3 months old

Well here we are at 3 months! You are officially an "infant" now - no
longer a "newborn"! I loved my sweet little newborn but I am loving the little
interactive baby you are becoming just as much!

I was feeling like you didn't change much from your 2 month self, but just in the last week you have acquired so many new skills! I could take 100 pictures of you a day and it wouldn't be enough to truly capture your little personality. Some things about you at 3 months:

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  You finally have uncurled those tight little fists for good. You now regularly grasp things, and don't have nearly as much dirt collect in your palms :) You like to hold onto whatever small things you can get your tiny fingers around, especially mommy's hair and a fun little ball Grandma got you.


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  I think we can officially say you can hold your head up now. You've been able to for some time, but it's now pretty steady and you can also turn your head while holding it up.


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  You are getting some control over your hands. You can now shakily reach up to push your binky back in your mouth when it slips (sometimes) and you like to hold onto your bottle, although you don't have the strength to hold it up when it's full. You can feed yourself little bits when it's half full and you're laying on your back. Speaking of bottles, you demand at least 4oz of milk now, sometimes more!


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  You have major lungpower! It seems like you've discovered that you can control the noise you make. You have just started shrieking and squawking loudly as you explore this new talent.


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  You have so much hair now, although I'm sure in another month you'll have even more. Right now it's at a length where it sticks straight up. It's very cute. It looks dark up close but in the light it looks almost golden.


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  You are just starting to explore the world with your mouth. When you get ahold of something you often will bring it straight toward your mouth and stick out your tongue to feel it.


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  You do this thing sometimes where it looks like you're wringing your hands. I call it your "nervous" look.


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  You feel like you need to be sitting up all the time. You don't like being inclined in your bouncer or on pillows anymore. I've started propping you up in the middle of the couch where the back cushions meet and provide a little dip, and you love that.


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  You rarely sleep more than half an hour during the day. You wake up at 30 minutes on the dot, most of the time. Little weird, actually. So you take like 4-5 half hour naps a day. Which means mommy doesn't get anything done. :) We're working on that.




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  We bought you an activity mat that you love. It has a kickplate made of piano keys to put your active little legs to work and toys that hang overhead. You work so hard to reach your hand up and touch the toys. You take it so seriously.