On June 3, baby Myles turned three months old. I am both in awe that he is already three months old and in disbelief that he has ONLY been with us for three months!
Before they moved, our friend Becca took some great pictures of Myles for his three month photo shoot. He wasn’t feeling particularly smiley that day, but I think she still got some great shots!
At three months old, Myles is still not nearly as scheduled as I would like him to be. He is still exclusively nursed (and in fact will NOT take a bottle and has only had two or three his entire life) and I still struggle with even getting him to go two and a half hours between feedings. Yet when he eats, it is only for ten minutes or less (usually around five minutes is all). I think he is probably a pretty efficient, quick eater, but I wish he would eat a little longer at each feeding and then eat less frequently! But he will NOT have that! What do you do?!? Just feed him as he wants I guess!
Myles is still not the best sleeper. During the day he will usually not nap longer than a hour. When he is awake he isn’t cranky at all, so I probably should just get over wishing for longer naps because he must not need them… but it is SO hard to get things done when your baby only naps for 45 minutes to a hour! At night he is going to bed at around 8 or so and getting up at around 1 am, 4 am, and 6 am. He gets up for good at around 7 am. Once again, this schedule isn’t very consistent, but no matter what time he goes to bed or gets up, his longest sleep is usually no longer than 5 hours. The longest stretch we have had is 6 hours and that was one night he went to sleep at 6 so I still didn’t get very much sleep unfortunately!
Myles is still wearing his cloth diapers. The entire cloth diaper process hasn’t been as bad as I thought it would be. He is only getting dirty diapers every other day now (even though on dirty diaper day he sometimes has 2 or 3 SUPER dirty diapers) so the wash process really isn’t bad at all. I just have to do diaper laundry every other day. The diapers are also pretty bulky (so wearing just pull-on pants is sometimes a problem), but they are SO cute! : ) Myles actually really likes it when we change his diaper, weirdly enough. He kicks and “talks” and smiles the entire time! Silly guy! : ) Myles is a pretty clean little guy. Max was constantly spitting up and getting his clothes filthy; Myles usually only goes through one outfit a day. He likes to make spit bubbles, but he only actually spits up a few times a day. A boy who stays clean all day? I’ll take it!
Myles is growing great. At his last doctor’s appointment, his doctor said whatever we are doing, keep it up! He is up to over 15 pounds now and is all chub. We LOVE our chubby little monkey! The kids are always telling him they are going to eat his chubby cheeks for dinner, haha. He is currently wearing 6-9 months clothes.
Myles is a very social little guy. Nothing makes him happier than to be held and/or talked to. He just smiles and gets so excited when you “baby talk” to him. He also “talks” up a storm back at you! His doctor said you can tell he is talked to a lot because he is always babbling and yelling and cooing! Sometimes when Myles wakes up and I’m busy doing something, I will send the kids in there to talk to him. He will stay perfectly content as long as they do that! When they turn away from him and don’t pay attention to him, he gets VERY mad!
Myles is usually awake about a hour to a hour and a half at a time (we try to follow an Eat-Awake-Sleep schedule). During his awake times he likes to sit in his swing (although he doesn’t like it as much now that we have it sitting straight up instead of laying back), stand up in his Exersaucer, and sit up on the corner of the couch. He has started being able to reach for his toys and play a little bit more. He also likes it when I wear him in my Moby wrap when we run errands or while I am doing chores. He doesn’t mind his carseat when someone is talking to him while he is in it, but he doesn’t love car rides. His FAVORITE though is laying flat on his back and letting people talk to him. He also REALLY likes laying on my bed and watching the ceiling fan and lights! However, all this back laying is making his head get a little flat so we are trying to do more tummy time. He HATES tummy time! Even when we lay beside him and talk to him or show him toys or prop him up a little on a pillow, he still gets mad VERY quickly when on his tummy. We try to put him on his tummy each awake time but he usually won’t last more than five minutes without screaming so much I flip him back over! He may never crawl or turn over—he isn’t on his tummy enough to practice and when he is sleeping on his back he is swaddled so can’t practice then either! Myles (so far) also isn’t a big fan of his Bumbo. His bulky cloth diaper makes it a tight fit so he just doesn’t seem to love sitting up in it. So for now he continues to just sit on the couch!
Myles is definitely a sweetheart. He rarely cries or fusses. He loves eating on his fists. He loves to be swaddled up for sleep time and we can’t get him to sleep without it! He smiles a lot and seems to be pretty content and happy. He for sure has his preferences and likes and dislikes, but other than already being opinionated, he is pretty chill. We love this little guy!!!
