Back into a routine

Olivia is settling back into her old routine. She is on about a two and a half hour cycle of eat, play, sleep. She had been eating almost four ounces nine times a day, but she is now skipping one night feeding, so she is down to eight. She takes three naps a day. She is officially "sleeping through the night" since she goes to sleep around seven and wakes around two or three AM to eat. However, she wakes still around ten and midnight, and Nicholas or I give her back her pacifier, reposition her if need be, and she falls back to sleep. She is sleeping all night in her crib. We haven't used the pack 'n play yet. Nicholas took the bassinets out of the pack 'n plays since she is over the weight limit. I use the one in the kitchen for her to play in while I am cooking, cleaning, etc. but we haven't used the one in the bedroom. We are thinking about packing it away now.

We have started "solids" in earnest. She is not too thrilled with the rice cereal yet. I'll take a video soon, but she has barely swallowed any. She opens her mouth and lets me put it on her tongue, but I don't think she likes the texture. So, she spits most of it out. We are just doing it at one feeding per day now. I might skip a day or two and reintroduce in a few days. They say not to force the issue.

Here are some random pictures and videos.





The pediatrician said to practice the "tri-pod" sitting position, so we are doing that. Olivia can hold herself for a few seconds, although she doesn't in the video.



This video of me singing would have been better if Nicholas had taken it because Olivia loves the hand movements, which I couldn't do while holding the camera.