3 Months Old!

I can't believe it, Gavin is 3 months old. He is turning into such a little man. Look at him with his one hand on his knee. We did not have a doctor's appointment this month, so we are only guessing on his weight. We think he weighs around 15 pounds. We figured this out by mommy stepping on the scale by herself (SCARY!), and then stepping on the scale with Gavin. One good thing about not having a doctor's appointment this month, is NO SHOTS!!! YAY!

He is such a good baby, he is happy all of the time, and it is very rare that we hear him get upset, usually when he is overtired. We are working on a sleep schedule, which is going pretty well. He takes a nap in the morning, one in the afternoon, usually around 12-1pm, and then one in the early evening. He goes to bed around 9:30ish, unless he misses a nap, then it is a little earlier. WE have started to establish a routine of bath, nursing, reading, rocking, sleep..... I am reading a book "Health Sleep Habits, Happy Baby," which I highly recommend for any new parent. It talks about how important sleep is for babies, even though we want to spend as much time as possible with them, awake. In the mornings, he gets up, nurses, and then he lays down next to me, with his head on my shoulder, and his tummy right up next to my side, and falls right back to sleep, it is the best feeling in the world.

We are working on trying to get him out of the swaddle blanket, very difficult to do. We watch him when he is not in it, and he startles himself, waking himself up. However, we were told that at three months, babies should be able to start soothing themselves to sleep, and that the swaddle should not be needed as much anymore. He also has started sucking on his hands a lot more, he uses this to soothe himself at times when trying to fall asleep. As for the crying it out method when trying to get him to go to bed, IT SUCKS! I know that we are doing it for his own good, but it is very hard letting him cry himself to sleep, needless to say Chris and I are not very good at it yet. I think he is still to young...............

Milestones:

Cooing and "talking" up a storm

Squealing in delight

Motorboat sounds

Blowing Bubbles

Mimics us when we motor boat

Smiling when we smile at him

Holding on to things (rattles)

Follows smaller items when put in front of him