~3 Months~

Our angel bug will officially be three months old in the next few hours.  Another month down...not sure how much more of this "growing up" stuff I can take.  I am, however, very grateful that, up to this point, she is an extremely happy and healthy baby.

Lots of firsts this past month.  First trip to the pumpkin patch, first Halloween, and this is a picture of her on the day that she rolled over by herself for the first time.  I believe it was Wednesday.  She did it for her daddy while I was at work.  So when I got home, we tried to get her to do it again and to no avail.  I guess she was just too tired! 

In this last month, she has also completely transitioned to formula which is months and months earlier than I had wanted to do it.  And it's not because I wanted to stop breastfeeding, it's just because I couldn't produce enough milk to sustain her, especially with me back at work.  I could barely pump out enough milk for a full day.  And I'd tried everything...stayed hydrated constantly, took Fenugreek vitamins, drank milk tea and got a prescription for Reglan, which helps with milk production.  It just didn't work.  So for about three weeks, we mixed the breastmilk I could pump with formula and eventually phased the breastmilk out.  And she took it all like a champ, really, because she never got sick, had diarrhea or spit up anything.  So, yeah, now she's completely on formula and although that stuff is expensive as hell and goes fast (because she's eating 6 ounces every four to five hours), it's so much easier because I get a lot more sleep (especially since Malu does all the feeding overnight), I'm not stressing out about not having enough to feed her, and, if we want, we can stay out at places longer and not worry about having to breastfeed her.

Her hand-eye coordination has progressed.  She is so enthralled by her hands.  She's constantly got her hands clasped together and is often found trying to shove her fists in her mouth.  She can also grab her feet with her hands--very flexible!  And it's just so cute to see her do it.  She loves when we stand her up on our laps too.  I think she's dying to walk.  And when we lay her on the floor to get her to roll, she kicks her legs so much, I feel like she's going to start crawling soon.  Not only this, she will accept/take things that you hand to her.  Like today, I handed her her pacifier and she latched onto it and put it back into her mouth the right way.  I was shocked!

And...she talks.  And talks....and talks.  Malu and I wake up to her every morning (around 6:45) talking to herself and making googly noises.  And she's getting louder every day.  Everyone tells me she looks like her Grandma Ruby. Well, they can also say that she talks up a storm just like her too :)

Here are some other favorite pictures of her over the past month.

Sina and Mommy



I don't know why I insist on making her wear these flowers.  She's not a big fan.  But she's so cute in them.  This was actually taken this morning.



I call this her "bad to the bone" t-shirt.  It was a gift from my friend Leah.

I can't wait to see what's in store for us this month.  Sina, you bring us so much joy.  We love you, love you, love you!