Malnourished?

Lots of posts lately, and I still have birthday party stuff to post so forgive me. Anyway, I took Molly to her one year check-up and I felt like the worst mom ever. The doctor was very concerned about her weight. It was weird to hear because I am so used to people telling me how big and chubby she is, but she is shrinking. She weighed 18 lbs and 28'' long. Obviously she won't have a shot at being tall. The concern is that at 9 months she was 18 1/2 lbs and in the 50th percentile. She has dropped to the 8th percentile and lost a 1/2 lb. I swear I feed her look at the cheeks. He is going to keep a close eye on her and if she doesn't gain weight we will be seeing a nutritionist. I am trying so hard to get her to drink enough whole milk and I am feeding her high fat foods. She is already so picky that it makes it difficult. The doctor also said she has an ear infection. He said it looks like she has been suffering from it for a while but it is on the mend now. How do you tell if they have ear infections really? She has never had a fever and she is a happy, content baby, but to hear that she has been suffering and not growing made me feel so bad. It is my job to nurture and take care of her and her needs and feel I am failing. How will I ever take care of another?

1 Year Old

My little girl turned one on Sunday. I can't believe how time flies. She has brought so much joy to us. She can put a smile on any one's face. We love watching her learn and grow. Molly, mommy and daddy love you so much! Happy Birthday little angel!

Expecting

As you can see we are expecting again. We told our families about a week ago. I think it came as a shock to most people especially me. Yes I am excited, but also very nervous. Molly is going to turn 1 in a few days and will only be 18 months old when her sibling comes. I am also scared because not enough time has passed and I haven't forgotten what it was like to bring a child into the world. This pregnancy has been a lot different than the first, so people are are guessing it will be a boy. With Molly I was sick and throwing up all day every day for six months. I am now in my second trimester and feel ok. I am still nauseated but don't throw up very often, and I feel so tired all the time. Molly still doesn't sleep through the night and I am trying to ween her but it isn't working so well. So if you have ideas on how to change that let me know. I don't enjoy being pregnant and nursing at the same time. Having Molly in our family has been a joy and a great blessing and we can't wait to add to growing family.

Christmas

I know I am a little behind. Christmas this year was one of the best. Having Molly just made it so much more fun. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my family then we went to West Haven for the weekend to see Aaron's family. We had planned on going to West Haven for Christmas but the talk of the huge storm kept us home. It was so good to spend time with family, especially Aaron and Molly. Aaron got me one of those Flip cameras, so I can finally take videos of Molly. We have a camcorder but I don't know how to download them on the computer and for some reason when I take a video on the camera it never downloads right. So know I can take videos and download them by myself. I was pretty excited. Molly does so many funny things lately and she loves to entertain.

Molly is into putting things on her head and the other day when I was opening the mail she started putting an envelope on her head.

These are her Christmas pajamas. They made her look like a little girl not a baby. We always open PJ's and slippers on Christmas Eve.

This was one of her favorites. It is a toy with balls and you push the button and the balls pop up. She couldn't wait for her daddy to put it together. She laughs and laughs when playing with this.

She was laughing at her cousin Brayden. He is her favorite little buddy.

She got a lot of books but loved this one because it had ducks on it. Molly loves ducks. She always walks around saying,"Quack, Quack."

We hope you all had a great Holiday season.

Addresses

Due to working full time, getting ready for holidays, holidays, and a sick baby with croup for the third time, I never got our family Christmas letter out like I had hoped. However, I am going to send out a family New Year letter. If any of you are interested in getting one send me an e-mail with your address at: legomymegos@gmail.com. The sooner the better. Some day when I have a minute to myself I might update about the holiday's until then just send me your addresses. We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year's!!