Scoot, scoot!

Annelise had learned something very dangerous. At least, as dangerous as a baby can be who's not walking, crawling, rolling (she's so close on this one, and probably could if she really wanted to), or... what else do babies do? (Seriously, if you've got any warnings about what to look out for in a 3 month old... let me know.)

Anyway, she's always been an active little girl, even before she was born. So many kicks! She seems to have been pretty strong, too, lifting her head during her entire 2 week old photo shoot whenever we'd try to get cute pictures of her laying down on her tummy. And of course, she loves her jumperoo, and jumps like crazy when she's in it (when she's not sleepy, of course!). So now, she's learned a new trick. It's called the Scoot. She kicks her legs, wiggles her body, and scoots around on her back! It's not a very efficient method of transportation, but give her about a half hour to herself, and she can be in a totally different position from where she started. She gave Daddy a scare the other day by starting to scoot off the bed after she had taken a nap! She still napped in our bed sometimes during the day, especially when Daddy would nap with her, but since we realized she was scooting around, that's the end of that! It's crib-city from now on.

So now she's in her crib full-time for naps and overnight stays. A few nights ago I put her down for a nap. No sounds came from the baby monitor for about 30-40 minutes. Then all of a sudden, little whimpers. Her discomfort cry. [As a side note, she only full out wails when she's hungry. At least for right now.] I go in to check on her, and she had scooted herself up into the left hand corner of her crib! She got stuck in the corner and was upset about it. Apparently she's been doing this quite a bit lately, according to Daddy, who's with her all day. My first experience with it was that night, and it made me laugh when I looked into her crib, and I saw feet around where her head was supposed to be! She was perfectly fine, still on her back, and her left side and top of her head snugly up against the crib bumpers. Even though there's reported controversy about crib bumpers, I'm glad we have them, because otherwise her wiggling arms and legs would have been hitting those crib bars and who knows what might have happened after that!

Our baby girl is becoming mobile. And stronger and smarter every day. I'm pretty sure she'll be crawling, standing, walking, and running around before we know it.