Instruction Manual.....

Quinn had a bit of a rough night last night. She wasn't her usual self. Through trial and error we figured out that she must be going through a growth spurt as she is taking almost a full ounce of food more than normal. It would have been a lot easier if she had just told us instead of us trying so many other things.

We are going to deck Quinn out all this weekend for Easter. She will be doing more clothes changes than if she was hosting the Oscars!!

We are loving her imitating us. She tries to do just about anything we do... Which leads us to the fact that everyone kept saying she was smiling... She was in fact smiling but that is only because she was copying everyone that was looking at her... A smile none the less...

Mr. Mom

Dad took over the night duties to give mom a rest and all went OK. Quinn was up about every 3 hours, had a diaper change and some food then back to bed. Mom really enjoyed the extra sleep and was recharged today.

Mom will try and get more sleep today with some naps and then hand the duties over to dad for the night.

Quinn now seems to think that 6am is her wake up time to face the day. We think a lot differently. We try to convince her that it is still night but then the sun comes up and ruins everything.

Could this be the trend???

We are not sure if it was the temperature in the room, the time we put her down, when we fed her, or just a really good poop before bed bud Quinn had a really decent night. She was up just after midnight then slept to almost 4am and then not up again till 7am.
Mom also got her first decent amount of sleep. The night sleep along with the nap from yesterday when grammy and Nead mosi were babysitting went a long way to recharging mom.
We are now desperately hoping that last nights sleep wasn't an anomaly but the trend. We will see how tonight goes.
Quinn is getting all geared up for Easter. We think she knows it is all about chocolate and can't wait to take part.
She is also really copying everything we do. She sticks her tongue out, smiles, blinks, and does all kinds of faces imitating us. I am sure we will regret showing her how to do those faces later.....

First Night In The Crib... Mom gets a rest

Last night Quinn spent her first night in her crib and it went pretty good. She slept more than the night before in the bassinet. We were worried she would absolutely hate it and we would be screwed. She is a pretty easy going baby.

Her Grammy, Grampy Mick, and Nead Mosi came down to see her today and gave mom a little bit of a rest. It was a well deserved rest for mom. Quinn got spoiled all day which she definitely deserves. She lived the good life having 2 nanny's at her disposal.

We are going to try the crib again tonight and see how that goes. For a baby that is only 3 weeks old Quinn is an absolute gift to our family. We can't believe how much character she is showing us and continues to amaze us with her ever changing faces.

Quinn got weighed again today and is up to 7 lbs 15 ounces... up 2 ounces in 1 day and is growing like a weed!

Our every changing Quinn

Quinn is still getting used to being in her room. It might be the fact that the room is cold or it might be the fact that it isn't the room she has been sleeping in but she is having a hard time getting adjusted.

Mom is trying her best to get her comfortable in the new surroundings but along with an apparent growth spurt she isn't exactly going with the flow.

We are still reminding ourselves.... only 3 weeks old.. only 3 weeks old.. only 3 weeks old.....

New Routine

Today is dad's first day back at work.
Quinn must miss him a lot because she didn't have the greatest night and mom took the full load of it. Both her and mom are getting settled into the new routine of not having dad around. They are both learning together.

We will have to wait and see how the evening turns out...

3rd night...

Quinn had her 3rd night in a row with some good consistency with going almost 4 hours between feedings. We think she has almost turned the corner around understanding day and night. She is having pretty regular naps and knows that the bassinet means bed.

It will be an interesting next couple of days as Dad returns to work. It will be a whole other learning curve.

It is now easier to put Quinn in the different seats we have and not have to worry about her getting fussy. She is pretty good at just sitting there and entertaining herself.

Quinn is going to have her first holiday next weekend, Easter. We will see how that goes. Hopefully she gets dad a lot of chocolate.....

Square One..

Yesterday Quinn made her first visit to Square One as mom and dad had some things to do. It was a bit of a battle... Parents vs. Quinn.

We would call it a draw but mom and dad aren't going to lose this war. It seems there is something that Quinn doesn't necessarily love about the child seat. It is a bit of a struggle. Whether little Ms. Quinn knows it or not she is going to learn to love that seat. Mom and Dad do too much driving for her not to like it.