Some pictures, updates, and bathtime is fun!

It's time for picture updates!

Just hanging out in her carseat. Thankfully, she doesn't cry much anymore. She enjoys looking out the window and at her reflection in the carseat mirror. Actually, she's quite a little flirt - with herself! She loves smiling at that baby in every mirror she sees.

Here she is "reading" Goodnight Moon. Fabricio and I read this every night I was pregnant, starting around 20 weeks. The funny thing is, she LOVES this book. I read it to her every night before bedtime. Even when she's fussing, I'll put the book in front of her and start reading, and she calms down immediately. I don't know if it's my voice, the pictures, or the fact that it's part of her bedtime routine - or all 3! - but it works!

Who, me? Nope, I'm not tired!

This past Sunday (Feb 3) she started blowing raspberries back at us. I tried capturing it in this picture, but of course it's hard to get an "action shot". It's so much fun playing with her this way, but stand back, the spit flies (from her, not us!!) :)

Just playing with her giraffe.

Here's one with Fabricio pretending to let Camila listen to music on his computer. She's fascinated with the computer (and tv, cell phone, BlackBerry, etc) and loves to listen to music. We were trying to help her get through her evening crabbiness late last week, and this worked pretty well!

Her new way of sucking on her hand - she basically cups her tongue. :)

After her bath. Last Sunday (Feb 3) Camila started playing in the bathtub. She realized that if she kicks her feet, the water splashes. Bathtime is now one of her favorite times; she loves playing! The funny thing to us is that she has such a serious look of concentration when she's playing! We now give her baths more often, as it's also a great way to get through her evening crabbiness. :)

Enjoying her new Bumbo. She loves looking at the world sitting up. She's also doing better lying flat (she doesn't mind it nearly as much as she used to) but sitting up is still her preference. Just an innocent look in her swing.

Smile!

Her hand at (almost) 4 months

Her hand at 2 weeks

I think Camila knows when it's the weekend and her mom wants to sleep in. :) The past 2 weeks she's slept through the night Monday - Thursday nights (8:30-6:30 give or take 1 hour in the morning), but Friday, Saturday, and Sunday she's up at least once, sometimes twice! But at least we know she can sleep through the night more nights than not. Now if only we could start a better bedtime routine of putting her down drowsy but not asleep. Since she's still in our room while Fabricio's mom is here, we're not going to try it until we can put Camila in her crib, but I have to admit that we're both nervous we may end up waiting too long and it will be a struggle! She'll be 5 months by the time we even start putting her in her crib. We know it's difficult anyway, so we're worried that the fact she'll be older will make it that much harder. She goes down so easy now (I can get her sleeping for naps or bedtime in about 10 minutes, but I usually hold her another 15-20.) Plus, I don't mind holding her at night because I'm only home with her a 2 hours before she goes to bed each weeknight. That extra time is nice to snuggle and see her, even if she is sleeping!

I already mentioned a few other new things she's doing (playing in the tub, blowing raspberries.) She's also getting better at putting things in her mouth using both hands. She's starting to reach for objects as well. If we put something just in front of her, she'll lunge forward (while sitting up) to grab it. She's not rolling over yet, and it doesn't look like she will be anytime soon. Tummy time still isn't fun for her, but the past few days she just lies there munching on the mat. She doesn't all out cry anymore either while on her tummy, which is good! And her reflux seems to be getting much better, which makes all of us very happy! :) Fabricio's mom arrived this past Monday, but I'm afraid that Camila is making Abuelis Rita quite tired during the day! This little girl is a lot of work, but Abuelis Rita enjoys spending time with her!

Just today (which is actually Sunday, Feb 10, even though the blog date says Friday, Feb 8. I started uploading pictures on Friday, but just published this today) we noticed that Camila is very interested in watching us eat. I don't think we'll be starting her on solids quite yet, but it's great knowing that she's observing and is interested. (If I remember correctly, her Pediatrician likes to start babies on solids around 6 months. We have her 4 month appt coming up on Feb 21, so we'll discuss it then.)

Lastly, she just started loving to take her Prilosec! Starting Sunday, she sucks it down like there's no tomorrow. No crying whatsoever, and she actually acts like she wants more! Silly girl! :)