Misha: 19 weeks

Family trip
   We went up to Penang for 4 nights. It was quite a hectic trip but Misha managed quite well. She took a lot of short naps in the car and car seat. She also didn't get to sleep so well at night since we usually got home late but somehow she still would wake up around 7-8 am. Christmas eve dinner was at home (the only time we stayed in) and she fell asleep before 8pm! She got a good night's sleep then and we got to enjoy our turkey dinner :)

Eating
   I didn't pack the bottle and pump so we didn't bottle feed for 5 nights. Luckily when we got back she was willing to drink from the bottle (MAM...have yet to try the Avent ones).
   She is still easily distracted so it was a challenge making sure she was feeding enough. At home I will usually bring her upstairs to feed (since Meera is around its quite distracting). I hope this is just a phase and she will learn to eat with distractions around (I can dream...)
   I have also come to notice that she prefers eating from the right side. Whenever she is particularly fussy (too hungry or overtired) she refuses to nurse from the left side! I also realise that whenever I pump I get more milk from the right than the left.
   After our trip to Penang there were 2 days that she fed A LOT (sometimes from both sides!) Growth spurt? or maybe just catching up from Penang.

Sleeping
   Still taking short naps. But will usually take one long nap a day (1-2 hours long). She still doesn't sleep thru the night (my definition is night feed to morning feed) consistently. I am also not really working on this since I figure once Meera starts school, waketime will be earlier so I will figure it out then. Right now she will have her last feed at about 8.30pm then the next feed is around 5 or 6 am. But every once in a while it's earlier. So it's not out of habit but hunger. I guess I have higher expectations since Meera slept 12 hours straight by this age. But comparatively she is actually quite good already.


Milestones
   She has started to talk a lot. Constantly jabbering. At night when we put her down to sleep she will be yacking away so loudly we can even hear her downstairs! And if you talk to her she tries to talk back. So cute!
   She started noticing her hands and is constantly staring at them and moving her fingers. It's quite amusing to watch.
   She is starting to try and grab things. We have this toy which we fix on her stroller and we notice she will try to reach for the ball...not always and it has to be near enough to her for her to even attempt it.

   

 Personality
   I think she is starting to recognise people and have preferences. She always has really big smiles for Meera and will be looking at her if she's around. And whenever she is very tired or fussy I have to be the one to carry her to calm her down. Noticed this a few times before but it's starting to get really obvious now. Not sure if maybe the trip had anything to do with it though (could see she was quite tired and not getting enough rest most of the time). But generally she is quite easy to calm down.