Malachi - Three Months

Weight

Birth: 8 lbs 5 oz

1 month: 13.2 lbs (as of 3/15/17 on the home scale)

2 months: 14.8 lbs (99%)

3 months: 16.8 lbs (unofficial)

 

Length

Birth: 23 in

1 month: unknown?

2 months:  23.98 in (88%)

3 months: 25 in (unofficial)

 

Diapers

Still size 2

 

Clothes

6 or 9 months

 

Eating

You are still exclusively breastfed and eat every 3-3.5 hours.

 

Sleep

Same as last month. You do better swaddled and it's still hit or miss, but you're doing better

 

Kai baby,

 

You had some really exciting milestones happen this month. You rolled over for the first time on the 23rd of April. We all got to see you and we were SO excited for you, but you haven't done it again since. You went from belly to back. You also laughed for the first time for your daddy on the 2nd of May. You are SO smiley, but it takes a LOT of work to get you to giggle. It really is the cutest though so you should do it more often.

 

This month you had a bit of a witching hour. It started around 6 or 7ish and wasn't all the time which made it even worse. You would just SCREAM AND SCREAM and we had no way of helping you. You wouldn't eat, you would take a pacifier, you just needed to cry it out. We would rock you and hold you and nothing would work. It was pretty brutal for all of us.

 

You don't really take a pacifier that well, but you would totally be a thumb sucker if we let you. We keep trying to get you to take to a pacifier over your thumb and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. You're also kind of partial to which ones we give you. We tried the nuk brand and those are definitely not your  favorite. I plan on buying you some MAM to see if you like those any better.

 

You are still a great eater and eat every 3 hours. You took some 5 oz bottles, but mostly you drink 4 oz and sometimes not even. You are still THE gassiest baby and you spit up quite a bit. I think that's starting to get some better though which is a good thing. They say the older you get the less it should be and I'm finding that to be true for the most part. You're a happy spitter though so it's not terrible.

 

We celebrated your first Easter and the bunny visited you with your first basket. We went to church Saturday night and then on Easter we spent the day with framily and had a really great day. The weather was beautiful that weekend so it was nice to be able to fully enjoy it.

 

When we kiss you you will open up your mouth really wide and "kiss" us back. It's so sweet. You have also started noticing us a lot more and smiling when smiled at. I also think you're going to be a talker because you have SO much to say. When someone is holding you and you see me you'll slowly start to do this lean towards me. You never whine or fuss for me, but you do lean towards me.

 

You're a pretty happy and easy going little guy and I'm so thankful for that. We don't like to stay put and are a pretty active family so it's nice that you go with the flow so well. You aren't a huge fan of being in the car and will cry if we aren't moving and just sitting still. That's not just in the car, that's in your stroller also.

 

You love sitting up and being able to see what's going on, your brother, bath time is your favorite time of the day, being tickled, when we sing the itsy bitsy spider to you and tummy time. You're not a fan of being laid down, being overly tired, not getting fed right away, sitting still and when you have gas bubbles. You like being able to see someone and having people talk to you.

 

Sugar Bear, we love you SO incredibly much and think you hung the moon. I cannot believe you our ours forever. We are so thankful that God chose us for you because we feel so lucky. This next month is going to be a very busy one and also super exciting. We cannot wait to see what the next month brings for us. We love you to infinity and beyond.

 

Love,

Momma