My Ginger(?) Girl?

I think Freya is getting auburn hair.  I think she is going to be a ginger girl!

She went to the doctor on Tuesday, and she weighed 11-2.  That is the 68th %tile.  I don't get hung up on percentiles, because I worked at the WIC clinic and plotted on growth charts for years, but I think that is great - she was below the 10th %tile last time.  She also got shots, but she did really well with those.  She cried, and she looked really surprised when the needle went in - like questioning why we were doing something to her that caused pain.  I realized that she is probably one of the best cared for babies.  She gets to be with her mother at home for almost 15 weeks.  That is nine weeks longer than most babies get to have their mothers at home.  Her papa is also at home.  This is unusual for any American baby.  She wants for nothing, and she has wonderful people who shower her with love all the time.  People love seeing her when we go out in public, because she is a charmer.  So, she was very surprised indeed, when she got the shots!

She's smiling socially now, too.  She loves the morning, and that is when she is most smiley.  When she smiles at me, it is one of the best feelings I have ever experienced.

She's fussy in the evening, but that's pretty normal, from what I've read and heard.  She likes hip-hop music, and I carry her in the wrap mentioned in the last post, turn on the music and dance with her, and that calms her, and she will EVENTUALLY go to sleep.  Sometimes it takes a while, and my back gets tired, but it is better than a Fussy Freya.

We read books and talk to her all the time, and she is so smart - she is trying to talk to us, too.  She watches our mouths and tries to move her mouth in the same way we are moving ours when we talk.

Things are going well, but I think about when I have to go back to work, and the fact that she likes to get up at 4:30am.  Now, I can take a nap in the day, but I won't be able to do that when I go back to work!  Well, we still have time to work on it.