Just a couple of quick updates on Annika. Late last week, during one of her fussy periods, I decided to see if I could get her to crawl. I had read somewhere that lying a baby on its stomach creates the sensation of falling and will calm them down. So I figured I would give it a try. Yea, that didnt work. However, I noticed that she was really kicking her legs and grabbing at the activity mat. So I moved in front of her and started encouraging her. Sure enough, she would grab the mat and slowly pulled herself forward. So, it wasnt really crawling, but, at a minimum, a precursor.
Then, earlier this week, she started truly smiling at us. So, I decided to let her drive at 16 again (I had previously told her she couldnt drive at 16 cuz she pooped on me while changing her. LOL!). Then yesterday, while sitting outside on Josh and Carla’s front porch, she started immitating my facial expressions. I was making faces at her, and began to stick my tongue out at her. She stuck her tongue out at me. So then I stuck my tongue out at her again. And she did the same! Back and forth we went for a good couple of minutes before she got bored. Pretty amazing stuff.
Last night, she decided she no longer wanted to sleep. It was about 10:30PM. We had just finished watching a little TV together, and Noelle had just finished feeding her. Annika was fast asleep. I picked her up and was on my way to put her into the bassinet upstairs when Noelle stopped me; she wanted to check her diaper.
“Yep, she smells wet. You should change her before you put her down.”
“Uh…. are you sure? I mean, she’s asleep. Shouldnt we just put her down, and change her when she wakes up next?”
But Noelle wanted me to change her. So, despite my better judgement, I did. And guess what? As soon as I started changing her, she was wide awake. She didnt go back to sleep until 1:30AM. Noelle is still at home with the baby, so she was on “night duty” and had to deal with it. So I’m pretty sure the two of them are going to be pretty cranky today. =(