A little after the 11 week update, I found the girl clenching her fingers and moving them dodgily towards her mouth.
We sometimes wake up in the wee hours, and convey sermons to the dark room in general and to yours truly specifically. And yours truly is not supposed to show that she has gone back to sleep/wants to go back to sleep. That ends with a lot of persuading to go back to sleep, and some amount of feeding.
She now rests her feet against any surface and pushes herself against it...That had been happening well before the 11 weeks, but it was not forceful and intentional...now she seems to have found the force and way to do it intentionally.
She is now able to focus at objects at varying distances.
Do babies have colour preferences? Figlia focuses very well on red colour. And then there is this yellow pillow cover too that often catches her attention.
She had a lazy left eye...that coordination has now become a-ok.
We just faced our first cold+cough bout. Glad to have the cough almost-disappear, but Figlia is showing a definite tendency for catching colds easily. The cough still rears up now and then.
She holds her neck really well when turned on her belly. Not for very long, but definitely does it well.
I have made a habit of giving her, her gripe water/vitamins/iron supplements first thing in the morning. She now asks for them...she makes these sounds.
You have to see her excitement when the bottle approaches her. She tends to shake her hands so much, that sometimes, the bottle misses the target and I end up putting the nipple into one of her cheeks...then her hand is held and the mistake is corrected. ;-)
Sometime around 14 weeks, the girl got more and more agitated by the act of being swaddled. I have stopped swaddling her completely during daytime. And for the past couple of nights, she has not been swaddled during the night either!
Her navel is an innie now!
She has gained 2.64 pounds since the last weigh-in (a month ago) and now is 24.2 inches tall.
She has gained 2.64 pounds since the last weigh-in (a month ago) and now is 24.2 inches tall.
ReplyDeleteGo, Figlia! It sounds like she's doing very well.
I left an explanation about the whole "princess" thing in reply to your comment on my blog. It's not Real, but it's real enough for me. :) (Oh, I should say that that's where 'Aryanhwy' came from -- it's the medieval Welsh name by which I go in the society).
Delete15 weeks! Wow that's gone fast. Sounds like she's grown so much. Give her a big cuddle for me. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd how lovely an update this is!
ReplyDeleteMany hugs to both of you.
Sounds like she is doing well!!! How long is she sleeping at night now?
ReplyDeleteFiglia sounds like quite the determined, independent, little one with a mind of her own. Good for her ... though a mixed blessing for you. :) So nice to read this update ... and thanks for stopping by for ICLW!
ReplyDeleteStella LOVES my husband's red & white beer cans. I think red is a color that really draws them in!
ReplyDeleteSounds like she's doing awesome!
She is growing so fast :)
ReplyDeletei think the colors they mostly see at this age are red, black and white, at least, that is the colors of a lot of mobiles for babies at this age. sounds like you are all doing well, so happy to hear it!
ReplyDeleteI love reading this update. It's so cute to hear her making all of these strides. So happy things are going well!
ReplyDeleteHa, I stopped swaddling too, but mainly because the swaddle blankets were getting to small for my tall little man...
ReplyDeleteGlad Figlia is doing so well.
She's growing like crazy! You must be doing something right...
ReplyDeleteLove those middle of the night conversations!
yay, grow Figlia!
ReplyDeleteYay! She sounds like she is doing awesome!
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a true joy!
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