It was not too long ago that Kaylani was afraid of grass. She hated touching it in any way. Heck, she could barely even stand to look at it without breaking into tears. But today, she showed us that she's not a baby anymore. Well, not when it comes to grass at least.
After a busy day yesterday in the city, we took it easy today and went to Village Park to play on the swings for a little bit. After a few swings in the swing, we thought we'd see if Kaylani was still afraid of the grass. Turns out, she's not! She stood on it (with shoes), sat on it (with long pants), and then even crawled on it! She definitely seemed a little hesitant and would sit back up after putting her hands on it to crawl a few times, but after a few missteps, she was crawling around just fine. Okay, maybe she crawled 5 or 6 lengths quickly so Mommy would pick her up, but either way, she crawled on the grass without crying!
Just goes to show how quickly babies can change. 4 months ago, she hated it. Now, she's just fine. I can't even imagine what 4 months from now will bring along. Man oh man, she's growing up quickly.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Toy Store
Tonight, Mommy, Kaylani, and I went to the toy store to pick up something for Sloan whose birthday party is this weekend. The last time I went to the toy store with Kaylani she was strapped in her stroller and wasn't really reaching out for anything. This time, things were a little bit different. There was no stroller, and she was definitely reaching out for things.
We looked around for different things, and any time we stopped to check something out, Kaylani would do the same. She'd bounce up and down in our arms, turn herself around to get a better look, and grab anything she could. And if she could get it in her mouth before we caught her, she would do that too. Luckily she's not quite old enough to sneak one by on us, and even luckier, she doesn't cry when we take things away from her and move on. I'm guessing she won't always be like this, but for now, it's not too bad.
There were a few things she was in love with, like the Tagsies Rocking Horse, or some giant nursery rhyme block thing, but unfortunately for her, she didn't leave the store with anything this time. While we were checking out, a little boy ran into the store and grabbed a plastic shovel. His mom finally arrived behind him and asked him to put the toy down because they had 10 of them at home already and get moving. After a few minutes of screaming, she bought him shovel #11 and they left the store. It was like a glimpse into the future for us. Part of me is dreading that exact situation. But the other part of me hopes that Kaylani gets attached to the $2 shovel when she's older. Sure beats buying the $130 rocking horse right?
We looked around for different things, and any time we stopped to check something out, Kaylani would do the same. She'd bounce up and down in our arms, turn herself around to get a better look, and grab anything she could. And if she could get it in her mouth before we caught her, she would do that too. Luckily she's not quite old enough to sneak one by on us, and even luckier, she doesn't cry when we take things away from her and move on. I'm guessing she won't always be like this, but for now, it's not too bad.
There were a few things she was in love with, like the Tagsies Rocking Horse, or some giant nursery rhyme block thing, but unfortunately for her, she didn't leave the store with anything this time. While we were checking out, a little boy ran into the store and grabbed a plastic shovel. His mom finally arrived behind him and asked him to put the toy down because they had 10 of them at home already and get moving. After a few minutes of screaming, she bought him shovel #11 and they left the store. It was like a glimpse into the future for us. Part of me is dreading that exact situation. But the other part of me hopes that Kaylani gets attached to the $2 shovel when she's older. Sure beats buying the $130 rocking horse right?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Growing Pains
Kaylani is going through her own episode of Growing Pains (and I don't mean she's talking to Mike Seaver or his idiot friend Boner). At least, that's what we think she's going through. She's almost 3 months old (would actually be 3 months old today if she came out on time), and from everything I've read, she's going through another growth spurt.
Our initial thought was actually that she was teething, but 3 months is REAL early to be teething since a first tooth typically comes in the 6 to 9 month range. You can't blame us for thinking it was teething since she drools more than Daddy (who drools like a leaky faucet), she constantly chews on her hand (or her arm, or our fingers, or our arms), and she had a low grade fever a few days ago (anything under 101 degrees). She's also been fussy, not eating well, and not sleeping the 6-8 hours that we've grown accustomed to. But upon further research, it's probably not teething.
What it does seem to be is just another growth spurt. Signs of a growth spurt are being hungrier (which she is since she cries for Mommy to nurse her every 2 hours or so instead of a little bit longer), being fussier (which means she cries if she's not being held constantly), and sleeping a bit more (she's not sleeping as soundly, but I guess she's sleeping more). And, the main reason we think it's a growth spurt is because all of our books and websites say that it happens at 3 months.
