8 months

Weight: 19lbs  
Height: 27.5 inches
*We can't be positive about these, they were done at home by us so maybe a little user error *
Clothing: Mostly 6-9 months
Diapers: Size 3's
Feeding: Bottle feeding pumped milk and nursing about every 3 hours during the day and goes around 10 hours at night, she also does 2 meals a day of solids.  Normally fruit for breakfast and then veggies for dinner.
Sleep: Most of the time our sleepy baby is fantastic but we have had some up's and down's here at the end of the month with teething and just the 8 month regression.  We still do the same routine and most of the time we are good for the night.  Naps have been harder to come by, unless she is at Grandma's during the week then she is a super star napper!  We got her a little sea horse that glows and plays a little melody and she seems to like it enough but I was hoping this thing would work miracles. 

Updates: Our big girl is growing so much, she is crawling around like crazy now.  She loves to climb the stairs (assisted of course) and is standing with support all the time.  Now that she is crawling all over walking has taken a back seat but I think it will be no time at all before she is back pushing for that.  She has been getting to spend more time with her Gigi and Poppy and has been having a fantastic time!  I love that our little girl is surrounded by a loving family, especially in all the facetime/skype calls!  

She has been loving solids and is not wanting puree's anymore so we have switched to tiny pieces of food that she can gum and swallow.  She is quite the eater and loves chicken, peas, cantaloupe,  wheat toast, sweet potatoes and yogurt.  We did try to add some cinnamon in her butternut squash, she loved it but got a little rash around her eyes so we are going to back off on spices for a little bit.  

Braelyn has been getting a little more "sensitive" to who is around her and has been wanting her Mommy and Daddy more, which is a change for our social butterfly.  I do have to admit I love when those little arms reach up to me!  It is really making this back to work thing sting more than usual but I know she is in great hands.  I promise to update with pictures soon! 

6 and 7 months

Sorry for the delay and double month update, since I went back to work things haven't slowed down for a second!  We did our first family vacation to Gleenwood Springs with the Wells', we had family in and we traveled again.  Because she just turned 7 months we want to make sure we hit everything and don't confuse any dates!

6 months

7 months

(stats are from her 6 month appointment since she won't have a 7 month pediatrician visit)
Weight: 17lbs 8 ounces 
Height: 25.5 inches
Clothing: Between 3-6 and 6-9 months
Diapers: Size 2's
Feeding: Bottle feeding pumped milk and nursing about every 3 hours during the day and goes around 10 hours at night
Sleep: There isn't a lot to be said in this area because Braelyn is the best baby sleeper.  We put her down after shower/bath, lotion/massage and then her last nursing and bottle session with a book and song.  Normally she goes down around 7:30pm and wakes back up around 6:30am.  We were a little off this month because we had my amazing family in from the East Coast and got to fly back to Chicago to see the Sax side of the family for Uncle Randy and Aunt Courtney's wedding.  What a lucky girl, getting to stay up past her bed time and see her family!

Updates: Since Mommy went back to work last month B has got to spend lots of time with Grandma and her Aunties and has been loving every minute of it!  She has become so interactive and loves to "play" with her toys on the blanket in the living room.  At the beginning of 6 months she started getting up into the crawling position and rocking back and forth.  Since then she has been "army crawling" and loves to go after my makeup tray by the big mirror in our bedroom.  We have been spending lots of time at the pool and have a little fishy on our hands, she loves the water and splashes all around (we need Auntie Megan out here STAT).  She is becoming a very lovey girl and will give fabulous kisses, even to the "baby in the mirror" she likes so much.  


B took her second flight to Chicago for Uncle Randy and Aunt Courtney's wedding.  She did so awesome on the plane and loved first class...a little diva already ;)  Mommy and Daddy got a night out alone while Grandma and Auntie Barbara watched baby for the rehearsal dinner.  Brae also got spoiled by her Aunt Sarah and Uncle Eric while they watched her the night of the wedding. 

We have also introduced lots more solids this month and little lady takes after her Daddy in the eating department!  We have tried oatmeal cereal, rice cereal, avocados, bananas,  peas, pears, broccoli, carrots and pluots (all Mommy and Daddy made).  She didn't love the pluots, we think they were a little to "sour" for her.  She also loves her "num nums" and has tried some cheerios!    
  
