How YOU doin’?

Another Nugget update already?!  Didn’t I just write his two month update?  I guess not, because it’s been a month, and the time is just flying by.  Nugget is the sweetest, snuggliest little guy I’ve ever met, and getting sweeter and snugglier by the day.  (Well, maybe not snugglier – I’m not sure it’s possible, actually, to get any snugglier than he has been since birth.)

We’ve had a fun month together.  Nugget is getting more and more interactive.  He’s started to coo and he loves to have long conversations that generally go as follows:

Nugget: Ooooooo.

Mommy: Really?

Nugget: Eh.

Mommy: You don’t say!

Nugget: Ahhh!

Mommy: And then what happened?

Nugget: Ooo-eeee.

Mommy: Wow!

And so on, and so forth.

We’ve been on the go again this month, getting out of the house almost every day.  As I mentioned in a previous post, our neighborhood isn’t particularly walkable, so we’ve been driving to East Aurora and strolling down the main street or through the neighborhoods most days.  (And I’m fantasizing about downsizing into one of the village houses there… someday, maybe.)  Nugget is decent about the car seat, just as long as the car is in motion and going at least 35 miles per hour.  We call him Speed Bus Baby.  (Nineties movie reference!)  We’ve also continued to hike most weekends, taking advantage of the gorgeous early summer we’ve been enjoying.  Our last hike, to Sprague Brook Park, was particularly fun for Nugget.  He stayed awake the entire time – a feat for him, since he likes to fall asleep in the Ergo – and gazed around at the trees for over an hour.  Nature boy in the making!

I’ve started calling him “Mr. Personality” because he is charm personified and the biggest flirt ever – especially with me.  As if I wasn’t already madly in love with him.

Nugget at 3 Months:

Weight: 12 pounds, 2 ounces.

Height: 22.5 or so inches cooperative.

Clothing Size: In pants he’s still wearing 0-3 months, but his 3-6 month onesies seem to be fitting him better so I’m rotating him through the few he owns.  I need to get on top of buying his 3-6 month wardrobe – he officially needs it now!  It’s going to include baby bathing suits and rash guards, since we’re headed to the beach this summer, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to handle that cuteness.

Sleep: Not much has changed since last month’s update.  He’s still on a fairly regular schedule of falling asleep in our arms between 8:00 and 9:00 on the couch, then transitioning to the crib when we head to bed and sleeping until around 2:30.  (Sometimes it’s 1:30, sometimes 3:30, but always in that general vicinity.)  Most nights I’m up with him for about an hour and a half, and then he’ll sleep until around 6:15 or 6:30.  (Of course last night he decided to show me who’s really still in charge and tossed in an extra wakeup… message received, Nugget.  It’s your world, I’m just living in it.)  I’m making it work, but it is starting to wear me down.  He’s nowhere near ready to be night-weaned, though, so we’ve got awhile to go with this schedule.  At least a couple more months.

Likes: Peanut.  Actually, this is more of a LOVE.  Oh, my goodness, does he ever worship her.  Whenever they’re in the same room, his big eyes follow her every movement.  I think he’d be happy to sit and gaze at her for hours.  The feeling is mutual… Peanut continues to be just wild about her little brother, too.  I’m not sure how she’ll feel when he’s mobile and into her stuff, but I’m soaking up the sibling harmony while it lasts.

Dislikes: When Mommy sniffles.  Seriously.  The kid sleeps peacefully through Game of Thrones or his whirling dervish of a sister, but if I sniff my nose he jumps as if he’s been shot.  Since it’s allergy season, this is a big problem.

Favorite Toys: He’s still not into many toys, but he’s starting to get a bit more engaged.  He continues to be a big fan of Peanut’s stuffed panda, and he loves his blue Jellycat dog – in fact, it was the first toy he smiled at!

Milestones: So much new stuff this month!  In addition to the coos, which are constant and adorable, he’s been working hard on his grip.  He loves to hold onto the neckline of my shirt (and often attempts to pull me down with him if I am laying him in his crib or his swing) and he was even able to grasp an O-ball recently.  I expect that next month we’ll see a lot of development in this area.  He’s also beginning to find his hands; I’ve observed him examining them a few times, although mainly he’s just interested in jamming them into his mouth.

Quirks: Here’s something weird: Nugget is afraid of garages.  Seriously.  You’d think that three months would be too young to have developed a fear like that, but evidently it’s not.  Whenever we walk through our garage from the car to the mudroom door, or Heaven forbid if I take him downtown and park in the parking garage, his eyes get huge and he immediately starts to whimper and doesn’t stop until we’re safely out of the garage.  What kind of kid is afraid of garages?  Basements, yes.  In fact, I’m a little bit afraid of basements.  But garages?!

Happy, happy, happy three months, little buddy!  We love you!