3 months old

Our littlest girl is getting so big!! Martha is growing and changing and continuing to charm us with her delightful personality. She is never far away from a smile and usually has a lot to say if someone will take a moment to engage her and listen. She is good at entertaining herself, however, and stays very distracted by trying to keep an eye on her big sister’s activities. She loves to be held, loves her paci, loves putting her hands in her mouth, loves getting her burper or blanket close up to her mouth and face, she loves music and 9 times out of 10 will stop crying at the sound of it, and she LOVES people.
She is growing a lot in her physical appearance as well. Just these last few weeks I’ve commented several times to Eric how she’s not a tiny baby anymore and thats a little bit sad to me. But I am so thankful that she is growing so strong and healthy. She doesn’t roll yet, but she scoots all over the place on her back. I have found her completely turned around in her bed from scooting.
She is sleeping great at night, usually going to bed for the night between 7 and 9 (depending on our family’s schedule and when I feed her last) and sleeping til 7 in the morning. She usually takes 2 long naps in the day and a few cat naps in between. We are so busy that its hard to actually be at home and get her in her bed for all her naps but if we can even get one good one in, I feel thankful for her sake. The rest of the time she sleeps in her seat, in a baby wrap on me or someone else, or on the floor somewhere. She loves getting into her bed at night. If she is fussy or cranky, as soon as I lay her down in the dark room, she calms down and drifts off. During the day, however, its hit or miss if she’ll fall asleep on her own. About half the time she seems relieved and happy to be in bed, and about half the time she cries as soon as I put her down and, let me tell you, she has a powerful cry that is, at this point, too hard for me to resist. When she cries, I usually go and pat her back, hold her a bit, or sing to her to help her calm down. I am not so good at “sleep training” as some people call it, but eventually, I would like to help her go down easily all the time for naps. We go to America next week for Laura’s wedding, and I guess I am hesitant to fight any sleep battles right now, knowing that she’ll be subjected to jet lag and a crazy scheduel for the 2 weeks we are there. Maybe when we come back we’ll work on it…
She is still eating well. We’ve been down to nursing 5 times a day these last few weeks, which is nice for me. She goes between 3.5 and 4.5 hours inbetween her meals. I’m thankful that she’s still a quick eater and, rarely gets frantic to eat when it’s time (maybe she is already showing the quality of patience?).
This fourth month will be a very exciting one for her, as she will take her first plane trip (out of the belly), and more importantly, meet many people who love her so so much for the first time. She will aslo attend her first wedding, and an important one at that! Eric and I can’t wait for our far-away family to meet this little girl who has captured our hearts and added so much to our family.

Tags: Martha, milestone