Today is my 8 month birthday! Unfortunately, it was not a great day. First of all, Mommy dragged me to the grocery store today. Ever since the carwash incident that still gives me nightmares, I don't like going to the store anymore. It brings back too many memories. I screamed and cried the whole time we were there but Mommy wouldn't leave! She is so mean! Then Mommy and Daddy tried to feed me again, and again I threw up for several hours afterwards. My doctor keeps telling us that I will be fine but Mommy is a worry-wart. She doesn't like that I seem to throw up more than I even eat. She asks me, "Chubba! Where is all of this coming from?". But I don't answer because I don't know. And because I can't talk yet. I just stare at her with sad, watery eyes. Woe is me! And of course I waited until after my bath before I started puking, so then I had to take another bath when it was all over. Ugh!
Another reason why my day didn't turn out so well is because I thought my Aunt Heather was going to give birth to my soon-to-be-boyfriend Liam, but it looks like she won't have him until tomorrow. Her water broke this morning and I thought he would be born on my 8 month birthday...I guess I'll have to wait one more day. Aunt Shannon said that I'll be a cougar now instead of a puma! She also thinks the reason I wouldn't eat and then threw up what I did eat, is because I'm trying to slim down for Liam. She knows me so well!
Despite everything that happened to me today, I am hopeful that the rest of the month will be better. Maybe I'll start crawling, maybe I'll start talking. Maybe I'll start producing enzymes to digest some real food! Who knows what I'll be up to this month. One thing I know for sure is that I won't get any cuter. It's just not possible!!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Copy Cat
Today was a fun day. Mommy and I took Ella to the dentist and since Ella got some toys, they let me have a rubber duck. I immediately stuck it in my mouth and proceeded to chew on it. After I dropped it on the floor, Mommy hid it from me mumbling something about the floor being dirty. At first I was mad and wanted it back but I tend to forget about things quickly.
Anyway, Mommy has noticed a lot of changes in me lately. I have been working hard on imitating what I see. Today Mommy was banging on my drum and as soon as she stopped, I copied her and started banging on the drum. Later I noticed Ella putting things in a bowl and dumping them out. I thought it looked like fun and tried to help her. I was good at putting things in the bowl but not very good at pouring them out. It was kind of heavy.
I also work very hard at trying to get to things I can't reach. A little more leg strength and I'll be crawling all over! In the meantime I find that I can roll to get to new places, so that's what I do. I am also able to stand for a little bit longer every day. Today I practically threw myself off of Mommy's lap to get to a remote. I would've succeeded if Mommy hadn't pulled me back. She's always ruining my fun!
When Daddy came home from work today I was very excited. I'm always happy to see him but today after he gave me a quick kiss, he started to leave to go change his clothes. I became very upset. I started whining and put my arm out and used my hand to wave him back towards me. He thought it was so cute that he gave in and came back to play with me a little bit longer. I'm not even 8 months old yet and I've got these two parents wrapped around my finger! Suckers!!
Anyway, Mommy has noticed a lot of changes in me lately. I have been working hard on imitating what I see. Today Mommy was banging on my drum and as soon as she stopped, I copied her and started banging on the drum. Later I noticed Ella putting things in a bowl and dumping them out. I thought it looked like fun and tried to help her. I was good at putting things in the bowl but not very good at pouring them out. It was kind of heavy.
I also work very hard at trying to get to things I can't reach. A little more leg strength and I'll be crawling all over! In the meantime I find that I can roll to get to new places, so that's what I do. I am also able to stand for a little bit longer every day. Today I practically threw myself off of Mommy's lap to get to a remote. I would've succeeded if Mommy hadn't pulled me back. She's always ruining my fun!
When Daddy came home from work today I was very excited. I'm always happy to see him but today after he gave me a quick kiss, he started to leave to go change his clothes. I became very upset. I started whining and put my arm out and used my hand to wave him back towards me. He thought it was so cute that he gave in and came back to play with me a little bit longer. I'm not even 8 months old yet and I've got these two parents wrapped around my finger! Suckers!!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
For a fat girl, I'm not that big on eating.
This has been a rough weekend. On Friday, Daddy tried to feed me some oatmeal. It wasn't going so well and I kept spitting it out so Mommy thought it would be a good idea to try to give me peas. The whole ordeal took so long and was so draining that immediately after it was over I needed a nap. When I woke up, Mommy tried to nurse me but I wasn't very hungry. When she finally sat me up, I threw up...all over her, and her favorite blanket and pillows.
