Fourth month baby update
2021-Sep-13, Monday 08:44![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I really should be doing these more often.
Today is Laila's four-month birthday! She's asleep right after having a rough last couple of days--on Saturday we went to the beach again and while she started off enjoying it, she had a rough time later with a lot of crying. She spent parts of yesterday screaming, barely took any naps, refused to be put down, and finally collapsed into sleep an hour late. She's still asleep now, about an hour after she usually gets up. It's hard to be a baby.
People say that babies grow up too fast and they're changing so fast every day, and the reason they say that is because it is correct. A month ago, Laila didn't really understand how to use her hands. She didn't even have enough dexterity to suck on her thumb, instead just kind of shoving her whole hand in her mouth, and when we'd put her on her playmat she'd stare up at the hanging toys in front of her and ignore her hands in favor of kicking them. Two weeks ago, she had graduated to this:
The cutest thing is that she knows how to fold her hands now, so she'll be sitting in her swing and looking at us with her hands folded in front of her.
She'll reach out to grab my hand if I bring it close to her, and after her last meal I was holding her near ![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee's face and she kept reaching out to touch her mother. She's getting pretty good at smiling, though she's still often expressionless in that baby way. She's also started trying to laugh, but hasn't really managed it. She knows to laugh when she's happy and having a good time, but her laughter sounds like her gasping for air. Once, I heard her softly make an actual laugh, but it was very short--just a "hehe"--and I haven't heard her repeat it yet. She will. But for the moment she's a very serious baby.
She has her preferences. She likes listening to birdsong and turns her head to look at any lightsource, and she especially loves looking at fans. A couple days ago I was reaching in to boop her nose and her eyes tracked my finger the entire way in and she turned her head away before I could get there. She keeps rolling over onto her stomach to get a better look at what's going on but hasn't quite mastered rolling back--she doesn't know to lower her head and kind of flops around and gets frustrated. She's still very cuddly and likes being held but is much more mobile now, so her greatest wish is to be held tightly while also being able to wiggle freely. She's just now trying to sit up all by herself and nearly succeeding, though she still doesn't have the balance to stay sitting up. She'll get there pretty soon.
Future updates will be more frequent!
Today is Laila's four-month birthday! She's asleep right after having a rough last couple of days--on Saturday we went to the beach again and while she started off enjoying it, she had a rough time later with a lot of crying. She spent parts of yesterday screaming, barely took any naps, refused to be put down, and finally collapsed into sleep an hour late. She's still asleep now, about an hour after she usually gets up. It's hard to be a baby.
People say that babies grow up too fast and they're changing so fast every day, and the reason they say that is because it is correct. A month ago, Laila didn't really understand how to use her hands. She didn't even have enough dexterity to suck on her thumb, instead just kind of shoving her whole hand in her mouth, and when we'd put her on her playmat she'd stare up at the hanging toys in front of her and ignore her hands in favor of kicking them. Two weeks ago, she had graduated to this:
The cutest thing is that she knows how to fold her hands now, so she'll be sitting in her swing and looking at us with her hands folded in front of her.
She'll reach out to grab my hand if I bring it close to her, and after her last meal I was holding her near sashagee's face and she kept reaching out to touch her mother. She's getting pretty good at smiling, though she's still often expressionless in that baby way. She's also started trying to laugh, but hasn't really managed it. She knows to laugh when she's happy and having a good time, but her laughter sounds like her gasping for air. Once, I heard her softly make an actual laugh, but it was very short--just a "hehe"--and I haven't heard her repeat it yet. She will. But for the moment she's a very serious baby. She has her preferences. She likes listening to birdsong and turns her head to look at any lightsource, and she especially loves looking at fans. A couple days ago I was reaching in to boop her nose and her eyes tracked my finger the entire way in and she turned her head away before I could get there. She keeps rolling over onto her stomach to get a better look at what's going on but hasn't quite mastered rolling back--she doesn't know to lower her head and kind of flops around and gets frustrated. She's still very cuddly and likes being held but is much more mobile now, so her greatest wish is to be held tightly while also being able to wiggle freely. She's just now trying to sit up all by herself and nearly succeeding, though she still doesn't have the balance to stay sitting up. She'll get there pretty soon.
Future updates will be more frequent!
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