Lauren :: 3 Months

I just FINALLY finished Austin's 1 year book and I am so grateful that I kept notes about him each month. It was fun to go back and re-read what he was doing each month. And it helped me a ton when trying to remember all the things about the newborn days.

So..here's to attempting to keep up with it with Lauren too so she can have a baby book too! 

Lauren Elizabeth, you are 3 months old already, sister! This feels like such a good place to be. You are happy and social and we're all getting more sleep around here. This month you celebrated your first Christmas, your first New Years and you met lots of new friends. It's been a busy, but fun month for all of us!

You are generally sweet, easy going baby! And you are definitely a mama's girl. You are getting better, but for a while you really only liked to be held by me. It seems like you've always been around - it's weird to think you've only been here 3 months! We've had a rough few days here and there but they've generally coincided with the weeks I think babies are typically fussy - during major developmental leaps.

You wear size 1/2 Kirkland (Costco) diapers and wear size 3 month clothes. No doctor's appointment this month, so we don't have official height and weight stats on you, but you seem much more solid than Austin did at this age. You have perfect little rolls on your thighs, wrist and neck even though I think you are probably "petite." 

You have blue eyes still (I'm thinking they will stay blue), a cute little nose, a pouty bottom lip and CRAZY hair like your momma. Your hairline is like a balding old man and what you do have sticks out all kinds of crazy directions - we love you just the way you are, but have huge stash of headbands to help with the hairline :) 

You rolled over for the first time on Thanksgiving and then didn't do it again for a while. At about 2.5 months you started rolling around like a champ. You probably rolled over 10 times the day you figured it out. You are also really good at tummy time - so strong for such a little girl.

You started social smiling a lot and we heard your first laugh just before 3 months! So cute! And it doesn't take much to make you smile.

You also really love to hang out and watch people. You love to watch your brother play and you love to watch me do stuff around the kitchen. You'll also watch everyone talk and interact when we are outside playing or when we have company. Earlier this month it seemed like you had meltdown anytime we had company but that has greatly improved. In the last two weeks your personality has really started to emerge and you are just generally a much happier baby. 

You also like to kick and play on your playmat or on a blanket in Austin's room. You'll kick and talk happily for a while! Or I lay you down on a blanket it my closet when I get ready or am doing laundry and you are so content to hang and kick around. 

You have also gotten way way better with the car seat. You used to scream bloody murder any time we drove anywhere but now you hang out quietly or fall asleep! I have the car seat adapter for the bob and double bob so now I can take you for walks alone or with your brother! This is huge for me, because walks and fresh are are my sanity! 

You also love bath time! If you are fussy and I can't figure out what is wrong, a bath will calm you down.

Your brother adores you and has only body slammed you once :/ He calls you "Baby Lauren" and says hi to you a million times a day. If you are crying, he will ask you "You ok?" Most of the time he is very gentle but he is 2 and has a wild hair every now and then. Dexter also likes to give you drive by kisses and will come get me anytime you wake up crying in our room.

You still sleep in your bassinet in our room or in the downstairs guest room. I've moved you back and forth a few times, but it just so much easier to have you in our room at night. Since you are right there, I can go get you, feed you and then we can both go back to sleep right away.  If I had to go all the way upstairs I don't think I would be able to fall back asleep. Plus, I'm just not ready for you to be far that way from me. 

Your "schedule" is hit or miss. And I'm ok with that. You're too small to be fully predictable, but you follow a similar routine most days"

5:00am - Wake up and nurse.
7:30/8 - Wake up again to eat and wake up SUPER happy and smiley. We usually play in bed for a bit before getting up to start the day and get Austin 
9:00  - nap (usually only 30-40 minutes max)
10:00 - nurse again 
11:15/11:30 nap - This is when I usually go to the grocery store with you or run errands and you sleep in the car seat or bjorn. 
12:30/1 nurse 2 nap (this one is almost always exactly at 2) - again only 30-40 min
3:30/4 eat
5:30 or sometime before dinner catnap
6:00/6:30 usually hungry
8:00/8:30 Eat again if hungry then bed usually around 8:30 - sometimes you go right to sleep, sometimes you cry for a bit to calm down then fall asleep, and sometimes you cry and we can tell you aren't going to stop so we just get you and hang out for a while longer. 
We do a dream feed around 11 (I stay up too late) 
Then you usually wake up only once around 5am so I actually get a good stretch of sleep. Then you will fall back asleep until almost 8am.

Baby girl, we sure do love you! I know each month gets more and more fun, so we are looking forward to watching you develop and grow!