Forty Weeks Old

I just realized that Edie has spent more time breathing real, live air then she did baking in my belly (she was born at 38 weeks). I can't believe she is already forty weeks old!

We took our first trip together last weekend to Duluth with my parents and brother. We had a very good time, although little Edie had trouble sleeping... well, she hardly slept at all (which meant everyone didn't sleep). We think it was combination of things... new place, long ride, lots of activity. Next time, there are a few things I would do different. I guess we can file this experience into the "things we learn as first time parents" file.

On Monday night, we started sleep training Edie using the Ferber method. First night was a little rough. She cried for about 40 minutes and a little in the early morning. But, Tuesday (last night) went very well. She cried for less than two minutes and woke up at 6:15 a.m. Woo!

Edie had her 9 month check up on Monday. Her stats:

Weight: 17.1 lb (17%)

Length: 27.3 inches long (37%)

Head: 17.3 inches (43%)

Twenty Eight Weeks Old

Crawling is still on the agenda for Edith, every day scooting closer and closer to her goal. She is also falling in love with random adult objects such as wood spoons, current editions of Newsweek and (to our dismay) laptop cords. Once she gets the crawling down, we are in big trouble.

Yesterday, we started Edie on her first vegetable. Apparently, she has her mom's taste in vegetables and didn't like the peas we attempted to feed her. We'll try again tonight.

In other news, little Miss EDCC had her 6 month checkup on Monday. Aside from being perfectly healthy, she's also super tough. This time around she had 5 (yes, 5) shots... and cried for less than a minute. Her current stats:

Weight: 14.8 lb (21%)

Length: 26.3 inches long (63%)

Head: 16.8 inches (47%)

4-Month Stats

Our little Edie had her 4 month doctor appointment today. She did very, very well... and enjoyed being half naked at the nice warm doctor's office. She even took her shots like a champ, only crying for a few seconds and smiling at the nurses before we left. That's my girl.

Her stats:

Weight: 13 lb (29%)

Head: 16.25 inches (54%)

Length: 24.5 inches (52%)

And what the percents mean, here.

Ten Weeks Old

Chiperoo decided she wanted to nap all day yesterday and get up early today, so, here is her 10 week photo up a little earlier than normal.

Edie is doing very well. On Monday, she had her 2 month checkup. She's officially 11 lb, and 24(ish) inches long. This week she discovered her feet and her hands, though I'm not sure she knows what to do with them yet. She's also "talking" a whole lot, lots of gahs and ighs. It's pretty cute.

Last week she stayed with Faunt (Faux Aunt) Jenn for the first time. Jenn is my good friend from college and will be Edie's caretaker a couple days a week while I go back to work in the studio. We couldn't be luckier to have such a caring person watch our little Edie pants!

Five Weeks Old

It's been quite a week for our little Chippy. Each day, she becomes more and more aware of her surroundings... staring at household objects for minutes, following objects with her eyes, and (just yesterday) smiling and cooing at her mum + pop. She also is a pro at holding her head up... so, yesterday we gave the Bumbo chair a try and she loved it! Well, not sure if she loved it, but she didn't hate the thing.

She also met tons of faux Aunts, Uncles and cousins this weekend at UsFest. We can't wait until next year when she'll be able to run around (or crawl) with all the kids!

Yesterday, Edie had her one month check up. She is officially 8lb 10 oz and 21 inches long (up from 7 lb and 19.5 inches long just three weeks ago). I guess all those marathon feedings have really paid off.