16 Weeks & Videos

Here are the photos of Abigail at 16 weeks.

I got the tray for her bumbo and I think she likes it better now that her toys can sit in front of her.

Happy Abigail!

Abigail has mastered rolling over from her back to belly.. We are still working on rolling from belly to back.

 

Sleep Please!!

Abigail will be 16 weeks old next Tuesday and has reverted to sleeping like a 4 week old.  We were hoping it was because she has had a cold but her cold is going away and she is still not sleeping.  We moved her back down to the bassinet in our room because she wakes up so many times.  So this is how most of our nights go....She eats dinner about 8pm.  We get her all clean and swaddled and in bed usually around 9 or 9:30 depending on how hard she fights going to sleep.  She will then sleep till 1 am or so.  I feed her again, change her diaper and get her right back down in the bassinet.  For some reason this is where things go downhill.  She will sleep for about 30 minutes to 1 hour before crying again....I try rocking her bassinet and giving her the paci but that rarely works so I then pick her up and hold her till she falls back asleep.  I get her back in the bassinet for her to sleep about 20 more minutes.  We do this one more time before I give up and just hold her in bed with me.  She sleeps a little, I barely sleep at all.  At around 4-5 she is ready to eat again and I am up for the rest of the morning.  After 2 weeks of this I am exhausted....and grumpy....and exhausted and grumpy!  This week we decided to go ahead and try a little rice cereal right before bed.  We know shes only  3 1/2 months old and we haven't gotten the OK from our pediatrician but I am about to loose my mind so we had to give it a try.  It really hasn't made a difference so far.  We will try it for a few more nights and if it still seems like its not helping then we are going to stop.  This weekend we are going to work hard at keeping her out of our bed!  Fun Fun! We are open to advice if anyone has something they think we should try.  

During the day Abigail seems to be doing a little better.  She still cries a good bit but has much longer periods of happiness.  There are things that she likes to do.....she will play on her play mat for awhile, she likes going for walks/runs, and she loves the tv!  Thanks to our friend Kelly who let us borrow her iLatch, (an awesome iPad holder that will hang from the headrest or stroller) we now can go places without Abigail crying the whole way.  We play a Baby Einstein movie on the iPad and she loves it. 

Abigail riding in the Bob stroller.

 Asleep after a run with Daddy.

Here is a picture of the iLatch hanging on her stroller.  She fell asleep in Walmart watching Baby Einstein. 

Labor Day

OK, I know this is a really late post since Labor day was well over a week ago but the past week has been a hard one.  Abigail decided she did not want to sleep through the night anymore.  Now, on top of that, she has a little bit of a cold.  She did not sleep well Sunday night and woke up Monday with a runny nose.  Monday and Tuesday night we did not sleep at all because she cannot breathe well through her nose.  We are using a humidifier and I try to suck it out with a bulb syringe but it has not seemed to help so far.  I used some saline nasal spray last night but I still can't suck anything out even though I can hear it.  I hope she gets better soon !! We all need to get a little more sleep!  Anyway, here is a little about our holiday weekend........

Labor day weekend was a blast.  We really tested the limits of the lake house!  In total we had 25 people (12 adults and 13 kids) come up for either Saturday or Sunday or both.  It worked out great.  We had enough room for the ones that spent the night and the kids played great together.  The biggest hit of the weekend was of coarse tubing but at a close second was playing on the yolo board.  Thankfully my friend Angie took some pictures and shared them because I didn't take any.  

Kids playing on the Yolo board

 The big kids got a little rough playing "King of the Yolo Board" so the little ones played on a raft instead.

Tubing

The girls loved sitting in the front of the boat....until a wave came over and soaked them all.  I wish I had an after picture of that!

  Andy watching the Bama game with Abigail. (we forgot her UA pjs)

14 weeks

Here are some pictures of Abigail at 14 weeks.  She is smiling and playing more and more each day and we are loving it!  Andy helped me get these pictures so I could make sure I got a few of her smiling.  

 

Wubbanub

I finally got Abigail a Wubbanub.  I have wanted one for awhile but they only sell a couple of the animals in stores and I really wanted the pink elephant.  I ordered it on Amazon with another order and I am so glad I did.  I really just wanted one because they were so cute but Abigail loves it.  She plays with it and holds on to it when she sleeps.  It is so adorable.  I want to name it but so far she has just been called Wubby.