Wow, 3 months went by so quickly, and it really does seem like she’s figuring out that she’s her own person in this world, as well as getting to be a little soft around the middle :).
At least I’ve been taking off while she’s been putting on, and I am down to only 6lb above pre-pregnancy weight and was able to fit into my pre-pregnancy work pants by the time I started back in the office this week.
We are starting to get into a really cool phase of development in Sonia. She’s starting to get a sense of self-awareness.
She’s also getting better and better at putting her fingers and other objects in her mouth. Whereas 2 weeks ago it seemed like her hands were fighting each other to try to get into her mouth, with neither one succeeding, now she is putting whole fists in and keeping them there.
Sonia has now nearly mastered head control and is on to working on sitting up. I first started getting her to try to sit up in her boppy, which she had fun with.
And now, she is doing little crunches every time we put her down in her car seat or bouncy chair. We decided we’d get her a Bumbo-type seat earlier than the ped recommended (5 mo), so that will be here on Monday.
She doesn’t even like to sit in her bouncy chair very much anymore during dinner, and much prefers sitting on Daddy’s lap, eyeing his food.
This month, the pediatrician was amazed at how alert she is, as well as how advanced she is in both social and motor skills (usually babies are only good at one or the other by now). Also, when she rolled from her tummy to her back on the exam table, he mentioned he’d only seen maybe 4-5 other babies do that this early in his entire career. Her measurements were 11 lb 5 oz, 23″ and 39cm head circumference.
I can tell that she can see across the room now, and see a variety of colors because when I prop her up to burp her after her morning feeding she smiles at the barnyard quilt on the opposite wall of the nursery. It’s such a cool thing to see such obvious new developments!
In terms of sleep, she hadn’t been making much improvement since the trip, until the night of her 3 mo birthday when she surprised us and slept for 9.5 hrs straight! We’ll see soon if that was a fluke or the start of a new habit. Here’s hoping it’s the latter, since Mommy has been going into the office as of Wednesday and could use the extra sleep.
Cuuuuute. Except why does she look like a ginger in that mirror photo? Lol. Love that she is because becoming a real person. I think she looks exactly like u Linz. Also… Fat babies turn out the best- keep packin on the chub! Tell her Auntie J can’t wait to teach her all sorts of fun tricks.