Apple of My Eye: Three Months!

Gabriella is 3 months old!

Weight: 12 lbs., 6 oz. This was just with me weighing at home while holding her. So, I’m not sure how accurate it was. That puts her at the 39^th percentile according to my app, but the app tends to read a little low – I think she would be closer to 50^th at the doctor’s office with that weight. I don’t know if that’s accurate or not. Caleb was definitely bigger by this point. She’s not as chunky as him :)

Length: I don’t know, cuz we didn’t take her in this month.

Head Circumference: I don’t know again.

She carries her weight in her cheeks ;)

Diaper Size: She’s wearing size 1 still, without a problem.

Clothing Size: She is just outgrowing her 3 month things. So, mainly 3-6 month clothes right now with a few 3 month things in the mix still. She’s right on schedule! :)

She doesn't look much different to me here!

Nicknames: She is called Gabby most often, along with variations (Gabby Girl, Gabby Jane, Gabs, etc.). Caleb calls her Abby and Baby.

Health: Her cradle cap is still not looking great. I wonder if it’ll continue to be bad during the winter.

You can definitely tell that they're siblings,

but I think they each have their own look!

Sleep: Gabriella has continued doing a long stretch at night. She’s really an amazing sleeper! I still just have to swaddle her, give her the binky, and lay her down awake and she’ll put herself to sleep! This is so amazing to me :) It’s so different from Caleb! She usually nurses between 7:30 and 8pm before bed. Then she’ll sleep until between 4&6 am! She’ll nurse once and go back to sleep until around 8:30am! This is a great schedule.

Diet: She’s just nursing still. She eats really well. She is pretty settled into a routine of eating 5 times a day still, although occasionally it’ll be 4 times/day. I’m sure this is part of why she’s not as big as Caleb was!

Loves: She loves tickles!

She likes it when Caleb talks to her – she smiles so big for him!

She likes music/when people sing.

Apparently she didn't like me making her do these pictures! Ha

Dislikes: Being alone! She’ll start making noise in the other room if we’ve left her there to go do something :)

Sudden Noises. She startles at loud, sudden noises... General noisiness doesn't seem to bother her - just sudden shrieks or things like that.

Other than that, I can’t think of any this month! She’s just so pleasant and really rarely cries…

Milestones: She prefers sitting up. She can’t do it herself, but she tries to pull herself forward if we lay her down :)

She sucks on her hands a lot!

She is just beautiful!

Baby Gear Love: Nothing has really changed this month…

We still love the Fisher Price Rock & Play, the Boppy, the SwaddleMe, and our swing!

I love our Tula Baby Carrier! I can wear Gabby in it at the Y or if we go shopping. It’s really convenient and comfortable.

We went to a Harvest Party on Halloween.

Gabriella was a little cheerleader and Caleb was a football player.

Pete and I were their biggest fans <3

Random Thoughts: I’m excited to enter into the holidays as a family of 4! Lots of fun firsts for Gabby and lots of things that Caleb will actually enjoy this year for the first time :)

Thanksgiving was the day after Gabriella turned 3 months.

She was so quiet and easy :)

Caleb on the left and Gabby on the right.

This isn't the best comparison because Caleb was only 6 or 7 weeks old.

Mama Update: I’ve settled around 22 pounds down. I’ve really been maintaining at 21 pounds lost, but the last few days it’s been 22 :) If I can go into the new year at 21-22 pounds down still, I’ll be thrilled. That puts me at 11-12 pounds left to lose. I’ll probably start trying to workout harder and be more careful about what I’m eating at that point. I’m still having trouble with these daily headaches; I go to the neurologist the week after Thanksgiving and I’m hoping that’ll help!