Week 18

Last Friday (the 19) Sabine turned four months old. That also happened to be the day she learned to roll over intentionally. She is now quite proficient at swinging her legs up and over to heave herself from her back to her stomach. While she is very proud of this new skill and does it repeatedly, she still hates tummy time. I don’t think she’s quite figured out yet that rolling over from her back will inevitably lead to tummy time. Next up, learning to roll from front to back!

As another milestone, we gave Sabine her first rice cereal mixed in her regular bottle last Wednesday. For some babies, apparently the weight of the cereal helps keep the reflux at bay. She seemed to do well, she chugged her bottle as usual and the reflux seemed mildly better. But then she had a serious choking fit on Friday night that scared me (and her) half to death, so we nixed cereal for now. We’re back to the medicine for dealing with the reflux.

Sabine has also developed a very poignant frustration scream. It’s nice to know she’s not in pain so much as just pissed off sometimes, but it’s still pretty noisy. We keep telling her it’s all part of the learning process, since she seems to do it the most when she’s eyeballing a toy that’s just out of reach. We’re hoping it’ll inspire her to get moving; we’re pretty sure she’s going to really enjoy mobility. (We’re also thinking we need to start childproofing the house here pretty soon.)


Thanks, RS, for the frog! The eyeballs are the perfect size for gumming.