Anna: Three Months

Yesterday, Anna turned three months old.  I cannot believe it's been three months since she was born.  It feels like she's always been a part of our family. 

At three months, Anna is:

• Starting to laugh
• Talking up a storm
• Still eating all the time
• More than 14 pounds and now in size 3 diapers
• Spending lots of time in her monkey bouncer and propped up on the Boppy pillow
• Projectile spitting up
• Not following any sort of consistent sleeping pattern at night
• Getting some tummy time 
• Enjoying still in my lap and facing out to see the world around her
• On the verge of being ready for the Bumbo seat

Last night, Anna finally (finally. FINALLY!) slept through the night.  I fed her at 1030, and I didn't hear a peep from her until I went into her room at 645 and woke her up.  Of course, I woke up at 415 worried that she'd stopped breathing and went to check on her.  And then I checked on her again at 500.  And 530. 

I should probably feel hopeful that this will be her new normal, but I really just sort of feel thankful that I got one night.  She is so very inconsistent at night that I can't even begin to predict what she will do.  Some nights, she's up every two-three hours.  Others, she sleeps in 4-5 hour stretches.  Nothing I do seems to impact how frequently she wakes.  And she is always hungry when she wakes up.  Maybe this last week (where she was waking every two hours) was a growth spurt, and last night was the glorious sleep that babies get after a big spurt?  The more I think about it, the more I think that's what happened.  She ate a ton last week - so much so that I had to move her up a diaper size. 

I'm so thankful for my healthy, growing girl!