Ellie is two weeks old today, an event which was marked by her umbilical cord falling off right on schedule. She is gaining weight well, and becoming more and more alert and active, and starting to set herself into a somewhat predictable schedule. Fun facts: she spends about 7-8 hours a day nursing, which is actually really, really common. Newborns nurse between 8-12 times a day at least--more during a growth spurt, and the time spent at each feeding varies, though 45min to an hour is normal. She sits right in that time frame, usually closer to 45 minutes. She can pick her head up and hold it when you put her on your shoulder, and already tracks objects moving around her. She has also started sleeping for two long stretches at night (3 hours from 12am-3am and 4 hours from 4am-8am), which means that mom finally gets around 5 hours of total sleep per night, which is amazing. But her very active and fussy time is from 9pm to midnight, which is super fun!
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