We will go to our midwife, Julie, next week for our final happy baby and well mommy visit. We'll find out just how much this kid weighs and measures next week, but we're guessing she's about 9 lbs and 23" or so at this point.
She's started feasting and sleeping like a giant the last couple days. We can only assume she is again growing!
She's started to find other interesting things to think about and look at while she's at my breast, so she will start to suckle, pull herself off to look around and then without warning chomps! It's funny... thankfully my nipples are sound and not sore. And she not only chomps but makes a chomping sound that just adds to the overall humor factor.
She's much more alert now. She will sit up right and look around, reach out for things, smile and talk to you in response to your noises, and follow you around the room with her eyes/head.
She often will stand herself upright and if you just let her stand there, after about 2 seconds she'll topple over sideways, with legs still locked.
She likes mirrors, and especially likes the baby that looks back at her. She likes her bouncer - we have a champion boxer in the making. And she very much likes being held, ALL THE TIME. :) Thankfully Savannah and Russ often relieve me so I can accomplish other things, like a shower.. HA!
She likes to squeak and when I squeak back, she squacks. So, I squack and then she grunts, gurgles, snorts, or neighs... like a horse. Russ's dreams of me giving birth to a basset hound turned into me giving birth to a little horse. You should hear her, she does an exceptional rendition of a baby horse.
AND THEN THE BURPS & FARTS!! Man, this kid can compete with the best! She can launch milk (in chunks, mind you) a good three feet from her little mouth, usually right at my face! She burps as loud as I can and the farting is hilarious. She has the super power of not only exploding across the entire changing table, but when in public she has the notable ability of gaining the attention of all within a significantly large earshot!
Curly hair, steel blue eyes, rosey skin tone, & her own little voice. She is quite a joy.
London continues to be a very good Nana, following baby around wherever she may squeak.
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