3 Months Old

Joanna Frances Porter

3 Months

• She is still a great sleeper. We had a few weeks of her sleeping 10-12 hours straight every night. Now she sleeps from about 9:30pm until 6:00am, wakes up to eat, then goes back to sleep until 9:30am. She takes one longer nap around lunch time (usually around 2 hours), and takes small cat naps after that until bedtime.

• She had her first overnight trip when we went to visit Nana & Grangoat in Gainesville. She did great on the trip, though it did throw off her sleeping schedule for a while.

• She loves listening to music. We have “music time” every day where we dance and sing and listen. She is usually very alert and happy during this time.

• She is very talkative! Especially in the evenings, and/or when she is on her changing table.

• She loves to be outside. We go outside and sit in the rocking chair and she will just look around and sit quietly for a long time.

• She still only nurses for 10-15 minutes, about every 2 hours during the day.

• She doesn't like her car seat and car rides as much as she used to. She still isn't terrible, and she is usually fine if one of us sits in the back with her, but it isn't quite as easy as it was in the past.

• We still swaddle her for bedtime, but she has gotten sneaky and can get her arms out now and then.

• She likes her baths! It is hilarious to watch her relax under the warm water and watch herself in the mirror (we put the bath up on the bathroom counter).

• She is much more alert and aware of things going on around her. She likes to lock her eyes on one of us and just follow us around the room.

• She has gotten really good at tummy time! She still doesn't like it, but she does a great job of supporting herself.

• She makes so many funny faces. She keeps us entertained!
  
• She has the sweetest smiles! She is a pretty happy and sweet baby!