Friday, April 3, 2009

Noah at 3 months

Time has flown by and my little baby is now 3 months old.  He is growing so fast!  I feel like he has been a part of our family forever even though it's only been a quarter of the year.  So much has changed in these short 3 months.  One change is, he has gained more control over his legs and arms.  They no longer flail around, yet he still doesn't have great coordination over them.  I can't wait to see him use his hands to play with his toys on his jumperoo.  Right now he just stares at the toys.   I still have to stick some receiving blankets in the empty space of the jumperoo to keep his arms from getting stuck inside the jumperoo.  He's still a little small for it, but he likes to sit in there and see his big sister.  Speaking of his big sister.... he adores his big sister.  He just smiles and smiles while she is near him.  Heidi is the "binky patrol".  Anytime his binky falls out she rushes over to him to try to put it back in his mouth.  It doesn't stay in his mouth because he just smiles at her.  It's fun to watch these two together.  
Noah has been a very easy baby so far.  My sister is so jealous that I've had 2 easy babies.  Noah eats well and sleeps well.  He still struggles at night with sleeping all the way till morning.  He is "technically" sleeping through the night (5 hours at a time), but I wish he could sleep till 6 or 7 am.  My poor boy gets gassy at night and it wakes him up.  Luckily all he needs is his mylicon and his binky and he'll sleep for another couple of hours.  
Noah is in the cooing and ahhing stage.  It's so much fun hearing the soft sounds of a baby cooing.  He giggles a little when you play with his legs or arms, such simple pleasures.  I'm still waiting for that big belly laugh.  
There are so many difference between Noah as a baby and Heidi as a baby.  It's fun to see their personalities and know that they are individuals and not copy cats of either Ben or myself.  They will grow up with the same parents, same sets of rules, same expectations, but will reach their milestones at different times, will grow differently, will have different personalities all because they are different kids!