It's funny how infant milestones are measured in so many different units. When you're our age, the only thing that really matters is years....I'm thirty years old, but I might let someone know when I turn thirty-one. Once you hit forty or fifty (or sixty, depending on your self-confidence), you start counting milestones in decades. Of course, once you get past a hundred, then you start counting by years again....just ask Al Roker and Willard Scott on The Today Show. But when you're an infant, it starts at hours and goes up from there.
On August 18, we were counting up the hours to twenty-four. Then we started counting days, up to about two weeks. I think weeks will stick around for about two months. For instance, Kate turned four weeks old last Monday, and five weeks old today. And though four weeks sounds like a month, we also counted last Thursday as her one-month birthday. One month also means that we went to the pediatrician for her one month check-up.
Kate's check-up went really well. She got a clean bill of health, plus her second vaccine.....it was a shot in her thigh, and she only cried for about five seconds. She also had the all-important (though I'm not sure why) weigh-in. We knew she had been growing, but it was cool to get an official reading. She's now 22 and 3/4 inches long, which puts her in the 95th percentile for height. She weighs 11 pounds, 12 ounces, which puts her in the 98th percentile for weight. She was also in the 93rd percentile for head circumference, but again I'm not sure why that's important.
There are some more pictures up at the photo site...here are a few:
A fun outfit and a not-so-fun face.
On August 18, we were counting up the hours to twenty-four. Then we started counting days, up to about two weeks. I think weeks will stick around for about two months. For instance, Kate turned four weeks old last Monday, and five weeks old today. And though four weeks sounds like a month, we also counted last Thursday as her one-month birthday. One month also means that we went to the pediatrician for her one month check-up.
Kate's check-up went really well. She got a clean bill of health, plus her second vaccine.....it was a shot in her thigh, and she only cried for about five seconds. She also had the all-important (though I'm not sure why) weigh-in. We knew she had been growing, but it was cool to get an official reading. She's now 22 and 3/4 inches long, which puts her in the 95th percentile for height. She weighs 11 pounds, 12 ounces, which puts her in the 98th percentile for weight. She was also in the 93rd percentile for head circumference, but again I'm not sure why that's important.
There are some more pictures up at the photo site...here are a few:
A fun outfit and a not-so-fun face.
Yes, she looks like a monkey. Big cheeks, big ears...
Sweet close-up.
She looks entirely different when she sits up.
More to come soon, including wedding stories, more pictures, and the "People Holding Kate" blog entry.
1 comment:
So very sweet...love her expressions.
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