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Lily took her first big tumble the other day. We had just come back from the doctor because she was having (and continues to have) some .. “diaper troubles.” Her pediatrician suspected it was something she ate, as we had started her on some new foods last week. Anyway, we were preparing to go for a walk in her Bjorn, because that always puts her in a good mood. I sat Lily on the couch as always, and was harnessing up. I turned for – seriously – 1.5 seconds. Just long enough for her to reach forward and go head first off the couch. It’s barely a foot up, and the floor is carpeted, but it took daddy’s breath away. She was wailing, of course, so we did a once over and called the doctor. Since she had fallen on her head (despite having somewhat broken her fall with her hands, from what I could see out of the corner of my eye), they wanted to check her out. Long story short, she was a giggling goofball at the doctor and got a completely clean bill of health. A heart attack each for mommy and daddy, though. And a lesson learned to sit her on the floor from now on.

In other baby news, she’s now officially crawling [forward]! She’s eating somewhat better and is gaining good weight – up to just under 17 pounds! We’re also pretty sure we’ve heard purposeful “da da” and “ma ma” utterances. There’s no doubt she’s going to be a heck of a talker.