Yet a Stranger in the World

So she rolled over just now. She was lying on her back on her playmat, kicking at the toys while I worked on the computer. I heard a whimper and looked over to see her face-down, halfway off the mat, and not happy about it. “Tummy time” hasn’t ever been her thing, really. She just wants to shoot her arms straight out sideways and flail around. As this accomplishes nothing, she gets pretty agitated pretty quickly. If I put her arms in front of her or tuck them under her chest, she’s content until she decides that flapping them like birds’ wings would work better (see step 1). We shall have to work on this.

I just received the call from the field with the current growth stats. They are as follows:

12 1/2 week check-up
Weight: 12 lbs 12 oz (75th percentile)
Head Circumference: 40.25 cm (50th percentile)
Length: 25 in (97th percentile)

A log of previous analysis can be found by following the “Linnaea’s Album” link at the right.

One observes that the subject has increased in length by approximately 20% since birth, and increased her mass by roughly 50%. Cuteness continues to increase dramatically at an exponential rate with no limit within the range of extrapolation. Aluminum foil hats are extremely recommended for the safety of those within range of the subject, but it remains unclear if even such stout armor will provide any appreciable protection. Awaiting a new prototype from Florida for additional testing.

The growth spurt is finished! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!

In other news, Linnaea has a checkup (with shots!) today. Stats forthcoming.

That’s an odd title for a blog post.

It’s true, though. We look at her in her crib, curled, knees up at her tummy, sucking her thumb in her sleep, and something in our chests swells. Now we get it. We get our parents. We get their joy and we get their pain. We get what an easy decision it would be to die for our child. We get that it wouldn’t even be a decision.

We get what must be a glimmer of our Father’s love.

Towards the end of our time in Minnesota, Linnaea figured out how to stick out her tongue. She only spent a couple of days on this new trick before combining it with her newfound ability to bring things to her mouth for exploration. She doesn’t quite have the hang of grabbing things yet, but if you place an object in her hand, she’ll usually bring it straight up to her mouth and feel around for a bit. She’s also able to hang on to things for quite a while. A couple of days ago, she held her rattle for about half an hour, during which time I changed her diaper and carried her around a bit.

Coming soon: pics & video (oooooh) of the above.

Also: I’ve posted an email address in the sidebar (incidentally, new links periodically show up there as well). We’ll be keeping relevant email sent to bubblesplat@gmail.com for Linnaea (and whomever else we may wind up writing about here) to read someday, but feel free to send other correspondence or feedback you’d rather not post as a blog comment.