Kes, seven weeks

Time is flying by, Kes is changing rapidly, and she has absolutely captured our hearts.

She started smiling very early, at around a month, and now smiles a ton! She's very social, loves playing and talking with Mommy, and also flirts with stuffed animals and the fish mobile on her swing. The best one is the smile she gives her big sister, it makes my day.

She reaches for things and gets frustrated that she cannot control her arms enough to actually hit or grasp them. She holds up her head very well and often pulls back to look at whoever is holding her.

She has definitely started anticipating. Often I will lay her in my lap and start getting ready to nurse her and she will stop rooting and smile and coo instead. She also has a very particular "protest" cry that she does when what she was anticipating doesn't pan out - like if I were to pick her back up to switch sides instead of latching her on as she expected, she'd do the protest cry til I got her back in position.

She has turned into a frequent daytime nurser but makes up for it by only nursing twice most nights and usually going a 5 hour stretch, sometimes up to seven. A common scenario is a 6 hour stretch, then 3 and 3.

It's fun seeing her personality come out. At this age Eliana was primarily social through touch and loved movement. Kes is social through face-to-face contact and is usually more interested in visual stimulation than in movement. What's amazing is that it's so continuous with her in-womb personality - compared with Eliana she was calmer and much more interactive in utero.

I know the best is yet to come - looking at Kes and Eliana the amazing growth of infancy and toddlerhood is so apparent. Watching them develop is magical.