Kennedy at 9 Months

Kennedy turned 9 Months old October 29!

• Size 9-12 month clothes
• Weight: will have to wait for your 9 month appointment in a couple weeks
• One tooth on the bottom coming in finally
• Can stand up, and can stand alone for short periods now
• Bear crawls super fast
• Into everything already! 
• Your favorite place to go that you arent supposed to be is in the bathroom, going after the plunger. 
• You love baths and are much braver in the water than Jack- you stick your whole face in the water or under the running faucet
• You LOVE your brother. You can be asleep in the morning and if you hear his voice you literally jump up and start laughing! 
• You like to wrestle
• You dance and bounce and clap when music comes on
• You are a HORRIBLE sleeper. Like, the worst. Jack at this age was sleeping from 8-7 with no waking up. You however... sleep from between 7-8:30 to about 6/6:30 with anywhere from 1-5 times a night of waking up. And the times you only wake up once are heavenly. Seriously kid. Get a clue. I'm exhausted. Love you... but not at 1 in the morning. Or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5.
• Still exclusively nursing. (say what?!) No bottles for you yet.
• You love your blankey
• You are a mischevious little thing 
• Love to smile and laugh
• Still are a cuddler with mommy 
• Taking 2-3 naps a day, although sometimes 4 if you take 2 little cat naps.

Kennedy's 8 Month Update!

8 MONTH STATS!

• Size 6-9 month clothes
• Size 3 diapers! Moved up a size this month!
• Eating baby food and oatmeal much better now~ there hasnt been any blend that you havent liked yet.
• Love the baby mum mum rice crackers- but you tend to stuff too much in your mouth!
• Are pulling yourself up onto everything
• Climbing
• Trying to stand up from sitting
• Playing with toys, banging things together
• Ga-Ga gave you a little baby doll the other day and you LOVED it!
• Still NO teeth!
•  Love to jump in the jumparoo
• Love to swing outside
• You love Duke and you really love cats
• Sleep at night is "slightly" better- you're waking up between 1-3 times, mostly twice but sometimes its every two hours. Bleh.
• Napping is getting better though- typically 3 naps a day
• We moved your bedtime earlier to anywhere between 7-8pm and that seems to be helping.
• You are a smiley, silly little girl and you love to laugh!

 

Sleep Training Kennedy- Days 1 & 2

Kennedy refusing to lay down and fell asleep sitting up... then falling face forward. Lol!

Sunday morning started as a normal day... get up, fix breakfast, start getting ready for church.... time to put Kennedy down for her morning nap so I can finish getting ready. I nurser her and she falls asleep (as she always does), and lay her down in her crib- and only because her swing recently decided to die on me- and she immediately wakes up and starts to cry. I pick her up and rock her back to sleep, lay her back down... wakes and cries. Now if this had been a week day, Jack would have been out in the living room (or Lord knows where) watching TV or eating, or getting into something he shouldn't be. Luckily, it was Sunday and dad was occupying him.  Frustrated, and just plain mad at my baby, I decided it was time. I was sick of having to WORK to put her and keep her to sleep, all the while poor Jack is left to fend for himself for 20-30 minutes. Not ideal. Plus me being frustrated was only escalating and for the sake of both me and Kennedy it was time! So, sort of on a whim... I laid her in her crib and walked out and the sleep training began!

Day 1:
First Nap: 9:00-10:22- Cry, cry, cry!!! Every 5-10 minutes Jacob or I would go in and pat and shush, and lay her back down.
10:22-10:52: Sleep
10:52- Wakes

Second Nap: 1:40- nurse and lay down awake
1:50-2:10- Cries then passes out
2:10-5:00- Sleep!

Bedtime:
Bath, Jammies, lavender oil on feet for bedtime routine
8:15 Nurse and lay to sleep
Literally 3 seconds of crying then fell asleep.
1:00 am Wake and nurse- no issue going back to sleep in crib
5:00 am- Wake and change poopy diaper, nurse and back to sleep
5:30-7:00 am- Sleep


Day 2:
7:00 am-Wake for the day
First Nap:
 9:00 am- Nap- Nurse and lay down
9:00-9:30- Cry then sleep (Went in twice to shush and pat to sleep)
10:00- Awake

Second Nap:
1:15- Put in bed
1:15-1:30- Went in once to pat/shush/lay down
1:37- stroked hair and shushed for a minute
1:39- asleep
3:15-Awake

Third Nap: Was hoping to not have a third nap but due to a short morning nap she couldnt quite make it until bedtime... and I dont want an early bedtime since Jack's is at 8:30
5:15: Laid down- shushed and patted
5:15-5:30-crying
5:30 Asleep
5:55- Awake

Bedtime:
9:11- Nursed and laid down
Laid awake, no crying, talking and moving around
9:30- Asleep

Here's to hoping for another NO CRYING night! I can handle two feedings as long as she goes back to sleep! :)  She's not as tired tonight though because she didnt fight as hard and had that third cat nap... so let's all say a prayer together! Sleep baby, sleep!

