All Things Supercinski

Time sure flies the second time around! We are enjoying our laid-back and happy baby girl. Annalise is very different from Josiah at this age. She is so much more flexible and content. She loves being out and about, but appreciates regular naps in her bed. While loud noises upset Josiah easily, Annalise rarely flinches. Perhaps because she has heard lots of loud sounds from the beginning.

Annalise spends most of her awake time flopping onto her belly and “airplaning.” She puts her arms to the side and kicks her feet. I’m sure it is a great core-muscle exercise. She rolls onto her belly all the time, and sometimes flops back onto her back. This skill seems to come and go. A few days ago she was rolling across the room, but today she is content to stay on her belly for longer periods.

She takes three naps a day, varying in length from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours. Her naps are predictable–she goes to sleep easily two hours after she last woke up. She is still sleeping swaddled–I am really working on trying to wean her off, but she just doesn’t sleep without it the times I have tried. Any tips for this? She sleeps a 6-8 hour stretch at night and wakes twice a night. She sleeps about half the night in our bed–I’m not ready to cut out the baby snuggles completely.

Annalise hasn’t started solids yet. I have been waiting for the bananas to ripen, but now there is only one banana left. Perhaps next week will be the week?

Annalise is quite the talker, just like her brother. She babbles constantly and when she is sleepy or hungry, her babble turns into a whiny “mmmmaaa! mmmmmaaa!” I think she is trying to say “momma” or “milk” (more likely), but time will tell.