Sunday, August 17, 2008

Smiles and Earrings



Over the past month Emma has started smiling, which is a lot of fun. And she is becoming increasingly aware of what's going on around her, which also means she is not so content to be ignored in her chair as much as she use to. She loves to be held, cuddled, and talked to. She also seems to think her fists are extremely tasty. Mom tries to replace the fists with a pacifier, but as soon as Emma is left to herself the pacifier is spat out and replaced by the tastier fist.
Last doctor's appointment when she turned 2 months her weight was WAY off the growth chart and her length did not correspond. As a result the doctor told me to make sure she really was hungry before feeding her. So we are trying to follow the doctor's advice, but she still seems to be growing out of clothes and diapers at an exponential rate. This week we finally took Emma to get her ears pierced. They wouldn't do it until she had her 2 month immunizations. I was suprised how little she cried. After a few sucks on her pacifier she was completely consoled. This however did not seem to lessen the horror of beholding a little baby's ears getting pierced to one teenage girl who was in the store. She kept looking over with her hand on her mouth saying "oh, oh, oh, oh, oh , . . . .. . . " It almost seemed like she thought that if she did that long enough I would change my mind about piercing Emma's ears, but her ears are now pierced nontheless. And if I do say so myself, she looks really cute! Durante las ultimas semanas, Emma ha empezado a sonreir, lo cual es muy divertido. Se esta volviendo mas y mas interesada en lo que sucede a su alrededor lo cual quiere decir que ya no esta tan contenta de que la ignoremos en su silla como antes. Le encanta que la carguen y que le platiquen. Tambien parece pensar que sus punos son muy sabrosos. Su mama trate de remplazarlos con el chupon, pero tan pronto que la dejemos sola el chupon sale volando y su puno lo remplaza.
En su ultima cita al doctor de 2 meses su peso estaba MUY arriba de la curva de crecimiento y su lengitud no correspondia entonces el doctor recomendo que me asegure que esta con hambre antes de darle de comer. Estamos tratando de seguir sus consejos, pero Emma sigue creciendo exponencialmente teniendo que cambiar de talla de ropa y panales. Esta semana al fin la llevamos a que le perforaran las orejas. Me sorprendio lo poquito que lloro. Despues de medio minuto de su chupon estaba completamente consolada. Sin embargo eso no parece haber disminuido el horror que sintio una chica adolescente presente en la tienda. Seguia volteando a verla con la mano sobre la boca diciendo "Ay, ay, ay, ay. . . . " Parecia pensar que si lo decia suficientes veces podria evitar lo inevitable. Obviamentr no lo logro y Emma esta muy chula con sus nuevos aretes.

1 comment:

Elise said...

I love the cute smiles and bow in her hair! She is darling!!