First of all, before we went to New Hampshire, Mya had a doctor appointment for her 6 months check up and immunizations. She weighted 12 lbs and 2.5 oz! And 24 inches long! Big girl! While we were at the doctor office, we asked when we could give Mya baby food. Doctor said we could start now but recommend rice cereal in the formula. But we could try the baby food, stage 1.
I went to the store when we got back from the trip to New Hampshire, and I was so confused. There was too many brands of baby food and different size. I had no idea what I was looking at. Luckily, Shamere was with me. She said Mya should be a Gerber baby, so that what we went with. Then Shamere showed me the stage on the baby food. I think I saw 3 different stages. Stage 1 came in a smaller size, and it makes sense. I got different kind of food, including bananas, peas, prune, and sweet potatoes. We also got a box of rice cereal that came with apple in it.
Mike suggested that we start off with little rice cereal in her formula. She was fine with it and I don't think she noticed any difference about it. Today, I didn't know that I had pour too much rice cereal in the bottle because Mya was crying during her feeding time and I wasn't sure what was going on. I changed the nipple and she was still crying. But then I realized the formula was too thick with the rice cereal because it wasn't going through the nipple. So next time I go to the store, I am going to get different nipples that has bigger holes in it because I think she is ready for a faster flow.
Tonight, I wanted to see if Mya would take her food by spoon. I mixed the rice cereal and water and heated up for 10 seconds. I put Mya's bib on her because I knew it was going to be a messy one. I put Mya on my lap and Mya's daddy got the video camera on and ready to record. Mya was crying like crazy because she was hungry and just woke up from her nap. She was looking around the room and looking for her bottle that has her milk in it. And then I showed her the bowl and the spoon and she cried bit more. I put the scoop the rice cereal on the spoon from the bowl and put in Mya's mouth while she is still crying. Took about a few minutes to get her realized I had the spoon in her mouth. She licked it and cried even more when she was down. I repeated the same thing and she was still crying after the rice cereal went down her tummy. Every time she sees the spoon coming in her mouth, she will grab it and forced it in her mouth and sometimes she would completely miss her mouth. When she misses her mouth, her whole cheek is wet and sticky. And sometime her hands goes in her mouth while there was food in it.
She ate half of it that was in the bowl. So I decided to stop because she was crying even louder. I went to get her formula and as she saw it in my hand, she stopped crying. She is so greedy. I know she likes the rice cereal but I think she didn't have any patience for it because I was feeding her slow. I had to because I had to scoop from the bowl and then put in her mouth. I think she is used to the formula that is fast in her mouth.
As for right now, we are going to stick rice cereal in the formula until she learns how to be patience. And maybe a little bit older. Or maybe I will try to feed her rice cereal or the Gerber food when she is not crying for food.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
When I Found Out...
So today is my very first Mother's Day! My husband helped Mya to write the card for me. And the family treated me lunch/dinner at Outback. I had calm chowder soup, bloonin' onions and lobster tails with sweet potatoes and vegetables.
I was remembering last year of the month of May. I was at work one day and I haven't feeling too good for the entire week. I thought I had stomach bug or something like that since there was a lot of things going around like the H1N1 but I knew I didn't have the H1N1 because I didn't have the symptoms. One of the patient came in the office one morning and asked me to draw her blood to check to see if she is pregnant. I asked the patient when was your last menstrual period and we started to have a conversation on how she is hoping to be pregnant and how excited her husband will be if she was. While we were talking, I wasn't feeling too good and my stomach was feeling too queasy. But then, in my head, it sudden hit me, "what if I am pregnant?" And I realized my last period was in March.
I told my coworkers I needed to step out. So I went next door that is a specialist for OB/GYN. A lady who works there, she and I have a good bond and we share stuff if we ran out needles, tubes, etc. I asked her if she has a quick pee test for pregnancy. She told me she did have them and asked me how many I needed. I was like "oh, just one." She looked at me, and was like "is this for you?!" I smiled and she was like "oh! I gotta find out now! Go on and use my bathroom!" So 5 minutes later, she smiled at me and said, "I am so excited for you! Congrats!" I laughed at her and thinking she was messing with me. But I couldn't believe it.
I walked back to my office, slower than usually and my coworker wanted to know what was wrong with me. I was just going through many random things in my head and just not hearing my co-workers talking to me. Then suddenly, my very first morning sickness vomit. They were concerned about me and I told them I was fine. I didn't want to break the news until I tell Mike first. I decided to wait till I get home but then I was becoming too anxious and kept looking at the clock when it is only 11 in the morning! So I didn't have any more patience and I decided to call him at work on my lunch break.
Ring. Ring. "Yeah? Mike Patterson."
