Milestones at 4 1/2 weeks
There have been two new things Quinn has learned in the last week or so… “Cooing” and Smiling.
Milestone #1 : Smile. The more elusive (hard to photograph) and much more subjective of the two milestones… The smile. I said it was no doubt a smile while Daddy said it must have been gas. Now he didn’t actually SEE her smile — he was deducing this based on “standard” baby milestones… Babies typically smile between 6-8 weeks. However, it’s been a solid week of these “smiles” and Jake now agrees with me. This kid is smiling. I can usually get a smile after I’ve changed her diaper and we have “play-time” — One round of singing the ABC’s and there it is — a huge smile. It’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen…
Milestone #2: “Cooing”. Over the last week Quinn has really been getting good at this. It’s so adorable to see her use her voice in new ways. Again, “cooing” typically occurs after a clean diaper and singing begins. I can usually get her to “coo” while I’m singing to her… It’s really wonderful. While her play-time is getting longer each week, typically a “coo-fest” is followed by fussiness. “Cooing” is hard work for a 4 week old!
Here are photos of her cooing and the makings of a smile…
