Sorry the blog is about a week behind....but we were waiting to post until after her doctor's appointment today.
Here's the run-down:
Feeding: Daphne's eating roughly 5oz about every 3 hours during the day and sleeping longer through the night...(hoping not to jinx it) but she's always been able to sleep great through the night and sometimes will give us any where between a 7-9 hour stretch!
Here's the run-down:
Feeding: Daphne's eating roughly 5oz about every 3 hours during the day and sleeping longer through the night...(hoping not to jinx it) but she's always been able to sleep great through the night and sometimes will give us any where between a 7-9 hour stretch!
Weight:
Three Months: We have no doctor visit to get an accurate weight, but she's for sure over 9 pounds! (by our guess)
Four Months: Official Weigh-in of 10lbs, 14ozs! Yay, she's officially doubled her weight and right where the pediatrician said she should be.
Length:
Four Months: Official Weigh-in of 10lbs, 14ozs! Yay, she's officially doubled her weight and right where the pediatrician said she should be.
Length:
Three Months: same as the weight category; we know she is longer/taller because some of her pants don't reach as far down her legs as they used to! Not saying they are 'high waters' or anything, just shorter.
Four Months: 22 5/8 inches long
Four Months: 22 5/8 inches long
Diaper Size:
Size 1 diapers; we have started introducing cloth diapers. Finally, she weighs enough to start incorporating our stash of FuzziBunz diapers into the rotation. They are so soft, how could they not be better than disposable dipes!
Hair Color:
Three Months: maybe a shade lighter, but when the sun hits just right..there is a hint of auburn.
Four Months: fluctuates between dark brown and a shade lighter
Four Months: fluctuates between dark brown and a shade lighter
Eye color:
Three Months: still blue
Four Months: blue, still holding on
If any of you have ever wondered (because I know some of you have) what a baby pterodactyl sounds like, I have the answer for you! It is Daphne; she has 'found' her voice and loves to shriek, squeal and generally make this (what can only be defined as) prehistoric sound as loud as she possibly can. And we can't get enough of it either.
She has also started to take interest in rolling over, but only slightly. When we lay her in her crib often times she will roll over onto her side, but she can't figure out how to get her elbow out of the way so she can end up on her tummy entirely. And, just to prove she can be a show-off, while at the doctor's office today when she was placed on her tummy to show her head/neck control she decided to flip right over to her back! First time she's done that!
We think Daphne might be in the early phases of teething because she likes to chew on everything, but her most favorite thing to chew on is her own fingers. She is constantly a slobbery, wet (and cold) mess. She sucks and chews on her fingers basically from the second she wakes up, to the second she falls asleep. She isn't picky about which fingers get in her mouth, in fact, sometimes she will stack her hands on top of each other and chew on all ten of them at once, gagging herself the whole time. We try to stop her, but she don't seem to listen. LOL!
We've had our third (and final) post-placement visit with our Social Worker - Amy. Now, onto the court and finalization! Not sure of the time frame - it all depends on how fast we can get on the court's docket and if they are back-logged or anything.
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To Daphne:
We love being your parents. We tell you we love you, and kiss you, and snuggle you about a trillion times a day. We feel like we'll blink and all of the sudden you'll be 12 and too cool to hang out (let alone snuggle) with your parents, so we're doing our best to soak it in now.
Every single day we look at you and can't imagine how we ever lived without you. EVERYONE loves you! Even strangers love to talk to you which makes you smile back at them! You make us so completely and utterly happy!
If any of you have ever wondered (because I know some of you have) what a baby pterodactyl sounds like, I have the answer for you! It is Daphne; she has 'found' her voice and loves to shriek, squeal and generally make this (what can only be defined as) prehistoric sound as loud as she possibly can. And we can't get enough of it either.
She has also started to take interest in rolling over, but only slightly. When we lay her in her crib often times she will roll over onto her side, but she can't figure out how to get her elbow out of the way so she can end up on her tummy entirely. And, just to prove she can be a show-off, while at the doctor's office today when she was placed on her tummy to show her head/neck control she decided to flip right over to her back! First time she's done that!
We think Daphne might be in the early phases of teething because she likes to chew on everything, but her most favorite thing to chew on is her own fingers. She is constantly a slobbery, wet (and cold) mess. She sucks and chews on her fingers basically from the second she wakes up, to the second she falls asleep. She isn't picky about which fingers get in her mouth, in fact, sometimes she will stack her hands on top of each other and chew on all ten of them at once, gagging herself the whole time. We try to stop her, but she don't seem to listen. LOL!
We've had our third (and final) post-placement visit with our Social Worker - Amy. Now, onto the court and finalization! Not sure of the time frame - it all depends on how fast we can get on the court's docket and if they are back-logged or anything.
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To Daphne:
We love being your parents. We tell you we love you, and kiss you, and snuggle you about a trillion times a day. We feel like we'll blink and all of the sudden you'll be 12 and too cool to hang out (let alone snuggle) with your parents, so we're doing our best to soak it in now.
Every single day we look at you and can't imagine how we ever lived without you. EVERYONE loves you! Even strangers love to talk to you which makes you smile back at them! You make us so completely and utterly happy!
--Love Mommy & Daddy
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