Liz' Life: 5 Months

 Five Months

Elizabeth,

I am amazed to see how much alert you are and all the things that you do! At your last checkup you weighed 17lbs 14 oz(off the charts) and were 26 1/4 inches tall (off the charts). You are so tall! Since we changed to organic diapers and Aveno products your skin is looking a lot better! You are constantly putting something in your mouth and you like to suck on your fingers. I am waiting anxiously for that first tooth to come in. You stayed a whole weekend away from mommy and daddy this month while we went on a church retreat. We missed you so much!  You smile a lot and it just lights up everyone around you. I'm still waiting for you to roll over again but you are liking tummy time a little more. You wear 6-12 month clothes and 9 months fit you very well. You also can wear 12 month clothes. We can't wait to see what next month brings!

Love mommy & daddy

22 Week Stats:


Sleeping: You go to bed around 8 p.m. and usually don't wake up till 6:30 a.m.!!!! You have some nights where you wake up at 4-4:30 and mommy just puts you in bed with us and you sleep for another 2 hours. No more late night feedings!!!!! If we are home you take a 2 hour nap in the mornings and then a 2 hour nap throughout the day.

Eating: Mommy feeds you in your high chair now at every feeding if we are home. Daddy feeds you your last feeding in your room. You have eating a little less now which I think means your starting to want solids. We will see what the doctor says at your next appointment. For breakfast mommy feeds you an ounce of rice cereal out of a bowel along with your bottle. You are eating it so much better now and have been eating it all!

Activity: You are enjoying your bouncy a lot better and I just love to watch you figure out your toys on there. We bought you a tummy mat that has toys on the end which you seem to like better. You are grabbing onto everything!

Likes: You can spend a long time on your activity mat and you enjoy being the center of attention. You also like it when mommy and daddy tickle you!


Dislikes: You still hate being burped!

Pics from this month:

Liz and her great great grandma

Mommy and Elizabeth

Liz and Aunt Krysti

What are you looking at?

Holding her teething ring

Liz' Life: 4 Months

 Four Months

Elizabeth,

This month you've really gotten into a routine. I feel like a lot has changed this month and I love to see the new things that you do. At your last checkup you weighed 17lbs (off the charts) and were 25 inches tall (95 percentile). I hope that you grow to be 5'7" instead of 5'4" like your mommy. You had a really bad rash this past month and we found out that you have severe eczema. The doctor put you on organic diapers and wipes and we had to switch from Johnsons baby products to Aveno. We have been putting Derma Smooth on your skin twice a day and your skin has cleared all up! Dr. Goldberg was so happy to see you talking to him and making eye contact. He was besides himself. You really like to grab things now and this month you learned to pull your car seat toy hard enough to make it sing and it brings a smile to my face every time I hear it! You went on your first road trip to see your great grandparents on my side of the family and you did very well and slept half the ride. Mommy is sorry for not taking any pics of our trip :( For the most part you aren't as fussy anymore and it seems your reflux is getting a lot better! You are also sleeping through the night most nights which makes mommy and daddy very happy! You now wear 6-9 month clothes and 9 months fit you very well. You also can wear some 6-12 month onsies. We are enjoying every minute watching you as you grow!

Love mommy & daddy

18 Week Stats:


Sleeping: You go to bed around 8 p.m. and usually don't wake up till 6:30 a.m.!!!! You have some nights where you wake up at 4-4:30 and mommy just puts you in bed with us and you sleep for another 2 hours. No more late night feedings!!!!! If we are home you take a 2 hour nap in the mornings and then 30 min to an 1 hour nap throughout the day.

Eating: Mommy feeds you in your high chair now at every feeding if we are home. Daddy feeds you your last feeding in your room. You are eating 6 oz at every feeding and for breakfast you also have an ounce of rice cereal out of a bowel. You are eating it so much better now and have been eating it all!

Activity: Your GiGi bought you a bouncy which you aren't that tall enough yet to bounce on it but you like to sit in it and watch your cartoons. You still love your activity mat and mommy has been working with you to sit up on your own and roll over. You did roll onto your side from your tummy for the first time recently but haven't done it since.

Likes:  Being held is your favorite, then playing on your activity mat and watching cartoons. You love bath time with daddy and you love to stand up.


Dislikes: You hate being on your tummy still and I am hoping that changes soon! You hate when I have to stop and burp you.

