Congratulations You're An Infant

My dearest bubelah,

You are THREE months old! Shocking but true. You have officially entered infant status. It is bittersweet for me because you are no longer my little newborn. All wrinkly and crunched up. You are a wiggly, kicking, deliciously pudgy infant. So the good news is that you are going through a major growth spurt at this very moment. For the last week (yes WEEK – when will it end?!!), your naps have been completely out of whack and making you honestly quite grouchy. Thankfully, last night you went back to your 6 hour stretch followed by two 2 hour naps with milk in the middle. I’m hoping that you will soon start eating more during the day so you will sleep for 8-10 hours a night. One can wish… You are still absolutely giddy about your swing. You look at the little mirror at the top and just smile and smile. It is beyond cute. You are beginning to really master the whole hand and arm situation. You still poke yourself in the eye at least twice before finding your mouth but hey at least you find your mouth now. You continue to kick kick kick your legs CONSTANTLY. My favorite part of the day is still when you get up in the morning and I go and get you and you get this GIANT smile on your face like hey I know you! OH, and you have discovered the art of rolling from your belly to your back BUT you will only do it in your crib and when Daddy isn’t around. I have to go in to your room and flip you back over so you can continue your nap. You have started to really pay attention to all the different shapes on the pages when I read to you. You have a two book max though. Your current favorite books are The Monster At the End of This Book and believe it or not Star Wars The Phantom Menace. It makes noise. Oh and you are working on doing this one arm out thing with your swaddle at night but I have to go back in there and wrap you back up. You keep yourself up eating your hands and then get way overtired and its just not pretty after that. We started Level 2 nipples today on your bottles and so far you are not fond of it but I’m sure you will get the hang of it. Lastly, you can hold your paccy in your mouth now - sometimes with your hand - and it is not only convenient but super cute.

Likes:
Mommy – you think I’m pretty cool and hopefully it stays that way for awhile
Daddy – he’s funny and funny-looking. win win
Your pacifier
Your swing
The mirror in your playpen and mirrors in general. You’re so vain
Going on walks in the baby bjorn
Your furbrothers – Anakin more than Brutus
Eating your hands
When Daddy uses your mouth to say silly things to Mommy (Why you think that is funny I don’t know)
Standing up
Baths! You LOVE taking a bath and kicking your little feet in the water
When Mommy sings you songs – Little Bunny FuFu is a guaranteed smile

Dislikes
The Heat! You are one crabby baby when you are even slightly warm
Hats. I don’t know if it’s they make you hot or obstruct your line of vision too much but either way you fuss till I take it off
Still the carseat (I’m REALLY hoping that ends like any second)
When Mommy and Daddy go overboard with the kisses (Have you seen those cheeks?)

I Love You More Everyday.

Mommy