More Eleanor

She's once, twice, 99 a lady

Rosemary is gradually getting the idea of quantifying the world around her. She's using '99' as an adjective in place of very, or completely. 'Are you tired?' 'I'm 99 tired'. (No idea where this has come from, maybe someone said '99% certain'.) But more interestingly, she's using a few others which she's picking as the situation warrants - if she's not hungry, she might say 'Ummm, I'm only 3 hungry'. And today she said she enjoyed something '494949 [four nine four nine four nine]'. Which I guess is a lot. But is it more or less than enjoying something 100?

3 months (and a bit)

Age ~ 3 months, 8 days

Weight ~ Not sure; about a stone

Length ~ No ídea !

Feeding ~ 100% Mummy Milk, roughly every 3 hours, for about 10-15 minutes, with occassional hour to hour and a half marathons, especially in the early evening

Favourite toys - Turtle, big 'spider' on the baby gym, which she spins round for ages; also likes her parrot; and has recently been really enjoying books (well, how could she not in this family?)

Milestone from past month ~ First laughs, rolled over, though not done so a lot, really trying to move when on tummy, will probably be crawling quite early

What size clothes ~ All 3-6 month, since she was about 2 months, may need to get out the 6-9 months box next month

What size nappies ~ Size 4, whatever's on special offer

Language development: Blowing bubbles, which is apparently an essential step in learning to talk. Squeals, makes gurgling kind of talking sounds. 'Chats' - i.e. listens to someone talking then responds.

Physical development: Can hold self up on arms when on tummy for a bit. Pushing forwards with feet when on tummy and can actually move herself forward a bit. Sitting up with only a littke aid. Very strong legs; can weight-bear on them for a bit and 'stand' when being held lightly.

Social, emotional and intellectual development: Presumably all happening in the background, but no specific milestones, except for laughing.

Here's Eleanor

3 months after her birth, we finally get around to introducing Eleanor to the world this blog.

Hope you like this, Grandpa!

Rosemary tells us about her Mummy and Daddy

This is cross-posted from ‘the other blog’, as it’s a very Rosemary-centric post. And I thought it was only fair to ask her the same questions about Chris. Here are the results:

Mummy

1. What is something Mummy always says to you?
   Stop!
2. What makes Mummy happy?
   Not shouting.
3. What makes Mummy sad?
   Shouting
4. How does Mummy make you laugh?
   Tickling me [did give her some hints after an initial ‘I don’t know’]
5. What was Mummy like as a little girl?
   I don’t know.
6. How old is Mummy?
   70
7. How tall is Mummy?
   This tall [pointing at me]
8. What is Mummy’s favourite thing to do?
   Work
9. What does Mummy do when you’re not there?
   Work!
10. If Mummy became famous what would it be for?
    Television
11. What is Mummy really good at?
    Painting
12. What is Mummy not very good at?
    Work
13. What does Mummy do for her job?
    Maybe paddling pools
14. What is Mummy’s favourite food?
    Pasta
15. If Mummy could have one wish, what would it be?
    Chocolate, maybe.

DADDY

1. What is something Daddy always says to you?
   Milk [holding up a cup of milk]
2. What makes Daddy happy?
   Spraying [pointing at water spray]
3. What makes Daddy sad?
   Shouting
4. How does Daddy make you laugh?
   Tickling
5. What was Daddy like as a little boy?
   I don’t know.
6. How old is Daddy?
   70
7. How tall is Daddy?
   This tall [drawing a long line all the way up the page]
8. What is Daddy’s favourite thing to do?
   Work
9. What does Daddy do when you’re not there?
   Work!
10. If Daddy became famous what would it be for?
    I don’t know.
11. What is Daddy really good at?
    Looking for snails and slugs
12. What is Daddy not very good at?
    Not eating bananas [not sure if she understands about double negatives or if she actually means he’s no good at eating bananas!]
13. What does Daddy do for his job?
    Music, maybe
14. What is Daddy’s favourite food?
    Pasta
15. If Daddy could have one wish, what would it be?
    A toy

We were amused, anyway.