Hanson's Ridge
This post is slightly delayed...she turned two months old yesterday. I wrote up her whole birth story over on my professional blog, so you can go read about if you are interested. She was born at 42 weeks 5 days, weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 19.25 inches long. Now that the stats are out of the way, I thought I'd focus more on whole family update.
Both AW and DC were thrilled to get the sister they wished for...Himself and I were thrilled to have a baby, but surprised that it wasn't the boy we'd been convinced to expect. AW can't get enough "sister time" in a day, and the kids fight about who gets to be in her line of sight. Today, I had a good lesson. I was at the chiropractor and BB3 (now known as CE) was screaming in her carseat while I was being adjusted. AW was doing her best to soothe the baby by rocking the carseat, but it wasn't working. DC, seemingly out of the blue, threw a book at the baby and hit her in the face. I comforted the baby, and told DC that he had hurt her. The chiropractor bent down and asked him if the crying baby had scared him. It suddenly clicked that his unusual behavior (he's never hurt her before) was a sensory overload reaction to the endless crying. It's something to keep an eye on in the future. But overall, he's adjusted so beautifully to being a big brother. He absolutely adores her and is quite gentle with her. We have been having a lovely lazy summer with lots of outside time as we get ready to head back to school next week. Here are some highlights:
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AuthorHi! I'm Stephanie Hanson. I live with my husband, Himself, on Hanson's Ridge in Virginia. Archives
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