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    August 17, 2005

    Developmental Update

    Standing up, holding to her playgym The first news of the week is that another baby tooth - the lower, right incisor - has also made its appearance. Both her little teeth seem to be competing for attention now!

    Today we took Keya for her 9-month developmental checkup.

  • Weight : 8.4 kg (incr of 500 gm over June)

  • Height : 71 cm (which is no improvement over June, but she's still in the 75th percentile there)

  • Head Circumference : 45.5 cm (incr of 2 cm)


    • Keya also underwent a quick hearing test and other checks. Overall, the nurse was quite satisfied with her various responses.

    In this photo, she is standing beside her playgym. I recall how tiny she was compared to this playgym when we first bought it; and how she would only lie there and look up at it. Then gradually, she started reaching up to touch it. And now, she stands up holding onto it and pulls and pushes it, and breaks it into pieces! :-D

     


    August 9, 2005

    First baby tooth!

     Keya's first baby tooth is just visible today. Her dad and I were very excited :-D It is the lower left central incisor. Keya has been drooling excessively and has red, swollen gums; poor baby! She has been chewing on every object she can lay her hands on, but she is not cranky or irritable (touch wood!)

    Keya has also learnt to wave goodbye and to clap her hands together :-) We have started teaching her baby signs (more, milk, potty etc). Already she verbalizes her need to go potty. We hope that she can start communicating all her needs to us soon.

     


    August 8, 2005

    Baby's day out

      Yesterday we spent the day at our friends' home with two other families. In the evening we all went to the beach. After some time frolicking in the waves, we went to a bowling alley and everyone enjoyed a non-competitive game of bowling. We then had dinner at a Turkish restaurant by the beach.

    We all enjoyed the day and we saw that the kids enjoyed each other's company too. The girls were all unwilling to take their regular afternoon nap. Keya had so many new toys to play with, plus the other kids were around, she thoroughly enjoyed herself. She displayed no signs of stranger anxiety and didn't cry at all the whole day. She was quite at ease even among the new faces :-) What's more, she didn't give us any trouble even in the evening, though it was way past her usual bedtime. In fact, she was quite happy to look around while we were bowling or dining! She is truly an angel!

     


 

 



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