3 Months Old! I Can't Believe It!!

I just can't believe how much she is changing everyday. Sometimes I want her to stay just like she is. I am loving every minute of it and I don't want her to change too quickly. But, some days I can't wait for the next thing that she learns to do.

Yesterday, we went for Emily's 3 month check-up at the pediatricians. Everything was good except for her weight. Her height was almost 23 1/2 inches so she grew 1.75 inches since last months. This is a big difference from the previous month when she only grew half an inch. It places her about 50th percentile for growth. Her head is 50th too where it has been all along. Her weight was the biggest difference this month. She weighed 11 lbs. and 9 ozs. Last month she weighed in at 11 lbs. and 5 ozs. so she has only gained 4 ozs. We were hoping for at least a pound and a half. So she went from 75th percentile in weight last month to 40th this month. She is eating enough throughout the day so she should be gaining more than that. Her reflux has not abated any and we think this is the cause for her slow weight gain this month. We are going to try a different reflux medicine and we have to try and feed her an extra bottle each day. Not a full bottle, but a little extra at the end of the day to try and get a little more into her. We will see how her weight is at the next appointment. Lets hope these changes work!

Other than that she is great. The Pediatrician is happy with everything else and says she looks good.

Changes for this month... she is smiling and laughing a lot, she holds her own head up all the time, pulls her head up when laying down and looks around, pulls her body into a sitting position with her torso (although she can't hold it there :), has almost rolled over, sleeps from 9 pm til 6:30 am without waking up (well she wakes up at about 3:30 but just wants her binky and then goes back to sleep), and her apnea monitor has not gone off while she was sleeping for almost 4 weeks now. Her reflux is still bad though, as I already mentioned, and still makes her gasp and choke so we still have to keep a close eye on her.

All and all it's been a good month and I can't wait to see the changes she goes through in the month to come!!