Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Full Term....
Angela had her 18 month appointment in April - 21.5lbs and 33 inches, still running long & lean. She really hadn't been saying too much up to that point - a lot of animal noises, "shuh" for sure but not too much else. The doctor told us she should be saying 1-2 new words each week from that point forward, and I was rather convinced that it wasn't going to happen and we'd be calling back in a month to potentially schedule an appointment with early intervention. Wouldn't you know that very week she started saying words and has continued to add on to her vocabulary. Cat, dog, cake, cuck for cookie, mama, baby, ball, balloon, car, fish, and lots more animal noises.
We had some sleeping setbacks that have finally been corrected - e.g. John falling asleep on the floor next to Angela at night, but we moved her back into her crib and she's once again falling asleep on her own, and generally sleeping through the night.
Angela also is much better at feeding herself - she can eat a bowl of cereal with a spoon - which makes me very proud - and very happy to not have to feed every bite to her anymore (yay, freedom!). She's also been expanding the variety of foods that she'll eat, which now includes vegetables - much to my delight. For a while I was harboring a lot of guilt about not successfully getting her to consume a balanced diet, but things seem to be improving.
Regarding baby #2, we've had a few extra ultra sounds due to the fact that the baby has been measuring large as well as watching the fluid in the kidneys. Our last ultrasound at the 34 week mark had the baby measuring about 7lbs (88th percentile) and the kidney issue had resolved.
Now at 37 weeks I still feel good - lugging Angela around a lot and I'm sleeping a bit better (insomnia & RLS were really bothering me for a good few weeks). The BH contractions have been picking up lately, but I now know that real contractions are certainly quite different from BH.
Last weekend we had a family photo shoot at the Arnold Arboretum, this coming weekend John & I are getting pedicures together and after that (aside from a leg waxing) we just need to straighten up the guest room for grandma, set the infant carrier back to the lowest setting, and we'll be pretty much set to go!
We had some sleeping setbacks that have finally been corrected - e.g. John falling asleep on the floor next to Angela at night, but we moved her back into her crib and she's once again falling asleep on her own, and generally sleeping through the night.
Angela also is much better at feeding herself - she can eat a bowl of cereal with a spoon - which makes me very proud - and very happy to not have to feed every bite to her anymore (yay, freedom!). She's also been expanding the variety of foods that she'll eat, which now includes vegetables - much to my delight. For a while I was harboring a lot of guilt about not successfully getting her to consume a balanced diet, but things seem to be improving.
Regarding baby #2, we've had a few extra ultra sounds due to the fact that the baby has been measuring large as well as watching the fluid in the kidneys. Our last ultrasound at the 34 week mark had the baby measuring about 7lbs (88th percentile) and the kidney issue had resolved.
Now at 37 weeks I still feel good - lugging Angela around a lot and I'm sleeping a bit better (insomnia & RLS were really bothering me for a good few weeks). The BH contractions have been picking up lately, but I now know that real contractions are certainly quite different from BH.
Last weekend we had a family photo shoot at the Arnold Arboretum, this coming weekend John & I are getting pedicures together and after that (aside from a leg waxing) we just need to straighten up the guest room for grandma, set the infant carrier back to the lowest setting, and we'll be pretty much set to go!
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