During our Babywise Success Stories Week, I wanted to add in Brinley summaries. It has been a while, and her summaries are great success stories š This summary is for Brinley’s 46th week. She was 46 weeks old.
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NURSING
This has something of interest this week. For the first time, Brinley bit me while nursing. I wasn’t paying attention to her, she bit me, I said, “Ow!” in shock, which seemed to startle her. She hasn’t tried since.
I am now very interested to see how she continues on. Brayden bit me once, then never again. Kaitlyn never tried it. McKenna bit me CONSTANTLY it seems that last month and she often drew blood. My husband said I should quit nursing but I wasn’t going to quit before a year unless she led the way. It is dumb, really, but it was a goal I had and I didn’t want to be the one to throw in the towel on it.
I have realized the biting profile of the children has really been a wonderful foreshadowing to what my future held with them. Brayden might try something he shouldn’t, but doesn’t once he is told not to. Kaitlyn seems to never try things she shouldn’t. McKenna tries it over and over and over again. So now I wonder what Brinley has in store for me.
TEETHING
On a relatead note, Brinley was teething during this week.
SICKNESS
Brinley was also sick this week. It happened to be the day of my sister’s wedding reception. Why do kids seem to always get sick for big events!??!?!? So my husband stayed home with her while I took the other three kids.
SOLIDS
I decided to take a daring step and give Brinley some cow’s milk this week. See this article: http://health.usnews.com/
These new guidelines seriously have rocked my world. There have been such strict guidelines on what age each type of food is or isn’t safe, so to have it basically be that pretty much anything is fair game after four months old is just mind-blowing for me. I think this is what moms must have felt like when the recommendation went from tummy sleeping to back sleeping.
She liked the milk!
She also started sitting in a new place this week–you may recall my post on Facebook if you are on there. I got so tired of the high chair taking up space in our kitchen. It was always in the way. So I decided to buy this chair. I had originally planned to wait until she was done eating solid foods, but I decided the pros outweighted the cons here (it is easier to sit in front of a high chair than to lean over the counter to feed her). We went with theĀ Inglesina 2013 Fast Table Chair.
SIGNING
I settled on teaching “more” next. She finds it amusing and doesn’t do it back to me, but she does get a look of agreeance on her face when I sign more and that is what she wants.
SLEEP
Sleep is great and normal. She takes two naps and sleeps 12-13 hours at night.
SCHEDULE
8:45–nurse with solids (fruit, cereal, yogurt, finger foods). Independent Playtime happens in this block.
10:30–nap
12:45–nurse with solids (veggie, fruit, finger foods)
2:30–nap
5:00–nurse with solids (veggie, fruit, finger foods)
7:30–feed, then bedtime. In bed by 8:00.
HELPFUL BOOKS
- NEW On Becoming Pre-Toddlerwise
- Baby Body Signs: The Head-to-Toe Guide to Your Child’s Health, from Birth Through the Toddler Years
- Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
- On Becoming Baby Wise
- On Becoming Baby Wise, Book Two
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
- What to Expect the First Year
- The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior–Beyond the Basics from Infancy ThroughToddlerhood
- The Wonder Weeks
- Fresh Baby So Easy Baby Food
- Super Baby Food
- http://wholesomebabyfood.com/
RELATED POSTS/BLOG LABELS:
- Baby Summary: Week 46 (for McKenna)
- baby summary (blog label)
