At 3 months, Dalton is 13 lbs (25%) and 25″ (80%), and currently a very happy and vocal baby.
Mid-way through Dalton’s 10th week, he stopped the crying after feeding just as suddenly as he had started it 2 weeks earlier, leaving me to assume it was mainly developmental. In his 11th week, Dalton definitely seemed to make another leap, focusing a lot more on grasping toys and getting his hands to his mouth, as well as finally making eye contact with regularity. He even seemed to enjoy his first game of peek-a-boo 🙂 In his 12th and 13th weeks, Dalton started to do little crunches, and push off of us with his feet as if to stand. He also found his voice, and greatly improved his head and neck strength. Dalton is ready to be up and exploring, and now really likes to ride in the stroller while he is awake. His favorite toys include his Winkel ball, and the blankets we put on him and over him while out for a walk, in addition to Bugaboo of course. 🙂
Dalton’s sleep has been generally good this month. During his 11wk leap he extended his awake time from barely 1 hr to almost 2 hr, and started taking only one feeding at night most of the time. In his 13th week, he reduced his long naps to 1.5-2hrs instead of 3-4hrs, and started to sleep straight from 7pm to 4am most nights! He is also still easy to get to sleep with just a swaddle and a couple minutes of Wubba, although we did have to move him out of the high traffic area to keep him down for more than 30 mins at a time around 13 wks. He falls right back to sleep after night nursing sessions, and I probably don’t even need to hold him upright for 30 mins after those feedings, although I still have been just to be safe.
In general, Dalton’s major nursing, reflux, and even snoring issues seem to be behind us, and he is a lot more fun to be around; this is truly a happy phase! However, I am so leery of what awaits us at the 4 month regression that I have decided to take a few more weeks off work. I am very thankful to have that option, and excited to have the time to spend with our rapidly growing baby boy.