Well this week has been trying for a new mom, Whitley has had her first "cold." It started out just the snotty nose, then the cough came. I can handle that because she has had a short time that this had previously happened. Then Monday night happened...she cried...no wait, screamed for hours! This isn't my girl so I knew something wasn't right. So I called the on-call nurse at her peds office and they called the on-call doctor and told me to give her a warm bath, rub her belly and to get into the office on Tuesday. So we went to the doctor and they said that it was just a cold and that her ears and lungs were clear and to just hang in there. That made me feel better knowing her ears and lungs were clear, that is always my biggest fear. We wake up Wednesday morning and she felt warm to me so I took her temperature, 101.1! I once again called the on-call nurse to see if I needed to get her into the doctor again and she told me that I could just treat her at home and let me know what to do. She slept most of the day, all cuddled up in my lap. She was not her normal smiley self and that broke my heart knowing that she didn't feel good. She had to be fever free for 24 hours before going back to daycare, so I had to stay home with her again on Thursday since her fever spiked again Wednesday night.
Thursday was a much better day! She was smiling again! She also made a new discovery...her FEET! It was so fun to watch her grab and play with her feet. This morning she was still fever free so she went to daycare today. She has been having a pretty good day. Hopefully she will be feeling 100% by next week. When the weather turns nice again, I want to take her outside to get some pictures of her. The lighting in my house really stinks when it comes to taking pictures!
Can't believe she is going to be 4 months old next week! Time is flying by so fast and I am loving every minute of it!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Mamamamamama
The weather so far this week has been a little strange. It was snowing on Monday and yesterday it was almost 80 but what can you say other than "that is Missouri for ya." Despite the weather Whitley has been doing good. I am afraid that with this crazy weather that she will get all snotty again since she just got better. Hopefully that won't happen!
But for better news...she started saying mamamamama yesterday! It wasn't just a one time thing either. She said it A LOT yesterday morning as I was getting her ready, then even the daycare teacher said she was saying up there. Then she said just mama a couple times while we were walking with Jolanna and baby Brinn! Of course Robb is like she doesn't know what she is saying so it doesn't count. YES IT DOES!!! Yes, I know that she doesn't know what it means and that those are just some of the first sound combinations that babies put together. But it still counts to me as her first word!
I so so so thought she was going to roll over from back to front last night. I had her on a blanket in the floor and she was rolling around like usual but then she stretched out real big and was almost there...then she rolled back to her back. Darn it! I got so excited and kept telling her that she could do it but she didn't. I really think she will soon though.
But for better news...she started saying mamamamama yesterday! It wasn't just a one time thing either. She said it A LOT yesterday morning as I was getting her ready, then even the daycare teacher said she was saying up there. Then she said just mama a couple times while we were walking with Jolanna and baby Brinn! Of course Robb is like she doesn't know what she is saying so it doesn't count. YES IT DOES!!! Yes, I know that she doesn't know what it means and that those are just some of the first sound combinations that babies put together. But it still counts to me as her first word!
I so so so thought she was going to roll over from back to front last night. I had her on a blanket in the floor and she was rolling around like usual but then she stretched out real big and was almost there...then she rolled back to her back. Darn it! I got so excited and kept telling her that she could do it but she didn't. I really think she will soon though.
This is from the night before last. 3/16/11
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Whitley 3 Months
Whitley,
You are growing so much and getting big on mommy. I love you to pieces my beautiful girl! I tell you that you are beautiful and that I love you everyday and have promised you that I will always do that. You have turned into a slobber bucket this month. You slobber and slobber and have begun chewing on everything. You talk all the time and it is music to mommy's ears. You have been fighting a snotty nose and hopefully it will clear up soon, because you REALLY don't like the saline drops and getting your nose sucked out! Last night you almost laughed! You have wanted to for a long time now. I can tell that you want to laugh with how you smile. You have also started talking in a really squeaky voice and it makes me laugh and smile. You are such a blessing and I thank God everyday for you. The last time I took you to the doctor you weighed 11 lbs 5 oz! You are still wearing 0-3 month clothing and some of those are even too big still. I recently switched you to Pamper Swaddlers Sensitive because your little bottom seemed to be red a lot. You are in a size 1 diaper. You can still only roll over from your tummy to your back but you are still working on the other way. You can push yourself up on your side and lay like that, but haven't push all the way over. You are a very happy baby! You smile all the time! You are trying to sit up but still need help staying up. You have started stomping your feet and standing on one leg when you stand in our lap. You love to stand and sit up! People always want to lay you down to hold you and it makes you fuss. You are a very schedule oriented baby. Since being in daycare you have developed a schedule and get a little fussy when it gets messed up. You wake up once a night to nurse and it is usually between 4-6. After I wake you up and get you ready for daycare you "snack" at 7:30 then take a 4 oz bottle of mommy's milk around 9:30. I come to see you everyday at 12:30 to let you nurse and it makes my day. You eat another 4 oz bottle around 3:30 I pick you up between 5-5:30 then once we get home you will usually nurse again around 6. I usually start getting you ready for bed around 8:30 and then you nurse before you fall asleep. I love the time I spend with you nursing, it makes me feel peaceful and calm. I am running a touch behind on your 3 month pictures but we are getting those taken this weekend.
