My baby girl is three months old. Does that mean I don't have a newborn anymore? It just amazes me how fast the time goes. She is just as sweet as can be and I love her so much.
Here's what our baby girl has been up to...
Right after she turned two months we switched her into her room in her crib. I was super nervous about this transition because she just wasn't a great sleeper unless she was in her swing. It turned out to be a super easy transition! She is doing so well in her crib and sleeping better than she ever did in our room. It was that way with Carter too. With both kids I wondered why we didn't switch them earlier. And we switched Carter at 4 weeks.
She usually goes down between 9 and 10, depending on when her evening nap was. I usually feed her and she gets super drowsy. I wait until she is really tired but usually still a little bit awake and then we lay her down. Sometimes she fusses just a bit but usually Jay can go in there and rub her head and put her blankie by her face and she falls right to sleep. Yep, daddy has the touch!
She had her first smile at three weeks old and then really started smiling easily around 6-7 weeks old. She now smiles all the time! She is a super happy baby and smiles easily for almost anyone that gives her some attention.
She looks so much like me when I was a baby. People are always telling me she looks just like me but I keep seeing myself as a baby in her, especially when she smiles. I need to do a side by side picture when I find a picture that resembles her. Carter has always looked more like Jay (especially to others) and Madelynn is definately her momma. I guess that is a good way for it to work out :)
She is turning out to be a super easy baby. Unless her tummy is upset (which does happen every once in a while) if she is crying it is because she is hungry or tired. She is a great nurser and loves to sleep in her swing! I know I will have to break that habit in the near future but for now I can just lay her in her swing, turn the swing and the music on and she usually falls right to sleep and sleeps anywhere from and hour to three hours. And she is pretty good at sleeping through her brothers noise. I am thankful for that. But I guess that comes with the territory when there are multiple kids in the house.
She usually sleeps until anywhere between 3 and 5 in the morning and then eats and then sleeps again until 7 to 8ish. There are some nights that she has one extra feeding in there somewhere. I am happy with her sleeping though but look forward to when the sleeping through the night starts. But I don't want to hurry anything because she is already growing up too fast.
She found her voice this week! Wow, she is a chatterbox! She just loves to screech and holler and sing. She is happy but just talking away. I love it! It probably means that she won't be as easy in church though. It might be about time for her to be in the nursery all the time now. I have been leaving her in the nursery some already because I have been teaching on Sunday mornings but I am still a little picky about when I leave her (not too many other kids, people I know and trust, etc...). She is close to going all the time though especially if she is going to sing while the pastor preaches :)
I don't think I ever blogged her 2 month stats. At her two month check-up she weighed 10 pounds 13 ounces which is the 35 percentile and she was 21 1/4 inches long which was the 30th percentile. Her head was in the 45th percentile. She is a little peanut. I looked up Carter's stats from his two month check-up and he was two pounds heavier and almost two inches longer.
She loves hanging out in her swing and her bouncy seat. She also loves being where we are and where she can see people. She loves watching Carter play and is super patient with him when he is smothering her with kisses. I can't wait until she is bigger and can really interact with Carter. He keeps saying things about baby getting bigger so she can play with him. He is excited too!
To our sweet Mady girl...
We love you so much! You are such a joy! I get little butterflies in my stomach when I look at you and when you smile at me. I am literally filled with joy when I look at you baby girl! You are special! You are a happy baby! You love to smile and squeal out of excitment. We are so blessed to call you our daughter! I know God has big plans for you, little lady. We love you so much!
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