Wow…what a difference 3 months can make! She has really reached a lot of exciting new milestones since the last update! It is hard to believe that a year has passed since she was a tiny little 8 (almost 9) pound newborn!
- She is on the move! She is a super fast crawler but no first steps yet
- She can easily pull up and cruise around but will not stand independently for more than a second (and even then it is because she had been leaning on something and moved away for a second)
- She is also a good stair climber
- She now has4 top teeth and 4 bottom teeth
- She is talking a lot now. She has said ‘bye bye” appropriately, she can say “ma ma” directed to me, “da da” directed to Eric, “na na” directed to my mom, “ba ba” directed to her bottle, and “uh oh” when she drops something. However, she only says these words with meaning sporadically
- She still thinks it is hilarious to be carried up the stairs with one of us coming up behind her. She has also gotten to where she loves stomach zerberts
- She can wave “bye bye”. She does it both with her whole arm moving and with her hand waving back toward herself. I think that is her cutest new skill 
- She can clap her hands together (and she is quite impressed with herself when she does it). She also crosses her fingers all the time.
- She can shake her head “yes” and “no”. She really understands “no”. You can tell her “no” when she is about to do something and she will shake her head “no”! When she shakes her head “yes”, it seems that she is just imitating us.
- She also has a good time handing something to you and then wanting you to hand it right back to her. That game can go on for several minutes!
- She has started a bad habit of grinding her teeth. Hopefully that does not become a problem in the future
- She is still very good natured and an overall happy baby. She still does take time to warm up to people that she does not know well. Hopefully when we put her in MDO (hopefully this fall) she will start to get over that
- She never used a pacifier past a month or two old and she still rarely sucks her thumb (except when she is really hungry or tired)
- She still loves bath time. Now she has tons of bath toys that she enjoys playing with. But, she does not like her head being leaned back to rinse her hair
- Her sleep schedule is still basically the same. She is sleeping 13+ hours a night! She usually goes to bed around 8:00 pm and gets up at about 9:30 am. She has dropped her morning nap (at least when she is at my parents house) and still has her 3 hour nap from about 3-6 pm every day.
- She is still a tummy sleeper, often with her knees up on her chest (which I think is the cause of many leaky diaper issues in the morning)
- She is eating 3-4 6 ounce bottles per day and eating solids 3 times a day. She generally has a jar of Stage 2 food at breakfast and dinner, but she also eats cheese, bread, fruit, chicken, baby puffs, pancakes, etc every day. She has not been a picky eater unless it is something green. Unfortunately, she still does not even hold her own bottle! She is also excellent when we go out to eat and usually eats a little of whatever we are having.
- She has gotten very proficient and feeding herself with her hands. We need to start with her using a spoon
- She also loves to have food in her hand and will reach out to put it in my mouth. She thinks it is pretty funny when she feeds me!
- She will drink water out of a glass, but still has not liked the sippy cup . We have tried about 6 different styles now, but no luck. Even having juice in the cup has not helped.
- She weighs 21 pounds 14 ounces (50th to 75th percentile), is 31 1/4 inches long (75th to 90th percentile), and has an 18 1/2 inch head (90th percentile).
- She has been extremely healthy! No colds, ear infections, fevers, etc. She never even complained when her teeth came in!
- Her hair is really getting long, but it is still much lighter than it was when she was born. Unfortunately she has gotten to where she does not like hair bows, so we have to suffer through the long bangs a little longer.
- She is still wearing size 3 diapers
- She is wearing mainly 6-12 month clothes and some 12-18 month. Even though she is a big baby overall, she is pretty lean. I have a ton of precious 12-18 month old summer outfits that I hope she will be able to wear!
- She has quite small feet. She is wearing a size 3 and babies her age should easily be wearing a size 4 or 5.
- Her favorite game has got to be “peek a boo”. She loves when we hide our face behind something, when we pop out behind a wall, or anything like that. She also loves to crawl around my parents couch and “peek a boo” with my mom. Sometimes she lets out the loudest screeches and giggles she loves it so much!
- She really loves her blocks and has been learning how to put them in different containers.
- She really loves books. She will sit on your lap, hold a book, and turn all the pages for you
- She loves to go places. She loves sitting in a shopping cart and looking around (and grabbing things out of the basket) and she loves strolling in her stroller at the mall.
- She has not latched on to a “comfort item”, but she LOVES her Minnie Mouse stuffed animal. Luckily we have 2!
- We have lots of little nicknames for her (or “terms of endearment” since I hate nicknames). I often call her “swooters”, “tooters”, or “pooters” or any any combination of those. Eric calls her “little baby” and “sweetie pie dumplin pants” and my dad calls her “boogress”.
- She is still super cute
