Julia is 3 Months Old!
July 13, 2008
Part of me feels like it was so long ago that I was pregnant and Julia was born. Yet at the same time, I can't believe that she is three months old already, it is amazing how fast time goes by. It is hard to remember how little she was when she was born, Julia has grown and changed so much over the past 13 weeks.
At three months, Julia:
- is still breastfeeding or taking pumped breast milk from a bottle, drinking ~5 ounces at a time now, and eating every 3 1/2 to 4 hours during the day.
- sleeps 8-10 (yes 10!) hours at night. Most nights, she goes to bed between 8 and 9, and wakes up between 5 and 6 in the morning. How we got so lucky, I have no idea, but we're not complaining!
- smiles all of the time.
- loves blowing raspberries, and thinks this is hilarious!
- drools a lot and likes to blow spit bubbles.
- will imitate (or try!) when we talk to her, stick our tongues out, or blow raspberries back at her.
- is much better at tummy time, she can now hold her head up and look around.
- may roll over any day now.
- has discovered her fingers and now prefers those to her pacifier.
- definitely recognizes her mommy and daddy. She will look at us and smile when we walk into a room.
- sits pretty well in her bumbo seat, she sometimes leans forward or to the side, but she is certainly getting stronger.
- is now about 11 pounds, she is just starting to fit into her 3-6 month clothes.
- still has brown hair and blue eyes. Her hair has lightened a little, but she hasn't lost any of it.
- loves being sung to, her favorite songs are "Sweet Baby James" and "If You're Happy and You Know It" (she likes to "participate" with this one!), it won't be too long before Julia realizes that mommy can't carry a tune!
The three month mark means that my maternity leave is over and I'm now back to work. My first day back was last Wednesday (7/9), and last Tuesday was quite possibly the hardest day I've ever had. I cried all day at the thought of having to leave my baby girl. I did not want to think of anyone else taking care of Julia all day long. How would they know how she likes to be held and burped? Would they talk to her and sing to her? Would she get tummy time and have toys to look at and play with? Would Julia get enough love and attention? All of these crazy thoughts were going through my head as I prepared for Julia to go to daycare. Who knew labeling bottles and clothes could be so hard?! Jon dropped Julia off for her first day of daycare (and has continued to do this in the morning, I get to pick her up in the afternoon), which I think made my first day back to work much easier than it could have been. I think if I had to drop her off I would have turned right around and went back home, screw work! Going back to work wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be, and just like everyone said, it has gotten a little easier each day. I do like the challenge of my job and the adult conversation. I still don't love that I have to work full time right now, but I will survive. More importantly, Julia has adjusted to daycare without any problems. She is still eating and sleeping very well, and continues to be a happy, laid back baby. Plus, they love her there (how could you not??), they call her "itty bitty," she is the smallest baby there right now (but has more hair than most of the others!) She even has her first boyfriend, Miles. I caught him hanging out in front of her swing when I picked her up one afternoon. His crib is next to hers and they said he is quite fond of Julia! He's about 7 months old, daddy's going to have to have a talk with her to watch out for those older boys!
Now for the three month pictures...
Bath time
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So serious
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Tummy time...
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I love her bright eyes and cute grin!
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Another nice day hanging out in the courtyard...
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