2 Month Doc Appt

Laine is now 12 lbs and 4 ounces!! AAA!!! I guess that explains her ability to take 6 ounces of milk at a time. This puts her above the 75 percentile in weight. She is 23 inches, which is the 75 percentile. Her noggin' is 16 inches, which is the 90 percentile. She has such a big head but she still has excellent head and neck strength. This isn't just my opinion but the doc's too.

The poor thing now has band-aids on each of her legs. She got five shots. She screamed so much that she wasn't making any noise with her screams. I was worried that it was going to cause a rough afternoon, however, she was asleep by the time we reached the car and has been asleep (for the most part) all afternoon. I say "for the most part" because she is sleeping very lightly and is grumpy at the slightest noise.

Let's see, Laine has accomplished a lot since the last post. Let's see what I can remember:
- As you have seen, she "coos" and "talks."
- We have had mini-laughs.
- Her hands have found each other and she holds her own hands from time to time.
- Her hands have found her mouth. She is able to suck her thumb but she sometimes has difficulty finding her mouth. Also, she has not learned what to do with her other fingers. They usually end up in her eye or nose, which she does not like too much.
- I think she is getting close to outgrowing her size 1 diapers.
- She drools... a lot.

Jibber-Jabber

This weekend was a mix of the best of times and the worst of times. Since I care not to remember the bad times, this post will address the positive- Laine loves to talk!

Laine is now at the stage where she is able to tell Mommy that she does not want to be held. (It is a very odd feeling to have your child fuss and cry when you pick him/her up.) Laine is perfectly content to lay down and talk amongst herself. On Sunday, after talking through a diaper change, Laine wanted to lay down in her crib. I left the room to get some things done then noted that Laine was serenading the house with her jibber-jabber. I grabbed the camera to see what I could record. At first she was camera shy-

Then she started talking more-


Mind you, this was in her crib. You know... where she SLEEPS. Acouple hours later we were tring to get an air bubble out via burping. The over-the-shoulder technique did not work, so I turned to the "tried-and-true" bounce-on-the-boppy technique. I got this instead-

Mommy shakes her head and sighs.

After Reading Dr Suess

We received a package of books
that have now been placed in a nook.
We read several to Laine,
although sometimes in vain.
Dr Suess was on the menu
and our living room was the venue.
Once we were done
there was no sun
and we noted we only talked in rhymes!