3 months (13 weeks)

I feel like a broken record every week I'm so surprised by how time flies! In case you were wondering, her bib says, "Daddy's Girl".

This past week was rough, with G's growth spurt. Everything we knew was out the window and backwards. She slept best and longest in her carseat, even when stationary! She reverted to sleeping 3-4 hours only at night (I think she only did that like the first week or two she was born!) and hardly napping at all during the day. She was also feeding like there was no tomorrow. But I'm very happy to say that I think her growth spurt is over, as she is getting back to her 6+ hrs at night.

Friday, she had a "play date" with some other kids at a local park. She slept the entire time.

This week, we also tried to do some Elimination Communication with her. I had one friend successfully do this with her daughter and another one who is currently in the process of doing this. It's not like I have a huge desire to have G trained this way, but it seemed like an interesting experiement that might work, given G's habits of being very vocal and almost always doing her business while I'm feeding her. So, one morning when I thought she sounded like she might be trying to poop, I rushed her over to the toilet and took off her diaper. I quickly realized that she didn't like the cold toilet seat on her legs and she didn't want to be dangled over it either (her feet sometimes went into the toilet and I was so afraid she was going to step in the water, gross!) so E came to help hold her feet. We waited for a while, and some pee came out, but nothing else. I think G was too startled by the whole thing and just kept looking around and smiling. So we gave up and cleaned her up and put a diaper on her. Don't know when we'll try again. But it also seems like a good way to help with the whole diaper/landfill problem.

Today is Memorial Day too, and E had the day off. After a nice relaxing morning and breakfast, we did a family trip out to Rancho San Antonio for a picnic and light walk/hike to the farm (FYI, apparently the farm is closed on Mondays so we only got to see the goats up close and the pigs from far away). We guess that G enjoyed it, despite the farm being closed. She slept thru pretty much the entire trip. I could barely wake her in the beginning in the car to nurse, then she slept the whole hike and picnic and the hike back. I woke her again in the car to nurse her. The hike was tiring for both S and E (E took a nap in the car while G was eating). That night, G slept long enough that we also got to watch a movie during dinner (recorded on the DVR, with one break when she woke up to eat).

Quick 3 week recap

Week 1: Welcome to the world, G! She's 6 lb, 13 oz and 19 inches at birth (Feb 25, 2 wks early). Had lots of visitors at hospital on Day 1. Checked out from hospital evening of Day 2, had a two nite sleepover at friend R's house (R is 6 wks older than G, thankfully, her parents were gracious to let our new family stay over while we were homeless). Grandma (S's mom) arrives on the scene Day 4 and family moves to another friend's place that is currently empty. Nursing is painful, nights are getting more managable, going thru lots of diapers, especially trying to wake G up for her every 2-3 hr feedings. S is learning how to multi-task nursing and being on the computer (typing w/ one hand).

Week 2: Still not moved into our house yet, thanks F for letting us stay at your place, it's so nice! Nursing is getting better now that we went to a lactation consultant (now S just has to heal!). At G's two week checkup, she's past her birthweight (7lb, 5oz) and we get the go ahead to feed on demand now instead of having to wake her up.

Week 3: G has her first outing that's not a doctor's visit! Grandma's birthday is Monday, so E & S take her to Korea House. G slepted thru the whole thing, lucky for us! However, the next day lunch at Todai (Great-Grandparents finally meet G, Uncle J & Aunt A come too) was not as good, had to keep pushing G around the buffet to keep her sleeping, and was 30 min late to lunch b/c of changing diapers and feeding her. Finally move into our house, it's a mess, boxes everywhere, minor construction still going on. G's slowly getting used to her new home, but she tends to stay in Mom & Dad's bedroom b/c that's where her bed is, along with the air purifier and portable heater. Grandma is staying in G's room, which still has no crib or anything. Oh well.

The last few days, G's been in a bit of a growth spurt, lots of cluster feedings and shorter naps. We are also discovering she can sleep an hour or two longer if someone is holding her. And we had our first (tho, sadly not last) explosive "up the back" poopy diaper... sigh. Another chance to practice bathing her, I guess! I'll have E come back to post pics (yes, I took one of above mentioned diaper too).