What Mia has been up to lately

A couple random notes as Mia turns 19 weeks tomorrow.

Time is flying and our little girl is getting so big!

She is very close to rolling from her back to her belly. She gets just about there and stops. I'm not sure if she gets stuck, gets scared, or just plain doesn't want to end up on her belly. That said, she does enjoy tummy time much more than her sister ever did. As she gets stronger, she enjoys it more. She's scooching a bit on her tummy and is working toward figuring out how to army crawl.

This afternoon, I had her sitting up and let go once she had found her balance. She still doesn't really sit up by herself and still hunches forward leaning on her hands. This afternoon, she actually scooted forward a tiny bit toward a toy! It was so cute!

Also this afternoon, I put the string of a pull toy in her hand and showed her how to pull it toward herself. (Grandma may have done this earlier today too -  not sure). She seemed to grasp the concept. We'll have to work on picking up the string next!

Mia has been interested in the jumperoo since the first time I put her in it. As she gets bigger, she is even more interested. Emma still loves the jumperoo and constantly asks if Mia can go in it. Emma loves showing Mia how the toys work and gets very excited when Mia spins the barrel-like toy or turns the wheel. Emma exclaimed the other day, "Mom! She's spinning it! She's spinning it!" It was adorable! Tonight Mia amused herself in the jumperoo while I got dinner on the table and for almost the entire time we were eating!

She is becoming slightly more proficient at eating cereal. Grandma said she ate a couple tablespoons today before she got tired and started pushing it out of her mouth. Perhaps, we'll send some to daycare to help stretch out the time between bottles.

When Mia and I are together, Mia eats on demand which sometimes is every hour or hour and a half. When we're not together, she makes it to about 2 hours on the nose. She takes her bottles easily and wolfs them down. Kurt's Mom said she noticed this afternoon when Mia got tired of her and wanted me...and therefore a bottle, because that was Mommy. I kidded that she is already an emotional eater.