10 weeks, 3 days

Today Lilian Penelope had her 3rd check up with her pediatrician, Dr. Speiss. I'm pretty sure Lily knew what was up; from her carrier, she looked up at me with distinctively wary eyes as we walked into the office. Later, after the doctor examined her and we waited for the nurse to return with the 4 different needles she was to jab my poor baby with, Lily started crying for no apparent reason and was quite inconsolable. I swear, she knew.

So to update ya'll on the stats: Lilian is now exactly average (50th percentile) in both weight (11lbs, 4 oz) and height (23 inches). Of course, this is for a full term baby her age, and she was a week early, so, way to make up for it baby! Her head is a bit "petite", but as the doctor said, she looks proportional, so no biggie. So many babies these days have heads that are simply too big, I say.

Perhaps her delicately sized head has contributed to her "impressive" head and neck control. (The doctor's word, not mine.) At 2 and a half months, Lily has pretty complete control of her head; she can not only hold it up fine on her own but can move it around to watch and listen to things at her leisure- she's "nosy" as her doc put it. She's generally very attentive- we often get comments on how thoughtful and alert she looks when she turns to look for Mommy or Daddy when she hears our voices or follows something with her eyes (still blue.) Likewise, just today someone told me that she seriously felt like Lily was about to say something to her- the way she moves her mouth it looks like she's gonna take after Mommy in that department!

So on that note, hope everyone is well, and look forward to more head controlling, thought having, mouth moving Lily moments right here at your ONLY place for Lilian Penelope news- Lilymahler.com!