Development tracker: Birth to 14 weeks, plus notes

2004
Week 1: 30 April - 6 May: Can turn her head to see Daddy when she hears his voice. Can track a moving object. Can focus on a face. Can roll from side to side vigorously enough to turn over but only does this once. Hates baths.
Week 2: 7-13 May: At 9 days old, has gained back all lost weight and is 4 oz over her birthweight. The day she was two weeks old, I left the house - we went for lunch at the corner cafe. She loved baths by now because we stopped using water at 37C and started using water which was actually warm. On 8 May, she focussed her eyes on something other than a face. Her first bath at home was on 12 May.
Week 3: 14-20 May: At 16 days, she slept 6 hours through the night and was given her first soother / dummy / pacifier. I left the house again and actually got as far as the corner and all the way across the road.
Week 4: 20-27 May: I made it as far as the town centre. Linnea proved she is good at dealing with new people. She smiled.
Week 5: 28 May - 3 June: I was able to do most things around the house, and pick her up when she needed it most of the time. I still used soothers when I couldn't. I was still taking a little milk in my diet but not much, and Linnea was still having some colicky symptoms but not many. We used a lot of Infacol and she spat up a lot.
Week 6: 4-10 June: She slept 7 hours through the night at least once. We took her footprints for thank-you cards. She met her paternal aunt. On 9 June, she was moved from the Moses basket to her cot because she tipped the Moses basket up and almost fell out! Her favourite lullaby is "Toreador".
Week 7: 11-17 June: Her first proper laugh! 12th June.
Week 8: 18-24 June: I had a day with no painkillers and no antibiotics.I was referred for restitching.
Week 9: 25 June - 1 July: The day she was 9 weeks old she had her first set of immunisations. She also smiled at me. The vaccination gave her a big hard lump under the skin of her thigh.
Week 10: 2-8 July: Uneventful
Week 11: 9-15 July: Uneventful
Week 12: 16-22 July: We did some baby massage at postnatal classes, and covered basic safety. Linnea liked baby massage. We brought Linnea to the doctor because she had a cough and seemed to stop breathing and were told not to worry.
Week 13: 23-29 July: We spent a night in the paediatric ward with Linnea attached to a pulse monitor which she was able to set off by curling her toes. She thought this was great.
Week 14: 30 July - 5 August: We bought a book of photos of babies' faces.We had the first false alarm with the baby monitor. We brought her swimming at the public pool for the first time and she loved that too.
September: Started to crawl	29 August 2004: First tooth 6 September 2004: second tooth
26 October 2004: Loves crawling, singing and swimming	24 October 2004: Fifth tooth
30 October: Sat up alone - pulled self up, and stayed sat up. 31 Oct: Cruised the furniture!	09 November 2004: 6th tooth 20 November 2004: 7th tooth

2005
02/02/2005: Took first steps alone, with someone other than Mammy to witness it.
25/07/2005: Can also climb well, walk over 1 mile alone or holding hands (including some uphill!), feed herself with a spoon or a fork when she feels like it (though sometimes turns it over before it gets to her mouth), respond to simple "Give Mammy the ..." requests (often with a headshake and/or "No!"), respond to "Night night" by taking Mammy's hand and leading her to the bedroom, where Linnea gets onto the bed and tucks her legs underneath the covers. She still needs to be fed or walked to sleep, though.	Can say words: Hiya, Hello, Thank you, There, That, Ball, Birdie, Pussy, Baby, No.
	28/07/05 Goggie (doggie)
	30/07/05 Daddie (doggie)
	02/08/05 Nana (Banana)
	04/08 Teddy, Bye
	05/08 Dow
	07/08 Gow (Car)
	16/08 Pane (plane), Tea
	17/08 Deep-daw (see-saw), Dai (Train)
	29/08 Meemee (Mammy), Daddy
	02/09 Buddy (Buggy)
	08/09 Boy (Boing!) - also can jump both feet off the floor
	16/09 Up
	17/09 Boots, Bite
	18/09 Peas (green peas)
By 19/09 can run, walk, climb up the slide, turn around sit safely, and slide. Can sit on a big-girl swing and not fall off while pushed; leans back to make the swing go more. Removes nappy when wet, unless too many clothes in the way. Occasionally removes nappy *before* wet, which is... messy. May be beginning to say More and Bot (bottom). Insists on ringing the doorbell before entering the house. May say "book" but it's unclear and unreliable. Can drink from an adult cup or glass without spilling if she concentrates.Will put things back when told "Put it back" and will often even close the cupboard / drawer too. May be saying "Towel" as a get-out-of-bath request. Can climb, will climb. Definitely likes Isabelle and recognises her buggy and seeks her out. Is affectionate (um, with vigour) to other toddlers, but fairly gentle with babies if supervised. Likes to hug, cuddle, kiss, pat, stroke hair, and bump noses. Does bite Mammy but no-one else so far, we think. When someone is crying she will often pat, offer something, or just go up close and look concerned. The best toy is one someone else is using.	19/09 Pease (please)
	23/09: Now! Wassat?
	25/09: Potty, Doan (phone)
	27/09: Does (toes)
	30/09: More, Ess (yes)
	01/10: Dass (dance)
	by 03/10: dit-donc (donkey, dog) 03/10: Di-dow (sit down), Duck, Dat (cat), Beh (bear), Book
	06/10: Cow, Owl, Bus, Peet (pig)
	08/10: Eye, wa-wa (quack quack)
	09/10: Zzz (insect), Wy (away)
	11/10: Orse (Horse)
	14/10: Pwing (swing), Thass (That's what you want, ie breastmilk)
	15/10: Toys, teeth
	16/10: Bed
	27/10: Row-row, Butting (button), Watch, Clock
	by 08/11: Bikkit, nack (snack), hot-tea, knee, "No down. Knee! Up!", wokkeen (walking), wun (run), one-thee (one two three, ie "more than one"), Bass (bath)