Elliott is 3 months old already! Time is really flying by, and I'm in my second week of just Elliott/mommy time. He is such a cuddly baby and I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can.
Size
According to our scale at home, Elliott is 13lbs 6oz. Definitely quite a bit bigger than his brothers. The 0-3 Carters onesies still fit well, but he grew out of everything else that's 0-3 about 2 weeks ago. He has long limbs and his pants looked like capris and shirt like 3/4 sleeves. plus some of the pants were too tight around the belly.
Eat-Sleep-Play
I'm over the moon to say that Elliott has not gotten any formula in the past month. He is breastfed all day, usually about every 3 hours, and we give him a 4 oz bottle of breast milk between 8 and 9. He then falls asleep between his bottle and 10 and sleeps until sometime between 5:30 and 7am. He has been doing this for about 3 weeks now and its pretty awesome. He is slowly starting to fall into a nap schedule during the day. On the weekdays, sometimes he doesn't go back to bed after eating (I wake him up to eat at 6), and sometimes he'll sleep until I have to take Riley and Logan to the bus stop. He usually takes a nap around 9 or 9:30. Then he catnaps the rest of the day.
He loves his toy turtle and his swing. He goes crazy grabbing things and kicking chimes in his activity gym, but he never seems to want to stay in it for more than about 5 minutes. What he really loves, more than anything, is playing with mommy. Singing songs, patty cake, gingerbread man, he loves it all. He's so happy and smiles and laughs at mommy. He likes to watch everything, especially his brothers. Like his brothers at 3 months, he will hold anything we hand him at this point and grabs hair, jewelry, shirts, and even skin.
Personality
Elliott is a happy, smiley kid. Its easier to get a smiling photo of him than his 5 year old brothers. He coos when he's happy and makes the cutest little noises. He loves, loves, loves attention and rarely cries. While he is less fussy than Riley and Logan at his age, he is a bit more demanding, as he wants to be held a lot more. He will fall asleep in his car seat or swing, but to go to bed at night wants to fall asleep in mommy's arms. He is such a mommy's boy. He will stop crying from just hearing mommy's voice.
Likes:
Mommy!!!! Sucking on his hand, eating, his pacifier, his turtle, the swing, the car (except when he doesn't), being held, laying on his side, having his diaper changed, being talked/sung to and played with, sleeping with his arms spread out, watching his brothers, and napping on mommy.
Dislikes:
Waiting for food, his chair, being alone/no one paying attention to him, and tummy time.
New this month:
Laughing, holding/playing with toys, grabbing objects, and sleeping through the night.
Penguin LOVES Elliott. Whenever he is laying on the floor, she insists on laying next to him. And I mean right next to him. Like touching. She likes to lick and sniff him and doesn't mind at all if mommy leans Elliott against her while she is laying down.
Elliot has been all over the place this month. The funniest was his first time in Mema and Pepa's pool. Mommy was holding him and he must have been pretty relaxed, because within 5 minutes, he was asleep!!
She tries to cuddle him so close one day she ended up half on top of him.
He took his own pants off...just like Riley used to.
Is there any sound better than a baby giggling?
