mylène daily

It has already been a few days, but because of the Xmas days, there just hasn't been enough time to post something on the 23rd. But I think, there haven't been too many changes during the past week, so this picture should do it as well, I hope.

I noticed that there hasn't been much on the developments of Mylène during the past few weeks, either. So, let's use the opportunity here, and post a wrap up of what's new:

• Mylène seems to have lost the appetite for talking. She does make a lot of different noises, but unlike before, you can hardly call this talking. An exception was a morning when she woke up in her bed, and started a conversation with herself. This was music to our ears, as you can imagine.
• She now knows that she has 2 hands, and really observes them sometimes. It's funny to see how she tries to put both hands into her mouth at the same time.
• The crying changed: it is becoming more varied, which makes it quite easy for us to hear whether something is up or whether she is just complaining.
• She really improved her skill to lift her head while lying on her belly. She even looks around while doing that and smiles if you smile at her. She can hold on to that for well over a minute. After that, she drops her head and starts complaining.
• She is still loosing hair!!
• Last week, she really laughed loudly! Sadly though, she did this only once. Was it on purpose at all?
• Her eyes loook brighter and more curious every day. She observes very carefully what's happening around her and follows whatever is moving in front of her. And she likes watching TV!
• She seems to be recognising us, but I am not very sure about this. Right now, it's only an assumption ... or just hoping?
• She grabs quite well, although mostly without knowing that she does so. This is becoming problematic, because she removes her passifier from her mouth very often now, which usually results in a loud crying.
  Sometimes, she even moves her arms to an object in front of her. But until now, only rarely.
• Sleeping goes very well. One day, she even slept from 19:00 - 7:00 without waking up. Normally she sleeps from 7:00 - 5:00 or so. We cannot complain, I guess. During the day, she only sleeps shortly: 30 minutes - 1 hour max, three or four times.
• And last but not least: she grows!! She weighs around 7,2 kg now!!

All in all, it has been another exciting and enjoyable month, which provides lots to look forward to during the months to come.