6 months

It's surprising to know that Hannah was born six months ago. Time has passed so quickly! She was a tiny thing when she was born. Most of her measurements were in the 10th percentile for full term (i.e., 9 month gestation) girls. She's grown a lot though. Her measurements now rank in the 75th percentile. She's 26 & 3/4 inches long and weighs 17 pounds and 2 ounces. She's actually a pretty long baby - on that statistic alone she is in the 85th percentile.


Height and weight aside, she's developing a lot of capacities for independence: She's starting to sit up on her own; She likes to feed herself cereal; and she desperately wants to stand up and walk. Thankfully, she can't yet crawl. Although, I do look forward to her being mobile. We're also using signs when we speak to her. Hopefully she'll begin to use them to communicate.

Breakthrough!

At least one of Hannah's teeth is emerging, possibly two. We think she's pretty proud of them. But they're like little razors. Mama beware!

Rice? yes. Applesauce? No!

Last Sunday, Hannah had her first meal of solid food. Perhaps I should say semi-solid. She sloppily ate rice cereal with much enthusiasm. She tried applesauce a few days later and didn't like it at all. I wish I had a camera to capture the look on her face. Her cheeks recoiled in disgust and she flashed a look across her face as if to say "why would you ever put that in a person's mouth? what's wrong with you?" I guess it was too sour.

Drool

There's lots of it now because Hannah is teething.
See exhibit 1.


She's still pretty cute despite being moist.
See exhibit 2.




Who knows how long it will be until the teeth break through? We can only wait.

In the meantime, she has taken an interest in adult food. She is particularly interested in my oatmeal. In the mornings, I like to eat my cereal while watching her play in her exersaucer. As of late, Hannah watches me eat my oatmeal. Of course, she is drooling all the while. I suppose this is good because oatmeal is not at all unlike baby food.

Nicknames

Hannah (han'ə):

n.
[Heb hannah, lit., graciousness]

a feminine name

-Syn. button, mugwump, aitch, the girl, sweet cheeks, the hannahmonster, palindrome, party pooper, muskie bait, drool bucket

First Day

Hannah started her first day of day care today. Sandy, a woman who lives about 3 blocks away and runs a daycare, is caring for Hannah. Sandy reminds me of Olga Trudeau, my grandmother, who also cared for me and taught me to play an assortment of card games. But enough about me...Four other girls attend Sandy's daycare and three of them live in our neighborhood. Sandy said that Hannah enjoyed watching these other girls during the course of the day

Sandy also created a log of Hannah's first day at daycare. I thought it was really sweet. Part of me thinks that Sandy prepared it to ease my discomfort of handing off Hannah for an entire day. Regardless of her motivation, I found the note touching and thought it was another milestone and a "first" worthy of recording in this blog.

4 months old

Hannah weighed in on June 30th at 14 lb 5 oz and 23 inches. She is a very sweet, happy girl and loves to laugh and socialize, but has been known to be a party pooper from time to time, literally speaking. She is not ashamed to drop a massive BM in even the most formal events. Hannah is still sleeping 10 - 12 hours a night. Around the 4th of July she seems to be teething.

3 months old

whose nose, whose eyes?

We're sure Hannah has inherited only our best traits, but whose traits went
where?




































Clockwise, from top-right: Hannah, Lise, Dan, Lise, Hannah, Dan

2 months old

It has been a busy month for Hannah and her parents. Hannah has been hard at work growing and marking some significant milestones. She now measures 11 pounds, 5 ounces and 23 inches long. In the last week of April, she made her first smile and now she has been smiling and laughing with some frequency -- though she seems to be shy in front of the camera. Hannah is also starting to
hold her head up on her own. Her days are still largely punctuated by eating and sleeping, but there are wonderful interactive moments and they seem to be taking place more often.