3 Months

It's hard to believe it's been three months since our little Silas was born! Here's a quick list of his new tricks:

* He recently has started laughing. I usually kiss and tickle his tummy when I change his diapers. He lets out a single cackle every time. On Sunday, he started laughing in his sleep. It was very cute!

* He drools constantly and sucks on his blankets so I introduced him to his woobie today. One side is made of satin and the other side fleece. I took advantage of this as a teaching moment to teach him smooth and soft. He loved having his face stroked with each side. He's lying next to me happily sucking on his woobie right now.

* He still doesn't like tummy time, but we do it anyway. He looks like he will roll over any day now!

* He got shots last week, but he was a trooper. He looked confused after the first one, then starting crying with the second. I expected him to be fussy once the initial pain wore off, but he wasn't. He didn't have a fever either. It went much smoother than I hoped.

* We've rediscovered swaddling and it has been so helpful! He was being particularly fussy during a feeding and kept flailing his arms around. Needless to say, this interfered with his ability to eat. In desperation, I had Dan get the SwaddleMe blanket out. I swaddled him tightly and our feeding problem was history. Not only did he eat, but he sleep for two straight hours (something virtually unheard of for him). I've swaddled him tightly like that for every nap and night time since and have had an easier time getting him to sleep. I'm so happy with the SwaddleMe blanket that I've ordered two more in bigger sizes. Maybe our sleep problems will finally start to improve!