I love you my beautiful baby girl!
Love,
Mommy
You are growing so much and getting big on mommy. I love you to pieces my beautiful girl! I tell you that you are beautiful and that I love you everyday and have promised you that I will always do that. You have turned into a slobber bucket this month. You slobber and slobber and have begun chewing on everything. You talk all the time and it is music to mommy's ears. You have been fighting a snotty nose and hopefully it will clear up soon, because you REALLY don't like the saline drops and getting your nose sucked out! Last night you almost laughed! You have wanted to for a long time now. I can tell that you want to laugh with how you smile. You have also started talking in a really squeaky voice and it makes me laugh and smile. You are such a blessing and I thank God everyday for you. The last time I took you to the doctor you weighed 11 lbs 5 oz! You are still wearing 0-3 month clothing and some of those are even too big still. I recently switched you to Pamper Swaddlers Sensitive because your little bottom seemed to be red a lot. You are in a size 1 diaper. You can still only roll over from your tummy to your back but you are still working on the other way. You can push yourself up on your side and lay like that, but haven't push all the way over. You are a very happy baby! You smile all the time! You are trying to sit up but still need help staying up. You have started stomping your feet and standing on one leg when you stand in our lap. You love to stand and sit up! People always want to lay you down to hold you and it makes you fuss. You are a very schedule oriented baby. Since being in daycare you have developed a schedule and get a little fussy when it gets messed up. You wake up once a night to nurse and it is usually between 4-6. After I wake you up and get you ready for daycare you "snack" at 7:30 then take a 4 oz bottle of mommy's milk around 9:30. I come to see you everyday at 12:30 to let you nurse and it makes my day. You eat another 4 oz bottle around 3:30 I pick you up between 5-5:30 then once we get home you will usually nurse again around 6. I usually start getting you ready for bed around 8:30 and then you nurse before you fall asleep. I love the time I spend with you nursing, it makes me feel peaceful and calm. I am running a touch behind on your 3 month pictures but we are getting those taken this weekend.
I love you my beautiful baby girl!
Love,
Mommy
Whitley's Birth Story
I have never written down Whitley's birth story but now I am.
It all began on November 29, 2010 (my due date). I had my 40 week doctor's appointment that morning and of course the same old routine as it had been for the last few weeks: weight, blood pressure, heartbeat and cervical check. I had progressed from the last week and was now 3-4 cm dilated and 75% effaced. My doctor was out so his nurse was doing my appointment and went ahead and stripped my membranes. As soon as I stood up I had a contraction. Before I had never really noticed the Braxton Hicks contractions, so since I noticed this one I knew it was different. I looked at Robb and said "It wouldn't suprise me if we are making this trip twice today." Robb and I finished up anything we had to do while we were in town and then stopped by the vet on the way home. Through all of this I was having contractions every so often but still nothing to be alarmed about. After we got home I changed my clothes and went to the gym to walk for awhile. This was nothing out of my normal because I walked everyday. I started walking and the contractions were coming closer together. I walked for 30 minutes and wrote each one down so I could keep track of how far apart they were. After walking I sat on a exercise ball for 30 minutes to see if they would go away if I stopped walking. Then I walked for another 30 sat 30 then walked 30 more. During that last 30 minutes they keep getting closer together and a little stronger. I think by the time I left the gym they were 5-6 minutes apart. I went home and sat in the recliner for awhile and during all of this they still weren't stopping they were actually getting closer, 4-5 minutes apart. So I called my mom and asked her what I should do since she works at an OB/GYN office. She asked on of the nurses what she thought I should do and she said that I should probably head back into town since I live over an hour away from the hospital. This was at about 5 o'clock or so. Well I went ahead and waited for Robb to get done with chores and then fixed him dinner since I wasn't hungry. He ate and I just sat in the recliner and kept track of my contractions. After he was done eating I told him that I was going to go ahead and take a shower because we might want to head into town shortly. While in the shower he would time my contractions and once I got out he headed for the shower as well. While he was in the shower I called labor and delivery to ask them what I should do. They first asked if I had eaten anything and I said "no" then to my suprise the nurse told me to eat something