15 Weeks!

This beautiful angel has been costing me precious sleep...even more so than before. I haven't slept more than 90 minutes since week 12 and it.is.wearing.me.down. I think the adrenaline rush you get immediately following birth fades around week 12. At least, for me it did. That also happened to be when my precious angel decided to go through a growth spurt followed by sleep "regression".

I don't know why they call it regression because it's not really going backwards. Babies usually have trouble sleeping around this time because their little brains are learning so much they can't turn off! That is definitely true for little Avelyn!

She still hates her tummy time. When I put her on her tummy she tucks her legs up and gets on her knees. Then she wiggles back and forth grunting in frustration. She rolled over at 7 weeks a few times but hasn't done it since then.

She scooches while lying on her back. Now I have to keep an eye on her when I lay her on the floor. She will scooch until her head hit something and then just yell.

Speaking of yelling...she has found her voice! Oh yes, she talks up a storm. She loves talking!! If I am on the phone she talks even more (I think she thinks I am talking to her) and gets louder and louder if she thinks I am ignoring her. This definitely has cut some calls short! :)

She started blowing raspberries around week 13 and that still hasn't stopped. But, her newest thing is growling. This little girl growls all the time. She even growls at me in the middle of the night when I'm getting her out of her crib to feed her. It makes me laugh every time!

Speaking of  feeding her, breastfeeding is becoming more and more tedious. After her growth spurt, her feeding are now 30-45 minutes long. Waking up in the night to feed her wasn't too bad when it was only 15-20 minutes but now..by the time I get back in bed I have to wake up again in an hour! Argh. I used to have my goal for breastfeeding to make it a year..now it's 9 months. I still theoretically will probably go a year but making the end shorter in my mind helps my sanity right now. I know I will miss it when it ends..there really is nothing like it. Those middle-of-the-night quiet feedings rocking her in the dark...ahhh...its my happy place. Yeah, I am probably crazy :)

She wears only size 2 diapers now and she only wears size 6 month pants. She can wear 3-6 month dresses and tops because she is just long. She is still skinny in the middle so when something fits her in length it is usually baggy around her tummy. That's okay. She will grow into it. 

She holds her head up so well. I can actually carry her on my hip now. I found this out during my most recent shopping trip to HEB. I thought I would try out the shopping cart cover and brought an extra baby blanket to tuck around her for extra support. Well, it turns out, I have NO CLUE how to put that thing on the cart. She started getting frustrated by me taking too long and started screaming. . . so the cart cover went in the cart and the baby went on the hip. She really enjoyed her shopping experience this way. She loves going out in public now. She looks around and just soaks everything in.

And at last, there is starting to be some relief in the car riding department. This baby has now officially fallen asleep TWICE while I was driving. Woohoo! She also has only had a few real meltdown while back there. It makes me brave enough to try to leave the house almost every day.

Okay..one more post tonight..this one is going to be about me....