Guys, I got sooo close to actually getting this post done in April. So close. And with everything that's been going on lately, I'm not even going to beat myself up over a few days. And as a bonus, I actually have an official edited photo to post with the update! So it's totally worth the extra few days (or, ahem, week).
Height/Weight: Our pediatrician's office has pretty much been closed for the past month (seriously, I think the week we had Matthew's two-month well-visit was one of the last weeks it was open regular hours), plus there isn't a regularly scheduled three-month well-visit anyway, so all stats are totally unofficial. I've been weighing him fairly regularly because I was a little concerned that he was too light at his two-month visit, and by my best guess he is up close to a pound, putting him a little over 13 pounds. He's definitely the lightest of the bunch so far, although his length seems pretty on par with his brothers; Darrell held a tape measure up to him the other day and he was nearly 24 inches, which would make it pretty reasonable that he would hit 25 inches by four months like his brothers.
Wearing: I pulled the trigger on the 3-6 month clothes the week he turned 3 months old. I probably could have gotten another week or two out of some of the 0-3 month stuff, especially the short sleeve onesies and pants (his arms were definitely the first thing to outgrow the 0-3 month clothes), but it was just easier to switch it all. Some of it is definitely still a little baggy, but it's not like we're going anywhere for other people to notice #quarantinelife He;s still rocking the size two diapers with plenty of room to spare.
Eating: Basically all the same as two months--waking up once at night to eat and eating every 2-3 hours during the day. We've gotten a little lazy on keeping up with the bottles, but he took to them so well from the start I'm hoping we won't have any issue re-introducing them.
Sleep: It hasn't been consistent, but we have gotten a few nights where he's dropped his night feeding and slept from (roughly) 8:30 to 6:30 (praise hands!). Of course, I was still up at least once those nights and had to go in and check on him, but such is mom life. Naps are way more inconsistent and usually super short (20-30 minutes tops), which is super frustrating, but we're pretty much doing them all in the crib, so adjusting to that is probably part of the issue (if he's in the Ergo or we're holding him he'll nap for much longer, and on the rare occasions he's in his car seat he'll take a good nap in there as well).
New Stuff: Well, quarantine life has basically meant that his "firsts" are pretty much limited to things we can do around the house, like his first bonfire. We did spend Easter weekend (ah! First Easter! I almost forgot that one--although let's be honest, the celebrations were far from a typical Easter) at the lake and it was nice to get out of the house (and hopefully keep him somewhat adaptable since we don't want him to protest trips in his car seat or "need" to be at home to sleep). With Darrell working from home--and especially with the recent drop to a three-day work week--he is definitely getting more Daddy time than his brothers did at this age, which I think is fun for both of them (Darrell especially since this is almost certainly our last).
Developmentally, he keeps on moving forward--quite literally at times. He is constantly wriggling and squirming, and has even managed to scoot himself forward and rotate himself on his blanket. He's getting really good at holding his head up during tummy time, and he's even rolled from tummy to back a few times, although I think that's mostly because his head is still a little disproportionately large compared to the rest of his body, so when he gets it up high and turned to the side enough gravity just takes over and pulls him onto his back. He has found his hands and they rarely leave his mouth, which means drool is pretty constantly pooled at the nape of his neck. Needless to say he goes through quite a few outfit changes a day. He's still smiling and giggling all the time, and definitely starting to coo, which is fun to hear. His only other notable auditory feat is his burps--this kid seriously sounds like an obnoxious old man when he burps. I can feel the burps starting down in his belly as I'm holding him, and they just erupt out of his mouth. It's actually rather impressive, and I oscillate between being glad that I'm not out in public feeding him for others to be able to hear the burps and wishing I was feeding him out in public so that others could be equally impressed by the burps he is able to produce. Although at this point I'll just be happy to be able to get back out in public and doing our "normal" things (whatever "normal" is going to look after this) that I won't even care what his burps or anything else are like. Circumstances outside of the walls of this house may be unlike anything his brothers (or parents!) have ever seen before, but inside this house he's just a typically three-month old doing typical three-month old stuff and we're just trying to make it from one day to the next. And fortunately, most days he makes that a pretty easy task to accomplish.
