Samantha had most of the color wheel in bows and flowers, but there were a couple colors missing (i.e. orange, kelly green & navy). I found this website and they are based out of Missouri so the shipping is super fast to Kansas, they are very reasonably priced - even cheaper than Hobby Lobby - and have every color under the sun! Samantha now has every color of large bow (for special occassions) and every color of small bow (for everyday use). Just wanted to share for all the Mommies of little ladies!
http://store.girlscrochetheadbands.com/
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
First "real" bath in the bath tub!
Tonight we decided to give Samantha her first real bath in the bath tub since her belly button is all healed up. The bath itself was pretty uneventful. Samantha screamed whenever Dad was soaping her up and Henry was incredibly concerned about why Samantha was screaming so Mom held him up so he could see what was going on. Then after the bath things got a little more exciting. Mom and Dad took Samantha upstairs to put on her lotion and pajamas and learned two important lessons:
1. Put her diaper back on asap after she gets out of the bath tub
2. Make sure to read the bottle label correctly and make sure you are rubbing lotion on post bath, not rubbing on more soap!
We got a couple sets of Johnson & Johnson nightime bath sets. You would think all the lotions would be packaged the same and the and bath soaps would be packaged the same. So if the bath soap was in a clear purple bottle, then the solid purple bottle must be the lotion. Wrong. I blame a combination of sleep deprivation and misleading packaging to soaping up Samantha twice in one night. Luckily we figured it out relatively quickly and got her rinsed off for the second time and then lotioned her up after carefully examiniming all the bottles to ensure we were using lotion. After a couple missteps we finally got to the desired end result of a good smelling baby who is now passed out on the couch with her Dad.
1. Put her diaper back on asap after she gets out of the bath tub
2. Make sure to read the bottle label correctly and make sure you are rubbing lotion on post bath, not rubbing on more soap!
We got a couple sets of Johnson & Johnson nightime bath sets. You would think all the lotions would be packaged the same and the and bath soaps would be packaged the same. So if the bath soap was in a clear purple bottle, then the solid purple bottle must be the lotion. Wrong. I blame a combination of sleep deprivation and misleading packaging to soaping up Samantha twice in one night. Luckily we figured it out relatively quickly and got her rinsed off for the second time and then lotioned her up after carefully examiniming all the bottles to ensure we were using lotion. After a couple missteps we finally got to the desired end result of a good smelling baby who is now passed out on the couch with her Dad.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Learning to Blog
This is all new to me, but here we go...
Miss Samantha Jayne Whaley joined the family on 7/21/11 at 10:30pm weighing in at 7lbs 1oz and 19 3/4 inches long.
Henry & Georgette (our furry children) are handling the new addition suprisingly well. They love to smell her and G gives her kisses all the time. Henry is warming up to the situation, at night he is genuinely irritated at the crying but today he is showing interest when she is crying and seems more concerned than upset which is sweet. He actually hopped up on a chair to peak in her basinet when I was changing her and she was expressing her frustration towards getting her diaper changed.
Sammie is doing well. She is a very calm baby, so we are very lucky. We are still trying to get the whole sleeping at night thing figured out, generally the 1 or 2 am feeding stretches out a lot longer than necessary because Mom isnt quite sure what the little lady wants in order to go back to bed. Last night we discovered that she prefers the fast flow nipple vs the slow flow nipple to fill her little tummy faster, so here's to hoping that helps Mom get more sleep tonight.
Miss Samantha Jayne Whaley joined the family on 7/21/11 at 10:30pm weighing in at 7lbs 1oz and 19 3/4 inches long.
Henry & Georgette (our furry children) are handling the new addition suprisingly well. They love to smell her and G gives her kisses all the time. Henry is warming up to the situation, at night he is genuinely irritated at the crying but today he is showing interest when she is crying and seems more concerned than upset which is sweet. He actually hopped up on a chair to peak in her basinet when I was changing her and she was expressing her frustration towards getting her diaper changed.
Sammie is doing well. She is a very calm baby, so we are very lucky. We are still trying to get the whole sleeping at night thing figured out, generally the 1 or 2 am feeding stretches out a lot longer than necessary because Mom isnt quite sure what the little lady wants in order to go back to bed. Last night we discovered that she prefers the fast flow nipple vs the slow flow nipple to fill her little tummy faster, so here's to hoping that helps Mom get more sleep tonight.
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