Becoming Mobile

Adelaida spends a lot of time in her crib. We generally place her in her crib on her back, in the center of the crib, with her body parallel to the sides of the crib.

We are amazed at all the different positions we find her in when we get her out of the crib.

She was two months old here, and we were still swaddling her at night. She somehow wriggled out of the yellow blanket we swaddled her in and rotated her body about 45 degrees in the crib.


Here's another picture from February; the first time we found her with her legs through the sides of the crib. She was sleeping through the night at this point. We woke up one morning and hadn't heard anything from her, so eventually went into her room to get her out of bed. She was just lying in the crib with her legs hanging out, perfectly happy!


In March, we started letting Adelaida sleep with a small blanket and her stuffed polar bear, Snuffles Junior. The blanket sometimes stays on her body, but more commonly ends up over her head. On this day, she also had her yellow duckie blanket with her, and ended up with the blanket on her body where it was supposed to be, the duckie above her head, and Snuffles Junior on her chest. She was determined to win the staring contest with Snuffles Junior!


This picture is from April. With the warm weather, Adelaida started wearing fewer onesies and more sundresses, which are much easier for her to pull up to her mouth and suck on. I'm pretty sure she had been sucking on her dress before she fell asleep in this picture.


We continue to be amazed at the positions Adelaida gets herself into in her crib. At least so far she has remained in her crib, lying down, on her back. I'm sure one day we will walk into her room and find her standing in her crib, or (even worse) sitting on the floor playing contentedly when we had put her to sleep in her crib!