Lakelyn's 6 month check-up

We had Lakelyn's 6 month check up on September 30th! We originally were supposed to go in on September 21st to see Dr. Benji Rogers, but I had to work that day and had to reschedule and ended up not being able to get in to see him so we saw Dr. Sudheimer (I think that is how you spell her name). So we were a little bummed. Not that she isn't a good doctor because she is we just prefer to see him.

Anyway, my concerns at this appointment were:
-I had a cold a couple of weeks ago and she had a runny nose for about a week and would get fussy at times and started pulling at her ear again when she got tired or fussy (she stopped doing this for the most part so her doing it again concerned me) So I wanted to make sure she wasn't getting sick and maybe it was more of her teething. I did not notice any kind of fever.
-My cycle came back when she was about 3-4 month old and now every time its about to start I notice a huge decrease in my milk supply. Because of this we have been having to supplement with formula more than I want to (about 2 bottles a day). She doesn't really like the formula at all. She does better with the already mixed formula than she does with the powder stuff, but she just doesn't like it and spits it up a good bit even with all of the different brands that I have tried.
-She also had a spot on the roof of her mouth that I was worried was thrush starting back up again
-Her sleeping at night was HORRIBLE. waking on average 4-5 times a night. There was a couple of weeks where she was waking every 30 mins to an hour. Not necessarily to eat, but just wanted to be picked up for a minute, given a paci, or nursed just to nurse.

The doctor looked at her ears and nose and stuff and said there were no signs of an ear infection so it could be teething or a little cold or maybe a mixture of both. She said its hard to tell at this stage and its treated the same. She said as long as there is no fever and she seems fine not to worry. If she gets fussy like she may be in pain or starts to run a fever I could give her Tylenol.

The spot on the top of her mouth was a little cyst thing that she said a lot of babies get. its nothing to worry about

She said her weight and growth chart looked awesome so she had no concerns with her eating. She is getting what she needs and to keep doing what I'm doing.

As for the sleep at night.. she said she should NOT be waking up at night and she shouldn't be hungry she has just learned that she can nurse and be comforted when she wakes instead of falling back to sleep on her own so that is what she is doing. She said for me NOT to go in there at night when she cries. Basically the "cry it out" method. This is something I was not all that happy about. I understand some people can do it, but I just cannot let my child cry and cry when she just wants a quick snuggle. If she is just fussy or whining I usually let her do that for a little bit to see if she'll go back to sleep and sometimes she does. However, sometimes it turns into a real cry with tears or she'll be sitting up or on her hands and knees stuck in the corner of her crib and not able to figure out how to roll back over to the middle of the crib or something. And I'm not going to sit there and let her do that. I will go in there pick her up for a minute, settle her down, give her a paci, lay her down and she usually goes back to sleep. There are some nights where she knows its me and wants to nurse and I will nurse her. We have gotten better since this appointment and I have only been nursing her maybe once in the night. I have had a night where it was 2 times, but Tyler has been stepping up a lot and helping get up with her at night which I think has helped her fall back asleep without me and without nursing. Sometimes if she is still really fussy and crying we'll give her a little bit of juice and she falls back asleep again. So its a work in progress, but it is progress and its been good progress so I will not be doing the entire "cry it out" method.

And a little off topic of her actual appointment, but I have to rant for a second. Every time I go in there some little kid with a runny nose and hands in their mouth touching everything running around like a wild hyena comes up to my child and tried to get all up in her face touching her. Like back the HECK up and parents control you child! I mean how rude and annoying. My child is not sick and I'd prefer for it to stay that way. I mean I literally had to lightly push this little girl (her shirt was soaking wet with who knows what and she had her hands all in her mouth trying to touch lakelyn in the face) and tell her "no, you need to back up and don't touch her" then the mom with her other 2 children and baby said "come her insert name here". I was so annoyed!

Back to her appointment:

The nurse came in and got all of the concerns and her weight and length and stuff:

She weighed: 14 pounds 9 ounces
She was 25.5in long
Her head circumference was 16.25 cm

She was getting two shots in her leg and one oral. She also got the first part of her flu shot making it 3 sticks in the leg again :(  With each appointment it gets harder and harder. This was the first time she looked at me and cried and wanted me when another person had her. She did ok with the nurse getting her measurements. She did ok with the Dr. for a minute, but was looking at me kind of sad and then when she laid her down that's when she started to cry and reach for me and after that she didn't stop until I picked her up. And then when the shots came she screamed. You could hear the pain in her cry and it broke my heart into a million pieces! I grabbed her as soon as she finished and just held her and gave her the rest of her bottle (she was also hungry and sleepy by the time she got the shots so that didn't help) But she calmed right down until I had to get her dressed. After that we was good to go and passed right out the second I put her in her carseat. Again, we weren't even out of the parking lot when she fell asleep.

So overall, she is a perfect healthy little girl that just wants her momma <3 I'm not complaining either!

Lakelyn is 7 months old!

My baby girl turned 7 months old on October 10th! These monthly pictures are getting harder and harder to take! She is such a little busy body and all over the place! Gah, I just love her to pieces!

