Three Months

Desmond is now 16 lbs 5 oz and 26 inches according to our own very scientific measurements. I feel like that's big. Is it also weird that I feel like he was born WAY longer than three months ago? But at the same time that eternal push fest was just yesterday...

Dez did his first real projectile spit up yesterday. Luckily I was sitting between it and the couch. It all happened so fast.

He's also grabbing at a lot more and has discovered that his hands can touch each other. He clasps them together over and over and lies there staring at his hands. He's also grabbed his feet a couple times but he's still figuring that out.

He really only naps while I'm holding him or he's in the car or swing. He sleeps great at night once he falls asleep. But for the past couple weeks he only acts tired at his bed time and after being asleep in his crib for about 10 minutes he's wide awake until 2 or 3 am. He's such a little weirdo. When he wakes up he doesn't cry or anything but I don't have it in me to leave him in there drowning in his own drool while I know he's awake. Drooliest child ever. He only sucks his thumb sometimes while on his stomach, and other times he'll either try and shove his fist in his mouth, just his middle finger, the first two fingers, or any other combo possible. Nothing has stuck though. We haven't even tried a binky for a long time cause I know he wouldn't keep it in his mouth. He also chokes himself with his fingers pretty regularly. So there's that.

He's also been coughing a lot but about 99% percent of those sound extremely fake and it's hilarious. The other 1% is from choking himself with his fingers.

He's wearing a lot of 6 month clothes and I'm in denial he's too big for the 3 month stuff. Sometimes I still dress him in 3 month clothes so he can get one last wear in before I have to say goodbye. It's not weird.

So obsessed with my little buddy!

Two Months

 14.5 pounds. Eyes getting bluer. Thighs getting chunkier.

Dez has started to talk a whole lot more and sometimes he'll even repeat the noises we make and will keep a nice conversation going. It's so much fun.

Another thing. SLEEP. All of the sudden he knows how to do it! For about the past week he's slept around 9 hours straight every night. I think it also has to do with the fact that he's finally getting better at finding where his thumb is. He's never been able to keep a binky in his mouth. Most the time when we try he acts like it's making him choke to death...he's a little dramatic. So I'm glad he's at least somewhat sucking his thumb because it helps him sleep longer!

I'm still adjusting from the old schedule and have a super hard time sleeping before 3 am, but I'm getting slightly more sleep than I'm used to and it's still nice. I always think it's too good to be true and he'll go back to his old ways any day, so I don't want to fall asleep because I'm scared I won't hear him if he wakes up. He's been in his own room across the apartment, but I can surprisingly still hear him pretty well when he wakes up. Which never includes full-on crying though. He's seriously the best.

When I go get him to feed him after the long night of sleep, he stares at me for about a minute just smiling and laughing. Absolutely no one should be that happy in the morning! The best was when he slept until 10...but I woke up at 8 and couldn't go back to sleep so that was weird waiting 2 hours for him to wake up.

Loves: Playing on his floor gym and looking at himself in the mirror. I'll catch him staring up at himself with a huge smile on his face. It's hilarious. I also love that he'll move around and hit the animals hanging down. He's getting better at the whole hand-eye thing. He also scoots himself from one side of the mat the other with his feet (he does the same thing in his crib).

Getting his face poked by his annoying mom. It always makes him laugh when I poke around his mouth making dumb sounds. Whatever works.

Scratching/clawing his face. I try my best to keep the nails under control and I can't believe he hasn't scratched his face more. It always seems like he's trying to claw his eye out!

Being on his tummy. "Tummy time" quickly turns into nap time. He can't stay awake in that position for long and it rocks. Pretty sure he won't be rolling over for a while. He likes where he's at.

Hates: Longish car rides. That kid LOVES being in the car and usually falls asleep in minutes, but once it gets to around an hour or so, he's not happy. The only time he's really ever cried hard was when we were driving home from Baton Rouge (about an hour away) and driving home from the Houston airport (a few hours). It's usually just because he's getting hungry or too tired to fall asleep.

That's really the only thing I can think of that he isn't too fond of--he's the best baby ever.

One Month

Tonight Dez went to sleep at a decent human hour (2 am), so naturally here it is almost 4 in the morning and I'm still wide awake. I don't know. At this point I'm just waiting for him to wake up again soon unless this is the time he decides to sleep for a long stretch. It's like he knows! I might as well do something besides lie in bed...

A few days ago marked a month for Dez! It's gone by fast and slow at the same time. I'm trying to enjoy every moment I have and just can't believe how much he's already changed and grown. *Lighting is on point and his diaper is bigger than he is.*

Loves: EATING. It's crazy to me to think about how much time out of each day is spent feeding this bottomless pit.

Laughing/smiling in his sleep. I love when I catch him in the act! He's also smiling a lot more while awake, especially when he first wakes up "for the day" around noon or 1.

Pulling his hair. Well, he actually should hate it but he won't stop doing it! Every time I hear the scream I know exactly what he's doing and have to run and pry his death grip off that hair.

Being on his tummy, hanging out in his swing, and getting bounced up and down.

Hates: I really can't think of much he hates. He used to hate baths but now he's indifferent to them. He just didn't like being cold but we've gotten better at keeping him warm and getting him in a towel quick.

All in all he's such a happy baby and rarely cries. His normal cry is more of a whimper, even when he's hungry! It's pretty awesome.

Mostly I feel like he's too big to only be a month old! What is happening?! But we're loving being parents and can't wait for what's to come!