Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Three Months

Despite a trip to the ER & a nasty cold, month three was fairly normal. (How's that for an attention-getter?!) Shortly into month three, I was nursing Chloe one afternoon after her nap and realized that she was moving her feet oddly. So I pulled off her socks and to make a long story short, she had somehow woven two of my long hairs (gross!!) around four of her toes and had cut off circulation to them and the hairs had actually cut into the skin! Poor girl! Thankfully, Matt's mom was up for a visit that day and I called her over to help. Once we realized we were not going to be able to get the hairs off ourselves, I packed up Chloe and off headed to the ER while Matt's mom stayed behind to care for Jack (who was napping at the time).

Matt met me at the hospital shortly after we arrived and we didn't even have to sign in (our pediatrician called ahead). A nurse got right down to business and took care of the problem with some tiny surgical instruments and bright lights. A doctor checked Chloe over and gave her antibiotic ointment and sent us home. Whew. Actually, by the next day her toes were almost healed.

I had NEVER heard of this happening before, but according to the ER docs/nurses it is actually fairly common. In fact, our nurse had had the same thing happen to her own son. Crazy.

Baby Girl is quite content, delightful, and a bit sassy. She is starting to roll from tummy to back. Today she did it four times! She grabs at toys and hair (loves to pull our hair) and our faces. She giggles when we tickle her or play little games with her. She chews on a pacifier or her fingers and is fascinated by her own hands. She loves to be read to and watches the pictures and pages intently.

Now that Chloe's reflux is a non-issue, this past weekend we moved Chloe to her own room. Mommy had the hardest time; now Chloe is 10 steps away rather than barely arm's length, but we are all sleeping better and longer. Chloe loves her bedtime routine and anticipates each step; bath, massage, nurse, book (sometimes), swaddle, lights out, singing and rocking, sleep. Often when she is fussy, Chloe will calm right down when she realizes she is going to be taking a bath. Currently, she is sleeping in 3-4 hour stretches and starting to develop a nap routine (although this is still quite flexible).

Chloe and Jack are going to be great friends. Jack enjoys having her around, hates to hear her cry, and shows his love by kissing her, holding her, reading to her, singing to her, wanting to play with her, wanting to hold her in the bathtub, wants to "talk to her," and includes her in all of our family together time. For her part, Chloe watches him and follows his voice and certainly tolerates his "loving."

I'm not positive on how much Baby Girl weighs, but it is over 12 lbs and she continues to grow out of her 0-3 month clothes and wears 3-6 month clothes mostly. She's still a tiny package and in this mama's eyes, radiantly beautiful.

































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