Lillian is starting to really use her hands. There have been several points in her life thus far at which we have noticed new hands-related abilities (looking at them, stuffing them into her mouth, grabbing the neckline of my shirt when eating as if she’s worried I’ll put her down before she’s done) but this one is most exciting to date - she’s begun to pick up items on her own, hold onto them for extended periods of time, and manipulate them. She wears a look of intense concentration, it seems like she is making the connection that it is her hands that are causing an object to move. We’ve brought out our Sophie the Giraffe, rounded up a few rattles, and are scanning the house for the many toys she has been given that she can now use.
What Lillian is still not doing: napping (at least with any consistency)! When she does happen to nod off for any longer than a few minutes, she wakes up in tears as if upset that she accidentally missed out on even a brief portion of her day. We’re trying to practice better habits about getting Lillian settled in her crib throughout the day before she gets overly tired, to little success thus far. Thank goodness she sleeps fairly well at night! And I was encouraged by a mom we met at at our library’s Books for Babies program, who told us her daughter had similar napping habits as Lillian at her age, but suddenly started accepting naps at six months. Here’s hoping.
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