Kennedy - 3 months!

 

Miss Kennedy Leigh is 3 months old already! Kennedy, you've spent a whole "trimester" out of the womb now and you seem to like being out here with us quite a bit. :) Mommy has been a bit busy lately so this post is not split into first half/last half like usual. However, I did make a mental note that not much changed from the last half of your month 2 post and the first half of this month. (Just in case I look back at this and wonder, angry at myself for not taking the time to post in more detail...haha). So, here we go!

Memories from month 3:
-We got your 3 month pictures taken! You and mommy went on a little date to get your pictures done. You were perfect! All smiles, no tears. :)

-About a week before you "officially" turned 3 months I took you in for a weight check so that we could up your reflux meds. You weighed 12 pounds, 9.5 oz! Good girl!
-A couple weeks into this month you started sleeping through the night consistently. Hallelujah, praise the Lord! You now sleep from about 10:30 pm to 6:00/6:30/7:00 am!! (of course the night I typed this you were up at 11:30 and 4:30...hello 3 month growth spurt!)

-You have moved into 3-6 month (or 6 month) clothes already! I packed up your 0-3 and managed not to shed any tears. 3-6 months is still baggy but you need the length. Your cloth diapers help fill in the clothes a bit though. Grandma and mommy took you shopping for some jammies (and new jeans for mommy... :/)
-You still wear disposable diapers to bed and fit in a size 1. We just finished up a box of 1's and are debating whether to open another big box of 1's or move you up to 2's. We'll see.
-You are such a smiley baby. You smile ALL the time and we love it!

-You are also a very content and happy baby. You really don't cry or fuss much unless you're very hungry.

-(Poop talk warning) You won't poop for 3 days and then on day 4 you have like 4-5 big poopy diapers. This has become the cycle. I don't like those days. ;)
-You still don't really like your swing when it's on (I'm guessing maybe it upsets your reflux) but you're perfectly happy in it when it's still.
-On April 19-20 you spent your first night in your crib in the nursery! We finally moved you out of the living room because we were convinced our neighbors truck was waking you up every morning at 6 when he left for work. Since then you've also started sleeping through the night consistently....maybe we should've moved you earlier! You've had zero issues sleeping up there, knock on wood!
-You have a sleeping/feeding schedule that is pretty consistent from day to day unless I take you out and about (because then you just sleep in your carrier). You stay awake after almost every feeding for 1-2 hours. You nap solidly from 11-3ish almost every afternoon. If you have a feeding in there you eat but immediately go back to sleep. You are very awake in the evenings but like to start falling asleep around 9. I always have to wake you for your last feed before bed. You still eat every 2-3 hours during the day usually with one 4 hour stretch sometime in the afternoon.
-You've had a few bottles but you will NOT take it from grandma or others very well. Grandma will try and you just play with it. She hands you to me and you suck it down. I think you'll learn quick when she watches you because mommy has to go back to work soon!
-You are just starting to get better head control during tummy time. For a while we thought you had mild torticollis because you strongly preferred turning your head to the right. We've been working on turning your head the other way, and you could you just didn't want to, and you are getting a lot better! I used brother's light up personal fan thing he got for Easter to get your attention, haha!

-You love the book, "Where's the Ladybug". The pictures make you smile so big!
-We moved the changing table back to its old spot in the living room now that the pack-n-play is gone. I also moved all of your clothes up into your nursery (they were on the changing table). The living room looks a little neater....for now. I plan to build the exersaucer for you this weekend. I think you will love it but it takes up a LOT of space! Edited to update: I built the exersaucer today...you're not big enough yet, but, you like to look at the toys on it from your swing. :)
-You were a very good baby and spent most of the day apart from mommy at Uncle Tyler's wedding. You also got to go along with the girls to get our nails done before the wedding and tag along to rehearsal. Lots of people were happy to hold you and keep you content during the busyness. :)

Blake was thrilled to have a family picture taken at rehearsal haha!

Even the best man stole you for a little while!

The only picture I got of you on the wedding day; diaper changing time!

-We spent your first Easter in town since Uncle Tyler's wedding was the day before. It was nice to have a day to rest and enjoy time together as a family celebrating our Savior!

