She did it again!

Andrina just rolled over from her back to her front again! She had gotten her onsie dirty with drool and spit-up so I took it off of her while she was lying down playing and when I got up to get a clean onsie, she had rolled over onto her stomach! I missed this roll over though, at least I got to see her do the first one! She was reaching for the MP3 player again, as she knocked it over while rolling over. She even rolled over onto her toys!

Back to Front Rollover

This afternoon Andrina completed her first back-to-front rollover! She was lying on her back playing (after having completed 25 straight minutes of tummy time and voiced that she had had enough of that) while her baby MP3 player was next to her playing music. Well, she wanted it after seeing it lighting up while playing and started reaching for it, which got her to roll over onto her stomach. Here's some pictures:

Way to go Andrina!

Another big milestone!

Daddy is a Playground

I just wanted to post some pictures of Tom playing with Andrina

Look at me Mom!

This is one way to get more tummy time!

"Walking"

Tummy to tummy

Hi Daddy!

Baby Airplane

Andrina looks like she's ready to take off!

Naked Baby!

I took this picture a little over a week ago but did not post it at that time. Well, I was adding new pictures that I had uploaded from my camera to my collection of screen savers and saw this one full size. Andrina is absolutely adorable in it! OMG, she is even cuter when this picture fills the entire screen! So I had to post it. She really could be a baby model...

Co-sleeping, nursing, attachment parenting

I am stubborn. When I want something I have a tendency to keep going for it until I get it (part of the reason I kept trying to breastfeed when it obviously was not working out, I kept trying for almost 3 weeks anyways). One of the things I really wanted to do with Andrina was co-sleep with her in our bed. We did it somewhat at first but it really didn't work out. Andrina would squirm around a lot and Tom and I could not really get any rest because we were worried about rolling over on her or the blanket getting pulled up over her face. So when we would put her to bed with us, we'd lay there so still, afraid to make the slightest movement and it would take so long for us to fall asleep. When I would finally fall asleep, I wouldn't get any good sleep because the slightest sound or movement from Andrina would wake me up and then I would not be able to get back to sleep. So we discovered that swaddling Andrina and putting her to sleep in her own crib was the best option for our family. We all sleep best like that.

But I never got over wanting her to sleep with us in our bed. Sometimes I try to bring her to bed with us. Many times after putting her to bed for the night and going to bed myself, I miss her and I want her with me. It's purely selfish. Andrina is able to sleep on her own just fine. It's Mommy who wants Baby. Well, I did it again last night. I wanted my baby with me. So I brought her to bed with us and we "slept" until 4:30 a.m. Of course, it took me over an hour to fall asleep because I was afraid to move. At 4:30 Tom got up with her to feed her and asked me if I wanted her back in bed with me. I said no. At that point I was too tired and actually relieved that she would be safely in her crib and I could feel comfortable really being able to fall asleep. I would be free to toss and turn and move my blanket and pillow around however I needed to to be comfortable.

So co-sleeping has not worked out. Breastfeeding has not worked out. And my ideal situation of sleeping with my baby next to me and her being able to nurse whenever she wanted to did not work out either. Obviously. But I know that there will be times I'll still want Andrina next to me at night and I'll break down and bring her to bed with me. Thankfully I am able to be with her all day like I wanted to. I am so fortunate that I don't have to work outside the home and I can be with her all day long. Even though we don't technically practice "attachment parenting", my baby and I are completely attached to each other.

5 Months Old

Happy 5 Month Birthday Andrina!

In about a month Andrina will be eating solid foods so I decided that she should now be with us at the table as much as possible when we eat our meals (we usually try to schedule our meals while Andrina is napping so we have more time to actively play with and cuddle her). Tonight she joined us at the dinner table in her high chair for the first time (propped up with a blanket). She was content to sit there with us for about 10 minutes, then she began to fuss so I held her in my lap while I finished my dinner. She was content and watched me eat (we may be closer to starting solid foods than I originally thought). Here's some pictures of her in her high chair for the first time: