Adelline is ADORABLE at 1 Month

We are definitely off and rolling this month. We are seeing many more social smiles, which makes interacting with Adelline that much more enjoyable. She is an active little girl, with lots of leg kicks and arm movements. She also loves to observe and keep her eyes on you! We just started introducing an E.A.S.Y. schedule of Eating, Activity, Sleeping, and You (Mommy time) this month. So far, it’s going really well. Out of the five types of babies (angel, textbook, spirited, touchy, and grumpy), I would say Addy seems to be a textbook baby. We are still working on sleeping through the night on a consistent basis! I am very excited for that milestone.

While Addy is sleeping, we will hear her laugh and sigh in a high pitched voice. It’s adorable!

Now when Addy’s hungry, she shakes her arms very vigorously. Unfortunately, we don’t see the woodpecker very often anymore.

Addy loves to nap on Daddy’s and Uncle Jay’s chest.

Addy is all smiles now, except when Mommy gets the camera out. We are glad to be in the digital era, since it usually takes ten shots to get a decent photo!

Addy sometimes sucks on her arm to soothe herself.

Addy was baptized this month at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Baraboo. She did a great job on such a long day! She cried a lot during the ceremony, but afterward, we were able to get some nice family pictures. Addy took a nap during her party and then slept all the way home.

We bought a nursery rhymes CD for Addy, without knowing that it was actually the hip hop/rap/funk version. Daddy and her love rocking out to “Ol' Motha Hubbard” and others.

We were able to make a video of Addy as the “sleeping sloth.” She was perched on Daddy’s arm, completely relaxed, just like a sloth in a tree!

Addy loves getting her diaper changed, taking a bath at the “baby spa,” staring at lights, practicing tummy time, being naked, swinging, playing in her Jumperoo, kicking in her bouncy seat, looking at art cards, reading stories, going on walks outside, riding in the car, and looking at everything.

One day, we had to see Dr. Smith because Dr. Bellissimo was out of the office. He was impressed with Addy’s eye contact and asked if we were feeding her cream because of her huge weight gain since her two-week-old appointment. Apparently, Addy is a growing girl! Addy also simultaneously sneezed and pooped on the exam table during this appointment.

Addy was quite the character at her first baby storytime at the public library in McFarland. She was fussing at the beginning and then proceeded to loudly fill her pants while the librarian was in the middle of a quiet story. After a diaper change, she was STARVING and needed Mommy to nurse her in the back of the room while all the others went on a “walk” to “see what they could see.” I was waiting for one of the one-year-olds to yell out, “I see a booby!”

Daddy continues to have diaper changing issues. This time, he decided to blow on Addy’s butt to dry it off. Luckily, Mommy had her arm up, thus blocking the explosion that would have hit Daddy right in the face!

Addy officially rolled over from stomach to back, and she’s starting to babble a little bit.

Addy just “discovered” her hands and tries using them to soothe herself. She sometimes misses and punches herself in the face or sticks them too far into her mouth and chokes. Poor girl!

Addy is now finding ways to move around her crib. In the morning, we sometimes find her on the opposite end or perpendicular to the sides.

Addy is also starting to play games with Mommy and Daddy. When she’s supposed to be going to sleep, she starts making funny faces and smiling. It’s so hard not to laugh! She is also very good at giving us the “pouty” bottom lip right before starting to cry.

We are still teaching Addy how to self soothe for naps and bedtime, but we did have several full nights of sleep this month!

Adelline is A MIRACLE at 0 Months

We are so blessed with a happy, healthy, and beautiful little miracle. Welcome to our family Adelline Grace Roltgen!

During an initial exam at the hospital, Addy’s pediatrician, Dr. Bellissimo, called her “spunky.”

When Addy’s hungry, she bangs her head against the chest of whoever is holding her, just like a woodpecker. We even managed to get our little woodpecker on video!

We love Addy’s funny faces! She has several good ones including the Elvis lip, pirate eye, eye roll when she’s almost asleep, lots of half smiles and twitches, and many mouth-wide-open shots for photos. She loves sticking out her tongue.

When Addy starts waking up, she arches her back and S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-S.

Our little Addy is quite the heavy breather. And of course, she does this when Mommy’s trying to nurse under the Hooter Hider, so bystanders just see a little pair of legs sticking out and hear lots of heavy breathing coming from under the blanket covering Mommy’s breasts!

After eating, Addy usually lapses into a “food coma” from all the good milk!

Many people have commented on how much they love the name Adelline. Michelle Garvey said, “Oh sure, leave it to a math teacher to name his kid ‘Addy.’” Hmmmm, that doesn’t bode well for your brother “Subtracty,” does it?

Daddy has some problems when it comes to changing Addy’s diaper. He tends to get poop on the changing table, her socks, his hands, the Kleenex box, and most recently, his clothing. Apparently, he wasn’t ready with Addy’s new diaper, and she shot out diarrhea onto his nice dress pants. Too slow Daddy!

We already have lots of nicknames for Adelline. Aunt Britty calls you Monkey or Monster, depending on your mood. Mommy calls you Sweetie Pie, Addy Girl, Munchkin, and Honey. Daddy calls you his Little Girl, Fussy Pants, Squawk-asaurus, Pumpkin, and Peanut. Mommy’s friend Susan Vance wondered if we would call you “Line” for short.

Mommy is slowly getting more comfortable with nursing. She has learned the hard way to cover up immediately after feeding you so she doesn’t accidentally forget. She sincerely apologizes to the nice family in the Red Robin parking lot who experienced an unexpected “booby sighting” when she got out of the car to put Addy back in the carseat for the trip home!

Addy is really good at holding her head up during tummy time. She is a strong little girl.

Addy is not a big fan of her bottle. She pretends she doesn’t know what to do with it and just smacks away at the nipple between screams. We will keep working on this!