Cameron in 19 Weeks Old!

Cameron Leigh is 19 Weeks Old!

Age:  19 Weeks

Weight:  14 lbs 8.8 oz

Clothing Size:  3-6 month

Diaper Size:  Pampers Swaddlers Size 2

Still sleeping in the swing.  We've discovered that getting Cami to bed earlier means she is less fussy and she'll still sleep through the night.  During the week we shoot for a bedtime of 7:30 pm.  She will sleep until we wake her up before work at 6:30 am.  

Cami's naps are still unpredictable and I have a hard time getting her to nap on the weekends.  She'll fall asleep when I take her on a walk so I've had success leaving her on the back deck in her stroller to get a good nap in...she'll wake up almost instantly if I bring her inside.

Cameron is 18 Weeks Old!

Cameron Leigh is 18 Weeks Old!

Age:  18 Weeks

Weight:  14 lbs 10.0 oz

Clothing Size:  3-6 month
Diaper Size:  Pampers Swaddlers Size 2

Hanging out outside.

Cute Socks

Morning Stretches

At the Pediatrician's Office

Cami's Valentine's gift from Daddy

Cameron is 4 Months Old!

Cameron Leigh is 4 Months Old!

Age: 4 Months
Weight: 14 lbs 8 oz, ~55%
Length: 25.25 in., ~85%
Head Circ: 15.75 in, ~45%
Clothing Size: Wearing all 3-6M clothes
Diaper Size: Pampers Swaddlers Size 2 are her favorite.


Yesterday we had Cami's 4 month checkup and Dr. Silverman said she was looking great.  I talked to her about the reflux symptoms I thought Cami was showing and she agreed that some acid reflux medicine might help.  We got a prescription for baby Zantac which I started her on last night.  Hopefully this will help Cami's fussiness and her one hour nightly awakening.


Dr. Silverman also said we could start Cami on solid foods.  She recommended starting with baby rice cereal.  I think I'm going to wait a week or two at least to see if the Zantac is working before introducing something new.  There's no reason to rush.


Cami also had some dry skin patches that I brought to the Dr.'s attention.  She said it was mild eczema and to use some Cetaphil lotion on it.

Dr.Silverman was impressed with how long Cami sleeps at night and believes once the reflux medicine kicks in we should be able to get her to sleep in her crib again.  Yay!

Cameron is 17 Weeks Old!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Cameron Leigh is 17 Weeks Old!

Age:  17 Weeks

Weight:  14 lbs 3.5 oz

Clothing Size:  3-6 month
Diaper Size:  Pampers Swaddlers Size 2

Not too much has changed since last week!  Cami is still sleeping in her swing in the nursery, but at least she is sleeping.  She’s still waking up about an hour into the night but a quick dose of gripe water and her paci then she’s back to sleep.  Monday night was rough though – I put her down around 8pm and she was up every hour until midnight.

In terms of fussiness – she has good days and bad days.  Thursday my friend Kelly came over for dinner and Cami had a great evening.  She hung out in her bumbo and bouncer while we cooked and then didn’t get fussy until it was time for her bedtime bottle.  On the other hand, Sunday was a ‘bad day’ where she would get really upset about an hour after every bottle she had and was spitting up a lot.

Also on Sunday she had a few streaks of blood in her poopy diaper before bed.  We were a little bit concerned but it turned out to be just a onetime occurrence.

This Thursday is Cami’s 4 month well checkup where she’ll be receiving her next set of vaccines.  A few things I want to discuss with her pediatrician:

• Starting solid food at 4 months vs. 6 months.
• Sleep advice – transitioning back to crib and what could be causing her to wake up one hour into sleep EVERY night.
• How much sleep should she get a night
• Reflux symptoms
• How often and how much should she be eating (currently 4 oz every ~3 hours.)
  
  

Someone loves gnawing on daddy.

Hello!

Practicing Tummy Time

More Tummy Time

Valentine's Day with Mommy

Cameron is 16 Weeks Old!

Cameron Leigh is 16 Weeks Old!

Age:  16 Weeks

Weight:  14 lbs 0.9 oz

Clothing Size:  Officially Graduated to all 3-6 month clothes.  It's like a whole new closet!
Diaper Size:  Officially wearing Pampers Swaddlers Size 2

Ha! I spoke too early last week when I said we ‘survived the 3 month growth spurt!’  On both Monday and Tuesday nights Cami was up at 10 pm and 1 am to eat.  Through Thursday she was eating well over 30 oz per day then on Friday she finally slowed down.  The rest of the weekend she took about 28 oz a day – 7 bottles total.  She also slept through the nights.

During the restless nights we relied on the swing a lot to get her to sleep.  It got to the point where she was too wide awake to put in her crib so we’d put her in the swing so she’d eventually fall asleep.  We moved it into her nursery starting Friday night so we could watch her on the monitor and I wouldn’t have to sleep on the couch (like during the week).  Saturday she fell asleep in the swing and I moved her to the crib about 45 minutes later.  She woke up for about 5 minutes then fell back asleep for the night.

I don’t want her sleeping in the swing every night, but at this point our sleep and sanity trumps struggling to get her down in the crib.  Prior to the growth spurt she would pretty much fall asleep during her last bottle (around 9 pm ish) or at least get very drowsy.  It was easy at that point to get her to go to sleep.  Now she is taking an extra (7^th) bottle around 10 pm ish and is still pretty awake when it’s time for sleep.  Hopefully now that things have calmed down and she’s back to eating a normal amount we can go back to our ‘normal’ nightly routine with an earlier bedtime and sleeping in her crib.

Cami’s been into making lots of new sounds lately.  She likes to stick her tongue out too.  She also couldn’t LIVE without her hands and fingers lately.  She just LOVES to suck on them nonstop.  It’s good for self soothing.

Cami has been pretty fussy in the evenings lately.  I’m hoping it was semi associated with the growth spurt and that it will pass.

Asleep in her swing...sucking her fingers.

Hanging out in the jumper

Ready for the big game.

All googley eyed.



Out to dinner with Mommy and Kelly.  Not a huge fan of the flash.

Playing with Daddy