Sitting and rolling

Ceilidh has started to roll from her tummy to her back. First time she did it I put her right back on her tummy again to make sure it wasn't random and she did it another time. Then I called Matt over and she rolled back yet another time. Then we immediately went out and bought those mats that look like big puzzle pieces so that when she rolls she doesn't hit her head hard on the ground.  Imagine when she starts crawling we will have to baby proof the house.

Enjoying her new toy courtesy of Vivi and Isabelle

The other milestone this week was Ceilidh sitting on her own. Don't get me wrong she has to be put in the sitting position and she still wobbles but she can sit. It was during our weekly visit to the library where I noticed it. She was so enthralled with the librarian that she stopped leaning on me (I had her sitting in front of me) and was sitting on her own. I cannot say enough wonderful things about Library Sue she makes our weekly visits to the library extraordinary. It takes a special person to be a children's librarian.

Round two vaccinations

For my birthday Ceilidh gave me the gift of sleeping till 7:30 usually she wakes up closer to six am. And sadly all I had to offer her was a trip to the doctors to get her second vaccinations. She did really well though. Of course she cried when she got poked but settled down as soon as I gave her a hug.

For her dad's birthday she got him a big balloon of his favourite beverage. Ironically she was wearing her I love milk sleeper. 
Miss C is now over 13 lbs and her hair is getting long and curly. She enjoys her trips to the library but try as her dad may she has no interest in tractors yet.

4 months

The Smith girls

I must say it is pretty cool to see where Ceilidh is at in terms of development and think back to where she started. Its amazing to witness her learning new things and mastering other things. We take it for granted that we always new how to control our fingers ie for typing or just simply standing up.
Ceilidh hasn't mastered standing up by herself but she likes to do so with help and will often fuss if you sit her down or put her on her back. Not that she can sit by herself either but she now gets more use of her bumbo chair and the tray is especially handy for putting toys in front of her. I think she is ready for an excersaucer or jolly jumper. She is also really into exploring things with her mouth, so much so that now I have to watch how I dress her because if it is a dress she puts the skirt part in her mouth. She can't do that with a onesie. I also now have to travel with toys so that she has some stimulation although she still likes to suck her wrists or fingers.

Showing that she can do tummy time

I had her weighed on Wednesday and she is now 12 lbs 13 oz. She is still on a pattern of sleeping 4-5 hours at night waking up and feeding and then going back to sleep. However, she seems to like a 6 am wake up time. I still wake up around 1am and have a hard time falling back to sleep. I keep thinking she will wake up any moment so I need to work on my sleep habits. 

Miss Ceilidh

Laughing away

All the pictures in today's entry are pictures that my friend Monica took for us . It was really hard deciding which pictures to post. Thanks Monica for the great pictures and thanks Caroline for the lovely pink outfit you gave Ceilidh which she is sporting in all but one shot.