Here are some things I don't want to forget about Eleanor at this stage...
-Her "pirate eye." When Eleanor is waking up or going to sleep she does this thing where she opens only one eye at a time. It's cute.
-Her hands. Eleanor LOVES her hands. They are constantly on the move. And when Eleanor sleeps she likes to have her hands straight up in the air.
-Her noises. She makes the funniest noises, especially when she's sleeping and starting to wake up. Eleanor has one noise that sounds like an elephant, which is made even funnier when she lifts an arm straight up into the air when she does it :)
-Her faces. Oh, her faces. They are hilarious. She has this one that she does where her eyes get big and she makes an "O" shape with her mouth. Adorable. And when Eleanor is waking up she makes all sorts of funny faces. Here's a series of pictures Matt took during one of her waking-up sessions. Too funny!
-Her hiccups. When I was pregnant with Eleanor she got the hiccups quite often, and a lot of the time you could see my stomach move with the hiccups. She still gets pretty violent hiccups that shake her whole little body. If she's asleep or anywhere near it when she gets the hiccups, you can count on her waking up. And when she's awake with the hiccups her eyes get so big and sometimes her mouth makes this "O" shape, kind of like, "whoa, what are these?"
-Eleanor is starting to look toward us when we are talking while holding her. She's also starting to sort of look at a rattle and book that we have that are mostly black and white - the contrast is easy for her to see. It's fun to see her start responding and being interactive.
-Most of the time Eleanor likes her swing and bouncy seat. If she's awake when we're eating dinner she'll hang out in her bouncer on the floor next to the table and she just looks around with her eyes wide open.
-Eleanor loves sucking on her hands and fingers. LOVES it. When she's really upset it's almost a frantic thing. So as much as I hate it, we've started using the pacifier some to soothe her. I'd rather her not use a pacifier or suck on her thumb/fingers, but if I have to choose I'd rather the pacifier because at least I can take that away at some point. But we are still only using the pacifier as a last resort.
-Right now Eleanor is eating 2.5-3 ounces roughly every 3 hours. She'll usually get in a 4-5 hour stretch at night, which is great!
-Her "pirate eye." When Eleanor is waking up or going to sleep she does this thing where she opens only one eye at a time. It's cute.
-Her hands. Eleanor LOVES her hands. They are constantly on the move. And when Eleanor sleeps she likes to have her hands straight up in the air.
-Her noises. She makes the funniest noises, especially when she's sleeping and starting to wake up. Eleanor has one noise that sounds like an elephant, which is made even funnier when she lifts an arm straight up into the air when she does it :)
-Her faces. Oh, her faces. They are hilarious. She has this one that she does where her eyes get big and she makes an "O" shape with her mouth. Adorable. And when Eleanor is waking up she makes all sorts of funny faces. Here's a series of pictures Matt took during one of her waking-up sessions. Too funny!
-Her hiccups. When I was pregnant with Eleanor she got the hiccups quite often, and a lot of the time you could see my stomach move with the hiccups. She still gets pretty violent hiccups that shake her whole little body. If she's asleep or anywhere near it when she gets the hiccups, you can count on her waking up. And when she's awake with the hiccups her eyes get so big and sometimes her mouth makes this "O" shape, kind of like, "whoa, what are these?"
-Eleanor is starting to look toward us when we are talking while holding her. She's also starting to sort of look at a rattle and book that we have that are mostly black and white - the contrast is easy for her to see. It's fun to see her start responding and being interactive.
-Most of the time Eleanor likes her swing and bouncy seat. If she's awake when we're eating dinner she'll hang out in her bouncer on the floor next to the table and she just looks around with her eyes wide open.
-Eleanor loves sucking on her hands and fingers. LOVES it. When she's really upset it's almost a frantic thing. So as much as I hate it, we've started using the pacifier some to soothe her. I'd rather her not use a pacifier or suck on her thumb/fingers, but if I have to choose I'd rather the pacifier because at least I can take that away at some point. But we are still only using the pacifier as a last resort.
-Right now Eleanor is eating 2.5-3 ounces roughly every 3 hours. She'll usually get in a 4-5 hour stretch at night, which is great!
Pacifiers are definitely an easier habit to break! And I was glad to see in the other post that she's growing - great news!
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