This has been the fastest 3 months of my life. In my wildest dreams I never thought I would feel this way about infancy, but Pierce makes me feel ready for more kiddos. I feel like we are in such a great groove that he seems like a dream baby! He is the chunk I always wanted!
Weight: I estimate a little over 14 pounds (Will was just over 13 at 3mths)
We don't go back to pediatrician until 4 months so we will know more then!
Eating: My sweet little chubby baby is still eating every 3 hours and taking 5 oz each feed. (7:30, 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and then a dreamfeed at 10:30) No more middle of the night!!!
Sleeping: Praise Jesus God almighty I actually have a baby who is sleeping from 8:00pm-7:45am. It is unbelievable! I am over the moon. I will say though, it didn't happen by chance. He had consistently been going til 5am for a while, but couldn't seem to get past that. Two weeks ago I started going in once to check on him, then setting an alarm on my phone for 30 minutes and turning off monitor. My heart can't handle him screaming for 30 minutes in the middle of the night (even though I know that teaching him to soothe is the most loving thing I can do for him.) It took a couple tough love nights of Crying for 30-45 minutes total and now he wakes up babbling, happy in the mornings... completely content.
Swaddle: We did have a bit of a challenge two weeks ago when he started busting out of his straight jacket (velcro swaddle) because he wanted his hands in his mouth. Problem was, he could not put himself back to sleep. I am pretty sure he is going to be a thumb sucker, but for now he is a full fist sucker. He still can't handle the full freedom of being out of the swaddle so I just swaddle one arm and let him get to the other hand. It took a few additional night/naps of crying but now he does great!
Dislikes: He really is not a fussy baby so at this point dislikes are hard. The only thing he doesn't love is being on his tummy. For a while he had gotton too fat to roll but as of yesterday he has started rolling himself back to his back again to avoid being on his tummy (little rascal.) I have tried to be more conscious of switching his positions because he was starting to get a flat spot on the back of his head. Hopefully that will resolve.
One sweet tid bit: As most of our friends and family know, Will wasn't exactly over the moon about getting a baby brother. In fact, when we would talk about it, my non-aggressive 2 year old would say " Not, Pierce! I will kick him in the face!" which I of course was horrified by. Well... we've come a long way. Several weeks ago I went to drop Pierce off at the YMCA nursery so I could take Will swimming at the pool and Will flipped out hysterically crying, "No, Momma! Don't let that lady take Pierce! Momma, don't leave him, don't leave him." It nearly broke my heart! He is already protective of his baby brother and gets very upset whenever we drop him off. He told me he wanted him to come swimming and the minute I told him we had to leave the pool to go get Pierce he came running and was so excited! He said, "Momma, that lady gave me Pierce back! I am so happy." Best buddies in the making!
