Well, where do I start? Thursday Hailey woke up not feeling well and vomited 4 times. Yikes! Because of this I stopped whole milk for the time being and went back to formula. I am not sure what caused the vomiting since she had shots, started whole milk and tried a new food all in the same 24 hours. It could have been any of those things, but I feel better going back to my original plan of delaying things till her adjusted age. I delayed starting solids till she was 8 months actual, 6 months adjusted and had always thought I would follow that plan with whole milk and when introducing it I will take a slower approach.
Anyway, I really wanted to post to let you all know that Hailey stood on her own not holding anything for 2-3 seconds today, not only once, but three times!!! I was in shock and so excited! The physical therapist has been working with her on this, but she always has lost her balance when we let go, but not today. All three times she was leaning on me and then just decided to let go and there she was still up! Way to go Hailey!
Lastly, I told Tia that I would give a RAVING review of her birthday party so here it is ... Tonight Hailey and her parents were invited to a lovely party to celebrate Tia's 26th birthday. We all had such a great time and Hailey loved every bite of the cake :-)
Happy Birthday Tia!
Love to all!
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Growth over her 1st year
Just beginning:
2lbs – 15.5oz
17 in
1 month stats:
3lbs – 12oz
2 month stats:
6lbs – 7oz
3 month stats:
7lbs – 10oz
4 month stats:
10 lbs - 10oz
22 ¼ in
5 1/2 month stats:
12lbs – 15.5 oz
24 in
6 month stats:
13lbs - 10 oz
24 ½ in
head: 40 1/2 in
7 1/2 month stats:
15 lbs - 9 oz
25 ½ in
9 month stats:
15lbs - 14 oz
26 ½ inches
head: 43 in
11 month stats:
16lbs – 10oz
12 month stats:
17lbs – 3oz
26 ¾ in
Head: 44.8
2lbs – 15.5oz
17 in
1 month stats:
3lbs – 12oz
2 month stats:
6lbs – 7oz
3 month stats:
7lbs – 10oz
4 month stats:
10 lbs - 10oz
22 ¼ in
5 1/2 month stats:
12lbs – 15.5 oz
24 in
6 month stats:
13lbs - 10 oz
24 ½ in
head: 40 1/2 in
7 1/2 month stats:
15 lbs - 9 oz
25 ½ in
9 month stats:
15lbs - 14 oz
26 ½ inches
head: 43 in
11 month stats:
16lbs – 10oz
12 month stats:
17lbs – 3oz
26 ¾ in
Head: 44.8
1 year check-up
I still can't believe she is 1! I am having a hard time leaving behind the baby stage, mostly, because I know I probably can't have another child without weighing out the huge risks and so as we go forward I am thrilled to watch her grow, but sad knowing I may never have a "baby" again.
Well, on to the good stuff. Hailey weighed in at a whopping 17lbs, 3oz and she is a long, o.k. short 26 3/4 inches. She is in the 5th percentile for her height and weight. The ped was happy about her growth saying that they didn't expect her to be 25lbs at her year check-up since she started out so small and as long as they see that she is steadily growing they are happy. She does recognize the doctors office now and wasn't a happy baby overall. The funny thing was the time where she was the most relaxed was when they did the finger prick and drew blood. HUH?! You heard it right - she cried while the doctor examined her and when she was given shots, but sat quietly during the blood draw. Can't explain that one ... Any her growth is good, her iron is good and she is doing well overall. We were also given the go ahead to wean her zantac and start whole milk. No more formula, weaning the bottle?! Most mom's would be happy about this, but like I said before I am having a hard time, bittersweet ... leaving the baby "year" behind and not to mention as we start more solid foods I am deathly afraid of the "c" word (choking) - yikes!
Now on to physical therapy. It was scheduled for Thursday, but had to be moved up due to a scheduling conflict with the therapist. We weren't sure how Hailey would do since she was just returning from the peds office, but she was fine. She really likes the therapist and since it is done at home I think she feels comfortable. She was defintely worn out though after her long day and was asleep by 7:30pm! The appt went well and the therapist gave us some goals for where she should be at when we are done and we were very happy with them. I will post them another time. She did notice yesterday that Hailey was a little stiff in her hips and unless she is standing/cruising her legs are always in the frog-like position. She said we can correct it with positioning & therapy. We will be looking into getting something called hip helpers (www.hiphelpers.com). They are the answer to excessive hip abduction in babies and toddlers with low muscle tone. They have been found to improve rotational movement and limit "W" sitting in babies who are developing their movement skills (quote from the website). Anyway, I am very happy with all the physical therapist is doing and glad we went ahead with getting Hailey followed up.
