Violet at 12 weeks

Our little Violet is over 12 pounds now! At a friend's baby shower over the weekend, a number of ladies asked how big she was - I guess she is looking very solid to people meeting her for the first time.

Violet has found her hands in recent days, and likes to suck on them.

At 11 weeks old, she turned over from her back onto her tummy! That's a milestone normally hit at five months or older; Cora was six months.
Now, it was a one-time thing, when Violet was on the floor wiggling around a lot, and she hasn't repeated it. Still, it shows me that this one will probably be a lot more physically inclined than her sister. Violet also likes to stand up when you hold her upright.

She is sleeping about eight hours at night, from 10 to 6 or thereabouts, depending on when she goes down and how much she ate at her late feeding. Sometimes she'll sleep until 7 and then not go back to sleep after eating, which isn't a bad thing, but does throw off the routine we've been doing. I know that as she sleeps longer over the next few weeks we'll start a new routine... which will last a matter of weeks or months.

The last photo made me laugh. Violet seems to be easily able to undo her swaddling, so I'm experimenting with not swaddling her. She seems to do fine without it at night, but often still needs it during naps. By that, I mean she often will not settle down and fall asleep for her naps unless she is swaddled and given her pacifier.
Since it's so hot, I've been swaddling her in just a diaper and putting her ceiling fan on. She loves looking at fans in motion.
Also, speaking of naps, Violet is now past the age of sleeping whenever we are out and about. She will stay awake when I figured she would have fallen asleep, or she'll fall asleep but only for 20 minutes. Thankfully when we are home she takes better naps.