Knock On Wood

I'm nervous to put it in writing, but I might daresay that Johanna has outgrown her fussiness...?
Maybe it's all the social obligations I've been holding her to the past couple of weeks, maybe it's the noticeable growth spurt that she's gone through, maybe it's that I've chilled out on the feedings, I don't know what the reason. But, for the past 2 weeks Johanna has been a much happier and sleepier girl! For the past couple of weeks, she will go down sometime between 9-11, feed between 1-3, and once more between 4-6. Berto gets up every day at 5am for work, so we pretty much start our day at that time. It also makes it feel like I only have to get up once during the night.
But back to the possible reasons for her new attitude.
1) As I said before, social obligations make her less fussy. Since my last post, we've visited with Meg and her girls two more times and made many more outings to Target and Kohl's just to keep our days busy.
2) She's definitely gone through a growth spurt. Compare these 2 pictures of Johanna with her cousin Martin. The first one was taken the last day of January. The 2nd was taken this Thursday.




Johanna definitely looks a lot thicker and I don't think it's just the cloth diaper booty. She hasn't been weighed since her last doctor's appointment February 6th where she was 7lbs even, so we're not sure what she's up to now, but clearly she's gone through a spurt that's perhaps more fully developed her digestive system.
3) I've relaxed on trying to have a feeding schedule. When we left the hospital, they got us so concerned about her weight loss that I listened to their advice verbatim: feed her every three hours. If she's sleeping, wake her up to feed. After a week, I moved to only following these instructions during the day and letting her wake me at night. During those weeks she was always so cranky and gassy. For the past 2 weeks, I've just been feeding her on demand, and she's never been better.

I'm not sure which of the above, or maybe all three, has led to her cheerier disposition, but I'm very thankful for it! And, of course, am still knocking on wood that it continues!