DD Kimball Road: Watch Emma Grow

I fear that we keep getting pushed farther and farther back into the month. I went back to work so my time is spent playing with Emma and spending time with Darin. I am so sorry to neglect you all! So for posterity and to remember what happened for her baby book I need to write these things down! At least I take lots of photo's to help me remember!

Little miss' personality really started to come out this month. We really started to smile big at things that excite us. Kicking our legs in excitement and waving our arms. She started to take notice to her toys, especially if they play music. I have been singing and playing music to her forever now and she really lights up when we put Pandora on or any Disney song. Her favorite is "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid. When I say that this child LOVES music it is the truth, she will wiggle and move her head back and forth like a little Ray Charles! It's so cute!

She loves singing and reading books and has started to find her own voice. Sticking out her tongue and mimicking our movements trying to talk and . She loves to grab, and has started to notice things like her Sophie teether or the toys on her bouncer. I looked over at her one day and she was staring intensely at the rattle on her bouncer and then slumped over to try and grab it. She loves being outside and shade bathing on her quilts, but bath time is her favorite time of day. This is when she bonds with daddy. He bathes her and then lets her kick in the water and relax. We usually have some soft music playing and then we put her in pj's, read a book and then we go to bed. We visited my parents and the pups all loved bath time also! She a new toy that she loves! It talks and plays music and shes all about it! It's so cute. We started to assist her in sitting up and she loves it. She holds her head up so well. She's becoming such a big girl! On September 25th we got our first official giggle! We had been babysitting a cousin of mine so she had a long day. We gave her her bath and once we got her in her pjs we started to sing "If your happy and you know it." Daddy was clapping her hands and I was being all sorts of silly. She thought that this was hilarious and started to giggle. We both stopped in shock and then I started to cry! It was so wonderful! We have yet to catch it on camera! She still loves to be swaddled and her pacifier, but we switched to her wubbanub, and she loves to grab and feel his texture. Everything is changing and she keeps growing larger and more alert. She still hates tummy time, but trying to keep up with it so she will learn to roll over and crawl.

Since we didn't have a doctor's appointment this month here's her stats from last.

Last Month Stats:

Weight: 10 lbs 10 ozs (43%)

Height: 22.25" (44%)

Head: 15.74" (80%)

Eat: We are still exclusively breast feeding. We are still going about 2-3 hours in between each feeding, including nighttime. I do have to pump because our doctor put Emma on an antacid that she refuses to take, so I mix it in with a little breastmilk and then bottle feed her. This accomplished two things.....starting a supply for when I went back to work and also go her used to eating from a bottle. She really would rather have it from the source, but we gotta do what we gotta do.

Sleep: Naps are better when I can get it dark in the room. She will usually take one 30-45 minute catnap in her swing around 11am. Then around two we go upstairs to eat again. I usually close the drapes and feed her in the soft glow of the sun in the hallway. We then rock with the pacifier until she drifts off to sleep. I lie her on our bed and we both can get a decent nap in about an hour and a half usually. Then we take another catnap, 30-60 minutes around 5pm. We started a bedtime routine this month as well. Since we discovered that baths helped to relax Emma and help her to nod off into dreamland easier we implemented a bathtime. Between 8-815pm she gets bathed, then lotion and pj's then we read a book or two or three. Then if she hasn't nodded off yet I rock her asleep and she snoozes on our bed until I dream feed her at 11pm and she goes in her co-sleeper. She will wake to eat from 2-3.5 hours and then is up for the day by 9:30am.

Diapers: Still in size ones. Our favorites are still the Pampers Swaddlers, but are looking into trying the Up and Up brand and Kirkland once we blow through our shower stash. My favorite wipes are the pampers brand. They don't pill or fall apart and have just the right amount of moistness in them. We also still love our Desitin for diaper rash.

Milestones to date:

Bringing her home: July 2nd (1 day old)

First Bath: July 4th (3 days old)

First Holiday: Independence Day (3 days old)

Held Up Head: July 11th (1 week old)

Lost Belly Button: (8 days old)

First Walk (2 weeks old)

First Smile: (3 weeks old)

First Trip: Lake Tahoe/Carson City (5 weeks old)

Found her hands: (6 weeks old)
First Swim: (6 Weeks old)
Laughed Out Loud (12 Weeks Old)