Molly 5 Month update

Height and weight: We don't have a doctors appointment till 6 months so not sure about this but she is definitely growing!

Eating: We started some rice/oatmeal cereal and baby food this month and Molly is a HUGE fan! This girl loves her food. We also are pretty much done breastfeeding. She will still nurse at 5am when she wakes up but the rest of the day she gets baby food and bottle. This was hard for me because now she is experiencing constipation issues like her sister did when she was formula fed but adding some prune juice to her formula seems to help.

Sleeping: We have gotten a lot better with sleeping this month! She will take about an hour nap in the mornings and then a 2 hour nap in the afternoons. She goes to bed around 7pm and then will sleep till about 1 or 2am and needs the pacifier put back in her mouth. Then its about every hour till 5am she needs the pacifier put back in her mouth! I tell you the pacifier is great but also a pain in the butt! At 5am Molly will nurse and then sometimes she will go back to sleep in bed with me or other times she will just decide she wants to get up and play.

Clothes: Mostly in 6-9 and 9 month clothes

New this month: Molly is doing better at sitting up on her own. She likes to blow bubbles with her mouth and loves to play peek-a-boo. She hasn't rolled from her back to her stomach yet but likes to sleep on her side in her crib. Molly is very aware of her surroundings and who her sister is :) She is also good at finding her own thumb to suck on now. We also are doing better in the car and she doesn't mind it anymore (thank goodness!)

Molly likes: Screaming and hearing her own voice, girlfriend loves to scream. Playing peek-a-boo and watching her sister Morgan play. Being outside and at the beach. Eating anything she can get her hands on. Putting a blanket over her face and scaring her mother! All kinds of baby food, we haven't found one she hates yet.

Molly dislikes: When she can get something she wants (reaching for a toy she can't get). Being in one position too long. Nap time is still hard for us and she doesn't go down too easy. The vacuum (girlfriend is so scared of the vacuum.)

Overall Molly is getting to be a lot more enjoyable baby. Finally moving into a house and getting her set up in a crib and her own room has made a world of difference. She is smiling and giggling so much and loves watching Morgan.

Molly 4 Month Update

Weight and Height: At her 4 month doctors appointment she was 15lbs 8oz and 24inches long. Also she is in the 90^th percentile for head circumference haha.

Eating: Breastfeeding on demand and then occasionally when she is still hungry I will give her a bottle. Then at night time I give her a 4oz bottle half of formula and half breast milk before bed. I go back anf forth with continuing to breastfed. It is becoming more difficult but sometimes it’s the only thing that will calm her down and at night time its so convenient. My goal is to at least make it till 6 months.

Sleeping: Since getting to Hawaii and Molly turning 4 months we had a little but of sleep regression where she was waking up consistently 3-4 times at night. However for about a week now she is going to bed around 7:30/8 and sleeping till 3 or 4 (sometimes 5) and will nurse and sometimes go back to sleep. For naps they are kind of all over the place but I am trying to get her to nap more in a bedroom so she doesn’t get woken up by her sister.

Clothing: 6 Month clothes and some 9 month clothes.

New this month:

Molly is more aware of her surroundings, she knows who we are and will follow up around the room with her eyes. Getting good at sitting up on her own. Likes to roll around on her sides.

Molly likes:

Putting everything in her mouth. She loves the Sophia giraffe to chew on. Hearing her own voice and loves to scream. Chewing on her fingers. Watching her sister play.

Molly Dislikes:

The car, she cries every time we put her in the car. The hours of 4-7pm, she isn’t the easiest baby in the evenings and we have to cancel plans often if we know they will go past 7:30 because girlfriend will lose it when we are out.

Molly 3 Months

Weight and Height: I am not sure at this point because we don't have her 4 month appointment for a couple more weeks but guessing about 12/13 pounds?


Eating: Molly is still breastfeeding. We try to do one bottle a day and I will pump whatever milk I have and add formula if necessary. She eats about every couple hours and sometimes it feels like that is all we do still is breastfeed all day!


Sleeping: Molly is good about taking one morning nap around 9am for about an hour and then its on and off 20/30 minute naps the rest of the day. Usually around 7:30/8pm she will nurse or take a bottle and then sleep till about 4am. She will wake up and nurses at 4am then sometimes we are good till 6am others its off and on putting the pacifier back in her mouth till about 7am. It's been a bit of a struggle but for one week a couple weeks ago she was consistently sleeping through the night so I know she can do it haha!


