Small changes

It's difficult to gauge your baby's growth and development when you spend all day every day with them. There is the enevitable growing out of clothes - the day you pick up the sleepsuit which fitted them 'only last week' or when you place them down for a moment on the footstool which they lay contentedly on whilst you took some pictures to have to then pick them up and find another safe place for them as their legs are now dangling off or they are now wriggling in such a way that they are threatening to roll off (god forbid!). Also with subsequent siblings (and I'm not saying the fact that SC is no.4 is an excuse....but in actuality it is!) combined with the fact that I've started this catch up too late - I've missed the opportunity to mark SC's first smile, the first time her thumb found her mouth (then didn't!), when she started to follow you across the room with her eyes, when she notedly held her head up (has since birth - but in a stronger way).....you get my drift.

I can remember that she was promoted to 3-6 month clothing at 6 weeks as the smaller size was making her toes curl. She wore her first outfit (rather than a sleepsuit)  which was a dress bought by her dad on 13th March at 8 weeks as we were out for a birthday lunch for me. As for development? I suppose I'll have to start here. A few days ago BFS commented that for the first time she looked like she 'really had something behind her eyes' - she was t just gazing in that newborn way. There's definite recognition there now, and if you approach it in the right manner you can get smiles on demand. The other thing is, a couple of days ago, she started interacting with a play arch hanging over her when she's lying on her back. It has three toys which bob up and down and spin around playing a tune if disturbed and she has worked out that she can do this herself if she reaches up to them with her hands. It's pretty cool :0) 

In addition she definitely spends more time settled nowadays - we're beginning to settle in with one another and just get to know each other better. 

Ooh - a wee update in 'arms up' swaddle bag. Hmmmm think that's also a non - starter. We had a really shit night last night and I'm not sure if it was coincidence that she was in it. Initially it seemed good, but I think she needs the ability to stretch her arms even further above her head. Still just a wee bit too restricted for her. I've decided I'll ride it out with the gro-bag and hope she masters her thumb soon!