and chill out at home and if they get worse to head in. I was pretty shocked! Once Robb got out of the shower I told him what all the nurse had told me so we headed back to the living room to watch tv and "chill out." This was at about 6:30 p.m. As I was chilling out the contractions were still 4-5 minutes apart and getting stonger. The next thing I knew a contraction started and then "pop" my water broke. I jumped up and said "my water just broke!" as it gushed everywhere. Robb shot up out of his recliner and kenneled the boys (our dogs) and started grabbing bags to head to the hospital. I changed my clothes (since those were soaked) and had Robb grab another towel and the plastic drop cloth off of our bed (we did that as a precaution so we wouldn't ruin our new mattress) so that I wouldn'g get any fluid on the seats in the Nitro. This was at 7:25 p.m. I then called my mom and asked her where she was, of course she had just gotten home, and told her that she might want to head back in town sometime tonight because my water just broke. She said ok and grabbed some clothes and picked up Kenzie (my little sister) to head to town. As we were pulling out of the driveway Robb's mom was pulling in, Robb rolled down the window and said "water broke" and took off again. His mom then called me and I told her that I would called them once we got settled in at the hospital. As Robb was driving like a crazy person, I kept telling him "slow down, it isn't going to do any of us any good if we never make it there!" This is after almost hitting a deer and another animal along the way. Needless to say I think we made it to the hospital in record time as we live over an hour away from the hospital and we were sitting in L&D at 8:30 p.m. getting checked in. Once there they had me get changed and put me in a triage room to do all the normal getting hooked up to the machines and cervical check. They did that stupid test to check to see if it was amniotic fluid or pee and it kept coming back negative. They did it like 5 times and the nurse kept saying "this is crazy! There is tons of fluid everywhere." Finally she asked for the clothes I wore in and tested them and got a positive test. They get me all hooked up and take me to my delivery room and the wait begins.
My mom, Kenzie and Robb's parents are all there by shortly after I get into my delivery room and we all talk for awhile as the nurse is in an out keeping an eye on me. At one point my mom asks me about my contractions and I tell her that I haven't been having any. The nurse replies "oh yes you have they are 3-4 minutes apart." They just weren't intese enough so they decided to start me on pitocin. My doctor wasn't on call and Robb and I weren't fans of the one who was so we were hoping that Whitley would wait til at least 7:30 a.m. when my doctor would be back in. After being on the pitocin awhile I start to feel the contractions and were able to breathe through them. They bumped my pitocin again and they all of a sudden got strong and wouldn't stop. We told the nurse and she had the doctor come in and check and he told me that both sides of my uterus were contracting at different times. This was not giving me or Whitley a rest nad was restricting her blood supply. So they took me off of the pitocin and didn't start it again til my doctor was in. Before they started my pitocin I went ahead and opted for the epidural and was very hesitant about it. I hate needles! I was finally able to get some rest. My epidural was patchey and made my whole right side dead! I couldn't feel or move my right leg and that was very uncomfortable. My night nurse went off duty after they restarted my pitocin and my new nurse came in...it was the ding bat nurse who had told me to chill out for awhile! We weren't super thrilled with this. As the morning went on I was making some progress and they continued to check me. My doctor told my nurse that once I got to 10 cm to let me labor down for an hour before pushing. They checked me at 11 a.m. 5 cm. Checked me about 11:30 7 cm. Then at noon 10 cm! Time to labor down for an hour. It's time to push! I push for an hour and I am exhausted. Robb had been giving me ice chips through all of it because I was thirsty. That wasn't a good idea...I started throwing up. The nurse had me take a 10 minute break and then had me start pushing again. Not making much progress...the nurse keeps going out of the room and having someone else come in and talking to her about things and keeps telling me that they may have to use forceps or the vacuum to help her come out. Then finally she had me start pushing a different way shortly before my doctor gets there. He comes in and checks on me and says "ok I need you to not push for a few minutes because you are to the point where I should already be ready." He gets ready and then has me push. He keeps telling me to push harder and to get angry. That helped, with 3 contractions Whitley was here! We had kept her name a secret so once they had her cleaned up and ready to see people. We let the family that was in the hall in to announce her name. My mom and dad, Kenzie, Courtney (my older sister) and Robb's parents were there. After they handed her to me we finally annouced that here name was Whitley Kade. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
