eleanor: four months!

weight
we have her 4 month check up tomorrow, but i weighed her today on my super accurate bathroom scale way of doing things... looks like shes just around 13 pounds. maybe.

yup. i like to eat.

health
she had another bout of thrush and occasionally gets some formula boogers, but still doing great overall! (knock on wood, since hen now has a cough and cold and im super paranoid shes gonna get it too! lots of hand washing/hand sanitizer up in here)

clothes
she still fits in most of the size 3 items we have (onesies are getting a bit snug), but is able to wear 3-6 months and some 6 months items as well. unreal (i never thought we would grow into size 3 and now im almost having to put them all away!)

sleep
lucky for us, she is just like henry (going forward were not entirely sure thats a great thing since hes up at 530am basically every day!). we moved her into the crib on december 30th because she was close to rolling over and we worried she would suffocate herself in the bassinet if she did. so off to the crib she went, we crossed our fingers, and shes been there ever since. most of her naps are in there too, sometimes still napping in the rock and play when we are downstairs (the pack and play is downstairs too and henry used to nap in there all the time, but she has barely napped in there at all). bedtime routine starts about 645pm and she wakes up about 7am. there are nights when she fusses at around 11pm or 3am, but if you give her pacifier back to her she falls asleep again (we dont typically need to feed her at that time). naps arent too structured, but for the most part she will wake up in the morning, eat and play a little, and act tired and go back down for about 2 hours around 830am. then another 2 hour or so nap around noon time, and maybe an hour and a half to 3 hour nap in the afternoon (henry also takes about a 2 hour nap if hes given the opportunity... what can i say, our kids love to sleep!). eat, sleep, play, poop, repeat! rough life.

crying
i dont remember the last time she cried. honestly.

happy

happy

happy

happy!

milestones
she is so close to rolling over its almost hard to watch the struggle! i think henry rolled over the day after his 3 month date... so shes a bit behind. catch up little girl! her head/neck is super strong and she is able to really control herself sitting up with us holding on to her. she sits well in her bumbo seat, jumper, and now her high chair! theres recently been lots of babble and also some laughing. she grabs and can hold onto toys. i love this stage.

do we really think this is safe guys?

when does the sushi arrive?

roll over? nah.

baby gear love
still loving the piano... she spends a lot of time on there moving around and still enjoying looking at herself in the mirror. the bumbo is nice for when we are all in the kitchen or playing games at the island. i also found this nice cover for the car seat when its cold and we need to head out somewhere.

so... is someone bringing me my snacks?

what the shit is this?

skeptical

outings
other than the trips to hannaford and target we tend to stay pretty house bound since its so cold. but she was able to get out and meet some more of our friends at a birthday party for henrys friend, oliver.

diapers
we finally used up the last of the size 1 diapers we had... and i feel like shes almost growing right out of the size 2s! i just bought a few boxes too, so i might need to take one back and get a 3 instead (the target size 2 diapers are oddly much bigger/better fitting than huggies). sadly i didnt touch the cloth diapers and im pretty sure she isnt going to fit into the ones we have left. life goes on.

diet
this kid loves to eat! around 3 months i just couldnt keep up with her anymore and we started some formula, a small amount at first to make sure that she could take it ok (she did). i had a ton of milk saved up in the freezer so we started slow with the formula so she wouldnt get too constipated. we were then also able to transition from similac to target brand (pro advanced) without any issues (thanks kid!). going back to work i quickly dropped from about 22oz of milk production a day to about 10, and soon after it dropped again. i can barely get 2 to 4oz now (and even thats probably a stretch) and it just wasnt worth it for me (the challenge of it was both mentally and physically exhausting). i was able to feed her much longer than henry, but each time it has given me different struggles. im still able to breastfeed her in the morning and before bed, but that may be ending soon as well. tears have been shed multiple times. there are many parts of parenting they dont tell you in books. this is one of them. also, hormones.

likes
reading books, seeing whoever comes to get her from naps and when she wakes up in the morning, "miss kitty", looking at herself in the mirror

dislikes
theres not much she doesnt like... mainly just being hungry and not getting fed fast enough.

go pats!

happy 4 months little bug!

eleanor: three months!

weight
3 month weight check in showed she had gained almost a pound and a half... 10lbs 12oz!

