Blog | Milestone Weekend
Brianna was quite the wiggly one this past weekend. It is interesting how her movements don’t seem to change much over time, and then wham! All of a sudden she does a bunch of things. The fun began Saturday night when she started fussing shortly after we put her to bed. Jason went to check on her and immediately called me upstairs. This is the sight that greeted us:
Our little sweet pea had rolled over onto her tummy and didn’t really care for it. Apparently, the fact that she could roll herself right back over onto her back was lost on her. We had been told that she had done this once or twice a week or two ago, but this was the first time we actually witnessed it. Anyway, after we played a few games of roll-Brianna-back-over-onto-her-back-so-she-can-roll-right-back-over-onto-her-tummy, she finally fell asleep on her tummy. We repeated this game a few times at 5 AM when she woke up to eat. Other than that, she slept really good that night! Interestingly, she hasn’t tried to sleep (or even roll over) on her tummy since then.
She has also been sitting up more. I don’t really let her do it by herself yet unless she is on a nice padded surface (e.g., a bed or thick pad) because she tends to lurch backwards unexpectedly and hasn’t quite figured out how to correct her balance before she falls onto her back. Anyway, Sunday afternoon she decided she was tired of leaning back in her beloved bouncy seat. Not only can she sit up now, but she can pull herself up from a reclined position and maintain her balance. While it is a little hard to tell, in the top picture below she is sitting up in her bouncy seat while gnawing enthusiastically on Gina’s head — poor Gina. She also leans over the side of her bouncy seat now to try to get at her toys (see bottom picture). The bouncy seat safety buckle has suddenly become very important!
Today, she did even better. I don’t have a picture, but I personally witnessed her sitting up completely unassisted for at least 15 minutes while she happily played with various toys in front of her. She still lurches backwards unexpectedly, so she still has a ways to go, but I believe the days of her staying where I put her are numbered!
