Baby Boy is Three Months Old!

Oh, Mav, time is flying with you! You are such a fun, easy baby! You rarely cry, you sleep great, nurse like a champ and smile for almost anyone. You are growing so big, you turned 3 months old yesterday, and although you are well into your 3-6 month clothes most of the time, I have already put some 6-12 month clothes on and they fit! Last week, you rolled over for the first time. You seem to love tummy time and holding your head up, such a big, strong boy you are. You DO NOT like sleeping on your stomach yet, which is different from your sister. At this age, I think she was already sleeping on her belly at bedtime. I have tried with you, and you protest. You do love to be swaddled, and I have actually been able to swaddle you a few times this month and set you in the crib awake, you will fall asleep on your own, most of the time without a peep. You adore your sister and everything she does, she makes you smile all day long.

Bedtime with you is fairly easy. You have a bath around 7:30 while your sister has her shower. You do love your one on one time with whoever is bathing you, and you let whoever know by goo-goo-ga-ga ing through it. You love to kick and splash in there now. After bath, you love a little footrub, we put you in your warm cozy pj's, have a big nurse, and got to bed. Right now, you sleep from about 8 pm till anywhere between 1 and 3 am. One night, you slept till 4 this month, Mommy wants more of that please! Anyways, when you wake you, Daddy usually goes and gets you and brings you to bed with us, you nurse again and sleep snuggled into my side. I love having you there, you snuggle right in and fuss when I roll away. You are all warm and cuddly and your smiling face is a treat to wake up to. I am am trying to enjoy this time of sleeping together because I know it won't last much longer. Once your rocking chair comes I will probably start doing what I did with Tula and just rock you back to sleep in your room when you wake at night. I guess we will burn that bridge when it gets here. You still love your swing, and would sleep forever in it. It use it as a cheat if I don't have time to snuggle you or need you to sleep longer. But time has flown so fast with you I also am forcing myself to use it less, I know that those special moments of snuggling with you before you drift off are so precious, I am trying to get in as many as I can. You do like to be home for sleeps though, in your room for naps, so we have had a couple outings that have had to been cut short to bring you home to sleep. Luckily, we bought an ergo this month. Thanks for the great idea Auntie Kaisha! I never thought we would use one, with Tula I loved my Moby. But Mav is a little heavier and this is so much easier to carry him. Way more comfortable for me, and he can nurse in there discreetly and sleeps wonderfully in it. It has been a lifesaver, and I wish I would have bought it sooner!

Maverick, you are so fun to be around. You light up a room with your ginormous smile. You are a happy little baby and I feel blessed to have such a wonderful little man in my life. I am sad that the whole "fourth trimester" part is done. You are for sure not a newborn and I will always miss and cherish those times with you. I know now, more so after my second, how fast they go. But I did feel like I was able to truly enjoy them. And now that you are doing all the fun, happy, giggley stuff, I look forward to a lifetime of sharing smiles with you. Love you baby boy!