Teething and Other Catching Up

Ohh the woes of teething! Aselin has been teething off and on since she was about three months old and FINALLY on the 15th of January her first tooth surfaced!

For the last 48 hours she has been running a fairly high fever and been really out of sorts (which didn't happen with the first tooth) so I was being a worried Momma and thinking of all the terrible things that it *could* be! *GASP* Low and behold..I look in her mouth, and there is her second little tooth, alllllmost out! I can't believe how fast this second one has come in and how different her symptoms were! Alas, I am just happy that her fever broke and she is currently asleep, hopefully we don't have another night like the night before last night, we won't get into that...let me just say it wasn't fun!

We started Aselin on solids when she turned five months old and she has been loving it so far! She really likes her cereal and it's so much fun watching her enjoy (or not) new tastes! She really hasn't taken a liking to much, only green beans and carrots and makes these ridiculous faces when she doesn't like something...which is almost everything; sweet potato, squash, peas, cooked apple and banana; she does enjoy cold fruit in her nuby though! She loves grapes, apples, pears and cantaloupe! At the moment I am cooking up some mango to puree and we'll give that to her in the morning for something new!! Here is a picture of Aselin eating!!

As you can see, more of the squash ended up ON her than IN her!!

Enjoying some green beans!!

Aselin was suppose to be getting her six month shots today but because she had a fever I had to reschedual them..I honestly can't believe this Health Region...I called yesterday to see when I could get her in next...MARCH 25th!!! Are you KIDDING me?! I actually asked the lady that and she seemed shocked that I was shocked! I could understand like maybe middle of February but into March....sheesh! Aselin will be eight months old!

We are going to be starting sleep training at the beginning of February which I am SO not looking forward too. Aselin is currently co-sleeping which has worked thus far and I really don't *want* to move her, but I also want her to learn that it's OKAY to fall asleep other then in her swing or nursing and that her bed IS for sleeping and not just for playing in. I hope she takes to it fast or February may turn out to be a LONG month.

My little lady has awoken so I shall bid you adeau...I promise I won't take this long to update next time!!!

Slacker...

Man...I am such a slacker when it comes to this blog! Maybe, it's because I feel like I am not interesting enough to write about...or it could be that by the time I think of doing a post Aselin decides that it's time to wake up and play!!

I am very proud to say that I am almost 100% ready for Christmas...the house is decorated, the tree is up, presents are bought, wrapped and under the tree (or sent to the appropriate house), Christmas cards are sent, baking is under way and I just have to finish shopping for the actual Christmas dinner once it get's closer to the day! This is a huge accomplishment for me because I am usually such a procrastinater when it comes to Christmas...like one of those Christmas Eve shoppers at the gas station buying people gifts like an oil funnel or air freshners...well okay, I'm not THAT bad, but you get the picture!

Aselin is pretty much back to her normal self...thank God. The teething seems to have subsided for now at least and she is back to my happy girl! Well...on occasion she is happy! She is still on the roll of liking to sleep from about 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and be up until about 2:00 a.m. which isn't good for this old goat!

We started our girl on rice cereal about two weeks ago and she absoloutly LOVES it! It is the cutest thing to watch her eat food. We also gave her a rice cracker the other day and she demolished it! My baby is growing up so fast! Here is a picture just to show you how incredibly cute she is!!!

First Time Eating Cereal

Just finished her rice cracker..."Pwease Momma...Can't I have just one more???"

And you'll never guess what just happened.....ASELIN IS AWAKE!!! It is currently 10:19 p.m. and she is staring at me smiling in her swing....How do you kick a smiling baby back to bed?? She is just too darn cute!! Hehe.

I also promise to start updating my blog regularly!!

Sleep Deprived

So...I'm new to the blogging world so you'll just have to bear with me! I just thought since everyone else is doing it...I can too! I thought it would also be nice to look back on in a year or so and see what we were up too...mostly, see what Aselin was up too!

My little turkey-monkey is on a sleeping strike...or should I say, she has been for the last month or so...I thought I was sure a lucky mom when we brought her home from the hospital and she was sleeping through the night or over the second month when my little girl was sleeping in until 11am...but then that comes with staying up until midnight or later fighting to get her to sleep! I feel like such a bad mom sometimes when I have to just plop her in her swing because it's the ONLY way that she'll fall asleep! I am actually getting pretty tired of the swing thing and some days wish that it would just break so I wouldn't have it to rely on anymore! And then other days I am SO thankful for it because my back and arms feel as though they are ready to break!

Last night was sure something else…Aselin was SO tired after her bath and I only let her nap for about 3 hours yesterday afternoon so I didn’t think bedtime would be that much of a battle…boy was I wrong! She just wouldn’t go to sleep…nothing worked and she was wide awake…finally at 1:00 am she finally fell asleep only to wake up screaming at 3:30 am. She wouldn’t eat in bed so I had to get up and feed her on the couch, where she persisted to stay awake and be fussy…she finally fell asleep at about 4:00 am but she would NOT let me move her until around 5:00 am and that was still a struggle…she woke up at 9:00 am grouchy and I finally let her go for a nap at 10:00 am for an hour…then she went back to sleep at 1:00 pm and is still sleeping at 2:30 pm….ahhh I don’t know how to change this!

I’m going to get a couple minutes of shut eye while I can…I’m sure she’ll be raring to go when she wakes up!