Finally, some numbers!

Age: 3 months / 15 weeks.
Head Circumference: 42 cm / 16.5 inches
Length: 59.5 cm / 23.4 inches, or, as I prefer 1'11"
Weight (with dry diaper, onesie and sopping wet bib): 6.6 kg / 14.5 pounds

This puts her weight and head circumference in the 75th - 90th percentiles and her length in the 25th - 50th percentiles.

If I'm interpreting the data correctly, that would put her in some high percentile for "Stockiness."

We can't tell and love her anyways.



From whence these measurements, you may ask?

We took Margaret to the doctor this morning for her inoculations and prior to the jabs (there were two) the nurses took her measurements for the record.

I was carrying Margaret during the morning and wanted to just keep kissing her and hugging her close because I knew what was coming and knew that she had no clue. As far as she was concerned, until the moment it happened, we were just on a cruise out on the town.

Luckily, she cried only during the actual jabs and was quickly settled thereafter by feeding off of mommy.

Poor Margaret, though. She came out of there with two round band-aids, one on each thigh. She looked like a race-car with numbers painted on the doors.

Thank goodness.



Besides putting on weight, Margaret continues to develop and impress her captivated parents. Last night, she managed to kick off her swaddling completely, leading us to a new regime of sleep sack usage at night.

Also, her manual dexterity continues to improve. Here you see her grabbing at Freddy the Firefly this afternoon.



Her love of Freddy is what led to the real excitement of the day, however. Margaret is now able to get herself almost completely on her side. We figure that it won't be too long before she can turn herself over onto her stomach.

We spent a lot of time trying to catch video of this but never managed to get a complete cycle of her going from flat on her back to on her side and back again. I think the surest way to get a baby to stop doing something is to break out the camera.



Parenthood continues to be a learning, growing experience full of questions and the thrill of discovery.

Just this morning, I was wondering to myself how babies can survive when the overwhelming temptation is to hug and squeeze them tighter than their little bodies can withstand.



Ain't love grand?