Veronica slept over eight hours last night, so I'm feeling pretty good. So good, in fact, that she's asleep again right now but I have no desire to conk out myself.
Since our last posting, we've attended our Lamaze class reunion and Jason's family reunion. This has resulted in the comparison of Veronica against seven other babies around her age - her cousin Zane, plus six of the Lamaze class babies. And frankly, I was very worried. Veronica still cannot really lift up her head, although all the Lamaze moms said their kids were capable of doing so. And when Jason talked to his mom and grandmother about Veronica's first smile, their attitude was "oh that's nice, Zane did that last week and he's laughing all the time now."
I stopped worrying, however, when we posed all the Lamaze babies together on a sofa, sticking Veronica in the corner because she can't lift her head yet - and almost all the other babies toppled over, unable to hold up their own heads. Only two of the other kids were actually capable of doing so. And the only behavioral advantage I saw that Zane might have over Veronica is his rigidity - he can hold up his own head, and his body is stiff enough so that he doesn't flop around in your arms. Past that, they were about the same - no laughing, no smiles, nothing.
The only difference I DID see was that Veronica is not putting on weight and size as fast as the other babies - Zane is only 4 days older, but he was only 8 lb. 4 oz. at birth and now surpasses her in length and weight. It was the same for the majority of the Lamaze babies, boys and girls, some of them even younger than her. She still looks and seems healthy, but I worry a lot so I'll still mention it to the pediatrician next week.
In the meantime, Veronica is smiling more - she smiled at Jason on Saturday morning, and gave him a little grin this morning before he went to work. Her neck muscles are getting stronger. And one thing everyone commented on was how alert she is. Unless she's very sleepy, her eyes are usually wide open and boring holes into whatever she's gazing at. She's constantly taking in her surroundings, usually looking either very confused or very concentrated, as if she's going to be quizzed on everything later. I kind of took this for granted until I could compare her to so many other babies and saw that, while they all did this to some extent, none of them did it as much as she did.
Right now I'm letting her sleep in her crib, hoping to get her used to it over the bassinet (which she is quickly outgrowing.) I have to leave the TV on fairly loudly here in the living room, as we've gotten her so used to sleeping through background noise that she won't doze off during the day without it. Hopefully she will continue to sleep as I get some things done, or at least until my mom arrives here in the next hour or so.
Since our last posting, we've attended our Lamaze class reunion and Jason's family reunion. This has resulted in the comparison of Veronica against seven other babies around her age - her cousin Zane, plus six of the Lamaze class babies. And frankly, I was very worried. Veronica still cannot really lift up her head, although all the Lamaze moms said their kids were capable of doing so. And when Jason talked to his mom and grandmother about Veronica's first smile, their attitude was "oh that's nice, Zane did that last week and he's laughing all the time now."
I stopped worrying, however, when we posed all the Lamaze babies together on a sofa, sticking Veronica in the corner because she can't lift her head yet - and almost all the other babies toppled over, unable to hold up their own heads. Only two of the other kids were actually capable of doing so. And the only behavioral advantage I saw that Zane might have over Veronica is his rigidity - he can hold up his own head, and his body is stiff enough so that he doesn't flop around in your arms. Past that, they were about the same - no laughing, no smiles, nothing.
The only difference I DID see was that Veronica is not putting on weight and size as fast as the other babies - Zane is only 4 days older, but he was only 8 lb. 4 oz. at birth and now surpasses her in length and weight. It was the same for the majority of the Lamaze babies, boys and girls, some of them even younger than her. She still looks and seems healthy, but I worry a lot so I'll still mention it to the pediatrician next week.
In the meantime, Veronica is smiling more - she smiled at Jason on Saturday morning, and gave him a little grin this morning before he went to work. Her neck muscles are getting stronger. And one thing everyone commented on was how alert she is. Unless she's very sleepy, her eyes are usually wide open and boring holes into whatever she's gazing at. She's constantly taking in her surroundings, usually looking either very confused or very concentrated, as if she's going to be quizzed on everything later. I kind of took this for granted until I could compare her to so many other babies and saw that, while they all did this to some extent, none of them did it as much as she did.
Right now I'm letting her sleep in her crib, hoping to get her used to it over the bassinet (which she is quickly outgrowing.) I have to leave the TV on fairly loudly here in the living room, as we've gotten her so used to sleeping through background noise that she won't doze off during the day without it. Hopefully she will continue to sleep as I get some things done, or at least until my mom arrives here in the next hour or so.
posted by Maranie @ 10:33 AM
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