Sweet Baby Smiles

One Month Old!

We can't believe our baby girl is already a month old! She has already changed so much. Just in the past few days, she has taken a great interest in looking into our eyes and studying our faces. She is thisclose to giving us a true smile, something that we are really looking forward to seeing!

Caitlyn had her one month appt. with the pediatrician this morning. She's up to 9 lbs. 13 oz. and doing great! She and Mommy celebrated by going birthday shopping for Daddy. :) Then we came home and took a nap!

One bump in the road: we've been dealing with colic lately! Caitlyn's bewitching hours are every night from 7-10pm. We're so glad, though, that she is still sleeping relatively well at night (at least at the moment!).

Bath Time!

Caitlyn had her first "tub" bath last night!

My First Neighborhood Walk

I didn't start out too happy about it:

But then Mommy pulled out the secret weapon:

After a few sucks, I was a-OK:

Mystery solved???

We think that we have figured out the reason for some of Caitlyn's crying/fussiness. About a week ago, I noticed a white film on her tongue. I thought it was just milk left over from the previous feeding. I started noticing a couple of days ago that it never washed away, looked worse, and was now on the roof of her mouth, too. After doing some research online, I figured out that it might be thrush. I talked to the pediatrician today and she agreed. She called in some medicine for us to give Caitlyn. (So, we had our first "girls only" outing today...to Walgreens...and Wendy's to pick up a frosty. ;) ) I really hope that this eases some of her discomfort.

Oh, My Achin' Tummy!

This picture sums up the past few days in CaitlynLand:

Thankfully, this is not all of the time. The tears begin around 6-7 most nights and can last anywhere from 2-4 hours. It's so hard seeing her in so much pain especially when nothing we try seems to work for long. She doesn't usually fall asleep until she completely wears herself out from the screaming. We're hoping this phase passes quickly!