"Hi honey!" excited to hear his voice.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Well, I wanted to wait till I get home, but I couldn't wait."
"Okay...." waiting for me to tell him.
"I am pregnant! You are going to be a dad!"
"Yay!!!"
He had to go back to work and I called my parents, my sister, my grandparents, my aunts, and my best friends. When I called my mom, she was so thrilled! You could hear her crying. When I called my dad, he said "get out of here". Typical dad. When I told my sister that she was going to be an Aunt, she was like "what do you mean?" Common sense Casey! And my Aunt Gail was so confused when I said she was going to be a great aunt. 10 minutes later, I get like 5 different text messages from my cousins. Gosh, my mom has a big mouth!
Almost everyday I threw up. And I felt better after I threw up so I didn't mind throwing up as long I feel better afterward. It was a week before Mother's Day and some of the moms told me that I could celebrate Mother's Day because I was going to be a mom soon. My mom brought me a cute charm bracelet that has pacifier, horse rocket, and toy boxes that says ABC. And my best friend Beth brought me a book that has all the information on what to expect during pregnancy.
It felt a dream. Everything happened so fast. My body was changing so fast. My mood changed and so was my appetite. I was tired all the time. My feet swells up when I been standing all day at work. I had so many thoughts about it. Some was positives and some was negatives. I wonder if I was going to be a good mom or a bad mom. I wonder if my kid was going to look like her daddy or like me or in the between? But I was excited that I was starting a family with my husband and I have a little buttercup in my womb that was growing.
I was remembering last year of the month of May. I was at work one day and I haven't feeling too good for the entire week. I thought I had stomach bug or something like that since there was a lot of things going around like the H1N1 but I knew I didn't have the H1N1 because I didn't have the symptoms. One of the patient came in the office one morning and asked me to draw her blood to check to see if she is pregnant. I asked the patient when was your last menstrual period and we started to have a conversation on how she is hoping to be pregnant and how excited her husband will be if she was. While we were talking, I wasn't feeling too good and my stomach was feeling too queasy. But then, in my head, it sudden hit me, "what if I am pregnant?" And I realized my last period was in March.
I told my coworkers I needed to step out. So I went next door that is a specialist for OB/GYN. A lady who works there, she and I have a good bond and we share stuff if we ran out needles, tubes, etc. I asked her if she has a quick pee test for pregnancy. She told me she did have them and asked me how many I needed. I was like "oh, just one." She looked at me, and was like "is this for you?!" I smiled and she was like "oh! I gotta find out now! Go on and use my bathroom!" So 5 minutes later, she smiled at me and said, "I am so excited for you! Congrats!" I laughed at her and thinking she was messing with me. But I couldn't believe it.
I walked back to my office, slower than usually and my coworker wanted to know what was wrong with me. I was just going through many random things in my head and just not hearing my co-workers talking to me. Then suddenly, my very first morning sickness vomit. They were concerned about me and I told them I was fine. I didn't want to break the news until I tell Mike first. I decided to wait till I get home but then I was becoming too anxious and kept looking at the clock when it is only 11 in the morning! So I didn't have any more patience and I decided to call him at work on my lunch break.
Ring. Ring. "Yeah? Mike Patterson."
"Hi honey!" excited to hear his voice.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Well, I wanted to wait till I get home, but I couldn't wait."
"Okay...." waiting for me to tell him.
"I am pregnant! You are going to be a dad!"
"Yay!!!"
He had to go back to work and I called my parents, my sister, my grandparents, my aunts, and my best friends. When I called my mom, she was so thrilled! You could hear her crying. When I called my dad, he said "get out of here". Typical dad. When I told my sister that she was going to be an Aunt, she was like "what do you mean?" Common sense Casey! And my Aunt Gail was so confused when I said she was going to be a great aunt. 10 minutes later, I get like 5 different text messages from my cousins. Gosh, my mom has a big mouth!
Almost everyday I threw up. And I felt better after I threw up so I didn't mind throwing up as long I feel better afterward. It was a week before Mother's Day and some of the moms told me that I could celebrate Mother's Day because I was going to be a mom soon. My mom brought me a cute charm bracelet that has pacifier, horse rocket, and toy boxes that says ABC. And my best friend Beth brought me a book that has all the information on what to expect during pregnancy.
It felt a dream. Everything happened so fast. My body was changing so fast. My mood changed and so was my appetite. I was tired all the time. My feet swells up when I been standing all day at work. I had so many thoughts about it. Some was positives and some was negatives. I wonder if I was going to be a good mom or a bad mom. I wonder if my kid was going to look like her daddy or like me or in the between? But I was excited that I was starting a family with my husband and I have a little buttercup in my womb that was growing.
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