So Avery is actually 3 and 1/2 months now, but I've been so busy that I haven't thought too much about the blog! She is at such a fun age! She has started flipping over (on purpose now!! ) in both directions and I've been lucky enough to see both of those the first time!! She did belly to her back on January 20th and I actually have it on video!! She started going from her back to tummy on February 3rd and now does it almost every time I put her down to play!! Sometimes she just gets stuck on her side and it's so cute! She also spins and rotates on the floor and especially in the crib where she can kick off the sides. That's right, she sleeps in the crib now!!
I wanted to wait until after 4 months to move her out of our room, but after going back to work I was just not getting enough sleep. We go to bed after her and I have to get up so early I was tiptoeing around in the dark trying not to wake her. Plus I slept sooo lightly with her in there that I'd wake up to her every toss, turn, grunt, snore and fuss. She and I both sleep so much better in separate rooms. I'm so glad we have the video monitor though because I just roll over and look at my night stand and can see her in her bed. She likes all the room and is even rubbing a bald ring around her head from all her squirming and dream dancing! I'm so glad we are blessed with a good sleeper! She has slept all the way through the night a few times and besides a couple of nights of not feeling well, she usually only wakes once for a feeding. She is doing really great at soothing herself to sleep for naps and sometimes bed too. In fact I think it's how she prefers to go to sleep. Sometimes she is so fussy and tired that rocking and bouncing her just pisses her off! Haha she just wants to be left alone in her crib and she sticks in her thumb and passes right out!
She is loving playtime, books and toys more and more too. She is getting really good at grabbing toys and it just so smiley and happy playing on the floor. My baby is getting so big!! I think she's about 12 lbs but we'll see what the doctor's scale says here in a couple of weeks. She's wearing 6 month sleepers now but still 3 month clothes. She's eating bigger bottles and preferring bottles to nursing now. I think it's because she can take a bottle while sitting up and looking around at the world! She's so curious and already very easily distracted! Lol :-)
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| First time in the exersaucer! |
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| Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
Being a working mom is so hard. I miss her so much and I hate that I miss out on most of her happy awake time. By the time I get home she's so worn out, it's just dinner and bed for her. Then she may or may not get up once or twice before I'm back at work. I hate it. I love getting a full nights rest when she does sleep all night , but then I miss out on that middle of the night snuggle and feeding. I live for the weekends and cannot wait for spring break!! 4 1/2 more weeks. I am going to just play and love on her every second that I'm off!!
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| She loves grabbing and shaking this ball!! |
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| She finally doesn't hate her bath!! |
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| Pretty baby!! |
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She fell asleep playing. So precious!!
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