Beautiful smiles...

Well she sure is getting beautiful! Her smiles light up her whole face :)
Our Plunket nurse visited home this week and weighed, measured and checked Erika over.
She is now 5.2kg and thriving. She has grown to 58.5cm tall with a head circumference of 38.5
She is still fully breastfeeding but we are putting her on bottles during the day to ease her into a daycare routine. She is due for more vaccinations next week and we will chat to the doctor about some very dry skin she has developed on her forehead, cheeks and knees. Not sure if it could be an allergy or maybe something else. Her vision, hearing and general development is good.

We stayed at her aunties house in Pokeno for a few days this week and her Daddy missed her very much :(

As you can see from her photo - she really is a beautiful baby (very biased - I know).

fun with dad

today erika started her day time bottle feeding to prepare her for day care. it's the first time in 1 month since her last bottle feed. today was daddys turn to feed her. she had her first feed at 11.30am for 90ml then sleep.. good 2-3 hrs sleep. then again at about 3.30pm she had her second bottle. this time it's 140ml ..wow!!! she went for a walk with her mum, slept the whole way as she usually does in her pushchair then had a lovely hot bath and fell asleep trying to have her dinner :) mum and sometimes dad..but always mum:) waiting for her to wake up at 2am and then 6am like she always do..

My favorite picture

Here is our gorgeous girl at 2 weeks old, sleeping in the sun in her hammock.

Welcome to Erikas Diary

We have decided to create an online diary for Erika so anyone who wants to see her progress and find out what is happening in her world can come to her site and check out whats gossip.
We will endeavor to post any significant events and recent pictures on here and if you want to you can add to her page!
Right now Erika is 10 and a half weeks old and is beautiful! She is very strong and has held her head up since birth. She is smiling and cooing - but is a bit stingy with her smiles. Shes very alert and doesnt cry much. Shes starting to get a bit clingy to her mum and is beginning to cry when other people hold her - including her daddy! She likes routine a lot and gets very unsettled if we take her out all day. She doesnt sleep well when she is out, and so gets grumpy and overtired at the end of the day....like tonight! Shes still fighting sleep at 9.30pm.