Nora is almost 4 months old! I had to take Henry in to the doctor's office today for a vaccine and so I weighed her while we were there. She weighs 14 pounds, 2 ounces. Since the last time I weighed her (at 3 months) she's gained an average of 6 1/2 ounces a week. So her weight gain has slowed which is to be expected as she gets older, but the funny thing is that she jumped up on the percentiles chart. Not that it really matters where a baby falls on the percentile chart as long as they are following their own curve, but she went from the 42nd percentile to the 52nd percentile this month. I continue to be amazed at how easy and less stressful nursing her has been in comparison to Henry. I know part of it is having the previous experience and knowing what to expect but I think on top of that Henry's issues with his mouth muscles really affected his ability to nurse which of course made it tough for him to gain weight and made the whole thing more stressful.
I haven't been measuring her - I suppose I should. She definitely isn't as long as Henry was. I am having the opposite problem with her clothes than I had with Henry. With him, his arms and legs would stick out of clothes before they would fit properly around his waist...with Nora the sleeves and legs on her clothes are longer than her arms and legs but the clothes are snug around the waist.
Right now she is sleeping on my lap - every time I put her down she wakes and starts fussing. This is pretty unusual for her; I'm thinking it's because she is fighting off a cold. I've felt like I've been getting sick for the last two days and today her nose has been running and this evening one of her eyes has gotten red and watery. Hopefully we are able to get it out of our systems quickly and without it progressing too much.
Below is my favorite picture (so far!) of Nora and Henry. Taken this afternoon.
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