 

 

 

At 7 months old Lakelyn can do mostly all of the things a baby her age should be able to do including:

• feed self a cracker
• coo or babble when happy
• smile often when interacting
• makes a "razz" sound

 

 

 

She can do all the things a seven month old will probably be able to do including:

• sit without support
• bear some weight on legs when held upright
• object if you try to take a toy away
• work to get a toy that's out of reach
• look for dropped object
• rake with fingers an object and pick it up in fist
• turn in the direction of a voice
• babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga-ga, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma and da-da-da
• play peekaboo (she laughs and watches when you do this so I guess that counts, but she doesn't hide her own self or anything)

 

 

 

 

Lakelyn can do a couple of the things that a baby her age may probably be able and may even be able to do including:

• pass a cube or other object from one hand to the other
• stand holding onto someone or something
• get into sitting position from tummy
• creep or crawl 
• pull up to standing from sitting position
• clap hands or wave bye-bye

 

 

 

She cannot yet do the following things that a baby her age may probably or may even be able to do:

• walk holding onto furniture (I don't know about this one really because I don't let her get that far before I grab her, but I don't think she is quite there yet)
• say "mama" or "dada" indiscriminately

 

 

 

Some other things about my lakie bug:

• Started crawling the first week of October
• pulls herself up on everything that she can. Momma is her personal jungle gym
• eats almost anything. We were told only things not to give her were strawberry, egg, and honey
• loves the water and bath time
• babbles a lot and its the cutest! Still isn't saying ma-ma yet though
• always smiling
• starting to get some hair
• starting to sleep on her belly at night. She will start off on her back when I lay her down and then she will roll over on her belly with her butt in the air and kick the blankets off. She is a wild sleeper and is all over her crib.
• I had to lower her crib mattress because she was standing up in her crib trying to climb out.

 

The only thing she really does like is getting dressed. There are times when she doesn't like for me to walk away from her when I put her down to go do something. She is starting to get attached to me and I will admit that I love it! I love that she wants me, her momma!

 

Whenever we are in the car and she starts to get fussy and cry (and even at home) I can turn on Thomas Rhett's song "Beer with Jesus" and she immediately calms down and just listens to the song and sometimes falls asleep. She loves that song.

 

 Baby's first boots!

 

 Drinking from a sippy cup for the first time (which she doesn't like)

 

 Baby Starbucks!

 Standing up!

 

 

 She got busted playing with the dog toy on the dog bed. She loves their toys for some reason!

 

 

This babygirl means so much to me and my love for her is so deep that it literally hurts! She is our entire world and I love watching her grow and learn new things. We love you so much baby girl words will never be able to describe how much!

Lakelyn is 6 months old!

Lakelyn turned SIX months old on September 10th! I'm totally in DENIAL and completely 100% emotional about it! I mean these first 6 months FLEW by and I know the next 6 will go by even faster with the holidays coming up. I just can't believe my little 6lb 13oz baby girl will be a toddler before I know it and I just can't deal with that right now! I need her to stay little :(

 

At six months old Lakelyn can do all of the things a baby her age should be able to do including:

• keep head level with body when pulled to sitting
• say "ah-goo" or similar vowel-consonant combinations

 

She can do all of the things a six month old baby will probably be able to do including:

• bear some weight on legs when held upright
• sit without support
• turn in the direction of a voice 
• make a "razz" sound

 

Lakelyn can do everything a six month old may possibly be able to do including:

• stand holding onto someone or something (while holding our hands)
• work to get a toy that's out of reach
• pass a cube or another object from one hand to another
• look for dropped object
• take with fingers a tiny object and pick it up in a fist
• babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga-ga, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma, da-da-da 
• object when we take something away (she will tighten her grip a bit, but that is really it)
• Feed herself a cracker or other finger foods (she usually drops it all on the floor for the dogs, or throws it down there on purpose who knows)

 

 At six months old Lakelyn can do some of the things that a baby her age may even be able to do including:

• creep or crawl
• pull up to standing position from sitting
• say "mama" or "dada" indiscriminately  (she will say dada, but not mama)

She cannot:

• get into a sitting position from stomach (she tries hard at this, but is not quite there yet)
• pick up a tiny object with any part of thumb and finger (I believe its still all fists right now)

 

Some of the things she likes:

• still loving baths
• going on walks in her stroller
• being held
• attention
• sitting up
• standing up
• dogs
• being outside
• apples and apple juice
• mickey mouse clubhouse
• cell phones
• spitting
• pulling hair
• kicking her legs

Her pappy gave her $20 to get her toes painted :) Spoiled much?

 





First pedicure!

 I mean this is the life!

 

 

 First time sitting up all by herself!

 

 I love this little face!

There is not much she doesn't like except being put down or when you walk out of her sight. And she HATES getting clothes put on her. Child would rather be naked ALL THE TIME! Other than that and her lack of sleep these days, she is a fairly happy baby!

 

First football season for her is underway, unfortunately we aren't very good this year!

She can rock some garnet and black though ;)

 

 

Lakelyn Beth, I am sure every month I repeat myself when I say I cannot believe how fast time is going by. I cannot believe how big you are getting and how much you are learning. I know I am not the best mom and I make a lot of mistakes, but I really do try. I apologize for any moments that I get frustrated with you when you wake up 300 times in the night or won't let me put you down or let me out of your sight. I am trying very hard to remember that these days will past so quickly and I will be wishing I could have just one more sleepless night holding you in my arms so that you will sleep, or one more day of laying on the living room floor watching mickey mouse clubhouse on repeat playing the sit me up, help me stand, watch me fall game. You are my world baby girl and this month has been one of the toughest for me to swallow. 6 months is a big one. its your half birthday. In only 6 more short months we will be celebrating your 1st birthday and I just cannot wrap my head around that. I just want you to stay my little baby that needs me forever. I love you so much babygirl and there is not a thing in this world I would not do for you!