Well BUSY! That's the only word I can think of to describe the last couple months for the Rodee Family! 3 kids has been a really tough adjustment for me. Especially only breast feeding Maya. Don't get me wrong, Maya is SUCH a great baby! So patient, laid back, such a cuddler and a GREAT sleeper! But I felt like I was neglecting my other 2 girls having to feed Maya every 3 hours and not being able to do ANYTHING while I was feeding her. It was hard. I don't want to say luckily, but that's kind of how I feel, my milk started drying up. I wasn't producing enough for Maya to be full. So we started supplementing with a bottle and some formula. It was like the heavens were aligning! Maya was like a different baby, so happy and smiley. And I was SO happy. I didn't feel as tied down and limited. It was so great. So we are just bottle feeding out little one now and I couldn't be happier about it! I feel like it's so important to have a happy baby and a happy mommy. So that's where we're at now. Christian has started traveling again for work so I'm working on trying to stick to our schedule as best as I can! Let me tell you, getting 3 girls and myself ready for 9AM church...not happening! But I'm getting pretty good at getting everybody ready to go and out the door and ON TIME for Eden's preschool!
So Eden gave her first talk in Primary at church on Sunday! It was such a proud moment for me as a mother! She only needed a little bit of coaching but other than that, she had the whole thing memorized and she wasn't nervous AT ALL! I cried a little. She's just growing up so fast! She re-enacted her performance for the family after church so we recorded it!
Ella has been a little bit of a handful the last few weeks, but we LOVE her spunky personality and how she keeps us on our toes! The other day this is how we found her when I went to go and wake her up from her nap...
That's the closet! And without fail, EVERY morning she wakes up and takes off her jammies and puts on a pretty dressup. She is ALWAYS wearing a dressup dress! I'm surprised I can get her out of the house in regular clothes! It's so cute how she just loves to look pretty!!
The girls have started to really play well together lately! The other day they stayed upstairs and played, without fighting, for AN HOUR AND A HALF!!!!! It was a miracle!! That has NEVER happened before! It was so awesome to hear them laughing and helping each other. I just loved it!
Maya...oh my sweet Maya. I love her so much. She is such a joy! When she smiles, you can't help but smile with her. She's so cute. I never want to put her down!
She is cooing and is a lot more awake and is starting to really look at you and respond! It's so much fun. We've basically got her reflux under control. She's on 2 medications but she's hardly spitting up and she's not acting like it hurts her anymore to spit up! It's so great! All in all, we're doing so great!
7 comments:
So sweet! I'm so glad you are surviving with 3! It gives me hope that I can do it too! Your girls could not be any cuter!
Sounds like you are being an amazing mom to some amazing girls! I hear ya on being thankful to bottle feed. The same thing happened with me and Gwen. I just dried up! But like you said, all that matters is that baby is happy. Happy baby = happy momma!
That picture of Ella is ADOREABLE!! I showed scotty right away and he just stared at it for a sec with his mouth open at how funny/cute it was! Of course, they are ALL adoreable! look how smiley Maya is!!!
I'm so glad you got Eden on video. She did so good! I asked Cohen all about her talk. He remembered that it was about Jesus. He was a little bummed he didn't get a turn to give a talk. Hope he still has that enthusiasm when he's 14 and older!! I love that Ella was sleeping in the closet. Maybe its nostalgic for her?? Haha!
That is so cute! I love how big Eden is getting! Such a big girl. Makes me laugh that an hour and a half is a miracle cause I can't relate just yet :) I still hear B crying or Cam yelling, "No no Brighton!" 5 minutes into their 'alone' playtime :) can't NOT be ref just yet hehe but I'm glad they are to that point!
Marce! What precious girls you have!! I can definitely relate to the madness/pure joy of having three little bitty ones so call if you ever need to talk. :) Miss you!
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Ps. We're moving back to Utah this summer. We can be friends again!
Adorable! Can't believe you guys have 3 kids already! What a beautiful family :D
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