Karis Grace - the first 6{ish} weeks

It's hard to believe that our baby Karis is already almost 2 months old! She is such a joy, and we absolutely love watching her grow and develop. Here are a few memorable things about the stage which she just came through:

first cloth diaper

Eating- Karis has generally gone down to 7 nursings per day for the past few weeks. She only did 8-9 max though as a newborn, so basically she has dropped one from the middle of the night. She can take a bottle (of pumped breast milk), and we try to give her at least 1-2 per week. One unusual thing about her nursing habits is that she is notorious for burping 3-5 times per meal. She will nurse for 5-10 minutes and then unlatch as soon as she feels a burp setting in. And she will not relatch until the burp is out! This results in long nursing sessions for right now - somewhere between 1-1.5 hours, depending on how hard she is to burp! She is also a cluster feeder at night, meaning that she eats & eats & eats all evening (6pm til 10:30pm) in order to tank up for the long stretch of sleep ahead.


Sleep- Karis has transitioned from sleeping 4 hours per night up to around 6-7 hours per night. She then typically sleeps for around 2-3 extra hours after her first morning nursing session.  And she still really likes to be swaddled at night.  During the day, she varies widely in her nap times - some are as short as 20 minutes (all the babywise moms are probably shuddering at that) and some are as long as 2 hours. I have definitely become much more lax this time around with scheduling nursings and naps, making me somewhere between Baby Wise and Attachment Parenting.

Playtime- Karis enjoys being held during her awake time. She has quite captivating eyes and often looks directly into yours when you are near her. She also enjoy tummy time, which is nice since we are supposed to be doing it daily. ;)

in the foby wrap

Going out- Karis has already gone many places in her short life, and she's usually a pretty laid back traveler, as long as her tummy is full, her burps are removed, and her diaper is clean. Typically I leave her in the car seat and use a stroller (we have both a single & a double), but sometimes I'll put her in my foby wrap (a fake Moby) and wear her (like in the grocery store where I need lots of cart space). She absolutely loves being worn and can sleep through almost any noise in the wrap.

Cute little things-

• Sweet Girl has a small wispy tuft of 2" hair on top of her head that is usually standing straight up (cute since the rest of her hair is super short).  
• When it comes to falling asleep, Karis prefers to either fall asleep nursing or being held.  Sometimes she will even doze off while sitting up in my lap without me bouncing her or anything.  Other times she seems to need to get a little fussing out before she conks out, no matter how much I bounce or rock her.  :)
• I think she has just begun noticing Enoch (he is still very affectionate with her, always wanting to kiss her), but thankfully she can still sleep through his random screams & yells.  

scoring some tummy time on the table
while I help Enoch with his snack