Today Anya turned 4 months old. We just got back from the pediatrician's office. The doctor says she's doing great. She weighs 13 lbs, 11 oz (50-75th percentile) and is 24-1/4 inches long (50th percentile). Since Anya has consistently been in the 50th percentile since birth, she's following her growth curve well.
As far as development, Anya is very close to rolling over from her back to her front. When placed on her back, she usually rolls to one side and then the other. She makes it about 90% to a complete roll, but her arm keeps her from rolling all the way. I expect we'll see a complete roll in the coming weeks. As far as tummy to back, Anya has it down. She has sessions of tummy time where she constantly rolls over to her back, and other times she seems to be content on the belly. I remember I was worried the other month that she forgot how to do it. I'm sure I'll find something else to worry about soon enough.
Also in physical development, Anya can support herself on her legs for fairly long periods of time. We sometimes "walk" her (by shifting her hips and letting her pick up and move her legs/feet). She can also pull up to a stand from lying down when she's holding our hands & we pull her up gently. She also grabs toys and any objects in front of her. Most of the time if she gets ahold of them, they go straight to her mouth.
Social/mental development: Anya continues to be a chatterbox and seems to be proud when she's learned how to make a new sound (her favorites have been a kind of gargle and a spitting sound). She definitely recognizes Chris and I & gets excited when we walk into a room. She is also starting to recognize Laika and the cats. Chris told me yesterday that Anya got excited when she saw Morgana and then reached out & petted/grabbed her. She did that last night with Laika too. Overall, Anya is still a very happy and social baby. Chris and I feel so lucky to have her.
**edit 6pm: Anya just rolled over from her back to her belly :-)
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Grangie and Granddon visit
My dad & stepmom, also known as Grangie and Granddon, came for a visit from North Carolina. We had reserved a cabin in Leavenworth with Grandma & Grandpa Lodwig and planned for a weekend of snowshoeing, gushing over Anya, and lots of wine drinking. Unfortunately, there was so much snow in the mountains that all of the passes were closed. There was no way for us to get to the cabin, which was really disappointing. Instead, Chris, Anya, and I drove to Portland and stayed with Bobby & Amy (my step-brother & sister-in-law) and met up with Grangie and Grandon there for a night.It was Anya's first time out of the Seattle area and a nice visit.
She was her usual charming self and we're hoping that convinced them to start making cousins for Anya to play with :-) We played lots of Guitar Hero. Bobby kicked everyone's butts, but my dad rocked out pretty good too. Thanks again, Bobby & Amy, for hosting us! The rest of the visit was spent back in Seattle, with lots of visiting time between Grangie/Grandon and Grandma/Grandpa Lodwig and lots of wine drinking and gushing over Anya of course. Anya ate up all the attention and was quite talkative. Actually, since last weekend, Anya has continually gotten more talkative, especially in the evenings. She's talkative to the point where I consider her a bit of a chatterbox (like father, like daughter!). And if you try to talk over her, she just gets louder. It's pretty cute. It seems like she's somewhat picking up how conversations work - one person talks and another responds. Chris has been having fun with fake conversations with Anya. He'll ask questions and she answers. Of course, she's occasionally rude and interrupts Chris, but zapping her with the cattle prod usually nips that in the bud.
We were sad to see Grangie and Granddon leave on Tuesday. But we will hopefully see them in June when Chris, Anya, and I take a trip to Ohio for my cousin Christyn's wedding.
cutest dog in the world
cutest baby in the world
guitar hero!
Anya and Trixie get to know each other
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
General update
I had forgotten that I set up this website, so this is the first journal entry in awhile. The plan is for this space to be a general repository of all things Anya...Anya is just over 3 months old now. So far, parenthood has been much easier than Chris and I expected - most of it due to Anya's mellow nature. She has been sleeping through the night since maybe 6 weeks old (I forget exactly when that started) and for the past month has been sleeping from about 8:30pm to 7am. So Chris and I can't blame any lack of sleep on her (usually Laika, the dog, is the cause of sleep deprivation here).
As far as milestones go, Anya started consistently rolling over when getting tummy time about 2 weeks ago (she had been accidentally rolling over a handful of times since the first week). Oddly, though, this past week it seems she forgot how to roll over. But she also seems to be enjoying tummy time now. So I think (and hope) that has something to do with it. She has been fascinated with her hands lately and they are in her mouth almost any chance she gets. She has also started grabbing at her toys hanging from the activity mat. Anya occasionally will try to put them in her mouth, but right now she prefers just putting her hands in her mouth.
Anya is a very happy and talkative baby. Often, when I sing songs or talk to her, she will "talk" back to me. She also talks to the toys in the activity mat. Her favorite is the monkey, followed by the elephant. I started back to work part-time in mid-January. Anya has been going to a sitter, Jodi, during that time. It seems to be going well for her. She gets to see a few other children then. We also have a standing lunch playdate with several friends every Wednesday. Anya is the youngest by a few months. She's starting to notice the other children and take some interest in watching them. We also just started our PEPS group Monday nights. There is a boy there that shares Anya's birthday as well as pediatrician. It seems like a nice group of people and we hope that we can form some friendships there.
Anya is starting to wake up from her nap now, so that means it's time to eat. Hopefully more updates to come...
here's a photo from the first night of PEPS (Anya is at the top, upside down)
As far as milestones go, Anya started consistently rolling over when getting tummy time about 2 weeks ago (she had been accidentally rolling over a handful of times since the first week). Oddly, though, this past week it seems she forgot how to roll over. But she also seems to be enjoying tummy time now. So I think (and hope) that has something to do with it. She has been fascinated with her hands lately and they are in her mouth almost any chance she gets. She has also started grabbing at her toys hanging from the activity mat. Anya occasionally will try to put them in her mouth, but right now she prefers just putting her hands in her mouth.
Anya is a very happy and talkative baby. Often, when I sing songs or talk to her, she will "talk" back to me. She also talks to the toys in the activity mat. Her favorite is the monkey, followed by the elephant. I started back to work part-time in mid-January. Anya has been going to a sitter, Jodi, during that time. It seems to be going well for her. She gets to see a few other children then. We also have a standing lunch playdate with several friends every Wednesday. Anya is the youngest by a few months. She's starting to notice the other children and take some interest in watching them. We also just started our PEPS group Monday nights. There is a boy there that shares Anya's birthday as well as pediatrician. It seems like a nice group of people and we hope that we can form some friendships there.
Anya is starting to wake up from her nap now, so that means it's time to eat. Hopefully more updates to come...
here's a photo from the first night of PEPS (Anya is at the top, upside down)
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