Dec/16/2007 09:40 PM
She celebrated her first Thanksgiving. Although since she hadn't started solid foods yet, there is some debate as to whether or not Thanksgiving was actually celebrated by her.
At her 6 month well baby visit, Megan weighed 15 lb 5 oz, 25.25" in length, and head circumference of 16.5".
Megan is very interested and entertained by Hunter, Basil and Joules. They're more tolerant of her, and let her pet them for short periods of time before relocating.
Megan's been going to "Book Babies" once or twice a week for a few months now. It's a program at our local library, where they sing and entertain the babies and parents for about half an hour. Megan gets to socialize with infants of all ages.
The library also had a "Santa Photo" event the second week of December, and we took photos of Megan with the stranger in the strange outfit.
Megan spends a lot of her day (when she's not sleeping) in the game room, which is filling up with her toys. We like the Stack and Roll Cups from Fisher-Price, and we've build up a large collection of Peek-a-Blocks and Roll-a-Rounds, also from Fisher-Price. The large majority acquired through e-bay.
One thing nice about the weather in Texas is how mild it is this late in the year. We've spent a couple weekends working in the garden, and Megan enjoys watching us from her swing, which we put on the patio.
We've started feeding her single grains. The first was rice for a week, and then oatmeal. She likes her cereals, and will actually drink it from the bowl directly rather than be spoon-fed, although she's a champ at holding the spoon too. Just this week we pureed carrots for her, and she doesn't seem to like the taste of them, but loved playing with them. We've also purchased a high-chair to feed her on, since she's started escaping from the Bumbo seat.
Nov/21/2007 04:21 AM
Megan was supposed to be a cow for Halloween, but thinking back on it, we're not sure if the costume we got was a cow or a dalmation, so in the grand tradition of Clarus, it can be said that Megan was a dogcow this year. (and remember DogCows go "Moof")
The weather during the 2nd week of November was kind of crazy, from 80's in the day to upper 40's at night. Megan got very congested and her tear ducts were infected. A pediatrician visit on the November 9, 2007 had her at 14 lb 8 oz, and 25" in length and 16.5" head circumfernce. She's now taking eye drops, and antibiotics to ward off a fledging ear infection. In the development side Megan's been holding her whole abdomen off the ground, and can sit for longer periods of time before falling over.
By the Third week, her eye had cleared up, and she's just as cheery as ever, growing ever more curious, and able to sit for longer periods of time and rarely falls over. She's also now able to support herself in the crawling pose on all fours and rocking back and forth. She can move short distances when she energetic and motivated by her curiousity.
Oct/23/2007 01:40 AM
Since about the middle of the month (Oct 11) She's started trying to sit, but can't quite hold the balance and will tip over backwards or to the side shortly after starting. Still it's quite exciting to see her mind and arms furiously try to make the right adjustments, and succeeding for the briefest of moments. Also, when Megan's on her stomach, she's started lifting her upper chest to look around and try to reach to grab her toys.
Megan's playing more with her toys, she likes her dalmation stuffed animal that we put in the crib in the morning, she likes her lamaze Cube, and Munchkin Blizzard Husky teething toy. She'll play with the Swirlin' Surprise Roll-A-Round Gum ball machine. And basically drool and chew on anything she can get her hands on. Also she's started to trigger her electronic mobile when she wakes up, giving us a classical music alarm clock in the morning. (or sometimes in the middle of the night)
Julie and Megan have also been going once a week to the local public library for Book babies where they sing and read to the infant. Megan's facinated by the other older babies who can crawl.
Two weeks ago we went to Pedro's birthday celebration where Martha made homemade Tamalés which were really good.
Lately, Megan's started to take a interest in Basil, Joules and Hunter. They haven't decided that this is a good thing, fortunately the animals still move faster than her.
This past weekend we went on some trails at the Armand Bayou Nature Center, it was a good workout, and an exercise in avoiding mosquitos. Fortunately we emerged without any bites despite the swarms we seemed to traipse through.Aug/20/2007 02:30 AM
During Week 11, Second cousin once removed Amy and Michelle came to visit with er-shu-gong (Great uncle Frank), Neighbor Levi, also came over and read a book to Megan. We went to Ryan's for dinner, and the rest of the week was rather boring although, there was a shuttle launch that Dad had to work on Wednesday evening. And there was a trip to the ophthalmologist for Mom and Dad Wednesday morning.
During Week 12, Megan is now more often than not sleeping 5 hours a night, (although not necessarily the preferred 5 hours. (7pm to Midnight, does nothing to help mom and dad's sleep schedule) She's also getting pretty good at holding up her head and can make perceptible movement on her own when placed on her stomach. She tends to howl and cry while putting forth a tremendous effort, and we're very proud of her, but it can be disconcerting to watch, always second guessing as to whether or not she's upset or just exerting. We estimate that she's 12 lbs or so now and about 24" in length.
Jul/07/2007 02:25 PM
During Week 5, we recieved a visit from Winston's co-worker, Samantha. We took our first bath, and we took our first family trip to Babies 'R us and Target. We also went out to lunch togther for the first time to Oriental Gourmet (Chinese Buffet Establishment) for a farewell luncheon for another one of Winston's co-workers. And after weeks of buying diapers twice a week, in a fit of overcompensating we now have 600 Size 1-2 diapers, (which might be too many...)
During week six, we had a visit to Julie's Doctor, and we observed the 4th of July festivities by visiting Winston's co-worker and neighboor Pedro, whose wife Marta gave birth to Aylin back in February of this year. This was the first time that Megan's visited someone else's house, other than that we took a second bath, and several walks in the evening.
