Last Monday (October 14th) Vallery turned 3 months. Holy smokes! I can't believe next month we will be starting rice cereal! She has gotten to be so vocal! She does her little 'screams' when she is happy and likes to be involved. When we are all sitting at the dinner table during supper and she is in her bouncy seat, V likes to make it known that she is still there and we pay attention to her. The majority of the time she is a pretty relaxed baby. She is still take 3-4 naps a day and sleeps from about 9p - 7a at night and is still being swaddled. (On the weekends we usually don't get up until 730 or so...). She is still sleeping in our room. We are soon going to be moving her to her room, but with Josh being gone a lot of the nights, it is hard for me to feel safe without him there. If it were up to me I would sleep with both kiddos, but I know Bo wouldn't sleep as good and it would be more for me than him.
Vallery also started "school" on October 7th. (tear.) She doesn't take the best naps at school because there are two babies there who are colic. So when she comes home she is usually zonked. It has definitely been hard taking both kiddos there the mornings that Josh works. Taking Bo to school was always one of Josh's duties, but with the new schedule it has been shifted to mine.
Vallery eats 5 times a day still, once every 3-3.5 hours, at approx 7, 1030, 2, 530, 830. She drank BM up until her 3 month birthday. That morning was the last time that I pumped, so we have been making the transition this week from BM to Formula. It is so hard to stop! I think I get more attached than anything. She has been doing good and hasn't been too fussy making the change. I remember when we switched Bo over he had a hard time going back and forth from BM to Form because the formula is a lot sweeter than BM. She is such an easy baby though, there isn't much that she gets too excited about.
We heard her laugh for the first time this month, which was the cutest thing EVER! She is also getting so strong holding her head up. She has also been going for rides around the house in the Baby Bjorn. She likes to face outward so she can see everything. Bath time is still one of her favorites. The cold doesn't bother her a bit. Her hair is getting much longer. We will soon be able to put it in a pony:). It has a little curl to it when it is wet (and that is also the only time it lays down). Her hair still spikes up at the crown of her head. I think soon it will start laying down because of the length.
She is still a happy, happy baby. Bo is starting to pay a little bit more attention to her and gives her a blanky and binky. Vallery is also starting to notice Boston a lot more. He likes to lay where she is. She is also starting to grab small toys and loves holding your fingers! She still loves her binky and when she doesn't have her binky you can hear her sucking hard on her fists:).