Well, on to the good stuff. Hailey weighed in at a whopping 17lbs, 3oz and she is a long, o.k. short 26 3/4 inches. She is in the 5th percentile for her height and weight. The ped was happy about her growth saying that they didn't expect her to be 25lbs at her year check-up since she started out so small and as long as they see that she is steadily growing they are happy. She does recognize the doctors office now and wasn't a happy baby overall. The funny thing was the time where she was the most relaxed was when they did the finger prick and drew blood. HUH?! You heard it right - she cried while the doctor examined her and when she was given shots, but sat quietly during the blood draw. Can't explain that one ... Any her growth is good, her iron is good and she is doing well overall. We were also given the go ahead to wean her zantac and start whole milk. No more formula, weaning the bottle?! Most mom's would be happy about this, but like I said before I am having a hard time, bittersweet ... leaving the baby "year" behind and not to mention as we start more solid foods I am deathly afraid of the "c" word (choking) - yikes!
Now on to physical therapy. It was scheduled for Thursday, but had to be moved up due to a scheduling conflict with the therapist. We weren't sure how Hailey would do since she was just returning from the peds office, but she was fine. She really likes the therapist and since it is done at home I think she feels comfortable. She was defintely worn out though after her long day and was asleep by 7:30pm! The appt went well and the therapist gave us some goals for where she should be at when we are done and we were very happy with them. I will post them another time. She did notice yesterday that Hailey was a little stiff in her hips and unless she is standing/cruising her legs are always in the frog-like position. She said we can correct it with positioning & therapy. We will be looking into getting something called hip helpers (www.hiphelpers.com). They are the answer to excessive hip abduction in babies and toddlers with low muscle tone. They have been found to improve rotational movement and limit "W" sitting in babies who are developing their movement skills (quote from the website). Anyway, I am very happy with all the physical therapist is doing and glad we went ahead with getting Hailey followed up.
Monday, July 24, 2006
We have teeth!
We have teeth! YEAH! Not one, but two bottom teeth at the same time! We can cancel our appointment for dentures :-) All weekend she has been exceptionally crabby, with a runny, stuffy nose, grabbing her ear and by Sunday she didn't even want to eat. Saturday night Meme and I checked her mouth because I figure she had to get teeth sometime, but nothing was there. Sunday while having one of her many mood swings she started screaming and there they were gleaming - two bottom teeth. Well, at least the tip of them. At least we have an explanation for the "symptoms". She has her 1 year check up Wednesday and I was getting worried that she was sick.
Also, at the young age of 1 Hailey is already driving. Yes, we bought her a car this weekend. She received a gift card for her birthday (thank you Uncle Jeff, Auntie Jessie, Bing and Manny). So Friday we went to Toys R Us and got her first car! She loves it. We are trying to teach her to keep both hands on the wheel and use the horn like her daddy :-) At least for now daddy can use the horn for her. She drove to the park yesterday and absolutely loved it. This week Hailey has her 1 year checkup and her first physical therapy appointment so I am sure there will be updates to follow later in the week.
Also, at the young age of 1 Hailey is already driving. Yes, we bought her a car this weekend. She received a gift card for her birthday (thank you Uncle Jeff, Auntie Jessie, Bing and Manny). So Friday we went to Toys R Us and got her first car! She loves it. We are trying to teach her to keep both hands on the wheel and use the horn like her daddy :-) At least for now daddy can use the horn for her. She drove to the park yesterday and absolutely loved it. This week Hailey has her 1 year checkup and her first physical therapy appointment so I am sure there will be updates to follow later in the week.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Therapy Begins
Hailey had her physical therapy appointment yesterday. Just as the physical therapist was about to arrive we lost power. It doesn't take long for our third floor apartment to heat up when the air goes off and its 100 degrees outside. The appointment itself went well though. Hailey immediately decided that she like the therapist and showed off her newfound skills. The therapist could not believe how far Hailey has come since her last evaluation. After seeing her though she put it this way, she said that by 2 or 3 Hailey would be caught up with kids her "actual" age or we could do therapy for a month or two and have her caught up now. What would you choose?! So we are going to have her come to our house once a week for two months to work with Hailey. Mostly what we are working with is her "core" strength. She does crawl and cruise with the best of them, but here and there you can defintely notice some strength issues. I will keep you updated on how she does week by week. Also, next week she has her 1 year check-up with shots - yikes! She does not like the doctor anymore so that should be fun (not)!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Party Girl!
Hailey is officially 1! She had a wonderful birthday party on Saturday and really enjoyed herself though it was quite hot! She received LOTS of wonderful gifts - thanks to everyone who came and even those who couldn't. Its hard when you have so many you want to invite, but a limited number you are able to invite. I will post some cute birthday pix below.
