Lounging on Pooh
The slippery floor and the late hour made for a difficult photo session - but we did our best!
It is hard to believe, but Harper turned 3 months old on September 19th. It is amazing how she has grown over the last few months and how she has grown into her little personality. She gets more interactive every day!
A few highlights from recent weeks:
- She definitely smiles and laughs at us more these days. It is so neat to watch and listen to her laughs as we sing or talk to her.
- She is rolling over from her back to her tummy with relative ease now! No more laying her down on her playmat while we get things accomplished! (She can't quite get back to her back yet, so she can't really GO anywhere, but she gets frustrated after a few minutes on her tummy).
- She is showing the very early signs of scooting places - during those frustrating tummy minutes she somehow manages to move herself enough to get off her mat sometimes (which isn't popular - we will need to put another blanket down since she seems to think the carpet is too scratchy).
- We are breaking the swaddling habit. Now that she is rolling over we need to get her used to sleeping with her arms free... so far this hasn't been the smoothest transition for baby or mommy, but it is improving.
- We take a run everyday in the jogging stroller (with the car seat attachment). She generally sleeps during these trips but it is nice to get out and enjoy the outside for a while.
- We joined Stroller Strides, a mom's workout group. She is generally pretty quiet and good during class - since she stays in her stroller while we do different stations/jogging, etc.
- She is finishing up her three week stint in baby yoga - basically this was just learning baby massage, which she seems to like (although we rarely remember to do it at home). Her favorite part of the class seems to be watching the other baby.
- We just got off of the waitlist for a 0-6 month Baby and Me class at the local community center. I am really looking forward to taking her and meeting other moms with little ones her age.
- She had been sleeping really well (6.5-10.5 hours at a stretch) but hit a bump in the road right around the 3 month mark. Her desire to roll over, combined with her move to the crib and breaking our swaddling habit, made for some rough nights. (Knock on wood - the last several nights have been much improved - hoping we are over this hurdle for now).
- We still have not figured out naps. This girl does not like to go into her crib for a daytime snooze - the only daytime sleeping we accomplish seems to be in the car seat or jogger... hoping this will change soon. (I love that she allows me to get my run in every day, but a nap AT HOME would be nice).
- Harper and I will be taking our first solo flight next week - back to Oil City for her Baptism. Adam will meet us on Friday, but we wanted to go early for a little extra grandparent time. Hopefully her good flying behavior carries over from her flights earlier this summer.
