First steps!

First steps on July 15, 2015.  10 months 21 days old!

Sippy Cups

Stopped using bottles completely at 9 months.  Taking two formula Sippy cups a day.  When she wakes up and when she goes to bed. 

7 Months Old!

Kylie has been teething for a long time (or so it feels like!) It looks like both lower front teeth are coming through.  She has had a cough for 3 months...we are headed to the doctor for the 5th time in 3 months for it!

She is lifting her belly and can stay in crawling position when put there.  No moving yet!  

She loves to walk...well run...around in her "walk around"

Still not many sounds/vocalizing.  I will admit I hear a little more, but not much.

Loves to grab hair and faces

Still perfers to sleep on her belly, but has been rolling around to MANY different positions while sleeping.

Started cry-it-out about a month ago.  She still cries before every sleep time, but falls asleep on her own.

Diapers: Size 3 (size 3 overnights at night)

Clothes: 9-12 months/12 months - very tight, definitely could go up to 18 months!  Growing like a weed!
Sleeping: Naps:  2-3 naps per day.  Approx 1 hr 20 min- 2 hr for the first two and if she takes a third nap it's 30 minutes. Night:  Gets put to bed 3-4 hours after last nap (we always try for 3 hours but shes been skipping last nap!)  Sleeps approx 11 hours. No night feedings in 27 days or so.  Still some night wakings.
Food: Varies day to day, she does eat "3 meals" but they could be anything.  Lots of finger/table food - more than purees.
Feeding: 4 bottles a day. Was consistently doing 8 oz each time (32 for day) but has dropped to 28-30 oz for the day.  

Current feeding schedule

*most* days go:

7:15, 11:15, 3:00, 6:30

All 8 oz bottles and she drinks all...sometimes second or third bottle she may only take 7 oz

Last middle of the night bottle

February 27th at 6 months 3 days!  She is now 6 months 26 days so I'm hoping that really was the last one!

6 Months Old!

Kylie Elyse is SIX MONTHS OLD NOW!  She can sit up on her own and has enjoyed trying an array of new foods!

She can roll both ways but rarely does.

We are working on sleep training still.

At her appointment she weighed in at 18 lbs 6 oz and was 28 inches long.  That puts her in the 86 percentile for weight and 98th for height!

NO food restrictions this time around!  Nuts, eggs, shellfish...all good to go!

Diapers: Size 3 (size 3 overnights at night)

Clothes: 6-9 months..eeekkk getting very tight!  Switched over to 9-12 months now

Sleeping: Ugh.......tricky, unpredictable.  3 naps a day.  Lots of night wakings.  Usually ends up in bed with us.  Wakes up between 6-7AM


Food: sporadic, no real routine.  Still trying new foods...approx 1-2 tablespoons a day for three days then switching to new food.  Eats mum mums and fruit in the mesh feeder!


Feeding: 4 bottles a day (when there is no night feeding).  29-32 ounces a day.

Formula: Enfamil Reguline

5 Months Old!

Happy Five Months Kylie Elyse!  Wow how you've grown!  You definitely have grown faster than your sister did.  You surpassed her at 4 months weighing in at 16 pounds!  Here are some other stats:

Diapers:  Size 3 day and size 3 overnites

Eating: Enfamil Reguline formula about 6-7oz every 3-3.5 hours.  STILL eating a bottle at night!!  She eats approx 29-32 ounces in a day.  She perfers her bottles HOT except at night she doesn't care.  She started solids on 1/1/15!  She started with rice cereal, then oatmeal, squash, peas, sweet potato, carrots, green beans and apples.  She has loved everything so far.  I typically give her a cereal after her first nap and a veggie/fruit after her last nap.

Sleeping:  Ugh. Challenging. It did get better once she decided her belly is where she wants to sleep.  Whenever we put her in the crib she flips to her belly to sleep. 3-4 naps during the day that range from 35 min-2 hours. Usually a total of 2.5-3 hours during the day. Nighttime...sometimes we have a random sleep through the night or even just one wake up to eat.  The last few days have been 3-5 wakeups a night.  McKenzie has been sick so I don't know if she has something too?  We were able to successfully break the rocking sleep association.  She no longer gets rocked to sleep.  And although we brought the pacifier back for a brief time it became a problem again so we got rid of it.  So we are now trying to get rid of the positional sleep association so that she can fall asleep in her crib on her own.  some nights I can put her in the crib as soon as she falls asleep and if she wakes up I can just pat her bum and she goes back to sleep.  Other nights...forget it!!!

Clothing: 6-9 months/9 months...growing like a weed!