Henry turned 3 months old a couple of days ago! This past month has been my favorite yet with so many changes going on in Henry's life. He is so sweet, and his little personality is truly coming out now. Let's see....what things stand out right now about Henry. He sleeps through the night with no problem. We still swaddle him and put him to bed between 10-11 and he sleeps til 6ish. He has woken up around 4:30 probably 4-5 times, and we walk/bounce him back to sleep until a more appropriate wake up time:) After he wakes up and I feed him, Henry goes right back to sleep and stays in bed with me. We cuddle til like 9, and I try not to feel guilty about that, because I know it will not last...I will be going back to work soon enough! He naps kind of sporadically in the morning after that, but has been taking a 3-4 hour nap in the afternoon starting at 2. It is awesome!
He eats great...never refuses to eat! He still goes about 3 hours in between feedings, and now when I take a break to burp him half way through, he looks at me and gives a big grin as if to say, "Thanks for feeding me, Mom!" He rarely spits up. He still has crazy hair...strip of long dark hair is still at the nape of his neck, while it is quite thin everywhere else! He smiles and coos all the time, loves to stare at the fan and lights and kick his legs, and will follow us around with his eyes. We do this "crossing the midline" thing with him that is suppose to be good for brain development and connecting the left and right brain in preparation for reading someday. He can be a very focused boy when he wants to be! He has started to "play" with toys a bit...mostly just chews on little stuffed animals when we give them to him. He is still in some 0-3 month clothing, but barely! He is wearing some 3-6 month stuff, too.
Henry still does not like the paci, but takes a bottle fine. He sucks on his hand a lot, but does not ever find a finger or thumb. He kind of sucks his knuckles and will suck our arm while we hold him. He loves sitting in the Bumbo and is officially holding his head up! One of our main dilemmas is that he is not a fan of riding in the car. It is not the car seat (he is fine sitting in that outside of the car). As soon as we put him in the car and start to back out of the driveway, he starts to cry. We ride back there with him some to try to calm him down, and Steven says Henry looks him straight in the eye as the tears roll down his cheeks as if to say, "Do something! I know you can!" :) His Daddy does NOT like to see him cry.
Welp, those are some of the highlights. Boring to most, but important to us!:) Most people say Henry seems like a pretty laid back baby, and I would agree. He is pretty chill about most things, and I hope that continues.
We love you Henry and love watching you grow. You are a sweetheart and a real joy in our lives.
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| Steven put Henry's arm around Bunky here:) |
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| Still looking pretty small in that big ol' chair. |
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| But Henry has officially outgrown Bunky. |
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| The sweet smile that we get to see all the time! |
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| He looks so long in this one! |
