Grandpa holding Lucy
Nap Time--we nap like this a lot
It's Bumbo Time!!!
Lucy is gaining a lot more head control which makes sitting in her Bumbo chair a lot easier for her. She's really been enjoying it. We usually turn on the musical, light-up star on her Baby Einstein gym, plunk her in her Bumbo chair and she's usually content for quite awhile, smiling, laughing and cooing. Above are some cute pics of her doing that very thing.
We're loving our cooing conversations with Lucy too. She is mimicking facial expressions and our coos, and sometimes we have conversations that can last 10 minutes or so just cooing back and forth. She likes to throw in a squeal with her coos every now and then too. This morning, she was in her bassinet after I changed her and I heard her cooing...so without her seeing me I coo'd back...and then she amazed me by mimicking me from her bassinet! We weren't even looking at each other and we were having a conversation. I thought that was pretty cool.
This past week, she enjoyed meeting her Grandpa Andy who was here for a few days at the end of last week. He also enjoyed playing with the Daisy dog.
She's been a little fussier than usual this past week which had us concerned that maybe her reflux medicine wasn't working as well for her, but I talked to a friend from the new Mom's group who said her baby acts similarly when going through a growth spurt. Lucy has been pretty sleepy this week too, and she did gain almost an ounce a day, so maybe it's just that. Yesterday she slept so much during the day that she was restless all night and didn't sleep well. Hopefully she'll get back on a good sleep pattern.
We're starting to think about transitioning her to her room and her crib around 3-4 months old which would be coming up soon, but she's still eating sometimes several times during the night, so we'll probably wait until she's sleeping a little bit better through the night.
Bethany is here today so I can study (my big exam is 2 weeks from today...I'm very nervous!)...and I'm working this Thursday. I can hardly believe my maternity leave is almost over and that my exam is almost here! Time flies...Lucy will be 3 months old in a few short weeks!
1 comment:
Darling pictures. Lucy is too cute! Good luck on your exam! Isn't it amazing how fast time flies by especially once you have a baby?
As for tricks for Lucy to sleep better at night, I can't say I really have any. I am lucky that Lily has slept well at night since she was born, yet she isn't the world's best napper. One thing I have found helpful is to try to get her to bed earlier than I would think to. I use to put her down at 11pm so then I could go to sleep and get 6 hrs before she woke at 5. But then a few nights in a row I put her to bed around 9pm and she still slept until 5 or 6am. I remember reading this somewhere in a book when I had Evan but never believed it. But I do think it works at least for Lily. It is hard because every baby is different.
Something I use to do with Evan when I was trying to get him to sleep longer at night was when he woke up in the middle of the night I would stick his pacifier in his mouth to get him back to sleep without eating. He usually would go back to sleep for a couple of hours then after a week or two of that he started to sleep longer without waking. Though this would never work for Lily. She is not as much of a pacifier fan as Evan was.
It all just takes time. Just take naps with Lucy as often as you can so you get your rest too!! I was very jealous when I saw your picture of you napping with Lucy. I love naps and since Lily is my second, I don't get to nap with her since Evan is awake. Good luck!!
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