The Stregnth of the Pencil Neck

Helen has a very thin neck (and amazingly a massive double chin). For having such a thin neck and being only 2 months old I feel that she has amazing strength. She held her head up for one minute in this video with only a few bobbles. I must say however that there are times when she has a tremendous bobble head.

She had her 2 month well baby visit on Wednesday and is doing great. The shots didn't bother her much at all, she yelled as they gave them to her but other than a sore injection site she was great. Here is her current status

Weight: 9 lbs 4 oz (15th percentil

Length: 21 inches(10th percentile)

Head circumference: 27 cm (10th percentile)

And she is not developing the flat head as I had feared.

A Private Conversation

This is Kitty, Helen's best friend. Kitty hangs down on the arch that goes over Helen's tummy time mat. Helen spends a lot of time on her back on her tummy time mat because every time I put her on her tummy she rolls over to her back. Yesterday Helen was laying on her back having a conversation with Kitty. I joined in and asked what was going on and Helen started whining and making sad noises. I stopped talking and she looked at Kitty and started talking to her again. Apparently it was a private conversation.

A Good Night's Rest

Last night was Helen's first night to sleep all the way through. I am very proud of her. For the last week she had only been getting up once at 5ish. But last night she ate her last bottle at around 9:30 and was in bed around 11:30. She did not wake up until 7:00!! I, of course, was worried sick that she hadn't woken up and I woke up around 5 to check on her. After that I had trouble sleeping because I kept looking over at her to make sure she was still breathing. I am hoping this was not a one time thing and that she starts sleeping though the night on a regular basis.

She has also changed her eating habits. She now eats about 6 ounces every 5-6 hours. It is rather nice because that means there aren't as many feedings but at the same time I do miss the feeding times.

I can't believe how fast she is growing up.

I am so pretty!

Old Man Pants

Yesterday I dressed Helen in her Love Bug t-shirt and flowery pants. The pants are a little large and have to be rolled up in order to stay on her very well and the shirt has a tendency to end up close to her neck when you are holding her. In the afternoon Carson offered to watch Helen and let me have a nap. I guess Carson finally had enough of the pants and shirt because when I woke up he had her shirt tucked into her pants and her pants pulled up as far as they would go.

Helen Updates

Helen is now a wopping 21.5 inches long and her head is 34 cm. Unfortunately I do not know

her weight and will not know until the 24th when we go to the doctor. She is rolling over much quicker now and refuses to stay on her stomach. I tell her she needs to stay on her stomach so she can learn to crawl but thus far she does not seem to care. She is defiantly a morning person. She wakes up around 5:30 and is ready for the day. She stays awake and alert for several hours and then takes a short cat nap and is ready again for some play. Throughout the afternoon she takes little cat naps as well, she never really has a hard sleep during the day which i suppose is nice because she probably won't sleep much at night if she did but at the same time it makes life more difficult for me because i can't get anything done (she still doesn't like to sleep unless she is held, only at night when we swaddle her does she sleep for more than 20 minutes if not held). She is getting great at following things with her eyes, she can go side to side and occasionally up and down. She loves her gas medicine we call it her vitameatavegamine because it's "so tasty too, just like candy."She loves music and so far we have only found one CD that she doesn't seem to care for, Simon and Garfunkel. Even Lenny Kravitz's "American Women" has calmed her down. She outgrown the preemie clothes and is now in regular newborn and 0-3 months clothes although the 0-3 months are usually to big. We go on a walk everyday down our street, we walk to the dead end and back 3 times (a little over a mile).

I feel I must have a picture with every post so here is Helen enjoying her favorite book "Strawberries are Red"