6 weeks old

Claire hit the six week mark on Thursday of this week. We can't quite believe she is 6 weeks old already. She had an outing to the doctor on Tuesday for a quick follow up on her diarrhea issue from last week. She weighed in at 6lbs 9 ounces. She really is packing it on. Mom and dad notice how much heavier she is when being picked up - she feels like a full term baby now. She even has outfits she can't fit into anymore - amazing. She is taking roughly 2 ounces at every feeding (around 8 a day) and seems to be keeping more in than is going out as of late - a sure sign she is working on adding the baby fat so she can have the rolls other babes her age have.

Mom went into the doctor the following day for her checkup and all is going well. No more iron for mom and her blood pressure is back down to normal (100/70!). She has even lost most of the baby weight but somehow it doesn't seem to be back where it is supposed to be (curses) so Claire and mom will have to do some more walking. Mom assumes it will be several weeks/months before she feels ready to tackle a run.

Mom & dad, upon Aunt Karey's assurances she could handle it, pulled out the 'bouncy chair' this week. Claire seems to enjoy it and it allows mom & dad to play with Claire in some other position than on her back on the floor as well as wash up bottles or write out thank you cards.

Claire has also increased her neck strength with some tummy time and when mom and dad lay her on their chest. She does really well when being held up by mom or dad's shoulders. We expect her hair to start changing over the next several weeks. Bets are she will end up blond but who knows! We took some pictures of her curls since we assume they will not stick around much longer.