Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Growin' up

Claire will giggle now when you giggle at her, when you give her a big bounce, or when you fly her around like an airplane. She goes on giggling for pretty extended periods (20 or 30 seconds) as long as you do. And today she started scrunching up her nose when she laughs, which Stephanie does, so I think she must have picked that up from her. Which is really cute.

She seems bigger by the day-- She practically stretches the length of the changing pad on her changing table. She can also stand on her own when you steady her around the middle. Her hair is still very short, but filling in and darkening on top.

We have started a bedtime routine to get her soothed and in the mood for sleep every night. At least that's what the book says it will do. We bathe her, then she nurses, then we (usually I) walk her around and sing and hum until she falls asleep and we can put her down. Usually, this works pretty well, though she doesn't sleep through the night by any means. She goes down around 8, feeds again at 11:30, and feeds probably about three more times until she wakes up at 8 am. We think she is going through a growth spurt, which may explain the constant waking up to feed. She was fussy a few nights ago last week, and we think maybe a tooth is coming closer to the gum-- there is a little tiny white spot. Babies start teething anywhere from 2 to 6 months, so it is possible. She is 12 weeks old today.

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