Monday, October 12, 2009

Newest Update

This post will be kindof random since I haven't posted in a while!
Our family is doing great! Adding a 3rd child has not been super challenging to this point. Kylie is a great baby and a great sleeper. She does have her fussy moments but we're able to handle whatever happens much easier than when we had TWO fussy babies :) She's still sleeping in our room in her swing and gets up once, occasionally twice to eat in the night. I just moved her pack and play into our room today and I'll try that tonight. If she does fine in it I'll be happy to put her in her room but probably only until after she eats the first time - then back to our room. Sometimes she wakes up between 5 and 6 to eat and I'm worried she'll wake the boys and they won't go back to sleep. I'll probably wait until she's sleeping past that time to keep her in her room the whole night.
Speaking of the boys....they're doing well. The get really excited about Kylie and like to help with her. They are also rarely getting up before 7 and will play together in their room for a while before I need to go get them which is really great! They like to make sure they have our attention but other than that don't seem terribly affected by Kylie's arrival. At this point Kylie still sleeps so much that I still get focused time with the boys. It's really only when I'm feeding her that I have to explain that I can't help them with things until she's done - but they've been fine with that. I will say there have been a couple of times Jared hasn't been home to put the boys to bed and Kylie has been crying for food at the same time - so that's tiring but it only lasts a few minutes :)
Kylie has been out so much more than the boys ever were at this point! She's gone on dates with Jared and I and slept the whole time, been out to eat a few times, gone to the mall with mom, and a variety of other things. I just can't get over how different it is this time around! Not just the fact that we're not new parents and it's only one baby, but our lives are much more settled (we moved the weekend we brought the boys home last time).
We took Kylie for her 2 week appt and she's doing great. I think she weighed in at 9.26 pounds and 22 inches which is all somewhere in the 75th percentile maybe - but I don't think they did a very good job of getting those measurements so I'm not relying on that :) We weren't super excited about the dr we saw - though she was very nice or her nurse. Also, Kylie went through at least 5 diapers just in the office and then ruined her outfit, then was starving and we finally just left and got her all resituated in the van. It's also not very comforting to come into the PACKED waiting room with people who are obviously sick and one was even wearing a mask. Yuck! We'll try a new dr for her 2 month appt and if we don't like her we'll send her to the boy's dr (who we love) until she's older and then try again for a female. I do have a scale at home though (the boys had feeding issues) and last night she was 10lbs 13oz! She's in 0-3mo clothes and I'm not sure how long that will last! She's getting huge and not so newborn-like anymore!
Here are some pictures of the past couple weeks. It includes pictures of us going to the pumpkin patch with some friends. We had alot of fun and Kylie did great! She's crying now so I'll have to post more later...but for now...here are some pics!

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