reach for the sky

Makayla officially turns 4 months old this Saturday, May 8th, 2010; but if you count the weeks, she'll be 17 weeks old. As Heidi mentioned in the previous post, Mak had her 4 month check-up and one thing the pediatrician asked was if Mak reaches for things with her arms yet. We looked at each other and shrugged, "Not really, only if it's directly in front of her." We were thinking more if it was directly in front of her and already touching her hand in the first place (i.e. bib or blanket). Then she'll grab it and have a taste of it.

Well, the day after, Heidi puts her down to play on the floor with the jungle gym thing. You know, the thing that has rings hanging off of it for babies to grab when they're lying down. We have one that lights up and plays music when it's pulled. Usually, we're the ones pulling on the rings to make it turn on. I'm in the other room, and I hear the usual music play, but all of a sudden Heidi yells out, "Abe! Come here! Look!" Apparently, Mak knew what the doctor had asked during the check-up and wanted to prove us wrong. Good job baby girl.

Now that she sees that we get excited when she pulls on the the rings, Mak actually pulls them 6-12 times in a row.