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HJÁLMFRÍÐUR BRÍET
I had a relatively uneventful pregnancy without any major complications. I got first contractions at 8.15 in the morning of November 28th. We went to the hospital around 10 in the morning only and was put in monitor. Shortly after we arrived I was told that I was already at 7 cm. Everything went very quickly after that and my daughter was born on Friday - November 28th, 1997 at 13.48. She weighed 4.980 grams (8 pounds 12 oz) and was 52 cm (20 inches) long. Her head circumference was 36 cm (14 inches). We stayed at the hospital overnight and it was so good to be home again. She was born with a handfull of dark brown hair and chubby cheeks. She is a very easy going baby but she has got a temper - which we have found out few times.
Few milestones worth to mention.
- Held her head around 1 month old.
- First smile also around 1 month old.
- "Talked" cooed at 1 and half months old.
- Could hold a rattle around 1 and half months old.
- Noticed her fingers at 1 and half months old.
- Slept through the night at 2 months old.
- First solids at 3 and half months old.
- 4 months old - starts babbling, ma-ma, ba-ba.
- 4 and half months old - rolls from tummy to back.
- 5 months old - started baby (fun in the water) swimming.
- 5 months old - sits alone, unsupported.
- 5 and half monhts old - drinks from a straw.
- 6 months old - started crawling on hands and knees.
- 6 months old - stands up against furnitures.
- 6 months old - starts cruising around holding on to furnitures.
- 8 months old - stands alone for a few seconds.
- 9 months old - the first steps.
- 10 months old - runs everywhere holding on to her toy chest or car.
Height and length.
- At birth - 3980 gr. (8.76 pounds) and 51 cm. (20 inches).
- 1 month old - 4500 gr. (9.9 pounds).
- 2 months old - 4810 gr. (10.58 pounds) and 58 cm. (22.8 inches).
- 3 months old - 5535 gr. (12.18 pounds) and 60 cm. (23.6 inches).
- 4 months old - 6055 gr. (13.32 pounds) and 62.8 cm (24.7 inches).
- 6 months old - 6595 gr. (14.51 pounds) and 65.5 cm (25.8 inches).
- 7 months old - 7000 gr. (15.4 pounds) and 67.5 cm (26.6 inches).
- 10 months old - 7815 gr. (17.19 pounds) and 69 cm (27.2 inches).
When I look at my little girl now I don't see a little baby anymore. I see a beautiful little girl who is growing and learning new skills every day. What she is learning today - she masters tomorrow. She is a happy and content little girl always laughing and smiling. Her favourite toys at the moment is her toy chest or her car and she runs around the house holding on to those things making sounds of a car-engine. She also loves to play with our slippers. Her favourite food is: oatmeal porridge, skyr (an Icelandic dairy product thicker than yogurt) and a juice (made by mommy and daddy) of crowberries. Each day brings new adventurers for us all and having a happy and a healthy little girl is the greatest gift there is.
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