Cade {3 months}

I felt weird writing that title...3 months.

My little Cade is a quarter of a year old!

I enjoy every minute spent with him watching him grow and change. I can't wait to see what cute thing he'll do next or what he'll look like a month from now.

What's new?
Well, as of yesterday, we are rolling over! He did it as soon as I laid him on his playmat, but it startled him and he started crying :( I flipped him over and was sure he wouldn't do it again. He surprised me by doing it 4 more times! Of course when Dad got home, it was a no go.

Boom!

Cade is now smiling on demand. Well ok, I don't say "smile" and he obliges...but it certainly doesn't take much to make him smile. Sometimes if I've been away from him for a while and he sees me his little face lights up, and it melts my heart =)

He hates tummy time. I mean truly hates. He buries his head in the ground and cries until you pick him up. So I've tried tummy time on the Boppy, where it last approximately 1-2 minutes. But if you flip him over onto his back where he can see everything, it's game on. He smiles and coos and kicks as hard as he can. Despite his hatred for tummy time, he's gaining better control of his neck. He looks less like a drunk Stevie Wonder trying to do back flips out of your arm while you're trying to mix a bottle one-handed now, and more like a regular human.

He's finally getting on some sort of schedule (or so it seems). At least a good bedtime routine which is the most helpful. He takes his last bottle about 8:30 and we lay him down around 9. He's doing awesome in his crib, but he still wakes up between 2 and 4 to eat. After that his morning wake-up time is between 6 and 7.
Helloooo coffee.

I'm not sure how much he weighs since we don't have another check-up until he's 4 months, but he's almost outgrown size 1 diapers, so I'm guessing somewhere around the 14 pound mark. His eyes are still that gray-blue color, but we swear they're becoming more blue (like Cody said they would). I was sure my brown-eyed genes would rule, but my husband is usually right.

Favorite things:
(as you can tell, this month's list is full of things that make our life a little easier!)

Jeep Stroller: I finally ordered it, and we love it! Perfect for park strolls and the ball park for Dad's softball games this summer. It has nice storage space, an auxiliary jack and speaker for music, and our carseat fits too! He's almost big enough to ride in it without his car seat, which is awesome because it's about to be too hot to leave him in it anyway!

Baby Backpack: Another summer must-have. I actually haven't used it yet, but I know it will be much easier when we're walking a lot (zoo, rodeo, etc) because it won't be falling off my shoulders and it has handy clips so you can clip it to the stroller handle if your storage space in the stroller is full. It also has an insulated pocket to keep bottles cool.

Laundry Bag: Seems silly, but I love this thing. It hangs on the back of the nursery door and I just throw all Cade's stuff in it. It keeps all of his clothes and blankets together and separate from our clothes until wash time (since we use baby detergent). Plus it unzips from the bottom, so you can just hold it over the washer, unzip, and you're done!

Boppy Changing Pad Liners: We were changing Cade on the changer attached to our pack and play. Now that he's in his nursery, we use the changing pad in there. Of course I bought a cute, fuzzy, fabric changing pad cover to match his nursery. Trust me, it's only cute and fuzzy until your kid blows out a diaper on it. Lay one of these liners down and you're safe. They're a good size, waterproof, and washable.

Halo Sleep Sack: Cade wears one every night. It gives him freedom to move around without being uncovered or getting overheated like he sometimes does when I swaddle him. Plus super-easy zip on and off in the wee hours of the morning is always a bonus. And for future reference, if you just look up "sleepsack" on Amazon and don't say "infant", you're asking for it. I just about lost my shit.

Right Height Infant Bath Center: Now that Cade is big enough to use it, this tub is the way to go. It has a soft liner for the insert, perfect for small babies. I've decided he's just about outgrown the liner, but sits comfortable in the green insert by itself. The tub itself is elevated, so when I'm kneeling next to the bathtub I'm not bending over. We also love Aveeno Baby Bathwash. It smells delicious! You'll pay more for it than other baby bath products, but this is one of those "cost per use" situations. We've been using the same bottle since Cade was born and we're just now over halfway through it. (Note: do not register for baby bathwash or lotion. People will buy you way more than you could ever use anyway).

We're still loving our playmat, bouncer, white-noise machine, swing, and Boppy from previous months!

We had 3 month pictures made yesterday, so hopefully my next post will include some of those. Of course Cade cried the entire time and blew out a diaper 3/4 of the way through, but surely we gave the photographer something to work with??