Stella started smiling 'real' smiles in her 5th week. She responds with smiles to us speaking to her close-up... and I discovered that if I zoom my finger (making 'zooming' sounds) in and touch her nose (making an exploding sound) repeatedly, she absolutely loves it. I read in the Baby Sense book that little ones of this age enjoy anticipation, so we're playing lots of anticipation games with her.
Stella takes her dummy, but it sometimes takes a bit of convincing her! Sometimes she puts her lips together so tightly... or she pushes her tongue out so that the dummy can't go in - how does she know to do that?! When she's got it but doesn't want it any more she can shoot it out of her mouth quite far, so the dummy clip T'Neal made her is essential to keep it off the floor / un-lost!. It's been a great (but not essential) tool to ease her into sleep. Amazing how little ones fight sleep!!
At the 6 week checkup, the pediatrician said that she weighed 5.25kg and had grown a cm. Great news as we're clearly doing well on the breast milk! :)
Geoff is amazing with Stella.. He gives her massages in the morning before work (he has to drag himself out of the house - he says he'd much rather stay here with us!) & loves to play with her when he gets home... I feel like a very lucky mommy to have such a supportive daddy... He's even offering to change nappies now(!) ...although I've got to laugh as he sometimes gets the vest fastened OVER the pants - superman style!!
Here is a video that Geoff put together one morning:
And here are a few recent pictures:
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| with Mom |
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| with Dad |
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| Snooze time in her pretty outfit from Robyn |
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| The princess' bed :) |
