Hi Emily,

4 weeks have passed and your maintenance is due already!  Today you’re going for another checkup to see how much you’ve grown over the last few weeks.

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So you’re now 4.32 KG, 700 grams more than when you were born.  This doesn’t surprise me one bit as you’re a hungry little girl!  We can set our clock by you!  Every 2 hours you tell us it’s feeding time by letting out a scream, the cutest horsey noise you’ll ever hear.

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You’ve grown by a whopping 4 centimeters, even above the average for Dutch standards.  I don’t think anyone can argue that you’re Daddy’s ‘little’ girl!  You even have my belly in that picture… albeit a little less hairy!

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No, we’re not fitting you for a hat.  However at least we know now what size to buy you if we’re going to!  The conclusion was that you must have a lot of grey matter in there!  Lol.  A combination of the smartest parents on earth!

You didn’t cry at all during your visit, Mummy kept you very safe!  As you can see you’ve started to grab things a lot more, you’re a ‘pincher’!  What we need to do however is to remember to cut your nails!

Daddy