I go back and forth between thinking that time has flown by/she's growing up so fast and then thinking that, yeah, it does feel like it has been three months. Some days it really feels like it. That was mainly true early on, though. Sarah, a friend of mind, when I mistakenly referred to the next month as September instead of August, just laughed and said, "Well you've probably gone to sleep and woken up enough times that it does seem like it ought to be September by now, doesn't it?" As a mother of a one year old son, she knows...
But these days, things are pretty wonderful (apart from last night, but we think she's hitting her three month transition right on schedule and hoping that's all it was!). She is sleeping beautifully - between eight and ten hours every night, putting herself back to sleep if she does wake up at night, and the little night owl has even allowed us to back up her bedtime to between 10:45 and 11:00pm (10:20 last night!). She's getting so long and is holding her head up very securely on her own (very little wobbling, but you still have to watch her).
As I told some of you already, we were at a faculty/student cookout last Friday. She was 12 weeks at the time and was around an 11-week old baby and a six month old baby. I'm telling you, she looked and acted far more like the six month old than the 11-week old. He was lying in his mother's arms and she was sitting straight up as people held her, talking their ear off. And speaking of talking, I am trying to get good video clips of her talking. She is a motormouth these days! She'll just be having a gabfest all by herself (or to one of us), and then as soon as I grab the camera, she shuts up. It's a riot to listen to, though. You know she's having an entire conversation, if only she had the words to make us understand!
Breastfeeding is still going well, and she's still gaining height and weight at a respectable pace. She's been in her 3 month sized clothes for awhile now, and most of her 3 to 6 mo. stuff fits perfectly. I'm going to have a beast of a child if this keeps up! Preempting her nana, who might take offense at the term, I mean "beast" with the utmost affection.
Okay, I'm going to get pictures and videos up soon, but I just wanted to do a little developmental recap in honor of the day.
Oh, and I just realized the other day that her half birthday will be Christmas!
The 25th is a good number to be born on. I'm so glad that she is doing well. It only gets to be more fun from here. Keep the pics coming.
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