Happy Baby!

Yes, Miss. Catie Clover seems to be a much happier little darling lately. Who knows if it's because of passing the six week mark, or because her medication dosage for her acid reflux was increased or because I decided to give up chocolate? Who knows? And heck, who cares? As long as she is a happy girl that's all that matters. All we know is for the past week she has been content and happy and that makes our hearts burst with joy.


Now, don't get me wrong. We still have tears. For instance, she still hates being in a car seat unless it's moving. But her bursts are shorter now and much more manageable.


In other news, Catie took her first bottle this week. She only gave a few funny looks and then she was off and sucking!


We also brought out the Baby Bjorn this week. She's still a little young to be facing out. But boy oh boy is she going to love it when the time comes. She's such a nosy little girl... she loves checking everything out!


After the success that Andrew had with it (success meaning no tears), I tried it, and within minutes she was sound asleep.


And finally, a picture of one of her favourite things to do: blow bubbles!

Snow day!

It's a snow day here in Halifax! Some of the best parts of being a teacher are the random extra holidays..

-I shoveled

-Jenny made poached eggs on toast

-Ellie cleaned the plates

-and Catherine slept:

At the 6.5 week mark

So here's what we know:

1) Catherine still has acid reflux. It can frequently make her life miserable. Some days are better than others (yesterday and today were/are awesome), but on other days she seems to be in a bunch of pain. No fun.

2) She is still gaining weight on schedule - she's now 10 lbs, 3 oz.

3) That thing where she's supposed to poop only 2-3 times a day? Yeah, that hasn't happened yet.

4) She can smile! She gives us several smiles a day - as much as her developing muscles will allow her to. At first, I was skeptical. But now I'm a believer. When she's in a quiet-alert moment, she clearly and obviously follows our faces around, stares us in the eyes, and smiles when we sing or make silly noises.

Now... the pictures...

In her cutest outfit yet:

With a really cute hat on: it's got cat ears on it. She hates hats, though. Fervently.


This is a mediocre picture of her smiling. She gives us bigger ones than this, but it's all I've managed to capture so far.

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Bath time

Mom scolded me again so here's a quick post (just for you, moms!):

Catherine's going longer between feedings now, 2-3 hours between meals. We even got some 4 hour stretches a couple of nights in a row - it was wonderful.

Here are some pics of our bath session tonight:

She loved it. Wide-eyed and pretty close to a smile:


We had to brush her hair and make her look pretty...

Winter's here, and another milestone

Firstly, here's Catie Clover doing her stretches. Note the cute shirt.... Thanks Nic.


Later, it was time to go out. It's getting cold here in NS so we have to bundle her up in her ridiculously cute winter suit. The suit is on loan from - you guessed it - Nic.


She didn't appreciate her own cuteness, as right after this she started to fuss. "Why am I too hot, trapped in this seat, and being blasted with flashing lights?"

Friday night it snowed. And snowed. And snowed some more. The weatherfolks say 35 cm but for sure it was more at our house (at least after the plow came by 4000 times). I spent nearly 3 hours shoveling on Saturday morning and an hour more on Sunday. Winter has arrived.

Saturday night, Duane, Laurie, Mike, Jill, and Glendon came over. Glendon is 7 months old and he is a freakish giant compared to Catherine. Is this what we are to expect? But seriously, he can do all kinds of cool stuff, like hold his head up and respond to a variety of stimuli.


And our Catherine is making progress daily! Today, she grabbed and held on to a rattle, and then shook it around. Another first for the bean!

One month old

Today, Catie's 1 month old. I guess the time is going quickly (she's so much bigger now, and so much cuter).

More pics coming soon, I'm sure, but here's the latest.

She's grown 2 inches in length - she's now 21.5 inches long

She now weights 9 lbs, up from 7 lbs 13oz two weeks ago.

These measurements place her in the 50th percentile for both height and weight for her age. Good news, indeed. Heck, she's now into the #1 diaper size.

She has also developed a case of acid reflux - heartburn. We've got her on some meds and those have definitely made a difference - she's sleeping much better now. Apparently, this is a common condition with small humans, and so we've got to just keep on keeping on with what we're doing.