All Sorts of Updates

I know, I know...it's been a while. Apparently, unlike Timmy, my New Year's resolution wasn't to post 3 times a week (although maybe it should have been). I do have a ton of Kacey updates though to get out of the way and then you can expect me to post much more often than I have been.

Ferber:
Well, I have to say that, all in all, Ferber has been a huge success for us. Kacey now falls asleep and stays asleep in her crib throughout the night. By night 2 she was falling asleep with NO crying. It's really been amazing and I'm so proud that we've given her the skills to put herself to sleep. Lately teething has caused a few tougher nights and she wakes up occasionally to have us replace her pacifier, but for now we're okay with that. Hopefully that will get better on its own, but if it doesn't, we always have Ferber in our back pockets. At least the swaddle will be gone soon. We're down to not swaddling for most naps and only swaddling one arm in during the night.


Weight Check:
We met with Kacey's temporary pediatrician, Dr. Feins, at 4 months and 3 weeks. She weighed in a whopping 12 lbs 5 oz. For those of you keeping track, our little Kacey gained as much weight in the last 3 weeks as she did between her 2 and 4 months appointments. Needless to say, the pediatrician was thrilled, as were Timmy and I. It's such relief to see her thriving so well. We did mention to Dr. Feins that we had been noticing Kacey turning her right hand when reaching for things. The doctor referred to it as "pronation". You might notice it in one of her 4 month old pictures posted in a previous post. It seems to just be a positional muscle preference that she'll grow out of, but, as a precaution, we had x-rays taken (which looked perfectly normal although Kacey was not happy about having them done) and we're meeting with a physical therapist and a hand specialist at Children's Hospital. We're not overly concerned, but we'll let you know how that turns out.

Other Fun Stuff:

We took Kacey on her first trip to the Boston Children's Museum with some of her friends from my mommy and baby group. She had a great time with all of her little buddies and she loved having her daddy take her all over the place. There's not a lot for an infant to do, but it didn't take long before all the little ones seemed pretty tuckered out. Here's a picture of her enjoying the "water bed" in the infant room.

Kacey also spent some time cheering on her Patriots in the Super Bowl, but we all know how that turned out. Shh...don't tell Kacey, she fell asleep before the game ended and we still haven't been able to break the news to her.

She also got her first pair of New Balances, which was very exciting for both her and her daddy. She can't wait to get out there with him on the road. We think she rocks them!

Okay, well, that's all the updates for tonight as I should be heading to bed now. I'll post again tomorrow with more Parcell family updates. Thanks for reading!