Roly Poly

The big news of Spring Break is that our girl did it...she is officially a roller!  We have been working on it all week, and she has now rolled from her tummy to her back about 6 times.  She isn't consistently doing it yet, but we will take it!  Our little Roly Poly is also getting close to rolling from her back to her tummy.  We have had so much fun being home this week, and Daddy even took two days off to hang out with us also!  She had some good appointments this week, and continues to be a total show off at every SST appointment with her motor skills development.  I have a strong suspicion that she will not qualify again when it comes time for her reevaluation.  Casey had a great weight gain of 7 and a half ounces last week, and her new weight is 12 pounds 14 ounces.  Since her weight is so good (almost the 50th percentile for her adjusted age), we have made the decision to cut her Nutrition services down to every other week with a plan to cut down to once a month by this summer if she transitions to baby food well.  We are also planning to introduce rice cereal in just a couple more weeks at our next visit with our Speech therapist.  Our therapist thinks rice cereal may also help with Casey's spit-ups, which are back with a vengeance lately.  Casey was able to get in for what is most likely her last Synagis shot, and our Pulminologist expects we should be able to start venturing out with her in late April or early May if the RSV numbers continue declining.  Can I just tell you how nice it will be to go out in public (and to get a break from cooking when we can actually eat in a restaurant again)!!! 

Our other big change this week is that with the encouragement of several specialists and doctors, we have decided to try to wean her off the three hour feeding schedule.  For about a month, she has been eating every three hours six times a day and taking close to 4 ounces at each feed.  For a baby her age, we would like to see her taking more at every feed and eating fewer times a day, and we really would like for her to start communicating to us when she is hungry.  Our hope is that by spacing out her feeds a bit more, it will increase her daily volume (and we also suspect that some of her feeding aversion and the reason she may not be eating more than the four ounces is because she really is just not hungry every three hours).  I will admit, I have been really hesitant to try this because when we have attempted cue based feeding it in the past it did NOT go well.  There were times when I was convinced Casey would go the entire day without eating if we would have let her.  It is only our second day on the new schedule, and so far she is taking in the same daily volume she had been with six feeds, so maybe this time she is ready???  I am cautiously optimistic!

I will admit, I was a little bad this week about taking pictures.  I also have been letting Casey live on the wild side while we were at home and go without pants (truth is she is outgrowing her 3 month clothes and I was trying to get a couple more wears out of some of the onesies).  Hang in for the next few weeks though, because mama was at Target the other day and couldn't resist some of the new spring stuff. The Doodle is going to look c.u.t.e when she debuts her spring wardrobe!  Here is all the latest cuteness from our girl:

Blue-eyed girl

 Ready for the doctor's office

 So sleepy

 Less than amused with me

 One of Casey's favorite "tricks" is to stick out her tongue at us.  I think we may regret teaching her this one day soon.

 Sic 'em Bears!  Seriously this kid is a good luck charm!  Both Mommy and Daddy's teams made the Sweet Sixteen this weekend when she was dressed to cheer them on.  I would love to have shown you her Marquette outfit, but well, I'll just say she had other plans for it while my camera was charging. 

Tuckered out after a day of basketball!

In case you needed proof that she is indeed rolling, I sort of caught it on camera.  Don't blink or you'll miss it.  Little stinker is fast, and she is completely unimpressed with herself once she rolls!