This week, Piper:
-slept in her crib, the longest time yet - 8pm-3:45am
-Makes noise when she yawns and then transitions into making spit bubbles
-discovered that balloons are awesome
-pooped her pants BIG time
-decided that being around other babies is wildly entertaining for her (finally, something! Now, can I borrow your kid?)
-still loves feet out at all times
-still loves being held for catnaps, even though I have been trying to put her down more
-started wearing some 6mos clothes, even if they are a little large
Hopefully next week she starts to sleep even more!!!
This week, Piper...
-rolled over a bunch of times
-slept for a whopping hour and 10 minutes in her crib
-began squawking like a happy bird whilst pooping
-went to daycare at the gym for the first time and was such a good baby the whole time!!!
Why didn't anyone tell me it would be this hard?!!!
Piper is over 3 months old and STILL in her Rock N Play at night. I honestly wish she could just stay in it forever because she slept 12 hours last night. TWELVE HOURS...with a short break around 6am. It is amazing.
However, it doesn't hold her very well anymore, so a change must occur. I've tried putting her down for naps in the crib initially, but most naps average about 10-30 minutes at this point. So, we are also starting to put her down at night. The first night, she slept for 40 minutes and last night she slept for 45. At this rate, she'll be sleeping through the night in her crib by the time she's 4, but we have to keep trying. I can't say I really blame her either. The thing is like a barron jail cell, with a single sheet and bars, but we'll see!
Oh, and we've also placed a pillow under one side of the mattress to semi-mimic the slope of the Rock N Play.
EDITED TO ADD - At 16 weeks, we placed a travel bassinet inside of her crib to help her not feel so vulnerable and it kinda worked! She slept from 8:50pm - 3:30am! Go Pip!
Ladies and Gentlemen...
For the first time ever...
Piper has taken a 2.5 hour nap!!!!!!
Cat naps be gone! It has finally happened...and not after a feeding or on my lap. I mean, yes it did happen after a 5 minute car ride, so she was stuck in her carseat the whole time, but STILL. Do you know how much stuff can get done in 2.5 hours? Literally, everything I needed to do for the whole day is done. And most of it was done within the first half hour because I never could have guessed it would last this long.
Thank you Piper!!!
EDITED TO ADD: In the days following...this has not been duplicated:(
Beginning at 3 months & 1 week (so like 14 weeks), Piper has begun regressing in her sleep. First, a 1am wakeup, followed by 4am the next night and 3:30am last night. It is NOT ideal. Before this, we were nearly incident free for 7 straight weeks where Piper would sleep until 5:30/6am and then again for another 2 hours after feeding. Oh how I miss thee days. Now, she feeds and goes back to bed until 7am and that's it.
I'm hoping that this whole thing only lasts the 2/3 weeks that every online source says it will. And hopefully she'll grow a whole bunch during this time so that the bags under ,y eyes will feel worth it. Although she has rolled over twice in the past, she did it again yesterday, so you never know. Maybe she's hulking. We'll see.
Now, onto her baby abs of steel. They have been pretty hilarious lately. Around 12 weeks, she suddenly started pulling herself up with her abs and hasn't stopped. It's so cute. And to further her in her talents, I bought a bumbo-like seat (http://www.target.com/p/ingenuity-baby-base-2-in-1-booster-seat-aqua/-/A-14966215) to help her out. So far she loves it and it's been really fun to have her sitting at the table with us. Even if she only eats her toys:)
Here are some pics:
A quick picture of Piper at 12 weeks watching the Seattle Seahawks game with a friend...
My 40 week (almost 42 actually) belly progression video is complete! Hooray!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDzhqSZPpA
Enjoy:)
L
