Lily is 3 months (and almost a week) old! Although it's hard to believe she's already 3 months old, it almost seems like she's been here forever - it's hard to imagine what life would be like without her now.
Lily at 3 months is so much fun! She's smiling all the time, she's starting to recognize when we say her name (and almost always gives you a grin when you say "Lily" or "Lilypie!) and she's giggling - so cute! She's also does a shriek now and then, which I can tell is going to be a favorite of hers in the future (thank you to Richard for teaching her that early.) She loves to chat with us (and we LOVE hearing her ), her mobile, the baby in the mirror and her toys and will also try to sing along when I sing to her at times.
She now enjoys riding in the car almost all the time and really loves checking out the toys on her playmat. She's still not a tummy time fan, but is getting great control over her head and neck. She's a big fan of her Bumbo seat, but is not quite as fond of her bouncy seat now - I think because it makes it a little more difficult for her to see her surroundings. Lily in her Bumbo:
She has a great time outside and we're trying to make sure she gets outside time at least once a day, if not more. We've started walking at night and I can tell this is going to be a big hit with her.She also loves to have someone hold her up so that she can stand on their legs - this really gives her the best view, I think. She's a pretty independent little girl, - when she's done with being held, she lets you know it and wants to be put in her chair or on her blanket on the floor to stretch out and play with her toys or mirror.
Lily is eating breastmilk exclusively, either nursing or in a bottle, and is eating at least 4 oz at every feeding - which means our feedings can now stretch to almost 4 hours during the day! At night, Lily is going 7-10 hours without needing to eat - woohoo! We weighed her yesterday and she seems to be right around 11.5 lbs, according to our scale - I'm interested to see what her actual weight will be at the doctor's office next month. It's really hard to get her height measurement, as she never wants to sit still when I try and measure her with the tape measure, but I think she's somewhere around 22.5", give or take a little. Here's Lily's comparison picture for the month:
Lily in her Bouncy seat when we brought her home:
Lily in her bouncy seat a couple days ago:
Lily's big first this month, which happened last night, was her first night spent in her own room! We did her usual bedtime routine, except that this time, we did everything in her room. After her bath, she got her lotion, new diaper and jammies and then played for just a minute on her playmat. I swaddled her and then nursed her in the glider (the most comfortable chair ever!). My plan was to read her some bedtime stories during her 30 minute sit up time after eating, but she was so sleepy, she drifted off after just a minute of rocking in the glider. So instead, I got to hold her and watch her sleep during that time. After her sit up time was finished (at about 9pm), I laid her in her crib, turned on her nightlight and monitor and shut the door.... and we didn't hear a peep until 7am! We took some pictures to commemorate her first night in her crib and room:
Here are some "Lily is such a cutie" pictures for you to enjoy! Most of them are self-explanatory, but the first three are pictures from the other night when Lily was being fussy - apparently, grabbing her daddy's nose was all she really wanted to do - it calmed her enough to where she was ready to eat and go to sleep:
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