19 Months Old

Happy 19 months to this sickly, flower eating little girl.

You are growing up way too fast young lady.  We are 20+ lbs...haven't weighed you in several weeks...wearing 18-24 month old clothes with a few 2T tops in the mix.  Still can wear you 6-12 months jeans, but leggings are 12-18 months.  You have 12 teeth with two more on the way.  

Bedtime is still 7pm every night and naps last anywhere between 1-2.5 hours.  You still nap on mommy on the couch.  Not sure what we are going to do when my tummy is too big, or better yet, when your little sister arrives.  Your naps may become non-existent. 

We are going through a "I will only take a couple of bites of my food and then I'm done" stage.  You will eat the majority of your breakfast.  You'll eat oatmeal, pancakes, scramble eggs or cereal.  You always have some kind of fruit as well.  Lunch is barely anything.  You'll eat a few bites for deli turkey or ham or I'll give you an entire cucumber.  Dinner I feed you what we eat, yet again, you'll only eat a couple of bites.  I pray this is just a phase.  You do love orange juice, yogurt and fruit.  Everything else is rolling the dice.

You have become terrified of taking baths.  Started Christmas night when we used bubbles in the tub.  Baths had become pure torture.  Screaming, crying, trying to climb out, hanging onto me for dear life.  This has lasted up until a day or so ago.  Memom the "bath whisperer" has calmed you down after working with you for 2 weeks. I think you became petrified of having your hair rinsed.  She has discovered we need to lean you back and gently rinse the soap out.  You actually played and had a great time last night.  Crossing fingers this will continue after she leaves tomorrow.

You try saying words if we ask you to repeat.  Too cute!  Our vocabulary is getting better.  We'll see what Dr. Jackson says when we see him next month.

You love cleaning up spills.  If there's a single drop of water on the floor, you will go straight to the drawer with the dishtowels and clean it up.  You also love throwing trash away.  You'll take your dirty diaper and throw it away or if you finish your yogurt pouch, you know exactly where it goes.  Such a great little helper.

You are obsessed with washing your hands and playing on mommies phone or daddy's Kindle.  

You love waving "bye" and giving kisses.  

You are little miss independent.  Want to do everything yourself. Walk, feed yourself with a spoon or fork, attempting to put your clothes on. You have zero patience though. You get frustrated very  easily. 

You love to pretend play.  Whether having a picnic or feeding your baby doll.    You love strolling you doll around the house.  You also love coloring.  So cute watching you.

Being outdoors is still your happy place.  You love to slide.  We go to the playground often if the weather is nice.    

You are the sweetest little thing and I know you're going to be an awesome big sister.  For right now, I'm going to enjoy our time of only us for now.

I love you baby girl, more than you'll ever know!!          

22 Weeks

How Far along are you: 22 weeks.  

Weight Gain:  11 lbs.  Started at 114.6, weighed 125 yesterday thanks to my slice of pizza, garlic knot, black & white cookie, Red Robin's grilled chicken sandwhich and fries and a caramel macchiato ice cream cone from Boombalatti's.

Maternity Clothes: I only wear maternity tops, no bottoms yet.

Food Craving:  Every morning for breakfast I have two slices of cinnamon toast on whole wheat bread and every night I have strawberry yogurt with strawberries and granola.  

Food Aversion:  Nope.

How Are You Feeling:  Great! 

How Are You Sleeping:  Lots of tossing and turning lately. 

Miss Anything:  Nope.

Any Discomforts:  Nope.

Any Movement: I feel baby girl bumping around in there, especially at night.

Symptoms:  Just my oh so fun nose bleeds in the mornings.

Labor Signs:  No

Gender:  Girl!

Mood:  Happy and tired

Excited For Anything:  Our house is officially on the market!  My Mom and B think I've gone a little overboard with the cleaning, lol.  We had our first open house today and house hunting has begun.  I also have my next prenatal appointment on the 28th.

Pregnancy A Second Time Around

Here I am, almost 22 weeks along, and laying her while Vivian naps thinking how this pregnancy has been different thus far.

The saying is true, "no two pregnancies are the same."  Which means, this labor and delivery will not be like Vivian's.  Her's was quick.  From starting pitocin to the time she was born, 7 hours.  They say the second is usually faster!  I'm already getting nervous and anxious about round two of this experience. 

Differences thus far:

#1:  Finding out I was pregnant a lot sooner than with Vivian.  With her, I was almost into my second trimester!

^^ few days before finding out I was pregnant. 

#2:  Morning Sickness!  Let me just say, I would not wish this on my worst enemy.  It was horrible.  Couldn't keep anything down and all I could do was campout on the couch as much as possible.  With that being said, do you know how hard that is to do when you're a stay-at-home mom to a toddler?  Almost impossible!   My Dr actually Rx'd me Diclegis which is a miracle drug.  I wouldn't have survived my first trimester without it!  I had zero morning sickness with Viv, hence one of the reasons why I didn't know I was pregnant.

   

^^ during my sickly day.

#3:  Exhausted.  You think your tired the first go around...wait until you add a toddler into the mix. Fatigue × 10!