Kennedy's 7 Month Update!

I dropped the ball at updating Kennedy's 6 month stats, and she turns 7 months in a few days, so I'm just going to go ahead and go with the 7 month update! :)

• You weigh 15 lbs- 20% percentile haha!
• You are in 6-9 month clothes
• Size 2 diapers
• Started eating solids (hardly any though because you're really not that interested)
• You've tasted sweet potatoes, apples, pears, rice cereal and bananas
• You will take sips of water out of your sippy cup or bottle but still wont really take a bottle yet
• You are teething and it has been miserable
• Your acid reflux went away for awhile but seems to maybe have come back a bit- mommy's having to cut out things again.
• You can scoot/roll your way anywhere. You're almost full on crawling.
• You love to be around people
• You love to bounce
• You think your brother and your cousins are hilarious
• You can sit up on your own now
• You love people and are super smiley
• We love you tons sissy boo!!!!

Kennedy's 4 & 5 Month Update!

I cannot believe 5 months has gone by! Seems like Kennedy was born just yesterday. Time has flown by MUCH faster than it did with Jack. I felt like it was the longest 5 months of my life with Jack (Ha!) and with Kennedy it's just been so much faster and easier. :) Getting pictures has been a challenge the past two months in her crib because she can't sit up yet but is super squirmy! She is such a joy to us, rolls with the punches, puts a smile on everyone's face, and I love being her mommy!

4 Months

5 Months

• Size 2 diapers
• You weighed 13.4 lbs at your 4 month appointment
• Size 6 month clothes
• You love to smile and laugh
• You smile at everyone
• You roll all over the place
• You blow bubbles, babble, and say "dada"
• Have started to teeth the past few days
• Your naps have gotten better- You nap about 8:30am, and then about every two hours. You've been taking 2-3 hour naps in the afternoon.  You nap in your swing still.
• You go to bed between 9:30-11:00 pm
• The past two weeks you have slept until between 1-4:00 am, moved to bed with me and went back to sleep until 7 or so! 
• You start out sleeping in your sleep sack, in your swing.
• Still taking your acid reflux medicine but I think it's getting better.
• We've given up on giving you a binky
• Still working on getting you to take a bottle
• Your brother can make you laugh the hardest and you always smile at him
• You love your grandparents, your cousins and aunts/uncles
• You like to go for walks in your stroller 
• You play in your exersaucer now
• You are super squirmy
• You are much better in your carseat now, although still dont want to be in there long if your not asleep
• You get toted around with me and Jack a lot and tolerate it well
• You love to be held 

Bye Bye Binky!

There was a few tears shed (by both of us) but a big boy bed, new sheets, and candy were enough to distract him for the night! :)  So far there's been a lot of asking for his binky but no huge meltdowns yet!

I have a few more videos that I couldnt get to upload! One of him crying for his binky to come back, and one of him being proud to be a "big boy"! Hopefully I can get those to work later because they are pretty cute!

Night one...success.

Day 1- Naptime.... To Be Determined....

Jack at 2 1/2 Years Old

JACK'S 2.5 (almost 3) year update!!!

• Jack weighs about 33 lbs
• He can put his own clothes on by himself- for the most part. 
• Size 10 shoes
• Potty training was going slowly and then all the sudden in the course of like a day it seemed it started registering with him (or he just decided to do it himself) He will pee on the potty (or outside) if he isnt wearing a diaper, and has been going on the potty  for #2!! HUGE improvement from just a few weeks ago where he would literally hide and cry when I would try and set him on there. He does however, tend to want to go outside in the lawn...ahem... "like a dog." Lol!
• He loves to wear just shorts
• Two year molars are trying to come through, ones almost completely in
• Vocabulary is pretty amazing- talks in full sentences and there's really not much he can't say
• Can ride a trycicle like a champ
• Sleeps from 8:30/9:00-7:00/7:30
• We just recently took the crib rail down so now he's in a toddler bed! Big boy! 
• Took a couple days for him to not get out of bed constantly- and the first night he was up all night and ended up in bed with us. Misery!
• He still wakes up a lot earlier than you did in your crib, but its bearable.
• He doesnt know a stranger- is super friendly to everyone. Which is good and bad! 
• Still loves golf
• Favorite tv shows: Bubble Guppies, Paw Patrol, Fireman Sam, Frozen, Dusty (the Disney Planes one), and Big Hero

This kid always has a dirty face and half his clothes on (or none at all! Haha!)

