1. Sophia can sit up unsupported for long periods of time. In fact, these days she spends time sitting and playing with her toys, either chewing on them or waving them about while chatting up a storm.
2. Sophia is now a rolling over pro. All she needed was a little motivation to get this skill finely honed, and falling over from the sitting position seemed to do the trick. If she ends up on her back, she expertly rolls over to get toys or what have you. It's great. She rolls over on to her tummy at night, and,thankfully, she doesn't mind.
3. The splash zone is back in the Gerhard house. Stand too close to Sophia and you will get wet. Yes, the famous raspberry is back, bigger and wetter than ever. Along with the return of this dubious friend, comes the raspberry behind the soother. This is a new and fun game which inevitably ends up with everyone nearby being hit with drool.
4. With the soother raspberry came the discovery of the shooting soother. Yup, Sophia discovered that if she puts enough pressure behind the soother she can send it flying from her mouth. This is a fun game, especially when I am trying to get her calm before bed. Or when she's crying. Or when she's angry.
5. David discovered that if you stand Sophie up and have her hands firmly placed on the crib railing, you can let go and she will continue to stand. Please see picture below:
Sophia seems to enjoy this new freedom, while Dad stays near by to catch the falling baby --which usually happens after her knees buckle or she leans too far over.
There have been many other things that she has discovered since Christmas... like her toes. Her toes seem to be particularly tasty, and she spends significant amounts of time trying to get them in mouth. This makes changing her diaper really interesting. Ever tried to get a diaper around a bend in half baby? If you have any tips or techniques, please do pass them along.
Last Friday, Sophia and I started swimming "lessons". Really, it's a class to get parents and babies used to being in the water together. I will write more about it when I have pictures. But I can say that she seems to be enjoying it so far. I mention it now because when we first started the class I thought she would be fine just going in her swimming diapers (which were darned expensive!). Well, yeah, that was fine except that she was mistaken for a boy, especially seeing that the only other babies in just their diapers were boys. So off to Old Navy I go to purchase Sophia's first bathing suit. I am of the mindset that little babies do not need to wear a bikini, which thankfully David agrees with. I checked out the myriad of two pieces, which were cute, I admit, but Sophia was not getting one. Finally I found a cute little one piece, which she models quite well in the following picture:
And finally, the reason why I won't be letting David do Sophie's hair when she grows up:
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