Four pairs of pajamas and a pea covered towel later, I was finished vomitting. Mommy and Daddy were very sad because I was very pale white and not acting like myself. I even fell asleep in Mommy's lap (which I never do!). The good news is Daddy gave me peas for dinner tonight and so far I have been able to keep them down. It's been 4 hours so I think we're in the clear. Mommy is definitely going to have a talk with my doctor about all of this!
Four pairs of pajamas and a pea covered towel later, I was finished vomitting. Mommy and Daddy were very sad because I was very pale white and not acting like myself. I even fell asleep in Mommy's lap (which I never do!). The good news is Daddy gave me peas for dinner tonight and so far I have been able to keep them down. It's been 4 hours so I think we're in the clear. Mommy is definitely going to have a talk with my doctor about all of this!
Friday, January 22, 2010
I'm so tired. I haven't slept a wink.
Last night I was a very good baby. I slept the entire night! My mommy had to wake me up at 8:00 so I could eat before we took Grace to school. When we got home I was still very tired and took a long nap. When I woke up I had lunch and played with my toys while Ella had lunch. I am drooling a lot today and Mommy told me she thinks my teeth are coming. That explains why my mouth hurts and why it feels so good to gnaw on my toys...and anything else I can fit in my mouth.
After eating again, I was ready for another nap but Mommy had other plans. We were going to Daddy's work to visit with him. I was so tired I fell right asleep and was very angry when Mommy woke me up to put me in the Baby Bjorn. I think she was afraid I was going to scream the whole time we were at Cass, but I was distracted by all of the people we saw.
For some reason, people kept commenting on my cheeks and they kept wanting to touch them. I didn't see the big deal...they're just cheeks. They also loved my Uggs which were actually a present for Ella from Aunt Courtney when she was a baby. Mommy told everyone that we are spoiled by all of our aunts. After an hour, I started to get pretty grumpy. I just wanted to go to sleep and I was tired of looking at all of these strangers. Eventually I convinced Mommy it was time to go, but I wasn't going to fall back to sleep in the car. I knew if I did that Mommy would wake me up after a few minutes to go inside the house. So I waited. By the time we made it home, I was really mad but it didn't take me long to fall asleep once I was snuggled in my crib. Goodnight!
After eating again, I was ready for another nap but Mommy had other plans. We were going to Daddy's work to visit with him. I was so tired I fell right asleep and was very angry when Mommy woke me up to put me in the Baby Bjorn. I think she was afraid I was going to scream the whole time we were at Cass, but I was distracted by all of the people we saw.
For some reason, people kept commenting on my cheeks and they kept wanting to touch them. I didn't see the big deal...they're just cheeks. They also loved my Uggs which were actually a present for Ella from Aunt Courtney when she was a baby. Mommy told everyone that we are spoiled by all of our aunts. After an hour, I started to get pretty grumpy. I just wanted to go to sleep and I was tired of looking at all of these strangers. Eventually I convinced Mommy it was time to go, but I wasn't going to fall back to sleep in the car. I knew if I did that Mommy would wake me up after a few minutes to go inside the house. So I waited. By the time we made it home, I was really mad but it didn't take me long to fall asleep once I was snuggled in my crib. Goodnight!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Chub, Chub, Chub!
Hello! My name is Seren, but most people call me Chubba. If you ever saw me naked, you would know why. Actually, my mommy started calling me that when I was first born and now it has stuck. She's really trying to change it before I get older and get a complex! So far, no luck. Anyway, I am the baby of the family. I live with my mommy, my daddy, and my two older sisters - Grace who is 8 and Ella who is 3. I will be 8 months old in less than a week. My mommy thought it would be a good idea to start a blog just for me. Right now she has one that's supposed to be about Ella and me but she rambles about other things too. She also helped Ella start her own today too! Then everyone can read about what we've been up too. You can read Ella's blog at http://ella-thestoryofmylifeasabear.blogspot.com/.
My life so far has been pretty good. I wasn't happy the first few weeks of life and I cried a lot, but now I hardly ever cry and am smiling most of the time. People tell me I look a lot like Ella, but Mommy says that my eyes are different and Daddy doesn't think I look like Ella at all. Now that I am almost 8 months old, I have been up to all kinds of new things. I'm not crawling yet but if I work really hard, I can scoot on my butt to get where I want to go. I love to put all of my toys (well, anything I can get my hands on really) in my mouth and chew on them. I don't have any teeth yet so it doesn't hurt anything. It just makes everything really slimey.
