Teachingmommy: 6 Month Checkup

Thursday, October 18, 2007

6 Month Checkup

Miss MaeMae had her 6 month checkup complete with shots today. I got to take a day off of work and spend it with her...how much fun would being a stay-at-home mom with her be????

Anyway, I digress...

Our little sweetie has now grown to 15 1/2 pounds and she's 26 inches long. If you don't remember, she was 6 1/2 pounds and 19 inches when she was born, so we're movin' right along!

One funny note...she's in the 25% for her weight (not surprising...she's such a petite little thing), the 50% for her height and the 75% for her head circumfence! Our little one is Sputnik!!!! She's got a huge head! :-)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Yea! I'm glad she's doing so well! It seems like all kids I know have big heads. I think I read that they really don't grow into their heads until they are 4 or so.

Can you believe 6 months has gone by already?; October 18, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Stina said...: It sure is a CUTE "Big Melon" though... Glad that she's doing so wonderfully!; October 19, 2007 at 12:10 PM
Anonymous said...: It is very slow in the Store, so I was able to read your entire blog.
It was great fun, and made me feel closer to home.

I'm excited to hear what "America's Funniest Video's" thinks about Maelin's First Bath video!
I will bet you big bucks, that not only will it be aired, but it will WIN!; October 20, 2007 at 7:17 PM

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Must Read Books & Great Authors

"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" is a novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Irish-American family struggling against poverty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. The novel is set in the first and second decades of the 20th century. The book was an immense success, a nationwide best-seller that was distributed to servicemen overseas.
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. This is my all-time favorite book and you MUST read this at least once in your lifetime. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, it is available in 31 different countries and it has been hearlded as "The Great Amercian Novel"
"My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult is a heart-wrenching novel about what it means to be a good parent, a good person and a good sister. Kate has had cancer since childhood and her younger sister Anna was concevied to be a perfect-match bone marrow donor for her. As Anna grows up, she struggles with how she and world will see the rights of her own body. This novel is the first book in years that had me crying. It was very well written and very enjoyable if you're in the mood for a tear-jerker.
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about a nomadic, deprived childhood told with the wonderment of a child who always wants to believe that Daddy will be a hero in the end and that Momma really does know best. You are enrapt reading about Walls and her siblings rifling through trash cans at school looking for food, doing the skedaddle in the middle of the night, or waiting for Dad to come home after another bender. It's a riveting story and a testament to Walls' desire to rise above a life that could have easily turned her into just another tragic headline. I really appreciated this story because of the very real probability that some of my students are living this very life.
One of my favorite authors (I have everything she's ever written) is Marian Keyes whose stories are set in Britian or Ireland. She is the internationally bestselling author of Watermelon (which is my favorite), Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, The Last Chance Saloon, Angels, Sushi for Beginners, Under the Duvet, and her latest, The Other Side of the Story. Her books have touched readers around the world, and they are now published in 35 countries and in many different languages.