The Woods: 3 Months Old!

We have made it through 3 months and I will have to say they have been some of the most rewarding 3 months of our lives. Charlie is starting to get quit the personality smiling all the time as well as cooing and laughing and then in the blink of an eye he will get a very pouty lip and start crying and screaming. I am still having trouble getting that sweet smile on camera because he seems to know when I want a picture and he stops smiling.

He loves to play on his back on his play mat, he is still not one for tummy time so I don't push the issue, if he is happy on his back I leave it that way. He is also quit the kicker, he gets his little legs going and if he is swaddled he can get his legs out in an instant. One morning he kicked so hard he kicked out of his swaddle me blanket and kicked his pants off, it was a great site when I went to get him out of bed that morning.

He was settled into a great routine, going to bed at 8:30 eating around 10:00, while still asleep, and then waking up at 6:30. But the last few nights after he is put down for bed around 8:30 he wakes up 45 minutes later and will not go back to bed until almost 11:00 and then wakes up around 3:00, when he needs his paci back. After the 3:00 am waking he has slept until around 7:00. I am hoping this is just a phase and not a routine he is going to settle himself into since he needs good sleep if he is going to continue to grow.

Charlie also had his first infection in his third month of life, he got a staph infection, which we believed was acquired at some point on our trip to New York. He was fortunate that we caught it so early and he only needed antibiotic ointment and not and oral antibiotic. We also discovered at that doctors visit that he had a mild case of eczema, which means we can no longer give him bubble baths and have to use body wash and lotion that is fragrance free. He also had a little trouble with weight, he hadn't gained an ounce in 2 weeks, again we though it was related to all the traveling we had down and that was pretty much confirmed for me when we took him back 4 days later and he gained 7 ounces. I am pretty sure all he needed was to be back on his schedule and that is what the doctor thought as well. Through all this he was never fussy and still the same happy baby he always is so no one would have ever know anything was wrong with him.

So all in all it has been a great 3 months with our little boy Charlie and we couldn't be any happier then we are right now. We are looking forward to the months to come and all the excited things that he will start doing to continue to enrich our lives.

We also want to congratulate our friends Courtney and Aaron Parker on the birth of their daughter Claire Grayton. She joined the world yesterday and Charlie is so excited to meet his new friend.

3 Months old