Austin, are you really 3 months old already? Time is really flying!
We don't have a doctor's appointment this month, so I don't have official height/weight stats...but I think you are somewhere around 12.5lbs and 24 inches. We had to make an "emergency" trip to the pediatrician on December 30th because your eye swelled shut and half of your face turned beet red...turned out to be nothing of course...but you weighed 11lb 10oz that day and you scared your mama half to death.
You've graduated to size 2 diapers already and are just barely hanging on to your 0-3month clothes. You are a little too long for them but you are too skinny for the 3-6 month clothes. I think this will be a trend for you.
You are so much fun at this stage. I can tell you are soaking in the world around you. You are a Mr. Chatterbox and you love to coo and "chat" back to us all of the time. I could chat with you all day long. You are all smiles when you are awake and you even try to smile and play with me during the night sometimes. Its so hard not to talk back.
Your neck is so strong and you can hold it up for a long time when we do tummy time. You rolled over at least 4 times the other day (tummy to back) but you don't always do it when I put you on your tummy.
For the last week or so you've been intently holding your right fist out in front of your face. You must be planning something in that little head of yours... you just haven't quite figured out how to connect the dots yet.
You often stick your whole fist in your mouth. You haven't found your thumb yet but I'm hoping you learn to suck your thumb instead of the paci sometimes so you can soothe yourself to sleep. (I might regret wishing for that later in life).
You love when we hold you up so you can "walk" and use those little legs.
When you're sitting in your bouncer seat, you bat at the hanging toys. I'm sure grabbing is next!
You are still sleeping in your bassinet but we moved you to your own room finally. The crib transition needs to happen this week, but I'm waiting for your dad to get back in town to help me. We still swaddle you for all of your naps and nighttime, but I'm debating leaving one or both arms out. I've tried it a time or two and I don't think you're quite ready - maybe in the next few weeks.
We are still working on nailing down your little schedule, but I think we are making progress.
Sleeping through the night isn't quite happening yet either. The perfectionist/planner in me is having a hard time with this because I feel like you should be sleeping through the night by now. You will usually wake up once around 1:30 or 2 and again around 5 or so. I'm experimenting with different bedtimes, cluster feeds, dream feeds, etc...but I haven't found the right time/combo for you yet. You might just be catching up on your weight still, or going through a growth spurt. Or you just don't like to let me sleep ;) Who knows?!
The month you had your first Christmas and your first New Years. Your Grannie came to visit again and you did lots of playing and hanging around the house.
All in all this was a fun month! Its a million times easier than week 5-6 or so even though sleep is still a little scarce.
I am so grateful for a long maternity leave and for the time I get to spend with you. I go back to work on February 17th and Jessi will start to nanny full time then. Thankfully, I work from home so I'll still be around to see you all day :) God is good and has provided quite the little set up for us.
We can't wait to watch you grow and change this month!
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