Sadie Report
Sadie is six weeks old today, and boy are there milestones.
In the past couple days, she has suddenly taken on a more mature look. She noticed her feet yesterday, explicitly, and stared at them while she curled her toes. That’s on top of her love of kicking, to the point where I pissed her off last night by “burritoing” her in a blanket so she could barely move her feet. If she’s in bed and you spread a blanket on her, she makes a fast game of kicking it off. She also gripped my finger for an extended time last night, and seemed to know what she was doing.
Last night she slept for more than five hours! Straight. During which Deb got to sleep.
Then she ate efficiently and slept for another three hours! During which Deb got to sleep.
This fit nicely with her seemingly minimal sleep yesterday.
The funny thing is the first 5-odd hours of sleep were in her swing. It’s a wonder the batteries haven’t died. She woke up for a change and food shortly after I started to worry at how long she’d been doing her dead baby imitation. The other big stretch was in her bassinet. Deb got to spend all night in the bed, rather than the recliner with Sadie alternating between eating and sleeping on her. Woohoo!
For a long time she has been aware that if she needs changing and we carry her toward the bedroom, changing is what she will get. That also helps identify what’s making her fuss. That she goes silent as we approach the bedroom means diaper is what she seeks. It’s pretty cool. She does the same if she needs to eat and Deb carries her into the living room. That’s the most usual eating place.
This morning she sat in the spare carseat in the computer room, then started complaining after a while. Picking her up didn’t help, and she protested vigorously sitting on my leg in burping position. Carrying her in the direction of the kitchen made her shut up. Ah, but this time the complaining started back up as I got close to and went through the bedroom door.
Curious.
Her swing is in the kitchen. I put her in there. She’s been happy for a couple hours now. Seems to enjoy the puddle of sunlight shining on her through the window.
So there’s another milestone; she “asked” to go in the swing, rather than merely being put there and deciding this was okay.
Six weeks! We’re in trouble when she can apply that brain to full effect.
There are lot of pictures. A big backlog. I’ll try to post some soon!
Cross-posting this to Sadie’s blog for the sake of people who only read that.
Okay, sure, everyone’s baby is brilliant and wonderful and reads three grades above the expected level.
But as the parent of exceptionally smart children myself, for her to catch on and even express her wishes at 6 months is truly exceptional. She probably will be brilliant. From what I know of her parents, I’m not surprised.Posted by Nathan on 11/11 at 02:07 AM
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