The big bummer answer from the doctor was about car seats. I explained Natalie's car seat screaming. Her answer in an ever soft voice was, "Yeah, that is normal. She may not grow out of it till you turn her around. Up to 2 years." Uhg. Not what I wanted to hear. She did say that Natalie may be big enough sooner than 2 to turn around. By no means do I want to jinx us, but she did have many quite rides in the last few days. Even after her shots she enjoyed the ride, asleep.
Other than that, Natalie is on a roll...or two or three. Do you see those chubby arms in this picture below? Wow.
Her stats:
16lbs 7oz.
26 in tall
44cm head circumference
She is in the 59th Percentile
Don't you wish you were this happy stepping onto a scale...naked no less. :)
I was feeling a little left out of not having my own doc appointment, so I too went to receive treatment. Ha! Not really. I have been having mega pain in my thumb. Sure enough, its trigger thumb and I needed a brace. Dang iPhones. i used to be a super fast thumb typer. Now I am slow and have even MORE typos!
Should be fun changing diapers now. :)
A fun fact I learned about babies today will be ever so helpful going forward. They have a 90 minute sleep pattern. As an example, Natalie wakes at 8am most days. She then gets a little sleepy by 9:30 or 10am. If she misses that nap, she will be awake for another 90 minutes and you can't force the nap. This 90 minute pattern continues all day. Luckily she isn't the kid that gets so overly tired that she loses it and cannot go to sleep. That would be tough. Wish I knew this sooner.
Sure enough, that doctor was right. Natalie does that all the time. I now think I can plan a little more carefully for her naps. Because she is such a good night sleeper, her doctor said it is okay that she doesn't nap much during the day. You either get good nights or good days. Can't have both. ;)
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