- Although he just loves being held, he is working on being more content on his own! He spends quite a bit of time in his bouncer while watching Carly dance around the room! In fact, when she disappears he almost instantly starts to whine!
- He continues to get over stimulated easily but sure lights up when we smile at & talk to him
- He LOVES to suck on his fingers
- He eats so fast I wonder if he is even getting any milk. Sometimes he downs his entire meal in 7-8 minutes!
- He loves being outdoors & will happily sit in the stroller during a run
- He takes his best naps in the carrier snuggled up close to mommy
- Sweats like he just participated in a an athletic competition
- Doesn't enjoy water of any kind and has the cutest little panic when the shower hits is tummy
- That darn noise from the ice maker gets him every time
- He is beginning to enjoy touching & playing with toys. His favorite is a Lamaze butterfly that makes the crinkle noise & Carly is always putting the butterfly on him. :)
- Luke's preferred method of settling/going to sleep is doing a nice bouncy lap around the house
- Constantly kicks his feet in the air
- Beginning to really coo & participate in conversation
- Can roll from tummy to back but doesn't do it everyday
- When on his tummy, he can turn 180 degrees & often kicks himself forward
- When he's not being my snuggle buddy he enjoys bouncing on my knee. Always.
- He still eats all. the. time.
Carly's sleep patterns drove me nuts. When I had Luke I looked him in the eye & assured him that his sleep was not going to bother me. I'm so glad I made that commitment and can honestly say getting up with him in the night or his one-sleep-cycle naps haven't frustrated me. A mama with a new babe is constantly asked how the baby is sleeping and I will admit I enjoy participating in the over-dramatic plea of being up with him 4 times/night...but truth be told I don't really care. It thrills me that we've come as far as we have and just the fact that he sleeps for the first 3 hours of his night in his own room delights me. I get excited for him to join me in bed & even though I don't sleep as well with him in my arms I so cherish these precious precious nights. I have time to sleep down the road but I bet you quiet night time snuggles will be gone sooner than I'd like them to.
When I was doing tons of baby sleep reading when Carly was a baby, I remember reading that if you truly wanted a good schedule that you needed to wake your baby at the same time each day. Well, we've found that it certainly helps with a more predictable schedule but is still a bunch of poppy-cock. Carly pretty consistently wakes at 7:30am, so that means the rest of us do to. So...Luke does nap & eat at fairly some-what consistent times but that doesn't mean he has a good, predictable schedule like the books promised. ;) He takes 5 naps/day & is now starting to go every 3 hours for food, but that is his absolute max! This means he's still eating 3-4 times at night.
I'm fairly certain he's a good 14 pounds & I just started putting him in his 6-month sleepers this week. He is about 24 inches long & has many many rolls down those thighs!
Well, that's it! He's a great baby & I couldn't ask him to be any sweeter! Here are his 3-month pics! All three are pretty classic Luke faces. :) If you want to compare him to his sis, you can head over to her 3-month post.
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