Hello everyone.
Well thank you for making me feel so welcome
I’m looking forward to getting to know you all (and your children).
I’ve filled in the questionnaire below and have added “temperament” to the list too.
Cuteness – Extreme (but I am her mother!!)
Rolling – Yes, was only going one way for a while but has now got the gist of things and rolling both ways.
Crawling – Not yet, I wouldn’t be surprised if she just skips the crawling stage and goes straight to walking though as she loves to stand and holds herself up for ages.
Breast or Formula – Formula feed
Solids – Three times a day, cereal for breakfast, fruit for lunch and veggies for dinner.
Sleeping thru the night – has slept through the night (7pm – 7.15am ish) since 4 weeks old, except with growth spurt around 6 ½ months old where she decided she wanted more bottles and then kept waking once in the night (which I think was due to a sore tummy) but once the extra feed stopped she went straight back to sleeping through the night.
Naps – three naps a day.
Sitting unassisted – yes.
Teeth – Two (first one on 26th August, second one on 2nd September)
Dreamfeed – Yes, every night around 10pm (loves it and drinks the whole bottle)
Morning wake up time – 7.15am ish.
Bedtime – 7pm
Favorite toy – not fussy, any will do.
Favorite Activity – playing with her toys on her play mat.
Lovie – hasn’t got attached to anything yet.
Excema – Yes - on her face, legs and a wee bit on her belly.
Reflux – A little in the first few months but all settled now.
Back or Belly sleeper – Back sleeper
Swaddle – ½ swaddled (one arm out) but usually ends up with both out unless she’s really tired.
Paci – No - got rid of it when she was 6 ½ months old, took about 1 ½ hours of crying and then she was fine and hasn’t looked back since.
Sucks thumb – Occasionally, generally only if she’s tired.
Weight/Height – Approx 10kgs, very tall (everyone comments on her height). Have a plunket visit on Thursday (1st one since she was 5 ½ months) so will see how much she has grown then.
Eye/Hair color – Lovely brown eyes with long eyelashes, Sandy blonde hair colour.
Work or SAHM – Work 2 days a week at the office and do a wee bit of work from home. Crystal absolutely loves going to her carer who has a two year old daughter and they get on great.
Name & origin – Crystal. Her name was chosen by her dad (he said it popped into his head when he was driving home the night I had her) I wasn’t keen on it at first until my midwife visited the next day, she asked me if I liked crystals and when I said her I did she gave me one that she had had in her pocket the night Crystal was born. As far as I was concerned that was the sign that Crystal was to be her name and now I’m so glad we called her that as she suits it down to the ground.
I'm a - Girl/Boy - Girl
My Birthday – 2nd January 2005 at 12.30am (in labour all of new years day).
First, second, third child of how many? - First of at least two more !!
Ticklish – a wee bit, not overly.
Temperament – Lovely, lovely girl. Sooooo placid and easily adaptable to most situations. She’s a Textbook girl with a few angel attributes thrown in. I am keeping everything crossed that any others will be just like her.
Crystal was a “whoops how did that happen” kind of pregnancy. It was totally unexpected but obviously the right time. I am so glad she happened, I couldn’t be without her. She is the best thing that ever happened to us.
Anyway, I hope I haven’t bored you all too much... :roll:
Sandie
P.S. I love the photos that you’ve put up on the thread of the kids, what beautiful, gorgeous children they are !!
