Some things about Emily, so that I don't forget:
She weighs 15.7 lbs and is 26 inches long, which puts her in the 45th percentile for weight and 75th for height. A tall, thin, blue eyed, blonde? Uh oh! The weight one is kind of funny to me because she seems like such a chunk, but then again I have nothing to compare her to.
She is eating Stage 1 baby foods twice a day and drinking 6 to 8 ounces of formula four times a day. So far she has had avocados, peaches, sweet potatoes, green beans, apples and bananas. Bananas and peaches seem to be the faves, but she hasn't rejected anything yet! She sits in her highchair to eat and bangs her hand on the tray in between each bite.
She goes to bed around 7:30 or 8:00 and always lets us know she is tired by rubbing her eyes with her fists. We let her hold on to her soft blankie to fall asleep and then we sneak back in and take it from her, just to be on the safe side. She sleeps until about 6:00 am and rarely wakes up in the night. On the weekends, she gets up about 6, we feed her and then we all three go back to sleep for another few hours.
She can roll over both ways and sit up for a few seconds unassisted. No attempt to crawl yet, but she moves all around her crib at night somehow - every time we check on her she is in a different corner!
She continues to be praised by her daycare teachers on what a good baby she is. They all comment on her happy disposition and how easy she is to care for. It means so much to me to hear that, because that tells me she is happy and content there and it makes me feel better about being away from her all day.
We had her 6 month photo shoot and her 6 month check up all on the same day. The photos went so well - I can't wait to see them! The check up went well too, even though she had to get 5 shots! They usually combine 3 of those into one shot, but there is a shortage of that blend so they had to stick her 5 times. And this time I had to hold her arms down and she was looking right at me and SCREAMING and I felt so bad for her! But like every other time, as soon as the nurse was done and I could pick her up, she was fine.
She has been coughing and wheezing on and off for a while now, and we watch her carefully, but she never runs a fever or has interrupted sleep so we figured it was just allergies. Her doctor said it could be allergies and gave us the ok to give her some allergy meds, but he was also concerned about the wheezing. We now have a nebulizer and have to give her breathing treatments every day and go back to let him listen again in 3 weeks. Poor booger.
Ok, so enough words - time for some pictures!
Why does she look 7 feet long here?!
Always busy, exploring everything she can reach.
Getting a photo of her and Sydney together is quite the challenge now. Emily LOVES her puppy sisters. She laughs and reaches for them every time they walk by.
And Sydney thinks that any sweet talk must be directed at her, so whenever I would try to get Em's attention, Sydney would get up and come to me. Grrr.
Look at the joy on that face! Sydney and Marlee are in trouble when this one gets mobile!
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