The Parkers: March 2009

Okay, so I'm a terrible blogger. I also work waaaay too much, and just haven't had time to update lately! Claire is almost 7 months now, and had her 6 month checkup 3 weeks ago. Her stats are below. She's reached the point where she's started to slow down her growth, but she's quite a chunk now! Okay, still little, but a chunk compared to what she was!

Weight:

Birth: 5lb 14oz

2 months: 9lb 4oz

4 months: 11lb 9oz

5 months: 13lb 14oz

6 months: 14lb 3oz

Length:

Birth: 19"

2 months: 22"
4 months: 24.5"

6 months: 26.5"

She's been a little sick this month, she had croup at her 6 month visit, and it was almost cleared up when she got another cold. Ugh. The cold is finally almost better, just a bit of a cough left. Hopefully when she goes back to the doctor for her 7 month visit she'll be well enough to get her shots, since that's the only reason that she has to go in at 7 months!

Claire is getting more and more fun every day. Some new things....

~She is eating real food now, not just baby cereal, and loves sweet potatoes, squash, and pears. She HATES peas, and doesn't really like green beans. The rest is kind of, "eh, these are okay mommy, just don't give me peas!" She has picked up bad habits from her Nana, who thought it would be funny to teach her to blow raspberries when she eats. Not that funny. Joke's on you Nana, she eats prunes for breakfast most days, and purple food is not easy to get out! At least I only have to feed her dinner! I've been making all of her food, which is surprisingly fun!

~She is also getting way more into her toys, especially putting them into her mouth, as she's started teething, but hasn't sprouted any teeth yet. She still LOVES her Baby Einstein playmat, especially now that she has figured out how to knock it over with her feet.

~Her newest trick (just learned today) is how to hold her own bottle and feed herself. She can't hold the full heavy bottles yet, but once it's halfway done, she's good on her own!

~She's sort of learning how to sit, she sat on her own for about 30 seconds today, and then fell over as soon as I tried to take her picture. Not quite there yet, but getting there!

~She finally fits well into her 0-3 month clothes.... a lot of the summery dresses that we got for her to wear right after she was born are fitting and getting worn now. Glad that they still fit so we can get some more wear out of them before they get put away for #2 (#2 is not coming for a few years though!).

The weather here has been totally crazy... last Sunday we got about an inch of snow, and it stuck around for a day or two. The roads were clear though, so we still had to go to work, boo!! And then today it was 75 degrees and absolutely beautiful! We played outside all afternoon in the backyard and then took Claire to the park to play in the swings, which she loves. It definitely wore her out, she was in bed by 7:15, and her normal bedtime is about 8. Maybe she's working on getting herself ready for the time change overnight, who knows. Hopefully the time change doesn't mess with her schedule too much, but she's got a few days to get used to it before she has to go to Baby School and actually HAS to get up at a certain time.

Here are some new pics! And I'll try to update sooner next time!

At a picnic with the Templetons