(We’re in Utah at Grandma and Grandpa’s so no striped chair and yellow pillow this month!)
Dear Adelaide,
From Easter to Independence Day- how has it been three months already? This month you have been bursting with your darling personality. Everyday you seem to get more adorable and charming, if that’s even possible. You smile and smile and giggle and coo. Sometimes in the middle of the night when I set you back down in bed after nursing your eyes pop open and you smile and giggle at me in the dark. Silly girl. You’re usually smiling away at me during your diaper changes. It’s hard for you not to smile when someone is smiling at you, even when you’re crying. It’s funny to watch you try to cry and smile at the same time. You think things like blowing raspberries are really funny. You’ve really started “talking” to us lately and this month you even started “singing” along when someone sings to you. It’s our favorite one of your tricks! You seem to be constantly blowing little spit bubbles on your lips. And one funny thing this month is that you’ve suddenly started to be jumpy about sudden noises.
We celebrated your blessing with our family on June 6th. You daddy gave you a sweet and tender blessing and was joined in the circle by Grandpa, Ian, Grandpa Stephenson and our bishop. You wore the same blessing dress that I wore when I was blessed almost 26 years ago! You looked so precious and you were an absolute angel during the entire thing. It was such a special day and we rejoiced yet again to have you in our forever family.
You had your first round of shots this month. You cried at first but by the time we got to the car you’d fallen asleep. You seemed to bounce back pretty quickly.
We finally moved you into your own room and crib this month. Although you’re a noisy sleeper I loved having you near me all night long so it was a hard decision for me. The first night I could hardly sleep without you. I kept creeping in your room to check on you. After Daddy fell asleep I almost snuck you back in (I knew he would tease me) but decided to leave you since you seemed fine. You’ve been perfectly content sleeping in your own room ever since. In fact you’ve started sleeping about 6 hours for your first stretch most nights which has been great for all of us. If you get to bed around 9 PM you usually wake at 3 AM, and then around 6 AM, and after that you keep me guessing! Naps during the day are irregular. We haven’t quite been able to figure out a schedule. What I do know is that you get tired about 1.5-2 hours after waking (sometimes after only an hour, especially in the early morning) but the length of your naps is totally unpredictable. You usually do one 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon but not always. (You are snoozing away in your swing as I type this.)
As far as we can tell your acid reflux is finally getting better. We give you Prevacid three times a day and it tastes like strawberries so you like it. Hopefully before too long you won’t even need it anymore.
We’ve started to have a real struggle with nursing this month. You had finally gotten the hang of it during May but for some reason you started to struggle with it one day and we’ve been having a hard time with it ever since. You will almost always nurse at night time when you’re sleepy but during the day you get too impatient and I often end up pumping and giving you a bottle. The bright side to that is you’ll take it easily and from anyone so everyone gets a chance to feed you. And I can leave you home with someone while I a run an errand and you’ll be fine. I’m still hoping to get back to nursing more frequently though because it would be better for both of us.
This month your motor skills have been exploding. You’ve continued to kick your legs and wave your arms like crazy when you’re awake (no wonder you get tired so fast.) You love to pull yourself up to stand on someone’s lap and stretch those little legs. You started “climbing” up when you’re on someone’s shoulder. In fact, you’ll climb all the way over Grandma’s shoulder and dangle down the back whenever you get a chance. (She holds your feet so you don’t fall.) I call it your caterpillar crawl. If you can get your feet against something you’ll push your body around. On the changing pad you push yourself back if I don’t hold you. In the bouncy chair or swing you push down with your feet and try to arch yourself up. One night I went in to get you when you woke up and you’d pushed with your feet until you were sideways with your head dangling off the side of the Nap Nanny! YIKES! We’ve been sure to buckle you in every time since then to keep you safe from your wiggles. You finally managed to get your hands to your mouth and you suck on the sides of your little fists. You’ll actually suck on or lick almost anything close to your face: your clothes, my clothes, the blanket, the Baby Bjorn, you even lean all the way over and lick the side of the Bumbo chair! I have to admit, it’s pretty funny to watch. You started reaching and finally managed to get a grasp on some things a week or two ago. After three days of reaching and staring you finally found your toes! It’s just so fun to watch you discover things.
You respond to my voice when you hear it. You usually pause your crying when you hear me (and start back up if I don’t quickly pick you up!) You will often sit in your chair or swing and just watch me do whatever I’m doing and your eyes follow me around the room.
We made our first road trip this month when we drove to Utah. Honestly, I was terrified. You still don’t care for your carseat. There were some rough moments but you thanks to some new carseat toys (especially the climbing bug from Aunt Rebekah) you had some mellow awake times. You’re making progress! We hope you won’t always hate being in the car.
Your three month stats are:
Weight: 11 lbs 9 oz
Height: 22.75 inches
Everywhere we go we get compliments on what a doll you are. Of course, we already know that. We’re crazy about you sweet girl.
Love,
Mom
Month one and two.
