Monthly Archives: February 2017

Twenty-four Weeks Old – The 411

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My baby is now 24 weeks old.  She weighs 16 pounds and is 25 1/2 inches long.  

She is growing by leaps and bounds and is now eating and demanding solid food.  She loves fruit and so far enjoys sweet potatoes, and carrots.  She was not a fan of peas.   I am going to make sweet potatoes and spinach and see how that goes. 

We have been in NYC for a week now.  The baby had an audition last weekend for Carter’s.  Her agency called to say Carter’s requested her for an audition.  We flew to NY, which was her first flight, and she did well on the flight.  Her ears popped and she didn’t care for it much, but did well otherwise.  She slept the majority of the flight and slept in the limos to and from.

We flew back to the beach and on Monday night, the production team called to request her for a fitting so we told them we could be there on Wednesday morning.

We drove from the condo, stopping for an hour or so in DC at my sister’s and then got on the road to NY.  We got in that night before midnight and rested up.   The baby had a fitting at 11 am in midtown the next morning.   After the fitting, we did not get a call until yesterday, telling us that the company was putting us up in a hotel for the night in the Hamptons so that the baby could be well rested for the shoot Sunday morning.  We drove the 3 hour trip to the Hamptons, checked in and the hotel is fabulous. We were placed in a 1 bedroom, condo-like suite complete with two full baths, kitchen, den with pull out sofa, and a king bed in the bedroom.   

They are really giving these babies the first class treatment.  

This is a welcome distraction given that my mom’s surgeon called yesterday with news that her biopsy came back positive for breast cancer AGAIN.  THIRD time !  Really?  

She just finished two rounds of aggressive chemo and 32 or 38 sessions of radiation in June 2015.  Now there is a knot under the breast below where they radiated.  Prayerfully the cancer is contained to that breast and had not spread to anywhere else. 

Needless to say, with all the deaths of late, I am not handling this well.  I am not ready to lose my mother.  She and I are extremely close and I want my baby, her twin, to enjoy Grandmom.  

I welcome your prayers !  

Until later…..  going to try to put little diva back to sleep so that she will not be cranky in the morning.  

Twenty-three Weeks On The Outside – Post Partum 411

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Mommy’s little angel is now 23 weeks old.  It is still so surreal and I keep waiting to wake up from this dream.

Tomorrow we are headed home to NYC for the weekend as the baby has a casting with Carter’s for their infant clothing line.

I was looking at an online ad for them a week ago saying I could not wait to see her little face on a Carter’s ad and they called for her the next week. I wish God would listen to my other desires that intently ! Lol

Last week was my last week nursing. I made it a full 5 months and since we are a lot more mobile and she will likely be doing a lot of shoots through the summer, I am not going to want to be finding places to pump and I am only pumping 8-10 oz on a good day anyway. 

She is now eating fruits and veggies twice a day so I am glad we made it this far.

Her passport finally came last week and of course, they mispelled our last name so I had to send it back.  We are taking a family trip soon and she will need it !

I am in the process of planning her Safari themed 1st birthday party at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme park.  I was referred to a cake designer so I am getting the ball rolling.  My sisters and their families are flying in.  

I am sitting here awaiting a call from my mom’s surgeon.   Her surgeon looked at the knot and thinks its just scar tissue but did a biopsy to be sure.  Prayer would be appreciated !  

Twenty Two Weeks Outta The Womb – The 411

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My angel was five months old yesterday at 4:18 pm !

Five months old?  Five whole months?  Where does the time go?

It was not long ago that I was hurried to the hospital from a routine doctor appointment to prep for  a cesarean.  It wasn’t long ago that Inwas, released and went home with a tiny, beautiful, 4 lb, 7oz baby.

Time flies by so quickly…

Twenty One Weeks Post Partum – The 411

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21 weeks !  Can you believe it?  In six more days, my baby will be five months old !  Jeeeez !  Time flies !

My little chunk munk weighs almost 16 pounds, is 24 inches long and is the most amazing creature God has ever created. She has a temper and has mastered tantruming already.   She says HI and coos quite a bit when you talk to her or read to her.

Today, I introduced solids via spoon. I gave her pureed bananas and she knew exactly what to do. She ate the bananas and she loved them. The oatmeal cereal we were putting in her last bottle at night seemed to constipate her and the probiotics and Karo syrup were not helping enough to regulate her poop texture so I stopped the cereal. 

My baby is thriving and still sleeps a lot.  She loves to take catnaps too.

On Monday, we are starting what I like to call, our baby daycare program.  I ordered a monthly infant curriculum subscription program by Mother Goose Time that is specifically for infants.   I also had my mom get her a gray Bumbo and sensory toys, kinectic sand and play-doh.  I am going to pick up two large mirrors tomorrow for floor play and incorporation into her tummy time.   She has a few mirrored toys but I want to get some large ones to put in the play/ learn area.  

The only item I need to order from Ebay is the Baby Can Read program to start with her.  One of my friends has already started it with her 3 month old and her son was reading by 2 yrs old.   I want to work with my daughter to start education early thru play so that she can start music lessons at the age of 3.

My daughter has been added to the roster of five New York top talent agencies so in lieu of heading back West, we will be up North for six months.  After I get her established, I will then relocate her to the LA area for modeling / acting unless NYC ends up being more profitable. #collegefundonfleek

My baby is now wearing 3-6 month and 6 month clothing.  She still hates getting dressed and getting her hair done.   While her hair is growing in the top, the sides and back are thinning out ! 

She has been doing the four month sleep regression thing and goes to bed at 8pm but she wakes up at 1 am, 4 am and 6 am most nights.   Tonight, she is spending the night with Grandmom so I get a little break and can get some work done

I have been studying credit repair services and am launching a credit repair company.   I have already started receiving clients !  In this economy, this service will be invaluable to people.  Most people have things on their credit report and consumer file that are incorrect. Good credit is a must in order to conduct good business these days!

I am looking forward to helping people change their lives for the better.

Mommy News:

I am going to start going for long walks again and am also going to purchase Cize to workout to.  I have gained 3 pounds and I refuse to gain anymore.   I love being this small and I know that breast feeding parttime is not going to help me keep weight down. It gave me an amazing start, but now I have to put in some work !

Grandmom News:

Please keep my mom in your prayers.   She has to have a colonoscopy on Monday to determine the cause of her iron deficiency.   She also found a knot under her breast area that wasn’t there before.  She sleeps an awful lot and doesn’t feel well most days.   I am very worried about what this means.   I am not ready to say goodbye to my mother.  I do not think I ever will be, but I am praying that this is anything but cancer so that we can travel and do things she has dreamed about and so that she can be here for my daughter to watch her grow.