First, she smiles!! She talks to her little friends on her bouncer by oohing and ahhing and pumping her legs, and she also gets the hiccups when she gets excited. The other day I noticed she was kind of smiling, but yesterday and today it was a for sure thing, and I actually have some pictures to prove it. YAY! She has a gorgeous smile!
Second, she has more control of her neck muscles. We are participating in tummy time every morning when I change her into her play clothes. Emily can now hold her head up, or at least long enough for me to take a picture, which is about 1 minute.
Third, she is now sleeping 4-5 hours at a time at night as opposed to the 3-4 hours she was previously used to sleeping. Not only that, but it is becoming easier to put her in her bassinet without her waking up. I think she is learning to soothe herself, which is a major plus for Brian and I, as I only have two more weeks until I have to return to work. I am trying to savor each moment. I have anxiety about missing milestones while I am at work and she is with her babysitter.
A funny thing happened today...she sneezed her first big ACHOO. Emily has been sneezing since she was born, which according to pediatricians is normal for all babies to do, but today was different. Today she actually yelled ACHOO when she sneezed and almost scared me to death, that is how loud the sneeze was. Hilarious!
This week I am going to introduce her to the rattle in hopes that she learns coordination and how to grip objects. Emily does really well with sounds, but I noticed she is starting to put her hands in her mouth more often now and some of the websites I read give the advice to start teaching hand-eye coordination. Hopefully, she isn't like her father and will have a bigger attention span.
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| Almost there... |
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| And we have lift off! |
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| Smiling at her friends |
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| A smile at her Nonna's house |
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