Karis Grace at 8-11 weeks

Eating - Karis has transitioned down to 5-6 nursing sessions per day.  She typically still only nurses on one side per time since I still have an abundance of milk, but sometimes she can empty both sides off.  Typically, she eats at 9am, noon, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, and 9pm.  She still has to burp a ton during nursing sessions, but they have shortened to around 30 min each now.  In the evening, after she eats at 8 and 9, she will usually stay up and burp for at least an hour or so before she's swaddled (see photo on the right of her hanging out on our bed, resting in between burps).

Size - Sweet Girl is up into 3 mos clothes now.  I think she's about to transition to 3/6 mos soon when her cloth diapers are on though because right now they're making things tight.  You can see her 2 month stats from the doctor here... Tonight when I informally weighed her on my scale though, she was 13.8 pounds.

Sleeping - Night time sleeping is going great at this point, with Karis raking in around 10-11 hours per night (10-11 pm until 8-9 am).  I'm trying to not get too comfortable though because growth spurts and new skill acquisition can disturb night time sleep (it already did around week 10 for Karis), as we learned with Enoch during his whole third month of life.  For now, she loves being swaddled at night, and she's still in the yellow rock n play sleeper.  During the daytime, she naps between almost every nursing (except for the late evening ones) either in her swing, the rock n play sleeper, or in the carseat.  Hugh and I have also noticed that she is quite slow at waking up in the mornings, much like her dear mother.  ;)


Playtime - Just in the past week, Karis has become much more alert.  She loves to have her eyes open now and looking at people/objects (see the video at the bottom).  She still loves tummy time (for awhile), and I think she's really beginning to notice when people talk to her and engage her.  When Hugh walks up and talks to her, she always turns her head to see him, and of course she's noticing Enoch more too.

In this phase, she also really enjoys laying on her back with a mobile above her.  One other thing we've noticed is that she seems to be gaining more head control and has a pretty strong little body.  She kicks hard with her legs when she's laying down, and if you hold her sitting up, she often jerks back hard enough to require holding her with both hands.  She is continuing to roll over from tummy to back as well, and she's recently started trying to suck on her hands.  Another skill she is mastering lately is grasping and holding on to objects like our shirts, fingers, burp cloths, etc.  She seems to just love holding onto anything those little fingers come in contact with.

General Temperament - Typically, Karis is pretty laidback.  She is patient with me when I need to pay extra attention to Enoch (for instance when he needs discipline or help with buckling his shoe), but she also really enjoys getting mommy time.  Just about the only time she fusses is when she needs to burp or when she's falling asleep.

Therapy - We should be going back to the PT sometime this month, but we've been working on the things she assigned us at home (tummy time, side-lying, hitting at a mobile, touching hands to feet).  Her educational instructor has been coming over once every other week and playing with her, which has been going well.

Likes - attention, nursing, being held, tummy time, being swaddled, looking at people & bright patterns/colors,

Dislikes - falling asleep (only sometimes), bottles (they're not her favorite, but also not hated), being stuck in the carseat too long

Daddy and his girl

And here is a requested video of Karis during a typical awake/play time: