Lately, Tomoe hasn’t been taking naps well at all during the day. She’s been spending her day awake and crying. She’s full, but keeps crying. Her diaper’s been changed, but keeps crying. She drools a lot, but she doesn’t seem to be teething. Still a little early for that. She just doesn’t settle down. She only seems to settle down if she’s being held or if she’s outside. I’ve been finding it difficult to do any blogging or writing.
Tomoe’s definitely developing at a fast pace mentally. She’s extremely aware of her surroundings now. She watches everything. She focuses on us when we speak, and she’s very attentive about how we speak. If I talk to her, she’ll stare at me and follow my mouth movements. She often smiles when I talk to her. She’s beginning to make sounds that are almost laughs. Can’t to wait to hear her laugh.
She’s also found out that those hands that are waving around in front of her are actually hers. She’s gaining control of them, and now directs them to her mouth to suck on. Whenever I hear a kissing sound from her, I know she’s sucking on her hand. She’s also grasping at things, usually a finger, her blanket or my wife’s lip or hair.
She sleeps quite well at night these days, probably because she’s awake all day. I think the longest was more than 8 hours in one stretch.
Now that she’s looking around a lot and she’s probably restless while laying down alone, we need to consider getting her a toy that hangs above her so she can be occupied and stimulated. We saw something at Akachan Honpo that looks good.
In other news, a couple other Japan bloggers have just had babies of their own, David of Ogijima and Salaryman of Foreign Salaryman in Tokyo. Congrats!
And now, a picture.
Oh no! What did I just do??? (Actually, she's asleep and her mom put her hands like this)
