Penny is one month old!!! We went to the doctor today, and she is now weighing 2500 grams, or about 5 pounds 8 ounces. She also gained another inch and is a whopping 18 inches long. Since she has been gaining so well for this past month, we do not have to continue the weekly visits and will see the doctor next for her two month check-up, and that is when we will begin her vaccinations. I'm so happy - it makes me feel like I'm doing something right!
Anyhow, last night was bath night. Penny does well in the water. If she doesn't enjoy it, she at least tolerates it well. We always nurse right after she gets out of the water, sitting right on the bathroom floor, because it seems to settle her. Well, lately, she always has these "explosions" nearly every time she nurses. So, she's all bundled in her hooded bath towel, contentedly nursing when *BWAAAAAAP* - yes, she had a poop explosion - IN MY LAP! She was not wearing a diaper, just the towel. GA-ROSS! In all fairness, before her bath, she peed all over Steve. He says that's how she lets you know she loves you. I guess she loves me the most, huh?
She has developed a new language of grunts, and is consistently grunting at us to voice her displeasure. She will even grunt in response to you talking to her, as if she is answering you (or talking back). Every now and again she'll give us a cuter sound, but mostly we get grunted at - angrily. She is almost to the point of smiling purposefully. She has given me a few half smiles, and most of the time, it looks like she's thinking about smiling but changes her mind. When she gets tired of us kissing on her, she puts her hand up in front of her face to tell us to "back off." She can do quarter rolls - if we lay her on her back, she'll roll to her side, or if we lay her on her side, she'll roll to her tummy. She sleeps next to me and likes to be right up under me. I try to give her space and plenty of room, but without fail, when I wake up to feed her, she has inched and squirmed her way to be close to me. We spend much of our time just sitting and staring in awe at her (but it's probably a tie with the amount of time we spend changing diapers).
She rules the roost, and she knows it!
Here she is in her swing! It still dwarfs her, but it does offer a little break from holding her (only about 10 minutes or so).
Making a funny face.
Dressed up for Father's Day.
I totally know the feeling of getting pooped on while nursing.
ReplyDeleteah...and this is just the begining!! =)
Of course, one little smile will make a million laps full of poo worth it! =) okay, maybe not a million... ;)