Three Months Old

Last week on Thursday, Allison turned three months old. This sounds so cliche, but in some ways it seems like she was just born the other day and in other ways it seems she has been with us for a while now.

As you can see by her picture she is starting to look so big. You can also see her hands in her mouth, which has been her latest phase. She sucks on them all day long. I've tried giving her a pacifier but she pops it right out and smiles at me. Don't be surprised if you see her with chapped hands this winter. I am hoping this doesn't become a habit.

She is also talking like crazy now. She loves making sounds and howling. Brian can really get her going. Her smiles are coming more often and more freely. I love the morning when she first wakes up.

A few weeks ago, we invested in a mobile and she loves it. She will lay in her crib for the longest time watching the animals go round and round. But, boy does she get mad when time runs out and it stops. If we don't start it right away, we hear about it.

I think it is safe to say that she eats like her mom - smaller portions, more often. I am trying to get her up to 5 ozs but she wants nothing to do with it. Occasionally she will finish off the 4 ozs and I will make her an additional 1 oz and she will drink about half.

Although she still has her "fussy moments" or as we call them her "meltdowns" occasionally, things are starting to look better. There are more nights when she is in a better mood.

She is doing great at night in terms of sleeping. We usually put her down to bed around 7:30 or so. The past week, I have been waking her up around 11 pm to feed her and she will sleep until 3:30 or 4 am. She will usually go right back to sleep and stay sleeping until 7:30.

Allison is looking forward to her first holiday - Halloween. Tomorrow I am going to bring her to my former workplace and then Dad's work to show off her costume. Later in the afternoon, we will stop off at her Grandma Groen's for a quick visit and then it is back home for the trick-or-treaters. Hope you come back later this week to see pictures.