We've had so many joyous moments in the past several months, but now we've been encountering the best of times with Isabella. SO much has changed with her and is constantly changing! Sometimes I look at her and the newborn days are foggy. Her personality is developing into quite the "Mini Mommy." She's hilarious and is incredibly happy! She has her sassy moments (wonder where that came from??) and she has her times of hysterical laughter, and her times of fussy mama. All in all, it is the general consensus in the Scarborough Palace that we are incredibly lucky!
At five months, she started with rice cereal in her bottle and it seemed to satisfy her hunger just a bit more. She's been on formula since she was 3 months old when I went back to work and has been doing great on it. She likes to show off when she's super hungry and will hold her own bottle while we hold her. Her daddy likes to make her grab for it and that's when she hangs on to it for dear life while sighing with joy and every gulp. Towards the end of month five, we started putting about a tbsp of rice cereal mixed with water in her bowl and feeding her with a spoon. She had no idea what to think of all that and would push it all out with her tongue. She finally got the hang of it though! At five months, she was rolling over from her back to her belly. I would lay her on her play mat while I unloaded the dishwasher and I would come into the living room to find her on her belly and not a happy camper. We moved out of her bassinet and into her pack n play in our room until we move and feel more comfortable with her being in her own room. Right now, our room is upstairs and her room in down and I'm just not comfortable with that set up and her being that far. If we were down and her up, that would be different, but this is downtown Houston and I'm not ready for that kind of risk.
At six months, big changes began. First, she managed to get RSV from a little boy at her daycare which was the scariest experience we've had thus far. It started with a little sneeze and a cough here and there. Then...I got the call from the daycare that she wasn't responding to her bottles and was very lethargic. I of course dropped everything and made Scott leave early from work. I went and got her from school and we immediately rushed her to the doctor. Since her regular doctor was jam-packed with patients, we saw another doctor in the practice. Big mistake. We LOVE our pediatrician, Dr. Zuniga. She is so good with Izzy and always knows what's best. She has this amazing way of making us feel so comfortable! The first doctor diagnosed Izzy with Croup and gave her some in-office breathing treatments and prescribed us an at-home treatment as well as antibiotics. Ten days later, the poor baby was still sick. It was time for her 6 month check up so we took her in to see Dr. Z and sure enough, "This isn't Croup...that would've gone by now. This is RSV which is obviously much more serious." Awesome. At that point, she had an ear infection and lost almost a pound, which is a lot for a baby. She put us on a different antibiotic and so far, her symptoms have gone away and she's recovered. Much to their dismay, I paid a visit to the daycare's director and basically ripped her a new one for not posting that there was a case of RSV and for allowing that child to come back to daycare with his remaining symptoms.
Lots of wonderful things have happened in month 6! Izzy is now recognizing her name very well and is fully aware of who is who. When I walk into her daycare to pick her up sometimes or just to visit her on my lunch, she gets beside herself excited and starts giggling loudly and squealing with happiness when she spots me or hears me say her name. What an incredible feeling!! My baby loves me back!! She reacts the same way to her daddy of course, who is the apple of her eye. When he walks in the door from work, he calls to her, "Izzzzzzzzz!!" all the way up the stairs and she squeals and screams with happiness at the sound of his voice and the prospect of him picking her up and smothering her with kisses. What a happy baby!!
We have now started solid foods and she's doing incredibly well with everything...except bananas. Not a fan. She is eating sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, avocado, green beans, peas, pears, apples, peaches, and today we tried blueberries! So far, green beans, sweet potatoes and peaches are the favorites. She is also still out with the jury on the puff cereal bits. She'll eat them if we give them to her in her mouth, but if we put them on her tray, she tosses them on the ground to her big brother, Otis. My girl is pretty smart! She reeeeeeeeaaally loves Otis and will do anything for his attention. Otis is not so interested, unless there's free food involved.
In other news, she is totally sitting up on her own and will sit for about 20-30 minutes on the floor until she's had about enough of that and rolls over on her belly. Her favorite toys include a very LOUD and annoying (to us) sit to stand toy. It looks like a lawn mower and has a million buttons on it that play loud animal sounds and songs when pushed. She really likes pushing those and looking at me for approval at every smash of those buttons. She is also sleeping through the night again (hasn't done so in 2 months). Her bed time is at 8 pm and after she's had her bath and gotten to play in her pile of toys, we put her in her bed and she goes right to sleep. We had to let her cry it out the first few nights, but now she's got the hang of it. We've done her naps the same way and she's doing great! Last Friday we learned why she had been so fussy and upset...I was cleaning her mouth out during her bath, and there it was, sinking into my finger. Our girl got her her first tooth! It is the bottom right front tooth and is so pretty to me.
Overall, we have been so blessed!! We thank God every single day, several times a day for the abundant blessings we have received. We must really be loved. She's perfect! She will be 7 months old in just a few days. So hard to believe! We must be doing something right.
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