MILESTONE on 6/17/11

So for her 7 month old birthday McKenzie decided to finally put her other knee down and start crawling!!!

We took a great video...I hope to post it here soon, but it is on Facebook :-)

7 Months Old on 6/17/11

I've been feeling very nostalgic over the past few weeks.  I'm finally feeling that "Wow, she is growing so fast."  I've been looking at her newborn pictures and being amazed at how different McKenzie is now.  She is so fun and funny and learning so much.  I can't believe she is closer to 1 year old than her birth now...ahhh!

Here are some highlights about McKenzie over the last month:

• McKenzie got her first tooth on 6/16/11, I saw something going on on her lower gums for a couple days, but it looks like a black dot/bruise more than a tooth.  Finally on the 16th after her first restful night in a while, she woke up and I could feel the tooth and see a little more white poking through!
• McKenzie is CONSTANTLY moving.  Daycare can't believe how busy she is.  She is crawling now, she just started using both knees where before she had one knee down and one foot on the rug.
• McKenzie celebrated her first Memorial Day by going in her first baby pool!  She cried for a second, then LOVED it....she was so happy splashing herself.
• McKenzie will celebrate her first Father's Day with her Daddy this weekend and she made something very special for him!
• McKenzie is finally sleeping in the CRIB at daycare...but still only taking ONE 45 minutes nap at daycare.  When she is home with her Auntie she sleeps for 4+ hours!!!!!!!!!
• Next week is McKenzie's (and Mommy's) last week of school.  We are officially on summer vacation on June 23rd (Mommy's birthday :-))

Diapers: Size 3 (size 3 overnights at night)

Clothes: 6-9 months are getting pretty tight.  9 month clothes are just right.  She wears 9-12 mo onesies
Sleeping:  Various.  Some nights she sleeps perfectly in her crib all night, other nights she wakes up crying so many times she ends up in bed with us.  She goes to bed some where between 7 and 8 and wakes up some time between 6 and 730.  Still 3 naps varying from 40 minutes to 2.5 hours
Food: oatmeal and 1/2 jar of fruit in the morning after morning bottle and whole jar of veggie at dinner time.  She now eats puffs and baby mum mums!  She's also had blueberries, banana, and watermelon in the mesh feeder.
Feeding: 4 bottles a day. 3 six oz bottles and 1 eight oz bottle before bed.
Formula: Enfamil Nutramigen

Remember this?

On June 8, 2010 (just about one year ago).  I posted this on the blog:
Labor Prediction Quiz








Your labor prediction quiz results are below.....





Just about the time you think you can't handle hearing one more "when is that baby going to pop?", your baby will decide to make it's appearance. We predict your baby will be born 3-7 days before your due date. Your baby will most likely be born in the morning. Justmommies predicts that your baby will weigh approximately 7.0 pounds and that your labor will be about 15 hours long.

Something that is slightly more scientific is having a similar labor/delivery as your mother. My mom's first labor/delivery (ME!) went as follows:
Weight of Baby: 6.11 lbs
Length of Labor: 26 hours

Vaginal/C-Section: Vaginal
Baby came: 5 days early
Epidural after 24 hours (she's crazy I know)
 
Let's see how these two indicators measured up:
 
Baby came: 8 days early
Born in:  the morning! (5:09AM)
Baby's weight:  9lbs 3 ounces (we still can't believe it either)
Length of Labor:  26 hours (from FIRST contraction at 3:30AM on 11/16 to baby's arrival on 11/17 5:09AM)
Vaginal/C-Section:  Vaginal
Epidural after 13.5 hours