20 Weeks

We had the 20 week ultrasound today and here is our little bundle of joy.

Out of all the ultrasounds I think this little babe moved the most! It always surprises me to see how much they move inside without me being able to feel. During the whole thing I only felt a few kicks but the babe was sure moving around a lot! Everything is looking great for baby #3! The babe is 13 ounces currently, which is just an ounce bigger than Ida was. And all the measurements are in the 45th to 65th percentile. The babe is also in heads down position which is what we like! Although I know right now he's moving around all over the place.

My progression pictures for the first half of my pregnancy

Date: January 6, 2016

How far along? 20 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I am up 14 pounds. Which is 4 pounds more than my other pregnancies. I'm trying not to let myself be discouraged but when I gain 4 pounds in one week it gets frustrating. Especially since I haven't been over eating. Although we did just get through the holidays so maybe now things will slow down. So I've pretty much gained 8 pounds in the last 4 weeks.

Maternity clothes? I pulled out my maternity shirts just this past week. They are a lot more comfortable than my regular shirts. Plus the change in wardrobe is always nice. :) I haven't needed to pull out my pants yet.

Sleep: I haven't been very good at getting to bed at decent times the past week so I'm feeling pretty tired these days. I'm still sleeping good though when I do sleep. I really need to discipline myself and get to bed at a decent time.

Movement: I first saw the little babe move at 17 weeks. It was just a little tiny kick. It was still really light so feeling the movement externally was still pretty tough.

Here is a video of the babe kicking around 17 weeks.

You can see the kick around 5 seconds on the left/top side.

The babe got a couple really good kicks a couple days after 17 weeks and Scott was able to feel him. Now he's moving pretty regularly. At least daily. He probably moves more than I recognize because I'm not really paying attention. At night though before I go to bed I can usually feel him move.

Feeling sick? I have been feeling really great! Sometimes in the evenings I feel sick but it's not daily. I do have some bad days very sparsely that I feel slightly nauseous throughout the day. I really can't complain though cuz I feel really good!

Other pregnancy symptoms? My hip/groin pain is starting to bother me more. Especially if I've been really active that day. But I'm really trying to keep up with exercising regularly this pregnancy regardless of the pain. Sometimes at night if I sleep on one side for too long than it hurts as well. I also get heartburn pretty bad at night if I'm active after I eat. If I'm planning on working out I try to eat a very light dinner then eat more after I'm done working out. My biggest pain right now would have to be gas. At night I get so gassy and my stomach just feels like it's going to explode. It is so uncomfortable and tight. I'm not loving it. I've tried eating less and that doesn't seem to help. So I've just been taking gas-x when it gets really bad.

Have you started to show yet? I am showing. I feel like I really popped like a week ago. But around 17 weeks I think I crossed the threshold for just looking fat to actually looking pregnant. I feel really big although I'm not really that big. I feel like I shouldn't be looking this big for only being 20 weeks. But when I compare my pics with my last pregnancy I don't think I look that much bigger.

20 Weeks w/ Ida

Currently 20 weeks

Gender prediction: We stuck to our guns about not finding out the gender. Now the ultrasound has passed and we no longer have a choice! The ultrasound technician wasn't even sure what we were having. I really have no idea what we are going to have. I'm still leaning towards boy because I feel like my emotional state with this pregnancy has been a lot more similar to Jacob. But that could just be because of the situation we are in as well. So I don't know. Everyone thinks we are having a girl. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that has even thought it was a boy. Everyone else I talk to says girl. Only time will tell! Maybe I should start trying those old wives tales for figuring out the gender....

10 Months

Two bottom teeth!

10 months and Ida is starting to put on weight again! She has gained a pound this past month and is now 14 lbs 13 oz and still 26 3/4 inch tall. So she's starting to get some of those fat rolls back. I can't believe in 2 months she is going to be a year old. It goes so fast... I also think she is just so small that she doesn't look like she is going to be a year old. She is still wearing 6 month clothes and they are fitting her about perfect right now and wearing size 2 diapers which are still huge on her. Haha

Ida's personality this past month has just really flowered. She is turning into quite the character and loves to ham it up as much as she can when she has an audience. Especially if they are laughing at whatever she is doing.

