A New Perspective

Tiegan gained a new perspective of the world this week as she showed us that she is able to sit up on her own (for a small amount of time).  I am looking forward to her gaining strength and being able to sit and play on her own.  She has never seemed happy to be lying down and playing, so hopefully she will be more content now.

Peaceful Rest

I wish.  We have been struggling with getting Tiegan to sleep well through the night.  At about 3 months old she was a great nighttime sleeper.  Had to rock her to get her to sleep, but then I would feed her at 10-ish and she would be out for up to 7 more hours.  It was wonderful and now it is gone.

Tiegan now cries to be fed before 10:00, then gets up several times to be comforted after her 10:00 feeding, only to wake up 4 or 5 hours later to eat again.  Then she wakes up before she should in the morning.  Of course we bring her into bed with us then cause we are exhausted.  It's a vicious cycle.  I hope she will soon go back to her long sleep habits, but I'm guessing we are all going to have to work on it.

This is one of the toughest parts of parenting an infant.  I look forward to someday being able to sleep in.  I'm guessing it will be several years.  Sure their worth it, but it's still tough.

Bananas

Finally, solid food!  Tiegan got her first taste of 'real food' today.  Just as we did with the twins, we bucked the system and didn't go with the traditional rice cereal for her first food.  Tiegan got to try bananas.  She wasn't quite sure of it, but appeared to like them.

It's just the beginning kiddo.  Lot's of exciting new food adventures to come!

Peek-a-boo

After many attempts over the past couple of months to entertain Tiegan with peek-a-boo, she has finally succumbed to the pressure.  She now startles, then giggles and smiles when Andy plays this with her.  As always, very cute.

Rollover

Tiegan rolled over for the first time today - from her back to her front.  I knew in the morning that today would be the today.  I just had a feeling.  Maybe it was the fact that I had to work today and figured it would happen on a day I was gone.  No worries though.  She rolled over for Nana and Bapa and that's just fine.  I look forward to seeing it for myself someday soon.

Giggles

I got my first giggles from Tiegan tonight.  After changing her diaper before bed she was especially chatty. We were talking back and forth and she started laughing.  She responded with a lot more laughs when I would laugh back at her.  Very cute.

She's Not a Newborn Anymore

Tiegan is already 8 weeks old.  Its hard to believe.  While she isn't yet sleeping 'through the night', she is doing exactly what is expected of a 2 month old baby.  She has a longer stretch of sleep lately which lasts about 4-5 hours.  Oddly it isn't making me feel more energized yet.  I am really looking forward to the time when she goes to sleep at 8 p.m., wakes up only for 1-2 more feedings, but basically sleeps until 7 the next morning.  Hope it's not just a dream.

Sydney and Tyler are just as in love with her as the day they met her.  Tyler is always saying "She's so CUTE!" The other day he said we have the cutest baby and that she was so cute that it was impossible.  He is a great big brother.  He is still learning to be gentle with her though.  We are always telling him to hug her like a marshmallow.  He has made some progress, but I think she will just have to get tough fast around him.

Sydney just can't leave her alone.  She sees right through me most of the time and makes a beeline for Tiegan.  She is always talking to her and rubbing her head.  Unfortunately it is rarely soothing to Tiegan and usually gets her more active.  I usually prefer her to be quietly alert. :)

As a personal triumph, this marks 8 weeks of exclusively nursing.  She hasn't had one drink of formula yet.  I hope to continue through the first year, but taking it day by day.  Every time I think I have things down something changes and presents a brand new challenge...kind of like parenthood itself.

I suppose I should note what Tiegan is doing now.  She is smiling at us quite often and now makes the cutest cooing sounds.  On the flip side she has a shrieky cry that can nearly deafen a person.  We don't hear that too often fortunately.  She is also holding her head quite steady, can often hold her head up if I pull her to sitting from laying on her back, and also likes to be held standing up so that she is bearing weight on her legs.  I fear that she will be an early walker.  Time will tell...