Ellie started to develop more of a routine this month. Every morning after her first feeding, she would play in her “baby gym” for twenty minutes or so, under the dangling toys. At first she would reach out her closed fists and gently touch the objects, then she started batting at them. One morning Melissa showed Ellie how to open her hand and grasp and object, and Ellie spent the rest of the day practicing on her own. Her ability to focus is amazing!
It’s also amazing how quickly she picks up some of her new skills. One morning, at about two and a half months old, Ellie decided that she wanted to hold her head up by herself – and she never went back. It happened literally overnight.
Ellie also caught her first cold, and had trouble eating and sleeping because of her stuffy nose. She had to sleep in her carseat for a week because the angle helped her breathe better. We would put the video camera in front of the carseat so that we could see her on the monitor, and set up her humidifier right near her. The humidifier is shaped like a dragon, with water vapor coming out of its eyes, so it was kind of spooky – the camera and the dragon watching our little baby, while the white noise sounded like a thunderstorm inside the room. But Ellie slept great, and finally got better.
Despite feeling a little under the weather, our girl continued to grow well. And we mean really well. On the growth charts, her trajectory seemed about to blast right up through the percentile curves. She went from 42nd percentile in weight at birth to 88th this month, and everyone started commenting how big she was for her age. She is still height/weight proportionate since she began life very long and lean, but she does have some impressive rolls of baby fat at this point, on her thighs and among her chins. Yes, we know: someday this entry is sure to embarrass her. What are parents for? ;)
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