-I would say your favorite things right now are, in no particular order, drooling, staring at mommy, staring at daddy, laying on your play mat, spitting up, and watching TV. Yeah, I said it. You enjoy the TV while you're in your swing. Definitely a second child perk. Don't judge. Haha!
-You talk a lot these days. Lots of coos and squeaks that are adorable.
-You like to bear weight on your legs and pretend to stand, with mommy and daddy's help of course. You don't have those kind of baby super powers...yet. :)

-You do not like when the car stops at red lights or when the stroller stops if we're on a walk. Just like your big brother was at your age.
-I put you in the bumbo seat one time just to see how it'd go. You kind of liked it (for about 30 seconds) but needed a little head assistance. That was towards the beginning of the month; I think you might be ready to try again soon! It'd be so nice for you to join us at the dinner table without mommy or daddy holding you while we try to eat. Although sometimes I just like to hold you anyways if I'm honest. :)

Oh, and Blake thinks the bumbo is still his FYI ;)

-You love Blake and tolerate his noise and pokes and prods pretty well. You both are very sweet together. He scared you once with a scream (after mommy told him to quiet down of course) and he felt so bad that he made you cry. He petted you a feel times to try and make you feel better. He really loves you to pieces.

And of course, I took a few less than a million adorable pictures of you this month:

Enjoying snuggle naps while I can

Meeting Aunt Anna for the first time

Snoozing at Olive Garden

Sleeping Beauty

11 weeks old!

Making your future boyfriend cry, haha!

Kennedy and Emmett -born  a little over a month apart

Getting in some grandma snuggles

So photogenic!

Snuggles with Grandpa

Cutie patootie!

Hanging out with Jonah - you guys are just a couple of months apart!

Every night you get some snuggle time with daddy :)

We love you so much baby girl!

Kenndy ~ 2 Months

Kennedy, you are  TWO months old!

Doctor Stats:

Weight - 11 lb, 5.5 oz (45th percentile)

Length - 23.75 in (92nd percentile)

Head Circumference - 15 in (39th percentile)

Memories from the first half of Month 2:
-You were prescribed Zantac for reflux and you're like a whole new baby! You were projectile vomiting a LOT and this has helped immensely. At one point it was rolling down Grandma and Grandpa's walls...I called the doctor the next day.
-Though you are so much better, as mentioned above, you have continued to vomit each time I give you your vitamin D drops before bath time. I've stopped giving that to you until I can talk to the doctor.
-Now that you can sit in your bath seat in the sink full of warm water you enjoy baths (and you're very wiggly!). You scream when we take you out to dry you off. I don't blame you there girl.

-Mom got a raging case of double mastitis that had me down and out for a few days. Aunt Shannon and Uncle Tyler babysat you and Blake so daddy could take mommy into Urgent Care. Luckily we were back before you needed to eat again because you've never had a bottle!
-You are officially in your cloth diapers full-time except the overnight diaper. I'm choosing to just use disposables for that one diaper change simply because we were gifted a few boxes of size 1 diapers and may as well use them! I must say it is way easier cloth diapering a newborn than a toddler.
-We introduced the pacifier a little bit during week 5 and 6. You definitely don't really need it and you don't sleep with it but sometimes it calms you during your fussy hour in the evening. Poor dad thought you didn't like him for a couple days there because you were always a bit fussy when he spent time with you in the evening. We proved that wasn't true on the weekend. ;) We do have to slowly give you the paci to see if you'll take it. If we try to force it in you gag loudly. It's kind of funny even though it makes us nervous you'll puke again.
-You weren't a huge fan of your swing for a couple of weeks here. Sometimes if I just set you in it but did't turn it on that was okay. Or if you were sound asleep and I put you in it you didn't mind. However, by the end of this half of the month you didn't mind it as much again. I'm wondering if it bothered your reflux or something.

