Six weeks old today! The books all say the first six weeks are the hardest part and that from here on out it will get easier. She's been pretty easy (at least as far as newborns go), so it will just be more and more fun as she gets older and bigger. Already with her smiling and becoming more responsive we are all enjoying interacting with her even more. She tends to have three really wide awake times during the day - early in the morning, sometime mid-day/afternoon and then late in the evening (like around 8 or 9 pm). During these times I put her down on the floor (either on her tummy or the play mat as in the pictures) to let her exercise her muscles. It's also during these times that she is most likely to smile! The rest of the day is spent sleeping - a few long-ish naps and then some briefer cat naps and some short awake times too. I'm not really sure how many times a day she is eating but I am guessing it's upwards of 10-12 times. But not always for very long. Since she is gaining weight at a good rate, I am not too concerned with monitoring her feeding and am instead just letting her tell me when she wants to eat. I took her to the doctor's today to get weighed and she weighs 8 lbs, 12 ounces which means she gained 12 ounces in 14 days. At this age the average baby gains 4 - 7 ounces a week, so her gain is really great!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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