Emory: 3 Months

I'm 3 months old!!!

 

2/17/13

 

 

 

 

 

Weight and Length

Emory weighs  12 lbs 8 oz. She is getting so big! I have not measured her this month, but I know she has grown! We will go to the doctor next month and get an official length then.

 

 

Clothing Size

Emory is now wearing 3 month clothes. She has outgrown all of her 0-3 month clothes. She is just so long!

 

 

 

Diaper Size

She is still wearing size 1 diapers. We also switched diapers again...haha. I'm sure this won't be the last time we switch. We are now using Target diapers. They are much cheaper than Pampers, but they still fit like Pampers. Hopefully this will save us a good deal of money.

 

 

 







Sleep

Sleep has been a little more difficult this month. We moved her bath time up to 7:00 this month. We bathe her at 7:00, feed her around 7:30, and then she's usually in the crib by 8:00. She falls asleep while she's eating, so getting her to sleep initially has been easy. The problem has been that she wakes up after about 30 minutes and then won't fall back to sleep until about 10:00! Once she finally falls asleep she sleeps for her usual 7-8 hours...but it has been a challenge to get her to finally fall asleep.

Well after about 2 weeks of this we decided to push her bedtime back a little. Obviously, she is trying to tell us that she just isn't ready to sleep (she might be a night owl like her dad). The past week or so we have been bathing her at about 7:45 and she's usually asleep by 8:30 or 9:00. This has been working much better!

The next challenge is going to be getting rid of the swaddle. She is getting much stronger, and she is starting to fight the swaddle VERY hard. She is breaking out of it, and she seems like she really hates being swaddled these days. We are going to try and get her to sleep without being swaddled before I go back to work in 2.5 weeks....I just hope she keeps sleeping 7-8 hours!

 

 

 

 

Eating

She is now eating about every 3 hours. She loves the bottle! I have been pumping a lot and feeding her with a bottle to get her ready for daycare. Martin's mom and Allison both gave her bottles this month...the first people to feed her besides Martin and myself.

 

 

Favorite Activities

She still loves her play mat, but now she is much more interested in us than in the lights on the play mat. She loves to just stare at us and make her cute little baby noises. She smiles all the time, and has come very close to laughing! It won't be long before we get to hear that cute little giggle. She is so active! It's very hard to hold her now, because she wiggles and tries to straighten out her legs. She loves those long legs of hers! She is constantly straightening her legs and trying to push off of everything! She is getting much better at holding her head up. When you hold her she can almost support her heard all by herself. During tummy time she can lift her head, turn it side-to-side, and look all around.  This month we bought her a toy monkey, and she loves to hold it and try to eat it :)

 

 





 

Month 3
I can't believe she is 3 month old now. This past month has been wonderful. She is getting such a little personality. She gave us quite a scare this month with her breath holding episode, but I purchased a movement monitor for the nursery that alerts me if she stops breathing so I can actually sleep now! It has been such a blessing to be able to be at home with her and watch her grow and change daily. I think what I have loved most about this month is seeing her smile at Martin every day when he comes home. She sees him and instantly gives him the biggest grin! I can't wait to see what next month has in store!