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Monday, June 28, 2021

Lily Grace: 3 months

 Lily shared her 3 month-a-versary with her big sister Scarlett's 5 birthday on Saturday, but Scarlett's post will take me much longer to write so I decided to warm up with a short and sweet one on this little bean.

Lily is a pretty content baby. When she's fussy, she's likely hungry or tired or has a tummy ache (doesn't happen to often). But it usually takes her being at the extreme of those things to actually complain. She is super smiley and chatty, and has the most adorable baby conversations with you.

She is still sleeping like a champ at night and will usually give me a solid 9 hrs from the time she goes to bed. Naps are all over the place, but this girl puts herself to sleep a lot of the time, which is great for me. Although sometimes I do take advantage of giving her some extra sleepy time snuggles when there aren't any other kids clawing at me.

She was just shy of 10lbs at her 2 month shots, and is basically measuring around the 20th percentile, which is pretty standard for my kids. She is in pretty much all 3 month clothes now, and it seems like I am putting aside too small items on a weekly basis.

She is pretty tolerant of tummy time and is working on her rolling skills. She is channeling her brother's trick of using the weight of her proportionally large head to tip her over onto her back. 

Lily loves

-looking at people and chatting
-watching me on the treadmill
-sucking on her fingers
-the bath
-walks/runs (she went on an 8km run with mum and Auntie Devon, and she enjoyed it waaaaaay more than we did)
-being outside

Lily does not love

-loud sudden noise
-people her siblings encroaching too closely in her                                                                                      personal space
                                                                                    -cold bottles
                                                                                    -this heat!

I can't believe we're down a quarter of a year with this gem. The first 3 months is usually the hardest for me, but I find, after that, we're in our own little routine and have gotten to know each other better. She really has made the first few months easier than I could have hoped for. There are challenging moments to be sure, but she has largely made the transition to five painless and kind of anticlimatic (in a good way!!).