Yes, that is the same nightgown. And yes, that is the same baby! Where has the time gone????? 17 weeks, gone in the blink of an eye. It was hard to snap a good photo of my little cutie pie this week because all she wants to do is eat her hands! Nom, nom, nom, nom . . . .
She is teething BIG TIME. She also has decided to go through the so-called "4 month wakeful period" a bit early. Remember when she would sleep 6, 7 or 8 hours straight at night? Not anymore!!! Her sleep stretches started decreasing a week or two ago, and now we're waking up 3, 4 and 5 times a night. Sometimes to a laughing baby, who thinks it's hysterical to wake up at 3:30 am and refuse to go back to sleep for an hour! {That only happened one time so far, *knock on wood*! But her adorable smile is simply too sweet to get mad at, even in the middle of the night!} Like all things at this age though, it's just a phase and it will pass. I like to think of it as a developmental progression, not a sleep regression, as the linked blog post explains.
Emily is learning so many new and interesting things -- it's no wonder her brain is too excited to sleep all night! She is super active, and even more observant than before. She gets easily distracted from eating or sleeping at even the smallest sound or sight. She smiles A LOT and is getting more control over her little hands, which she has been holding out like little lobster claws over the past few days. These days, she spends most of her time on her tummy, with head held way up high, trying to crawl. Though, she still loves laying on her back and looking up at the adorable baby in the mirror of her play gym, whoever that beautiful baby is that smiles back at her! ;)
