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Esther is moviing more every day!
Esther on the Move
Written by The Tembas on June 9th, 2009
Esther Giggling through the months
Written by The Tembas on June 8th, 2009
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This new video editor is great! This one needs no soundtrack…
Esther Shaking
Written by The Tembas on June 5th, 2009hee hee
Written by The Tembas on May 8th, 2009Ha Ha!
Written by The Tembas on April 17th, 2009Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
Written by The Tembas on February 23rd, 2009Esther Sits
Written by The Tembas on February 23rd, 2009Happy Valentines Day!
Written by The Tembas on February 14th, 2009
That’s How I Roll
Written by The Tembas on February 12th, 2009Esther’s 4 Month Checkup
Written by The Tembas on January 9th, 2009Esther has been on a slow growth trajectory since she was a few months old. I haven’t minded it much. She is much easier to carry around and she is wearing out her 3 month clothes. Plus, I have always loved little babies. I find them much cuter than the fatties on the maternity unit. Although I have enjoyed it, I have refrained from blogging about my good fortune. In the back of every RN mother’s mind is the fear that her adorable, petite baby is actually scrawny and malnourished. I knew in my heart that this wasn’t the case – all my nurse friends and even a neonatal dietician acquaintance told me she looked fine. I hate eating crow, though, so I figured I would get a final verdict from her pediatrician.
Esther’s first 4 month appointment was canceled by snow so she had a 4 1/2 month one on Monday. Her stats: 12 lb 7 oz (5.64kg), 24.5 inches (62.25 cm) and 44.5 cm head circumference. In percentiles this makes her 25% for weight (ie 75% of babies her age are bigger than her), 50% for height and >95% for head circumference. It is really off the curve entirely. Luckily Julius and I both have large heads to account for this. I measured ours that night and his was 1 cm larger than average. Mine was 3 cm larger than an average woman’s head and I looked like a bit of a bobble head in my baby photos. I will put most of the blame on myself.
Happily, Esther’s doctor agreed with the public opinion and thought she looked proportional and was growing fine. She was worried that I was worried but I assured her that I wasn’t worried if she wasn’t worried. So, no one is worried. She said she was hitting her milestones and was very adorable. I suspect she says all her patients are adorable but I will assume with Esther she really means it. Thanks to my mom’s copious notetaking in my baby book I learned that I had almost the same growth trajectory in my first year. I hope Esther can be the baby that wears every outfit she got at every shower numerous times. She is not lacking in clothes and it would be a shame for her to not get plenty of time in all of them.