Ver Bear – 4 months

At just nearly four months old (this weekend), Verity (whom I call my Ver Bear), had her check up today. Weighing 15 pounds, 11 ounces, she is certainly growing adequately. Her head is big too, a whopping 43 cm. What?!?! (That’s Chris’ genes there! Her head was 36 at birth – with an arm alongside it… my lady parts just amaze me.)

As always, things with her are grand. I know I’ve talked a lot about Ethan this last month, so I wanted to chime in a bit about her.

She is large and in charge. She is extremely vocal and alert, is a very aggressive and loud nurser. She sleeps from about 11pm (my bedtime) until about 4am and then nurses constantly until about 8am. This is her “fill time”. After that, she usually nurses about every 4 hours during the day, with a few cat naps and a few long naps. This is okay with me, since I am so busy during the day that having her nurse while I am just laying there half asleep is actually preferable to having to stop what I’m doing every 2 hours to nurse. She sleeps right next to me anc Chris in the family bed, so I can cuddle with her and keep her warm all night long – some of the sweetest moments IN THE WORLD.

She is definitely grabbing her toys and playing lately, she loves her Waldorf knot doll I made her the most. We’re calling her first doll “Sammy”. She has always had a very sturdy solid build, and has great head and back control. She stands constantly, its actually hard to get her to sit down. But lately she has begun to sit up for a few minutes at a time already, especially when Ethan is engaging her on the floor and she gets really focused.

She thinks Ethan is her very own private entertainer, and he thinks she is his very own audience – so that part works out quite nicely!

We’ve decided, for now: Ethan at this stage had my coloration and face shape, but Chris’ facial features, while Verity is exactly flipflopped: Chris’ coloration (darker hair, skin and eyes) and face shape (longer and oval- with his ears too!) but with all the facial features looking more like me (eye shape, eye lashes, eyebrows, nose, and lips). They are both “perfect blends” of us, but its just a beautiful new blend!