Last week Abigail and I visited my friend Amanda and her daughter Isabel in Knoxville. We had such a nice visit! Isabel is 1 week older than Abigail but you can't tell because Isabel is so petite and weighs about 4lbs less! See the link for pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/rocmemphis/KnoxvilleTrip
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Abby is 2 1/2 Months
Ok, so it has taken me awhile to adjust to motherhood, therefore I have had a hard time finding time to do anything....like post on my blog. Abby(chunky monkey) is growing like a weed and gaining weight every day. Since she turned 2 weeks old we have been dealing with acid reflux issues; although I think we finally have this under control with her current meds. However, the past 4 days she has started having other issues; such as, drooling, chewing on her hand, and not wanting to take the bottle. Although it is early I believe she is teething. She screamed for 45 minutes Thursday night and would not take her 10pm bottle, Chris had to run to the store to purchase orajel and she fell asleep.
We are still working to improve her sleep schedule, on a good night she will sleep for one 4 hour period, then awake to eat and sleep another 3 hours. I tried keeping her up longer during the day but that did not work, she was just cranky and had a harder time going to sleep at night. I am hoping this improves other the next month before I return to work. I go back to work on August 1(Yuck!). Abby will be at the Lambs and Ivy daycare, its the only daycare I visited and I didn't cry, so hopefully she will like it too.
Abby now weights almost 13lbs and around 23 inches long. She is getting so big, she has doubled her birth weight already and the dr says she could weigh 20lbs by 6 months. Apparently breastfeed babies tend to put on more weight in the beginning. Her eyes are still blue and the Dr says she thinks they will probably stay blue although we won't know for sure until the 4 month. This month she has started to "talk". Her favorite words are "Hummmmm" and "Oooooo" and she loves when her daddy repeats these words to her. Her head control has improved significantly and she loves to lay on her diaper changing table without her diaper and kick her legs. She is so funny she will talk to you and kick her legs at the same time.
A big thank you to Momma Jo/Pop(aka my parents) and Bubie(aka Chris mom). They have been keeping Abby on the weekends so Chris and I can get some sleep, this has allowed me to keep my sanity! I didn't realize how good I feel mentally and physically once I have sleep.
This Sunday Abby and I leave on a week long trip to Knoxville to visit Amanda and her baby (1 week older than Abby), Isabel. We are very excited, and Abby loves to have a playmate, although neither baby does much, we like to lay them on the bed next to each other and they talk and kick their legs. Isabel and Abby both like the stroller so I imagine we will be going on lots of walks. Chris says he will really miss Abby but will enjoy a quiet house and lots of sleep.
Thanks to Billy and Erin for having us over last night to their new house for dinner. They have a beautiful home in Collierville (where Chris and I grew up) and 2 beautiful children. We spent most the night talking about our kids and I made mental notes of things they did to improve their kids sleeping habits. Abby was really good last night, she hardly cried at all and slept most of the time. I am thinking she is having a growth spurt because she slept a lot yesterday.
Well I better do laundry and clean the house before the monkey gets home. I will try my very best to update my blog once a week.
We are still working to improve her sleep schedule, on a good night she will sleep for one 4 hour period, then awake to eat and sleep another 3 hours. I tried keeping her up longer during the day but that did not work, she was just cranky and had a harder time going to sleep at night. I am hoping this improves other the next month before I return to work. I go back to work on August 1(Yuck!). Abby will be at the Lambs and Ivy daycare, its the only daycare I visited and I didn't cry, so hopefully she will like it too.
Abby now weights almost 13lbs and around 23 inches long. She is getting so big, she has doubled her birth weight already and the dr says she could weigh 20lbs by 6 months. Apparently breastfeed babies tend to put on more weight in the beginning. Her eyes are still blue and the Dr says she thinks they will probably stay blue although we won't know for sure until the 4 month. This month she has started to "talk". Her favorite words are "Hummmmm" and "Oooooo" and she loves when her daddy repeats these words to her. Her head control has improved significantly and she loves to lay on her diaper changing table without her diaper and kick her legs. She is so funny she will talk to you and kick her legs at the same time.
