Diaper Graduation

One thing that no one warns you about babies is when to really change diaper sizes.  For our little girl, we have preferred Pampers Swaddlers (Upon the advice of many, many mothers of girls we selected Pampers.  I have heard that Huggies are good for boy babies.).  Elliott transitioned wonderfully from newborn diapers to size 1 without a hitch.  However, going from size 1 to size 2 has been interesting.  Apparently I should have changed sizes the first time the poop "escaped" from the top of her diaper.  Oh no, leave it to me to wait for the fourth escape of the week where she soiled her pants, top, blanket, crib sheet and mattress pad.  That was down right amazing.  

The other wonderful thing about diaper graduation is that once they are in their new and larger diaper size, most of their clothes don't fit anymore.  Gone are the 3-6 month onesies and here now are the 6-12 month clothes!  So a word of advice for new mothers is to not to let that first poop escape to be ignored.  That would be the time to put away the diapers that seemed so big at first but now are way too small.  

New Elliott developments include giggling and "finding of the hands."  Elliott is putting her fingers and sometimes her fist into her mouth.  She is also reaching for objects and can put blankets and her lovies up into her mouth.  (For non-parents, lovies are these soft satin blankets with stuffed animal heads on the top that babies love to hold and feel.)  She has also rolled over again from her back to her front.  Our wonderful girl has also blessed up with averaging between 8 and 9 hours of sleep in a row at night.  We thank God for our amazing daughter every day.