Kennedy at 3 Months!

3 Months!!!

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• You havent been weighed since your 2 month appointment but I"m guessing your between 12-13 lbs

• You're in size 2 diapers
• Size 6 month clothes, although some of your 3 month clothes still fit but are snug
• You smile a lot and are starting to laugh
• You've rolled over once, but don't really try to very hard
• You try to crawl so hard when you are on your tummy and can scoot around pretty good
• You havent got on a routine yet- somedays you sleep 2-4 hours for naps, and sometimes, (ok, most of the time) you take catnaps of 30-40 minutes. We are working on fixing that!!! 
• You nap in your swing and sleep with me at night
• Still wont take a binky or a bottle
• You HATE riding in the car
• You really like to kick
• Everywhere we go, you catch peoples attention with your red hair and cute little face
• You really like your front pack, and I put you in there to fall asleep when you are having trouble
• You still take acid reflux medicine but I think its getting better
• You love to chew/suck on your hands
• Starting to grab at things and try to put your dangly toys on your playmat in your mouth
• You think your brother is pretty funny
• Your hair hangs below your neck and your bangs are almost to your eyes
• You have a bad case of cradle cap, just like your brother did

Your little personality is starting to come out. I can foresee a little diva in our future, but I'm hoping you will keep your laid back attitude! :) You make everyone you come in contact with you smile and I know that will stay with you! You are such a cutie patootie, and a perfect addition to our little family! 


Here's Jack's 3 Month update for comparion:

 http://www.strollintheneighborhood.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html

Kennedy's 2 Month Update

2 Months Old!

Super sweet, super cute, super loveable little girl!!

• You weigh 11 lbs 15 oz - 80th percentile!
• You are 23 inches long
• You're in size 2 diapers
• You wear 3 month clothes and can fit into some 6 month clothes!
• You're starting to coo and try and "talk" 
• You smile lots!
• Your throwing up is better, but depends alot on what I eat too. No dairy, coffee or tomato sauces for sure.
• You take most naps in yours swing and prefer to spend most of the evening on or next to me
• Everyone is in love with your hair
• You love your brother
• You like to sleep in the front pack
• You hate your carseat
•  You still wont take a binky
• You nurse ok, but still dont have a great latch, But good enough to keep breastfeeding!
• You are a light sleeper
• I haven't got you into a solid routine yet but I probably should start- it's a lot harder with two of you now to get on the same schedule.
• Most of the time you still seem to wake up 30-45 minutes into a nap which is frustrating, but sometimes you'll do a long 2-3 hour stretch in the middle of the day
• A few days ago you went 6 hours at night! 

Kennedy at One Month

 ONE MONTH!

• You weigh 10.5 lbs
• You're in size 1 diapers
• Size 3 month clothes
• You like to eat!
• You refuse to take a binky, and will take a bottle a little
• You've got bad reflux and spit up and gas issues we are working through :(
• You're not a great sleeper yet, and you take a lot of short cat naps which makes it hard to get anything done
• You have a fussy period from about 8:00-11:00 pm where it is extremely hard to get you to sleep
• You sleep with me at night
• You like to be held out in front of me and bounced. My arms are tired!
• You turn your head to look at me when I'm talking
• You are starting to smile and coo more
• You are just a cutie patootie and cant wait to see you grow!

 This pic was taken a few weeks ago, but it was too cute not to share. :)

Miss Kennedy Faith's Birth Story

Kennedy Faith Neighbors

Born January 29, 2015 at 12:50 am

7 lbs 10 oz, 21 inches

The morning of January 28, I sent Jack to daycare so I could have a little downtime to get a few things done around the house and do a few nice things for myself before baby arrived. I got my toes and nails done, enjoyed a nice Starbucks frappe, and then went home to do some last minute nesting and do some walking to see if I could get things moving! I picked Jack up after lunch and we both took naps and woke up around 4:00.

