So here's a 5 month recap!
Inara was born November 8th 2012, the day after a wicked snow storm. She was brought into the world by C-section, and after 3 long days in the hospital, we were allowed to go home.
Shortly after that we discovered I was unable to breastfeed and she had lost a whole pound from her birth weight.
But once we put her on formula, she grew like a weed!
At 9 days old she was 8 pounds 3 ounces, having grown 13 ounces in just three days on formula.
At 10 days old we visited Auntie Melissa who did New Born photos of her, and she slept the whole time, and was a great subject:
From 2-4 weeks old Inara slept 3-4 hours at a time, but since she was formula fed, Ben and I traded off feedings so we each got longer chunks of time to sleep. She would go to bed around 11-12am, and then Ben would do the feeding at 3am, and I would do it at 5:30am.
At 4 weeks old we discovered blood in Inara's diapers, and after a visit to the stollery and several consultations with nurses we finally had our Pediatrician diagnose a Cows Milk Protein allergy, and at 6 weeks old, Inara was put on a hypoallergenic formula. As well at 4 weeks Inara started smiling.
Also at 6 weeks old, she was already wearing 6 month old clothing, and I had packed up all the 0-3 month clothes.
Once we switched her formula's she started sleeping for 5 and 6 hours at a time, and on Jan 2nd (Ben's first day back to work after the Christmas holidays) Inara slept 8 straight hours.
At 9 weeks Inara started sleeping 12 hours at night most every night, with the occasional night of only 8 hours.
At 10 weeks old, Inara was moved into 9 month sleepers and was maxing the doctors charts with 99th percentile for weight, 97th for height and 98th for head size. She grew a pound+ a week for the first 10 weeks.
At 13 weeks old Inara outgrew her 9month sleepers and needed 12 month sleepers. We were cycling through clothing at an alarming rate so I finally sent out a plea to moms through facebook for anyone who had sleepers they could let me borrow for a couple weeks. Thankfully I have amazing friends and I recived an outpouring of clothing and gifts to help me through!
At 14 weeks, Inara was figuring out her hands, and started putting everything in her mouth, and was sleeping in a routine where she would nap for 2-3 hours a day, allowing Mom to finally get some things done around the house, and get better at timing chores and meals.
Around 15 weeks we had her in the Jolly Jumper, and it fast became one of her favorite activities
At about 17 weeks she started to develop a real laugh, and is adamant that she wants to sit up all the time. Inara will only lay in a reclined position while she is drinking, but the second you pull the bottle away, you need to sit her up, or she kicks her legs, tenses her abs and squeals to be upright!
Inara also started slowing down the growth spurts during this time. Her 12 month sleepers lasted 6 weeks rather than just 3 before needing to size up!
19 weeks - 18 month sleepers
At 20 weeks Inara started teething to the point of screaming in the evenings and just wanted to be held all day - poor girl :(
At 21 weeks, she was still working on sitting up, but her tummy time has come a very long way, and she lifts her head and looks around now, rather than screaming to be flipped back over!
And that all brings us up to 22 weeks this week. Still teething, with nothing coming up to stay (one tooth popped up and went back down 3 times but hasn't returned since) and she's still wearing her 18 month sleepers. My little girl amazes me every day, and her smile makes my world. Looking back at these photos and remembering what happened when, I cannot believe how quickly 5 months have flown by! She'll be walking in no time!