She is still such a happy, easy baby. She is so content and we still carry her around in the car seat where ever we go because she is so good in it and will fall asleep in it. Also Jacob and Ida have really starting interacting with each other this past month and I find Ida

 following Jacob around to be apart of whatever he is doing and Jacob trying to include her and play with her (usually very roughly) on a regular basis. And Ida is starting to not mind Jacob rough housing with her as much as she used to. As long as she is in a very happy mood. If not, then she still hates Jacob invading her personal space and getting in her bubble. She still hates people grabbing/touching her hands as well. I wonder if it will be hard to teach her to sign because she won't let me help her do the signs. She can still go from very happy to very upset and via versa on the flip of a dime. When she's upset it escalates very quickly. But as soon as you fix whatever her problem is she also calms down very quickly. She has starting throwing fits a bit for attention. Mainly just when she is in a bad mood or hungry and you tell her no she'll throw her head to the ground. Also when she is in a bad mood everything is taken to the extreme. When she slightly hits her head on something its like the worst thing ever. Even if it didn't really hurt. At this stage its all just still funny. :) She has also figured out how to walk forward in the walker! I'd really like it if she was walking by a year. But if not... Especially by the time baby #3 comes.

Some fun things Ida is doing right now is giving high fives, blowing, clicking tongue, crossing her legs when she is playing or in the car seat, playing with her teeth, climbing up the stairs and walking along the furniture. She starting climbing up the stairs a couple weeks ago and we have been really working with her to go down them on her own but she hasn't caught on yet. She starting walking along the furniture and has been letting go while she's standing next to it for a few seconds just a few days ago. She seems to be getting more confident at letting go of the furniture and standing more and more. Her balance is getting pretty good. Ida has started playing with her two bottom teeth with her fingers and nails. She loves to click her nails on her teeth. It is super cute! I really want to get it on video. Ida's yelling still hasn't changed much. She is just loud. Not angry, just loud.

Ida is eating very well but I have decided this girl gets hangry! If she is hungry and you aren't giving her food then she is NOT happy. She yells the most during meals if you aren't feeding her fast enough. She has decided she doesn't really like eating hard crackers, or puffs, or cereal. I think she just gets impatient eating them because they take so long to break down. Nursing has been going well but we have started supplementing with formula pretty regularly. My milk supply has dropped a lot. And I think we are going to start introducing whole milk to her. I asked the pediatrician today and he said from a medical perspective he was required to tell me to wait till she was 12 months. But from a person talking to another person he thinks it will be fine and I will just join an already large pool of women who don't wait to introduce it till 12 months. But he didn't tell me that. :) So I think I might start giving her an ounce or two a day and see how she does with it. I am also contemplating weaning her from nursing completely. But we'll see how I'm feeling this month. Ida likes to slouch in her chair a lot while she eats.

The beginning of this month was horrendous for sleeping! Once Ida learned how to stand in her crib she refused to sleep in it. She would go a whole day without taking any naps and she was very grouchy! I didn't know what to do. I was beyond sleep deprived. I know this is a phase every baby goes through, but it was so much worse with Ida then it was with Jacob. He eventually figured it out and would lay himself back down and go to sleep. Ida never would.

She would stand or sit in her crib for over an hour just screaming. I wondered if it was because she didn't know how to sleep on her stomach and so she couldn't figure out how to lay herself back down onto her back. And it didn't matter how many times I went in there and laid her back down. One day, after about a week of awfulness.  I decided to try laying her in my bed with pillows around her to see if she would go to sleep and she went right to sleep. It was at that time that I put pillows in her crib to prevent her from being able to roll over and her sleeping has been great ever since! Also... Something I had decided was never going to happen... She is currently sleeping through the night!!!!! YAY! I'm so excited! I don't know why she went from waking up 2-3 times a night to sleeping through the night be hey... I'll go for it! She still has the pillows in her crib but has now figured out how to roll with them in there so she can stand in her crib but she is still sleeping well. She has also, as of a week ago, started sleeping on her side and stomach which I find so cute! I love when they hit the stage they sleep however is most comfortable for them. So now after laying her down for the night, when I go in to check on her before going to bed she has usually moved to the other side of the bed that doesn't have pillows in it and is sleeping on her stomach or side and I love it. I will probably try taking the pillows out soon to see how she does with it.