Week 8 &9

Well Daphne you are two months old now and have gone to the doctor for your first shots. You weighed 9lbs 3oz, your such a little girl some babies are born that big. You are in the 25% for height and weight. You had to get 3 shots. When you got your first shot you screamed at first and then screamed/held your breath and your whole head turned bright red, almost purple. You held your breath through the next shot and as you got the third shot you finally began to scream and cry. I felt so bad for you, but it seemed more like you were mad rather than hurting, that's my tough girl! The doctor also gave me a new prescription for diaper rash ointment. When I went to get it filled they wanted $243!!!!! I passed on it and got an over the counter kind which has cleared everything up for you!

At the end of your 8th week you started sleeping through the night. You go to bed around 7 and wake up at 5. I am so proud of you for sleeping through the night, but it makes me sad that you don't wake up in the middle and I miss that time with you. This was my best Christmas having you here, you don't know what is going on but just having you made it special. Daddy and I took you on your first road trip over New Years Weekend you were 9 weeks and did great. You are smiling more and more and really seem to be communicating with us. At times you will babble on for a minute or so. You also really love chewing anything that gets near your mouth especially your hands. You also grasp your toys now and put them in your mouth. You are getting a little better about taking a bath but you still don't really like it. I love you more and more everyday.

Age 6&7weeks

Well baby Daphne, you never seize to amaze me. You are so far ahead of the game developmently it is scary. The Friday night before you turned 6 weeks old you slept for 9 hours straight, the next night 6 and the next 7. At first I was scared something was wrong, but everyone asured me it was normal and you would wake when you were hungry. From that point onward I haven't waken you up to eat and you are keeping yourself on a very good schedule. You go to bed between 7and8 (usually) wake around 3:30 and sleep again until 5 or 6, which is perfect with my schedule. This week you are 7 weeks old and have not been being very nice to daddy. In fact I think you are hurting his feelings. Everytime daddy holds you you cry and the second I take you back you stop crying. I don't know what is going on but I hope you stop it soon. The day you turned 7 weeks old was the first time you rolled over. We were about to leave for daycare and I had you in your crib and I was rolling your from back to tummy and tummy to back. About the third time I rolled you to your tummy you just flipped right back to you back all on you own. I was so proud, I kinda think it was a fluke though because I can't get you to do it again. You are also very mobile this week. The Saturday before you turned 7 weeks old, after I put you to sleep for the night I went out with Amanda for a few hours. You slept the whole time I was gone and when I got home and went to your bed to check on you I didn't see you. You had wiggled yourself all the way down to the end of the crib. You are also really trying to crawl already. You get your little legs a kicking and your butt in the air you just haven't got your top half up yet. If you could get your front up you would be on your way. It's one week until your first Christmas I can't wait for Santa to come visit you. We are taking you to see Santa and have your pictures made tomorrow! Mr. Fred gives me a daily report on how you are doing at Daycare, him and Judy treat you like you are their grandbaby. It makes me so happy that they love you like that but then makes me a bit sad that your real grandparents are missing out on that. Oh yeah the first thing we do everyday when we get home from work/daycare is give you a bath. Mrs. Judy has some very strong old lady purfume and you come home smelling like it. I can't stand it.

Week Two at work

Well as you can tell we made if through the first week. Each day got a little easier but it still isn't easy. Monday of the second week was very hard again because I had got to spend the whole weekend with you and then come Monday I had to leave you again. You developed a diaper rash Sunday night, because Mommy and Daddy didn't put the diaper rash ointment on you a couple time over the weekend. You have very sensitive skin and we must put ointment on you every diaper change as a preventive. Well on Wednesday the rash had got a bit better but it had developed into a few bumps. On Thursday the diaper rash had gotten worse and there were more bumps, I decided to make you a doctor appointment. Friday you got to come to work with Mommy for a bit until we went to the doctor. Turns out you had some thrush, a yeast infection and bad diaper rash. We now have meds for you and we are working on clearing it up.

Some tidbits for this week.

Monday night I gave you a binky for the first time. You kept sucking your fingers so I decided it would be easier to break you of the binky rather than your fingers.
Sunday night you slept 8.5 hours straight. Following that Sunday you have got on a good sleep schedule where after I lay you down you sleep between 4-6 hours straight. You are smiling more and more it is so cute and even cuter when you do it when you are sleeping. You haven't rolled over yet but you like to grab the side of the changing table and try. You are mommy's little alligator if you are hungry anthing that gets near your mouth is fair game. You have several small poops a day, I'm talking like 10 to 12, you get that from your daddy. Mr. Fred has named you Missy and Ms. Donna is calling you Boo. Everyone loves you so much.