Izzy is now "talking" to us on a pretty regular basis. By talking, I mean making noises other than crying. She shrieks and coos and blows bubbles. I never thought blowing bubbles would be so cute, but clearly as a parent you think everything your child does at this age is amazing and cute! Andrew thinks we have a loud one on our hands. I told him it might be a little early to start talking to her about using an inside voice. I'm not sure she would grasp the concept. She is just exploring her voice and loud is the best way to do it.
She loves to interact with her play mat. When we first put her on it about a month ago, I'm not sure she knew what to think. It's nice to be able to put her down for a few minutes while I eat dinner or fold some laundry and have her be able to entertain herself. She is starting to reach out for toys and loves to look at herself in mirrors. Her feet are on the go constantly. Watching her feet makes me laugh. I remember my grandma telling me when I was little I used to bang my feet against the highchair so hard, she wasn't sure how I didn't hurt my heels. I see Izzy doing the same thing. She loves to have her socks off so she can move her toes all over. We have also discovered she isn't a huge fan of pants. If she is fussy and nothing seems to work to calm her down, I take her pants off and she is a happy camper! If that keeps up, we could be in for some fun when she is a toddler...
This month we got to celebrate Izzy's first Christmas. If it's possible to spoil a three month old, she was spoiled! I really don't think this child is in danger of being naked or going without toys. She is still pretty firmly in 3 month clothes; at least in two piece outfits. She is growing out of some of the 0-3 month things she has. Mostly length is the issue for her. She is about to the end of her days with the three month one piece outfits. Too many hard kicks and she would probably pop through the bottoms of a few of them! Luckily, we have some awesome family who loaded her up with six month sleep and play outfits for Christmas, so she should be set! Those sleep and play outfits are a life saver when it comes to daycare. It means no lost socks, and no pants, which makes Izzy happy!
We are finally making our way out of size one diapers. I'm trying to use up the rest of what we have, but I feel like I'm racing the clock on that venture. She is growing out of them quickly. We found out last week that our daycare is going to start providing diapers and wipes after the first of the year, so that will cut back on the number of diapers we have to buy (total score). Although, I do have to brag about the mega box of Huggies diapers I found on clearance at Target last week. It was a $25 box of diapers for $8. I kind of felt like I was stealing them.
This week I had to move Izzy out of the swaddle sacks we had been putting her in at night. Again, the length thing. She was kicking and popping open the snaps at the shoulders of the sleep sacks. She has always fought to get her hands out, but I found her with her hands out of the sleep sacks and the fabric all over the place. I decided it just wasn't safe any more. The last few nights I have been putting her in a fleece sleep bag, like this one:
I still swaddle her arms with a blanket, so she doesn't startle herself awake. It also helps her go to sleep faster at night when I corral her arms. So far, that seems to be going well. Once she starts to roll over on her own, which I'm guessing isn't too far out, we won't be able to swaddle her arms at night. She is still sleeping in the bassinet in our room for now. I think we are probably going to have to look at transitioning her to her crib here before too long. She is pretty much end to end in the bassinet.
As the picture above says, Miss Izzy is working on her first tooth. She has had a little white dot on her lower gum for a couple of weeks now. She has been drooling up a storm and as you can tell from the photo, she loves to have her hands in her mouth. We have started putting bibs on her so she doesn't soak her shirts with slobber. We have tried giving her frozen teething toys a couple of times, but she isn't sure what to think about those yet. She does love to chew on her bottles though. At this point, I just roll with whatever works for her. She still isn't a huge fan of pacifiers. Sometimes she will take them and sometimes she wants nothing to do with them. This is all part of her developing personality!
Some days, it doesn't feel like it's rainbows and sunshine over here. But, on the days when it seems like the walls might fall down, there is laundry all over the place, dishes piled up in the sink and I haven't taken a shower in two or three days, this face makes it all worth it. I have had my moments over the past few months where I questioned my own sanity when thinking I was cut out for parenthood; just being honest. Of course, these moments typically happen at 2 AM when she doesn't want to go back to sleep after a feeding. Sleep deprivation never did look good on me. I joked with a friend of mine this past week after seeing a four week old baby in Buy Buy Baby that I missed Izzy being that little. While I do, I also enjoy her being able to entertain herself for a few minutes! I appreciate that she now typically only wakes up once in the night and within thirty minutes she is back to sleep. I also appreciate that she is now able to soothe herself to sleep in some manner so I don't have to get her back into a deep sleep and then tip toe across the room with her to put her back in her bassinet all while holding my breath and hoping the action of putting her back down doesn't wake her up so we have to start the whole process over! That being said, I do miss being pregnant with miss Izzy. I didn't appreciate my pregnancy until it was over, and that is something I regret. I get a twinge of jealousy when I see the pregnant ladies out and about these days. But, this proud mama loves having my bundle on the outside too!
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