TV for Maddox, or hear Clayton take a shower, etc. I woke up at 7:45AM and had to ask Maddox if Daddy left for work already!

Official Stats
Height: 24½ Inches (57%)
Weight: 13 Pounds, 3 Ounces (37%)
Head: 42 Centimeters (77%) Haha! She's got nothing on Maddox though!

Everything went good. Faye is doing great. We LOVED the Pediatrician! She was so happy and friendly and HELPFUL. Instead of saying "she's fine", "that's normal", she actually explained why things happen, etc. so I didn't feel like she was blowing off my concerns and now I know what the little white bumps on her gums are (harmless cysts that will go away whenever they want to), why she snorts and spits up mucus, and that sort. I got a cheer and TWO thumbs up for breastfeeding. Faye wanted to eat and so I nursed her and she checked out her latch and everything and to make sure that her congested nose didn't interfere with nursing at all.

Faye only got one shot today. The DTaP. I'm bringing her in again in about 2 weeks to have the PCV and HIB. The Pediatrician was not at all negative about delaying and spreading out shots. She liked what I wanted done and only suggested moving up the MMR shot to 15-18mo instead of age 5 because of the risk of Measles. I know there are places that can get separate Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccines, but this clinic is not one of them and I don't know where those clinics would be and I really don't think it is that necessary. I think I'm still going to wait closer to age 2 though. Maybe 21-24 months.

I'm very glad that we only got her the one shot today. She did not cry. She fussed a little bit after the shot when the nurse put her band-aid on, but only for a second (literally) and then she was done. I wrapped her up, we were off back home and Faye slept most of the way home. She was wide awake and alert while at home and not a bit fussy until she decided she was tired and ready for bed, just before 7pm. Her shot was at about 2:45 PM and I gave her some Tylenol around 4 PM and she was perfectly OK before that. I just wanted her to have the Tylenol so that she didn't get sore and so she could sleep tonight.

Sicky Boy

Maddox has had a runny nose for a couple days now. Faye is also sick. She been coughing and has a stuffed up nose (not convinced that is JUST a cold though... since she's been spitting up mucus for months). Anyways. Maddox now has a cough this morning. He's had an occasional cough here and there, today it's constant. He sounds just like he did when he had Pneumonia. I hope that doesn't mean anything.

Four Months!

Faelyn turned 4 Months Old on Friday.

Some are with flash, most are without. That's what the color difference is from. I don't like flash.

Cloth Diaper

The Cloth Diaper that I made while still pregnant. This is the bigger one. The three small ones I made her only fit for about 2 months, I used those ones in the bathtub because I didn't have any diaper covers and these are just fitted diapers.

OH This Girl!

Two days now. Faye is on a nap strike. She did take a 40 min nap (20min a piece) when we dropped Maddox off at Preschool and then again when we picked him up... so around an hour and a half total. That as at 9am and 11am, it's 3pm now and I finally got her to pass out, on my shoulder. I was holding her kind of on my hip, but up high on my shoulder and she fell asleep bunched up in a ball on my shoulder and chest. She kept falling asleep like this when I saw my mother on Monday. We went to a couple different stores and Faye would fall asleep in every store like a little blob attached to my body.

After doing the Preschool thing today, Faye completely refused the wrap (including the 1.5hr that we were home while Maddox was at preschool). She wouldn't let me lay his in my arm and drape her blanket over her like she normally falls alseep (Maddox always did too), she let me put her down once when I laid her in my bed, took of her clothes and put her blanket on her. I laid down next to her and she was talking to me, but as soon as I went upstairs to make food for the first time today (that was at 1:30pm) she would scream. That was the only time she let me put her down. Now I feel like I have some 13lb tumor on my right side. LOL She's soooo cute, but she's going to be the death of me.

Rollin' Baby

I put Faye on her belly from some tummy time (we forget to do that a lot... =/) and she rolled over from her belly to her back! She was mad about being on her belly and still wasn't happy after rolling over. She didn't surprise herself at all, she just rolled onto her side and than rolled onto her back. She's been rolling from side to side since birth, so she is pretty used to turning that way.

I know that she is right on time with everything, but it still completely amazes me because Maddox didn't do things till pretty late. It makes me realize that the 4 weeks that he was early really did make a difference - a pretty big one for at least the first 6 months.

Preschool Shyness

On the way home from school today I asked Maddox what he did at school. He told me "all the kids decided to play playdoh and I played cars because I love cars". I asked "so you didn't play cars with anybody?" and he said "No, they decided to play playdoh". I asked him if he played with any kids today and he said "No, but I really wanted someone to play cars with me". I suggested that he should ask someone to play cars with him next time and he said that he was too shy. I suggested that he ask his teacher to help him ask someone to play cars with him and again, he said he was too shy.

It really frustrates me and makes me feel said and makes me feel helpless. I have tried REALLY hard these past, almost 4 years NOT saying the word shy or labeling him in front of him or to his face, WHERE did he learn "shy"? I spent my entire childhood feeling to shy to talk to anybody that didn't talk to me first and spent a lot of time playing by myself and I do not want that for him. I hate that feeling. And know I do not know what to do for him. I do not know how to encourage him to be more aggressive and to try to over him his shy feelings.

He also told me that he wanted someone to come to his house (after saying that he wanted someone to play cars with him). I though "well I can fix that!" and so I asked him if someone came to play at his house, who he wanted to come over. Turns out I cannot fix this problem, because he replied "one of my cousins". I asked him "Dante, Ariana, or Kaden?" just to make sure, because he has called Autumn his cousin before, and she is just a friend, but he answered yes and said that he liked Kaden the best - because "he is bigger but I am older!"

Some Preggo Pics

My friend Jess took these for me and I just got around to editing the originals that she gave me.