We started munching on solids this past week...whatever we have we just share a bit with her. So far, bananas have been the biggest hit. Her chewing and swallowing skills haven't quite developed yet.
So far we like sweet potatoes and bananas. Tonight we tried avocado, but she wasn't instantly in love with it (so a little bit of me wondered if she was my daugher...)
Monday, February 7, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Sleepy Time
For Matt's birthday this weekend, Annabel got him the gift of sleep. As some of you know, we decided we needed to embark on the dreaded sleep training process after Annabel's sleeping habits took a nose-dive and we were 1) spending more and more time rocking our growing baby to sleep (15.5 lbs. this week!) and 2) getting up with her 4+ times a night after she discovered how to roll over.
The goal of sleep training is to help your child fall asleep on their own - this allows them to spend more time sleeping and less time trying to fall asleep...either when they go to bed or when they wake up in the middle of the night. We chose to "Ferberize", or the cry it out method, where the child is left alone to fall asleep (with some periodic check ins to comfort and reassure them that you have not abandoned them) and is often accompanied by a lot of crying. We tried other ways, but always ended up rocking or feeding her to sleep, which never solved our sleep issues.
Here's what we expected: Hours of crying (on her part and ours), an unhappy baby, and a sleepness night because we had to go into reassure her, but not pick her up, every 10 minutes.
Here's what we got: Sleep...almost immediately. Minimal crying and few wake ups in the night, which were all very brief. And only one feeding. The sleepness night, however, we got...every sound from the monitor gave us cause to spring to action, although it was unwarrented. Like Matt said, "we should have threatened her with sleep training weeks ago..."
We recognize we got lucky this time...we'll likely have to retrain her how to put herself to sleep in the future after things like sickness or travel interfer with her established sleeping habits. We can only hope to be this lucky again.
So, on to night 5 of sleep...
The goal of sleep training is to help your child fall asleep on their own - this allows them to spend more time sleeping and less time trying to fall asleep...either when they go to bed or when they wake up in the middle of the night. We chose to "Ferberize", or the cry it out method, where the child is left alone to fall asleep (with some periodic check ins to comfort and reassure them that you have not abandoned them) and is often accompanied by a lot of crying. We tried other ways, but always ended up rocking or feeding her to sleep, which never solved our sleep issues.
Here's what we expected: Hours of crying (on her part and ours), an unhappy baby, and a sleepness night because we had to go into reassure her, but not pick her up, every 10 minutes.
Here's what we got: Sleep...almost immediately. Minimal crying and few wake ups in the night, which were all very brief. And only one feeding. The sleepness night, however, we got...every sound from the monitor gave us cause to spring to action, although it was unwarrented. Like Matt said, "we should have threatened her with sleep training weeks ago..."
We recognize we got lucky this time...we'll likely have to retrain her how to put herself to sleep in the future after things like sickness or travel interfer with her established sleeping habits. We can only hope to be this lucky again.
So, on to night 5 of sleep...
You know what they say, "Hair today, gone tomorrow!"
We had to give Annabel another "hair cut"...and it reminded us how much hair she used to have!
She's still adorable, just with less hair. Guess she takes after her father ;)
Here's her full mane at 1 week...
And here's her sweet comb over today...
And here's her sweet comb over today...She's still adorable, just with less hair. Guess she takes after her father ;)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Nothing say 'nursery' like...
A giant jug of fermenting beer...
Playmat? Check. Diaper pail? Check. Basket of dirty blankets and tiny little onsies? Check. Jug of fermenting pale ale? Check and check.
Playmat? Check. Diaper pail? Check. Basket of dirty blankets and tiny little onsies? Check. Jug of fermenting pale ale? Check and check.I'm told Annabel's room provided the perfect climate for Matt's new home brewing hobby because we keep the room warm and cozy for her. This has sinced been bottled and we'll get to enjoy sometime in March.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
70 Degrees in January
It was a beautiful weekend here in sunny California (sorry east coasters) so we took advantage and took walks, spent sometime outdoors and just hung out.
Lunching Ladies (and Gentleman)
We got to hang out with our friends Oliver and Quinn, and their mom's Kaycie and Alison, of course! It was fun to see them again!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
"She's in the 100th percentile"
Annabel went in for her 4 month check up and after taking her measurements (26 inches long) her doctor declared her in the "100th percentile" in length. OK, obviously she was exaggerating, but she's off the charts! So, we'll say the "99.9th percentile" and call it a day.
How does a slightly below average tall mom + an "east coast tall" dad = a baby that's sure to start dunking next month? We have no idea. But Matt's already started to teach her to rebound, box out and take the other kids to the hole. I mean, just in case she takes after her Uncles Dave and Roger it's never to early to start preparing...
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