Oh they weren’t lying when they said it would get better!!
Life has been so amazing and such a turn-around from the first six weeks of
Hanna Lu’s life. We’ve actually soent the past month no really in DC but with
family in Shenandoah, VA, and home in San Jose, CA, and we’ll spend the rest of
the month with family in Pheonix. It’s been SO nice to have people around and
to have our daughter meet and get to know and enjoy her family. The baby is so
much more interactive than before and she’s just so darn cute. Let’s look at
what three months is like.
How old: three
months
Weight: hmmmm…we
haven’t visited the pediatrician in a long while so my guess is somewhere
between 13 and 14 pounds. She’s still not a big weight gainer but the ounces do
creep on, just slowly.
Likes:
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Eating…she’s much better. Hanna Lu will still be
fussy sometimes but this situation is much better than it had been.
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“Talking”, cooing, squawking, giggling, and
making all sorts of sounds with people.
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Grabbing and sucking on her feet.
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Grabbing and sucking on her hands; she’ll grip
each hand with the other.
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Being naked.
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Baths; we got to use a real baby bath here in
California {as opposed to the sponge mat we put in the sink at home} and she
LOVES it.
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Being outside.
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Sucking on toys…she has some soft toys we
brought with us and she enjoys gnawing on these.
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“Sitting”; she enjoys being pulled up into a
sitting position and has some pretty good neck control as of the last week or
so.
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Grabbing onto toys; she just started this in the
past two weeks and even though her movements are very zombie-like, she’s
definitely reaching for things.
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Swimming; the babe has gone several times and
will hopefully go more in the next two weeks while we’re in Arizona.
Dislikes:
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Being in the car! She cries and cries unless she’s
just tired enough to fall asleep.
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Tummy time, though she’s getting to be more
tolerant of this.
Milestones:
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So many new people! Hanna Lu met a ton of family
this month.
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Air travel; the dear child experienced three
take-offs and has three more before we get back to DC.
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Grabbing for things.
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Sleeping in a real crib.
Sleep and eat:
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She’s less fussy when she eats.
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Hanna Lu eats anywhere between every hour to
three hours; if she seems fussy/hungry she gets a snack.
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The bedtime is very late, in my opinion {between
nine and 11 – and it stayed that even after we got to the west coast time zone
which makes me worry for when we go back east; will she not adjust and be
wanting to go to sleep between 12 and two AM?!}.
·
Hanna Lu has recently {since we got back here}
been able to fall asleep pretty quickly if she’s swaddled, nursed, and rocked
in a rocking chair simultaneously. This is a huge change from back home where
she wouldn’t nurse and it took extensive bouncing and walking around to get
those eyes to close.
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Staying asleep is another question. At night,
she usually wakes up about an hour after going down {boo} which I think can be
attributed to not enough sleep – every infant sleep issue seems to be caused by
inadequate sleep.
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After that first wake-up {or two}, the babe will
go down in her crib/bassinet for a two to four hour stretch…there had been a
five and six hour one when she was younger but not since. She eats and then
goes back down in her crib/bassinet for another two hours. We then repeat the
process but in our bed and she’ll snack/sleep on and off until we get up
between eight and ten AM. We need to get on a better schedule for when I go
back to work but I still have two solid months to get there so I’ll not worry
about that right now!
Miscellaneous:
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Michael and I are wanting to sleep train this
kiddo but need to choose some techniques, wait a bit since she’s not old
enough, and build up the fortitude and patience…wish us luck.
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We’re so excited to have another two months
together before work; we’re so lucky {& poor!} to have been able to pull
this off!
