Friday, October 21, 2005

Skinny baby

I took Anna in to the pediatrician this morning. She’s been pulling on her ears a lot lately, so we wanted to make sure she didn’t have an ear infection before we got on the plane for D.C. next week. Turns out, her ears are fine, but she does have a mild cold, which should be totally cleared up by the time of our trip. Also, of course, they weighed her at the doctor’s office- she’s at 16 pounds, even. 16 pounds! That’s barely the 1st percentile for baby weight. She’s about 85th percentile for height, too, which makes it official- Anna is a String Bean! Good thing her Halloween costume is green, I just hope no one tries to eat her.

Sadly, this also means that it’s going to be awhile before we can turn her car seat around to face forward. It’ll be so nice when we finally can, then I’ll actually be able to see her face and hand her stuff without ripping my shoulder out of its socket. I was really hoping to be able to do it on her birthday, but she needs to be 20 pounds.

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