First time at the Beach
Meeting her Grandpa Mike
Love her eyes here.
1 month photo with the pink dog. Her birthmom has the same pink dog so she'll always be able to judge how big Faithe is.
First Valentine's day. She spent the day with daddy, Gramma, and Grampa. Momma was at work.
Look at those feet
Faithe is 6 weeks old today. My baby girl is growing so big.
Babywise: we are doing babywise with Faithe. It allows for a routine for her and helps to plan out our days. This is her current "schedule" the good thing is we are flexible based on her needs
5am- Eat and back to bed
8am - Zantac and eat
830-930 - wake time
930-11 - Nap
11am - eat
1130-1230- wake time
1230-200 - nap
2pm - eat
230-330- wake time
330-500- nap
500 - eat
530-630- wake time/bath
630-800 - nap
800 - eat
830 bed
11pm - dreamfeed/diaper change
2am - eat and back to bed
Wake time: During her wake time she does various activities. This week at Gramma's house she went on walks, played on her discovery mat, did tummy time, had books read to her, sat on the porch, did neck exercises and just sat and had conversations with Gramma and Grampa (although they did more of the talking).
Sleeping: two days this week little miss didn't want to nap at all. She was fussy both days. Then on Wednesday Gramma and Grampa started using the above schedule we gave them. Instead of Faithe falling asleep in someones arms she was put in her pack n play to fall asleep. With this we started CIO a little. We don't let her CIO for more than 15 min and we listen for her cry. If it's her hunger cry we get her up and feed her an additional 2 ounces. But usually it is a soft cry with wimpers. If she hasn't fallen asleep at the end of the 15 min and is still crying she is picked up soothed and calmed then put back to bed. So she has had more naps with only one long nap of an hour and a half. The shortest being just 30 min. So more naps is good. At night she sleeps good. She has gotten the hang of going to bed awake and putting herself to sleep. She wimpers and grunts sometimes but mostly just goes to bed.
Eating: She is still eating every 3 hours with a full 4oz except the dreamfeed she'll only eat 2oz. She gets Zantac twice a day and has been switched to Enfamil Nutrimegin. We switched her to that on Sunday and she has done much better gas wise while being on that formula. Makes for a happier Faithe and a happier momma and daddy.
Clothing: She has made her way into 3month clothes. Her NB PJs bust at the seems so she can't be in those anymore. We had to go buy more 3 month PJs with out feet on the them. Gotta have her feet free. :)
Diapers: She is still in size small gdiapers although we should probably move to medium. I'm waiting to find out how much she weighs. I think we switched her at 14lbs not sure.
Stimulation: Too much and she gets fussy. This requires a nap.
We think we had her first smile this week. And she has smiled several times but until it is on a regular basis I think we'll give gas the credit. LOL...she is one gassy baby.
Baby girl is 5 weeks old. This was her first week at Gramma and Grampas. Grampa was out of town so she had quality time with Gramma.
Monday was the highlight of her week. She got to meet Governor Scott. We were in Panera having lunch with a friend of mine when the Governor came in. He made some rounds to the tables and stopped by our table. Faithe was sleeping in my arms and he asked how old she was. I said "she's one month old today". He said what a cutie and moved on. I would have gotten a picture with him but she had just fallen asleep and I didn't want to wake her by moving.
Weight - Monday she weighed 10lbs 6oz
Doctors - she went to the doctors on Monday to follow up on the reflux. The doctor prescribed Zantac and wants us to switch formula. We started with the zantac and are still deciding on the formula change. She is doing much better on the zantac so we aren't certain that the change in formula will help any further.
Sleep - Her sleep this week has been much better. She goes to bed around 9 after his 8pm bottle. She sometimes has a dreamfeed at 11pm then wakes at 2am and then 5am. She usually has trouble going back to sleep after her 5am bottle. So she snuggles with mommy or daddy while the other gets ready for work.
