3 Months and 2 weeks old

We're getting older, but getting bigger has slown down. Partially because generally it just does at around 3 months, but also Naomi has been pretty sick the last few days. You may or may not be able to tell from these photos, but she's a bit pale right now. She's got a bit of a stomache bug that we're fighting. So it's lots of sleeping, frequent but not long feeding and more baths than usual with a lot of the feeding ending up on her outfits...

Mom is quite stressed out about all of this so we'll be going to the doctor today just to make sure it's nothing super serious and then Grandma Kouwenberg is being awesome and helping keep mom sane by coming to visit/help for a couple/few days. Yeah Grandma!

So she hasn't been super smiley or happy really, but still gets the odd giggle and fun moment in. Her way of dealing with being sick seems to be getting lots of sleep - which mom is not complaining about, better that than crying and fussing! That's one way we're lucky!

She's getting really good at playing with her toys as well. She likes to hold on to things and pretty much all toys right now get stuffed in her mouth, which can be quite entertaining to watch - her coordination doesn't generally get the toy to her mouth very easily yet! But very cute.

That's all for now, Anna signing off to try and feed Naomi again and Nanook keeping nearby to make sure everyone's okay...

3 Months, 10 days old

More noises have been learned now - she's learned how to "raspberry" with her lips and also will make the noise while sticking her tongue out, very cute. This comes with much bubbles and drool, but cute none the less! She seems to blow lots of bubbles instead of just your standard drool which is nice, cuter I think then a waterfall off her chin... :) She is starting to wear bibs more often though now because of all of that. Easier to change a bib every now and then then having to get a whole new outfit because the part she pulls up to her mouth gets soggy. So she just plays with the bib instead, the bib probably spends more time in her mouth than hanging down on her chest...I believe her thought is something like "gee, thanks for putting a toy so handy for me mom, it's always there for me to stuff in my mouth!"

She is slowly starting to giggle as well. We get about one or two laughs a day so far, and when they come is pretty unpredictable. But it is very satisfying when you play with her and you get a giggle in response. Can't wait until that is a regular occurance!

Growing has slowed down a bit now too. Instead of gaining about 1/2 a pound a week we've slowed down to about 1/4 of a pound instead. I was a bit worried about that initially but from speaking to the nurses at the mom and tot group I go to weekly a slow down around 3 months is normal. Perhaps that will mean the sleepers that are starting to get tight will still fit for a while? We'll have to see. But by mid next week she'll probably break 14 pounds!

Anyhow, Anna signing off for now as Naomi wakes up from her nap in her swing, Nanook continues her nap on the floor and Adam plays on his computer...

3 Months Old (minus one day...)

We're getting older still! As of November 3rd we've hit the 3 month mark. A bit under the weather the last couple days, but still eating, smiling and pooping up a storm...just a bit tired and runny eyes that are a bit red and puffy...but catching up on our sleep to get better. She's gotten some good cuddles in with her Aunty Suzy, Aunty Marf and Grandma and Grandpa while were visiting here in Sooke again; taking the opportunity to have many a good nap.

She's getting quite strong with her neck and making more and more sounds all the time. One of the other newer things is figuring out how to hold on to things. Her plastic rings are her favorite toy right now; nice and easy to grab by accident and taste great apparently! We've had some fun swinging the rings around and throwing her giraffe - not quite got the grab and let go down, mostly happens by accident still.

Another fun thing that has started is her teeth are showing themselves a little bit. Her bottom left front tooth is peaking out a bit and she's had a couple fussy times because of it...but so far it's only peaking out and has not made any further progress since a week ago. She hasn't seemed to be bothered by them recently.

So that's all for now...Anna signing off with the rest of the Kouwenberg family (well, the ones in Sooke anyway!) enjoying a relaxing evening and Naomi having another nap in the swing...