Three Months Old!

Today Sam turned 3 months old! To celebrate, we took her to the doctor for more shots (don't you wish you could have a birthday as fun as hers???) The shots made her a little fussy for the day. We went over to a friend's house for dinner but didn't bring the Tylenol so we had to leave when she wouldn't calm down. We're super lucky that she's basically never fussy so when she is, we get a little worried (and probably a little over-protective). She ran a low grade fever for a few days but it passed.

At the doctor, they also weighed and measured her - she now weighs 14 1/2 lbs and is 24 inches long. So in 3 months, she's gained 6 pounds and grown 5 inches. Both of these are around the 90th percentile. Dad took her picture again in her 12 month onesie. Here's a comparison of the monthly photos.

One month:

Two months:

Now, three months:

And here's her 3 month video:

As you can see, she has full control of her limbs now and loves to bend and flex them. She stretches out much more than she used to and has really strong legs. She doesn't like to lay flat on her back anymore unless she is staring up at the new mobile that we got her. She loves the one in her crib but it only plays for like 5 minutes and you have to wind it to get it going again. Plus, Kirk doesn't like to put her down all the way back in her room during the day (unless she's napping - which she rarely does). So we bought a Rainforest mobile that stays on 15 minutes, runs on batteries and has a remote control! We put it on the side of her pack and play out in living room and she LOVES it. She lays there and just giggles at it. She's getting much better about spending time on her own now. She's finally started to like sitting in her bouncy seat too. She can flail her arms and legs and get the seat to bounce her and the animals to move too. She's pretty content there for 10-15 minutes at a time.

Mainly, she likes to sit and stand. If you prop her up in the corner of the couch, she can stay sitting up on her own for a while. And she loves getting to see what's going on around her from that perspective. She's sit next to us on the couch and watch tv (I know, bad parents). Scary, she already loves the TV - getting more and more like her mom everyday! We don't leave it on much but she is facinated when it's on in front of her!

Our girl is a great sleeper now. She goes to bed anywhere from 7:30 to 9:00 and rarely wakes up again before 6:30 or 7:00 the next morning. Sometimes she'll get up once for a snack around 3:30 or 4:00 but she's only up for 30 minutes or so before she goes back to sleep for another few hours. We consider ourselves incredibly lucky to have such a great sleeper! Unfortunately for Kirk, she hasn't settled into a routine yet for her naps. She tends to take about an hour long nap around 9 in the morning and then another 45 minute nap a few hours later. And sometimes she'll lay down a little later but her naps tend to get shorter and shorter as the day goes on. Diminishing returns as Kirk says. She still loves the Baby Bjorn though - maybe even more so since she faces forward now and can see what dad is doing. So Kirk is able to put her in that and work around the house on some projects. He's ramping up work on the house since we might try to put it on the market in a few months!