health
a few boogers here and there and lots of sneezes (just like her daddy and brother she will never sneeze just once... i think i counted 8 one time!), but overall perfectly healthy. hope to keep it that way!

clothes
fitting nicely into 3 month clothes now (with a few still too big)

sleep
i know i will jinx myself by saying this, but both of my children have been great sleepers (for the most part) since they were born. although henry rarely sleeps past 5:30am, they both go to sleep relatively early at night and sleep well throughout. there have been a few nights recently when E will wake up around 430 or 5am and want to eat a little bit, but then she will go back to bed (she usually has a wet diaper at that time which may be why she wakes up and then she just figures why not eat since im already up... takes after her mommy there). otherwise she will go to bed around 7pm and sleep 10-11 hours. her naps vary throughout the day, a few short ones and one long one. she is almost outgrowing her bassinet (shes about to roll over and tends to almost sleep on her side crunched up on the edge of the bassinet) and we moved that into her bedroom this week. crib soon to come! (i need to figure out what to do with all of her stuffies!)

crying
very rare. even when she is hungry she just chews on her hand. but she will let you know if you arent coming to get her when she wakes up or arent quick enough getting food to her face.

milestones
she can sit up pretty well in the bumbo seat (with some padding behind her). her head has been very strong basically since she was born. we almost got the high chair out last night but the house is filled with enough christmas stuff i think we will wait a little while longer. (side note: how is she already big enough to start using a high chair?! slow down!!) she is so so so close to rolling over, and looking back at henry's 3 month blog it seems they both loved to roll to their left and then get stuck. it will happen soon im sure. she is very good at getting herself all turned around on her play mat though.
were still waiting for her to laugh which also should be coming shortly. she smiles and opens her mouth really wide when you are trying to make her laugh but no sound comes out (but she is very verbal with babble now in general). its so cute. she grabs for fingers and toys when put close to her hands, and will swat at some of her rattle toys hanging above her in her chair and car seat. she is also some weird houdini magician and can somehow get out of her pants while she is sleeping. this has happened quite a few times now, quite a wiggle worm apparently!

baby gear love
we give her time on the piano play mat still... i dont think shes as into it as henry was, but she still likes to look at herself in the mirror hanging above her, as well as moving around in circles on the mat and trying to roll over. i recently put her in the swing that my neighbors gave us and she seemed to not hate it anymore. some of her naps are still taken in the rock n play. and we introduced the bumbo which i love and she doesnt hate, so thats a win.

outings
E is a great traveler, which makes life easier. the usual- dunkin donuts, hannaford and target. we also went to my cousin Katie's baby shower and many trips to skowhegan (and we finally have a car that will fit all of us when we go! during the month of november and while i was on maternity leave we were having to take both the truck and the car in order to take both kids, the dog and all of our stuff. we finally made the move to get a car big enough for everyone!)

first snowfall

we need to go to target again?!

diapers
still in size 1. i had semi good intentions to finally start using cloth diapers and when i went to put them on her (our smallest size) they didnt fit. oops. so maybe ill start again soon with the next size (dont ask why i didnt just try them that day. its baby steps with my overall mental health on these decisions and it was a battle i decided not to fight on that day. i know it makes no sense to anyone other than me since i was ready to start with the smaller size).

diet
its no wonder this little one grew so much in one month... she eats like a champ! 5 to 6oz bottles in one sitting and then a half hour later is shoving her fist in her mouth again and will eat another 1 to 2 oz (then passsssss out!) she is no longer exclusively breastmilk fed, i just couldnt keep up. im still pumping about 18-22oz a day for her and breastfeeding her here and there (im typically off schedule with her by about 2 hours so its hard, plus shes still hungry after i feed her so its just easier to pump and give her a ready made bottle). ive just started trying to eliminate the middle of the night pump so i can get more of a stretch of sleep which is nice.

likes
everything! she is still such a happy baby. she really enjoys spending time with his grandma and papa, nee and dee, and is super interested in everything her brother does (and especially loves when he reads to her). she really enjoys bath time too.

dislikes
when you take her food away from her so that she can burp. also seems to tolerate yet will likely one day roll her eyes at all the silly emoji pics henry and i do with her haha.

its so hard to believe she is already 3 months old and we are going to be celebrating her first christmas!! it is so amazing to watch her grow and learn. we all love you so much Eleanor Lynne!