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Growth & Development

Extras

  • Chinese Gender Prediction - It worked!

  • Fetal Doppler - Hear Molly and Mia's hearts beating before they were born.

    Heritage
    Here is some information on Molly, Mia, and Will's heritage, which was determined with some basic calculations. As you can see, there is a strong Celtic bloodline!
    37.5% Irish
    25% Russian
    25% Scottish
    12.5% Italian
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  • Mia's First Work of Art - 9/11/05 (16 months old)

  • Molly's First Work of Art - 9/11/05 (16 months old)

  • Mia's Family Portrait - 5/21/07 (3 years old)

  • Mia Writes Her Name - 8/1/07 (3 years old)



    0-2 Months

    Growth
  • Birth:
    Mia: 5 lb. 3 oz., 18 in.
    Molly: 5 lb. 8 oz., 18.5 in.
  • 6 Weeks:
    Mia: 9 lb., 20 in.
    Molly: 8 lbs., 8 oz., 20 in.

    Milestones
  • Smiling: 6 weeks
  • Sleeping "through the night" (11:00 PM - 4:00 AM): 6 weeks
  • Sleeping "through the night" (9:30 PM - 6:30 AM): 10 weeks
  • Laughing: 11 weeks


    3-6 Months

    Growth
  • 4 Months:
    Mia: 13 lb., 5 oz., 24 in.
    Molly: 12 lb., 15 oz., 23 in.
  • 6 Months:
    Mia: 15 lb., 3 oz., 25.5 in.
    Molly: 14 lb., 15 oz., 25.5 in.

    Milestones
  • Picking up toys, noticing hands: 12 weeks
  • Mia rolls over: 13 weeks
  • Eating rice cereal: 13 weeks
  • Molly rolls over: 14 weeks
  • Eating baby food: 6 months


    7-10 Months

    Growth
  • 10 Months:
    Mia: 18 lb., 27 in.
    Molly: 17 lb., 28.25 in.

    Milestones
  • Mia crawls: 9 months
  • First tooth: 10 months

    Language
  • New Words/Phrases at 8 Months: "hi", "hey", "dada", "mama"


    11 - 14 Months

    Growth
  • 13 Months:
    Mia: 19 lb., 14 oz., 28.5 in.
    Molly: 19 lb., 5oz., 29 in.

    Milestones
  • Molly crawls: 11 months
  • Mia stands herself up, leaning on objects: 12 months
  • Mia "cruises": 13 months
  • Taken off baby formula: 13 months
  • Mia is off baby food, feeds self: 13 months
  • Can do "Peek-A-Boo": 13 months
  • Molly is off baby food, feeds self: 14 months
  • Molly stands herself up, leaning on objects: 14 months
  • Mia does "high five" and "low five": 14 months

    Language
  • New Words/Phrases at 14 Months: "kitty", "I did it!", "Daddy", "uh-oh", "yay", "wheee!"

    15 - 18 Months


    Milestones
  • Molly and Mia both stand unassisted: 15 months
  • First step: 15 months
  • Walking: 16 months
  • Drawing with crayons: 16 months

    Language
  • New Words/Phrases at 15 Months: "bath", "eat"
  • New Words/Phrases at 16 Months: "done", "yeah"
  • New Words/Phrases at 17 Months: "eyes", "plug" (our word for "pacifier"),"duck", "this", "that"
  • New Words/Phrases at 18 Months: "good", "ball", "up", "sit", "chicken", "baby", "ho-ho-ho"


    19 - 24 Months


    Milestones
  • Stacking blocks: 19 months
  • Playing with dolls: 19 months
  • Molly tries to whistle: 19 months


    Language
  • New Words/Phrases at 19 Months: "Elmo", "sit down", "stand up", "hug"
  • New Words/Phrases at 20 Months: "alright", "pig", "oink", "cow", "moo", "roar", "duck", "quack", "cat", "meow", "woof", "dog"
  • New Words/Phrases at 21 Months: "dinner", "Hug Day" (video title), "drink", "cup", "apple", "car" "zoom" "hat", "shoes", "socks", "Blue", "trot", "scrub" , "cook"
  • New Words/Phrases at 22 Months: "two" (when asked, "How old are you?"), "flush", "sing", "down", "hello", "book", "read", "clean", "brush", "wow", "boo", "corn", "house", "go", "huh", "guitar", "nana" (banana), "good girl"