3 Months

We have a happy, three month old who is growing fast!!  Nolan is full of smiles and laughs these days and is becoming much more aware of his surroundings.  It is really fun to watch him focus on his toys and try to maneuver his hands and fingers to grab them.  He has decided that "tummy time" is no longer for him and he would much rather stand and look around.  Maybe we won't have a crawler after all? 

Nolan is still eating well and sleeping well.  He usually sleeps between 8:00-5:00, has a quick bite to eat and goes back to sleep for another hour or two.  He is slowly weaning himself off of the swaddle.  I don't swaddle him at all during nap time and he does fine but at bedtime he still prefers to have one arm swaddled and the other arm free.  I think within the next week or two he will be a free bird at bedtime as well.

I could be absolutely crazy but I think he has a little bit of teething going on.  Two weeks ago he started drooling, blowing bubbles, putting his fists in his mouth, and refusing to suck on his bottle at times.  I read that these are all signs of teething and apparently I grew my first tooth at 4 months so we'll see what develops.  If he only could hold a frozen teether in his own mouth :)

Evidence of the constant fists in the mouth....

No doctor's appointment this month so I don't have any weight/length stats but he is definitely getting to be a big, playful baby that we have tripled our love for in the past three months!

For whatever reason, half of the pictures I took of him this time around he had this startled look on his face (like he had never seen a camera before) so I had to include one :)