3 Months Old

Three months have gone by already! It has been a blur. Life goes by much quicker now...probably because there's never a dull moment-or a moment to rest. :)

I think there are two big things I want to remember about Maddie at 3 months. The first is that she does not sleep! Okay, she sleeps beautifully during the day. She has an hour nap every morning at 10am. A couple of hours later she has a two hour nap (on average) and then a 30 minute-hour nap in the evening. She's very structured in her naps. I can put her down when she naps and she will fall asleep in her bed on her own. Night is a different story. She still sleeps in two hour spurts. For one week I tried giving her the paci at the 2-hour mark and feeding her at the 4-hour mark. This worked well for one night. After that it was down hill and by the end of the week she was getting up every hour. I have tried swaddling (she's too big and breaks free), tummy (hates it), and even a little crying (probably not long enough because I don't like it). She likes to sleep with me and last night she slept with me the whole night. I was so exhausted I don't remember how many times she got up, but I think the stretches were a bit longer than 2 hours.

The second is that she is a mommy's girl. Big time. I had my first break away from both the kids the night before Michael's birthday. Sara watched them so that we could go out for dinner. She was a bit fussy and was ready to see her mommy by the time we got back (I think we were gone an 1 1/2 hours). This past weekend Jaime was up visiting with the boys all day. She offered to watch the kids so we could go out for dinner. I took her up on it! Maddie started crying and there was no consoling her until I got home. The same thing happens if I tuck Nate into bed at night. I am only upstairs long enough to read him a few stories, but it's that time of night that Miss Maddie needs her mommy! So I am not going to be able to go anywhere (not even upstairs!) in the evenings until she grows out of this. Yay me!

But if the sleeping and needing me are the worst things about her, then I will take them in a heartbeat! She is a good baby overall. She is smiling and has these chubby cheeks you can't help but squeeze. She really is a sweetheart.