Dyar Girls Take On Their Parents Join A & K As They Grow

My sweetest A,

I made a resolution to spend more time with you this month, and its been a month to remember.  While you have your two year old moments for sure, you are also the sweetest and most lovable little girl.  You give the most awesome hugs and I love all the things we’ve gotten to do together. 

Baking together has become our thing – you’ve helped me with cupcakes and cookies and mashed potatos.  You don’t eat the sweet things but you have a blast making them.  We need to work on your decorating as you decide that all the sprinkles need to be on about 3 cupcakes – but its really fun and I’m really enjoying it.

We also have had a blast dancing together – you tell me when I’m doing it ‘wrong’ but mostly we just dance around having a blast – you particularly like when I pick you up and spin you.  Its great exercise and tons of fun!

You’ve become quite the singer – songs from school include Mary Had a Little Lamb, BINGO, Old McDonald, Row Row Row Your Boat, Baa Baa Black sheep and more!  The other night Old McDonald Had a Sheep named BINGO who followed her to school.  It was pretty cute.

You are also working on adjectives and descriptions.  You’ve told me ‘Amelia’s house is beautiful’ as well as ‘its too small’.  You also often tell us you are too heavy or things are too heavy.  Its fun seeing you learn things like this.

Mickey is still your favorite, though you do like your Little Einsteins as well.  You’ve also really come to love the teddy bears in your room – one of the small bears now sleeps with you instead of the rabbit.   Most nights you sleep with baby lamby, mama lamb and baby bear.

You have a few favorite books this month – Pig Has a Party, Mickey’s Birthday and Five Silly Monkeys seem to be the most requested before bedtime.  Occasionally another one sneaks in – but usually its one of those.

Probably the biggest thing is that you now sleep in a toddler bed!  The transition has been very smooth – you stay in there just like you stay in your crib, calling for us when you wake up for ‘permission’ to get out and get books that you bring back into bed and read.    I’m so proud of you for doing so well.

We think you’ve grown 2 inches in 2 months – you’ve really shot up lately!  We are marking it all for you on your wall ruler so you can look back and see your progress.  You started out on the short side but I think you’ve made up for that lately.

Your favorite outfits are dresses and skirts, and you definitely like to have ponytails of some sort these days – you like to pick out the ponytail holders very carefully and then show us which bows or clips you’d like to go with them.  Its fun to see you express yourself. 

Each month these days you grow more into a little girl and the toddler is getting left behind.  Its so fun to see your personality shine out.  I love you baby girl – you will always be my first baby. 

Love,

Mom

Dearest K,

Wow little munchkin – you are three months old!  And not so little!  At two months you were 11 1/2 lbs and two weeks later already over 12 1/2 lbs so I’m guessing you are 13+ now – you seem like a 4 or 5 month old to me size wise.  And you are so fun and alert now – really starting to get playful and you are just a smiley happy girl. 

My time staying home with you ends in just another week, and I’m sad about it.  However, I also know your sister thrived at her school and you will too – the teachers are amazing and you will be a joy for them.  Plus I think you will like having friends.  You already seem to be social, much preferring being around people and interacting than being by yourself.

Probably one of the most fun things right now is how much you ‘talk’.  Its hysterical.  You will be the biggest talker of the family at this rate, and that’s saying a lot – between me, your sister and your grandmothers its hard to get words in, but I think you might beat us all.   You just get into these moods and talk and talk and talk.   You are happy – its a happy thing.  Its loud too – at night sometimes you’ll talk to your rainforest friends.  If it wasn’t 3 am it’d be really amusing. 

You are still a once a night eating gal – usually between 3 and 4 am.  Really hope next two weeks we can push that to 5 or 6 since I’ll be going back to work.  Let’s work on that okay?  You like to eat though – you eat probably a good 30 oz between your 6 bottles, if not more somedays.  And the good news?  You seem to do fine on a dairy based formula.  You get that one bottle a day and haven’t showed the signs your sister did – so hopefully your reflux is your only food issue to deal with.

We switched you to prevacid and that seems to be working out well.  You don’t spit up much right now, except maybe one bottle a day, and you sleep at night with only your small incline to sleep.  I think we’ve gotten your reflux controlled well and that makes us much happier.  We have even gotten through the month without any false alarms on your apnea monitor!  We might actually feel comfortable enough to wean you off of that at night soon – we’ll see. 

We try to give you tummy time and play mat time – you aren’t the biggest fan but are getting to like it more and more.  You always look startled when I try to show you how to roll over – like ‘what did you just do to me’… so it might be awhile before you do that on your own.

You love when your sister sings for you – its so cute.  You just watch her anywhere she goes.  I can’t wait for you two to play together.

Let’s see… oh you also have found your fists.  You find great delight in sucking on your fist – sometimes I swear you are trying to put the whole thing in your mouth.  You almost succeed.  I’m hoping this will replace the pacifier.  Right now the paci isn’t a major part of your life, but does help at times.  If you can realize teh fist or fingers work just as well – I’d be happy.  We don’t have to get up in the middle of the night to help you find that! 

We love you baby girl – we had such a rocky start when you were a week old, that its hard to believe its been three wonderful months now.  You are strong, thriving, beautiful and already showing a vibrant happy personality. 

Here’s to a fun next month as we introduce you to the holiday season!

Love,
Mom