Hailey is 3 months old! Where has the time gone? Who knows?
These 3 months have flown by. She is doing great. She is gaining weight,
growing taller by the minute, and so alert. She can now hold her head up and
look around the room, always searching for Ava, I believe. She smiles back at
you. She sticks out her tongue. She has giggled but not really laughed but I
think she is almost there. She is rolling over onto her side. She grabs for
toys. She will take your finger and stick in her mouth to be chewed. I believe
she is teething, her bottom gums are white and bumpy, she just drools and chews
on her fingers all day. She is getting into a pattern, eating about every 3-4
hours, taking a nap or two in the morning before a long 3 hour nap in the
afternoon, a nap in the evening, then bedtime.
She is so aware of everything going on. She loves her big
sister. Ava got her first real smile at someone. Ava gets a lot of smiles when
they are around each other. Ava is still doing well with her, she has been a
little rough but we keep reminding her how small Hailey is. Now that Hailey can
hold her head up and wants to sit up, Ava tries to get her to 'play' however we
have to explain that Hailey just isn't 'big' enough yet. Hailey loves her play
mat, staring into the mirror looking at that other baby. She is usually a very
happy, pleasant baby. She is cooing, trying to talk. Vicky, their babysitter,
has told me more than once that she is sure Hailey is going to be mouthy just
like Ava.
At her last appointment she was 11 lbs, 12 oz, 23 ½ inches
long. I am sure she has grown some since then. She had a little set back with
her feeding this past weekend, she had a little touch of a stomach bug, but was
up to 6 oz a feeding, we are slowly getting back to that, she is still at 4 oz
and it satisfies her for the time being. She is such a joy.
I always said that I couldn't remember my life before Ava
because she brought so much into my life, well now with 2 little girls in my
life, I don't know how we ever managed with just one. It is so busy, so much
fun, so frustrating, so entertaining, and happy. It's like it was always meant
to be the four of us, together.
