Our cutie turned 20 weeks last week! So this post is a lil late hehe.
Leia has been growing and changing so much lately. She's just constantly learning! That kinda explains her 4 month Sleep Regression. One website even termed this a 4 month Sleep progression since babies grow so much during this period.
Basically, Leia has been waking up frequently at night... Like how she was as a newborn (but maybe not as bad?). And she has super short naps in the day lasting about 30 mins only! Honestly, it's really quite frustrating for G and me. Especially for me. I've been feeling exhausted by the multiple late night wakings. Lil Leia used to wake up only once a night at about 4am when she was 2 months on. Now she wakes up at least twice and sometimes won't even go back to bed unless you carry and rock her. -.- One night, she woke up at 2.30am and babbled for a loooong time before she slept at 3.30am. 2 nights ago, I felt like I was suffering from depression and kept asking Gerald why oh why Leia's like this.
Well, deep down I knew why. And my research confirmed my thoughts. Our little one is simply just growing and becoming very engaged with the world around her. She's beginning to realize that her actions affect others and she has control on her surroundings. And everything is just becoming more interesting for her! So I guess it's really quite a challenge for her to fall back asleep when she enters the active part of her sleep cycle.
It's really true that she's growing. Leia's been doing a lot more these days! Here's some:
1. She's been turning to her sides alot more and actually does crunches! Lol the latter is really quite funny. It's as though she's exercising her abs. I suppose she's learning to get or sit up!
2. Leia's been trying to flip over too! She lifts one side of her body off the ground and tries to turn to the other side. Without our help, she can't really succeed yet. But she's so adorable when she does it! Sometimes she even gets angry and frustrated when she can't succeed.
3. She makes alot of noise now! She 'sings' when she's tired and also tries to talk all the time. Our lil one becomes sooo happy when we try to talk and mimic what she says. Gotta love her gummy grins. They are the best medicine in the world! Always makes me feel better.
4. Leia finally discovered her feet and toes! Now she keeps reaching for her toes and plays with them. She looks like she's doing sit and reach everytime she tries. Super flexible!
5. Nowadays, Leia tries to reach and touch our faces with her lil hands. She realized that she can actually feel our faces! My lil darling smiles when I put her hands on my face. Melts my heart.