Great grandmothers and cereal

Jeff and I loaded up the car on Saturday and made the trek to Medina with Elise and dogs in tow. We were headed for a visit with my parents and for the first official visit with the great grandmothers (both my parent's mothers). When I had previously been in Medina with Elise, back in March, the flu bug had hit both of my grandmother's assisted living residences. Needless to say, we passed on a visit then!

On Saturday, we stopped in to visit with Granny- my father's mother. Even suffering with Alzheimer's, Granny knew she loved a visit from a baby! She brought up the fact that she'd be willing to keep Elise if we should ever be selling her. Of course, Granny had a funny smile when she said this. We visited for about 30 minutes in her room until Elise became a bit too warm and fussy. We will have to visit again soon.




On Sunday, we stopped in to see Grandma Sophie- my mother's mother. She was ecstatic with the visit! The four generations of women poised for a picture together. What a memory. Of course, Grandma made sure to 'show' Elise off to all the staff and residents when she walked us out. Being the first great-granddaughter in the family has its perks! You get treated like a rock star!

Elise has taken a turn for the worse in the sleeping department. Previously, we had been sleeping a few days a week all the way through the night while the rest of the nights we would get up once for a feeding. However recently, Elise has started to awaken twice for feedings each night. We figure Elise must be going through a growth spurt- something the doctor had warned us may happen around the 5-6 month mark. Our pediatrician had told us that it was ok to start feeding her rice cereal if we found that her normal bottles would not sustain her for long periods of time. Last night, was Elise's first spoonfuls of her 'delicious' cereal. A few tablespoons of cereal were added to her nightly bottle routine. There was no difference with her sleeping last night- but a few tablespoons really isn't a lot of food. Hopefully within the next few weeks, we will fine tune the amount of food we give and Elise will get the hang of eating with a spoon. She seemed to enjoy the first few spoonfuls but quickly became frustrated that her belly wasn't filling as quickly. All within time!