Pretty much everyone we know and every book we read mentioned the famous 3-month mark. Other people also mentioned the 6-week mark.
"It gets better after 3 months (or 6 weeks), we promise". And I completely agree. For us it has already gotten 1,000 better since those first 5 weeks of endless crying. Lucia has changed so much (it feels like she changes every single day) that we think she is about to turn the famous 3-month corner.
The problem: It's a blind corner and we have no idea of what's coming next. But ready or not, here we go!
As all parents can attest, every child is different and ours definitely is. We are thrilled about Lucia turning the 3-month corner but we (or at least I) are also a little nervous of what's coming next. All of a sudden she started smiling, cooing and interacting a lot more with us. I feel like she's starting to like us.
There's something special when before, it only took milk to calm her and now sometimes the sound of my voice and the feeling of my arms around her are enough to put her at ease.
Who knows, maybe we are also turning the 3-month mark as parents. Maybe Lucia is crying less and interacting more because of her natural development, but maybe, just maybe, we have helped a little bit and we have changed so much too that we have more patience to start enjoying the other side of this beautiful baby.
On the development front we went to the doctor last week for her first set of shots. Everything went as well as possible considering three vaccines were in the mix. The only issue was that Lucia hadn't gained weight at the same pace as she had done in the past. For the first month she was in the 60th percentile and this time she dropped down to the 24th. Unfortunately this put a halt to the somewhat comfortable feeding routine we had established and now we went back to worrying a little about having enough to feed her and we went back to operating the good ole' Alpenrose Dairy branch in our house: the dreaded pump. We'll see how this goes. The important thing is that Lucia is gaining weight, she's showing every sign of normal development and we are showing every sign of a tired zombie and immensely happy parent.
As all parents can attest, every child is different and ours definitely is. We are thrilled about Lucia turning the 3-month corner but we (or at least I) are also a little nervous of what's coming next. All of a sudden she started smiling, cooing and interacting a lot more with us. I feel like she's starting to like us.
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