Eland at Three Months (and 10 days)

Eland is HUGE! According to the bathroom scale, he weighs in at 16lbs! I have him in disposables at night, and he is greatly in need of size 3 diapers. (Although I put one of Auggie's nighttime 4's on him and it did actually fit... Hmmm...)

When it comes to nursing, he is as particular as ever. He eats every three or more hours–and not a moment earlier!

While packing for a trip to visit Eland and Auggie's GiGi (great-grandma), I handed Eland a flannel shirt to play with as he sat in his bouncy chair. He loved it! Ever since, he's had his very own Angel Dear dog lovie. He loves running his fingers around its soft fabric and bringing it up to his face. Too cute! He also plays with other toys - a geometric toy that Auggie loved, and a great soft and crinkly elephant from Aunt Alisa, Uncle Dave, and cousin Anna Grace.

Speaking of visiting GiGi, Eland has officially been on 5 airplane rides: 2 to Pennsylvania and 3 back (no thank you, frequent flier miles, for only allowing us to fly with a ridiculous amount of layovers.) Eland was great on all of the flights and was not bothered in the slightest by the pressure changes. He was, however, bothered when I tried to nurse him during take-off and landing during our first flight, because he wasn't hungry. Silly baby..

I'd love to say that Eland is a great nighttime sleeper, because he absolutely has potential, but he has had too many colds to count in his short little life, and thus wakes up because he's sniffly or coughing. The plight of the younger sibling, eh? ... Last night he slept for 8.5 hours in a row for the very first time! This second-time mommy knows better than to expect that two nights in a row. ;) Eland is also still in our room. Though I'm sure it's time to put him in his own room, it's just too easy for me to sit up in bed, nurse him, put him back in his co-sleeper, and be done with it. I am so not looking forward to having to get out of bed, especially with winter coming..

During the day Eland is a great napper. Our routine goes like this: Eland looks sleepy, and it's been a long enough interval in between sleeping for him to be ready for a nap. I tell Auggie what I'm doing, and then I take Eland into our guest bedroom, aka, the napping room. (It's on our first floor, and thus is a better option while Auggie is awake and playing downstairs.) I sing Eland one song, tell him I love him, put him in his car seat, put a blanket on him, give him his dog lovie, and walk out of the room. And that's it! He usually sucks his hand or lovie until he falls asleep–without crying. What a kid! He's such a fantastic little boy! ... I do have plans to put a pack-n-play in the guest room for napping, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Now that Eland is over 3 months old the uncontrollable flailing is making a quick exit.

Drooling has commenced. Big time. I am so not ready to have Eland wearing a bib constantly because the cute factor goes down for pictures.. But it's probably time. I've already changed him twice today because he soaked his shirt.

Eland smiles and smiles and smiles! He is a happy baby! He giggles and coos, loves to watch his big brother Auggie run around playing, and thinks watching his feet bounce and wiggle is great entertainment. He is not as content in his playmat as he used to be, because he prefers a more upright stance. The bouncy chair is great for that, but we keep it upstairs because I need something to put him down in up there. I've considered buying a second one on craigslist but have no desire to have to store it later.. What to do.. And tummy time. Yeah. Like most babies, he's not a huge fan, but his mama needs to get him into more of a tummy time routine regardless. Ek.

Edit 11.05.2010: A couple more things about Eland: We still don't know what color his eyes are! They're brown in the middle and blue around the outside.. Hazel, perhaps? ... And he still smiles every time he falls asleep. It's so adorable. :)

Eland is such a cutiepants. Take a look..

 

This one has some major Christmas card potential.. If I get around to it..