Here's to Peaceful Nights!

Kaylie Chillin' in her swing

Where's Kaylie? (our version of Where's Waldo)

The photos above were taken in the last week or so. As you can see, Kaylie is really growing. We need to weigh her as I'm sure she is at least 11.5 to 12 pounds. She is REALLY filling out. She is continuing to interact more and more. Lots of cooing, laughing and eye contact. She is still having the periods of fussiness, but hopefully she will be growing out of that in the next few weeks or months. I think it has gotten a little better, or perhaps I'm just getting a little acclimated to it.

Jana started back to work this week, so it has been an adventure during the mornings. We're still working on exactly what time we need to start our morning in order to drop Kaylie off and get into work at a reasonable time. This week, we had a friend baby sit Kaylie in our home on Monday, and then Jana's mom watched her Wednesday through Thursday. Jana is only working 4 days a week now, so she is at home with Kaylie on Fridays.

The really good news is Kaylie's sleep pattern. This week she started sleeping through the night!! We try to get her down by 10:30 PM but it is often 11:00 or 11:30 PM by the time she falls to sleep (ie stops crying..). The first night she woke around 5 or 5:30 AM. The next day was 6 and by Thursday I was waking her at 6:15 or 6:20 so I could feed her. Of course, it is still taking a us a few more days for our sensitivity to dissipate. The first couple of nights she slept the night through, I was still awake and listening for her. Since it has been four days in a row, we are hopeful that we are over the middle of the night feedings. I am sure there will be other reasons for middle of the night wake ups. But here's to peaceful nights!