Before I do that I had to share that Hailey finally said Mama yesterday and bye, bye! We were so excited! She also started clapping on Thursday. So many milestones... I think it will still be awhile before she walks, but she is getting steadier on her feet these days.
We also had a scare this weekend, Hailey woke up congested on Sunday and ended up having a nosebleed. So scary! It was coming hard and fast, but looking back I used saline to help her congestion and that could have thinned the blood and made it look worse than it was. We were scared to death. All is well now though. She wakes up many morning's congested, I think it is the dry air in our apartment.
Lastly, we had Luke's 5th birthday party yesterday which was a great time and Hailey ended up going in the lake with Meme, Daddy and then Auntie Tracey and surprisingly - she LOVED it! I think it was because we slowly introduced her this time and the water was like bath water. It was great to see her enjoying herself.
Well, here are the pix!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
One year ago our life changed forever ....
I have been thinking today about how blessed we are. Our tiny baby girl has gone from 2lbs, 15.5oz to a “big” 16lbs, 10oz in a year. She went from relying on machines and meds to crawling and cruising all by herself!
A year ago tonight, July 13th my water started trickling. I disregarded it thinking that urine was leaking and ended up going to bed. No more leaking through the night, but many cramps to follow. Surprisingly, I slept through most of it till about 5am when I couldn’t stand it anymore and I woke Tim up. We decided to be safe and called my OB Dr. Timoll who told us to go to L&D. I just thought I was constipated and having cramps from the pizza we had the night before (because at that point in my pregnancy I was dealing with LOTS of heartburn). We got ready and joked all the way to the hospital still oblivious that I was in premature labor. I was dressed for work! Once we got there they hooked me up to an IV and said that my water had indeed broken. I actually was in shock because I only had that small leak the night before. We didn’t know what the future would hold for our beautiful baby girl and that broke our hearts … By that time I was having severe, constant cramps, not on and off contractions. The nurses just kept telling me to hang in there. By this time I was in excruciating pain and couldn’t sit still so they called my OB again, he said to start magnesium and give me the steroids shot for Hailey’s lungs. Well, they gave me enough magnesium to make me very sick just in time to push. Yes, they checked me and I went from 1cm to 10cm in a half hour! After that it is all a blur, a “million” doctors rushed in, none whom I recognized and told me to push because her heart rate was dropping. I pushed will all my might, but they still had to cut me – twice - NO pain meds! Surprisingly my parents, whom I called on the way to the hospital and told that I was going in for a check-up and not to come to the hospital, ignored my advice and made it in just as she was cresting. She was out within 5 minutes and screaming up a storm. All this happened before 9:29am. Little did we know what life held beyond that moment. Would our child live, what would her life be like, what did it really mean to have a preemie, what are some complications she could encounter?! About an hour after birth they let us go to the NICU, what a sight. We didn’t see the blood, the wires, the CPAP – we saw our beautiful tiny little girl! We were blessed!!!!
That night as we were settled in at the hospital and all family and friends had left the doctors came in to get consent to check for spinal meningitis. At that moment again, our world spiraled out of control – we were certain she had meningitis. We eventually learned that they test for many different conditions, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she has them. Over and over we went up and down on this rollercoaster ride called “NICU”, two steps forward, one step back really felt like four steps back, one step forward. Many nights we cried out to God to save our tiny baby girl’s life and He did. By the end I was getting very jealous of the nurses who took care of my baby and we were ready to break her out of there, but whenever we got close to going home a small set back would occur. Finally, after 7 ½ weeks in the place she called home, we broke her out. I was worried she wouldn’t adjust well to her “real home”, but she did better at home then she did her last few days at the hospital. She had to go home on an apnea monitor, but that was o.k., she was home!!!! We are blessed!
Now we watch our baby girl crawl and cruise, we watch her take a 6oz bottle in 5 minutes and think back on when we tried for a half hour and couldn’t even get her to take 5cc’s without her turning blue and choking.
We stand in amazement and look forward to what her future holds! Mommy and Daddy love you our Itty Bitty Baby Girl! Happy 1st Birthday!
