Miranda hit a number of milestones today. It was really quite amazing to watch as she just started doing one new thing after another.
This morning, Miranda turned over for the first time. Eleanor originally turned over from her back to her stomach on Christmas. Later she learned to turn from her stomach onto her back. Miranda’s first turn was from her stomach to her back. We’ve been giving Miranda a lot of “tummy time” and she finally found the right sequence of pushing and twisting to turn over. Agnes saw her do it twice this morning, but she wouldn’t do it on camera. I have yet to actually witness it.
Later in the day, we put Miranda in our swing. This swing has several modes of operation. In one of the modes, if the swing occupant pulls on one of the dangling plastic toys, the music will turn on and lights will start flashing. Pull it again, and it turns off. Today, Miranda reached for the toys to pull on them and found out that the music and lights turn on. She started pulling on the toy over and over. We watched as she would let go, then grab it again, and pull again. Of course this means we would hear only the first three or four notes of the half-dozen songs the swing plays before it would be shut off again, but if it amuses her, we’re happy.
Finally, we went to Babies R Us today to buy some sippy cups with handles. The idea is that when we start the girls on solid foods, we’re also going to introduce a cup. The cups we bought have a set of handles that can also be used on the Avent bottles. We put the handles onto a bottle that we gave Miranda and she held onto them. She’s been fighting with us to hold onto her own bottle, but the bottle itself is too wide for her to hold well. The handles help a lot. She still has trouble understanding that the bottle needs to be tilted upward, and she will still pull the bottle from her mouth when she doesn’t mean to. The whole eating experience is messier, but it is fun to see her hold her own bottle. Maybe she’ll get better at it over time. Eleanor didn’t have any interest in hold the handles. Recently, Eleanor’s just been swinging her arm and hitting the bottle with her open hand. We’re not sure what that hitting means, but she doesn’t seem to be upset about anything — just playing.
Here’s a picture of Miranda holding her own bottle.