A big thank you to Momma Jo/Pop(aka my parents) and Bubie(aka Chris mom). They have been keeping Abby on the weekends so Chris and I can get some sleep, this has allowed me to keep my sanity! I didn't realize how good I feel mentally and physically once I have sleep.
This Sunday Abby and I leave on a week long trip to Knoxville to visit Amanda and her baby (1 week older than Abby), Isabel. We are very excited, and Abby loves to have a playmate, although neither baby does much, we like to lay them on the bed next to each other and they talk and kick their legs. Isabel and Abby both like the stroller so I imagine we will be going on lots of walks. Chris says he will really miss Abby but will enjoy a quiet house and lots of sleep.
Thanks to Billy and Erin for having us over last night to their new house for dinner. They have a beautiful home in Collierville (where Chris and I grew up) and 2 beautiful children. We spent most the night talking about our kids and I made mental notes of things they did to improve their kids sleeping habits. Abby was really good last night, she hardly cried at all and slept most of the time. I am thinking she is having a growth spurt because she slept a lot yesterday.
Well I better do laundry and clean the house before the monkey gets home. I will try my very best to update my blog once a week.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
She is Here!
Horray!!! Abigail Christine Childers was born 12:49pm on April 8, 2008. She weighed 6 lbs and 10 ounces, 20 inches long. We checking in the hospital at 6am that morning for a scheduled induction and around 9am my water was broke and I was about 4.5 cm dilated. I was having moderate contractions so I opted for stadol in my IV before getting the epidural....big mistake! All the stadol did was make me extremely tired, then the major contractions hit, one after another, so I told them I need the epidural now, however I was so tense that epidural was not taking completely, then I was dilating so fast so they call the anesthesiologist back for a top off of the epidural, that finally worked and then it was time to push, but I couldn't feel anything. In between pushing I closed my eyes b/c I was still so tired from the stadol. I made a lot of progress in the beginning but then it stopped and little Abigail's heartrate was not tolerating the contractions as well as we would have liked so we took a break and waited for the Dr. to come over. When she arrived she said she would use the vacuum for 10 minutes, however if that did not work it was time for a C section. However, the vacuum worked and little Abigail finally made her appearance. She is just perfect, I think she looks like me but has big feet like her daddy and she has tons of hair!
Ever since I arrived at the hospital my blood pressure was high, and they thought it would go down after delivery, however it did not so after the delivery I had to stay in Labor and Delivery another 12 hours for a Magnesium Wash to try to get my blood pressure to drop. This medicine made me feel horrible and out of it for the next 24 hours, but my blood pressure did drop some. I have to go back to the dr. this Thursday to have my blood pressure checked again. Other than being extremely tired the Childers family is doing well and very excited about the new addition to our family.
Ever since I arrived at the hospital my blood pressure was high, and they thought it would go down after delivery, however it did not so after the delivery I had to stay in Labor and Delivery another 12 hours for a Magnesium Wash to try to get my blood pressure to drop. This medicine made me feel horrible and out of it for the next 24 hours, but my blood pressure did drop some. I have to go back to the dr. this Thursday to have my blood pressure checked again. Other than being extremely tired the Childers family is doing well and very excited about the new addition to our family.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Last Appt
This past Thursday was my last Dr. Appt, hooray! I am 4cm dilated, 90% effaced, -2 station and absolutely NO contractions. So our induction is still scheduled for this Tuesday April 8, and it looks like Abigail isn't coming out on her own.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
38 Weeks
Well we have reached 38 weeks and still no baby, and we were so worried we wouldn't reach 34 weeks. I think little Abigail enjoys being in my belly and doesn't want to come out. I went to the dr. on Thursday and I'm 3.5 cm dilated with a paperthin cervix and her head has moved even lower. We went ahead and scheduled an induction for 4/8 so we will definitely have a little baby by then. My feet are still swelling, the right foot more than the left, it looks like an elephant foot and I can only fit into 1 pair of shoes.
A big thank you to Momma Jo and Pop for taking me to lunch today and helping me organize Abigail's room, I think everything is ready, if she would just get here.
A big thank you to Momma Jo and Pop for taking me to lunch today and helping me organize Abigail's room, I think everything is ready, if she would just get here.
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