The Arkins: Cameron is 16 Weeks Old!

Cameron Leigh is 16 Weeks Old!

Age: 16 Weeks

Weight: 14 lbs 0.9 oz

Clothing Size: Officially Graduated to all 3-6 month clothes. It's like a whole new closet!
Diaper Size: Officially wearing Pampers Swaddlers Size 2

Ha! I spoke too early last week when I said we ‘survived the 3 month growth spurt!’ On both Monday and Tuesday nights Cami was up at 10 pm and 1 am to eat. Through Thursday she was eating well over 30 oz per day then on Friday she finally slowed down. The rest of the weekend she took about 28 oz a day – 7 bottles total. She also slept through the nights.

During the restless nights we relied on the swing a lot to get her to sleep. It got to the point where she was too wide awake to put in her crib so we’d put her in the swing so she’d eventually fall asleep. We moved it into her nursery starting Friday night so we could watch her on the monitor and I wouldn’t have to sleep on the couch (like during the week). Saturday she fell asleep in the swing and I moved her to the crib about 45 minutes later. She woke up for about 5 minutes then fell back asleep for the night.

I don’t want her sleeping in the swing every night, but at this point our sleep and sanity trumps struggling to get her down in the crib. Prior to the growth spurt she would pretty much fall asleep during her last bottle (around 9 pm ish) or at least get very drowsy. It was easy at that point to get her to go to sleep. Now she is taking an extra (7^th) bottle around 10 pm ish and is still pretty awake when it’s time for sleep. Hopefully now that things have calmed down and she’s back to eating a normal amount we can go back to our ‘normal’ nightly routine with an earlier bedtime and sleeping in her crib.

Cami’s been into making lots of new sounds lately. She likes to stick her tongue out too. She also couldn’t LIVE without her hands and fingers lately. She just LOVES to suck on them nonstop. It’s good for self soothing.

Cami has been pretty fussy in the evenings lately. I’m hoping it was semi associated with the growth spurt and that it will pass.