#4:  Not working out like I did with Vivian.  I think I've excersized maybe 4-5 times vs working out almost everyday with her.  Chasing around and picking up/carrying  an almost 19 month old  is enough workout for me.  

#5:  Eating.  With Viv, I was eating super healthy.  No fast food, nothing fried, fruits and veggies everyday.  This one, not so much.  I snack mostly with this pregnancy and eating more sweets and not enough veggies more than I should. I guess mentally I'm preparing myself for gestational diabetes  like I did with Vivian.  I've already taken the glucose test twice.  Failed the 1 hour, past the 2 hour when I first found out I was pregnant.  When I met with Dr a week ago for baby girl having a choroid plexus cyst, he said he'll be seeing me in the next 7 or so weeks because he said I will fail the glucose test again.   We will see if he's right or wrong.  If they don't diagnose me, I will start eating better with the occasional sweets here and there.

^^ first go around with GDM.

#6:  Movement.  I feel more movement with this little girl than Vivian.  I have an anterior placenta which simply means I won't feel movement like someone who doesn't.  Its more muffled and fsint.  I think I felt Vivian a total of 5 or 6 times.  I feel this baby girl mostly at night in bed.  Faint movement and little punches.

#7:  Feeling pregnant.  I keep forgetting I'm preggo.  With Vivian keeping me busy, putting our house on the market, constant cleaning just in case someone wants to see our house and house hunting, this keeps my mind off of baby.  Sorry little girl :( Once by belly gets bigger, making it more difficult for Vivian to nap on me, bending over giving her a bath, etc, then I will feel more pregnant.

#8:  Caffeine.  As soon as I found out I was pregnant with Vivian, I cut out all caffeine.  With this pregnancy, I have a cup of coffee every morning so I can function for the day.

#9:  Sleep.  I mostly sleep on my right side instead of left vs only sleeping on my left side like before.  I even wake up during the night finding myself on my back or stomach.  

#10. Hair and Boobs.  My hair did not fall out with Vivian, but this go around it is falling out by the handful.  So annoying!  As for the boobs, hello!  They were no where close to being this big with Vivian.  When I was producing milk, yes, but geez.  Living in nursing bras already.  

I'm curious how the rest of the pregnancy will go.  Hopefully it will go by quickly like the first half!!!   

      

Toddler Muffins

We have been going through a picky stage right at the moment.  We eat breakfast like a champ, but lunch and dinner havem been a challenge.  Takes only a few bites and then she's done.  It is frustrating, but I know she isn't going to starve.  

One good thing is she's a little muffin girl.  The great thing about muffins, you can add lots of healthy fruits and veggies and your little one won't even notice.  Fabulous!

Vivian LOVED these muffins.  She ate 3 back-to-back after they came out of the oven.  These were your regular size muffins as well, not mini muffins.  They really are THAT good!  Loaded with fruit and veggies.

I didn't take any pictures, but they're muffins.  Nothing spectacular.

The BEST Toddler Muffins via here

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar

⅓ cup of plain or vanilla yogurt (heaping cup)

⅓ cup unsweetened applesauce

¼ cup butter, softened

3 eggs

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 cup finely shredded carrots (about 2 medium carrots)

2-3 very ripe bananas, smashed (the riper the better)

1 cup quick oats

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

2 tsp baking soda

2½ tsp cinnamon

⅛ tsp nutmeg (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Cream together: sugar, yogurt, applesauce and butter

Add eggs, pumpkin, carrots, and bananas

Mix well add all dry ingredients: oats, wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg

Mix until combined

Scoop batter into greased mini or regular muffin tins. Can use cupcake liners if you prefer. Recipe can make 48 mini muffins or 20-24 regular size muffins.

Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes for mini-muffins or 15-18 or until toothpick comes out clean for regular size muffins.

Remove from pans and cool on cooling rack.   

20 Weeks

How Far along are you: 20 weeks.  20 weeks with Vivian.

Weight Gain:  8 lbs.  Started at 114.6, weighed 122 the other day.

Maternity Clothes: I bought a few tops from Target the other day and they are definitely more comfortable to wear than my regular tops.  Living in my J.Crew leggings and yoga pants.

Food Craving:  Been on a orange kick this week.

Food Aversion:  Nope.

How Are You Feeling:  Great! 

How Are You Sleeping:  Much better now that I'm using my body pillow. 

Miss Anything:  Nope.

Any Discomforts:  Not too much.  Mild cramping here and there.

Any Movement:  I feel little scratches here and there still.  No big movements.  Found out I have an anterior placenta which means I will feel less kicks and movement.  I rarely felt Vivian when I was pregnant with her and that's probably why, but no one told me. 

Symptoms:  Nose bleeding in the am are back.  I've had a few Braxton Hicks.

Labor Signs:  No

Gender:  Girl!!!  At our anatomy scan, we found out she has a choriod plexus cyst.  They go away the majority of the time, but will have to meet with the high risk doctor as protocol.  Her anatomy scan was perfect otherwise.  

Mood:  Happy 

Excited For Anything:  My Mom is coming the end of the week.  Also, we are about to put our house on the matket.   Our realtor is coming on Saturday to look at it and see how much we can sell it for.  I've been a cleaning maniac...OCD overdrive!!!