2 Month List!

Here’s the breakdown on what Danicka is up to these days! :)

• We are still exclusively breastfeeding.  I feed her at home, and I pump at work so the daycare can feed her from the Breastflow bottles.  I try to go out and feed her at lunch once or twice a week.

o   When she takes a bottle at daycare – she takes 4-6 ounces.

•  She can sit in her Bumbo, although she’s still a little wobbly so we always have a hand nearby.  She likes it because she can look around, which is one of her favorite things to do!

• She has giggled out loud twice!  She seems to be smiling almost all the time, which is amazing!
• She has rolled over from her tummy to back a few times, which I’m impressed with because she really doesn’t like tummy-time that much so she doesn’t get a whole lot of it!
• She’s still eating every 3 hours during the day “on demand,” but at night, she’ll sleep about 7 hours every night now.
• She’s starting to “talk” a lot – Lots of gabbing, like Mommy!
• She is really noisy when making a diaper – lots of grunting and tooting!
• Loves to kick the rattle on her play mat.
• She still puts her hand/thumb to mouth to self-soothe on occasion, but rarely needs to.
• She is adding more and more facial expressions on a daily basis – she is SO expressive!
• She scoots (on her back and probably not on purpose!)
• She LOVES her baths, but she HATES the cold when she has to get out!
• She’s getting more and more attentive every day.  When we read her a book, she stares at it very intently, and she is starting to stare at the TV.
• She only takes a about 3 naps a day now.
• She’s a real wiggle worm!  If she is awake, her legs and arms are moving, and the movements are getting more deliberate and less spastic.
• On tummy time, she can pull herself up onto her forearms and hold her head up for a little bit at a time.
• She follows me with her eyes when I put her down and walk away.  When I come back into sight, she starts following me again.
• She doesn’t grab things yet, but if you place something in her hand (like a rattle), she’ll hold onto it and shake it around.
• She still has a very tight grip and likes to hold onto our fingers.
• She’ll play by herself on her activity mat or in her bouncer for quite awhile.
• She always wakes up in a very good mood!
• She hardly every cries – In fact, the teacher next door to her room at day care told me last Friday that she’s never actually heard Danicka cry!
• She’s already taking her binky quite a bit less.  Usually only if she’s getting hungry or if she’s getting tired and fighting going to sleep – we’ll give it to her and she’s out in a minute (as long as she doesn't spit it out!)
• She follows objects with her eyes.
• She’s out of NB clothes and diapers.  She’s into size 1 diapers and 3 month clothes.
• She has started staring at her hands very intently, like she’s figuring out they are a part of her body!
• She LOVES it when Daddy whistles to her.  She stares at his mouth very intently, and has started mimick his mouth to make it look like she’s whistling.
• She also likes Peek-a-Boo!  That always gets a smile out of her.
• She sticks out her tongue and blows bubbles a lot!  She’s also a big drooler!
• She rolls onto her side from her back, although, not on purpose, but it’s still exciting!

Also, as you may remember, Daniel only speaks Spanish to Danicka, and I only speak English.  So, since she is starting to get more attentive, we have decided to start introducing basic sign language to her to try to help her relate the English and Spanish words to each other.  The first signs we are going to do is Mommy, Daddy, dog, milk, and more.  Daniel is already convinced she knows the word 'leche' (milk, in Spanish) because he says 'leche' a lot while he feeds her a bottle, and he says it to her while she breastfeeds.  So, now, every time he says it when she's not eating, she starts smiling.  I don't know if she recognizes the word or just likes smiling! :)

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