I remember saying just a couple months ago how unrewarding it was to have a newborn. It’s definitely a hard and thankless job. Luckily at three months it’s gotten so much better! Rory is smiling all the time now, and it’s so damn cute that it almost makes up for the other times when she’s being a whiny little ingrate. When she’s in the right mood you can lay her down and have a whole “conversation” with her. She’s getting more and more vocal with her goos, ahhs, and sometimes excited snorts and giggles. She still has her moments, though, and will have days where she refuses to be put down so I can get the damn house clean, and some days she will only nap on me or Ralf.
She’s a lot more aware now, as well. She will look at and recognize toys, and she reaches for them and grabs at them. She hasn’t quite mastered holding onto things yet, but I can stick a rattle in her hand and she’ll hang onto it for a minute, though she doesn’t really realize what she’s doing. She’s using her hands more and more – she will now squeeze my boob like a tube of toothpaste trying to get every last drop of milk out of it. This is also exceptionally cute, except for when I’ve been a bit neglectful with her fingernails and she slashes me with her razor sharp talons. There’s nothing sexier than boobs covered in flesh wounds!
As far as things that are changing, she is finally spacing out her feedings. She had been eating every hour and a half for the past three months and I have to say, that gets REALLY tiring, not to mention I wasn’t getting anything else done because I was constantly sitting there feeding her. I haven’t mastered the art of nursing standing up with one arm and doing things with the other. I know I could use the wrap but I haven’t mastered that thing either. Anyway, now she’s eating every two and a half to three hours during the day. She’s still cluster feeding at night for about two hours before bed.
Let’s see… she’s in size 2 diapers and size 3-6 month clothes. She didn’t get a full doctor checkup, but she is up to 14 lb 1 oz (+1 lb 7 oz).
