Milestone - 3 Months old
Looking back over the last three months, I'm just amazed. Our little boy has started to become such a little person. He smiles all the time and tends to stick his tongue out while smiling. We still swaddle him at night and I love when he first wakes in the morning and I undo the swaddle and he stretches like crazy and then will smile at you. It's just awesome!
He has definitely packed on the pounds (in a good way). His first month I would stand him up on my lap and lovingly call him chicken legs because his legs were so skinny. Now his legs are becoming chunky, the way that only babies can get away with and still be adorable. My husband always says that the breastmilk is going straight to his thighs. He measures it by wrapping his thumb and forefinger around his thigh and now his fingers don't touch anymore.
I call this the superman pose. Charlie will hold onto his outfit with his right hand and then hold his left arm in the air. And he'll just lay there like that, you'd think that his left arm would get tired. When this photo was taken I changed him and obviously he didn't have any clothes on to grab with that right hand so he grabbed his chest!
Another thing that I'm amazed by is how our 14 year old son, Johnny, has become such a great big brother. We recently visited with my cousin over the 4th of July holiday and she hadn't met Charlie yet. She was surprised at how at ease John was picking up and carrying around Charlie. I hadn't really noticed since its something he does almost everyday. But he has become pretty comfortable holding, comforting and (occasionally) changing the diaper. Although he'll put Charlie in his bouncy seat and proceed to bounce the chair pretty vigorously. Never to the detriment of the baby and he doesn't complain but probably is thinking this is one wild ride.
He has learned now to coordinate kicking both legs at the same time, not just one at a time like when weeks old. Actually that's how he shows his excitement, he'll start kicking both legs vigorously and be all smiley.
Charlie has really good head control. Even Dad has gotten over trying to carry him horizontal to support his head. Although you have to be careful of the occasional head butt, from over correcting his head.
Charlie likes to be held against your chest and he tends to fall asleep that way. While laying against you he typically will reach a hand up and grab & hold your shirt. Which is cute except when Dad is holding him, Charlie will inevitably grab ahold of his chest hair. :o)