Now, don't get us wrong, we want her to go through growth spurts (well sometimes Mommy doesn't because she's getting too big too fast, but that's besides the point). The problem with this latest growth spurt is that Kaylani has completely spoiled us over the last 3 months. We've all slept so well that having to wake up every 2-3 hours is painful. It's like we're back in the hospital those first few days. Okay, it's not THAT bad, but it's much worse then sleeping for an average of 6 hours every night.
Another downside to this latest growth spurt is that she was really fussy all day today. Normally that's bad enough when it's just Mommy, but since Yin Yin was here, it was even worse. Yin Yin being home with Mommy was supposed to be a win win for everyone, but it turned out to be a cry cry. Mommy, who was up most of the night with Kaylani, didn't get to rest during the day because Kaylani wanted Mommy and only Mommy. She didn't want Daddy's Mommy, which was sad since Daddy's Mommy wanted Kaylani's Mommy to rest so she could be a good Grandmommy and take care of Kaylani while Kaylani's Mommy rested. Phew...got all that?
Anyways, we're hoping that the growth spurt wraps up soon and Kaylani gets back to her regularly scheduled routine. Actually, it will be a slightly different routine since tonight marks the first night that she's going sleep completely unswaddled. She won't even have a blanket, but instead is all tucked into a one piece sleep sack. You can see pictures of it tonight, but only a few since it was bedtime and not picture time. And we're about to find out what type of night it is since Kaylani's done nursing for now. We sure hope that a sleep sack is every bit as comforting as an old fashioned swaddle. The only thing we're sure of at this point is that it was a whole lot easier to get her into it, and a whole lot harder for her to get out of it. For now at least.
Our initial thought was actually that she was teething, but 3 months is REAL early to be teething since a first tooth typically comes in the 6 to 9 month range. You can't blame us for thinking it was teething since she drools more than Daddy (who drools like a leaky faucet), she constantly chews on her hand (or her arm, or our fingers, or our arms), and she had a low grade fever a few days ago (anything under 101 degrees). She's also been fussy, not eating well, and not sleeping the 6-8 hours that we've grown accustomed to. But upon further research, it's probably not teething.
What it does seem to be is just another growth spurt. Signs of a growth spurt are being hungrier (which she is since she cries for Mommy to nurse her every 2 hours or so instead of a little bit longer), being fussier (which means she cries if she's not being held constantly), and sleeping a bit more (she's not sleeping as soundly, but I guess she's sleeping more). And, the main reason we think it's a growth spurt is because all of our books and websites say that it happens at 3 months.
Now, don't get us wrong, we want her to go through growth spurts (well sometimes Mommy doesn't because she's getting too big too fast, but that's besides the point). The problem with this latest growth spurt is that Kaylani has completely spoiled us over the last 3 months. We've all slept so well that having to wake up every 2-3 hours is painful. It's like we're back in the hospital those first few days. Okay, it's not THAT bad, but it's much worse then sleeping for an average of 6 hours every night.
Another downside to this latest growth spurt is that she was really fussy all day today. Normally that's bad enough when it's just Mommy, but since Yin Yin was here, it was even worse. Yin Yin being home with Mommy was supposed to be a win win for everyone, but it turned out to be a cry cry. Mommy, who was up most of the night with Kaylani, didn't get to rest during the day because Kaylani wanted Mommy and only Mommy. She didn't want Daddy's Mommy, which was sad since Daddy's Mommy wanted Kaylani's Mommy to rest so she could be a good Grandmommy and take care of Kaylani while Kaylani's Mommy rested. Phew...got all that?
Anyways, we're hoping that the growth spurt wraps up soon and Kaylani gets back to her regularly scheduled routine. Actually, it will be a slightly different routine since tonight marks the first night that she's going sleep completely unswaddled. She won't even have a blanket, but instead is all tucked into a one piece sleep sack. You can see pictures of it tonight, but only a few since it was bedtime and not picture time. And we're about to find out what type of night it is since Kaylani's done nursing for now. We sure hope that a sleep sack is every bit as comforting as an old fashioned swaddle. The only thing we're sure of at this point is that it was a whole lot easier to get her into it, and a whole lot harder for her to get out of it. For now at least.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
All Grown Up
My little girl is all grown up. She's 2 months and a week old, and already, she's all grown up. So, she's not actually that old, and she still hasn't reached the next milestone (which I believe is to hold a rattle or something on her own like she means it), but she is grown up when it comes to clothes. She's been out of her newborn clothes for quite a while now, but today was the day that Mommy actually took them out of the closet to make room for the 3-6 month clothes. And that's when it really struck me that she's all grown up.
