month seven

i am writing about hadley's seventh month. hadley is actually 8 months as of only a few days ago. so close enough.

you may wonder about the quality of the pictures below, as well as the ones in her six month write up. the reason for the low quality is the pics were taken with my phone. the reason the pics were taken with my phone is because i dropped and broke our camera. love when i do such smart things! i was having caroline take a picture of hadley as she "hung" an ornament on the christmas tree. caroline handed me the camera back but my butterfingers dropped it. no saving it unfortunately. so until a new one is had, the phone pics will have to do.

so hadley at seven months:

• has four more teeth coming in- her top two front and both teeth next to her eye teeth
• is crawling. on all fours. she totally skipped the army crawl
• is pulling herself up. we actually had to lower her crib last week. i don't think caroline even pulled herself up until 10 months or so. bad thing about this is that she isn't good at getting herself back down. she falls quite a bit unfortunately
• still really only eats cheerios, puffs, sweet potatoes, and green beans. i have been trying to improve on her menu. desperately trying to get her to eat other foods but she has no interest. forget anything pureed or anything that feels wet/slimy
• went to stone mountain for the first time
• loves when her sister tickles her belly
• loves "the itsy bitsy spider"
• has had a long month of sicknesses
• her first ear infection, which was actually a double ear infection
• her first round of pink eye
• her first cough
• her first 4 rounds of antibiotics
• still on prevacid
• still one feeding a night
• bottles are closer to 7 oz
• loves her leapfrog table still
• loves any playtime that involves caroline
• makes the 'mmmmm' sound now, so it sorta sounds like she says 'mama,' though i know it really isn't her calling me. one day it will be intentional. can't wait for that
• has definite separation anxiety

oh, please notice in the background of the above picture that adorable reindeer shirt that hadley's grandma made for her for christmas time. so cute. it is one of my favorites that she has made. please don't notice hadley's dirty clothes on the floor. thanks.

many sleepless nights

we took hadley to the e.r. for the third time in her little life last wednesday.

poor girl has been having such a tough time throughout the month of december. she has double ear infections that just won't quit. the ear infections have also given her a constant runny nose and cough. you know sleep is slim in our house. she started out on amoxicillin as a treatment, which failed her. she moved on to omnicef, which failed her. then to augmentin, which was another big fat fail. so poor hadley is in the process now of receiving the antibiotic rocephin which is given to her via shots three days in a row. it hurts to see my little baby enduring so much pain. ughhh.... it is the worst feeling having to hold her down for the shot knowing it is so painful. i am told it is a thick, slow moving liquid so it burns for a few minutes. i am just really praying that this will be her cure. i so want her to feel well again. it has been a long time since she has felt that way. i put it on her christmas list but santa did not deliver. hopefully soon enough.

i went a head and booked her an appt with a ped ent at the end of january. i hope tubes are immediate! it worked for caroline and i hope they will give hadley the same relief.

look at her... so tiny in that e.r. bed with her little hospital band around her wrist

i want to add what a super help caroline has been throughout all of hadley's appts and treatments. she is such an amazing big sister and is always there right by hadley's side trying to make her smile and laugh. i am really the luckiest mom ever. don't know how we did it, but we did do something right with that big girl. hope to do the same with the little one. hadley is lucky to have caroline as a sister and as an example.

wordless wednesday

month six

when left with nothing else... improvise.

that is what i am doing.

i did not get hadley's six month onesie shot. GASP! right. but totally not surprising from me these days. my brain has gone on a vacation. it's been on vacation. maybe a permanent vacation. i am not sure. so guess what i did? i still schlepped that six month sticker on her onesie this weekend and am going with that.

so hads at six months:

• had four teeth come through in a matter of two weeks. the bottom middle two and her top two eye teeth
• began scooting backwards but that didn't last long
• started eating veggie puffs
• started eating cheerios, which she loves. a pretty impressive pincer grasp already if you ask me, especially considering that the cheerios are broken in half
• eats sweet potatoes, avocado, and green beans cut up into tiny pieces
• still doesn't eat baby food... blah!
• is taking one bottle at night
• drinks 6.5-7 oz per bottle
• still on prevacid. her gi is basically slowly weaning her by not increasing her dose based off her weight. so far she is doing great
• likes to be tickled
• took an actual bath sitting up with her big sister
• had her first thanksgiving. ate some roll and sweet potatoes
• smiles a lot
• loves playing with her leapfrog musical table

hadley pretending to be 6 mos

you say it's your birthday

my baby brother turns 25 today!

happy birthday!

we are so proud of you, jer.

can't wait to see you next week.

thursday with words

a letter to me from sweet cheeks. guess i should find more fun places to take her!

chomp chomp

hadley loves to eat my necklaces.

all of them.

doesn't matter what kind they are. none of my necklaces are safe for a babies mouth i am sure. no telling what country they come from or what is on them. so i started waiting until i got to work to put my jewelry on.

then i find this place on etsy- the vintage honey shop -they sell some really sweet necklaces meant for little teethers to chomp on. what a concept... a necklace for hadley to eat and not choke on. so i had to try them. and the price isn't bad, $12.50 each.

guess what? they work! especially if i am wearing hadley in a sling. she loves them. maybe the little, round balls act as massagers to her sore gums.

how cute and stylish are they. i love the variety of fabrics and colors too.

these are the ones hadley eats