Months 1-3

I cannot believe our Addie is 3 months old! Here is a recap of the past few months, which have definitely flown by too fast!

Sleeping Pattern: There was not pattern-she usually slept between feedings, so about a 2-3 hour stretch. She also liked being held in order to fall asleep and getting her to fall back asleep would take about 45 minutes, sometimes longer.
Eating Habits: She went through a growth spurt around week 4, which was definitely a tiring time for me! Generally she fed every 2-3 hours for 15 minutes.
Accomplishments: Pushing her head up reallllly high during tummy time-go girl!
Discoveries: She started grabbing my shirt during feedings, and started doing some visual tracking of people, noises, etc.
Memories: The first time we got smiles out of her (I would make this really silly noise and then rub her face with the burp cloth), her first time going for a walk in the stroller, being absolutely exhausted, "frogs legs and chicken wings" (the way we described her arms and legs when she would snuggle up into us), and her head bobbing so much whenever we would burp her! Also, Alex getting up with me for every feeding the first few weeks to keep me company and the many slap-happy moments we had in the middle of the night.

Sleeping Pattern: Because we moved to Michigan during this month, her sleep schedule was a little erratic since it was interrupted with all the changes. Usually she would feed sometime between 8-10 pm, would sleep for a 4-5 hour stretch, wake up to feed again and then go down for another 2-3 hours. She still struggled with falling back to sleep on her own, but got a bit better in that it did not take her as long.
Eating Habits: She switched to nursing on both sides every 4 hours or so.
Accomplishments: Grabbing and holding onto things (especially Mom and Dad's clothes!), got very good at tracking movement, loved making noises (her coos are especially cute!)
Discoveries: This month Addie LOVED looking at faces. She was so curious! She also discovered that hands are a great thing to chew on at the end of this month!
Memories: Addie had a "snort cry" she would do whenever she got hungry. It was the cutest and weirdest little thing. The one time she covered her head with the blanket she was swaddled in and she was getting so frustrated and when Alex uncovered her she calmed right down and got the biggest smile on her face. The one time at 4am where I swear, her cry sounded exactly like she was saying hungry. It was more of a "hunnnng-geeee" grunting sound, but you get the point. The booger debacle where it took a couple of days to get it out because she would get SO angry and snort it back in just as we were about to get it. She also totally became such a ham this month- she loved smiling and cooing for whoever would look at her.

Sleeping Pattern: She became such a champ at sleeping this month! We did a form of sleeping training, but I tried not to stress it too much and just went with the flow. I noticed that she started getting tired around 7:30-8:30pm so I do a feeding and then we have a routine where we read a book, tell her a scripture story, turn on white noise, swaddle her up, give her her pacifier, and then lay her to sleep in her crib (which she started sleeping in this month). I noticed that she actually fought sleep more when I held her because she likes to kick her feet waaay up in the air when she is falling asleep. What a nut! So we would just lay her down when she got tired and would only check on her when she was crying. We also moved her out of our room too. It worked great and now she can totally fall back asleep on her own (it maybe takes her about 10 minutes), and this month we saw up to 8 hour stretches between feedings during the night, which I can totally get behind!
Eating Habits: She usually eats more in the day, about every 3-4 hours. Whenever I pump I am getting about 4-5 oz combined from both sides, so she is definitely eating well!
Accomplishments: She is doing longer times during tummy time, and is pushing herself up a lot higher! She rolled over this month from tummy to back all by herself on September 24th, and we have seen it two times since. Addie does this little half laugh at us when we make silly faces or sounds, and it is so cute! She also does this neat little trick when her pacifier falls out she brings her arms up to her face and tries to push it back in. Mostly this ends with her being frustrated, but a couple of times she has actually been successful and has been able to push it back into her mouth! She is also now in size 2 diapers.
Discoveries: Her hands! This girl loves putting her hands in her mouth and chewing on them. She gets super drooly because of it. She has also discovered her legs, and that she does in fact have control of them! Her favorite thing to do is kick really fast when she is on her changing table, I think because of the sound that it makes. She also likes to scrunch them up towards her chest. She has discovered her voice this month, and does a variety of coos and gurgles. I have nicknamed her "Chatty Addie." Adelaide is as curious as ever, and loves when we hold her facing outwards so she can take in all her surroundings. She has started noticing things like the dangling toys that are on this seat thing we got for her, and has a love-hate relationship with the turtle-shaped one that plays a version of "If Your Happy and You Know It" (It can have her squealing in delight one moment, and screaming the next).
Memories: The huge blow-out she had during Sunday School that definitely caught the attention of everyone in the room, the one time she slept until 5 am and I actually felt like I had a normal nights sleep, when I sing "Wheels on the Bus" with her while moving her arms and legs to do the actions and she lights up and smiles/coos along, and how many times she has managed to pee on her changing table just milliseconds before we get her new diaper on her. Also, this girl loves her Daddy and he loves her right back! One of my favorite of many moments watching them interact is when we were out and about and Alex had her and he picked up a couple of dandelion poofs and started blowing on them, showing her how the seeds scattered. She also got her immunizations this month and was such a champ! She calmed right down after and I definitely enjoyed some snuggle time with her.

We love you Addie girl. You have definitely been a wonderful addition to our little family, and we cannot wait to see how you grow and develop more in the months to come!