Emma's New Tricks

It has been another great week in the Woods' house. Emma is growing up so fast! She refuses to play on her back anymore and insists on sitting up or standing. She can stand on our laps with just the aid of our fingers in her hands. Her head is stabilizing and getting stronger. She is now looking at pictures in a book for a long time and talking at the book and trying to touch it. She also is taking toys from our hands (not very often though).

Her best trick though has developed in the past few days. She has decided that while sleeping through the night she would like to have her pacifier in her mouth. That means that starting at 2:12 for the past three nights she wakes up crying for the pacifier and then goes back to sleep only to want it again in 20-40 minutes until it is time to get up in the morning. I have tried feeding her and that is not the issue. We have let it go for several nights to see if it was a fluke. Last night we put a heater in there to see if she was too cold. We are both tired and it seems as though it is time to say goodbye to the pacifier. As the colic has been subsiding, Emma's desire for the pacifier outside of bedtime has decreased and she has been working on sucking on her hands while awake. I will let you know how the pacifier situation plays out because as with everything with Emma it will be an all out battle. I have really struggled with this decision as to whether it is the right one, especially with the colic. But, Emma is ready to learn a new soothing mechanism that is done by herself and not us.

I included a few highlight pictures but also an album to see all of them. I just couldn't choose so I thought I would let you see them all if you would like...isn't technology great! If you want to look at the album, click on the picture at the bottom and it will open up and you can watch a slideshow. There is also a video clip before it of Emma trying to find her thumb.

Emma's New Activities