Elizabeth

Welcome to a post all about Elizabeth, with several firsts!

In August, Elizabeth began taking her baths in the big tub. The baby tub is back down in the basement.

Elizabeth has become a true thumb sucker. She sucks her thumb before falling asleep and off and on throughout the day. She seems to prefer her left thumb, and lately seems to enjoy stroking her hair with her right hand while thumb sucking. Chris says he was a lefty thumb sucker too, so she must have gotten this from Daddy.

We got out the box of six month clothes, and Elizabeth got to try on a super cute pair of shoes. She's a lucky girl to get twice the hand-me-downs and has quite the wardrobe. 

The exersaucer has become a great source of entertainment in our house. It's a nice space for Elizabeth. She can play, practice standing, and have a little bubble room to keep her safe from her sisters' enthusiastic loving.

Thumbsucker

At one day old, Elizabeth amazed us all by sucking her thumb. She must have been practicing quite a bit in utero.

For the first few days of life, she was able to repeat this trick, but then lost it. Since then, she's been trying to find her hands, especially her thumbs. She's had success a handful of times, and always seems excited when she does.  A couple weeks ago, she was sleeping in longer than usual, and when I went to check on her, I found out why. She'd managed to wiggle her hand up out of her swaddle wrap and that thumb was popped right in her mouth. There was quite a lot of smacking going on, and she was pretty happy with herself.