It is here... Amby bed!

The Amby bed came today! I am hopin', wishin', and prayin' that the Moops likes it! Wish us luck! Here are some of our Amby trial pictures for now...

Doctor's & Shots

Oh my!
Madelyn had an appointment on Monday to get shots and have a well-visit check. Shots went beautiful...at first... not one peep. Those cut little chubby thighs probably padded the needle. :) She was then weighed... 18lbs 10ozs... 95% percentile. Her height was also in the 95th percentile at 26 inches. The doctor told us to change her diet a little, this is where our (Maddy, daddy and myself) week went down hill. It first started with a really bad reaction to the shots... a 101.8 temperature that seemed to last for days, but actually was about 24 hours. Once we got through that we changed her diet... She has been screaming in hunger ever since. Needless to say, I am calling the doctor today.
A wonderful, heart-warming moment occurred while Madelyn and I were driving to Market Basket a few days ago though... She was in the back seat talking and because her car-seat has such a high-back I can not see anything expect her little toes. I reached my arm back to check and see if she had put the recyclable shopping bag in her mouth and felt what I thought was her chin. Next thing I know a tiny little hand grabbed my hand. We drove the rest of the way with our hands clasped together. She is such a sweet baby girl.

My Gift :)

I received my mother's day gift from Ray and the baby today...

The outside circle has Maddy's birthstone. The solid circle says Love MEL & RFL on the front, and on the back 5-10-2009. The necklace came in a beautiful heart box with "Happy Mother's Day" written on it.I could not even have expected something so beautiful, truly amazing.

Mother's Day

What a wonderful day! I must say that I probably have the most wonderful family out there... hands down. My mother's day started Thursday, when beautiful roses arrived from Bridget (mum)... Everytime I look at them I smile. Events continued last night when Dad and Pam gave me a really special card with a gift card! Woohoo! :)

Then to today... I woke up to Maddy and daddy handing me a card... "Mommy~ Happy Mother's Day :) Daddy and I love you very much. Thank you for being the best mommy in the whole wide world. #1 Mommy. Maddy and Daddy." There are no words for how beautiful that is. We then left to take a quick trip to Crane Beach. I had a project to do for one of the mommy's on JustMommies... She is gathering photos of her daughter's name written in the sand from all over. Her angelic daughter passed away at 23 days old, this month marks her 2nd birthday.

We then took at trip to Portsmouth, NH and Newburyport, MA. A really funny side note... my mom was at Newburyport with Auntie Carol and we never ran into eachother! I wish we had known! After having a late lunch/ early dinner at my favorite Not Your Average Joe's it was time to go home. Maddy pooped herself out with constant raspberries that she ended the day...

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there. And thank you to stars for allowing Ray and Madelyn to be a part of my life.

Poor Baby Girl...

This is what we put our baby girl through...

Yes, she has a diaper on her head.

Yes, she now has her pants on her head.

Yup, there is the diaper again.

And now she is in Mommy's pants WITH her pants on her head. Poor baby girl. She is just so freaking adorable that we can't seem to help it most of the time!
I am also on a "Mommy Board." You can request to have signatures made for your posts... You can use pictures, poems, anything you'd like... Here's ours...

Isn't it great?

Grateful

I am grateful. My daughter is wonderful.
She smiles when you do a funny dance. Laughs when you tickle her. Coos when you enter the room. And rolls around when you let her. She is perfect and I am grateful.

Amby Pamby

Sunday night we attempted the Ferber CIO... never again. After an hour of "ferberizing" she was soaked, near vomiting, and swollen from her crying. That just does not seem ok! I am a firm believer that kids are all different... go figure! Madelyn seems to be a high-needs baby, she loves to be held, comforted, and cuddled with- I don't see the horror in it. One day she will want nothing to do with cuddling, why do I need to force her now?

Long story short, we may have found the nighttime solution... The Amby Bed.

This hammock like bed mimics "swaddling." When Maddy was teeny-tiny she loved being swaddled, but then grew out of it. I really feel that this may be the answer.

There is no book at Barnes and Nobles that tells you the hands down, correct way to parent- trust me I looked. Ray and I just want a happy, secure child. We want her to have the world.