Three Months Old

Well, we made it through another month & we are definitely getting to figure each other out more & more. You are becoming a very smiley baby, but you will still often make people work pretty hard for it before you give them out- even Daddy. In the last month you have been called a "Mommy's boy" by more than one person, but really you spend 99.9% of your wakeful time with me so why wouldn't you be??? You really are getting to be a chatty thing when you are awake, but those wakeful periods are still pretty short. After being awake for only an hour you often show signs of being tired & in need of a nap. In the last couple of weeks you have had a nap each day that can last up to 3.5 hours, but getting you settled into that nap is still a bit of a challenge. I think I have accepted that for whatever reason you have to have your little cry before you will fall asleep. Hopefully this is just a temporary thing until you learn to fall to sleep on your own. You are also napping in your crib now, which is great except when we are out you do not always sleep well because you want to be lying down on your own. At night you are typically in bed at 9pm & sleep through until 4am-5am. Lucky for me you are very quick when you feed in the night & are usually back in your bed within half an hour & then sleep until around 8:30am. You are really starting to check out your hands & like to get them in your mouth. However, your control is still not the greatest & you sometimes punch yourself in the eye. Because you have been sleeping so much during the day, it doesn't seem that we have been out & about as much in the last month. I have ventured to the mall a couple of times with you & that is not a successful outing if you are awake- you do not like to be confined to your carseat & you let anyone who is listening know it! If I carry you, you are just fine- so I am not sure how easy Christmas shopping is going to be with you. We don't go to the doctor this month, so we will have to wait until next month for your growth update. However, I would guess that you probably weigh about 14 lbs & I am starting to wonder if I will last carrying you in your infant seat...you are getting heavy!!!