Babyrama: Noa Grace & Other Baby Stuff

Tummy Time 2

After days of screaming episodes during tummy time where Noa would not even lift her head much less her upper body while on her belly, she now will stay propped up on a small pillow while on her tummy for a few minutes at a time. She looks around, assessing her new perspective, then tentatively moves one arm out from under her chest to reach out and grab a toy. Today, she grabbed and wrapped her tiny fingers around her Winkel, a teether/rattle with thin colorful plastic tubing that is easy to grab.

While tummy time in this fashion only lasts a few minutes before frustration and sreaming ensues, it is an amazing progression from her flat on the floor screaming episodes. Now, Daddy is slowly rolling baby across the carpet. At least that is a less risky skill than when he taught her to place her feet on his hand and push off. She then decided to plant her feet on my belly and push off leading to her falling off my lap when she was barely 3 weeks old. She still plants her feet and pushes off when I'm changing her diaper, another risky move less for danger but because of the potential mess.

I couldn't find my digital camera to take a picture of her propped up. Will have to find it because it really is cute to see her scoping her surroundings in her propped up tummy position.

Little Miss Grabby

She is really grabbing ahold of things now! Pretty cool. We've been putting her on her playmat with a few toys hanging down but they were a little out of reach. She occasionally would bat at them but quite by accident or seem to grab for them but not really get a grip on them.

Then I added a few more toys - 3 little monkeys that hang down a bit lower. She is grabbing them and actually hanging on to their tails, batting them constantly and making funny noises. She reaches up, touches one with her hand, pushes it into another one - she seems to realize the relationship between two objects and that you can push them together.

She still loves kicking while laying on her back - good for relieving gas.

She is chattering a lot more, too. Making a lot of big smiles, too, and not just when passing the gas.

I think she has also learned to stick out her tongue in response to us sticking out our tongue. She may start it, then we respond, then she sticks hers out again after a big smile. Or we'll start and she often sticks her tongue out in response.

I'm liking this more interactive version of baby.

Baby Update

Noa Grace has discovered her hands. She is now batting and grabbing at things - namely the toys dangling from her Fisher Price play mat (the cheapest one I could find - who needs to spend $80+ when $24 gets you something baby likes?).

She is also discovering putting her hands into her mouth and this morning edged her thumb between her lips - her first thumb suck. She is brilliant, yes?

Right now, her favorite pasttime is spending over 20 minutes under the archway of her play mat batting anything dangling close to her and kicking, kicking, kicking her legs.

She has also discovered how acting impatient can get her anything she wants - both Dad and Mom scramble to figure out what she needs or to hurry up and warm her food so she can eat. Anything the princess wants.

Other than the play mat, toys aren't really tickling her fancy yet, but we offer them to her to see what she will do. Mostly she ignores them.

She recently changed crying for attention to a whimper combined with a few loud sharp screams. Then she waits to see what happens, then does it again.

When she is hungry, she cries out continuously, distinctly saying "Hun-GER Hun-GER Hun-GER!"

Genius.