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Thursday, April 24, 2008
List of Talents
Here is a list of your current talents:
clapping your hands
hi-5
roll from your back to your tummy, then into upright sitting position
give kisses
give hugs
share and item back and forth, we say "shaaaaare"
you really like to stand on your knees
but you can stand upright (with assistance), too
you've been creeping for weeks, but as of last week you are full-blown crawling
words you can say:
mum-mum
dada
kitty
hiii
b-bye
yeah
That's all I can think of at the moment. Just thought you'd like to know how far you've come in!
clapping your hands
hi-5
roll from your back to your tummy, then into upright sitting position
give kisses
give hugs
share and item back and forth, we say "shaaaaare"
you really like to stand on your knees
but you can stand upright (with assistance), too
you've been creeping for weeks, but as of last week you are full-blown crawling
words you can say:
mum-mum
dada
kitty
hiii
b-bye
yeah
That's all I can think of at the moment. Just thought you'd like to know how far you've come in!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
9 Months
Oh my stinky baby. Happy Birthday - you're 9 months old today! Every month on the 23th we celebrate a little, and I usually buy you a new different food, and of course a toy or some other special item. It always makes me a bit happy and a bit sad that you're getting older.
You had a nine-month checkup today. Everything was great, as usual. You're in the 90th percentile of weight and height. That's not surprising, but what was surprising is that they drew your blood! I was not expecting this, but your Doc explained to me it is easier to draw the blood now then wait for the 12 month visit when you'll be getting multiple shots. They don't want to stick you too many times in one visit!
After today, I'm not sure that'd have been a problem for you. You were SO GOOD during the blood draw! I was shocked, and the phlebotomist was even impressed. She had a hard time finding the right spot to insert the needle, and had to try both arms to get what she needed for the test. You didn't cry! Even after she did the first arm and you knew what you were in for, the 2nd arm was no problem either. Just a lil wimper, but no squirming or any crying. I'm so proud of you. You even said "b-bye" when I asked you to waive bye to her. She gave you a pink Hello Kitty bandaid (which happened to match your pink & green striped polo dress) and a couple of stickers.
One thing I thought was unusual that your Doc said was that since you're now over 20 pounds, we can face your carseat forward now. It is my understanding that the carseat guidelines are rear-facing for infants until they are 20 pounds AND one-year old, not OR. Even tho I've already bought you 2 toddler car seats (one is pink, one is green, big shock) you still fit well in your infant seat, so I'm keeping you in that unless we go on another long trip. It weighs 9 pounds itself, so carting you around gets quite difficult when we have to go inside the post office or bank, or other places we don't use a stroller. I can't believe you are getting so big so fast. Dad says on your first birthday, you should just stop growing and you can be our lil baby forever. I kind of agree, I like your lil babiness, but I know there is much more fun to come with the stages ahead.
You had a nine-month checkup today. Everything was great, as usual. You're in the 90th percentile of weight and height. That's not surprising, but what was surprising is that they drew your blood! I was not expecting this, but your Doc explained to me it is easier to draw the blood now then wait for the 12 month visit when you'll be getting multiple shots. They don't want to stick you too many times in one visit!
After today, I'm not sure that'd have been a problem for you. You were SO GOOD during the blood draw! I was shocked, and the phlebotomist was even impressed. She had a hard time finding the right spot to insert the needle, and had to try both arms to get what she needed for the test. You didn't cry! Even after she did the first arm and you knew what you were in for, the 2nd arm was no problem either. Just a lil wimper, but no squirming or any crying. I'm so proud of you. You even said "b-bye" when I asked you to waive bye to her. She gave you a pink Hello Kitty bandaid (which happened to match your pink & green striped polo dress) and a couple of stickers.
One thing I thought was unusual that your Doc said was that since you're now over 20 pounds, we can face your carseat forward now. It is my understanding that the carseat guidelines are rear-facing for infants until they are 20 pounds AND one-year old, not OR. Even tho I've already bought you 2 toddler car seats (one is pink, one is green, big shock) you still fit well in your infant seat, so I'm keeping you in that unless we go on another long trip. It weighs 9 pounds itself, so carting you around gets quite difficult when we have to go inside the post office or bank, or other places we don't use a stroller. I can't believe you are getting so big so fast. Dad says on your first birthday, you should just stop growing and you can be our lil baby forever. I kind of agree, I like your lil babiness, but I know there is much more fun to come with the stages ahead.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Kisses!
Hey Baby. Your Daddy taught you how to give kisses today. You know he loves to give you kisses! He sang a little 'kissies' song to you that he made up on the fly and finished it with a kiss. He did it over and over for a few minutes, and you caught on right away. A few hours later you and I were in the playroom, and I picked you up to go to the living room. I remembered your kissy game, so I said "Hey Baby? Kisses!", and of course you leaned in and gave me a kiss! When ran in to go tell Daddy - he was SO proud. He of course gave you more kisses, as well as a Hi-5, which I taught you this week as well. You're so talented :) Love, Mum-Mum.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
One Year Ago
Hey Tristyn, it's your Mum-mum (that's what you call me). You're sleeping in your crib right now, so I'm using this free time to do some work organizing my digital photos and making sure they are backed-up. I wouldn't want to loose a single one of them. Most are of you.I'm making a little photo album for you of your family members. I came across this one, and I noticed the date taken was 4/14/2007. At first I thought the date was wrong, I was thinking that was todays' date. Then I realized the year said '07, not '08. That was you (well, you're inside my belly) exactly one year ago!
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