Clothing: Molly is grown out of her 3 month clothes and is in 3-6 and 6 month clothes

New this month:

• Molly has really started to smile and babble.
• She also likes to eat her hands and blow bubbles. We have a big drooler on our hands.
• This isn't new but she is still spitting up a lot after feedings and has been pretty gassy and cranky lately. I hope this phase will end soon.
• Molly has also started to giggle and its the best thing in the world.
• She also started to roll over from her stomach to her back
• We are also leaving for Hawaii this week so lots of traveling and changes to come :)

Molly likes

• Being smiled and talked to
• Her activity mat
• Taking baths with her sister
• Being held and rocked
• Being swaddled
• Chewing on her hands or my fingers

Molly Dislikes

• Laying on her back for too long
• Being ignored (DIVA haha)
• Loud noises
• A dirty diaper

Looking forward to the move to Hawaii and getting Molly into her own room and crib. She will be 4 Months soon (did this post a little late) and she has yet to have her own room due to our PCS.

Molly 2 Month Update

We are officially in PCS mode and living out of suitcases in a hotel. We leave for Maine in 2 days and then it's on to Virginia and then HAWAII!

Morgan and Molly have bother been doing great with he transition so I am hoping it stays that way.

Not a whole lot has changed in the past month with Molly although she is starting to smile and coo and it is so cute! We are getting a little more sleep but still getting up and being awake for multiple hours at night. And Molly is still spitting up pretty bad, I just feel so bad for her and it makes for a lot of laundry!

We have been so busy lately it's been hard remembering to take pictures but I promise to get more for next month Molly!

Also because we are in PCS mode the bear will be missing for the next couple monthly updates :(

Weight & Height: She was 10lbs 10oz at her two month appointment and 22 inches tall

Eating: Still pretty much exclusively breastfeeding sometimes takes a bottle once in awhile and eats about 6 times a day/night

Sleeping (naps): Takes a short nap in the morning and a 2-3 hour long nap in the afternoon

Sleeping (at night): She normally goes to bed around 8:30/9ish and sleeps till either 2:30 or 3 (sometimes 4 if I am lucky). She will wake up and nurse for about 30 minutes and then go back to sleep till about 6:00am

Clothing: wearing all her 3 month clothes and probably not to far before she’s in 3-6 month

New this month:

▪   She is smiling a lot lately

▪   Noticing her hands and feet

▪   Loves kicking her feet around

▪   Started cooing and blowing bubbles

Nicknames: Good golly miss Molly ;)

Molly likes:

▪   Being held

▪   Her rock n play

▪   Sitting up in a chair

▪   Being in the Tula

Molly dislikes:

•   Still spitting up a lot (like projectile pukes all the time!)

•   She is also pretty gassy (and it stinks haha)

•   Tummy time

Molly 1 Month

Weight & Height: She was 6lbs 13 oz at her two week appointment and a little over 19inches tall

Eating: Molly is a champ at breastfeeding. She nurses every 3-4 hours throughout the day/night.

Nursing/Bottles:

Molly will take  about one bottle of breast milk in the evening (4oz) and then exclusively nurses throughout the day/evening.

Sleeping (naps): Naps randomly throughout the day. 

Sleeping (at night): Molly will sleep from about 9pm to 12am and then wakes up for about 2 ½-3hours to nurse and just be cranky. Then she will go back to sleep from 3-6am and by then her sister is up and ready for the day to start. Needless to say I am exhausted! I am hoping we can start decreasing our awake time at night time and that will help me get a little more sleep. Molly is also an extremely loud sleeper and grunts/squeaks throughout the night.

Clothing: Same as her sister, she is finally fitting into newborn clothes and some 0-3 month clothes. We are also almost out of newborn diapers and starting size 1.

New this month:

▪   Molly loves taking in her surroundings and loves looking at her sister.

▪   She has great neck strength!

▪   Loves to be swaddled

Morgan loves her sister Molly so much. She is so sweet to her and will sing to her, share her stuffed animals with her and lay on the ground and play with her. 

Nicknames: Peanut, Molls, Puke Face (because she spits up so much!)

Molly likes:

▪   Her vibrating chair

▪   Her sister

▪   Making noises

▪   Nursing

Molly dislikes:

•   Getting the hiccups

•   Getting her diaper changed

•   She also spits up a lot!