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What I love about you at 3 months...

This is my last week of maternity leave... where has the last 3 months gone? It feels like just yesterday we were bringing you home from the hospital. I will miss our days together but know you are going to do great at home with daddy and Sadie and at daycare. Just know that I love you and will miss you everyday.

  • You've learned how to smile and do it all the time, especially when we smile at you
  • When Sadie rubs your head and tries to comfort you - "No cry baby"
  • You have also started cooing and really try and "talk" to us when we talk to you
  • I love sitting you in my lap and holding your hands to hold you steady - you like sitting up.
  • When we swaddle you, you know and put your hands down to your side. When we unswaddle you, your hands shoot up really fast and you stretch. It's so cute.
  • When we lay you down on your activity mat, you like to hit and kick each other, and sometimes you even suck on each others arms and legs.
  • You have been spitting up more and more lately - I do not love this. :)
  • You go to bed anywhere between 8 and 9 usually and sleep around 9-11 hours. You wake up to eat around 5-6 and then go back to sleep for a few more hours.
  • You love baths and lay there so content when we give you one.
  • I think I've mentioned this before, but each of you like different pacis.
  • Sophie tends to wake up once during the night wanting her paci.
  • You go to sleep pretty easily - after your last bottle, we burp, change, swaddle, lay you down and give you your pacis. We usually don't hear another peep from you - amazing just like your big sister.
  • You have gotten into a great eat, play sleep routine. You eat, then play for an hour or so, then nap (usually swaddled with a blanket)
  • Your cycles are about 3 hours, and you eat around 6 times in a 24 hour period, around 4-5 ounces at each feeding
  • You have started holding on to things that we put in your hand, like rattles and the animals on your play mat
  • You like laying on your mat focusing on the animals that hang down.
  • We took our first vacation and you were so good in the car ride down there and back
  • You still sleep right next to each other at night, and sometimes you are face to face - it's the sweetest thing!
  • This is our last week together at home before I go back to work and you start going to daycare - I'm interested to see how this all pans out!
  • I love you girls so much and wait to see how much you grow this next month.


Some differences I've noticed between the two girls:

Sophie

    * Pouty lip
    * Takes paci better
    * Naps better
    * Drools more
    * Chews and sucks on hands more
    * Holding things
    * Narrower face
    * Coos more
    * Long hairs on the top of her head


Sydnie

    * Doesn't like paci as much
    * Harder to get to sleep
    * Rounder face
    * Better skin
    * Likes swing better
    * Dimple
    * Smiles more, almost laughing
    * Squeals

Love, you Mommy