It’s a wild thought to sit here and realize Sweet Girl has been with us for three months already. As she continues to grow each day she teaches us something new. 

Overall, we have all adjusted fairly well, the first 8 weeks were hard on me for reasons other than taking care of Sweet Girl, more on that here. Each day we wake up and we wonder what new thing she will do or learn. She is very vocal and has to be involved in what we are doing. If we are socializing, she has to be there. If she feels her view is hindered, she tells us. 

Now for some of her MILESTONES

It feels like each day Sweet Girl is doing more and more. In her first three months with us she had the following “firsts.”

  • She had her first smile and her first baby laugh;
  • She loves to have conversations with her coos and ‘mock’ us. If we make a noise, she tries her hardest to imitate that noise with a smile on her face. She thinks it’s the best thing since sliced bread!;
  • From day one she has always loved to kick and wave her arms. We learned on her second day with us she has to have her hands out. She is a baby who is all about playing with her hands. The kicking started not too long after, she will kick during playtime until she tires herself out for a nap;
  • She will reach and grab for her toys – especially the ones on her bouncer;
  • Although she hates tummy time, she can lift her head and look where she wants too;
  • She loves high contrast which helps with vision development;
  • If you want her to smile, put her on the changing table, not sure why – but she loves her changing table;
  • One Month Old
  • Two Month Old
  • Three Months Old

From the time she was a few weeks old up until maybe a week or two before turning 3 months old, I felt we had a pretty good schedule.

Each day varies but for the most part her SCHEDULE is

  • 8:30 AM – Wake Up/Eat/Diaper Change
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Play time (sometimes she would go longer)
  • 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Nap time
  • 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM – Eat, diaper change, and have play time (sometimes she would go longer)
  • 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Nap time
  • 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – – Eat, diaper change, and have play time (sometimes she would go longer)
  • 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Play time continued and she would take her last little cat nap during this time
  • 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM – Bath time, story time, feeding, and bedtime
  • 9:00 PM to 8:30 AM – Sweet Girl typically woke up around 2 am to eat and than again around 5-7 AM to eat before getting up for the day

I haven’t really tried putting her on an actual schedule because I keep hearing about this 4 month sleep regression so I am waiting to see if she has that. From speaking to other mama’s I have learned it’s really specific to your little one. Some go through it and some do not. 

Her FEEDING schedule goes something like this…

Sweet Girl loves to eat. When we were in the hospital they told us she could only have an ounce at a time, however, everytime she would eat she would guzzle down 2 ounces. She was eating so quickly we couldn’t keep up with it. We were trying to listen to the hospital but at the same time she wasn’t throwing it back up. When we finally got home, I let her have the 2 ounces, why not? When we went for our first couple of appointments she was losing weight. Which is totally normal. By the time her two week appointment arrived she still had not gone back up to her birth weight. 

It was here I decided to let her eat as much as she wanted each feeding. Let me tell you when she is done eating YOU KNOW IT! It is proof that every baby is different and you as a mama need to listen to those maternal instincts and your little one. You two have got this!

When Sweet Girl has her AWAKE TIME she parties hard aha

Sweet Girl loves her play time especially with her Lovevery toys. Click here to see my review on Lovevery’s first box for babies 0-12 weeks old. She also loves to kick and play with her hands. Typically she will kick until she tires herself out for naptime. We quickly learned she does not like to stare at a wall (for example, when she is getting burped) she has to be in the mix watching everything! If she feels like she is missing out on something you are seeing she will tell you. 

We are fortunate that she only really cries when she is hungry, needs to burp, a diaper change, or done with a station and wants something new. There have been a few times where Sweet Girl has cried hysterically and we will try literally everything and we cannot calm her down. It breaks our heart into a million pieces because this is not normal for her so it’s hard to figure out what is wrong after going down the list of usual’s. We have learned towards the three month mark, she gets frustrated and doesn’t know how to calm herself down. This is where mama and daddy cuddles come into play in hopes she realizes everything is okay and it’s okay to BREATHE lol

Over the last three months, we have learned these are some of her FAVORITE ITEMS

  • Everyday Essentials
  • On the Go
  • Cottons
  • Activities
  • Nursery

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