Yummy

Went to Skyler's appointment on Thursday and she has gained a pound in 3 weeks. YEAH!! We did it. The Prevacid has been working great and she is nursing normal now and getting full. We also started our first solid food on Friday. Now they say to start with yellow vegetables(squash,sweet potatoes) intead of rice cereal and then start rice. I gave her sweet potatoes first and she loved it! She was definently ready for solids. She kept grabbing the spoon and forcing it in her mouth begging for more. The only thing I cannot get her to take is formula. I have tried numerous times and many different kinds. She just does not like the taste. I want to start trying to wean her but I do not think she is going to allow me too. She is a stubborn kid and likes what she likes:) I will try again today to do the formula half and half and see how that goes. She got some rice cereal this morning and I tried mixing it with formula and she outright refused it spitting it out.Then mixed it with breastmilk and she ate it. What a stinker.

5 months old-"MAMA"

Skyler is now 5 months old and growing like a weed. She has been having a hard time with her GERD and is now on Prevacid. Her check up is on Thursday to make sure she is gaining weight. She seems much happier. Some nights and days she is crying alot but on average she is alot better. She will be starting solids soon. I got her highchair out the other day and she looks so tiny in it.
Yesterday I went to my moms foir dinner with the kids and while we were there she said "mama". Of course there was noone around but Peyton and Daddy does no think she is a credible witness. I have been trying all day to get her to say it again and all she will say ia "MA". At least she has the syllable down and before long I will hear those magical words all day:)
I am starting school soon to finish my BS. After I do that I will be trying to get into the PA program. I am hoping by the time that Skyler is in preschool or kindergarten I will be in the program. I am so excited about doing this. I am finally at a point in my life where I feel like I can go forward and do something for myself and eventually for my family.