Well, sweet boy, in the last month you have grown a little bit, weighing in at a healthy 13 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 24 inches long. Oh you are so much fun! You are still nursing, and judging by your weight gain, you are doing it very well! You take a bottle a couple of times a day while at grandma's or with daddy, taking 5 oz. each time. You are sleeping ALL through the night now for good! You usually go to sleep around 7:30pm and we wake you back up at 9:00pm to feed you one last time before bed. You go right to sleep now as soon as we swaddle you up and put you in bed. You sleep until anywhere between 5:30am and 6:30am each morning, most times the 6:30am is only because I make you wake up! You usually go back to sleep and sleep until it's time for your 9:00am feeding. We still swaddle you to get you to go to sleep but most times you "break free" by morning. You're not a huge fan of being covered up anyway, you always kick covers off, even if we tuck them under you. The only way to get you covered up is by swaddling you. You are such a happy boy! You laugh and smile so much more now, you're "talking" a lot more these days too, you are able to entertain yourself for the most part as long as you can see someone in the room. We have a playmat for you and you like to lay on it and kick all the toys, you still sit in your bouncer and kick and have fun as well as your swing, you LOVE your swing now and will take naps in it now!!! You are exploring a lot more these days, focusing on objects and staring at them (still infatuated with fans!), grabbing objects that are placed near or in your hands and wanting to put everything in your mouth! We thought you might be teething but you're not, but you grab everything and put it in your mouth, and have fits with your fingers and fists while sucking on them. You aren't too fond of the pacifier which is fine by me! You aren't a big fan of "tummy time" but grandma makes you do some each day. You love to grab everyone's fingers and pull yourself up then stand up. You kick your little legs like crazy, we always tell you to "ride your bike" and you just laugh at us. You are actually starting to laugh out loud now, it melts mommy and daddy's hearts how infectuous it is! We have to watch you very carefully now when we have you on the couch or our bed, you can almost roll yourself over but you can scoot yourself with your feet. Grandpa says if you just can learn to tuck your arm under then you are going to be rolling over in no time. Right now you like to arch your back when we have you in our arms, makes for very difficult burping. When we try to have you sitting in our laps you arch your back and stiffen up. You did this in your Bumbo the other day too, scared mommy half to death! You thoroughly enjoy your bath time, I think you tinkle all over yourself just so you can get baths! Yes, you do that on a regular basis!! You are wearing all 3 month clothes, some 3-6 month items, some newborn bottoms cuz you're so small and size 1 diapers. We might have to go to size 2 diapers soon though, not cuz you're big enough but because you can sure fill up a diaper! We have to wash quite often because your poop sure does stain! You have just about outgrown all your shoes we had for you, your little feet are getting long - not to mention those gorillo toes of yours! You still have a full head of hair, except for the small bald spot on the back of your head now...but your hair is so long that it almost covers it up!! You change each and every day, I love it! Being your mommy and daddy is the hardest, yet most rewarding job that we have ever had! We love you so much and look forward to the next month as you continue to grow!
HAPPY 3 MONTHS my Chunky Monkey!
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