We just can't believe how big Kaia has gotten! She's up to about 8 lbs. 9 oz. now and is starting to outgrow some of her newborn sized clothes! However, most of the 0-3 month clothes are still quite big on her, so we're basically alternating between 3 outfits everyday and 3 pairs of pajamas every night! She is also starting to smile a little which of course I can't catch on camera yet. Her smile right now is just her mouth wide open and turned up just a little at the corners and her eyes scrunched up :) It's so cute! She likes to have conversations with us as well. When she's content (that means those rare times when she's just eaten and she actually feels like she's eaten enough), she'll sit on our laps with our hands behind her head and listen intently while we talk to her and she will talk back to us with little coos. I love that her eyes are wide open while she listens to us as well... like she's studying how we're moving our mouths to talk to her.
On the eating front... she still seems to eat an awful lot! If I pump and give her a bottle, she'll gladly gulp down 4 oz. quickly and when I nurse, she's generally getting between 2 and 3 oz. at one feeding. I've had a lactation consultant come to the house a couple times recently and we weighed her before and after feedings to see how much she's eating. She probably could get more from me, but it takes her so long to eat and I think it wears her out to be honest!
Kaia is getting better at night as long as she doesn't nap too late into the evening and we keep her awake enough for her to sleep longer later. She does think that once 5 am hits, her day should be started and she wants some awake time, so we're working on that. I'm looking forward to the day that she sleeps for at least a 5 hour stretch at night!
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