Newsletter Month: 3

Elliot - yesterday you turned three months old! I can't believe it! This month has been full of lots of new experiences for you. We have realized that you are definitely a morning baby. You are super smiley when you wake up and are cooing alot. You definitely do not like to be woken up from a nap - wow - super crabby Elliot appears and you yell!

We took our first road trip with you to WI for Thanksgiving. You cried pretty much the whole way there. 4 1/2 hours later we arrived with our nerves shot and even Wini was exhausted as she didn't get much sleep during the drive. I think you were not happy about the dark - every time we turned a light on, you stopped crying. But you can't drive the whole way with a light on - silly goose...you were an angel the whole way back to Minneapolis, thank goodness! You met a lot of new people and spent time at a lot of new places and you were really great about it - I hope this means you will forever be flexible and a good traveler.

A couple weeks ago you started sleeping through the night - I am cautious in writing this as I feel if I continue to say it outloud you will stop doing it - please don't! You are sleeping about 8-9 hours straight and your daddy and I are continuing to pinch ourselves. We are very grateful and realized this is not the norm - you must be advanced =)

This month you also moved out of the bassinet next to our bed and into your own crib in your room. I will admit that I cried a bit as I couldn't believe you were so big to do this already. But you almost didn't fit in the bassinet anymore because you are such a big boy!
Yes - such a big boy that your daddy and I often have backaches from carrying you around...not that we are complaining...

You are fully holding your head up and sitting upright with a little help. You have also started to stand up and want to kick much more. This month also brought a huge challenge - you decided to stop taking a bottle, after taking it fine for several weeks. We tried everything - every possible bottle/nipple combination and nope - you were not having it. You would scream at the top of your lungs and become inconsolable. This lasted for about four weeks until this past weekend when I think (hope) that I finally broke you of it. I was so stressed about it - I was dreaming about you not taking a bottle! You start daycare in a few weeks so let's hope by then you are a happy guy taking a bottle - ok?

Finally, we took you to meet Santa Claus last week - you didn't cry but you didn't smile either which is ok - we weren't expecting much. We are very excited as we head into Christmas to celebrate it with you here. Christmas has taken on a whole new meaning with you around and we feel especially blessed to have such a fun, healthy, beautiful baby.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Elliot.

Love,

Mama