WEEKS 6-12

Wow, it's been a while since I've updated my blog. Reagan is now 12 weeks old & has so much personality. She coos & smiles all the time & has such a happy disposition. She has, of course, discovered her hands; they are in her mouth quite often. The first time I remember her hand finding her mouth was over labor day weekend. She was sleeping in a crib in the room with Eric & me down at the lake & I woke up to a sucking sound in the middle of the night. I turned a soft light on & saw that Reagan was sucking furiously on her little hand. Now, they're in her mouth as soon as she's done feeding & at other times, too.
She's starting to reach out to things that interest her. She's really enjoying the play yard that the Yeary's bought for her with all the little toys dangling above her. Reagan's favorite is the smiling monkey; he never fails to bring a smile to her face! Jessi let me borrow her "Bumbo" & that is helping Reagan sit up on her own. She tolerates the seat for a little while & then protests a bit. She's also finally sleeping in her crib on her back. She'd been sleeping almost exclusively in her vibrating bouncy seat, but when we were down at the beach with my mom & sister, I had a rough time of getting her to sleep in her seat. Thank goodness I brought along the pack-n-play & her swaddle wrap. My sister was able to soothe her into a nap wearing her wrap & she slept wonderfully. That night, I swaddled her again & she slept the whole night on her back in the crib. Ever since we've been home, she's been happily sleeping (& napping) in her crib, so this is a huge milestone for me.
Reagan's really beginning to sleep well at night, too. A good night, as far as I'm concerned, is only having to get up once for a feeding. On average, she's going to sleep around 9pm, waking between 2-2:30am to eat & then sleeping to around 7/7:30am. I am working to get her to go to sleep earlier, but I'm doing this gradually so that she'll adjust with ease. During the day, she's pretty consistently going three hours between meals. Generally, Reagan is taking a short nap when we go on our walk in the morning, a longer nap around lunch time & then another, typically shorter, nap in the afternoon. So, things are going well. Here are some weekly pictures from the last 6 weeks!
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12 WEEKS OLD