On Monday, we had our 2 month well child visit with our pediatrician. It is always exciting to see how much our baby has grown up in actual hard numbers (and yes, I have a sad, sad life when this is big excitement). As you can see by the number of chins Amelia is sporting, things are going well:
If you are Amelia's grandparent, I expect you to click on these graphs and memorize them. Or if you are a nerd. Otherwise it isn't that interesting.
She has also grown in length as we have noticed around the house here. Amelia is easily fitting into most of her 6 month outfits that are one piece. She is a loooooooooooooooooooooong baby! Her 3-6 month clothing is on it's way out, which is bittersweet. I'm glad she is growing, but sad that she is already so big! We're finding the nice part about having a baby girl is the dresses last a little longer than the boy clothes. Dresses just get shorter and most come with diaper covers to preserve her dignity.
Again, if you are a grandparent, you are required to memorize this. Otherwise you are free to continue on.
So the numbers round up to show that Amelia is off the charts in height and at the top of the chart for weight. You wouldn't expect any less from a Heidt, would you? Her head size is also at the top of the chart which is nice because she is proportional. The doctor actually stopped and double checked our numbers to make sure they were correct and then showed us Amelia's growth chart in the office. She is one tall girl! I am a little proud because after talking about how big she is, the doctor wanted to know how much formula I am supplementing with. The answer to that question? NONE. And I am producing some extra as well because we are finding ourselves wearing Amelia's meals a LOT of the time now. The doctor was very impressed by the number of times Amelia spit up everywhere during our short 5 minute chat (4 times, all over the floor). At the end of the appointment, Amelia got her first shots ever. Poor baby was all smiles and cooing for the nurses which quickly turned into crying without any noise. After she caught her breath, her shrieks caused both nurses to leave the room with great haste. Amelia has been very fussy and clingy since her shots. She ran a fever that evening and into the next day which explains the delay in posting here and why there aren't any pictures. It is now almost midnight on 6/9 and I think I have had all of 5 minutes to really sit down and think today.
Summary:
Weight: 13lbs 0 oz (a gain of 4.5 pounds in 2 months)
Length: 25.25 inches (a gain of 4.25 inches since birth)
AMAZING!
Daddy & William
Checking out a snake in the Children's Zoo. This was as close as he wanted to be (fine with me!). The woman offered to help him pet it and he took one giant step back and said "No thank you, no thank you".
Will & Mia (funny how their nicknames can spell out his name....okay, not really that funny to anyone but me!) ride the frogs!
VERY uncooperative inside the hippo's mouth. I saw all the other kids take GREAT pictures inside this guys mouth. I was so excited for our turn until I realized how stubborn William was feeling that day!
Petting the goats in the petting zoo. This was as close as he wanted to get - again, fine by me!
The animals Amelia looked at: a ladybug and a cardinal from her baby gym mat.
After dinner, we decided to try out a family game: Candyland!
Amelia was too busy working out to play with us it looks like. This is about as close as we were going to get to playing this game. While he has all the necessary intellectual skills (knows colors, can count, etc) he is lacking in the patience and taking turns skills. So, we'll try this one again in another month. We did get a few rousing rounds of Memory played together though!
Amelia!
