3 month Evie Kay

I figure I better post about Evie being 3 months before I have a new 4 month picture to post in a couple of weeks! Evelyn is growing like a weed and its such a joy. At 3 months she loves smiling, has started giggling and still likes to coo away. She recognizes voices like her mommy and daddy and will turn her head when she hears them across the room. She also smiles big for Ben. Her favorite thing lately is to roll on her side, put one arm over her eyes and the other arm and hand in her mouth.. Its a dramatic pose but she goes to sleep on her own like that.

The biggest change for Evie this month is that she has slowly weaned to all formula. I went back to work with the intention of weaning for daytime formula and evening/night nursing.. I did that for a couple of weeks but it just became a pain. Evie likes her bottles and loved the formula (2nd one we tried- Enfamil Gentlease, but we used the Target generic) so the combination of hating pumping and moving up the eventual plan of all formula just made sense. I was ready to be done too!  It feels good to have your body back and not have to be running your life by a 3 hour clock to be with a baby or a breastpump! Nursing I enjoyed, pumping not so much. Glad and proud I lasted 12 weeks with exclusive breast milk for her.

Evie also has started sleeping well... thinking the switch to formula might have helped. She now sleeps for 8-13 hours a night without waking!  I am still in shock. Ben never never did this before his 1st birthday and still wakes up a few times a week. Different kids for sure.   Evie is not a great napper but does take short naps.

Evie is still in pretty much 6 month clothes.. but the sleepers are getting short, she is long! I am guessing she weighs about 14 lbs.

In the first 3 months of life, Evie has met all her grandparents,aunts/uncles, great grandparents (4 of them ), been to MN, WI, IL, IN and MI and met all of her cousins.  Evie also has adjusted to daycare and loves her mornings home with daddy and evenings home with Mommy.  In my opinion, the hardest newborn months are over.. now come the fun months where they get more interactive. I love the 6month-year stage!