7 Weeks

Another week has flown by!  My little love is obviously growing quickly.  We weighed her this week, and according to our home scale, she was 11 pounds this week.  We didn't measure how long she is, but we can tell she's growing.  According to the Baby Center website, babies her age grow about a quarter inch per week starting at birth.  Also, she's starting to really develop some chubs on her, which makes her even cuter...(if that's even possible)  :)

A few specifics from this week:

Cry


I realized this week that my baby's cry is changing!  She used to have that very distinct cry that all newborns have.  But now, it's changed very subtly that maybe only I could really catch the difference, but still-  it's changing.  I can't tell if it's the pitch, or volume or something else, but when she cries, you can hear it switch over from a newborn cry to her new cry.


Hands


Abbie is all about her hands!  She has started reaching for and swatting at things.  If she's unhappy about something, she flails her hands and tries to swat at us.  If she doesn't want her pacifier, she swats at it until it gets knocked out of her mouth.  Also...she has recently discovered that she can put her hands in her mouth.  Once she finds her mouth, she sucks on her fist.  We think she's trying to find her thumb to suck on, but she has her thumb inside of her fist, so it's pretty interesting watching her get frustrated that she can't suck on any specific fingers.  As sad as I feel when I see her unhappy or upset, I don't want to help her find her thumb, because I don't want her to develop a habit of sucking on it.  She'll find it when she finds it, I guess.  Also, her hands are starting to be more open.  As most babies' hands are when they are first born, Abigail's hands had been constantly curled tightly into a fist.  But now her hands are usually open.


Vocal


My my!  She sure has gotten chatty!  :)  In just the past 2-3 days, we've noticed that Abigail has learned to make so many more sounds.  She had been doing her occasional gurgle or coo...but now, she's constantly making cute sounds.  When we talk to her, and even when we're not-- she seems to want to tell us about what she thinks about everything.  I LOVE it!


Smiley


I know I mentioned that she smiles a lot-- but now she smiles so much more!  Whenever she's happy about something, she smiles.  When she sees us, she smiles.  When we talk to her, she smiles.  When we make funny faces or sounds, she smiles.  At even almost seems sometimes like she's on the verge of laughing.


Video


I can't believe we haven't been recording any videos of her!  (Other than her birth, of course)  Granted, we don't have a video camera...but really, these days, who does?  Anyways, this week I started recording little clips of her-- little things that I know I'll miss when she grows up.  I've recorded her crying; with her daddy while he changes her diaper; while having her bath in the sink; and just times when she's just finished eating and is just laying there quiet and alert.  I regret not taking more videos of her before, but I guess better late than never!