Saturday, January 29, 2005
Hey Kid, Do You Know What Day It Is?
I knew it was coming, then forgot it until now. Today Sadie is four months old! Seems like she’s been with us forever already. At the convention last weekend that was always the first question, and we’d reply in unison “almost four months.” Over and over and over again. I joked that she needed a pin or sign, or we did, saying her name and age.
So she’s already been teething for two months. She’s dying to eat real food (apart from her little tastes of ice cream, frosting, and ketchup so far), which is likely to start next week after her 4 month checkup Tuesday. All three of us have appointments the same day. She’s about to get weaned into her crib. she already clashes with her mother and favors her father, having not learned yet that I’ll probably be the tougher parent. She’s obviously strong-willed, but there’s no way she can out-stubborn either of us.
Today she seems to have forgotten how to roll from front to back, but automatically rolls to her front when she’s on her back. Almost got herself flipped in the bassinet where we change her. She loves the water still, but seems completely aware that her face should not get below the surface and reacts accordingly if it’s close. She can almost hold herself up to sit, but doesn’t quite have the balance and control yet. Only needs a bare minimum of support. She’s well on her way to throwing good temper tantrums when frustrated or not getting her way.
Her current thing is not wanting to sleep. Just in recent days, she’s sleeping less and falling asleep reluctantly. It’s as if she’s afraid of missing anything. We hope this passes very quickly!
Go Sadie! You’re a third of the way through that important first year you’ll never remember but which is being rather well documented.