Brinleigh is now holding her head up on her own. It is still a bit wobbly, but that's not her fault. She inherited her daddy's big head so she has a lot of weight to support. Hahahaha. She loves to sit up so she can look around at what is going on & so we recently pulled out the bumbo seat for her to try out. She seems to be okay with it, not crying or anything, but she is still a little small in it so she gets wobbly. We are trying it out for a few minutes at a time right now, usually every few days.
I mentioned before that she was learning to smile at us, but now it is on a whole new level. She has got to be one of the happiest baby's I have ever seen. And we LOVE it! It is absolutely adorable. As soon as she wakes up & see's one of us, she smiles. When we change her diaper, she smiles. When we give her a bath, she smiles. When we talk to her, she smiles. Just about any time we are interacting with her, she is smiling. She has recently become a lot more vocal too. Cooing & squealing at us constantly. We thoroughly enjoy talking to her & watching her face light up & hearing her make her little noises back at us or laugh & giggle. She also entertains herself by "talking" to herself when she is in her swing or on her play mat. She is getting better with her hand - eye coordination and can grab on to the links, rattles, & other toys that we have dangling above her on the play mat or the bouncer. She bats at them with her hands & kicks her legs & feet but is starting to grab on to them as well. She still enjoys anything musical & seems more interested in things that light up. She also seems to have a pretty routine schedule now as far as night time sleeping & day time naps. Since Kolt is working the night shift (4pm-12am), Brinleigh & I also seem to be on his schedule. She usually goes down for the night between 11pm - 12:30am & she will usually sleep until 11am - noon. She does wake up around 6am to eat & since she will fall asleep again while eating she will want to eat again around 8 or 9am. Since she is only 3 months old, I am not too concerned with setting a specific schedule for her. I have not tried to adjust her schedule or sleep train her or spread out the night time feedings. I will focus more on an earlier bed time, earlier wake up time, & specific feeding times throughout the night at around 6 months. But we are perfectly fine with the way things are as of right now. I think we are just very thankful that she actually sleeps through the night.
We are really enjoying life with our precious baby girl & could not have been more blessed to have such a great baby. Happy, healthy, AND sleeps through the night?!?!?!?! What more could we ask for?
