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london avery turned 3 months today. i still like to say it in weeks because it makes her sound that much younger. it is always shocking how quickly a month goes by when you have a baby.
london continues to give talan a run for his money in the most amazing baby ever category. she continues to sleep through the nite and i don't even know when the last time was that i had to get up with her. i think there may have been once a couple of weeks ago but it was only because she had gotten out of her swaddling blanket. once she was wrapped back up, she went right back to sleep.
she usually takes her last bottle around 9:30 and then goes right to sleep. if she doesn't fall alseep at the end of the bottle, we can lay her down in her crib under her mobile and she'll just lay in there quietly watching until she does fall asleep. it varies on when she wakes up in the morning, sometimes 7 or 7:30 but most recently it's been about 9am each morning. so yeah, best baby ever.
she does want to be swaddled to sleep, which is why she sleeps through the nite. she still usually only takes cap naps during the day, but one day when she was really tired i swaddled her and she slept for quite awhile. she only woke up because unswaddled her so she didn't sleep the entire afternoon and mess up our evening! i've done that a couple of times now and each time, as soon as you unwrap her, she wakes up within minutes. talan was over 6 months before he would sleep without being swaddled, so who knows how long she'll go this way!
she is still only taking 4 ounces at a feeding. during the day she eats anywhere from every 2-3 hours. i feel like maybe she should be taking a bit more and going longer, but i'm not messing with the schedule that we have! lately she's even been leaving 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce in her bottle on a somewhat regular basis. but she is growing, so no worries here!
she still hasn't rolled over, but she's always wiggling and moving around. it's about time to start buckling her into her bouncy seat as she can almost push herself out of it now. she loves laying on her back, and many times if she's fussing while holding her you can just lay her down and she'll happy right up. her stomach is another issue, however. she'll lay there for a bit but not long after she'll be fussing and want to roll back over to her back.
london gives tons of smiles and loves to talk. if you coo at her, she'll do it right back over and over again. they are the cutest little noises ever. she has even almost given a laugh a few times. one time was just the other day. while we were at the bus stop waiting for hayden to come home, london was watching talan jump around and she was just smiling away and then gave a little half laugh.
london just loves her brothers. she loves watching them and just gives them loads of smiles. and thankfully, they love her too and they are both always smothering her with hugs. talan can be heard on a regular basis saying things like "i love you, london. your my best baby sister. you are so beautiful london." it is one of the greatest things to hear. and hayden still has so love in his voice when he comes over and starts talking to her. he gives her kisses and hugs all of the time and loves to talk to her and get her to smile. hayden is also a huge help in the car with her. he sits right behind her and if she starts fussing, he will start moving the mirror that is on the seat for her to look at so that she'll start smiling again.
she's gotten more into watching things on the tv at times and seems to like to lay on her back and look up and back towards the tv. she'll sit there looking at people like that too and will just start talking away at them.
london still likes taking her baths. she still calms down as soon as you start changing her. she loves looking up at her mobile both in her crib and her carseat. she loves a good car ride and it usually still puts her right to sleep. she loves looking in her elmo mirror in the car. she loves laying on her back. she loves laying under her play gym. she loves talking and smiling.
london hates being on her stomach for more than a few minutes. she doesn't really care for her swing. she also has gradually started liking her bouncer seat less and less. she just prefers to be held or laid down. she doesn't like sleeping when she's not swaddled.
london continues to be a happy, easy going baby. she seems to have adjusted to this crazy family and i know we have all adjusted to her being here as well. we can't hardly remember her not being here and she's already added so much more to the family.
while i look forward to her new accomplishments each month, i just wish time would slow down a bit. i know far too well how quickly they grow and i just want her to stay a baby a little while longer than the boys did! and here i used to hate babies!
we love you so much, little london! happy 3 months!!!
today london avery turned 2 months old! you always forget how small they are when they are first born and you also forget how quickly they change during the first year.
london has become far more alert than she was last month. recently she has really enjoyed her play gym and other things that she can look up at. dave discovered the other day how much she loves starring at one of talan's birthday balloons. so we tie it to her bouncer seat and she'll just smile and kick away while looking at it.
london doesn't grab at things yet, but you can watch her really concentrate on something and almost try to. when she does somehow get ahold of something, she won't let it go. she loves watching the dangling bird and monkey on her bouncer seat and has caught hold of them before.
