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!