March Happenings

Spring seems to have arrived and this sunshine sure is nice! Just the other day we were at the park and we didn't even need our jackets! It was lovely, I can't wait for warmer weather when we can spend most of the day outside.

Eowyn is doing great. Or a lot better anyway. When we went to get her two month shots we realized she wasn't really gaining any weight. Apparently she sucks at breastfeeding (or doesn't suck as the case may be) which I kind of knew, but I didn't know it was starting to be such a problem. So I started pumping and giving her a bottle and she gained a whopping 10 oz or so in 5 days. Now she is really packing on the chub, and I feel like a jersey cow.

She still drinks from the breast at times, but then she gets lazy and I have to give her a bottle. But I really don't mind as much as I thought I would. I like the fact that James can feed her now too.

We also found out she was tongue-tied and that may be the cause of her poor latch and even poorer ability to suck, so we got it clipped as well. I know that just sounds like the most horrible thing in the world to do, but apparently they don't have many nerve endings in that little bit of skin that holds the end of the tongue to the mouth. As it turns out she was more upset about laying flat on a table with a bright light in her face then the actual snip. It was way more traumatizing for me. But it was quick with hardly any blood and it healed up within the day. It will still take her a little time to learn how to suck with her new tongue, but I think she is already doing better.

And she is sleeping longer hours now that my milk supply in back up and I can feed her with a bottle before she goes to bed. She is starting to get more 4 hour stretches, so yay for that!

Other then that she is doing great developmentally. She is smiling and cooing and doing all the things a three month old should be doing. We've even been able to get some little giggles out of her lately. She can be such a goof.

Gwen still loves being a big sister too. She wants Eowyn to able to play with her so bad. I can't wait till she is bigger and more interactive.

Gwen is doing more and talking more everyday. It's amazing to see all the new things she is learning so very quickly. I love just watching her figure stuff out on her own. It's really amazing.

She is turning into a bit of a fearless climber too. In not too long I'm sure I'll see her up a tree.

She started climbing the big kid ladders and monkey bars at the playground and now she can do most of them all by herself! (with my spotting her of course) I've seen kids two years older then her be afraid to climb them. And she much prefers the big kid slides as well, like the steep 'Yellow Tunnel' and twisty 'Pink Slide'. She just can't get enough.

She's now mastered climbing the steep hills and banks as well.

It's still been a little cold to go to the beach, but we did manege a little trip out to Cluxue a few weekend ago. Gwen, of course, had tons of fun throwing rocks in the tide pools. Her and daddy even found a dead crab that she thought was pretty cool and carried around for a while. Then we searched from little crabs under rocks and found some star fish. She found a little six lagged one and carried that around until it stuck to her hand. I love watching her discouver new and exciting things.

I can't wait until the warmer weather really kicks in so we can have more days like these.