Pre-crawling
misty · Mon, Nov 9, 2015Milo’s sleep was the same last night. Chase was kind enough to both make breakfast and watch Milo while I showered this morning. He stayed home until about 10am doing some work, and when he was ready to leave, Milo and I were just waking up from our first nap of the day. Since she’s waking up so early (around 6am), she’s ready for a nap by around 8 or 9.
During tummy time today, Milo held her head up very high. And, as I held my hands behind her feet, she pushed herself very well across the blanket. She even held her head up as she scooted, which is new. Chase thinks she’s going to be crawling really soon. I think it’ll be at least another month. But really - when she’s on her tummy on the floor, she really looks like she’s ready to take off; legs moving, arms propping her upper body up, head held high. It’s really going to freak me out when she moves on her own. We need to start baby proofing this place.
Night two of the bedtime routine: It didn’t go quite as miraculously smoothly as last night, but Milo still fell asleep pretty easily tonight. We omitted the bath (because it seems pretty ridiculous to bathe a baby every night) and moved right into white noise, lullaby, and massage. Chase and I are woefully unaware of appropriate lullabies. Last night I found myself singing “Wonderwall”. Tonight we stuck with “This Little Light of Mine” and “You Are My Sunshine,” both of which we only know one verse to, so we didn’t sing much.
In other news, Milo is just about too big for the bassinet already. We haven’t even used it yet. Chase and I are thinking about putting together the crib and training her to sleep there. But that’s going to take some rearranging of furniture, so perhaps next weekend. I’m not entirely eager to move Milo out of our bed, but I hear it’s for the best.