at home mama: November 2015

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Rose||Three Months Old

Rose's two month update can be found here

Trent's three month update can be found here

Breastfeeding: Rose is still exclusively breastfeeding on demand and I am hoping to make it past a year. As of now, she still nurses around 8 to 10 times a day. Rose refuses the bottle, when we try to give it to her she gags/throws up. This is really hard on everyone, especially me, because this means I can't leave her for more than an hour or so. Rose also won't take any pacifiers all three of our boys loved their pacifiers so this is new for Matt and me. Hopefully, we can keep offering both the bottle and the paci and eventually she will take one. If not, this is going to be a long 9+ months.

Personality: Rose is the most smiley in the morning. After looking back at Trent's three month post, he was the same way! I love waking up to a happy baby! It is so strange, but Rose still likes when her brothers are misbehaving-- we always look over to see a big grin on her face. Haha! Since birth, she loves being cuddled by me, the closer the better. She is a sweet girl, our Rose.

Brothers: Landon loves babies-- this is a fact! We could be out to dinner or running errands, if Landon sees a baby, he immediately points them out to me and declares them adorable. Because of this, Rose gets complemented on her cuteness by Landon daily, along with hundreds of hand kisses. As for Trent, he is still very protective over Rose, he doesn't like when Landon or Oliver holds her. When Trent is holding Rose, he gives dirty looks to his brothers-- it is really hilarious. He loves to kiss her gently and stroke her hair too. It is beyond sweet! Oliver is the most distant towards Rose. He isn't mean to her by any means, but Oliver doesn't smother her the way the other two do.

Giving a dirty look to his brothers..

First Thanksgiving with Rose!

More pictures from this past month:

Weight:12lbs 2oz

Height: Unknown

Clothing Size: 3-6 Month

Eye Color: dark brown

Hair: Brown, straight, thinning in the front, thickest in the the back

Dislikes Pacifiers and bottles

Likes: Sleeping, showers/baths with mommy, being wrapped in my Solly wrap

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Rose||Two Months Old

Rose's one month update can be found here

Trent's two month update can be found here

Breastfeeding: Rose is still exclusively breastfeeding on demand. During Rose's 12 day stay in the NICU following her birth, she took a bottle of my milk for all of her feeds. I was so scared Rose wouldn't want to breastfed when she got home and we wouldn't be able to continue because I don't have time to pump and then bottle feed it to her! Since being home, she has done so well nursing that the 3 or so times we have tried to bottle feed her it has been a struggle. This is both good and bad. Rose loves nursing so much that she doesn't want to take a bottle, but bad because if I do go out without her and she gets hungry its hard on Matt. Rose eats every 2 to 3 hours during the day and every 3 to 4 hours at night.

Personality- Near the end of October, Rose started smiling and our hearts all melt every time! It is strange, but she tends to smile the most when her brothers are being loud and naughty! We will be in the middle of explaining why one of them shouldn't have done something and look over to see a big grin on her face ha ha!

Brothers- I know a lot of moms who have said after the first few weeks that the new baby is home the excitement their siblings show dies down. This is not the case in our house! All three boys still adore Rose and constantly want to hold her and touch her hands. It is funny that Rose was a princess for her first Halloween, because she truly is one to her brothers. They worship her and it is the absolute cutest thing I have ever seen!