Hi everyone, ok, so let's see what new things I can tell you about our Mia. Just this past week, we have noticed some major changes! First of all, she coos ALL THE TIME and now definitely loves to hear her voice. She literally "talks" and tells us stories. The tongue moves all over the place and she gets very serious about what she is saying! She LOVES her right hand especially and it always finds a way to her mouth and then she usually starts talking. It's SO, SO cute. She also started to laugh out loud! She started this last week, I was able to get her to do it a couple of times, but this past week, she did it for my mom. Too cute! This is also another milestone. It's so adorable. When she does it, it makes us laugh more and she gets a kick out of watching our reaction by smiling and kicking her legs in delight. She looks all around at her surroundings and really takes everything in. We put her for the first time in her Bumbo seat! It is for 3 months and up. I couldn't wait to try it even though it was about a week early. She did so well. It is great for her neck muscles. She keeps her head pretty steady now without support when we hold her and when she is in her seat. It wobbles just a little. She has made so many changes!
She has grown so much. We have her 3 month pediatrician appt. a week from this coming Monday on March 31st. She gets NO shots this time, thank goodness. I'm so curious to see her weight and height. She was 12.2 pounds at month 2. I definitely think she is over 13 pounds. It sure does feel that way! Even when we put her on her changing table in her room, she practically takes up the entire thing, end to end. It's so amazing to watch her grow so, so fast right before our eyes.
She is mostly pleasant, just gets fussy a little whenever she is tired. We know exactly when she is and she goes to sleep so easy now, during the day and at night.
She sleeps at night pretty well now. She will go in for the night about 9-10ish and get up about 3 give or take a couple of hours. We are hoping she will start doing 8 hours on a regular basis. She is still a bit inconsistent with this, but we're totally OK with this! We remember the every 2 hour feeds and we're very grateful!
She has also started the past 2 weeks letting us know when she does not want the bottle anymore. She makes it clear to push out the nipple with her tongue or just play with it in her mouth. She did not do this so deliberately before. She would just fall asleep when she was done most of the time. It is great, she is letting us know with physical and verbal cues so much what her needs are. It's so fascinating to see these changes.
We took her last Saturday to the Morristown St. Patricks Day parade. We had such a great time and she was such a trooper! We started the day at 10am at a friends house nearby and ended about 6pm! She was out and about in her stroller all day and didn't cry much at all and enjoyed all the sounds around town and the LOUD parade. She slept right through it! I've posted some pics from this day here in this blog!
I am so excited for the nice weather and that Mia is almost 3 months old. All these things spell positive for me. Her crying spells have diminished incredibly and the fact that I can take her out of the house for walks, etc., makes me smile!
Oh, also, a week from tomorrow, on her 3 month birthday exactly, March 29th, we are going to Sears for some professional pics of her and some family portraits! I am excited about this. I am putting her in this adorable spring dress my friend bought for her. I wish I had taken professional pics of her sooner, but she was so fussy and irritable, I was afraid . I figured I took so many on my own, these should suffice!
She still doesn't have a schedule for eating, but I'm sure in time, this will come. I am not worrying about anything like this. Also, we are still putting her in her car seat in the snugrider stroller to sleep in her room. It works well, so I find no need to change it now. I figure she'll grow out of this when she starts to roll over and want to move more, so to the crib she will go. But for now, we will continue with what works! If it aint broke, don't fix it! lol
Also, my uncle Michael met her for the first time this week at my mother's house. He lives upstate New York and was waiting for the weather to get nicer before coming. This was a happy moment as well! I stayed with my mother this past week because Giacomo traveled for 3 days! She sure doesn't mind that!
I think that is about it. We are enjoying EVERY SECOND of her. She makes us laugh with everything she does and all the new sounds that come out of that little mouth.
We are really adjusting well and getting very used to being mommy and daddy.
Talk to you all very soon!
Love,
Amy, Giacomo and Mia
Here are recent pics of her over the past 2 weeks! Enjoy!
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