Update on Miss Channah (and Pictures!)

Well, it's been too long again since I posted pictures for our poor parents 2,000 miles away. But it's always good to ask for forgiveness with a peace offering, right?

I am happy to report that overall, Channah is doing much better! She is definitely feeling much better, thanks to expensive drugs and her system maturing a bit. We are so thankful that her crying is a small fraction of what it used to be and we are having whole days of cheerfulness, even good weeks! She is a great nighttime sleeper, which I firmly believe has just been God's grace to us through these difficult first few months.

With the reduction in fussiness, it has been easier to observe all the sweet little things that make up her tiny personality. Maybe I just don't remember the infant stage very clearly, but Channah seems ultra-tuned-in to her environment. She is very intentional about playing with toys dangling above her, fussing or grunting her disapproval if their faces are pointed away from her. She definitely has preferences, this one. :) She smiles at the sound of voices she recognizes, even if the face is outside of her field of vision. She is also very interested in changes from her norm. For example, she normally has bare feet but yesterday her feet were cold so I put socks on her. She kept staring and staring at her feet and eventually grabbing at them. She seemed to be wondering what those white fuzzy things were that had taken the place of her toes. She has started laughing, which absolutely delights her siblings. It's a huge badge of honor to make Channah laugh. She also loves to "talk." We have lengthy conversations. About what, I'm not sure, but as long as I agree with her she's happy. :)

Homeschooling is still a bit rough with her unpredictable sleeping habits and her preference for complete isolation while nursing, but it has been going a little more smoothly each week.

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