-At breastfeeding group I weighed you in at 10 pounds after eating (with a cloth diaper on)!
-Back to diapers, I *think* size 1's are starting to get a bit small already! I thought this was crazy but looked back at Blake's 2 month post (I love that I can do that!) and sure enough, he was transitioning to size 2 by week 7. WHY IS THE TIME FLYING! Whoever coined the term "The days are long but the years are short" was a wise person.
-You are much more snuggly than your brother. And I'm not complaining. When I hold you up on my shoulder you wrap your arm tightly around mine. Melt. my. heart.

-We endured the time change but you're back to waking up around 3:30 or 4 am each morning and then 3 hours after that again. The long stretches you had last month disappeared. I learned with Blake never to get excited when a baby sleeps longer or seems "scheduled"...it always changes. :)
-We had your newborn photo shoot on Feb. 21! You were a good baby; very photogenic if I do say so myself.

-You will spit up *guaranteed* every time we put you in your car seat. At least we're prepared.
-You are starting to get very drowsy after your 8 pm feed and then don't want to wake up well for your 10:30 pm feed. Mommy and Daddy wish you would so that you could get a full belly and maybe sleep a longer stretch. (Or we could go to bed at 8....but no thanks)
-You have had terrible baby acne. Your face, for a couple of weeks, was red and scaly. I knew it must itch because you would try so hard to rub your face against me when I was burping you on my shoulder. I called a nurse about it and they said to put breast milk on it at each feeding. That has actually helped a bit. It's not all gone but at least better. You also have a tiny bit of cradle cap on your eyebrows and head.

-You still eat every 2.5-3 hours except that overnight stretch of 4-5 hours.
-You are no longer swaddled for bed. You didn't really like your arms pinned (Blake hated it too) but the difference between you and Blake is that you sleep fine in a sleep sack. We did a couple of "trial" nights to make sure your arms wouldn't wake you up (from the startle reflex) and you were fine. The downside of transitioning to the sleep sack is that your hands got really cold so we bought you some mitts that velcro on so we don't have to worry about them slipping off.

No mitts here obviously :)

-You still sleep in the living room. The nursery has electric heaters so we're just saving money, haha! Being the second child you don't seem to have any issue sleeping through dad and Blake getting ready in the morning. :)
-You have started giving us intentional smiles and it's the BEST! You really like to smile at us on your changing table of all places. Diaper changes aren't so bad anymore! (You really don't seem to mind them at all unlike last month)

Memories from the second half of Month 2 (weeks 7/8):
-You continue to grow so incredibly fast!
-You still wear disposable diapers to bed and are still managing to fit in size 1.
-You fit into a couple 3-6 month outfits and have outgrown some 0-3 month (depending on brand) due to your length. You still wear 0-3 month most of the time.
-You had your very first bottle with daddy (1 oz, haha) to practice for Tyler's wedding. That's the only bottle you've had. You drank from it pretty well but I think you were a little confused. :)

-The day you officially turned two months you laughed in your sleep. It was ADORABLE! I can't wait until you start giggling.
-You usually wake up around 5 am, sometimes 6. We've only had a few 3 am wake-up calls these past couple of weeks.
-You coo all the time, especially for mommy. :)
-You like to hold your head up for longer stretches and then it falls down onto my shoulder and you pick it right back up and look around.

-You also love to stretch your legs and "hold" weight on them.
-If we can get you to sleep around dinner time and stay awake from 8:30 to 10:30 pm you sleep much better at night.
-You love your playmat. As long as your not overstimulated it is your favorite thing. When we lay you on it you give the biggest smiles and coo when the music plays.
-Daddy finally lets other people hold you without questioning their health, haha! (Although if we know someone is sick we don't let them hold you.)
-You finally were able to meet your Uncle Chris and Aunt Laura and cousin John at Blake's 3rd birthday party! They loved you!

-You make LOTS of funny faces. People comment on it all the time. Perhaps you'll be an actress (or a mime?)!
-Annnnd, you met the Easter Bunny for the first time!

And here's some other pictures from the month (mostly snuggly, sleepy ones!):

Milk drunk

Always a smile for daddy!

Sleeping in Opa's arms

I could definitely see your beautiful strawberry blonde hair in this outfit

Pretty in pink!

Getting snuggles from Grandma while Blake made you smile

We love you so much baby girl!  I can't wait for all of the adventures we will have together as a family of 4!