A year ago tonight, July 13th my water started trickling. I disregarded it thinking that urine was leaking and ended up going to bed. No more leaking through the night, but many cramps to follow. Surprisingly, I slept through most of it till about 5am when I couldn’t stand it anymore and I woke Tim up. We decided to be safe and called my OB Dr. Timoll who told us to go to L&D. I just thought I was constipated and having cramps from the pizza we had the night before (because at that point in my pregnancy I was dealing with LOTS of heartburn). We got ready and joked all the way to the hospital still oblivious that I was in premature labor. I was dressed for work! Once we got there they hooked me up to an IV and said that my water had indeed broken. I actually was in shock because I only had that small leak the night before. We didn’t know what the future would hold for our beautiful baby girl and that broke our hearts … By that time I was having severe, constant cramps, not on and off contractions. The nurses just kept telling me to hang in there. By this time I was in excruciating pain and couldn’t sit still so they called my OB again, he said to start magnesium and give me the steroids shot for Hailey’s lungs. Well, they gave me enough magnesium to make me very sick just in time to push. Yes, they checked me and I went from 1cm to 10cm in a half hour! After that it is all a blur, a “million” doctors rushed in, none whom I recognized and told me to push because her heart rate was dropping. I pushed will all my might, but they still had to cut me – twice - NO pain meds! Surprisingly my parents, whom I called on the way to the hospital and told that I was going in for a check-up and not to come to the hospital, ignored my advice and made it in just as she was cresting. She was out within 5 minutes and screaming up a storm. All this happened before 9:29am. Little did we know what life held beyond that moment. Would our child live, what would her life be like, what did it really mean to have a preemie, what are some complications she could encounter?! About an hour after birth they let us go to the NICU, what a sight. We didn’t see the blood, the wires, the CPAP – we saw our beautiful tiny little girl! We were blessed!!!!
That night as we were settled in at the hospital and all family and friends had left the doctors came in to get consent to check for spinal meningitis. At that moment again, our world spiraled out of control – we were certain she had meningitis. We eventually learned that they test for many different conditions, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she has them. Over and over we went up and down on this rollercoaster ride called “NICU”, two steps forward, one step back really felt like four steps back, one step forward. Many nights we cried out to God to save our tiny baby girl’s life and He did. By the end I was getting very jealous of the nurses who took care of my baby and we were ready to break her out of there, but whenever we got close to going home a small set back would occur. Finally, after 7 ½ weeks in the place she called home, we broke her out. I was worried she wouldn’t adjust well to her “real home”, but she did better at home then she did her last few days at the hospital. She had to go home on an apnea monitor, but that was o.k., she was home!!!! We are blessed!
Now we watch our baby girl crawl and cruise, we watch her take a 6oz bottle in 5 minutes and think back on when we tried for a half hour and couldn’t even get her to take 5cc’s without her turning blue and choking.
We stand in amazement and look forward to what her future holds! Mommy and Daddy love you our Itty Bitty Baby Girl! Happy 1st Birthday!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Hailey has learned to wave, well, sort of ...
Hailey has learned to wave! Well sort of ... As you can see from the picture below she proceeds to wave with her middle finger high up the air. You should see the looks we get! In all reality, would I really teach my 11 month old child to give people the birdie, I don't think so! Truthfully, we have noticed that her middle finger snaps when she bends it and she can move it in many "strange" positions. Our theory is that she is double jointed. She does bend it to grasp things, but when waving or tapping her fingers she keeps that one finger straight. We have had many nights of good laughs over this, but I am starting to feel bad since we get people who shake their heads at us in public. She thinks she is waving, so how do you tell her she can't wave?
Also, the physical therapist finally called to schedule Hailey's appt to see why she isn't crawling, o.k., so she is now not only crawling, but cruising. Well, the therapist said it was stated on the report that they were also concerned she favored her left side, which at this age shouldn't happen. So we decided to still have her come out and see how Hailey is doing. Worst that can happen is she gets some therapy, best is that its a quick appointment and we get a clean bill of health.
Lastly, we had our first MOPS meeting tonight. We had alot of fun and it was great to be around other mom's.
Here is the pix of Hailey "waving"!
By the way, I am holding her arm because the flash takes a moment and she kept putting her hand down before we could take the picture, usually she "waves" all by herself :-)
Also, the physical therapist finally called to schedule Hailey's appt to see why she isn't crawling, o.k., so she is now not only crawling, but cruising. Well, the therapist said it was stated on the report that they were also concerned she favored her left side, which at this age shouldn't happen. So we decided to still have her come out and see how Hailey is doing. Worst that can happen is she gets some therapy, best is that its a quick appointment and we get a clean bill of health.
Lastly, we had our first MOPS meeting tonight. We had alot of fun and it was great to be around other mom's.
Here is the pix of Hailey "waving"!
