M at 3 months

At 3 months, M is a happy, little guy.  He freely gives smiles to all.  He loves to laugh at crazy facial expressions.  We are enjoying our little man.

He has his challenging moments. He's happy for about an hour after he wakes up.  Then, we jiggle and change scenery for about a half hour and then it is time to sleep again. He does have a very predicable three hour schedule of eat, play, and sleep.

The good news is that sleeping has changed for the better this month.  He started sleeping in the bassinet for the entire night about half way through the month on most nights.  That was a huge improvement.  Sometimes, he'd only get up once or twice to eat, too.  That was great.

Napping started improving also.  He'd sleep in the bassinet for 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on the nap.  Most naps ranged about 45 minutes.  But, he was sleeping independently and that was a huge improvement.

He took his first two out of state trips this month.  We went to Cleveland, OH for a wedding over Memorial Day, and Aunt Stacey and I took him to Indiana mid-June.  He did great in OH. He went along with the flow very well.  I even got to observe the wedding and he slept great, as he slept with us each night.  

Indiana was a fun adventure too.  We learned two things.  Number one was that M REALLY loves his mommy and doesn't really like strangers...even if they are family.  Number two was that he hates to be hot. It was in the nineties that weekend and he wasn't impressed with that.  He slept the entire trip to IN.  That was a nice, peaceful drive and he did pretty well on the way home too.  Fortunately, the little man loves his car seat if it is moving.

He rolled over several times one evening in Indiana from his tummy to his back.  However, he still isn't really doing it purposefully.  Every so often it happens and still seems to surprise him.  Then, sometimes it looks like he's trying to make it happen and then he gets frustrated that he can't.  So, I assume he'll get it all figured out in the next month without problem.

Thankfully, he gave up his middle of the night screaming sessions this month.  I took beans out of my diet and that has seemed to greatly help his night sleeping. I'd give up about anything to avoid those unhappy awake times from 4-6 AM.

He's starting to like toys and he'll coo at the animals hanging from the bouncy seat or the bassinet. He's getting so much more interactive.  The older kids really enjoy getting a reaction out of him. They talk to him. They still all love to hold  him.  

He loves to chew on his hand.  Drooling is picking up even more.  I've even found a couple of drool bibs, but I need to find the stash of them because I'm changing his shirt some days because he's drooling so much.  Bubbles and drool are common place these days.  

C loves him to pieces. He's a bit too much in his face and rough. but he just wants to interact with him too.  He and X always want to hold him.  M tolerates it for while. E is a little more steady, I think, and M enjoys her holding him a bit more.  They love their love baby brother.

We are enjoying our time with M. He is a wonderful blessing and we are soaking in all the baby that we can. We know he'll be toddling around before we know it and our last baby will be no more.  I'm trying to treasure all these things in my heart so that I can remember them when my littles aren't so little anymore.