Clara's Thread!

[finn's mom]

Clara is six weeks old today! She continues to be a joy! Her vocalizations amaze me! She's got so many different sounds that she makes, and many of them bring tears to my eyes, they're so sweet! Of course, many of them bring tears to my eyes because they're awful, too. She really has a set of lungs and definitely exercises them.

She's over 11 pounds from what I gather from the scale at home. But, I don't think she's any longer, but we'll find out on the 23rd when we go in for her two month appointment!

I do have a mild case of mastitis, it SUCKS. I am just finishing up a five day dose of antibiotics, it helped, but I don't think it's the end of the road. It's definitely uncomfortable to say the least!

Other than that, though, things are still wonderful. We don't have much of a routine, but we manage. She sleeps well at night, and I don't feel sleep deprived at all. I get out of the house with her a lot, so I'm not going stir crazy. She did drink a couple ounces from a bottle the other night, so that's promising.

[finn's mom]

Today was a great day! Good feedings, good naps! David tried to introduce her to a bottle, and that didn't go too well. It wasn't terrible, she did manage to drink about half an ounce. We'll try again tomorrow or maybe even tonight.

She originally wasn't taking to her bouncer or the swing, but she's been better in both the last week. A couple days ago, she sat in the bouncer for about five minutes just looking around and making noise. Today, while I made dinner, she sat in it for about fifteen to twenty minutes! It was very cool!

She's napping in Dad's arms right now, so I have a few minutes of baby free time.

[Husky_mom]

a cute pic this one is.. contrats on your belated month old Clara!

[finn's mom]

I posted this in the pregnancy thread, too, but wanted to stick it in here!

Tuesday Tummy Time!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Awwwwwwwwww what a sweet & cute little girl Clara is!!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Awwwww, just as I knew, Kari, you are the best mother on earth!!! I think you could go into writing immediately as well. Another one of your wonderful talents. Such a lucky little girl to have you for a Mom. Awesome!! She is just more precious every day.

[finn's mom]

Terry, you are too much! Thank you for your compliments, they always make me feel like a million bucks, even if I think you're way off sometimes, haha. I do love writing, though! I LOVED it in school. No way I can be best mom, though...my lovely mother already holds that spot. But, who knows? Maybe Clara will feel that way about me one day!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Terry, you are too much! Thank you for your compliments, they always make me feel like a million bucks, even if I think you're way off sometimes, haha. I do love writing, though! I LOVED it in school. No way I can be best mom, though...my lovely mother already holds that spot. But, who knows? Maybe Clara will feel that way about me one day!

I only give compliments where compliments are due. Your Mom must be some woman!!

Clara will know, very soon, how lucky she is. Maybe she already does.
{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[finn's mom]

Clara did so well today at the doctor's! She weighs 10lbs 15 oz, and is 23.5 inches long! All's well in her development and the doctor is pleased with her progress! She got her shots and did very well. She screamed when the nurse gave her the shots, but was fine immediately after. We gave her some infant's tylenol at the doctor's, and will continue to administer it every four to six hours. She's a little fussy right now, but I think part of it is that Oma is here and won't let her fuss in her crib for more than half a second, and Clara hasn't napped yet today. So she is super overtired. But, I'm not saying much about it since Grandma likes to hold her. She'll tire of the fussiness soon enough and then I'll put Clara down for a nap.

It was a good visit, though, I'm so happy with how she did!

[Karen]

Good job, Clara! Glad everything went well, and aren't we due for more pictures?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Clara sounds like she is doing great!! I agree- we need some more pictures to celebrate!

[finn's mom]

Jill and Karen, I will post some soon! Thanks for asking for them!

[finn's mom]

Here are the most recent photos of my little girl!

Grandpa's Sweetheart



What a sad, sad girl!



Two seconds later...happy girl!



She's super sweet in her ducky feet!



So fresh and so clean, clean!

[gini]

So precious - I wanna give that tummy some kisses!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Awww, she is SO cute! I love her expression in the ducky picture. She looks like she has a secret! Also, Clara has very pretty eyes and lips.