3 Months Old!

Sweet Gideon is three months old!  I cannot believe he's three months old already.  Here are a few quick updates on our precious little guy-

Sizes?  Size 2 diapers, size 3 month clothes.  His size 0-3 month clothes still fit, but they're getting snug.

Eating?  Still exclusively nursing between 5 and 6 times a day when Mommy is home.  When Mommy is at work he takes between 4 to 5 oz of expressed milk per feeding.  Our favorite bottles are Dr. Brown's, but we realized this week he'll take a Tommee Tippee bottle with no problems.  The Tommee Tippee bottles have fewer parts, so they're much easier to clean.

Sleeping?  In general, he goes to bed between 6:30-7:30 and will sleep until around 3, then he goes back to sleep until Mommy wakes him up again (on days I work) so he can eat again before I leave.  He typically takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap, but he is a pro at fighting naptime.  I hope this isn't setting the stage for the future, or we will have one grouchy toddler!

Childcare?  With my return to work, we have started to rely on childcare a few days a week.  On Mondays and Tuesdays he goes to "school" at a nearby Baptist church.  On Sundays we've started putting him in the nursery so that I can enjoy the worship service without distraction.  Unfortunately, increased childcare led to his first head cold.

Developmental milestones?   This month we've noticed
-rolling from back to side to back again
-watching hands for spans of time
-bringing fists to mouth to suck on fingers (This one is pretty funny.  He sometimes takes a few tries to get his fist into his mouth, so we'll see fist to forehead, fist to eye, fist to nose, then fist to mouth.)
-Rubbing eyes when he gets sleepy
-Laughing!
-Increased "vocabulary" of coos.  I'm hearing a greater variety of vowel sounds, and he attempts to have conversations with us.  He also likes to talk to his mobile, his toys, and his puppy sisters.

Future predictions?  Right now he favors his left hand, so we're guessing he will be left handed.

Like mommy?  Your big smile

Like daddy?  Your long eyelashes and the look you get when you're thinking really hard about something.