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By the way, I am holding her arm because the flash takes a moment and she kept putting her hand down before we could take the picture, usually she "waves" all by herself :-)
Friday, July 07, 2006
Friends for Life
I had to share that last night while at church, as usual, Hailey could not sit still so I took her to the mother's room. Well, it seemed many of Hailey's "friends" could not sit still as well and so we had a room full. Adia, Sidney, Erin and of course Hailey. It was so much fun to watch all of them in action and it was especially neat to me because this was the first time since Hailey became mobile that she actually played with other kids. She crawled after them and played with toys and had a great time. It was also neat to see how we all came a full circle, Mandy, Sarah, Elita and I grew up together and as we got older we all moved to different places, but now we are all back with kids not aged to far apart who will grow up together. SO much FUN! Wish I had my camera to take pix, but I am sure we will have many play dates ahead!
Also, with Nana and Dooda on vacation Hailey spent a couple days at Meme and Papa's house and had a great time. On Wednesday Taylor was there as well, and Hailey has always loved Taylor from start so I know she enjoyed spending time with her. Meme taught Hailey to drink from a cup and also pick a small tea cup up with her thumb and forefinger. Oh my gosh, so cute! She also introduced Hailey to the baby cookies and Hailey LOVES them. Meme has lots of pix, so when I get them I will have to post for all of you to see.
Today Hailey is home with Dada and its our 5th year wedding anniversary!!!! Happy Anniversary sweetie, I LOVE YOU!
Also, with Nana and Dooda on vacation Hailey spent a couple days at Meme and Papa's house and had a great time. On Wednesday Taylor was there as well, and Hailey has always loved Taylor from start so I know she enjoyed spending time with her. Meme taught Hailey to drink from a cup and also pick a small tea cup up with her thumb and forefinger. Oh my gosh, so cute! She also introduced Hailey to the baby cookies and Hailey LOVES them. Meme has lots of pix, so when I get them I will have to post for all of you to see.
Today Hailey is home with Dada and its our 5th year wedding anniversary!!!! Happy Anniversary sweetie, I LOVE YOU!
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
And she's off ...
Hailey has "conquered" crawling in the last week. As you can see from my previous posts she has slowly come along, but now she is off and running. Not only has she conquered crawling, she has conquered going from crawling to sitting and from sitting to standing. As those of you who are parent's know, nothing is safe. Especially the cat! Bedtime has become a new problem as well and can take hours because as soon as we lay her down she is up ... if anyone has any tips let me know! We have lowered the mattress and she still gets up. I have to say as much as her new found "freedom" can be a pain, I can't help but smile, even after going into her bedroom for the hundreth time. A year ago I would never have imagined where she is today, even a few weeks ago I was wondering if something was wrong because it was taking so long for her to start crawling. I just sometimes forget she was a preemie because of how far she has come! Now if we could only get those teeth to grow. I keep saying that we are getting her fitted for dentures soon! Well, I was on "vacation" from Thursday through today and though it wasn't a "real" vacation it was nice to be home with Hailey. Daddy was at camp so Hailey, I and Nana went shopping and to the beach. Then daddy came home and we went to the lake on Monday, which went sour as soon as we attempted to take her in the water! Lets say we won't do that again for awhile :-) For the 4th of July we went to visit my family in Buckfield and had a great time. Many of them hadn't met Hailey yet because we had to keep her secluded during the winter.
In the midst of all the "fun" Hailey still has a runny, congested nose from a week ago and has been rather sour lately so we took her the doctor on Monday after our beach episode to rule out an ear infection. Thankfully it is just a cold and not an ear infection. She is now at that age where she recognizes the doctors office and has grown to despise it and all you can do is hold your child down while the doctor checks her out. Not fun, and it took both Tim and I to hold down a 16lbs baby. Yes, we weighed her - 16lbs, 10oz. So in a year she went from 2lbs, 15.5oz to 16lbs, 10oz. Not bad! Well, that is all for now. I have a couple cute pix I wanted to share. Notice her on the rocker, when I tried to get her off she squeezed her legs together so I couldn't get her, she LOVED that thing. I think she was hinting to us what to get her for her birthday :-)
In the midst of all the "fun" Hailey still has a runny, congested nose from a week ago and has been rather sour lately so we took her the doctor on Monday after our beach episode to rule out an ear infection. Thankfully it is just a cold and not an ear infection. She is now at that age where she recognizes the doctors office and has grown to despise it and all you can do is hold your child down while the doctor checks her out. Not fun, and it took both Tim and I to hold down a 16lbs baby. Yes, we weighed her - 16lbs, 10oz. So in a year she went from 2lbs, 15.5oz to 16lbs, 10oz. Not bad! Well, that is all for now. I have a couple cute pix I wanted to share. Notice her on the rocker, when I tried to get her off she squeezed her legs together so I couldn't get her, she LOVED that thing. I think she was hinting to us what to get her for her birthday :-)
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