In the last week I have developed severe stranger anxiety. If you are not my mommy, my daddy, or one of my sisters, I do not like you. Other things are beginning to frighten me as well. Yesterday my mom had to run errands and she made the mistake of going to the car wash first. This was my first experience in a drive-thru car wash and I did NOT like it!! It was very loud and scary and it terrified me for the rest of the day. I screamed and screamed for several hours after it was over. I can't believe my own mother would traumatize me like that! She can be so mean.
Right now I am doing a lot of cooing and babbling but much to my mommy's dismay I have yet to say Mama. I think I will make her wait a little while longer. (That's what she gets for trying to wash the car.) As much as I enjoy putting things in my mouth, I am not a big fan of eating anything that isn't breastmilk. My parents tried feeding me rice cereal which made me violently vomit for hours each time they fed it to me. Then they switched to oatmeal which seemed to stay down until Tuesday night. For some reason it upset my tummy and I threw up 4 times! I've tried some vegetables but they don't taste very good and I spit them out as soon as I can. Either that or I clamp my mouth closed really tight so that they can't get the spoon in my mouth at all. It worries my mommy but my doctor said it's perfectly fine to just give me breastmilk up until I'm 12 months old. I think she is going to talk to my doctor again at my 8 month check up next week.
Other than that, I haven't been doing much. I still like to take a lot of naps during the day. Probably because I like to wake Mommy up at least once during the night. I get really hungry around 4 in the morning or in 's last night's case 3 in the morning. But I have to go...I am getting really fussy because I am ready for my afternoon nap. Enjoy a few cute pictures of me. I hope everyone has a chubbin' fantastic day!
Oh, and by the way, I am very upset that Conan will not be on TV any more. I really liked watching him during my midnight feedings. I don't know who this Jay Leno fellow is, but I already don't like him. I'm with team CoCo!!
My life so far has been pretty good. I wasn't happy the first few weeks of life and I cried a lot, but now I hardly ever cry and am smiling most of the time. People tell me I look a lot like Ella, but Mommy says that my eyes are different and Daddy doesn't think I look like Ella at all. Now that I am almost 8 months old, I have been up to all kinds of new things. I'm not crawling yet but if I work really hard, I can scoot on my butt to get where I want to go. I love to put all of my toys (well, anything I can get my hands on really) in my mouth and chew on them. I don't have any teeth yet so it doesn't hurt anything. It just makes everything really slimey.
In the last week I have developed severe stranger anxiety. If you are not my mommy, my daddy, or one of my sisters, I do not like you. Other things are beginning to frighten me as well. Yesterday my mom had to run errands and she made the mistake of going to the car wash first. This was my first experience in a drive-thru car wash and I did NOT like it!! It was very loud and scary and it terrified me for the rest of the day. I screamed and screamed for several hours after it was over. I can't believe my own mother would traumatize me like that! She can be so mean.
Right now I am doing a lot of cooing and babbling but much to my mommy's dismay I have yet to say Mama. I think I will make her wait a little while longer. (That's what she gets for trying to wash the car.) As much as I enjoy putting things in my mouth, I am not a big fan of eating anything that isn't breastmilk. My parents tried feeding me rice cereal which made me violently vomit for hours each time they fed it to me. Then they switched to oatmeal which seemed to stay down until Tuesday night. For some reason it upset my tummy and I threw up 4 times! I've tried some vegetables but they don't taste very good and I spit them out as soon as I can. Either that or I clamp my mouth closed really tight so that they can't get the spoon in my mouth at all. It worries my mommy but my doctor said it's perfectly fine to just give me breastmilk up until I'm 12 months old. I think she is going to talk to my doctor again at my 8 month check up next week.
Other than that, I haven't been doing much. I still like to take a lot of naps during the day. Probably because I like to wake Mommy up at least once during the night. I get really hungry around 4 in the morning or in 's last night's case 3 in the morning. But I have to go...I am getting really fussy because I am ready for my afternoon nap. Enjoy a few cute pictures of me. I hope everyone has a chubbin' fantastic day!
Oh, and by the way, I am very upset that Conan will not be on TV any more. I really liked watching him during my midnight feedings. I don't know who this Jay Leno fellow is, but I already don't like him. I'm with team CoCo!!
This is me with the blanket Aunt Jessica made for me.
My mom took this of me yesterday morning. I am a drooly mess!
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