5 Months

5 MONTHS

I cant believe it... Kayden is 5 months old now! 

5 months ago today Miss Kayden made her entrance into the world! Not in any of the places we would have liked her to have been born, but I had NO control over that! 

She's a special baby! She learned recently that she can grab her feet, and that it helps her roll over better! She also has learned sitting up grabbing her feet and face planting onto floor isn't the smartest idea she has had. Along with the feet grabbing has come with feet eating. She doesn't seem to like it to much.

Kayden now talks to us too! She will tell you all about what she is thinking and all about her day! 

Even when you know shes just not feeling good at all, she will smile and just be the happiest baby ive never seen! 

When she got sick the doctor suggested we start her on the baby cereal. We used to put rice cereal in her formula to just thicken it up a little bit, so she would get a little bit fuller from eating. We had stopped that, now shes a big girl and eats her oatmeal cereal and baby food. She loves bananas, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans, apples.... Well all the baby foods minus prunes she likes. She does NOT need prunes.

She has also fallen in love with spoons! I had some homemade chocolate ice cream and she took my spoon every time I went to take a bite. Now it has turned into this...

"Mommy I can feed myself!"

*hits head with food cover spoon*

I may have to start feeding her in the bathtub! 

Normally she sleeps through the night and not napping in the day. As of recently she's been waking up in the middle of the night and napping throughout the day. Unless it is bed time she loves to just lay on you (or in moms bed) and take her naps. She will nap forever if you let her! 

For 5 months ive had the pleasure to have this wonderful little girl in my life! Me and Josh could not be prouder! 

We all love you Kayden Bay Sanders! We can not wait to see you grow up (just maybe do it a little slower)

Job...

So good news, Mom got the job at the library! Hell I am kinda jealous actually! Actually, I was looking for a job myself. Two things hindered my ability to do so, and some minor things as well. One, i dont drive. (I will be getting on this soon, Josh still has to teach me.) Two, my "previous" work experiences ended bad. Being told i didnt have to work getting fired for not showing up cause my name ended up on schedule and my fave excuse "being allergic to cinnamon." So since those ended bad I do not put them on my applications for job since they would end up reflecting bad on my. I usually put my volunteer work with the Ren Faire, which was for years. Not only as an actor but as set and props. I loved doing that! But the NC Ren Faire fell apart BIG TIME!

Anywho, I have accepted and am okay with being a SAHM. Once we moved to Montana I was doing some crafts here and there and figured they can be pumped out fairly quick and shipped off and it kept me entertained while Kayden was asleep or more interested in doing something else. So I figured I would make an Etsy store and sell my things! If it went well, it would bring in some money and I would have fun doing it! It would also be nice on the cold Montana winter days, while we were locked in the house.

There are MANY ideas of things that i could sell. 550 cord things like keychain, bracelets, lanyards, dog collars/leashes. Can make yo-yo dogs and monkeys, sew some bags, and some cute baby things. Im sure theres more I can think of! Regardless, with all of those things If it goes well i could make a good amount. 

Between setting this up, getting it going, and christmas gifts for this year I will be a bit busy.

Wish me luck

Icky Sicky...

So for those who have been following Kayden and whats been going on with her, you know shes been sick recently, but also trying to figure out whats causing her to break out. 

The picture above is from last Sunday at the fair in Great Falls. If you can see her face the red blotches... Well thats a minor version of what her face looks like when she break outs. Bad but still its not the worse we have seen. Usually it is ALL over her body and its bumpy and itchy and she is just in a fit. 

We have changed formula, used meds, and creams. Possible milk allergy/sensitivity? Well recently it maybe is reflux and dry skin, and she break out when she gets irritated by new cloths (forgetting to wash them first due to a rush or just forgetting) 

Currently, we are trying new bath routine. No soap in water (so no bubbles), then using sensitive body wash so that we don't remove oil from her skin, then aveeno baby lotion to lock it in. She is also on Zantac for the reflux. 

She also is getting over this viral thing, which she so kindly passed on to me! So her nose i still very runny, and she does cough a lot. Her eyes are still a little puffy and she still has more color around her eyes. And she has block tear ducts in both her eyes (which will not go away until shes about 18 months old.)

All in all I really fill bad for her. Shes been through so much in the first 4 months of her life. I just hope its over soon so she wont have to change things so much, and she can just go back to being her happy pterodactyl self!