Kaylani's closet has 2 levels of shelves. On the top level, she had all her newborn clothes hanging up. They were washed for the last time weeks ago, and have been just hanging there. The bottom level has her current, or 0-3 month clothes. They're the only ones she fits into right now, so they get worn and washed pretty regularly. And on top of the top shelf, she has 3 baskets that have clothes for her next stages, ranging from 3-6 months all the way up to 2T I think. She's getting real close to growing out of her 0-3 month clothes, so it was time to make the switch.
All the newborn clothes came out and was put in a pile to be stored away just in case we have another girl (or another baby in general, though most of her clothes is clearly girls clothing). It was kinda fun to see her old clothes and marvel at the fact that she was ever small enough to fit into them. But at the same time, it was kinda depressing to know that she wore those clothes for a max of 3 weeks, and now they're going to sit in a box in the basement for who knows how long.
And it's not like we had just a few outfits that she wore once, like we did for Thanksgiving or Christmas or the Giants in the playoffs (stupid Giants). In total, she had about 15 full outfits that she could wear. Add in the 10 plain white onesies we had (and 10 more that are actually 0-3 months that she's outgrown), and that's roughly 35 pieces of clothing that we bought (or received) and are now storing away after only being worn for 3 weeks.
Imagine if we as adults did that. Every 3 weeks, or even 3 months we would go through a whole new wardrobe. Wouldn't it be cool (Mommy sure thinks so)? Probably, but it'd be kinda expensive and a bit excessive. I'm sure there are a few of you out there who only wear things once or for a few months, but it's not exactly the same. I mean, if my clothes cost less than $10 for each thing, there would be a good chance that I may rotate my wardrobe every 3 months. But since that's not exactly how it works, it doesn't happen like that.
So I guess that's the benefit of being a baby. You get new clothes every few months, and it probably also means you're rarely out of style. It's a nice life they live. As sad as it is, and as expensive as it can be, it's still worth it to put away that old clothes and take out the new. After all, it means she's healthy and she's growing, and that means that we're doing a good job. And no matter how many outfits she grows out of it, it won't matter because she'll always be Daddy's Little Girl.
Kaylani's closet has 2 levels of shelves. On the top level, she had all her newborn clothes hanging up. They were washed for the last time weeks ago, and have been just hanging there. The bottom level has her current, or 0-3 month clothes. They're the only ones she fits into right now, so they get worn and washed pretty regularly. And on top of the top shelf, she has 3 baskets that have clothes for her next stages, ranging from 3-6 months all the way up to 2T I think. She's getting real close to growing out of her 0-3 month clothes, so it was time to make the switch.
All the newborn clothes came out and was put in a pile to be stored away just in case we have another girl (or another baby in general, though most of her clothes is clearly girls clothing). It was kinda fun to see her old clothes and marvel at the fact that she was ever small enough to fit into them. But at the same time, it was kinda depressing to know that she wore those clothes for a max of 3 weeks, and now they're going to sit in a box in the basement for who knows how long.
And it's not like we had just a few outfits that she wore once, like we did for Thanksgiving or Christmas or the Giants in the playoffs (stupid Giants). In total, she had about 15 full outfits that she could wear. Add in the 10 plain white onesies we had (and 10 more that are actually 0-3 months that she's outgrown), and that's roughly 35 pieces of clothing that we bought (or received) and are now storing away after only being worn for 3 weeks.
Imagine if we as adults did that. Every 3 weeks, or even 3 months we would go through a whole new wardrobe. Wouldn't it be cool (Mommy sure thinks so)? Probably, but it'd be kinda expensive and a bit excessive. I'm sure there are a few of you out there who only wear things once or for a few months, but it's not exactly the same. I mean, if my clothes cost less than $10 for each thing, there would be a good chance that I may rotate my wardrobe every 3 months. But since that's not exactly how it works, it doesn't happen like that.
So I guess that's the benefit of being a baby. You get new clothes every few months, and it probably also means you're rarely out of style. It's a nice life they live. As sad as it is, and as expensive as it can be, it's still worth it to put away that old clothes and take out the new. After all, it means she's healthy and she's growing, and that means that we're doing a good job. And no matter how many outfits she grows out of it, it won't matter because she'll always be Daddy's Little Girl.
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