Three Months

Yesterday, Kellen turned three months old. It is crazy how quickly time seems to have passed. It seems like ages ago that I was pregnant!

Kellen doesn't go back to the doctor until 4 months, but our imprecise measurments put him at 13 pounds and 25 inches. That puts him in about the 75% for height and the 25% for weight which seems about right as he is long and thin. I spent part of the long weekend packing away the 0-3 month clothes as he is simply too long for most of them. The 3-6 month stuff is a bit baggy but he seems happy to have a new wardrobe to puke all over! So yes, the spit up problem remains with us. Every time I think it is getting a bit better he ruins both of our clothes!

Kellen seems to be more focused on verbalizing than moving. I like to think this is about self preseveration as he wants to be able to scream for mom and dad when he sees his big sister coming near! He says what sounds like hi about 4 billion times a day and happily talks to himself or whoever is around for hours. He still shows no interest in rolling over. He does do tummy time much more happily now, however it is still limited since he has to spend so much time upright to try to reduce the spitting incidents. He also has gotten a bit more interested in his toys over the past week or so and is starting to reach for them more and more.

Kellen slept for 7 hours last night before his feeding, his longest strecth to date. Unfortunately, he was asleep at 7:30, as he demands to go to bed around 7. So 7 hours took us to 2:30 in the morning. After a quick feeding he went right back to sleep until 5:30 when he was up for good. We are hoping to stretch this til 5:30 in the next few weeks so we have no night time feedings. Before last night, Kellen did have a few rougher nights. With his growth spurt last week he was eating every 3 hours again, and then Sunday night he had some digestive issues that kept him awake. I remain optimistic that we have turned a corner! I know teething and growth spurts will mean inconsistent wake-ups for the next year, but if we could sleep through the night at least most of the time sometime soon mommy and daddy would be very happy!