Saturday, May 22, 2010
Hoarders
would be prime candidates for an episode.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tummy Time
wonder if it works?
Here is Rowan enjoying tummy time.
Rowan's 2 Month Checkup
Technically, she's already 9 weeks old but we went in for her two month check up today to hear some things we already knew (she's perfect) and some we didn't (she's not so small anymore).
Here are the stats, with the one everyone is dying to hear first:
~ Head circumference: 39 1/2 cm --> 75th% percentile
~ Weight: 14 pounds --> >97th% percentile
~ Height: 23 3/4 inches --> 95th% percentile
Our little girl is a big girl! A big girl that is sleeping very well at night, even as she fights her first cold. She's had the cold for almost a week now and before that was sleeping in 6-8 hour stretches so we are hoping that continues once she starts feeling better. She's still sleeping in 4-5 hour stretches now though so we can't complain. God bless "healthy" (i.e. plump) babies! I had heard that once they hit a magical number in pounds they tend to sleep the night and with Rowan I would say that is more than true. With the girls... not so much. I think their magical number must be in the 30's somewhere... Also on the sleeping note, she can't stay up more than an hour or so during the day before she has to take a nap. Kinda nice but if she sleeps too long during the day then we have a very unhappy baby before she finally goes to sleep (after a nice nap on the dryer in her carseat or a car ride with Dad!) I've been waking her up during the mornings after about an hour and half and after 4pm I'll only let her sleep about 30 minutes. It seems to have worked. Our pediatrician said he thought she might have been colicky for those couple weeks (i.e. dryer and car rides and 12am bedtimes) but that she should be leveling off now, which she is.
She is cooing more and will smile if you do something she likes which is so much fun! She is holding her head up really well also. We're thinking she can get a job once she has full head control, she needs to earn her keep - cuteness only goes so far in this house! The girls are still very much in love with their new baby sister. They LOVE getting thisclose to her face as much as possible (see: second paragraph, third sentence, fourth word). Once thing I've been surprised about is that they don't seem to mind when she cries. This is especially helpful at night when Rowan tends to be most "active" and before Stephen gets home. I can't wait until she can start interacting with them a bit more - I think they'll really have fun with her (until the next Dora episode comes on and then Rowan can play by herself!).
We do have several nicknames for her. The girls like to call her Rowie or Little Girl Girl. We have no idea why they have instituted the double "girl" but I find myself calling her that when they are gone. She is also known as Ro, Buddha, Sweeters, Ro-ster or Roaster (whichever you prefer) and too many more to name.
After the shots today she is tuckered out. She's been sleeping pretty much ever since and if memory serves this is normal. Although I am kinda anticipating a LONG night...
Bandaids over her boo-boos... so sad. We had an AWESOME nurse that was quick as lightning and the worst was over before we knew it. I managed to hold it together and did not cry I'm happy to report!
All in all, one big happy baby and one big happy family!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Rowan Update - 7 weeks
Wow! We can't believe it's already been almost 7 weeks since Rowan joined the family!She is doing great! We think she might be tipping the scales around 12 pounds right now... we'll get the real numbers come May 17 when we go see the doctor for her 2 month check-up. Nursing is going really well (as you can see below!) however this child REFUSES to take a bottle! I mean, she's a baby - the bottle should be no problem, right? I've given daycare a heads up and they've assured me that this is somewhat common and that she'll figure it out eventually. Luckily, we still have around 5 weeks left to get this ironed out. Fingers crossed!
We should have seen her lack of enthusiasm for the bottle coming - as she has not been interested in a pacifier either. I had heard of this breed of baby but thought, like unicorns, they didn't exist. I just couldn't believe moms who said they're kids didn't take pacifiers. They're babies after all! But now I know unicorns are real. I mean, now I know these mythical babies do exist, right in our own house!
She might be a basketball player...I think she got the tall gene!
Other than not taking a bottle or pacifier, Rowan is doing lots of fun things:
* She is starting to smile at us more (this stage came pretty late with the girls since they were 6 weeks early so we are really enjoying seeing it in her at this early stage)
* She is holding her head up like a champ! (Like every other new parent, we assume she is the ONLY one her age doing this so well!)
* She has started to pull up with her arms when I hold her hands! Impressive, no? (see above)
* She is very alert during the days and thankfully very sleepy during the night! We've had one night where she slept from 10pm - 6am! Of course this will never happen again but generally she'll go between 4, 5 or 6 hour stretches once a night and then go right back to sleep after her feeding. Rowan, have we told you how much we LOVE you?
* She LOVES her baths. We totally thought she would hate them (she would always cry when we changed her diaper in the beginning) but she just lays back and takes it all in! We use this as one of our weapons should she get into one of her "I'm so tired I'd rather cry than fall asleep for three hours" spells. It generally doesn't work but for some reason we always think it will! :) Silly parents we should know who's in charge by this point!
I know there's lots more to update with but I'll save them for our 2 month check-up post which will have the stat I know you all are looking forward to: head circumference!
The shirt says it all!
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