Tripp: Three Months Old

Trippster is three months old!

If I could sum up little Trippy in two words, it would be fat and happy! I love him. He is a such a sweet boy who is still so easily consoled. Looking back over the past month, our little guy is just growing up and changing so quickly. 

Eating: Tripp is eating every 2-3 hours during the day and nursing so very well. However, the past few days we have had a slight battle of the wills with nursing on the left side. During a few nursing sessions, he has not liked starting on the left. So strange! We can do dinner on the right and dessert on the left without a hiccup, but switch the order and he has thrown a few fits. But, with these battles, he is learning early that Mommy wins every time. :) At night, he gets up at least once to eat, and sometimes twice. But he is all business.. Eat, burp and right back to sleep. 

Sleeping: we have definitely achieved consolidated night time sleep. Yes! He is down for the night by 7:30pm. We do a bedtime routine of bath, salve, jammies, nurse, a little rocking and into the bassinet drowsy, but not in a deep sleep. He then gets his arms swaddled, his paci and a receiving blanket by his head to snuggle into. I cover him, fill the humidifier (it's SO dry here) and turn off the light. And he's snoozing before I close the door. I am amazed nightly at how easily sleep training comes to this kid, or maybe it's second kids in general. 

(Tripp left, CA right) - little sleepers 

Unfortunately, daytime sleep is not quite as orderly. We have established a few habits, the first being right back to a nap after a 45min awake time in the early morning. The second is another late morning nap, and the third is always both kids napping after lunch for quite awhile (at least 1 1/2 hrs). However, on the whole, it seems like most daytime sleep is a lot of 45min naps, but we are working on stretching those longer and consolidating the frequency. 

Likes: baby talk- we have ALOT of "goo goos" around here; the bouncer- chats all morning to that little monkey; baths; being bundled up; being propped up on the couch; sister's kisses and hugs; his room; being held; and mommy. 

Dislikes: stoplights/waiting in traffic while in the car seat; being naked after a bath; hats; getting salve on his head; going to sleep for daddy; lying on his stomach, the time between 4:30pm and 7:30pm. 

What else happened this month: a strange ten day period where Tripp spit up a lot after each feeding; we re-discovered the necessary use of swaddling his crazy arms for all sleep times; we had Tripp's two month doctor appointment and first immunizations;  we found a pretty good fix for the cradle cap situation (dang dry winters here aren't helping); our first true cold; we also had good friends from Colorado spend five days visiting and helping with all things kid and baby. 

It's been a good, good month! We've been blessed with so many hand me downs and gifts, we found a much cheaper disposable diaper that does a fantastic job, and are really getting into the groove as a family of four. Tripp is a great addition to the fam and we are so happy to have him.