Babies sleep. A lot. While they do sleep a lot, they don't always sleep in large chunks of time. Waverly usually slept two to three hours at a time and then was up to eat and get a diaper change.
Like her momma, Waverly can sleep through anything it seems, especially her Grandma trying to wake her up.
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Danielle
We received some good news during this visit, which I did record. We were told that Waverly's left foot looked really good after her first casting and that she was very flexible. We were also excited to hear that she may not need surgery to clip her achilles tendon after all depending on how the next casting went.
See the video here:
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Danielle
Waverly was born with club foot. Her left foot is more severe than her right foot. That being said, her club foot is still very mild. The process to fix the issue includes casting her legs, wearing special boots, and even surgery to clip the Achilles tendon. At this time, they do not know for sure what causes club foot, though there can be a genetic factor involved. They suspect that Waverly's occurred because she was a big baby and she didn't have enough room during development for her feet to form in the correct positions, instead they were tucked up against her body causing the ligaments and tendons to position her feet incorrectly.
The purpose of the castings is to stretch her achilles tendon to make it easier for the foot to go back to the correct position. The process includes up to 5 different castings to realign the position of the feet and stretch those tendons and ligaments. Then they go to special boots with a bar between them to keep her feet from going back into their original positions. The boots are worn 20 hours a day minimum until the baby is mobile. Then they are worn during naps and bedtime. The boots help maintain the correct positioning needed for her to be able to walk properly on the bottom of her feet instead of the sides or even top of the foot depending on the severity of the club foot.
I didn't record the first casting, but I do have some pictures of her after her first casting.
You can see those here:
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Danielle
Like most babies, Waverly does spit up quite a bit. In fact, I call her the "Spit Up Queen".
Because of the spit up, and the normal baby wetting accidents, Skye was putting a towel under her to change her diaper. Since extra laundry is pretty routine when it comes to having a baby in the house, we wanted to find another way to protect Skye's bed during feedings or during diaper changing to make it easier and produce less laundry.
I made her two waterproof pads that are washable. The top material is flannel fabric so it is nice and soft against the skin. There is a layer of diaper fabric in the center and the waterproof material is PUL fabric.
I put down the waterproof fabric, shiny side up (this is the part you want on the outside), then put the flannel fabric pretty side down and the diaper fabric on top of that. I sewed all the way around the rectangle making sure to back stitch at the beginning and the end, and left an opening to turn the fabric right side out. I did clip the corners to remove extra bulk and turned it right side out before top stitching all the way around again making sure that I caught the opening during the top stitching.
The waterproof washable pad was complete, could be used and reused over and over again.
See the process here:
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Danielle
It is that time again. Time for my monthly green surprise.
See what I got this month here:
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Danielle
Remember when I said that Waverly makes some amusing faces while she is sleeping? The last video caught the faces she makes when she is awake, but here I caught them while she was sleeping.
See the video here:
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Danielle
First time parents go through a lot of anxiety with the large number of firsts that happen with a new baby. There is the first time they come home, and they realize they are on their own without the hospital staff to help. There's the first bottle they have at home, the first time the baby cries without being able to figure out what they need, and there is the lack of sleep that new parents experience.
The baby's first bath is another first. Like most first time parents, Skye was nervous about giving Waverly her first bath so I gave her one, while Skye watched and recorded, so that she could see a full bath given. The hospital staff did give Waverly a bath after she was born, but it was done in the nursery before they brought Waverly back to Skye's room.
Waverly wasn't sure what to make of her first bath, but she didn't cry and seemed to enjoy the water.
See the video here:
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Danielle
I know I'm a little biased, but Waverly is the prettiest baby I have seen since her momma was born. The faces she makes while she is sleeping are very amusing. I wish I could read her mind and see what she is thinking about when she is making those faces.
She even makes those faces sometimes when she is awake.
See what I mean here:
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Danielle
Baby Waverly is not quite a month old in this video. How can you tell? Just listen to the sleep deprived new mom snore. I found it quite amusing since Skye didn't snore before the baby was born.
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Danielle
So I had surgery on my left shoulder, this time around. They did my right shoulder about 2 years ago now.
I am still not quite sure the full details of what the inside of my joint looked like, but it feels like they were using jackhammers in there.
This video shows me 5 days post op. I know they removed bone spurs and had to slice my bicep muscle (it was already partially torn), but I don't think they did any other repairs in there. There was a possibility that I had a rotator cuff tear and that I damaged the bumper around my joint, but I was too out of it to know if there was any repair needed. I still have another week before my follow up as I am writing this post, so I will try to remember to update it once I know, but that squirrel brain doesn't always cooperate with remembering stuff.
Watch the video here:
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Danielle
Skye had her baby. Her name is Waverly Marie.
She was born on March 11, 2022 and weighed in at 8 pounds 15.9 ounces and was 20 inches long. Waverly made her way into the world 16 days early via C-section.
This beautiful girl is a joy to have as a grandbaby despite having been born when her momma was so young.
See Waverly here:
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Danielle
My daughter is having a baby. It's a baby having a baby. It wasn't in her plan to have a baby at 14. I had her on birth control for a year when she got pregnant.
This video contains pics of her belly bump as it grew and any clips of the heartbeat I was able to sneak through, since video wasn't allowed.
See the video here:
My daughter is pregnant. No one plans to have a baby so young, but life happens sometimes.
See what she got during her virtual baby shower here:
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Danielle