while she will hold onto a toy like that at times, she has never been a finger holding baby. i've tried to have her hold onto my finger and she just generally doesn't do it. i hope that changes and that she'll be a hand holder one day!
she loves to smile, and we love it when she does! we can just look at her and smile and she'll return a huge, toothless grin back to us. it is one of the greatest things in life.
she "talks" some, but still seems to have a hard time getting it out. she'll realize soon enough that she really needs to speak up in this house!
i've already had to put away her newborn clothes and even some of the 3 month clothes. she does still wear some 0-3 month outfits, but is typically wearing 3-6 months right now. she has also grown out of the newborn diapers and is now wearing a size 1 diaper.
london doesn't sleep great during the day, usually only taking short little catnaps here and there. there are several reasons for this. #1...she likes to be swaddled when she sleeps and i don't do it during the day. she does sleep better if a lay a blanket on her and tuck her in a bit or if i'm holding her, but i just don't swaddle her during the day for reason #2...she is an AMAZING nite time sleeper. if her staying awake more during the day means she gives us a full nites sleep, i'm fine with that! in 3 weeks i have only had to get out of bed for her ONCE at 4am!!! she has been sleeping through the nite probably since about 3 or 4 weeks old and has been doing it consistently for the past 4 weeks or so. there are some mornings that she wakes up between 6 and 7. she'll take a bottle and go right back to sleep. then there are other mornings that she doesn't get up until 9 or 9:30. this girl needs to give sleeping lessons to all other babies (and kids for that matter)!!!
during the day, london takes a 4 ounce bottle about every 2 hours. if she is napping, she can go about 3 hours or so. but then in the evening, we swaddle her and give her her last bottle somewhere between 9:30 and 10pm and then she is asleep usually by 10:30pm and doesn't wake up until the morning. and yes, we are fully aware of just how lucky we are!! i'm just hoping that her sleeping stays this way and she doesn't start to regress at some point!
london really enjoys her baths. no huge smiles or anything, she just sits in the bath calmly starring out the window. she doesn't really like getting out of the bath while cold and wet, however! but once she is dressed she's back to being happy again.
it also still seems that if she's crying and we change her, she tends to calm down. something about taking her pants off really soothes her.
i feel as though she isn't so much into being held like an infant as much as she likes to be held in a sitting position. apparently she has lots to see and do and doesn't want to be in the cradle position. although, when she is tired, she will happily be rocked to sleep this way.
she doesn't seem to enjoy her swing nearly as much as talan did. she will tolerate it for little bits most of the time, but she seems much more content in her bouncy seat. she also LOVES to lay on her back. if she starts getting fussy while we're holding her, many times we just need to lay her down on her back on the floor and she'll happy right up.
and while hayden loves to see london lay on her stomach, london doesn't love it quite so much! she doesn't hate it...for a bit at least...but you can tell it's certainly not her favorite position. i realized the other day i haven't been putting her on her stomach nearly enough...so much harder with the 3rd. now we have 2 crazy boys running around our small house. she typically will lay on his stomach for a bit just making grunting noises and will eventually find her fist to suck on. after a bit of that she starts letting it be known that she is ready to be turned back over.
her head is very steady and while she still crosses her eyes some, she doesn't do that nearly as much anymore. and she is still very strong. it's hard to put her in a sitting position at times because she is pushing with her legs and many times straightens them out so that she can stand up.
she sucks on a binky and it does usually calm her, but she isn't dependent on it, especially at nite. i remember the boys waking up crying every time their binky fell out and me wanting to just duct tape it in. london usually falls asleep at nite without it, but if she does have it in and when it does fall out, she doesn't care. she still sleeps through the whole nite without it.
and if i'm in her room to get her shortly before she starts crying for a bottle, she'll wake up and give me a great big smile as she's squirming around in her swaddling blanket.
london has been a terrific baby so far. the boys both love her to death and are both very sweet with her. she's mostly quite calm, yet she still fits in with this crazy gang.
we love you so much, baby london! happy 2 months!!! and try to stay small for a little while longer!
jenn helped us out a ton by taking pictures and then designing this announcement for london. we love how they turned out. thanks, jenn!!!
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