It all began on November 29, 2010 (my due date). I had my 40 week doctor's appointment that morning and of course the same old routine as it had been for the last few weeks: weight, blood pressure, heartbeat and cervical check. I had progressed from the last week and was now 3-4 cm dilated and 75% effaced. My doctor was out so his nurse was doing my appointment and went ahead and stripped my membranes. As soon as I stood up I had a contraction. Before I had never really noticed the Braxton Hicks contractions, so since I noticed this one I knew it was different. I looked at Robb and said "It wouldn't suprise me if we are making this trip twice today." Robb and I finished up anything we had to do while we were in town and then stopped by the vet on the way home. Through all of this I was having contractions every so often but still nothing to be alarmed about. After we got home I changed my clothes and went to the gym to walk for awhile. This was nothing out of my normal because I walked everyday. I started walking and the contractions were coming closer together. I walked for 30 minutes and wrote each one down so I could keep track of how far apart they were. After walking I sat on a exercise ball for 30 minutes to see if they would go away if I stopped walking. Then I walked for another 30 sat 30 then walked 30 more. During that last 30 minutes they keep getting closer together and a little stronger. I think by the time I left the gym they were 5-6 minutes apart. I went home and sat in the recliner for awhile and during all of this they still weren't stopping they were actually getting closer, 4-5 minutes apart. So I called my mom and asked her what I should do since she works at an OB/GYN office. She asked on of the nurses what she thought I should do and she said that I should probably head back into town since I live over an hour away from the hospital. This was at about 5 o'clock or so. Well I went ahead and waited for Robb to get done with chores and then fixed him dinner since I wasn't hungry. He ate and I just sat in the recliner and kept track of my contractions. After he was done eating I told him that I was going to go ahead and take a shower because we might want to head into town shortly. While in the shower he would time my contractions and once I got out he headed for the shower as well. While he was in the shower I called labor and delivery to ask them what I should do. They first asked if I had eaten anything and I said "no" then to my suprise the nurse told me to eat something and chill out at home and if they get worse to head in. I was pretty shocked! Once Robb got out of the shower I told him what all the nurse had told me so we headed back to the living room to watch tv and "chill out." This was at about 6:30 p.m. As I was chilling out the contractions were still 4-5 minutes apart and getting stonger. The next thing I knew a contraction started and then "pop" my water broke. I jumped up and said "my water just broke!" as it gushed everywhere. Robb shot up out of his recliner and kenneled the boys (our dogs) and started grabbing bags to head to the hospital. I changed my clothes (since those were soaked) and had Robb grab another towel and the plastic drop cloth off of our bed (we did that as a precaution so we wouldn't ruin our new mattress) so that I wouldn'g get any fluid on the seats in the Nitro. This was at 7:25 p.m. I then called my mom and asked her where she was, of course she had just gotten home, and told her that she might want to head back in town sometime tonight because my water just broke. She said ok and grabbed some clothes and picked up Kenzie (my little sister) to head to town. As we were pulling out of the driveway Robb's mom was pulling in, Robb rolled down the window and said "water broke" and took off again. His mom then called me and I told her that I would called them once we got settled in at the hospital. As Robb was driving like a crazy person, I kept telling him "slow down, it isn't going to do any of us any good if we never make it there!" This is after almost hitting a deer and another animal along the way. Needless to say I think we made it to the hospital in record time as we live over an hour away from the hospital and we were sitting in L&D at 8:30 p.m. getting checked in. Once there they had me get changed and put me in a triage room to do all the normal getting hooked up to the machines and cervical check. They did that stupid test to check to see if it was amniotic fluid or pee and it kept coming back negative. They did it like 5 times and the nurse kept saying "this is crazy! There is tons of fluid everywhere." Finally she asked for the clothes I wore in and tested them and got a positive test. They get me all hooked up and take me to my delivery room and the wait begins.
