Our baby girl is 5 months old this week. It has been a long ride filled with ups and downs.
Now I truly understand the meaning of motherhood. It is NOT EASY!
Since our little girl was born our lives have been filled with challenges one after another. It started with her being born really small at 2.3kgs 2 weeks shy of her EDD, but then again she was ready to come and see us and create havoc! She had jaundice for almost 2 months due to being a small baby and boggle head. Her glucose level was low so she had to be on drip and phototherapy for one whole week.
When we finally got home, my breastfeeding nightmare begun. At first I had so little milk so I struggle to meet her demands and refused that she be fed fomula milk. So I diligently pump every 3 hours throughout the day and night until when she was 2 months my milk factory broke down due to over pumping. And because I was not fully educated on breastfeeding and was misinformed, I stopped due to antibiotics to treat my nipple infection. Well as a consolation at least she got 2 months of goodness.
Then we switched her to Formula Milk and then we slowly found out that she is allergic to cow's protein. She started to have eczema!! We then switched to hypho allergenic milk and it sis not go away. In the midst of all the switching, she suddenyl refuse to drink milk. Milk intake dropped and we found ourselved struggling to feed her milk every time.
At 4 months her eczema peaked and we switched her to soy milk. Slowly she started drinking and then she refused milk again. At 4 and a half month we soon realised she was not gaining any weight and we had to start her off with solids. Then she had her first fever which landed her in the hospital.
Today at 5 month old I decided that I should started documenting her every month milestones, likes and dislikes and one day when she is old enough she can read all about herself!
At 5 months old baby Ashley can recognise people, places, show likes and dislikes, turn over and turn back, sit with assitance, Loves her rice porriage, carrot puree, pumpkin puree, does not fancy her soy milk, apple and pear puree, loves music and TV, loves water. Hates her vitamins.Loves baths. Loves going out. Loves her toys especially Lamchop the lamb, Fiona the skunk, Allie the sheep and her many many zebras.
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