The world of smooth transitions:"At
around 11 or 12 weeks, your baby will enter yet another new world as he
undergoes the third major developmental leap since his birth. You may
recall that one of the significant physical developments that occurred
at 8 weeks was your baby's ability to swipe and kick at objects with his
arms and legs. These early flailing movements often looked comically
puppetlike. At 12 weeks, this jerky action is about to change. Like
Pinocchio, your baby is ready to change from a puppet into a real boy. fussiness, lots more eating and cuddles.
Of
course, this transformation will not happen overnight, and when it does
it will entail more than just physical movement, although that's
usually what parents notice most. It will also affect your baby's
ability to perceive with his other senses the way things change around
him—such as a voice shifting from one register to another, the cat
slinking across the floor, and the light in a room becoming dimmer as
the sun dips behind the clouds. Your baby's world is becoming a more
organized place as he discovers the constant, flowing changes around
him."
Elaina has been more fussy, having a harder time going down for bed and needing much more cuddle time. She is also talking MORE and laughing. This book helped me realize that when a baby goes through developmental changes they may not sleep as well, need more mama time and even use you has a 24 hour slurpee factory. They regress in areas they were just excelling at. We have always fed E on demand and listened to her ques when it comes to sleep, this comes in handy bc every day is different.
If you are a mama this book is amazing; it gives you great ideas on how encourage the new mental skills babies are learning! It "turns 10 predictable, great fussy phases into magical leaps forward."
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