Carter's Clothing

I don't know if everyone has seen the news article about certain tagless labels on Carter's clothing causing rashes in some children, but it turns out that Penny is one of them. Some of her newborn size clothes had those labels and some days she would get this bright red spot on her neck. I thought I was somehow rubbing her neck raw by the way I was carrying her. I couldn't figure out though why it would be there some days and not others. Sometimes it looked more rash like so I thought maybe it was a heat rash (it was August after all) and that's why it would come and go. Also, it would go away when I washed her face and neck off adding further support to my heat rash theory. But, once I found out about the labels causing rashes, I am pretty sure that is what was going on. She'd have it the days she wore those clothes and not on the days she wore clothes of another brand - and of course it would go away when I washed her off. So anyway, I wrote the company because I have several items of clothing in the 3-6 months size that she is about to start wearing. They are going to send me a postage-paid envelope to mail everything back and get a full refund. I'm glad they are doing that, but also upset when I think about her having that allergic reaction and the whole time I thought it was something I was doing to her. :(

Laughter vs. Squealing

Ok, so Penny still hasn't quite figured the whole laughter thing out yet. She has laughed a few more times, but now is just as likely to squeal. It's kind of high pitched. Catfish stopped by to say hello to her and she squealed and you could tell it hurt his ears. Poor kitty. But, Tray is still the most likely person to get a laugh out of her. She finds him enormously entertaining. I think the feeling is mutual.

Pumpkin

Our little pumpkin at the pumpkin patch last week. She was hot and was fighting a nap so she doesn't look overly thrilled, but still cute I think.

Laughter Redux

Tonight I was holding Penny as I walked around the living room. Tray came and said hi to her over my shoulder. She started laughing and since I was holding her I could feel her laughter as well as hear it. It made me laugh and I think that she could feel me laughing and it perpetuated the cycle. It was so cute - such a grown-up big kid kind of laugh. We're thinking she's figuring out the whole laughing thing just like she did with smiling, so that in a few days she should be laughing all the time. I hope so. It's hilarious.

Photo Preview

To see a preview of pictures from Penny's photography session the other day, go to longsphotographyblog.com. I think her pictures look great. I can't wait to see them all. She's so pretty!

Laughter

A few nights ago we were giving Penny a bath and she laughed for the first time. I mean, she's giggled before but this was a real honest-to-goodness belly laugh. And then she stopped and looked all serious like nothing had just happened. It was very comical. We haven't replicated it yet, but it sure was a nice sound to hear her laughing like a big kid. It's amazing, but I almost don't think of her as a baby anymore. She has such a personality and is so much her own person. I think of her like she used to be a baby but now she isn't. Isn't that strange?

Supermodel

Today is Penny's three month birthday! I can't believe she's three months old already. It's insane! Anyway, today we took her to have some professional photography done. She cried pretty much the whole way there - she hates and I mean hates carseats. But, once we got there I fed her and then we settled her in for the photos. She was such a supermodel. She never so much as frowned. In fact, it looked like she was having the time of her life. She was totally eating it up. We'll get to go in to see the photos in a couple weeks so I'm sure we'll be posting a link to them in the future. We took some photos in a green flowery onesie and then some in a purple skirted onesie and then a bunch of nudie shots (scandalous!). Anyway, stay tuned because she was such a cutie.