Pics from this month:

Liz and her Uncle Mike at Grandpa Ace's funeral

Family pic at reception after Joey's grandfathers funeral

Liz and Grandpa Junebug

Daddy and Liz watching first UH game of the season

In her bouncy for the first time

Rolled on side for first time

Liz' Life: 3 Months

 Three Months

Elizabeth,

I can't believe you are already three months! You are growing like a weed girl! You have really started talking and smiling more this month and your smile just melts my heart. It makes all that crying you do worth it! This month you started watching cartoons and you really enjoy them. You started grabbing on to your toys on your activity mat and you sat in your high chair for the first time. Dr. Goldberg put you on Soy this month but truthfully momma doesn't see much difference in your reflux. He also started you on solids for breakfast. Momma tries every morning to feed you rice cereal and sometimes with bananas with a spoon but you really don't like it. You would rather have your bottle. And it is the messiest thing! This month you also met your Great Grandpa Lopez who's in a nursing home for the first time. You wear some three month and some six month clothes. You are kind of in between right now. Just yesterday on your three month birthday we put you in a size 3 diaper because the size 2's were getting too small. When we weighed you yesterday at home it said you weighed 16lbs. I'm not sure how accurate that is since at your ped appointment on August 6 you weighed 14.2 lbs. You are a lot more awake during the day now and you rarely want to take a nap which gets a little annoying when momma has stuff to do. You really love your Uncle Ken and I think yall are going to have a special relationship like my papa and I did. You have become really needy or spoiled and don't want to be put down. The only time your not crying is when your held but momma can't hold you 24/7 woman! I can't wait to see what the next month brings.

Love mommy & daddy

13 Week Stats:


Sleeping: You are still going down for the night between 8-9 p.m. and usually sleep between 5-6 hours then wake up to eat and sleep for another 3 hours or so. Last night though you slept for a whole 8 hours then ate and slept for another 2 1/2. Momma's praying you have more nights like that! Recently during the day you aren't wanting to take your naps. You used to sleep for three hours in the morning after your first meal and now you wake up every hour. Not sure what that's about.

Eating: You've been eating between 4-6 oz at every feeding. You are now on Similac Soy with 3 tsp of rice cereal at each feeding and 6 tsp at your night feeding. You are not really fussy during feedings any more but you hate to be stopped to be burped. You get fussy about an hour after feedings and you get really bad hiccups afterwards.

Activity: You prefer your activity mat to anything else besides being held. You are up most of the day now so it's getting harder for momma to entertain you. All of a sudden you started not liking your swing. Not sure what that's about besides you wanting to be held all the time.

Likes:  Being held is your favorite, then playing on your activity mat and watching cartoons.


Dislikes: You hate being put down more than anything. Not liking your swing right now and you despise tummy time which makes it hard for me to get that in during the day. You prefer to be sitting up and surprisingly your head is very strong without having tummy time.

Pics from this month:

Liz' Life: 10 Weeks

 10 Weeks

Sleeping: Her sleeping has gotten sooo much better since my last post since I didn't do a 9 week post. She sleeps for 5-6 hours when we first put her down at night then wakes up to eat and goes back to sleep for another couple of hours. We have her on a schedule that we got from the book Baby Wise. She eats then we try to keep her awake for a while then we put her down for a nap for an hour an a half and we do that all through the day. It seems to be working. Some days we have to go off the routine but she seems to get back on very easily.

Eating: Her pedi changed her formula to Enfamil AR which has a little starch and rice in it so we are no longer give her the extra rice cereal. She is eating between 4-6 oz at each feeding and twice a day we give her an ounce of water to help with the swelling of her esophagus.

Activity: My baby girl has been a totally different baby. She is smiling so much now and responds to you when you make faces and smile at her. She is talking a lot and is keeping her hands open more. She has found that she can suck on her hand and does that a lot.

Likes: She likes to suck on her hand, likes her swing now, likes it when you stick your tongue out at her, likes to be sitting up rather than laying down.


Dislikes: She hasn't been liking it when we read to her lately. Not sure what's up with that! She hates taking her medicine, hates getting dressed and hates getting her neck cleaned after a feeding.

Highlight of the Week: She met her new baby cousin this week and went to two birthday parties!

Pic from this Week: (I have been so bad about taking pics. I have just really been trying to enjoy her but I need to start taking pics at least one a day!)

Elizabeth and her cousin Jayden

Liz' Life: 2 Month's Old

Elizabeth,

You are two month's old today. You have not had a good day today though and have cried most of the morning poor baby. The past month has been a bit challenging but we have gotten through it. We found out that you have acid reflux and it hurts you a lot. We have you on medicine and have changed your formula to Enfamil AR and we are hoping this will help. You are now a whopping 13 pounds and your mostly so big because mommy overfed you for two weeks by adding too much rice cereal to your formula. Know that mommy is truly sorry but you will outgrow it. You are wearing size 3-6 month clothes and are in a size 1 diaper. You are sleeping better at night. You go to bed between 8-9 pm. and sleep for 5 hours then wake up to eat and go back to sleep for another 3 hours. You usually take your morning nap with mommy on the bed and I just love that time. You are not a very happy baby for the most part but I'm hoping that will change after we get your reflux situated . You are really strong and hold your head up high and on your own for a good while. We didn't have a great 8 week appointment and will be seeing two different specialists to get some things looked at. We are praying that you are absolutely fine but we just want to be sure.

Mommy & Daddy love you very much!

8 Week Stats:


Sleeping: You've been going to bed between 8-9 p.m. and sleeping for about 5 hours and then waking up and sleeping for another 3 hours. You don't go right to sleep after your late night feeding. Some days you take naps and some days you fight it and want to stay up.

