Sherrie is starting to feel stranger anxiety.... It is now confirmed because when we went to Kaufoo's place yesterday and there were many unfamiliar faces all looking at her, she promptly cried and let out a loud wail. I tried many times to go in slowly but somehow she just couldn't go in. She was also hungry, so I guess it made the situation worse. But anyway, I read on the blog that it's true, stranger anxiety begins around 5 months. She was ok when we went to che doo's place subsequently. There are many more familiar faces there so it's no surprise.
She can also bear weight well on her feet, when I hold her up. She steps on my thighs firmly and when I hold her with her feet on a solid surface, she will stand firmly as well. She is really growing fast! And the changes are on a daily basis. I bet soon she will be moving forward with her crawling. As it is, put her in the playpen and she will be rolling all over and when on her tummy, pivoting the top half of her body towards toys that she wants, holding the toys in her hands and interacting with them using her hands and mouth. I think it really will be soon that she makes her first crawl forward.
We tried to put her in the leapfrog today but she wasn't very receptive. I think it's a matter of getting used to it. Hopefully she will like it and play with it, so there'll be something new for her to do. :)
It has been a tiring weekend because she keeps wanting to roll over in the middle of the night. Plus, the pacifier keeps dropping out of her mouth when she sleeps on her side (no help from gravity!) and we both gotta wake up to put it back in her mouth. In the end, we put her on the bed (maybe that's what she wants) and then try to pat her till she sleeps. Even so, she still closes her eyes and try to roll. In which case, she is on her tummy, fully awake, staring at you in the middle of the night. And because she is in between us, either her right or left limbs will knock into you and wake you up. Imagine seeing her smily face when you are woken up from your slumber. How to get angry?? You feel the tiredness the following day because from that moment on she is gleefully rolling about and it is a real challenge trying to go back to sleep (at least for me).
It's late and she has just gotten to bed. It is hard trying to get her to bed because she excites herself so much rolling about that I have to hold her very tightly in my arms before I put her down in the cot. Tiring for me but at least she sleeps! Otherwise i'd be standing by the cot, patting her, which honestly I find even more exhausting.
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