Kimberley's development Dec 07 to July 08

Here is a quick summary of Kimberley's milestones for the first 7 months.

2007 Dec

7 Dec – born 3.4kg

9 Dec – 3.235kg

From 27 Dec (3 weeks) – started to fuss before sleeping in the evenings lasting at times 30-45mins

– averaged 10 feeds a day
- Max sleeping 4 hour stretches



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2008 January

From 9 Jan (5 weeks) – sleeping 6 hour stretches so tried to have last feed at 12 midnight

12 Jan – 4.4kg

17 Jan – 4.7kg

19 Jan – had cough and running nose

- averaging 8-10 feeds

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2008 February

1 Feb – 5kg

15 Feb – 59cm

18 Feb – 5.7kg

- Averaging 7 feeds
- refuses to drink from the bottle


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2008 March

1 Mar – 5.6kg

3 Mar – 5.6kg

6 Mar – 5.7kg

10 Mar – 5.9kg

14 Mar – 6kg, 59cm

- she has found her both hands, can put the two hands together

21 mar – can make farting noises with her mouth

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2008 April

15 Apr – able to do leg lifts

18 Apr – her hands have found her feet, able to hold her feet one at a time

21 Apr – 6.7kg

22 Apr – started hand-eye coordination, can grab things

and begins to put things in her mouth

23 Apr – 6.9kg, 61 cm

- consistently sleeps from about 11+pm to 7+am
- 7 feeds a day
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2008 May

2-9 May – her first holiday to Perth

12 May – started her on solids (rice cereal) during her second feed after her milk intake

- she starts to wake on her own at 7+am and would lie there waiting for me to come

15 May – started her on carrots + cereal

- would go to sleep for the night between 8pm to 10pm and needs to be woken up for last feed at about 11pm

26 May – able to bring her toe to her mouth to suck, flipped from

back to front for the first time, started on two solid meals a day

(first meal after milk and third meal after milk)

27 May – flipped from back to front for the second time, 7kg

- averaging 7 feeds
- gradually brought last milk feed to 10+pm

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2008 June

2-5 June – first church camp

4 June – sat up by herself for a while, very wobbly

6 June – 7.2kg, sat in high chair

9 June – 7.25kg, started on 3 solid feeds a day (first meal after milk, third meal before milk and fifth meal before milk)

30 June – 7.3kg, started her on fish

- goes to sleep about 7+pm for the day but needs another last feed at about 10pm

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2008 July
5 July – 7.3kg

9 July – 7.5kg

11 July – started to be really fussy, esp where food is concerned (teething?)

13 July – started her on chicken

20 July – 7.4kg

23 July – 7.3kg, rolled from front to back

28 July – 7.4kg