Sonia keeps growing, and the milestones and exciting times keep coming.
Over the last 2 weeks, Sonia put on a full pound to reach 8.5 lbs, and her legs seem to have finally relaxed from their fetal position. We have now had to put away her <7 lb clothes since they are too short in the legs, and she's fitting into more of her 0-3 month stuff. We also had to move up a size in diapers. Her cradle cap and hair loss seemed to reach a plateau around 5.5 weeks, and new hair is already starting to grow in its place.
A few nights, Sonia has given us one wonderful 5 hr stretch between feedings, but not every night yet, and she is still really noisy for the first 30-45 minutes after going down from each nighttime feeding. We experimented with her in her own room for a couple nights around 5.5 weeks, which did have the expected benefit of not keeping us up before and after feedings, but made the feedings, and going back to sleep, more difficult since she was more worked up. We’ll probably try again in the next couple weeks.
In terms of development milestones, Sonia made her first attempts at reaching for objects in Week 5
and her first few social smiles in Week 6 – which unfortunately for me seem to be reserved almost exclusively for Daddy right now 🙁
At 4.5 weeks I started a Mommy & Me class where Sonia and I get to interact with other mommies with babies of the same age, talk about developmental topics with the psychologist group leader, and learn some fun songs and activities to do together. I’ve been to two sessions already, and learned a lot each time, including that Sonia seems to be a relatively good baby (so far). One thing I do now know is that her sleeping through many outings (like Adriana’s baby shower) and with guests is a common defense mechanism at this age, and it will go away. Unfortunately, that means that many people still haven’t gotten to see her pretty eyes in person 🙂
This past week, Sonia got to meet her Grandma & Grandpa Hovey, and I got some much appreciated baby sitters so that I actually got to work out 3 days this week, got a facial, and Eric and I got out for dinner and a movie on Friday night. It was wonderful, and so great to see them!
We even got out to the Getty Center while they were here to see the LA Overdrive exhibit and show Sonia around some more gardens 🙂
As we’re starting week 7, Sonia has gotten a bit more fussy and thrown her previous feeding schedule out the window, so we may be in for a growth spurt. We shall see what the next couple weeks bring.