Baptism & misc pictures

Here are a few pictures from Camila's baptism on Sunday. We had a private baptism for a couple of reasons 1) we didn't know if she'd still have severe reflux = lots of screaming and 2) this way we could take it slower and translate some things for Fabricio's parents. Camila did well, and only cried part of the time!

Here's my mom trying to untangle a cross necklace that both my sister and I wore when we were baptized. Just a few fun pictures Look at Dad trying to shush a crying Camila!

Just hanging out in her carseat!

By the way, we had a dr appt today to follow up on her reflux and check out her cold. She's doing well, we're keeping the same dosage, and her cold is just that for now. We just need to keep using hte humidifier and Little Noses drops. She's now 12 lbs 3 ozs! Oh, and embarassing moment...huge explosive diaper during dr appt; we had to change her clothes - which I'd left in the car! The dr had to help me change her diaper while Fabricio ran out to the car. What an exciting moment! :)

Sleeping through the night - 3 nights in a row!

OK, we're not sure if this is partially because she has a cold or if she's now ready, but Camila has slept through the night the last 3 nights in a row! She goes down around 9:00 (really easily, we just bounce her for about 10 minutes and she's out) and she doesn't wake up to eat until 6:30/7:00!! The funny thing is we can hear her sniffling, sneezing, coughing and crying a little, but then she goes back to sleep! It keeps us up (we want to make sure she's still breathing!) but it's surreal not to have to get out of bed. It's just in time for me to go back to work (I start Jan 8, working Tues, Weds, and Fridays during January, fulltime in Feb.) We're hoping the Prilosec is truly working, and we're beginning to see Camila's true temperament and personality.

Last night during her typical fussy time (5-8) she was great, even hanging out with Tio Chino and Abuelo Hugo for 30-40 minutes (usually she'd cry after about 5 minutes). Then this morning she hung out with us for an hour after her "breakfast", even just chilling on the couch for 30 minutes. Yes, you read that right. She wasn't being held, and she didn't cry!

Let's keep hoping and praying that we're on a steady improvement!

She loves sucking on her right hand.

So close, but missed getting it into her mouth on this try!

Hanging out with Tio Chino

Hanging out with Abuelo Hugo

And hanging out in the morning. Look! No one is holding me! ;)

Misc comments - screaming & sleeping through the night

I just wanted to add a few comments. The drive out to my parents on Christmas Day (usually a 45 minute drive) was two completely opposite experiences. On the way out there she only fussed a little (5 minutes) halfway through the drive, and didn't fall asleep until the last 15 minutes. Yes, she was alert, even smiling some, while in her carseat. But on the way home (which took twice as long b/c of the weather & horrible driving conditions) she screamed the ENTIRE way. She didn't stop until I was 15 minutes from home. I eventually had to turn the radio up to try to distract her and also give my ears a break from her crying. I didn't want to pull over during the drive b/c of the roads; I figured it would take just as long to get back home! Last night (Wed night) we had put her down for the night around 9:30. The last 3 weeks that means she's out for the night (well, until 3:00 or 4:00). Last night at about 10:00 she screamed. Yes, a single, solitary scream in pain. Both Fabricio and I nearly had heart attacks. The poor girl! Fortunately, she just needed a little comfort (we could tell she was having some reflux problems) and she went back to sleep by 10:20. And guess what...she didn't wake up until 7:00 this morning!!!! She's never done that before! We know it won't be like this every night, but at least it's a step in the right direction. Too bad her morning nap is out of sync now today! ;)

Some play time with Mom

As I just wrote in the last post, I usually get about 25 minutes of play time with Camila after she eats. Well, today I got probably 75 minutes! It was great! She fussed a little, but overall it was probably 75 minutes before she started her non-stop crying. We even got some tummy time in to help build her neck muscles (I'm worried about that, because she spends very little time on her tummy since we're always holding her upright -due to reflux and her general crankiness.)

I tried her out on my Boppy pillow for the first time, and she really enjoyed it! She liked munching on the fabric, and I was able to get her to lift her head quite a lot. And to my amazement, I heard her squeal a few times! This was a complete first for her!

I love this picture!

Here she is munching on the fabric. Yum!

Christmas Day

Christmas Day was just as exhausting as Christmas Eve! Here's how we started out the day (you can see the crabby look on her face!) We kept her in her Christmas pjs until 3:00 b/c we didn't want to risk making her cry!

Her Christmas Day outfit (which hopefully she'll be able to wear for normal "dressy" occasions!) And hopefully Fabricio won't mind that this isn't the most flattering picture of him, but I wanted to show you the face we saw most of Christmas Eve and Day! Camila's, not Fabricio's ;)

But to find something positive to say, she slept through CHristmas dinner at my parents, so we got to enjoy both Christmas Eve and Christmas day meals! Opening gifts on Christmas Day was a challenge (I still don't know what we received and who gave what to us!)

I suspect a lot of her crankiness the past 2 days was because of the distruption to her routine, missing naps, and being in unfamiliar places. Today (Wed) she's been a little better, taking her normal nap over lunchtime. But she's now skipped her afternoon nap, and has only slept two 20 minute chunks since 1:30, and it's aready 5:30! It's going to be interesting trying to keep her up until her bedtime around 8:00!!

Oh, I also wanted to mention that her usual overnight schedule is falling asleep around 9:00 (give or take 45 minutes depending on the day) waking up around 3:00 (again, give or take 45 mins) and then up again around 7:00. Not that many of you will care about her sleeping schedule, but I want to write this stuff down so I can read about it 2-4-12 months from now!