Three Months!

Three whole months!  This whole "my baby growing up" thing is happening way too fast!  Next thing I know you will be married and have your own little family.  Ok, I guess that's going a little overboard, but it really is going by so quickly.  

Every month so far has been so different.  It just keeps getting better and better in every aspect of your little life...well maybe besides the sleeping part.  Where to even start...

You still nurse every 2-3 hours during the day for about 5-7 minutes on each side.  Sometimes you fall asleep like the above pictures.  If I don't feel like you nurse for long enough, I will try to finish it up with pumping so I can make sure my milk supply is kept up with and it puts a little milk in the freezer.  TMI?  Sorry 'bout it.  This is something that we will work even harder on during month 4.  

About a week after you turned 2 months old, I moved you in to your crib to sleep at night.  You surprisingly started sleeping better and we have kept you there ever since.  You "usually" will wake up once during the night to nurse and then wake up between 6:30 and 7:30.  You have slept through the night (10:30-6:30) twice.  I am so ready for this to be a constant in your routine.  In the past 3 weeks I have had you on the "Baby Wise" schedule and you have adjusted to it pretty well.  You wake up, eat, we play for about 45-55 minutes and then you go back to sleep.  You nap only in your crib now anywhere from 45 minutes to about an hour and a half so it still makes for a somewhat unpredictable schedule throughout the day.  I am ok staying home most of the day right now so that you can get the rest you need to grow those little bones.  

You like your baths a whole lot better now and don't even cry when I get you out to dry you off and put lotion on.  You still get mad when there is not milk in your belly as soon as you wake up, but daddy and I just think it's pretty funny.  You like to "move it, move it"!!  People always comment on how active and alert you are.  We are "afraid" you will be an early crawler/walker and that mommy will be chasing you all over the place in a just a few months.  We most definitely have our hands full with you!  You have so much personality it is just hilarious.  You laughed out loud for the first time this month and it melts. our. hearts.  No matter how much Daddy and I try, we just can't get you to laugh like Sugar and GayGay can. I guess they are just pretty funny!  You still get tickled for Daddy and me though and it is the best thing ever.  

You took your second road trip this month and we went to Katy to visit Aunt Amy and Uncle Matt!  It was a little bit of a wake-up call for Mommy knowing that my days of doing anything I want at anytime when on vacation are over.  You did great in the car and only cried a little bit when we had to wait to pull over in a safe place to feed you.  '

You also celebrated Daddy on Father's Day.  You are so lucky to have him as your daddy.  You went to the annual Father's Day Swim at Mike and Kelly's house and was happy the whole time!

You are still in 0-3 month, 3 month and a few 3-6 month clothes fit you now.  You are in size 2 diapers.  Growing, growing girl.  It is so hard for mommy not to buy you so many cute outfits but I do resist...most of the time.  

You still like to be swaddled whenever you go to sleep.  I have tried putting you to sleep without your "Swaddle Me" and you wake up as soon as I put you down.  One thing I have continued to do during month three is rock or sway you to sleep.  Sometimes I just have to hold you and sway back and forth a few times and you are out.  I have tried the 'laying you down and letting you cry' effect a few times and it just breaks my heart so I always end up picking you up, swaying or rocking you and you fall right to sleep.  You don't like to snuggle anymore, so really this is the only time that I get to hold and snuggle you like my little baby anymore.  I am hoping one day though, that I can just put you in your crib, without your swaddle and you will take a good nap.  

As always, I would not trade my "job" for anything.  Staying at home with you is the most challenging but rewarding job I will ever have.  Being able to be here almost every second for anything that you do is something that I will cherish forever.  I will always be grateful for your Daddy in making this sacrifice for our family.  You will learn one day that he truly is the best.  We love you so much, baby girl.