MADISON'S 4 MONTH UPDATE

Madison has not changed that much in the last month. She rolled over from her back to front, which was shocking to me because Chase took so much longer to do the same thing. I know you are not supposed to compare kids, but I think it is fun to watch Madison try and catch up to Chase. She is starting to get interested in toys which is my favorite part of having a baby. She still isn't laughing, but she sure smiles a lot. We were supposed to have a Dr. Appointment last Friday, but our Dr. had to go on emergency leave for a while, so our appointment was pushed back until the 7th of May.

Warning: Some people might think this is an over share, but I think it is important, so that is why it is in here, Anyway




We have been a little worried about her because she doesn't poop very often. She was pretty much refusing to breast feed. I have been fighting with her for a month on this problem and nothing was getting any better. I was going to wait until we went to the Dr. to find out if we needed to do something different, or maybe if we needed to supplement with formula. She was having a difficult time taking a bottle, so I was a little worried. When our Dr. appointment was pushed back to the 7th of may, I decided to call a lactation consultant. By this time, it had been 13 days since Maddi had had a poopy diaper. We have seen the Dr. for this before, and he suggested juice. When I went to the consultant, she discovered that Maddi has only gained about 2 ounces in the last month and only 3 and a half pounds since birth. It was a shocker to find all that out, and to have her tell me that usual weight gain is 4-8 ounces a week until 4 months of age. Madison started out around the 95th percentile for weight, but has dropped to around the 50th. She then told me that, the reason she is not pooping was probably due to the fact that she is not getting enough to eat.The consultant and I talked about several things that we could do to get Madison to keep breast feeding, but she also told me that I should get her to start taking a bottle because if my milk dried up, I would be left with nothing to feed Madison. Today, we tried a new formula, and Madison is taking to it very well. After many, many tears we have decided that it is time for Madison to switch entirely to formula. I was very upset with this because I wanted to feed her for at least 6 months, and if possible go for 9. I have had to accept this, but it has been difficult. I am worried that people will tell me that breast is best, which is the last thing I want to hear. For those who do want to say that. Trust me, I tried everything, but I have to do what is best for Madison. We are hoping she starts to put on normal weight again. As of right now, we have to weigh her every week to make sure she is not losing weight.

NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT

Aside from the lighting and other obvious things, try and see what's different.

YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, I DID IT.

That's right, I did it. I pierced Maddi's ears. She didn't handle it too bad. She looks really cute now.

Here is the lady getting everything ready. Chase was so interested in what was going on.
Here she is making the marks so that they are even.

Here we go!!!

Yeah, she screamed, but she was okay after a minute, and has been happy for the rest of the day.

All Chase said after he saw the whole thing was, "Mommy, I don't want it."

The before and after pictures are in the post above this, so I didn't post them again.

HAPPY EASTER

So, I hope everybody is ready for a blogging overload. I have been saving up all my blogging because I knew Easter was coming up. ENJOY!

Chase didn't really want to sit on the Easter bunny's lap this year. I think it is pretty crazy because the only time that the Easter Bunny is available is during Chase's nap time. Why would they think that little kids would do well with the Easter Bunny between 1 and 3. I don't know. At least he sat on his lap without screaming. It was better than last year.

I enjoyed buying Easter outfits for the kids. Madison was cranky today, so this is the only picture I could get of her smiling.

Chase is saying "cheese." It is his new thing. Anytime I get out my camera he says cheese.

CHASE'S FIRST EASTER EGG HUNT

Our friends had an Easter egg hunt. Chase really didn't know what was going on at first, but he knew to run quick because everybody else was. It didn't take him too long to realize what was going on and start getting the eggs. He was pretty good at finding them.

THE EASTER PARTY

Our friends had an easter party this year. We had so much fun there. Madison is actually smiling in this first picture, but it is hard to tell because she always turns her head when she smiles.

These are Chase's friends Faith and Bailey. I couldn't get a picture with all of them looking at the camera.

This is a tarp that they would play with. They would put a ball in the middle and throw it in the air. Chase loved it.

Madison was getting a little bored halfway through

Madison had fun in the exer-saucer.

PICS OF OUR DAILY LIFE

Yes you can all start drooling now. This is the best invention ever. They call this spaghetti ice. They take vanilla ice cream and shape it into noodles. Then they take strawberry topping and put it on for the sauce. The "Parmesan cheese" is actually white chocolate crumbles. YUMMY

Madison is getting more and more awake every day. Lately she has been getting to where she is only taking 1 really long nap in the morning and several short naps all evening. She is beautiful and fun.

Chase is still loving to be the center of attention. He found my reading glasses and put them on. I actually think these frames would suit him.

He also found the hat that my friend Heidi bought for Madison. He loves it, and wears it all the time. I don't mind since it doesn't fit Madison yet.

THE REST OF THE S'MORE ROASTING PARTY

Maddi likes being outside when we roast s'mores too.

This time I got pictures of Chase eating his s'more. He got so messy it was cute.

Chubby bunny

This is one of our neighbors. Chase likes her quite a bit. We went shopping together the other day, and I caught Chase rubbing her arm. I have never seen him act like that around anybody. He was telling her to go and get something in this pic.

Our neighbors that live right next to us, brought a fold up Chair. Chase fought everyone for it. He thought it was so cool

Our neighbors that live just down the street just bought a great dane. He is HUGE. He comes up to my chest when he is standing up. We took some pictures of Chase standing next to him (or at least as close as he would get) just to show the size difference.

THE REST OF THE FIRE PIT PICTURES

This is our fire pit. We have so much fun with it in the summer. This last weekend we had another s'more roasting party. These are the pictures of Ethan building the fire. Chase and his friend Brayden are helping. Ethan was a booger though and told Chase that he was going to play with fire, so now Chase is always asking me if he can play with fire :)