Kittens at 3 weeks old

3 weeks old.  Basil, Rosemary and Tarragon

It's been a full week since these 3 kittens that were rescued from a trashcan came home with me.  It took four baths to finally get rid of the rotten food, bottom of the trashcan smell that hung with them and was coming out of them.
They are eating and growing right on schedule.
At two weeks old, they weighed in at the 10 oz.  range.  Their diet is only a milk supplement through a kitten size bottle.  If they consume One Tablespoon from the bottle, they have done well.  The feeding schedule at that age is every 2-3 hours. It generally takes 1 hour to complete the process of feeding, helping them go to the bathroom, cleaning them and handling them.  They produced at least one load of laundry every day.  It is very much like having a newborn baby in the house.
Now that they are 3 weeks old, they weighed in at the 12 oz range.  Their diet is still only a milk supplement with a bottle and the feeding schedule is every 3-4 hours. They consume about 1.5 Tablespoons per feeding. It generally takes just under 30 minutes to complete the process of feeding, cleaning and handling.   Sometimes they go to the bathroom on their own.  Occasionally they do their business in the small litter box available to them.  When staggering in for the 2 AM feeding I try to look close at what surprises may be awaiting me, but the other night I felt it under my foot before I saw it...yuck.
As you look and compare the pictures from this post and the earlier post, you can see that their ears are more upright, but still small.  Their legs are stronger.  And their eyes are still blue, but an iris is more distinguishable.

Tarragon at 3 weeks old.  Weighs 12.4 oz.

One of the big differences this week is that they are really playing.  They wrestle with each other and they play with small toys.  They really like to be held and reward you with loud purrs.  They have yet to be tested for any feline illnesses, that will be next week.  But there are no signs of any obvious illness, fleas, skin conditions, ear mites or the like.  I would consider them happy healthy kittens at this time.
So sleep deprivation is fully in effect, hope this post makes some sense.  One more week I should be able to have a 5 hour stretch of sleep.  I wonder if I will know what to do with all that energy.