A few posts ago, I made the mistake of commenting that I couldn't remember the last time I had to get up in the middle of the night. That very night, I think Maude woke up twice. Ever since, she either sleeps all through the night or wakes up just once. I really can't complain. We've moved her bedtime to an earlier hour and the first few nights of that brought a middle of the night wake up. There have also been a few early mornings. She's had a few 12 hour straight through nights which feels amazing! In other sleep news, I finally was able to let her sleep in her crib. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, I bring her into our room after her feeding. I was pretty darn proud of myself for finally leaving her in her room when I went to bed.
For weeks now, Maude has been giggling, but we've been getting some full on laughter over the past few days. Sunday was the first day we heard her really (really!) laughing. It was hysterical laughter. Mike was holding her and singing some power ballad type song. She started giggling, then laughing so hard - we've never heard anything like it. I was laughing so hard and was so happy, my eyes welled up. I looked at Mike and through his laughter, his eyes were welling up, too. (Sorry, Mike - hope this was ok to share!!) Ever since, we've been desperately trying (mostly in vain) to get the same laughter out of her. We've gotten some more laughs, but nothing like what we saw on Sunday.
Maude's favorite thing to do during playtime is to have tummy time and look at herself in the mirror. As soon as I lay her down and she spies herself in the mirror, she grins her biggest grin. She typically babbles to herself, too. I constantly wonder if she knows that it's her own image or if she thinks it's another baby smiling and laughing back at her. She's also just beginning to roll over. I think most of the time it's more of a fall over, but she's doing it so we'll calling it rolling. She also mostly rolls to her right.
The video below is some tummy time in front of the mirror, followed by a roll/fall over. Please excuse the glimpses of her little bare bottom! =)
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| More tummy time in the mirror. This was after quite some time on her tummy and she was nearing her end point. Also note her cute little bear bottom (not to be confused with the bare bottom above). |
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| Napping in her aptly named Sleepy Wrap while at the park. |
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| I thought this was a beautiful shot of Stella. Mike took this over the weekend and I just love it! |
