Date Night

The other evening Jason and I got to go out to dinner and have a few hours to ourselves. My sister had watched Kendall all day while i was at work and then said she would watch her a little longer if we wanted to go to dinner. So we went out and had us some dinner and it was very nice to just get a couple hours together alone cause it very rarely happens, so when it does it is very nice. We went out and had an early dinner of chinese and then went home and just relaxed for a bit before we had to get Kendall. So it was only a couple hours but it was still very nice just to have that little bit of time to each other. We have been so busy this summer with enjoying the warm weather and the camping and travelling we just haven't had enough time in the week to do everything. Once fall comes and things start to wind down it will be easier to have more time to go out on "dates" and spend time with each other while Kendall gets to spend time with a babysitter. I can't even begin to explain how much more relaxed I am when I get a little bit of time to myself, I am hoping it gets to happen a little more once things have settled down for the fall and winter.

Crawling Machine

I still think she is a little young but Kendall is so close to crawling, she can get herself up onto her hands and knees and once she gets up she starts to rocking but can't quite go anywhere yet. Every now and then she will push her legs and propel herself forward but she doesnt have the coordination yet to get her hands and feet moving at the same time so she usually just falls down. She will be scooting herself along the floor before we know it.

Lately she has been super crabby, she is getting a tooth in and i think its going to be the end of the world before it finally gets here. It is hurting her to the point of where she is not taking her afternoon nap. She will fall asleep and nap for about a half hour and then she wakes up and doesnt want to play unless she is sitting in your lap. She just wants to be held and its making me crazy. I wish it would just push through and let her be happy again. Two days in a row it has been like this, the first day wasnt as bad as yesterday cause she was still rested from the day before. Yesterday was harder cause she was so tired from being awake all afternoon the day before and she was just to exhausted. Hopefully today after a good nights sleep last night she will not be so crabby or clingy, usually she is very independant. She has still been taking her morning nap just fine its the afternoons that she is being bothered the most. I am hoping today is a better day for her, so far she seems to be pretty happy but its not the afternoon yet.

6 Month Doctor Visit

Kendall had her 6 month check up today even though she has been 6 months for about a week and a half. She had to get more shots and she toughed it out only crying from the initial shock of a needle getting stuck into her poor little (chunky) leg 3 separate times, once i picked her up she stopped. Normally she wouldn't have to go back to the Doctor until she is a year old but since she missed one of her shots at her 1 month appointment (they were out of the vaccine) she has to go back at 9 months and get the final dose.

Her doctor is very impressed with how independent she is and how she is advanced for her age in being able to sit up on her own (for a month she has been able to) and how she can hold her own bottle and stand with you holding onto her hands. Kendall was such a busy body while we were there, she wouldn't let the doctor listen to her cause she was to busy trying to eat the stethoscope, looking in her ears was a challenge, i had to hold her down and looking in her mouth was a lost cause, as soon as she saw the tongue depressor it was just another toy to her and it went straight to her mouth for her to chew on.

She can now expand her food selection by a lot. She has only had rice and baby food veggies. I haven't given her any fruit yet cause i wanted her to be used to the vegetables before i introduced her to fruit. But she not is going to be able to have the crushed baby oatmeal, noodles with no sauce, some fruits, cooked carrots and really any other vegetables as long as they are soft enough for her to gum. In about a month she will be able to start eating pureed meats (doesn't that sound yummy??). Maybe tonight I will try to feed her something fun and see what her reaction is.

She still wakes up about 2-3 times a night mostly because it has become a habit for her, so now i have to try to break her of it. Instead of feeding her a full bottle every time I just need to feed her until she is back to sleep. She should only be waking up about 1 time a night to eat, so to break her of this habit, the first time she wakes up i will just feed her a little but until she is back to sleep and then the second time she wakes up i will feed her a whole bottle and that should hopefully last her until she wakes up for the day. It should take a few days to a week to get her to where she is only waking up once a night, i might have to make her cry it out a few times until she knows that she is not going to starve cause she will get fed. Hopefully someday she will decide to sleep through the night, it would be great to get a full night of sleep again. I don't think it has happened once in the last 6 months. Wish me luck!!!

Crying it out

I think the time has come for Kendall to cry it out she is now 6 months old and still getting up 2-3 times a night to eat and it should only be 1 time. The only thing i can think of to resolve this is letting her cry it out. It is not going to be fun listening to her scream especially in the middle of the night but her night time schedule needs to be more consistent. During the day she does really well with her schedule she eats and naps about the same time, but at night it is a whole different story. Last night for example she went to bed at 8:30 and by the time i was ready to go to bed a couple hours later i went in the room and she was awake in bed. I had to put her in the swing and give her a bottle to go back to sleep, she had only ate 2 hours earlier so there was no reason for her to want to eat again. Then she also got up at 2 and 5:30. She needs to learn how to go to sleep on her own in the crib instead of in the living room in the swing. Sometimes usually if it is really late she will go to sleep in her bed fine but if she isn't entirely ready to go to bed at bedtime (around 8:30) she will just roll around in the crib and then eventually start crying. So hopefully this weekend or the beginning of next week (we might be going camping this weekend) we will be starting to let her cry it out.

Listening to her cry doesn't bother me a lot until its been a long time and let me tell you she can cry forever it seems. Also if she is going to be starting daycare soon (still haven't heard back from Head Start by the way) she needs to be able to put herself to sleep when it is nap time. So wish us luck on our journey to sleeping through the night, cause i am ready to be doing that again.

6 Months

6 Months

Brand spanking new

I can't believe it has been 6 months since Kendall was born, time has gone by way to fast. It is the most unbelievable experience getting to watch her grow and learn each and everyday. I couldn't imagine a life without her. She is so happy all the time and it is wonderful. She definitely makes Jason and I proud to be her parents.

Hi There!!!

Kendall can't crawl yet but she sure likes to stand. She will only hold on for a few seconds before she falls over, but when she is standing she is so happy she will just smile and giggle like its the greatest thing in the world. She just barely learned to sit up on her own and now she already wants to stand. She is trying to grow up way to fast. This Sunday she will be 6 months old, time is going by faster then i want it to. Before I know it, it will be time to plan her 1st birthday party.

Early Head Start

I had been kind of delaying it for a while even though I should have filled out the application before Kendall was even born, but I didn't. Our paperwork is now in the process of being evaluated to see if we qualify for Kendall to go to the Early Head Start program here in Hamilton. It is income based, so hopefully based on my income for the last year (July 2010 to July 2011) we qualify. I should hear back soon. If we qualify then we will be put on the waiting list to get a spot at the center, she said there should be an opening within the next month. Cross your fingers cause if we don't get in Jason and I have to shell out approx. $500 a month for daycare, that is a lot!!!! Since when did daycare get so expensive???? If you break it down, it comes out to about $30 a day. I don't know how people do it who have 2 or 3 kids. Even if they cant go one day for being sick you still get charged. I even know of one place who charges for holidays so they can pay their employees that day, which does seem fair to the employee but seriously?
Jason doesn't work everyday (especially in winter when there is very little construction) I think it would be silly of us to send her to daycare on days he is at home, when we are paying for daycare. The only problem with this is, I cant find a daycare that only charges you the days you attend. So even if he was home watching her we would still have to pay for that day because it is one of the days she is signed up for. It doesn't make sense to me, but if we don't qualify for the head start we have to find a place that will work with us.