Thursday, July 25, 2013

7/19/13- 1 month old!

Penelope Jean, at 1 month old: 
You weigh 9lbs, 12 oz, (caught up with your sister's birthweight!) and 23 in long.
You are beautiful and have gentle round eyes and are a bit bowlegged.
Your are an easier baby than your sister was so far...
You still sleep A LOT during the day and go to bed around 10, and sleep till 3:30 (5.5 hours!) and then wake up again around 6:30. 
Mommy is producing more milk this time and you only feed for 15 minutes on one side every 2-3 hours! (Except at night)
You're starting to get fussier in the evenings. 
You have started to smile a little. 
You are starting to focus more now and will turn your head to my voice.
You have rolled over from belly to back (!!!) 4 times (most babies wait till 4 months old to do this.)
You don't like to be put down when you are awake and you get gassy. 
You fall asleep usually on your own in the bassinet (sometimes with the help of a pacifier). We soothe you, put you down, and you usually fall asleep after some grunting. :) 
Your sister loves you so much and likes watching during diaper changes. She also likes to hold you (with our supervision). 
You enjoy bath time, too!
You are gorgeous and we love you so much! 

Gwen-isms: (22months):
She now goes down slides on her own and then stands up and says "wee!" 
She climbs more. 
Grandma likes to say she "gets the joke", because she now laughs WITH us.
Yogurt in the eye: "lolo! (Then she holds her and over her eye and yells) "eye!" This started when I asked her if she had yogurt in her eye one night at bedtime- now she says every night. Cutest thing ever. 
She still cries when dropped off at daycare.
She likes playing on the iPad, watching Barney, Thomas, and Sesame Street, though we try to limit screen time. 
She's started to have mini tantrums and hit Grandma in the face yesterday, which surprised herself. 
She will follow directions most of the time, especially if you give her a motivating factor (ex: first have some cucumber, then you can have the cheese). 
She LOVES milk (she still only signs or milk), cheese "tee", and yogurt "lolo". She's started to get more picky about food and vegetables.
She freaks out when you try to help her do anything. She wants to feed herself, put her shoes on, carry grocery bags, etc...
She says lots of words, very loudly i might add, although not with perfect pronunciation: Juice-"du", Mattie-Manny", lemonade-"nemenae", Penelope-"Lelly", ipad-"bapa", Abi-"baddy", outside- "sai" etc.

They both start a new daycare on August 8, because ill be going back to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays...I'm pretty nervous o leave Penelope for the first one all day, and nervous about Gwen starting somewhere new. More updates on that o one! 



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