My mom, Kenzie and Robb's parents are all there by shortly after I get into my delivery room and we all talk for awhile as the nurse is in an out keeping an eye on me. At one point my mom asks me about my contractions and I tell her that I haven't been having any. The nurse replies "oh yes you have they are 3-4 minutes apart." They just weren't intese enough so they decided to start me on pitocin. My doctor wasn't on call and Robb and I weren't fans of the one who was so we were hoping that Whitley would wait til at least 7:30 a.m. when my doctor would be back in. After being on the pitocin awhile I start to feel the contractions and were able to breathe through them. They bumped my pitocin again and they all of a sudden got strong and wouldn't stop. We told the nurse and she had the doctor come in and check and he told me that both sides of my uterus were contracting at different times. This was not giving me or Whitley a rest nad was restricting her blood supply. So they took me off of the pitocin and didn't start it again til my doctor was in. Before they started my pitocin I went ahead and opted for the epidural and was very hesitant about it. I hate needles! I was finally able to get some rest. My epidural was patchey and made my whole right side dead! I couldn't feel or move my right leg and that was very uncomfortable. My night nurse went off duty after they restarted my pitocin and my new nurse came in...it was the ding bat nurse who had told me to chill out for awhile! We weren't super thrilled with this. As the morning went on I was making some progress and they continued to check me. My doctor told my nurse that once I got to 10 cm to let me labor down for an hour before pushing. They checked me at 11 a.m. 5 cm. Checked me about 11:30 7 cm. Then at noon 10 cm! Time to labor down for an hour. It's time to push! I push for an hour and I am exhausted. Robb had been giving me ice chips through all of it because I was thirsty. That wasn't a good idea...I started throwing up. The nurse had me take a 10 minute break and then had me start pushing again. Not making much progress...the nurse keeps going out of the room and having someone else come in and talking to her about things and keeps telling me that they may have to use forceps or the vacuum to help her come out. Then finally she had me start pushing a different way shortly before my doctor gets there. He comes in and checks on me and says "ok I need you to not push for a few minutes because you are to the point where I should already be ready." He gets ready and then has me push. He keeps telling me to push harder and to get angry. That helped, with 3 contractions Whitley was here! We had kept her name a secret so once they had her cleaned up and ready to see people. We let the family that was in the hall in to announce her name. My mom and dad, Kenzie, Courtney (my older sister) and Robb's parents were there. After they handed her to me we finally annouced that here name was Whitley Kade. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
Whitley Kade Pitts born November 30, 2010 3:46 p.m. 6 lbs. 9 oz. 21" long.
Monday, March 7, 2011
New at this
I am new at blogging so it may take me awhile to get used to this. I have recently been inspired to blog by a family that I have never met. By following their blog I have decided that this is the best way to document the memories that have been made and will continue to be made in my life.
On November 30, 2010 my whole world changed. My husband Robb and I welcomed a 6 lb 9 oz baby girl into the world. Her name is Whitley Kade. She is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. She is such a happy baby that smiles so big that she squints her eyes. She smiles with her whole face and it melts my heart. She is going to be a talker! She will talk your leg off already. She wakes up talking and it is music to my ears. Sometimes I will just lay in bed and listen to her talk for awhile before I go and pick her up. She has been rolling over for quite some time now, from her belly to her back. She has almost made it from back to belly, still teetering on her side for now. Her rolling over has made tummy time a challenge but she is getting used to it. I am taking her on Saturday to get her 3 month pictures taken. I am hoping that we can get some good shots and that we can capture her smile without her hands in her face. She has started this hand thing that when she smiles she will put both hands in front of her mouth. Grandma Joy (my mom) says that she is just being shy. I am still not sure what color her eyes are going to be. They are still a dark blue and every now and then you can see brown streaks through them. She will hate me at some point because she got my calic, right in front in the middle! I'm sure as she grows up she will hate me for more reasons than that but that is still a ways off.
I am going to try to post on here at least once a week and hopefully post all of Whit's big moments. I hope that when you read about Whit that maybe it will make you smile. Her smile is very contagious! Just thinking about her makes me smile.
On November 30, 2010 my whole world changed. My husband Robb and I welcomed a 6 lb 9 oz baby girl into the world. Her name is Whitley Kade. She is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. She is such a happy baby that smiles so big that she squints her eyes. She smiles with her whole face and it melts my heart. She is going to be a talker! She will talk your leg off already. She wakes up talking and it is music to my ears. Sometimes I will just lay in bed and listen to her talk for awhile before I go and pick her up. She has been rolling over for quite some time now, from her belly to her back. She has almost made it from back to belly, still teetering on her side for now. Her rolling over has made tummy time a challenge but she is getting used to it. I am taking her on Saturday to get her 3 month pictures taken. I am hoping that we can get some good shots and that we can capture her smile without her hands in her face. She has started this hand thing that when she smiles she will put both hands in front of her mouth. Grandma Joy (my mom) says that she is just being shy. I am still not sure what color her eyes are going to be. They are still a dark blue and every now and then you can see brown streaks through them. She will hate me at some point because she got my calic, right in front in the middle! I'm sure as she grows up she will hate me for more reasons than that but that is still a ways off.
I am going to try to post on here at least once a week and hopefully post all of Whit's big moments. I hope that when you read about Whit that maybe it will make you smile. Her smile is very contagious! Just thinking about her makes me smile.
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