Following baby wonder weeks? Find out what the wonder weeks grey period is (also called the stormy period). Baby Wonder Weeks Grey Period Something I wish I had done all along was track our progress through each wonder week. It is definitely in the plans to do so going forward. I find it fascinating that …
Leaps and Milestones
This page contains links to all posts related to baby and toddler milestones. You’ll find some posts listed by age, others by the milestone itself, and several on the topic of leaps and wonder weeks!
William definitely became more fussy right when the wonder weeks chart (from the app) predicted. It was obvious that he was in his third leap…also known as wonder week 12, or leap 3. This leap was even more subtle than leap 2, however, with regards to the skills he learned and exhibited. The fussiness was …
William entered Wonder Week 8 (Leap 2) just as expected…based on his birth date (not due date as the book indicates). Read more about birth date versus due date in this update on leap 1. The changes we noticed in him during and after this leap were a bit more subtle than in leap 1. …
This post was originally shared at The Wonder Weeks site. “Mama’s Organized Chaos”- It’s the blog name I chose as I was in the midst of newborn life with our first child. As I look back on it now, I realize just how fitting it is. I now have another newborn. We are in the …
I was introduced to the Wonder Weeks when Caroline was a few weeks old. I was immediately intrigued and got the app on my phone. The app asks for your baby’s due date to calculate predictions on when they will enter what it calls leaps, or “fussy phases”. “From our research, we are now able …
This leap did NOT make much of a mark for William. He was not at all extra fussy, and I would have simply described the time period as calm and quiet with not much going on. Now that being said, I was focused on so many other things, so that might be why. William was …
In general, the medical community believes that preemies need extra time for their developmental milestones, in order to catch up to babies that were born at full term. 4 month old preemie development, would be behind that of a 4 month old full term baby. It’s all based on the adjusted age. There’s argument on …
There are many unknowns when you have a premature baby. Will there be NICU time? Will your baby be behind developmentally or will they meet regular milestones? And what about growth spurts and wonder weeks? There are many things I could talk about regarding this topic, but today I want to focus on how to …