I've taken Ariella swimming 4 times so far this season. The first time hardly even counts. It was a complete disaster. I think my timing was off with her - maybe hungry and sleepy. She started crying almost immediately after we got in. So, she was in the pool maybe 3 or 4 minutes tops. Not fun.
The 2nd time I took it much slower with her, holding her tight, and making her feel very secure with me in the water. She was very hesitant at first, but she got used to the water and was able to do some of her swim positions. She LOVED her little pink floating boat. I put her in that, and she had so much fun. This was even where I noticed a new tooth when she was laughing. At the very end, she did 2 very quick underwater swims. She was ok with them.
The 3rd time, it was a little better even than the 2nd. She again loved her little boat. And, I do this thing where I lift one of my legs under the water and brush her feet while saying "kick, kick, kick!". She thought that was so fun!!!! And, she improved once again on her underwater swims, doing maybe 5 or so.
The 4th time was yesterday. Even though the water was slightly cooler than I had hoped, she had fun immediately! In her swim position, she was even kicking her legs and moving her arms. She was ready to swim! So, I let her do many underwater swims, even letting go for a bit like I did last year. She's definitely back in her element, and had the biggest smile when coming up from her underwater swims. I was so excited for her and am looking forward to taking her again. If only the weather would cooperate more frequently. But, it's almost June, so I'm sure it will be warmer soon.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Lots of Updates - Plus BIG NEWS!!!!
I'll start off with the big news - I'm pregnant again!!!! We're so excited and are so looking forward to a new baby. I'm thrilled that Ariella will have a sibling. Baby 2.0 is due on 12/25/11!
Once I was pregnant, my milk supply plummeted. We hung on with breastfeeding in the morning and at night for as long as we could. Then, we reduced to only in the morning. Then, only once every couple of days. And, now I'm totally dried up. I didn't intend to wean, but I figured there was no point in trying to increase my supply. Some women just lose supply when they get pregnant (a lot don't, but some do, and I was apparently one that did). I'm thrilled with how well we did with breastfeeding - made it to 14 1/2 months! And, I didn't have to deal with any engorgement at all with weaning.
Last Friday, I transitioned Ariella from the bottle to sippy cups for her milk. She's getting the evaporated organic goat's milk (which is supposedly closer to breast milk and has fewer hormones in it).
Ariella has also been sleeping much better. I don't dare call it yet, but the past 3 nights she has completely been sleeping through the night - 6am, 4am, 6:30am this morning. She hasn't been waking up at 2am - yay for me (especially since I really need my sleep now in this first trimester).
Ariella now has 5 teeth - her bottom 2 front teeth at Halloween, her top 2 front teeth several weeks ago, and 1 bottom tooth to the right of her front ones this past weekend. Only the bottom 2 front teeth are all the way in. The others are still coming in.
Last Saturday I restarted Ariella in her MyGym classes. I'll take her on Saturdays at 9:15am now. Her first class back she was a bit overwhelmed. She clung to me quite a bit and was sort of in awe of all the other babies. The age range is 14 months to 2 1/2 years, so she's the youngest one, and the only non-walker. I kind of wish she had been more in the middle age-wise, but she still had a ton of fun. After a while, she really got into some of the activities, and she crawled all over the place, and pulled up and such.
Speaking of crawling, have I mentioned that she can finally crawl!!! She crawls and then when she's about 2 feet short of where she wants to go, she switches to her sitting scoot. She is too cute. She's also pulling up on everything, and she loves emptying out mommy and daddy's clothes from the drawers.
So, that's the scoop - lots of new things here lately.
Once I was pregnant, my milk supply plummeted. We hung on with breastfeeding in the morning and at night for as long as we could. Then, we reduced to only in the morning. Then, only once every couple of days. And, now I'm totally dried up. I didn't intend to wean, but I figured there was no point in trying to increase my supply. Some women just lose supply when they get pregnant (a lot don't, but some do, and I was apparently one that did). I'm thrilled with how well we did with breastfeeding - made it to 14 1/2 months! And, I didn't have to deal with any engorgement at all with weaning.
Last Friday, I transitioned Ariella from the bottle to sippy cups for her milk. She's getting the evaporated organic goat's milk (which is supposedly closer to breast milk and has fewer hormones in it).
Ariella has also been sleeping much better. I don't dare call it yet, but the past 3 nights she has completely been sleeping through the night - 6am, 4am, 6:30am this morning. She hasn't been waking up at 2am - yay for me (especially since I really need my sleep now in this first trimester).
Ariella now has 5 teeth - her bottom 2 front teeth at Halloween, her top 2 front teeth several weeks ago, and 1 bottom tooth to the right of her front ones this past weekend. Only the bottom 2 front teeth are all the way in. The others are still coming in.
Last Saturday I restarted Ariella in her MyGym classes. I'll take her on Saturdays at 9:15am now. Her first class back she was a bit overwhelmed. She clung to me quite a bit and was sort of in awe of all the other babies. The age range is 14 months to 2 1/2 years, so she's the youngest one, and the only non-walker. I kind of wish she had been more in the middle age-wise, but she still had a ton of fun. After a while, she really got into some of the activities, and she crawled all over the place, and pulled up and such.
Speaking of crawling, have I mentioned that she can finally crawl!!! She crawls and then when she's about 2 feet short of where she wants to go, she switches to her sitting scoot. She is too cute. She's also pulling up on everything, and she loves emptying out mommy and daddy's clothes from the drawers.
So, that's the scoop - lots of new things here lately.
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