Lessons

I have found even more advantages to the crying it out technique. Now that Selah goes right to bed if she cries for an exstended period of time I know there is somethings wrong. For example, a few days ago Selah cried honestly for at least 85% of the day and I kept trying to put her down for her nap and she kept waking up screaming. Come to find out she had an impacted bowel, one phone call later to her daddy MD and after a very fustrating day we fixed her right up with a baby enima. Instead of guessing if there was something wrong we knew there was something wrong and we're able to help her quickly instead of second guessing ourselves wondering "is this normal". Unfortunately for Selah when I try to change her diaper, she keeps her legs straight with a look that saids exit only please. I'm starting to see that being a good parent means doing a lot of the hard stuff that SUCKS! and makes her cry, but has to be done. A baby enima not fun, flushing her sinuses not fun, sometimes we both cry but it's what's best for Selah.

After months of secultion, depression, ellation, and being overwelmed, I'm starting to hit my stide and as I did with all my jobs before I'm making my new job of being a mom the most fun I can.
I've started to make my own baby food! Apples, grated raw not cooked, pears grated not cooked, sweet potatoes boiled and puraed, carrots boiled and puraed, bananas really ripe and smashed not cooked. I did a cost annalays and for all organic homemade baby food it's a quarter of what I'd pay for it in the store. Plus, it's easy! I made just put the mashed food into 2 ice cube trays and freeze. I shouldn't have to make any more for a couple weeks and it cost about 4 dollars. I'm excited!

My newest quest is making my own laudry soap, dishwasher soap, dish soap, body soap and muti purpose cleaner. Some will work out some wont but I think it's fun to try new things and save a buck while I'm at it. My only concern right now is the fragrance that comes with these homemade things. Even though many of them are naturally occuring ingredience they still have a smell and I'm not sure if they will get alone with our skin. We are all have very sensitive skin. I'm excited and hopful with my recipes in hand!

Another triumph, I was able to lose all the baby weight 45 pounds in total and I'm very happy to fit into my warm winter clothes for the already single diget tempuratres. The Farmer Alminac predicts tons of snow in December up to 134 inches and from December 1st to date we have had over a foot of snow. It is literally a winter wonder land.

Here puppy

These are some great photos of Selah in her dog hat they have matching slippers. I got these last Christmas at Gymbore when I went shopping with my mom, before we knew if Selah was a girl or a boy. They are super cute!

Selah's 4 month pics

At Selah's 4 month appointment she was 13.4lbs, and 24"long. She's in the 25%tile for her age in both hieght and wieght. So she is growing well and just a little peanut of a girl so cute! Luther and I took these photos in front of a tree outside out complex. Luther held her up while I took the photos so if she looks likes she's in a funny position that's why! :) Enjoy!

The little things

Olive and Selah are co-existing better. Selah loves it when Olive licks her hands, she smiles and laughs, she however does not like when Olive is licking her face so it's just baby steps right now. Selah has become even sweeter to Olive because she's eating solids now, they end up all over her face and hands...enter Olive...Our dog has a licking neuroses so any extra food really anywhere in the house she's on it! I can tell they're going to great friends.

It's been fun feeding Selah solids she gags and spits the food out the grimaces are priceless:). She is always good for a laugh. More importantly she sleeps even longer through the night and it gives me a little more freedom since she refuses a bottle. My baby already knows what she wants, now I'm trying to find a way to persuade her that she really does like a bottle:). I think it's safe to say green peas not her favorite, and rice cereal leaves a little to be desired:) We've found the tick she loves apples and pears! Were still working on the veggies:)

It been a while...

Like the title saids, it's been a while since I've blogged. The last couple of months has been full of trials for us, Luther was on service or a month so he was gone a lot between 80 and 100 hours a week. Leaving me with Selah by myself more than what I think is healthy for both of us. Thank goodness that month is over!

Then, Selah was having some episodes where she would scream and scream, her eyes would shake back and forth uncontrollably, she would vomit, and once I gave her dose of IBU she would sleep for a couple of hours. So, after the second episode I took her to the Doctor and of course he had never heard of such a thing. After much debate he gave her an EEG, that's where they monitor her brain by hooking her head up to a lot of electrodes. The EEG was not fun all the marking and measuring and placing of electrodes hurt her little head, plus she's a head sweater so it was hard to keep everything on her head. Obviously she eventually calmed down when I took a chance to take some photos. It turns out her episodes are benign, they still don't know why she was having them but she's hitting all of her milestones, rolling over both ways, she grips things, she discovered her feet and she giggles on and So, we couldn't be happier that everything is just fine!

Once all that was put to rest Luther and I had to make some big decisions about vaccinations which kept me up at night for weeks. We decided not to vaccinate Selah until after she's a year old with only 2 of the vaccinations if at all. Were happy with our decision, we did some research and found this was the best choice for our family given my learning disability and Luther's autoimmune disease.

So then Selah got her first cold from Luther there were only a couple of long nights but it was very sad to see her go through that. I then got the cold from Selah bummer! We are all finally feeling better Selah is just now getting a rash from her virus, but it should be gone in about a week saids Dr. Thompson:)

Finally, I had to lay down the law with Selah. I was having to nurse her to sleep. It would take 2 hours to get her to bed it was awful! So 2 of my friends both named Jen said that Selah had my number and it was time to let her self sooth a little. So, we let Selah cry it out at night we built up from 10min to 30 min at a time before going down to comfort her. I have to tell you I cried with her it was really hard to just stand by and listen to her cry. When I'd go in to comfort her she'd lift up her little arms wanting to be picked up, but it had to be done it took 3 days once we really pushed it. My sister in law said "it's harder on us than it is on them to be a good parent, we can't be lazy." Luther was a great he held my had when I cried because she was crying, but now it's better for all of us. Luther and I have more time together at night, and Selah is getting much better and longer sleep. After almost 5 months I can say things are really coming together:).