Three Months

At three months:

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Sleep: Emma fights naps like nothing else. I don't know what it is about my kids but they hate sleeping during the day so much. She sleeps great at night, goes right to sleep on her own basically, and falls right back to sleep after nursing. She usually wakes up only one or two times a night so it's not too bad. She still hasn't slept longer than about six hours at a time more than once or twice, but getting up once really isn't too bad and I'm pretty used to it by now. I'm dreading the four month sleep regression because she really struggles with growth spurts. 
Clothing size: Still in newborn but starting to wear some 0-3 month clothes towards the end of the month. We switched to size one diapers about half way through the month. They still drown her, but she was starting to have way too many blowouts in newborns so it was time. 

Milestones: Smiling a ton, starting to be able to sit up better with less support, not even close to rolling yet because we don't push tummy time as often as we should, I'm convinced she is already teething and swear I can feel a tooth coming in even though no one else can. But she is biting, drooling, and more cranky somedays. I guess we'll have to see.

Special Outings: This was a busy month, we went to Salt Lake for a review of Colton's licensing exam, so Emma got her very first long car ride, her first time staying in a hotel, and her first time swimming. She did great on the car ride and in the hotel and she absolutely loved the pool. I love that both of my kids are water babies, it's so fun. Then we went to San Diego, which was good, but towards the end Emma was getting pretty sick of being in the car. She was so cranky on the drive back. But the k'tan was worth it's weight in gold because everytime we did any outing, like the beach or sea world we just stuck her in it and she would fall right to sleep and sleep for hours. It made it so worth it. Then after getting home from our trip we went back to Salt Lake for Colton's graduation from his Master's program. We are so proud of him for that! And then just the last sunday before she turned three months old Emma was blessed in church so she got to wear a beautiful dress and meet all of Colton's aunts and uncles. It was a very busy month, but a very good one. 

Month Highlights: This month was easier than last month. Emma is still kind of cranky, but is also so happy sometimes that I can't even handle how adorable her smiles are. She starting to talk more and more and getting a variety of different sounds as well. 

Big Changes: Emma is a very extreme child. She lets you know how she's feeling and is either incredibly happy or incredibly mad without much in between. She had a big shift in her nursing this month that has been a little hard for me. She nurses great during the night and if I nurse her right after naps, but if she has been awake for awhile and is tired and needs to eat she gets so mad and refuses to nurse. She just screams bloody murder anytime I try which can get a little hard because she is often awake too long during the day because she refuses to nap until she's exhausted often. After our trip to California she doesn't love the car seat as much anymore but still does okay when you go freeway speeds.

Emma's Favorites: Emma loves the water, swimming, baths, the works. They are her favorite. She loves being in the k'tan carrier to nap and will sleep for hours in it. She loves ceiling fans, kicking on the ground for a few minutes, and looking around. She loves being held under the arms and then bouncing even though it scares her just a little bit.

Thoughts: We have kind of gotten into a groove with things this month and it is much better. She is still kind of a cranky kid, but she's also so happy in between sometimes. She's just kind of dramatic I think. She goes from so happy to so mad in about ten seconds if she's tired. It's been an adjustment but we are getting used to it. I go back to work next week and am literally dreading every second that I'm going to have to leave her because even on her hardest days she still really lights up my life so much already. I can't wait until she is big enough to really respond to Elli because Elli is completely in love with her and just loves her (quite aggressively) every chance she gets. I love watching the two of them. I'm anxious about how her nursing strike thing is going to be affected by me going back to work and her getting bottles more often. But I just have to hope for the best and keep trying to nurse as much as I can.