Here is what has gone on during month 3 of Claire's life:
Eat, Wake, Sleep:
-At the beginning of this month, she would wake to eat once a night.
-By mid month, we dropped the eating but were still waking at about 5am and with re-swaddling or pacifier would go back to sleep until 7am.
-At month end, Claire is sleeping without waking (somewhat) from 10:30pm to 7am. We pretty much have 3 good nights of uninterrupted sleep, followed by 2 nights of waking at 5am or so. And repeat. Goal: to get that to stop, be consistently sleeping through the night, and move her to her room.
-This month, I finally started an official Wake Time = 7am. I have seen that Claire sleeps through the night better (without a cold of course) and is less fussy during the day. She eats basically every 3 hours and is flexible when needed for outings, so that means she eats at 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm most days, give or take a few minutes. That schedule worked well with Cole at his age and with our life routine around our house. I kept trying to figure out a way to have them napping exactly at the same time but to make that happen the rest of the day would be awkward and her eating would fall at dinner time, etc. I am now okay with having two schedules and I still worked in an hour break or so for myself.
-Her wake time runs about 1.5 hours. So her nap times are roughly 8:30am, 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5:30pm and sometimes 8:30pm. The 8:30pm is hit or miss. Sometimes we keep her up if she is not fussy and wanting to sleep so Brent gets time with her but other days she needs her rest. Eventually we will drop the 10:30pm feeding and her bedtime will move to 7:30pm. But that will be another month and another goal to accomplish.
-The last two nights, Claire has been sleeping so well in her 5:30/6pm nap that we pushed her feeding time back to about 8:30 or 9pm and put her to bed for the night. I don't know if I like this yet. She hadn't quite mastered the previous bedtime (10:30pm to 7am) yet, but time just got away from us the last two nights so we tried it. She didn't wake up to eat ever, but she did cry out more often. Hmmm...what to do??
-Her naps are different then Cole's were. He wasn't or I don't remember him being effected by the 45 minute intruder. She is and it is like clock work. I don't get her up unless she is crying uncontrollably. She normally just requires a burp, re-swaddle, or pacifier. And sometimes a good rock. That is a last resort. And then she will sleep the remaining 45 minutes for a total of 1.5 hour nap.
-Requires sensitive or soy formula.
-Still fights bottle some. She will take it one day without fight and not the next. Right now, we are doing a trial to see if there is a particular bottle she prefers over another. Trying Nuk bottles right now.
-Still likes to be swaddled.
-Takes a pacifier better now.
Milestones:
-Responds to us cooing at her with smiles and cooing back.
-Recognizes us more and lights up more when we talk to her.
-Like to be held facing outwards to be able to look around. Such a big girl already.
-Tries tummy time in small intervals. 2 minutes max right now.
-Turns almost in circles on play mat. Not full ones but is definitely in a different spot then where I would leave her.
-Drooling began around 11 weeks.
-January 31st: Sat in Bumbo seat for the first time.
-Cole still calls her Claire Bear. Also says "Hey sweetie" or "Whatcha doing cutie?" to her.
Features:
-Still has very blue eyes.
-Hair is still dark. About the same amount she was born with as far as I can tell. Just a small bare spot on the back of her head.
-Wearing size 1-2 diapers. Could see us moving to a size 2 when we finish this box. I don't remember Cole moving through diaper sizes this quickly.
-Wearing 3 month clothing.
Goals for Next Month:
-To move Claire to her crib.
-To have more floor time with Claire giving her more opportunities to discover her feet and to think about rolling over.
