Hailey is about five and a half months old now and just the happiest little girl ever. She laughs a ton more and smiles all the time. She lights up whenever she sees her daddy. It is very precious and melts my heart every time (and secretly makes me jealous!)
She still isn't growing very well which is the only hiccup in her progression. Hailey was born at 6lbs. 3oz. and gained weight perfectly for the first two months of her life. She spit up a ton but because it didn't make her fussy or have poor weight gain the doctors pretty much said "oh well." She weighed 10lbs even at her two month check up and was 22 3/4in long. At her four month check up she only weighed 10lbs. 8oz. and was 23 1/3in long. She only gained a half a pound and not even a full inch in two months!! Aka Hailey was now in the 4th or 5th percentile for height and weight. And the red flag went up... we went back nine days later and she had gained another half a pound so the red flag was slightly lowered but Hailey was still on the radar. We went back right at 5 months and she had only gained 6oz.... And the red flag is flying high again. -Hailey's saving grace is that she is doing great with hitting all her milestone marks on the developmental charts.- Hailey's weight gain problem is two fold. She spits up a ton, so she isn't keeping the calories down that she needs. Also, because of her spitting up, she hasn't allowed her tummy to expand to the size it needs to be. She was only comfortably holding down 3 oz when she is supposed to be holding twice that amount or more (about 6-8oz. a feeding). So the doctors think she has acid reflux. Our pediatrician at the time (we didn't like him so we just switched) prescribed her Zantac for acid reflux and to start purposefully over feeding her to expand her tummy (talk about spit up, yuck). So twice a day I give Hailey her medicine and pray for improvement.... which we haven't seen yet. They just upped her dosage so I'm REALLY praying it works and that she doesn't have to be subjected to a bunch of tests to figure out what is wrong with her. Any and all prayers are welcome. But I will say that Hailey takes medicine like a champ. I was always a big pansy when it came to taking cough syrup or anything like that.... Also, they recommended that I start Hailey on rice cereal twice a day. She LOVES it. Seriously. I can't get it in her mouth fast enough before she starts yelling at me for more. She really loves the baby oatmeal. I can't wait to start giving her baby food. It should be fun :)
Other than her poor weight gain, she is doing great. She is "talking" up a storm. And what I mean by that is that she says more than vowels now. She can now say mamama (usually when she is mad and crying). I have heard daaa a couple of times. But her #1 favorite is "geeeeeeeeee!" (pronounced like glee but without the L) which is her mad yell but usually just turns into "EEEEEEEEEEE!" It's very funny and is usually accompanied by a Chris Farley face, otherwise known as the "Farley Face." But yes, we hear "geeee" all day. Especially when she doesn't want to take a nap or just wakes up from one. Or I'm not feeding her fast enough... You get the idea. But dang! She is a cutie! We hear more that she is starting to take on my features but mostly she is still her daddy's baby. She is becoming a nice split between us though. She is more on a schedule than she was a month ago but wow! I tell you, that baby is sneaky! Every time I think I am getting her on a nap schedule, she tricks me and refuses to conform to it, fighting the falling asleep part, and then waking up after a short time. I will say that she is taking one good solid nap a day now. I couldn't say that a month ago. Some days are much better than others though and she does have a set bed time that works great. She still sleeps fabulously through the nights so I won't complain. The no nap thing just makes getting house work done a bit tricky. Oh darn :)
Other Hailey favorites:
- Spitting (thankfully she is already doing this less)
- Spitting rice cereal on me
- Playing with bubbles- she loves bubbles!
- Going for walks
- Playing in the bath
- Reading books- Yay!! (She really can't get enough of them)
- Trying to crawl, yikes! (thankfully she just can't figure it out yet)
- Rolling over on her belly... especially when she is supposed to be taking a nap....
- Chewing on everything! Clothes, toys, paper, wash cloths, my arm, hands and wrists.... you name it
- Laughing and getting tickled
- Playing with her feet (she just recently found them)
- EATING!
- Playing with cups. Seriously, she goes nuts for them.
- Resisting nap time... Hailey, one day you will love them and beg for them
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