It's Madelyn's quarter birthday!
She's changing from a newborn into a smiling baby and has been the perfect addition to our family. I managed to get her 3 months photos taken but don't be fooled because behind the scenes both of her brothers wanted to be in all the pictures, too!
Sleep:
Night sleep has been pretty consistent. You normally go to sleep for the night around
9pm & will sleep anywhere from 4-8 hours.
After you eat once in the middle of the night, you go right back to
sleep and have begun to sleep another long stretch until you are ready to get
up for the day around 7:30am. (note:
this has NOT happened the last 2 nights…let’s hope this isn’t a new trend). You move lots in your sleep and have started
rotating. I never know where you’ll be
when I check the monitor.
Eating:
You are still exclusively
BF. You rarely have a bottle but when we
have company you tend to more often. You
eat about every 3-4 hours during the day and about once during the night with
your last feeding of the day being around 9pm.
Sizes:
You are wearing size 2 diapers and 3
month & 6 month clothes. I can
pretty much put you in both and they fit.
I’m hoping you don’t outgrow all these cute fall & winter clothes we
have for you! Thanks goodness you have
lots of leggings and dresses which will fit many different sizes. I LOVE dressing you each day. It is incredibly fun to try new clothes on
you and now that the weather has changed you are consistently in fall clothes
and lots of leggings & cute tops & dresses.
I
also love picking out your bow & hair accessories each day. You don’t seem to mind them (I’ve been trying
to get you used to them from the beginning).
Your hair is about 2.5 inches long & seems to be growing in lighter
than the color you were born with. You
lose a few strands here and there but for the most part it is staying put.
Things you love:
You
still love to play under your jungle gym & hang out in your swing. I love to set you up on the couch and you
just look around and take everything in.
At night when I read to Jack at bedtime, you are normally with me just
chillin on your newborn lounger and I think hearing the stories relaxes you
because you often will drift to sleep.
You have starting smiling and love when anyone just holds you and talks
to you. I sing and talk to you and you
love to just laugh and smile away. You
also love your longhorn wubanub. Jack
never used it too much but it is your favorite because you can grab the
longhorn, spin it around, and try to get the pacifier back in your mouth when
you need it.
Activities:
You are still enjoying pretty similar activities as
last month. You also
go on lots of walks/runs with mom and are always such an angel. In this beautiful fall weather we have spent
many afternoons lounging on a blanket in the yard and you just look up at all
the trees.
You spend most of your day when we are awake exercising. You move your arms and legs all over the place and just kick, kick, kick. I try to hold you and keep you upright after you eat and you just want to move.
You spend most of your day when we are awake exercising. You move your arms and legs all over the place and just kick, kick, kick. I try to hold you and keep you upright after you eat and you just want to move.
New things:
You
smile all the time when anyone talks to you.
You also coo at certain times, but it is not constant. Not only do you
smile, but you’ll open your mouth up wide and make the happiest expressions.
Your neck control is getting stronger and you look up and around. It is not 100% so we are still very careful with you. You don’t want to rest your head on us when we are holding you, but instead you want to lift it up and look everywhere.
You have also begun to roll on your right side in the last week. You have not rolled over all the way, but are thinking about it!
Your neck control is getting stronger and you look up and around. It is not 100% so we are still very careful with you. You don’t want to rest your head on us when we are holding you, but instead you want to lift it up and look everywhere.
You have also begun to roll on your right side in the last week. You have not rolled over all the way, but are thinking about it!
You have
definitely discovered your hands. You
love to grab things and suck on your hands all the time. You have just started to reach out on your
jungle gym and grab the things that are hanging around you.
You went to your first pumpkin patch in the last month (actually you went with mom & Jack 3 times!). You also went with mom to get her hair done & were on your best behavior...pretty soon you might be the one getting your hair cut at the rate it's growing! We're lucky you're not a boy or we would have probably already had to cut it.
You also have your first cold (I think we can blame your germy brother for this one). You are pretty congested and have a running nose. It breaks my heart to hear you breathe through your nose when you are congested.
I think
I tell you about a million times a day how much a love you & give you lots
of kisses. I never knew I would be able
to love a baby as much as Jack, but you both have my heart and I surely
do! Your beautiful brown hair makes you
so different from Jack, but y’all both share the most beautiful blue eyes right
now. The past 3 months have flown by and
we are ready and excited for the many more to come!