Eating - On Sunday we had upped her feeding to 5-6 oz at each feeding because she was eating 4oz and then an hour after a feeding wanting another 2oz. When we were at the doctor he said we should take it back down to 4oz. He said halfway through the bottle we need to burp her and give her a break. Then after the bottle burp and break if she still wants more to eat then give it to her. He said that all people if they eat fast their stomach knows its full but there mouth gets the message late. Thus overeating occurs. So the breaks in feeding allow her mouth to catch up to her stomach. So far it is working.
Clothing - It appears she will be wearing some 3month clothes and some newborn still. Depends on the brand of clothing. Carter's clothing is definitely 3months.
Bathtime -she still loves bath time. Loves her water on the warm side. She also loves her massages afterwards.
Diapers - she is wearing size small gdiapers. I'm sure before she is 2 mnths she will be in size medium.
Awake time- she loves her activity mat and Gramma said this week one time she hit one of the hanging toys. One time she actually fell asleep on her mat. She also does tummy time and can handle that for about 10 min at a time. She has good neck control as well. She also enjoys being read to.
She is one happy and content baby who is loved so very much.
This post will be bullets because I have a lot on my mind.
Until next time!
This is a post I've wanted to post but some how it is centered around drama. This is not something it should be centered around. Let me explain.
When we were matched with Rebecca I mentioned that someone helped introduce us to her. At that time I thanked that person and left it at that. When Faithe was born and we were on our way home I received a text that said "your welcome" from said person. This to me was this person asking to be thanked of which I did when we were matched.
However, this person does not need to be thanked and praised. The true person to be thanked and praised is God. Because HE is the one who orchestrated our adoption of Faithe. HE did it. Yes he may have used you to assist him. For that you should thank HIM for allowing you to assist him. For HE is the one who made this possible.
HE deserves ALL the Thanks and Praise! Because HE is the Miracle worker! Through HIM all things are possible. Through HIM our adoption of Faithe was made possible. HE is the Almighty and I thank him everyday for my little girl who was made perfect in HIS eyes.
Faithe is 4 weeks old today. She is definitely growing. I was showing my class pictures of her in the hospital and I could definitely see how she has grown.
Eating: Faithe is still a very good eater. She eats 4oz every 3 hrs. Sometimes at the half way point between feeding she'll eat an extra 1-2 oz. We are still dealing with spit up. Sometimes she spits up other times she doesn't. The spit up is usually about 30 min to an hour after a feeding. We are going to call the Peds to give them this information since they wanted us to monitor.
Sleeping: Faithe still sleeps good, but she has had a few rough nights. Which means momma and daddy are exhausted.
Awake Time: She definitely has awake time in the morning. Then she gets over tired and fights taking a nap. During her awake time she does tummy time, lays on her play mat and looks in the mirror, or we work on her neck muscles.
Stimulation: This seems to be doing okay. We had a shower at school the other day and she was passed around while she was asleep and she slept okay that night. Granted she didn't want to go to bed when momma thought she should go to bed. So it made for one tired momma the next day.
Bath Time: She still likes her bath. Although daddy gave her a bath the other morning and she didn't like it so much. I'm sure daddy wasn't thrilled that momma wasn't there to assist. But she was clean and smelled like a baby:) One thing is for certain, after her bath you have brush her hair while it is still wet. If not she gets wild hair that sticks straight out.
Clothing: She is still in newborn clothes but I can definitely tell we will be moving to 0-3 months soon and maybe some 3 month clothes. We'll probably start using a mixture of different sizes very soon.
Never thought I'd do a post about feet. But my baby girl does not like her feet covered. We have to donate/return several pairs of footed PJs because my baby girl likes her feet free. Several times we have put her in these types of PJs and she screams until it comes off. We had to go out and buy PJs in which the feet were open. Let me tell you that is very difficult to find. We found some and as we find them for future years we buy them.
Aren't those the cutest feet you've ever seen! Baby girl knows what she wants! Love kissing those little feet!
