May 11: Today was Sylvia’s three-month birthday. Happy Birthday sweet girl! It’s hard to believe how strong and capable she is getting. In fact, tonight at dinner, she reached for a toy and pulled it off the table. In the last week, she’s been working hard to get her hands and her brain to work in sync. She’s getting better and better at moving her hands toward an object of interest…but it’s still pretty rudimentary. What an amazing thing to watch her little body develop! Once she figures out how to control her hands, watch out world!
She’s also seeming like she’s getting the hang of this life thing a lot more. She can anticipate things: for example, walking into her room sometimes results in her crying because she thinks we might be trying to lay her down in her crib (she’s probably right). Also, saying something soothing while walking into the room where she is crying in her crib can quiet her because she’s getting where she can anticipate that she may get picked up soon.
She doesn’t mind being dressed and undressed nearly as much as she did a couple months ago. And she’s now strong enough to stand in her little saucer for quite some time. What an amazing baby! She’s been hard at work, learning how to operate in this big world.
The other night, she slept for six hours. A miracle. She normally wakes up after about three hours, and Bryan apparently went in at that point and soothed her and she slept for another three hours. That means I slept for six hours straight. Oh heaven.
She’s laughing more and more, and her dimples are so cute I constantly want to eat them. She hates her car seat as if it is a torture device, and she also thinks strollers are evil. Being held is just the way to go:) Thank heavens for slings and carriers!
She loves looking up at mobiles, and she loves kicking at chimes. When you blow on her face, she smiles. Every time I change her diaper, I kiss both her knees and her tummy and tell her they are kisses from her grandma. She blows lots of drooly bubbles from her sweet tiny lips. And she still gets the hiccups pretty regularly. She doesn’t seem to mind them.
Her face lights up when her big brother walks up to her, and she’s already a pretty tough cookie to be able to withstand his loving ministrations. What an amazing three-month-old! I want to slow her down and speed her up all at the same time. I feel very, very lucky to be her mama.