3 months

Where you can find Wells many times a day playing the day away!  

Holds his head up SOOO well but doesn't love tummy time

 Daddy snuck this Bama onesie on him one Saturday football day.

 Smiles in abundance

and laughing too!

 Finding my feet

 Daddy smiley times

 Loves bath time!

 This picture is the 1st time I have looked at Wells and thought he looked like me (i think there is a picture of me as a baby looking very similar to this after bath time).  

 We've had a little cold snap so we tried out our "baby legs"

Aunt Amy babysat Wells while we went to Polo at the Point (a fun work event for Ben) and Memommy babysat while we grabbed dinner- it was a LONG day away from the baby boy and I almost cried when we got home and I realized how much I had missed him!  Memommy sent us this picture of Wells loving his swing- and how he has started putting his hand in front of his face when he sleeps! 

 We've been practicing sitting up and he is doing great

 We sent this picture to Mimi & Doc (Mississippi State grads)

 Momma loves our smiley times every morning when Wells wakes up! 

 We loved wearing our Halloween PJ's and had such a fun Halloween dressed as a Doctor

A big event approached when Wells turned 12 weeks old... Momma had to go back to work.  :( I previously worked part time from my office (20 hours a week), and with Wells' arrival my boss agreed to let me have 12 weeks maternity leave and then start out by working 2 days from home and a half day in the office while Wells goes to Mother's Day Out.  So I started working from home on Monday October 29, and then the day came for Wells to go to Mother's Day Out.  

I got his bottle ready with new inchbug labels

I put a monogram on his school bag at the last minute (the night before).  Then the morning came, and I got up super early to get everything ready, and we took our 1st day of School pictures!!! 

Wells did great for the 4 hours he was at school and his cousin Jacob is in his class so I know he kept an eye on Wells. :)  We were both exhausted (mentally and physically) at the end of the day though, so it will take some getting used to.  

 and then Wells turned 3 months old on November 2nd!  

Age: 3 months old

Weight: 14.5 pounds

Height:  25.5 inches

Head:  41 cm
(we didn't have a doctor's appointment this month so all measurements are from home approximations)

Likes: sitting up in your lap, watching the TV, napping in his swing, paci when sleeping, smiling at momma & daddy, sucking on his hands & blowing bubbles, playing on his play mat

Dislikes: tummy time, burping (or the process of being burped), when he stops moving when in the car seat (whether in the stroller or the car- just keep moving!)

Eating:  Breastfeeding: every 2.5-3.5 hours during the day, with first feeding 7-8am and last feeding 8-8:30 pm... each feeding lasts from 6-9 minutes total for both sides.  (starting to feel like my supply isn't keeping up- he seems hungry after he gets done eating and I sometimes have to supplement with a pumped milk bottle).  Will drink between 3 and 5 ounces when fed from a bottle.  

Sleeping:  usually asleep by 9pm and gets up around 7-8am... the first part of the month Wells went back to waking up once around 3-5am to eat or get his paci back, but by the end of the month he was sleeping 11-12 hours a night for a week straight! :)

Diapers: Size 1 Pampers- think we will be moving to size 2 soon

Clothes: 3 month dressy clothes/bubbles and 6 month play clothes/pajamas

Other things to mention from this month:

• Sat in Bumbo seat for the 1st time and did great with it throughout the month
• Has pretty much complete head control and very rarely bobble-heads it
• Sucks on his fists any time paci falls out for momentary soothing
• Finds his feet on changing table and acts like a wiggle worm but doesn't grab his feet yet
• Making a lot more babbling sounds and will mimic you "oooh"ing at him
• Rolled from his tummy to his back 1x mid month and then again at the end of the month!!! 
• Blowing bubbles and drooling a LOT (may have to break out the bibs)
• Grabbing toys on play mat now instead of just batting at them
• Napping much better in crib and if he wakes up and won't go back to sleep in his crib, he will usually finish out his nap in his swing
• Still sleeps with hands in fists up by his head and sometimes with open hand over his face (like in a picture above)
• Seems left-hand dominant and is always kicking his right foot
• Noticed his hair growing back more (hair is a light brown... used to be auburn-ish colored but doesn't appear so anymore) and eyelashes are much longer & thicker (which I LOVE)
• Still follows a pretty good and predictable routine:  eats approximately 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm.  If we're at home he plays on play mat after every feeding and then gets moved to his crib for about 45min-1hr nap, wakes up and swings in swing until next feeding! He loves running errands and sleeping in his car seat. 

We are so in love and enjoying every single step along the way!