I took Natalie to the doctor yesterday for her "Well Baby" Check Up. She weighs 22lbs and is 26 3/4" in length. Needless to say she's in the 90th percentile for her weight and only the 25th percentile for her height :)
She's started pulling herself up on things but she's not quite there yet. She enjoys crawling backwards - well, more or less pushing herself backwards. She gets on her hands and knees but will not go forward - only backwards. She has figured out how to go into a sitting position - totally different than the way Rachel did it. When she started doing this about a month ago, I thought it was more of a fluke that she sat up on her own but over the past few weeks she has mastered the move. She has also mastered the 'high 5' and 'thumbs up'...it's not so much a 'thumbs sideways' move anymore. She is starting to give kisses - you know, those wonderful open mouth slobbery ones. I tried teaching her how to blow kisses instead but she doesn't like that. She just waves instead. When you ask her where her head is she puts both hands on her head and then runs her hands through her hair. She says 'Mama' and 'Dada' and a whole bunch of other sounds. She has recently rediscovered her tongue. It's funny to watch her try to grab her tongue or she'll just sit there and point at her tongue and smile. I really do wish I knew what she was thinking when she did this stuff. When we sing 'Old MacDonald' she claps and moves her body as if she's dancing. When we watch the Baby Einstein 'Old MacDonald' DVD and the song comes on, she gets VERY excited and her legs don't stop moving while she claps. I remember Rachel getting excited over little things when she was this age as well but I don't think she was ever quite like this. Perhaps it's because I was so sick when Rachel was this age (I was pregnant with Natalie and had "all day" sickness) and I've sort of blocked those days??? I am amazed though how different the two of them are. Rachel is a lot like Ron - very shy & reserved until she gets to know you. Then look out - she'll talk your ear off and won't leave you alone. Natalie is more like me - smiling all the time to everyone and anyone and on the go. Kind of nice we have one of each :)
We're going to try and get Natalie's legs good & strong so she can hold herself up while standing. I'd really like to see her take her first steps before I go back to work...less than 3 months now. I think she can do it!!!
Wow - what a random post. It's early in the morning and I wanted to make note of a few things here before I forget them so excuse my 'all over the place' post! :)
Have a great day!
She's started pulling herself up on things but she's not quite there yet. She enjoys crawling backwards - well, more or less pushing herself backwards. She gets on her hands and knees but will not go forward - only backwards. She has figured out how to go into a sitting position - totally different than the way Rachel did it. When she started doing this about a month ago, I thought it was more of a fluke that she sat up on her own but over the past few weeks she has mastered the move. She has also mastered the 'high 5' and 'thumbs up'...it's not so much a 'thumbs sideways' move anymore. She is starting to give kisses - you know, those wonderful open mouth slobbery ones. I tried teaching her how to blow kisses instead but she doesn't like that. She just waves instead. When you ask her where her head is she puts both hands on her head and then runs her hands through her hair. She says 'Mama' and 'Dada' and a whole bunch of other sounds. She has recently rediscovered her tongue. It's funny to watch her try to grab her tongue or she'll just sit there and point at her tongue and smile. I really do wish I knew what she was thinking when she did this stuff. When we sing 'Old MacDonald' she claps and moves her body as if she's dancing. When we watch the Baby Einstein 'Old MacDonald' DVD and the song comes on, she gets VERY excited and her legs don't stop moving while she claps. I remember Rachel getting excited over little things when she was this age as well but I don't think she was ever quite like this. Perhaps it's because I was so sick when Rachel was this age (I was pregnant with Natalie and had "all day" sickness) and I've sort of blocked those days??? I am amazed though how different the two of them are. Rachel is a lot like Ron - very shy & reserved until she gets to know you. Then look out - she'll talk your ear off and won't leave you alone. Natalie is more like me - smiling all the time to everyone and anyone and on the go. Kind of nice we have one of each :)
We're going to try and get Natalie's legs good & strong so she can hold herself up while standing. I'd really like to see her take her first steps before I go back to work...less than 3 months now. I think she can do it!!!
Wow - what a random post. It's early in the morning and I wanted to make note of a few things here before I forget them so excuse my 'all over the place' post! :)
Have a great day!
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Arghhh - this is me being frustrated - tried to leave a comment, but had all sorts of problems. Anyway, it is nice to keep track of all their milestones and development, so feel free to have posts that are "all over the place"!
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