She Didn't Cry

"Dennise, talk to her so that she won't fidget around so much and when I insert the needle she'll calm down and not thrash around," said Doctor Jocelyn Go.

And she proceeded to insert the needle which I didn't even bother looking at since I was anticipating the very high pitched scream from Danielle.

BUT. SHE. DIDN'T. CRY.

Not a tear in sight when the doctor inserted the needle into her left leg for her 5-in-one vaccine shot which is going to make her immune to...um, ok, I cannot remember what the shot was for. All I remember is that it was just expensive! But I'll post back here once I check the baby book again.

I think it was because she was too amused at the tiger pillow on her side. When the needle pierced her leg, she just turned to look at me and that was it. I hope it wasn't a fluke and come October 20, she still wont cry for the Polio Vaccine she is scheduled to have.

At four months, Danie now weighs 6.5 kilos even though for the past 2 weeks she hasn't been drinking her milk regularly unlike before when she'd demand for her bottle every 2 hours. What we do is to make sure to prepare twice the amount of milk she normally consumes and the moment she makes her "I'm-hungry-feed-me" moves, we give her the bottle and she finishes it off without asking for milk for another 3 to 4 hours.

Tidbits:

She's already "baby-talking" in a very soft, very girly voice.
Her smiles and laughter don't come cheap, you have to work for it: contort your face in the most funny way, use a high pitched voice when talking to her, do funny stuff, and then she'll reward you with her rare but so very pretty smile! And if you're lucky, with a laugh!
I found her left dimple!
She can fall asleep without anyone having to carry, rock and lull her to sleep.
She is still attempting to thumb suck contrary to what I thought was already the mastery of the art of it.
She plays with her saliva, makes bubbles with it, quite cute!
She pulls my hair and touches my face with her saliva filled hands when I lean down to kiss her.
Aside from the fact that she is more beautiful than ever, everything stays the same: she loves her baths, music, and someone caressing her legs (right leg in particular).

Some pics:




Danie in her giant shoes bought by mommy

5.7 Kilos at 3 Months!

As of August 27, 2007, one day short of Danie turning 3 months, we again visited her pedia for a scheduled vaccination. Typical of every visit, the assistant weighed her and at 5.7 kilos, Danie's growth rides along the development graph quite perfectly! She screamed a couple of decibels loud when the needle pierced her left leg, then was silent after the doctor took it out.

She smiles a lot already, and coos at people in a very soft voice, quite the contrast to the very high pitched scream she's capable of when she's not in the mood. The crying-slash-screaming-as-if-ants-were-biting-her-intestines sound has even minimized all the more, I can even go so far as saying that she has gotten rid of it altogether. I mean of course she cries, but this time, the typical baby cries.

Every morning we make her stand on her legs, supporting her butt of course, to exercise and put strength in the legs.

Some tidbits:

She stares intently at the aircon!
She loves music (I think I forgot to mention this: before when she still was in her crying-slash-screaming-as-if-ants-were-biting-her-intestines stage, I'd take her near the stereo and have her listen to music and she stops crying. You can actually see her change her mind mid-scream and decide to not scream instead, quite amazing.)
She still loves her bathes.
She likes having someone stroke her legs.
She smiles more in the morning, especially upon waking up.
She likes Daffy Duck, she follows him around with her eyes.
She also likes the musical mobile her Oma bought her, she stays still when she hears the lullaby being played.

Some pics:









At the Doctor's clinic:




Don't let this fool you, she really likes Daffy Duck





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