Recently, Samara has been more interactive and fun to play with. Today, Seth decided to see how long she could stay up on his shoulders. She stayed up there a while, partially because she was grabbing on to Seth's hair for support. She was also simultaneously sucking her thumb (and probably getting some of Seth's hair).
She has also become very difficult to get down for a nap. I think her recent fussiness, which I thought was teething (no teeth yet), may be because of the week 26 leap if you believe in the Wonder Weeks. All the signs perfectly describe Samara: clinginess, cries and is whiny/cranky more, trouble sleeping, nursing more, shyness, regression of behavior and physical abilities, and more. As a result, she has been a fussy, tired baby. If she is distracted its fine, but if she isn't she just screams. Since we were at a friends house and I was bouncing her on my lap, she was able to sleep when she was tired. However, she was sitting in my lap with my arm around her middle, so she literally folded over in half and slumped over. Quite hilarious. I tried to take a picture of it, but this was the best I could manage.
I mentioned above that Samara has been more interactive. The way she plays in the Jumperoo has markedly changed. Before she didn't really do much except jump, but now she has gained the ability to really see and manipulate the toys on it. In this first video, you can see how she can grab and examine the red parrot, roll the drum in the front, start to turn the elephant, and roll the rainbow circle on the right side. It is amazing how quickly all the skills develop.
This second video shows her staring at the blue bullfrog hanging above (she really loves staring at things with eyes), rolling the toy on the left, and grabbing the blue butterfly chew toy. I think it is funny it is called a chew toy. I mean, she definitely chews on it, but when I hear of chew toy I think of something for a dog. The one thing I haven't captured so far is that she bangs the chew toy on the green arch.
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