We've had a fun time with Nora, especially now that we are beginning to see her personality develop. Here a few fun facts about our little girl:
Weighs 14 lbs, 6 oz (25% of her weight range), and is 26 inches long (50% of her height range). Her pediatrician seems to think that she is on track to be somewhere between 5'4" and 5'8". I was hoping she'd be closer to my height - 5'10" or even taller - but it looks like she might be a shorty:(
Wears mostly size 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. Baby clothes have crazy sizing - Nora has a 9 month outfit that won't fit over her head, but a newborn dress that fits just fine.
Rolls everywhere. Has even "slow-crawled" a few times. Nora gets angry after she slow-crawls, like she meant to roll instead.
Sleeps un-swaddled. This is a bigger deal than it sounds. I was so afraid to stop swaddling Nora, but I knew we were overdue. Knowing that I would probably never stop swaddling her, JD put her to bed one night without swaddling her. The result? She slept just fine. Turns out she spent the first few minutes of sleep always busting out of her swaddle before she settled down, I just never made the connection! We quit cold turkey without any problems.
Still sleeps from 8-8. These past few weeks she has been randomly waking up in the middle of the night, so we have been sleep training Nora again. I think we are almost back to her sleeping 12 hours again.
Has FIVE boyfriends. Seriously. Her daycare room has six babies, all boys, all older than her. When I pick her up after work, a few of the boys cry when Nora leaves. I think being the youngest in her room has encouraged her to develop quicker. She is one of the few babies who can hold her own bottle, play on her own, etc. She can even sit up on her own for a short bit.
Still wears her harness to sleep. After our last ultrasound, Nora's pediatric ortho was confident that she would not need surgery anymore. However, after an X-ray today, Nora is going to be fitted for a different harness that she will wear long-term. Unfortunately, it looks like she will be wearing a harness to sleep until she is at least 3-4 years old. I was upset about this latest update, but I am choosing to just be thankful that she doesn't need surgery.
LOVES vegetables and her sippy cup. She doesn't seem to be a picky eater, but I know that can change. She conned my mother into thinking that Nora didn't like her high chair or green beans, that she needed to be held when eating her veggies. I just rolled my eyes when my mother reported that to me when I got home that evening - what a sucker!
Continues to be the happiest baby - we love her so much!
Here are a few more photos:
Houston airport waiting on our flight back to Memphis - Nora has been on eight planes!
Goofing around on the new patio at Soul Fish in Germantown
Such a happy baby
Nora and Mommy before church
Daddy and Nora before church
Rolling around on Aunt Sarah's floor in Houston
One of the 'About Me' cards on the wall in her room at daycare - Buddy really did that. Nora held onto his collar and he pulled her around the kitchen (slowly). She was shrieking with laughter, but of course I had to intervene!
Nora's "magic cape" as demonstrated by her Mimi
Tugging on Buddy's whiskers - he is so patient with her!
Her first swing
Sweet potatoes everywhere
Nora wearing Daddy's SF hat
First day of school
She is so precious. And I don't hold any faith in those kiddie growth charts. I was a VERY long baby and was on track to be 5'11". We see how that worked out for me
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