This is the story of Jelly Bean Burton.
Jelly Bean is the pet name we gave our baby, but now that she is here, we like to call her Maelle. She has changed our lives forever, and so, we will continue to blog about her and her amazing impact on our lives.
It is always amazing to me how Fast everything can change. It's kind of like the flick of a switch, first it's OFF, and then it is ON. No 'half-way' here.
Maelle is like that.
Last week she was a tiny baby, sleeping in her
tiny bassinet, still and quiet....
and now FLICK,
she's a bigbaby, in abig crib and a little tornadoin bed!
It feels like it happened overnight,out-of-the-blue, and all-of-a-sudden!
The scary/exciting part? I'm not sure which switch will be flicked next!
My goodness...Maelle is now over 3 months old and changing SO much! Let me give you few examples:
1. She can now hold her head in line with her body when she is pulled up from laying down. Although I am no longer able to use this exercise as a way to clean under her double chins, it is exciting to see her gain more control over her giant noggin.
2. Tummy Time is becoming less and less traumatic. She actually is able to smile a bit when laying sunny-side down, which means I don't feel like I'm killing her when I put her that way.
3. She has become an excellent Kicker--in fact, she loves it when the bar on her floor gym starts to lean towards her feet--she kicks at the little hanging toys like crazy. We call them "her friends" because she smiles at them and gets very excited when she is laying underneath them--hopefully, her drop kicking them is not an indication of how she will treat any real friends she makes.
4. She is learning how to sooth herself to sleep. Not only does this mean she sleeps longer at night, but it also means she is able to go down for a nap much easier--although, I must admit, helping her learn to self-soothe might be making me go a touch grey. We have had a few tears over this (me and her) but, it is working, and she is beginning to understand that nap time does not have to be a traumatic event...most days.
5. Perhaps the most exciting thing: She can roll from her stomach to her back. It is still a big effort, and sometimes she doesn't quite succeed, but she has done it about 3 times, without assistance. It is pretty crazy to watch. You can tell she is concentrating really hard and trying to get her body to do what she tells it.
On a different note...
For those of you who know Matt and are friends with him on Facebook, you might have seen a recent post detailing some of our text messages to each other. For those you who missed it:
As a follow up, a friend suggested this...I got a kick out of it, maybe you will too...just remember: Beware the Number 3:
