12 Weeks-February 26, 2014

T is officially ending her stint as a newborn and is now an infant! She's been busy the past four weeks-making new friends, traveling-she had her first overnight trip, but mostly she's just focused on getting cuter and she's doing an excellent job at that.

T s finally starting to outgrow her clothes! Above she is getting a last use out of her wild and crazy pink leopard beanie-newborn size. T also makes good use of her beautifully full lips these days by drooling and blowing raspberries daily.

Modeling session with GK. T can now spend a limited amount of time laying on the bed being entertained by us and at times she even entertains herself. She likes spending short periods on her exercise mat, swinging, looking at herself in the mirror, being carried over the shoulder, and going on long walks. 

T typically enjoys her baths-especially when we pour cupfuls of warm water over her head and body. Here she is pictured above in a makeshift tub that G-Ro fashioned together. She occasionally cries when we turn her over to wash her back and butt but calms down once she's wrapped up in her towel and held. T topped off her 12-week birthday by pooping in the tub for the first time.

T's first public transit trip on BART-as you can see, she's ecstatic. T was a trooper, I still have a lot to learn, like where the elevators are at each station and to push her stroller through the emergency gate (I tried to walk with her through the regular turnstile and it closed on me).

T at her weekly visit with G-Ro getting ready to dance. T loves to move around and is quite demanding in that she wants to constantly be held but you have to be moving around otherwise she sours rather quickly.

T's first hike at Redwood Regional Park which she slept through. The baby carriers have been a lifesaver these past few weeks. In an effort to get T to take quality naps I have been taking her on long walks in the baby K'Tan carrier-one evening she slept for over 4 hours in it. I have become a bit of an expert in accomplishing household chores while wearing T-I can take out the trash, put the dishes way, and have made simple meals with a sleeping T strapped to me.

T's morning music session with GK who is serenading her with a rousing rendition of "A Whole New World," from the Little Mermaid.

T is starting to explore her toys-she seems to especially like this doll that is decked out with that crinkle material that keeps babies intrigued.

I have been hesitant to put T on any kind of schedule at this point due to her age and because I just don't feel it's necessary right now. Of course I would love to sleep 6 hours straight but honestly I'm pretty used to getting up twice a night for feeds that often last up to an hour and am mostly over the sleep deprivation these days. Of course I wouldn't feel this way if I didn't have GK's support every day and night. However we realized a few weeks ago that T was not napping enough and this was creating a very fussy T so now we aim for three quality naps a day.

These days T typically goes to bed around 8pm and will sleep for 3-4 hours. She feeds again around midnight or 1am and then is up again around 3:30-4am. GK is sually pretty good at putting T back to sleep after a quick burp and diaper change but occasionally T decides to mix it up and a meltdown will ensue as detailed in GK's early morning post on Facebook below:

But it's mostly good times for us:

T smiles more and more everyday. It doesn't get much better than a toothless baby grin....

And just one more for good measure.