Our little girl is now three months old! It's quite amazing. She's growing like a weed and we see new changes everyday. In fact, she rolled over onto her stomach for the first time today. Unfortunately, she couldn't return to her back and got pretty angry, but she'll learn that move eventually.David and I have both found activities that get Ildri to laugh: I sing to her (mostly early Beatles songs and "Old MacDonald" - she loves the cow and the dog sounds) and Dave plays "driving the car", which involves Ildri sitting on his knee, a lot of jiggling and "vroom vroom" noises. She loves it.
Our roly-poly girl got a little infection in her underarm folds, so we've had to swaddle her with one arm outside the blanket (see picture). We feel terrible for her, but it looks kind of cute. Now Ildri gets armpit and neck fold baths twice daily. I tell her that I'm taking her to the Baby Salon and sit her in a Bumbo seat in front of the bathroom mirror. She doesn't enjoy the bathing ritual, but she likes looking at the baby in the mirror.
Ildri is finally sleeping in her own room. Last night was the first full night that she was all by herself in her new crib. We've been trying to get her to sleep there at nights, but she misses our room. But since she's hit the weight limit for the bassinet part of the Pack 'n' Play in our bedroom, we had to transition her to a big crib. I think I miss her presence more than she misses us (sigh).
Man, we're lucky parents. I can't wait to see what she does tomorrow!
