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Climbing, Chewing and More

I have a few news items to report. Samantha has become a bit of a climber lately. She is very interested in climbing up anything that will sustain her – people, furniture, the bath tub, her walker, for example.

I have also seen evidence today that she is chewing on her crib. I knew the day would come, and frankly, I’m surprised that it took so long. I don’t know how long it’s been going on, but our gently worn crib is hanging in there nicely.

And lastly, she is imitating our sounds amazingly these days. She has learned to say “mmmmm” when she picks up a toy cow and “aaaaaa” when she picks up a toy sheep. Also, she makes a kiss sound “mmm smack” if you give her a kiss.

Samantha had her 12 month doctor’s visit and a photo session last week. There should be some photos for your viewing pleasure in Samantha’s library. She had a good doctor’s visit – including 4 shots. She has to go back in a month to get her flu booster shot. 🙁 She was 20 lbs, 2 oz (which means we can turn the car seat around – barely – yay!) and 29.5″ long.

Nine-month Check Up

Samantha had her 9 month check up this week. It’s a little late, but she’s doing well. She weighs 17 lbs 12 oz, which is in the 25th percentile. She’s always been about average, so the doctor said increased activity tends to lessen weight gain. I’m going to start supplementing with formula just in case though. Actually, I’ve been doing that for a while, so now I’m going to do it more often.
She has really started scooting these days. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks and bounces, but has yet to really start crawling. She can get to where she wants to go though, it’s just a little slow.

Six-month Check Up

Samantha is 6 months old today! Wow. She has moved over to the “big” kids side of the infant room at the daycare because she’s one of the oldest! It’s so hard to believe that she’s already that old. So, she had her 6 month check up yesterday. She still has a cold/cough, so the doctor was concerned about her ears. She does have a slight ear infection, so she’s on antibiotic now. Maybe she’ll be feeling better soon. And for the first time, she actually ran a fever today after her shots. Her teeth (or lack thereof) have really been bothering her lately, so maybe we’ll start seeing something. Oh yeah – she’s 16 lbs (55 percentile), and 26 1/2″ (75 percentile).

Four-month Check Up

Samantha had her 4 month check up last week. It’s a little late, but she’s still doing great! We have permission to start feeding her rice cereal, but we haven’t tried it yet. When we get a free weekend, we’ll give it a try. She weighed 14 lbs 3.5 oz, and was 25″ long. She’s about average for weight and a little longer than normal. She doesn’t get the tall genes from Brian or me, so we’ll see if she keeps it up.

Another Check Up

Samantha had her next check up yesterday. She’s growing and doing very well. She now weighs 10 lbs 8.5 oz! That’s in the 70th percentile. She’s also longer (22″ at 50th percentile) and her head is still small (14″ at 25th percentile). She had her first round of vaccines, so she wasn’t feeling well for the rest of the day. But she did feel well enough to help her daddy have a happy birthday!