We took a video of Ellie doing tummy time the other day (also known as “face plant time”) with the hopes of sharing it with you, our readers. Two things prevent us from doing so. First, wordpress doesn’t allow us to post videos without paying a substantial fee. We’ll be able to take care of this with the help of Sandy’s expertise. The second reason we can’t, or won’t, share the video with you is that Emily and I are fantastically annoying in it — the 2:30 of Ellie doing tummy time are accompanied by ceaseless, high-pitch baby talk and fawning commentary. My lord, I hope we haven’t behaved that way in front of anyone. So, once we 1) figure out how to post videos and 2) learn to keep our mouths shut while taking them, we’ll get you some footage of Eleanor.
In other news, Eleanor is definitely getting bigger. We have the official weigh-in on Wednesday, but we did an unofficial weigh-in on Greg and Claire’s digital scale (weighed myself first, then weighed myself with Ellie). She is now just a little shy of 9lbs, which means she has gained about 1.5 lbs in 3 weeks. But she is still smaller than her younger, and more substantial, compatriots: Ezra and Veronica.
Developmentally, Ellie is chugging along nicely. We’re seeing more and more smiles, which, of course, we find completely captivating. We’re hoping that she’s doing full-fledged social-smiles in time for her introduction to Abba next week. Sleepwise, things are going along swimmingly. She’s given us two nights in a row with a 5 hour sleep which was followed, last night, by a 3.5 hour sleep (Em only got up once). During the day, we’ve discovered that her hotsling (thanks Uri and Noa!) works as well as the magic boob.
Socially, we had a wonderful week spending time with Sarah & Sandy and Claire & Greg since everyone has a very very high tolerance for sitting around and talking about babies. It’s a lovely way to pass the time and we will certainly miss them when we decamp to Northfield in a month (a month!).
Finally, a small bit of Carleton news. I got an e-mail about Carleton’s new wellness benefits provider, which offers your run of the mill health and financial services. And then there’s this not so run of the mill service:
“Fear of Flying Program – Provides telephonic counseling by a commercial airline pilot, who is also a counselor, to address anxiety about flying.”
I might pretend to be afraid of flying just so I can talk to a pilot. And to top off a good week of Carleton related news, the department sent Ellie a Carleton bib and Carleton socks. Alongside her Carleton t-shirt and Pomona Sagehens (best team name ever?) onesie courtesy of Michael Green, Ellie is accruing an enviable collection of elite liberal arts college paraphernalia.
The pictures are from this album.
what part of china was dan born in?
is ellie half-chinese, then?
Right. I was thinking that maybe we shouldn’t have this corrected so Ellie can claim citizenship in the next superpower.
Oh, go on…. be unsufferable! It doesn’t last long and some of us (doting grandparents all) are just as captivated by this new little person who appears to be awfully precocious! Instead of getting fatter, I think Ellie must be putting her caloric intake toward perfecting facial expressions, especially when she’s in her Dad’s arms!