Cherry Blossom Heart: Abby: Week 14

Week 14

Second week at school and we did pretty good. Well, except for one thing....Abby's first stomach bug. Boooo :( Poor little girl caught her first of many bugs from school. I'm actually surprised it took this long. Thursday she was up at 5:20 am puking and continued to puke all morning long. Mommy called out of work to stay with Abby, which was a good thing since she couldn't keep anything down. We ended up heading to the doctor's office that afternoon. She was ok. Just wanted to make sure she wasn't getting dehydrated. Dr. said she was not dehydrated and told us to feed her very small amounts at a time to trick her stomach into letting her keep her milk down. Luckily it worked, but she wasn't too happy about only being able to eat 1/2 ounce to an ounce at a time. We ended up having to stay home Friday too. She did much better over the weekend and even made it through the day at school on Monday, but come Tuesday morning she was sick again. Daddy stayed home with her on Tuesday. By Wednesday she had finally kicked the bug. Mommy had her first experience with feeling helpless. I wanted more than anything to make her feel better, but I couldn't. Found out that really sucks....not being able to make your kid feel better. I know that holding, rocking, kissing and loving her makes her feel a little better, but I wanted to make her stomach completely better so that she could eat like normal, but I couldn't. I know there will be many more times that I can't make things ALL better, but I'll do my best to make it a little better.

We did learn on Thursday that Abby now weights 13.5 lbs. She is gaining about a pound a month. Not sure how that stacks up, but I'm sure we'll get the update at her 4 month check up next month. Abby is also drooling like crazy!!! I know that is usually a sign of teething, but I feel like it's way too early for that. Who knows, little girl has done everything else early...why not teething too. :)

She is also learning that she would rather be sitting up than laying down. She is really enjoying sitting upright. She needs to get a little more strength to fully sit up on her own, but she's on her way there. Daddy and Mommy are helping her to feel what it is like to roll over. We haven't seen any signs yet that she really wants to roll over, but I'm sure that will come with time.

Her favorite toys are still Ms. Monkey (of course)

and her learning chair.

We have a new addition to the family too. Spike is her new rattle friend. He's a yellow giraffe. Abby loves him. Not sure if it's because he's something new to look at or if she just really likes giraffes, but either way it makes her happy and a Happy Abby makes for a Happy Mommy! Abby did play with a new toy this week, her saucer! She didn't know exactly what to think about it, but she seemed happy. Once she gets a little bit more strength I'm sure she'll love it. She did get all excited, bounce around and was looking at all the different parts to it.

One other thing we did this week was bring out Mommy's old baby blanket. Nana made it for Mommy when she was Abby's age and somehow it's made it through 32 years and is still in great shape! Abby got wrapped up in it so we could show Nana. It's silly, but nostalgia kicks in and it's pretty cool to see your daughter wrapped up in the blanket you loved and grew up with. :) I'm sure Abby will find her own favorite blanket as she grows up.

Daddy is a genius BTW!! We've had her highchair in the kitchen just waiting for when she starts eating solid foods or when she can hold her own bottle,

yeah...that happened.

Took us by surprise too!

I think it was a fluke though, hands were in the right place at the right time.

but never thought to use it before then. Well, Daddy just randomly decided one day to put her in it in the kitchen with us while we made dinner. Most of the time Abby just wants to be in the same room as us so making dinner together wasn't always possible, but then Daddy went and got all smart on us! She loved being in her highchair. It allowed her to play, see us and for us to get dinner made. It worked out great so now we do that often. You're so smart Daddy!