Sittin' Pretty

About a month ago, Dr. Moore said that Maggie had skipped the rolling over phase in favor of learning to sit up early. Of course, we loved the thought of her being ahead of the game so to speak but we didn't completely think she was that far ahead. Apparently, Dr. Moore knew what he was talking about. Two weeks ago, during her Musikgarten class (which she LOVED), she starting balancing as she sat up and would put her hands out to balance. The next afternoon, she and I were playing on the floor and low and behold, she sat up for about 30 seconds and balanced pretty well. She did it again that night in Matt's lap and on the floor. She loves sitting up. I think she has worked to do this so she can get out of tummy time - she HATES tummy time. Now, she can hold the position for a good 2 minutes. She can reach and hold things and can look around without losing her balance. It's quite exciting for us. She eventually gets tired and then will only hold her balance for shorter time periods and fall right over. We place pillows all around her so she can topple over safely. It is no wonder why babies sleep so much because it feels like every day she makes a huge leap forward.