Here are her digits:
Weight: 18 pounds, 1 ounce (37th percentile)
Height: 26.5 inches (17th percentile)
Head Circumference (44.5 cm)
Dr. Howard said Hannah was very healthy and on-track developmentally, so that's good. Not much has changed, she's a happy and content baby (when she doesn't have an ear infection).
Hannah is still eating food that is pureed and slightly runny - she has some issues eating foods with chunks or unfamiliar textures. She has no interest in table food and the only thing she'll feed herself are rice biscuits and sometimes Cheerios. Really, all she does is suck on them, realize she doesn't like the texture and then spits them out. Dr. Howard said we need to keep pushing different textures and thicker food so she gets used to eating different things. If she continues to refuse we'll have to see a speech pathologist. It's weird because she is not obsessed with food like Blaine was when he was a baby. She could take it or leave it. She must have joined Weight Watchers when I did. She's clearly not having as many problems going over in points every day like me. I digress...
HG loves everyone and she loves to cuddle and be held. She can entertain herself pretty well but would prefer that someone was with her. Her smile lights up the room and it seems like she always has something to smile about. The following video is nothing special but it does show a bit of H.G's personality.
Blaine loves to monitor (shocking, I know) what Hannah plays with. But actually he knows what she likes. Every morning and throughout the day he brings her an armful of plush toys and dolls and dumps them in front of her all the while saying repeatedly (in a high pitched shriek, meant to be sweet and gentle sounding): "Heeere you goooo baaaabbyyy! Here are some toys for you baaaabbyyy." It's really sweet and funny at the same time.
Hannah has two games that she loves to play. The first involves crawling away from us. She'll be in the seated position looking at us all innocent with those big blue eyes and then we'll say, "I'm gonna get you, Hanny! I'm gonna get you..." and we stomp our feet really fast. She shrieks with laughter, throws herself down into the crawl position, head down (better aerodynamics, I guess) and takes off as fast as she can. She'll sometimes stop, glance back, laugh and then take off again. She also loves to share - which has to do with her second favorite game. She'll be holding on to something (sippy cup, rice biscuit, toy) and she'll offer it to us with a big smile. We smile and say thank you and then she'll either let you have it and she will smile really big or she'll rip it away from you in protest, then laugh.
This girl loves her bath time. She crawls, falls, splashes, laughs and has a big ol' time in the bath tub. The few times that she and Blaine have bathed together she sits quietly, chewing a bath toy, and watches his many antics. Fun times.
Hannah is a great sleeper. She goes down around 7:30 pm and sleeps through the night until around 5:00 am when she gets up for a feeding and then is back sleeping again until 6:30. She takes a long nap in the morning - at least two hours - and when she can squeeze one in in the afternoon she does that too. We are always running errands in the afternoon and then we pick Brother up from school around 3:00 so she doesn't always get a good afternoon nap, but she's flexible and understanding (and not cranky) so I don't mind.
The moral of this whole story is: Our little Angel Bug is growing up too fast! I can't stand it!!
Love you, Hannah Grace.
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