3 Month Update

We have kept a baby alive for 3 months now!! Annabelle is around 11 pounds. She finally outgrew Gerber's 0-3 month onies. She still wears other 0-3 month clothes, however she will probably outgrow the length pretty soon. This week she started to wear her Carter's 3 month sleepers. Daddy learn the difference between a sleeper and a onies. She also developed her bald spot on the back of her head. Annabelle is constantly smiling at mommy and daddy and other friendly people. Her awake and sleep time is starting to become predictable. She takes 4 naps a day. Two of the naps is usually 2 hours long while the other two naps are around 1 hour long. She wakes up like clock work between 7-7:15 in the morning. It's still unpredictable if she will wake up once or twice to eat. We decide to let her cry herself to sleep. Her nap routine consists of reading, "Goodnight Gorilla", turning on her music projector, getting swaddle, and being rock in mom's arms for one song on her music projector before mom leaves the room. Currently it takes between 3-4 minutes to fall asleep. I don't know what I will do when she gets too big to be swaddle by the miracle blanket. I'll worry about that when the time comes.

Places she's been: We've haven't travel as much because we are working on her routines.

• Friends houses: Maggie's, Klusmann, Stein, Both Grandparents, Cotter for ping pong tournament (which she loved watching the ball go back and forth).
• Giant Eagle (she stayed awake for almost the entire trip last week)
• Walmart, Target, Babies R Us, Breast feeding center, McDonalds
• Rec Center
• Our Lady of Victory
• Akron Canton and Cleveland Airport (Arrival and Departure sections in the car)
• Comfort Inn for Ethan's birthday party
• Met Jessica (her babysitter) and her son Carson

Cool things she's done

• Roll to side, Roll over (all accidental)
• Bat objects and grab objects
• Watching her environment around her
• So much head control when sitting
• Slept for 6 hours in a row (inconsistent)
• Hold her head while being on her tummy (just a few seconds)
• let out a few soft giggles
• coo
• Blow raspberries???

What she likes

• Play mat
• Kicking her ball on her blue mat
• Hula Monkey
• Musical Panda Bear
• Being Swaddle
• people
• bath and sucking on the wet towel
• Colorful images on ESPN
• Sucking on her fingers

What she hates

• Being on her tummy
• burping
• farting
• She's unsure if she likes or hates riding in the laundry basket

Things to work on

• Staying on her tummy longer
• Night Time Sleep
• Getting the gas out more efficiently

Update on Mommy & Daddy

• Mommy starts back to work on the 22nd and will miss Annabelle like crazy
• Daddy is very proud of his bird feeder that he built
• Mommy & Daddy had a great date night by going to the Akron/Kent basketball game
• Since Mommy can't have dairy, she is starting to have dreams about ice cream