Favorite moment this month: Daddy says his favorite moment has been walking in to her room in the morning and seeing her huge smiles, it sure starts the day right!  Mommy's favorite moment has been coming home after work and getting that smile when she hears my voice.  I knew it would be hard to go back to work and it is a job everyday to leave my little girl but knowing she is with my Mom and getting that smile makes it a little easier.  


PS- how in the world do we have a 6/7 month old!?

5 months in pictures!

First night in her crib - thank God for video monitors :)

Sister loves to bounce!

Such a big girl in her high chair

O-Balls make great pillows

Love our Mommy/Daughter cuddles

I can't end this post without smiles

and even bigger smiles, man we love this girl!

5 Months

Weight: 16lbs 8 ounces 
Height: No check-up appointment this month so we aren't sure
Clothing: 3-6 months, we are still lingering in 0-3 months here and there
Diapers: Size 2's
Feeding: Nursing every 2-3 hours during the day and 8-10 hours at night
Sleep: Braelyn has officially moved to her room and does all night sleeping and most naps in her crib.  I think this is the hardest transition for Mommy so far, but B was a champ.  We had a difficult time the first night and decided on a modified Ferber sleep schedule.  I wasn't comfortable with "timed" intervals so we went in and soothed when she got too worked up, I read a lot on different sleep methods and combined what we were comfortable with and that seemed to work great with her.  She did have a couple off nights but I think those were directly related to the bladder infection.

Updates: She is growing so much and I feel like every day brings something new.  She rolls both ways, she "scoots" and rolls to get places and this weekend she pushed all the way up and got on her knees but just kept face planting so for now no movement there.  She laughs and smiles all the time, we get so many comments on what a happy baby we have!  Braelyn has been recognizing and reaching too, it's so cute when Danny comes home and she hears his voice she is looking all over for her Daddy!  She has also been "reaching" when she wants you to pick her up or sit her up, it is SUPER cute!
  
Favorite moment this month: My favorite moments this month have to be all the Mommy/Daughter time we have gotten, work has slowed way down since it's my last month and I have had a lot more time to focus on baby.  I am so thankful for this with the transition to full time office work coming up, Mommy is already a mess.  


PS- I have to schedule an appointment this week to ensure the bladder infection is gone and to review the ultrasound results, I will update everyone when we have more information!

Hospital Visit

Last week we took B in to the Dr. with some symptoms of an UTI/bladder infection, the urine analysis came back positive with a bacterial infection.  Our Pedi felt that because of her age she should have a full work up to rule out renal reflux/genetic abnormalities, so to Children's Hospital of Denver we went.  We made both the ultrasound and VCUG appointments for first thing in the morning so that Danny could come too.  She was a rockstar patient and the tech's kept commenting on what a cute, smiley baby we had!

The VCUG results were given to us right away and came back negative for any reflux, we are so thankful, but we have to wait for the ultrasound results to come back.  I will absolutely admit that Danny and I sat up in bed talking for a long time last night and the anxiety this morning was not good.  Seeing our little angel in that hospital gown almost pushed me over the edge, when they pulled it out and asked us to change her into it I couldn't help tear up.  I feel so blessed that we were just there for a renal reflux test and ultrasound when so many little patients around us were there for things much worse.  Thank you so much to our family and friends for the support this week, I will update you when we have the ultrasound results back too!  Until then I will leave you with some adorable pictures of our adorable babycakes!

Solids!

5mth update is on the way, we are a little behind because of a few things I will post about soon.  In the meantime I will leave you with B's first taste of solids tonight.  Her first solid was officially homemade brown rice cereal.  We were going to start with a pureed veggies but because of the breakouts of eczema we wanted to start with something that had the least possibility of causing a reaction. 

She liked her bib better than the cereal but she did keep opening her mouth for more. 

4 months in pictures

Pics with Megs & Matt before they left!

At the Zoo

Madd's sleeps under her swing, so cute!

TT Teether :)

Happy Easter B

Helping Daddy set the bouncer up

Sitting up with boppy the first time

B's first slumber party!

She loves showers!

Happy Anniversary Mommy & Daddy

Diana got her the cutest outfit, on our way to see Dr. Abbey

Baby Smiles to end!