Our little princess is no longer a newborn!  She is still such a little darling.  We are enjoying her tininess and her bald head and gummy grin.  Here is what Noelle has been up to.

Eating – Noelle has finally started spacing out her feedings and eats about every 3 hours.  She had a week or so where she wasn’t eating very well so I took her to check her weight.  She weighed 11lbs 15 oz, so she has gained about a pound a half over the past 4-5 week, so I think she is doing fine!  She definitely looks bigger to us.  We can tell her face is changing and she is getting longer.  It is funny to me that she has such long skinny feet compared to the short stubby feet Ethan had.  She is starting to fit into her 3-6 month clothes.

Sleep – Noelle is still sleeping well.  We have all had a cold over the past few weeks and she seems to be more congested at night and some nights isn’t sleeping as well.  For the most part she is still waking up twice at night to eat.  We feel lucky that she goes right back to sleep easily and rarely wakes up otherwise.  Occasionally I will get lucky and she will only wake up once.  She is still unpredictable at bedtime.  Sometimes she will go right to sleep and others she likes to yell at us for awhile before she will calm down and sleep!  She has been sleeping in her crib unswaddled for a while, but we have been putting her back in her rock n play since she has been sick.

Noelle has started to prefer to sleep in her room for naps.  Though she naps in a swing at daycare, she usually yells at me if I put her in her swing when she is sleepy.  I usually rock her and she will go right to sleep for her naps.  Her naps are still pretty inconsistent, but usually last 45 minutes to an hour.  Occasionally she will take a long 2 hour afternoon nap.  She will sleep in the car as long as it is moving but wakes up as soon as we stop.  I try to be home as much as possible when she needs a nap but it is pretty hard since she naps so often!

Awake – Noelle has had longer periods of awake time over the past few weeks.  For a long time she could only tolerate being awake for about an hour before she would get fussy and yawn and rub her eyes.  Now she is awake for 1.5 – 2 hours at a time.  Right before bed she is usually awake for 2 hours or more.  She is usually such a happy girl when she is awake.  She has the best smiles and coos.  She is content for a long time either laying on her activity mat looking at her animals or sitting in her bouncy seat wherever we are.  We try to do tummy time but she is still not a big fan.  She is just starting to push her head up when she is on her tummy, but quickly gets tired and goes back to rubbing her face on the floor.  She loves being naked.  I will put her on a big blanket naked and she moves all over the place.  She also seems to liked tummy time better when she is naked.

Here are some pictures of our sweet girl.