Eating: You've been eating between 5-6 oz at every feeding. We changed your formula to Enfamil AR to help with your reflux. You are really really fussy during feeding time and I have to admit its the worst part of the day. I hope your reflux gets better soon!

Activity: You are more alert during the day and we are getting more play time in. You're getting better at tummy time but still don't like to be there for long periods.

Likes:  You love bath time, looking at the fan or your mobile in your swing and the one in your crib and you love the vibration of your bouncy.


Dislikes: You hate burping and your reflux. You absolutely hate waiting 20 minutes before you can eat at every other feeding and you hate taking your medicine and always try to spit it out.

Highlight of the Week: You had your 8 week appointment where you got 2 shots and an oral medication and mommy and daddy got some not so good news. Today you are getting you meed your Aunt Lee Lee for the first time and mommy's super excited about that.

Liz' Life: 7 Weeks

Seven Weeks

Sleeping: She's only been sleeping for 2-3 hours at a time this week. She sleeps more during the day and sometimes I can't get her to wake up when I want her to since I've been trying to get her on a schedule but she lets me know I'm on her schedule.

Eating: She's still taking any where from 3-6 oz of formula with rice cereal and usually eats every 2-4 hours. She seems to be a lot more hungry lately. Feeding time has been a little hard because every other feeding I have to give her medicine for her reflux 30 minutes prior to feeding so sometimes I have to let her cry until I can feed her. Since I found out this week I was feeding her too much rice cereal she gets 1tsp per oz of formula now.

Activity: She looks around a lot more and is starting to sit up for longer periods on her own. I introduced her to a new toy this week and she seems to like it.

Likes: She likes to eat that's probably her favorite thing to do and she seems to like to visit her Abuela. She likes to be rocked and she still enjoys bath time with daddy.


Dislikes: She's not a fan of bath time with mommy. I guess I don't have that special touch that dad has. She HATES to have her nails filed. That is such a horrible process. She hates having her clothes changed and she doesn't like her swing most of the time.

Highlight of the Week: She had her 6 week check up this week where we found out mommy was overfeeding her and she was a whopping 11lbs 15oz. She got two shots and has started taking her acid reflux medicine. This week we also spent time with my foster family for 4th of July.

Pics from this Week

Liz' Life: 6 Weeks

 Six Weeks

Sleeping: When we first put her down she usually only sleeps for a couple hours. After her midnight feeding she usually sleeps for a longer stretch. And she sleeps really good at her morning nap.

Eating: She's still taking any where from 3-6 oz of formula with rice cereal and usually eats every 2-4 hours.

Activity: She's been awake a lot more even during the night and follows her toy when you put it in her face and move it from side to side. She's also keeping her head up a lot longer.

Likes: She likes to be held all the time. She likes it when momma sings to her. Her favorite songs are the ABC song and The Wheels on the Bus. She also like her Bright Star toy. She loves laying on her tummy! She really enjoys bath time with Daddy.


Dislikes: She hates being put down for long periods of time. She hates laying on her back and still not a fan of diaper changes or changing her clothes.

Highlight of the Week: Joey's coworkers threw us a Diaper and Wipe shower on Thursday and got to meet Liz for the first time! (Of course she slept the whole time LOL)

Liz' Life: 5 Weeks

 Five Weeks

Sleeping: Every night is different. There have been a couple nights that she's slept for 5 hours at a time but for the most part it's only 2-3 hours at a time. She still doesn't like to sleep in her crib. As soon as I put her down she starts crying.

Eating: I took Liz to the doctor last week since she was vomiting a couple of her feedings and her ped said she probably had acid reflux and told us to add rice cereal to her formula. Since then she hasn't spit up or vomited once! She's eating anywhere from 3-6oz.

Activity: She's getting to stay up more during the day. She has started to like her swing a little better but doesn't like to stay in there long.

Likes: She likes to be held a lot and loves to eat and be sung to.


Dislikes: She hates being put down for long periods of time. She doesn't like diaper change time.

Highlights of Week: My former coworker came to visit her for the first time.

Pics from the week:

Mommy and Elizabeth

Daddy and Liz

Showing off her jewelry

Great Grandma (GG) feeding Liz

Liz and her Abuela

Liz' Life: 1 Month Old

Elizabeth,

You are a month old today! Mommy can't believe how fast it has gone by. You are so adorable and I love watching you sleep. That is when you are most at peace. You are getting heavier every day and that's because you love to eat! You're like mommy in that way. You are eating between 4-6 oz at every feeding. You love to be held and only like to be put down for a short time. You are still sleeping a lot but I love it when you are awake and not crying. You always stay up for an hour or so after your 2 or 3 am feeding.  You have learned to like bath time with daddy and you like it when we read to you. You started getting fussy the past few days and Doctor thinks you have Colic and I feel so bad for you. You slept for 5 hours straight last night for the first time and missed your 10 p.m. feeding. I think it was because you were laying on momma. You did so good on this photo shoot. I was really surprised that you didn't cry at all and you were actually awake. Elizabeth, mommy and daddy love you so much and we can't wait to see what the next month brings!

Love,
Mommy & Daddy


Pics from 1 month photo shoot: