| Birth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Weight | 7 lb. 4 oz. | 10 lb. 2 oz. | 12 lb. 3 oz. | 14 lb. 2 oz. | 14 lb. 15 oz. | 16 lb. 8 oz. | 17 lb. | ~17 lb. 12 oz. | ~18 lb. | 18 lb. 9 oz. | 19 lb. | 20 lb. | 20 lb. 6 oz. |
| Height | 21" | 22.25" | 23" | 26" | 26.5" | 27" | 29" | 29.5" | 30.75" |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
| Weight | 22 lbs | 22.9 lbs | 24 lbs | 25 lbs | 26 lb 4 oz | |||||||
| Height | 31.75" | 32.75" | 35.5" |
Birth |
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18 months |
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Dr. Visits & Updates
• 8/4/06: Today was Cassie's 2 yr checkup. She is 25 lbs, 4 oz and 35.5" tall. I can't believe how big she is getting! Since her 18 month checkup/update she's picked up a lot more words like bird, ball, shoes, oh no, oh man!, nigh-nigh, hi, bye, car, ou-si (outside), as well as repeating back some peoples names. So she's coming along though still not using two or three word sentences. We'll be having her evaluated just to be sure she's progressing normally. The day before her birthday she began sleeping in a twin bed! By her choice...she wanted to. So we went with it and she's done excellent. She just loves her big bed. She's getting more daring and finally loves swinging high as well as she FINALLY went down a slide on her own - in the past we always had to "make" her or give her a helping push. She also had a parent-tot swim class this summer and really enjoys the water. • 2/3/06: Cassie had her 18 month checkup today and is now 24 lb and 32 3/4" tall! She is growing just perfect. Still not really talking other than a few words and signs but loves to "jabber" at us with her stories. :) She now signs eat and up/down regularly and shakes her head no or nods yes appropriately. For words we get: all done "Daahhh duhhh" and "Uh ooooo" for uh-oh as well as ma ma and da da. She'll occasionally say other things that SEEM like words - like I swear she can say toast and bath and Dave swears he heard her say sister once. But that's about it! She's very active now practiacally running around everywhere and loves playing with little people and blocks a lot. She loves watching Elmo, Blues Clues and Wiggles but will watch just about anything. • 11/5/05: Cassie is really on the move lately. While she still isn't walking she just loves to push her push toy everywhere and loves to hold our hands while walking. She just doesn't have the confidence to stand on her own. She can now fly up the stairs crawling though but doesn't know how to get back down yet. :) She eats a ton - many times more than her 3 yr old sister! To give you an idea, she can easily consume an entire McDonald's hamburger plus some. I don't know where she puts it! She hasn't said a whole lot for words yet, but we are guessing that's because with Emily around she can't get a word in!! But she does say mama and dada as well as Uh Oh and "This!" She tries to say "all done" but it comes out as "Ahhhh" but she can sign it so that's good :) • 8/2/05: Cassie had her 1 yr checkup today and did so well. She didn't like her shots but got over them very quickly. She's now 20 lb 6 oz. (40%ile) and 30 3/4" long (95%ile). She's crawling all over the house yet but isn't pulling up to standing quite yet. She's a sweet little thing and is getting so big and has such a personality! She has 7 teeth now (only 4 are completely in - the rest are part way). She's not saying any words yet but loves to just jabber with syllables. • 6/24/05: Cassie is finally starting to show interest in learning how to crawl! A few days ago she started getting up on all 4's by herself. She hasn't figured out how to move her legs forward yet but will rock forward and backward and spin in a circle on all 4's by moving her hands around. • 5/25/05: Cassie is getting so big! Hard to believe she's almost 10 months already. She's such a little sweetheart. She's still not crawling yet ~ though she's definitely trying. She is attempting to get on all 4's but is pretty good at scooting backwards and in circles. We've finally had success with her taking a sippy cup so that has been nice and she's also eating everything in site! She just loves pasta, beans, pancakes and cheerios but she also loves veggies, fruit, yogurt and oatmeal too. She eats just about anything. • 3/26/05: Cassie is now sitting very well, though has the occasional topple. She has two teeth now and it seems like she's working on more. She is eating more table foods now but still not fast enough to cure hunger before she gets frustrated! So she's still eating lots of baby foods yet as well. • 2/19/05: Cassie has finally decided its ok to sit up!! For the longest time she was so lazy about even trying or just fell over right away. All of a sudden yesterday she started sitting longer and longer. Today she sat for 10 min playing on her own. Its like something just clicked overnight! She also got her first tooth about a week and a half ago! I think the other bottom front one will be coming in before long. • 2/4/05: Today was Cassie's 6 month checkup. She weighed in at 17 lb (75 %ile) even and is now 27" (90 %ile). So she's growing really well. Her weight gain has finally started to taper off some. She's loving her solid foods. She just loves oatmeal and will eat just about any fruit and veggie. We are going to start working with thicker textures with her soon - she still gags a lot on any little bits/chunks in food. She's not sitting real well yet - getting better every day, but this girl is just lazy! :) She still has yet to roll all the way from her back to belly - most times I find her sleeping almost completely on her belly except she is laying on one arm. I'm sure she'll figure it out soon enough! She does sometimes try to inch forwrd by bringing her legs up under her when on her belly. She's still a very happy, easy going baby. I can't complain. She's many times content to just sit and chew on a toy and watch what's going on. She does love to be snuggled too though! She's also doing excellent at putting herself to sleep for naps and at night. I can't believe how big she's getting already! • 12/02/04: Cassie had her 4 mon checkup today. She's 14 lb 15 oz (75%ile) and 26" (95%ile). Her head was 42 1/2 cm. She's getting so big! She's doing great and other than the continuing thrush she has (which we're trying Difulcan for now) she's perfectly healthy. We'll be starting her on solid foods in a few days when I get some from the store. She did sleep through the night on Sun night (10 hrs from 8:30 pm to 6:30 am) but hasn't since. At least I know she CAN do it! :P She also rolled over from her belly to her back a few weeks ago. She's so happy and smiley all the time. And she has an adorable giggle. • 11/01/04: Cassie is now 3 months old and I was so surprised to weigh her and find that she's just over 14 lbs!!! Yikes...she's gaining like crazy :) She smiles a ton now and is getting really good at holding her head up. At night she's been sleeping longer and longer stretches. Generally she eats at 9pm then goes to bed and first work at 3, then 3:30 the next night and last night she slept until 4:30! Most days she then sleeps until 7:30 or 8:30. She naps a short time in the mid morning and then naps much of the afternoon and a nap again around 6 or 6:30. Just like her big sister used to do! She's become a very good baby overall - her constant crankiness and crying are pretty much past. Yay! • 10/11/04: Last week Cassie started this weird diaper rash and I read online that a rash that is really red with defined borders and red bumps can mean a yeast infection. But it got a little better but then worse the last 2 days and today I noticed the white spot on her lip! So off to the Dr. we went and she's on Nystatin for both ends Hopefully it will clear up fast. Also got her weighed and she's 12 lb 14 oz already!! I just weighed her on the 1st and she was 12 lb 3 oz. then. She sure is growing well! • 9/17/04: Cassie had her 6 week checkup today. She is 11 lb, 4 oz. now and 23"! What a big girl :) Dr said she is looking and growing great. She has been smiling at us for a few weeks now and sometimes coos and "talks" a bit. We aren't sure how much the Zantac is helping. Her dr. is having us stop it for a bit to see if we notice a change for the worse. If so, she's to go back on it, otherwise we're just going to wait it out. Overall she's doing pretty well but wants to be held most of the day. Fortunately she's doing pretty well at night, though. • 9/3/04: We took Cassie into the Dr. on 8/30 to have her checked out because we suspected reflux. Looks like we were right - the dr. has put her on Zantac twice day and hopefully we'll see results within a week. She also is having her sleep in her car seat propped up a bit so she's laying elongated but still has her head propped up. This has helped a lot, especially at night, as she's gone from waking every 2-3 hrs at night to sleeping 4-5 hr stretches! She's been on the meds 3 days now. So hopefully we'll see good results by a weeks end. Otherwise, she's growing GREAT - in the 90th %ile for weight! She's 10 lb 2 oz. now at one month. • 8/16/04: Today was her 2 week checkup. She is gaining weight great and is up to 8 lb 7 oz already! So she gained 20 oz in the past 11 days (very good!). She's still 21" and her head is now 37 cm. She's doing great all around and looking very healthy. • 8/5/04: Cassie had her weight check at the dr today. She's 4 days old and is now back to 7 lb 3 oz. (she was 6 lb 15 oz. when we left the hospital 2 days ago). She's eating well and sleeping pretty well too. |