Contractions started somewhere around 6:00 when Jacob got home and I enlisted his help in making dinner while I tried to take it easy. I started timing the contractions, but didnt think much of it since I'd had them on and off the past few weeks. During dinner though, some of them were starting to be pretty uncomfortable so I started timing them. For about an hour they were every 3-4 minutes lasting about a minute long. Sort of like how Jack's labor went- just all the sudden started out of nowhere! Around 7:00 we decided we should take Jack to my parents house for the night just in case, which he was stoked about, and I'm glad we did! By the time we got home, I took a shower, got my bags for the hospital ready, and by that time contractions were stronger and about 2-3 minutes apart. I still wasnt fully convinced I was in labor but I was starting to be in more pain so we called the hospital and came in. Jacob told me we needed to go because he didnt want me to miss my epidural! :)

We arrived at the hospital about 9:00 and got into the monitoring room right away and got hooked up to the monitors and checked. I was at 3 cm. Same as I was with Jack when I was admitted with him! Contractions were now getting hard to talk through or stand up. The nurse said they would come check me in a few hours to see if I really was progressing and could be admitted and I could walk around if I wanted to but I opted to stay in the bed, and I knew I would be progressing fast.  About 30 minutes later I told Jacob I needed the epidural, my pain was getting bad. He went to get the nurse and she came back and said I'd definitely progressed more so they would call the doctor up. At this hospital the doctor has to come check you and give the go ahead before the epidural for some reason. So they moved me to a different room and by the time the doctor got there, I was around 7 cm and in some INTENSE pain. This was probably around 11:00. By the time the anesthesiologist came to get my epidural I was about jumping off the bed wanting to die. He had a trainee with him, which was super annoying because it took FOREVER for them to get everything ready, and then the trainee didnt quite get it in right and hit a nerve twice which was almost more intense than a contraction was! Finally I got some relief about midnight or right before. My water broke shortly after I got the epidural and when the nurses came in to clean it up and check me I was at a 10 and ready to push. The nurse said, "Oh goodness... DONT PUSH!" She ran out and got the doctor and they rushed to get everything ready and in 3 pushes she was out! SOOO much easier than Jack! I was so surprised at how fast it was! She was laid on my chest right away and we got to do skin on skin for a long time and feed her before she was weighed or bathed or anything like that which I did not get to do with Jack so I was so thankful.

Recovery was a lot faster this time around too, I was up and moving around just fine the next morning.  Could not have asked for a better experience this time around! :) Well... minus the few hours of pain. Haha.

Welcome to the world sweet girl! 

38 Weeks Bumpdate!

How Far Long? 38 Weeks, 3 Days

Size of Baby?About the size of a swiss chard

Total Weight Gain? Around 35 lbs

Maternity Clothes? Maternity...and those are starting to get tight! 

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night, up 2 or 3 times to pee and my back HURTS so bad when I roll over.

Food Cravings? Doritos, Sweets, Turkey/Cheese rollups, Mexican food.

Stretch Marks? Yes.Ugh.

Gender? GIRL! 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Not waddling, swelling, back pain, or feeling like I'm 90!

Highlight Of The Week: Late last week I got to see baby girl at a growth scan ultrasound! She's happy as a clam in there!

Milestones: Full Term Now!!!

Belly button in or out: Out!

Symptoms: Severe back pain, swelling, peeing alot, hard to breathe, waddling, super tired but with spurts of nesting energy. 

38 Week Comparison With Jack:

36 Weeks!!!!

36 WEEKS BUMP UPDATE! 

(This pic was technically at the end of 35 weeks, but close enough)

It's getting close now!! Starting to feel anxious and nervous and ready all at the same time. I have a severe urge to nest but just do not have the energy or physical ability to get everything done and cleaned that I want to, while taking care of a 2 year old as well. Kind of sucks and makes me freak out, but I'm trying to except the fact that I'm just not going to get everything done I might want to. The next couple weeks are going to be crazy, i'm trying to take it easy as much as I can, but I sort of have a feeling she might come early! 

 

How Far Long? 36 Weeks, 2 Days

Size of Baby? Size of a honeydew! 

Total Weight Gain? About 30 lbs

Maternity Clothes?  All maternity

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night and wake up multiple times

 

Food Cravings? Pop, sweets, grapefruit

Stretch Marks? Yes.

Gender? GIRL! 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Getting my body back to normal- with Jack I was not this uncomfortable and achy, but this time around I feel yucky all the time. 

Highlight Of The Week: I've got a lot done in the nursery- clothes washed, baby gear is out, babies bag is packed, starting to stock up on other household things I'll need!

Milestones: Baby is considered "early term" by the end of the week.

Symptoms: Very hard to breathe- she pushes on my ribs all the time. Back hurts super bad all the time, and I am finding it really hard to roll over or get out of bed, hard to walk/bend down, feet and ankles are swollen. Braxton hicks- lots of tightness!

Belly button in or out: Out!

35 WEEK COMPARISON WITH JACK

(Jack on the left- baby girl on right)

 

 36 Weeks with Jack