As far as her development goes, she seems to be a pretty strong little girl (just like I thought). She can grip the mess out of things and lift her head to the point where she may be able to lift her chest and support herself on her arms soon. When you hold her upright and let her feet touch something solid she's really good at stretching her legs out and putting weight on them, which is a great sign. I think her strength may be developing faster than her motor skills though, because it seems like she would be able to lift up for real if she had a better handle on what to do with her arms and legs...which is completely normal. Her back is getting stronger too, which means she will be able to support herself when sitting and being carried soon!
We have recently discovered the beautiful thing that is a pacifier that stays in her little mouth for a while. She seems soooo comfortable and calm with that thing...it really does live up to it's name. I had to get some more and some clips for them.
Chloe has had a few VERY successful babysitting experiences so far...mainly because The Husband makes me so we can go do things together again. It's not a bad thing...but he does literally have to make me do it, lol. So far she's only stayed with her Gan-Gan (that's what she wants to be called, so deal with it, lol) but there have been visitors while she was there. I've been very calm about it too. I haven't been too overbearing or anything...I didn't even cry. I probably will the first time she goes to school or daycare though, lol. So far I'm learning that it's us, the patents, who seem to have the hardest times with separation. The kids are all whatever about it...at least mine is, lol. I think it's because of who she's with though...a woman I trust completely who successfully didn't kill and raised two grown men...I think she can handle one tiny baby girl just fine. ^_^
We had her two month checkup today. She is 10 lbs, 2 oz, 22 inches long, and her head is 38 cm around. She's growing very well! She got a couple of shots and some oral medicine. Then she got her ears pierced! I'm pretty sure the doctor told me she was going to use a gun when I first asked about getting it done, and I wasn't really the happiest about it, but I figured if the doctor got her infected then there was something else totally wrong with that place in general. Luckily for everyone, the nurse brought in these individually packaged sterile and disposable piercing tools to do the job. Chloe was scared after getting all of other procedures done (even though she took the shots like a champ!) and I think that and the fact that we had to hold her down a bit were the worst parts of the piercings. She did scream for a little bit but I calmed her back down and fed her before we left the office. She did seem a bit irritable after she woke up at home, but she had a huge day. Irritability can be expected after all of that!
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| Happy Chloe with earrings! |
Some of the fantastically cute things she's done lately:
- SMILES...like all the time at us, and really big too ^_^
- she grabbed my lip with her toes
- blows cute little bubbles
- laughs (oh the dimples!) and "dances"
- grabs at randoms things, like the crotch of her outfit
- trys to hold/support her bottle when eating
- stretches. I cannot possibly describe how cute it is to watch her do a full body stretch...well, I can, with a picture...
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| She kind of looks like she's doing a move a Greek would do... |
Have you ever looked at the results of something you've done and you really have no words for how you feel about it? I am so many things...amazed...awestruck...in love...shocked...just all these different things when I look at her and realize that I grew her inside of me and gave birth to her. Life really is a miracle and we've been given the chance to watch a life from start to who knows when. It's so amazing!
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