Blog | Big Week!
M has had a huge week! This past Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty miserable for everyone – she went on a sleep strike during the day and was generally (and uncharacteristically) fussy all day long. She would basically fuss (with brief intermittent periods of happiness) until she exhausted herself to sleep.
But, during all that awake time, spent some fun time sitting in her high chair (a huge relief for me at least for a few minutes because up until that point, she wanted me, then more me, then more me…). She spent a good 20 minutes in the high chair just playing – very happy as you can see!
AND, she rolled over from back to front all by herself at school on Wednesday! I hear she was very proud of herself. She has not yet done it for us, but she has come close (about 4/5 the way over). I hope see it and get video of it soon.
Then sometime late Thursday early Friday an explanation for all that fussiness exposed itself – her first tooth! B never fussed while teething so we really didn’t have any experience with that aspect, and M has been drooling like crazy for about 3 months. You can’t really see the tooth yet, but you sure can feel it (and it actually feels like there are two poking through).
All that fussiness derailed our goal of getting her into her crib, but we finally got our chance on Saturday. We had put it off because we were having lots of trouble getting the temperature of that room under control, especially during the day. It is still not great, but it is workable. And, as you can see here, she really is too big for the cradle anymore (this was taken her last night in the cradle).
Saturday afternoon we put her down for a nap in there. The first go around lasted only 10 minutes. But then after a little cuddling and a little reassurance (who likes being alone in a strange room anyway?), she took a GREAT nap (>2 hours). The happy baby after her lovely nap:
Then, last night we put her in there at night. Truthfully, we could have and should have done that much sooner, but the roughest part of B’s babyhood was the cradle to crib nighttime transition. We were not anxious to go through that again. I don’t know how it will go in the coming weeks, but last night went MUCH better than expected – she slept until 2ish, and then after getting her bink and a little reassurance, she stayed asleep until 7!!!! For some perspective, note that between 5 and 6:30 was her normal wake-up time for that first feeding of the day. She is now up there again taking her afternoon nap, and has been up there over 2 hours. Amazing!
Not to be outdone, B has made huge strides in the pool. She has only had two lessons with Miss Nikki, but the progress is remarkable. She will put her face in the water, float on her back (even briefly without any help), swim a bit on her tummy while someone is supporting her the length of the pool, jump in the pool with her swim ring, and push away from the wall (with no help) to be caught by Miss Nikki. Trying any of these things would have been unheard of before her lessons started. Even more amazing is that B went to Miss Nikki right away – Yay B!
Oh, and B told me today all her hair broke off, so she needed to wear her wig…
