Busy Week

This week Angela started laughing for real and starting to reach and grab for objects. This was also her first meltdown from over-stimulation (not fun) and I'm becoming an expert on infant nasal irrigation to combat her stuffy nose from the (I'm assuming) winter-related dry air. Angela has also officially moved into her crib for sleeping at night. I was worried about her adjusting to sleeping on her own instead of next to me, but it was an easy transition. She has also done very well falling asleep when it's bed time and falling back to sleep in the middle of the night when she wakes for a feeding. It also seems she may be developing some separation anxiety, or atleast preference for her parents over other people. Oh and before I forget she also rolled over for the first time! The past month seemed a bit boring in terms of hitting milestones and she certainly caught up to speed very quickly.

As for myself I have been dealing with a major loss of hair the past two weeks, soon I will have to say goodbye to my thick head of hair that I developed during the pregnancy.

Laughing Girl!

It must take sleep to make giggles

Saturday night into Sunday morning Angela slept from 10:30-5:30 ( a new record) and then until 9:00 am. Wonderful. Then unexpectedly she fell asleep around 3:30pm for a "nap" or so I thought, only hours passed and she never fully woke up, only a few times to eat and then she'd doze back off. 10:00pm approached and I was fearful she was going to wake up and not go to bed. So I rushed off to bed and she ended up staying asleep only waking up to feed, but then finally waking up at 5:30am when her nose was stuffy and she couldn't breathe (a frequent occurence lately that is rather frustrating for all parties involved).

Well, today she was gurgling A LOT and squealing and letting out little "ha's" here and there which was somewhat new, until I had her on her swing talking to her and all of a sudden she let out a nice long chuckily giggle. Then after we got back from grocery shopping I was tickling her under her chin and got to show John a few more chuckles - so exciting!

She's also been batting at her toys more often and starting to make the connection between her brain and her limbs: "hey, I can actually use these things to touch stuff."

You must do the mini push up before you can crawl....

Or else you end up doing a faceplant ... into the floor.

Grabby Girl

Angela has begun grabbing things in her reach - not so much reaching & grabbing, just randomly moving her hands out and grasping onto whatever is near her - our lips, our glasses, our hair, our clothes, her other hand etc.

In turn whatever is near her mouth is also going into her mouth usually her hands (especially if she's sleepy) but occasionally if we have her on our shoulder she'll start chewing on our neck.

She has also decided that over-the-shoulder is not always her favorite position. Now she also wants us to carry her so that she can look in the same direction that we're walking. Also if she is happy sitting in her chair - you best leave her in the chair or else she'll get ticked off that you decided to change her situation without her approval. She is the boss and we are her unpaid somewhat appreciated minions.

Tummy time is good but kind of boring at this point, she doesn't hate it enough to try to get off her belly - infact she doesn't even use her arms all the time but sometimes just leaves them to the side and shimmies her legs. She loves to stare at patterns and faces - on people or even teddy bears. She's let out a few single mini-laughs but nothing substantial at this point.

I am tired

I was tired yesterday and after (for what reason I do not know) Angela being up every 2 hours last night I am again, tired today. Right now Angela is sleeping in her boppy chair and I have to admit I'm a bit jealous.

During tummy time the past two days Angela has really been pushing off with her legs and if she could only figure out to use her arms she'd probably be getting somewhere, but as it stands now she is ignoring her arms and really using her legs which has caused her to do a faceplant into the floor a couple of times.

We ordered her a jumperoo which she sits in a few times a day. Although her legs are too short and she still doesn't have the ability to reach (on purpose atleast) and play with the toys, she likes the lights and the music and to be able to sit up instead of lying on her back to play. She can be entertained for up to 20 minutes which is great when you need to do something or just need a break.