3 Months Old

Dane is growing up so fast, he is now 3 months old. The last couple of weeks he has started sucking / chewing on his fists and giggling out loud. I will do just about anything to get him to laugh. I can't describe the feeling that wells up inside you when you head them laugh out loud. Being a mom is so wonderful. I feel so blessed to be able to stay home and be so involved in his everyday life. We are working on getting Dane on more of a schedule. I am understanding him more and more as he gets older. This week I have been able to lay him down fully awake and he will go to sleep on his own without any fussing. This has been our goal since day one and it feels amazing to see it actually coming into fruition. Now that we are getting his naps and sleep schedule in order he is a much happier baby. It seems like he is content and happy more frequently. The last 2 weeks he has been sleeping through the night. He goes to bed around 10:30 and gets up for the day around 9am. He may or may not get up between 4 and 6 for another feeding. I have been lucky a few times where he just slept through. I am pretty much going to bed right when he does because those who know me know I LOVE my sleep. I could sleep 12 hours a day easily. I thought I was going to die the first month when he wasn't sleeping.

Dane sure loves his daddy, Jacob is back to work so when he leaves at 2pm we do not see him again until the next morning. When Jacob gets up in the morning and starts talking Dane will just light up and immediately start smiling and talking to Jacob. It is so sweet to see him get so happy. Jacob just eats it up too let me tell you.

Next week we have an appointment at the Urologist to discuss his surgery he will have in a few months to circumcise him. Other than that we do not have another doctor appointment until next month. I wish we had another one sooner because I am curious how much he weighs. My best guess is about 14lbs. I put him on the scale with my sister to get an estimate. Last week I quit breastfeeding him completely so I won't be taking him to the group anymore. It was not an easy decision because for some reason there is so much guilt attached to nursing but I finally just decided to stop. Now the hard part is finding a formula that doesn't make him gassy and spit up all the time. I am happy that I could do it for the 3 months that I did. I know that he benefited from it at least that long.