The Haynes Heartbeat: three months old

Thursday, December 26, 2013

three months old

Merry Christmas!

We have had the most amazing Christmas with this sweet little boy, and we still have one more day of Christmas celebrations to go when my brother and sister-in-law come in to Houston tomorrow. Ethan has been so good through all the chaos of visiting family and being passed around!

Ethan is just an amazing little boy. We are in awe of every one of his little accomplishments, and we love seeing his personality come out. He's started giggling (not as much as I'd like - I can't get enough!) and he is such a little flirt with his sweet smile! He loves smiling at his mama for no reason, and he loves to sleep - almost as much as we do! If we wear him out really well, Ethan will sleep ten hours at night. On a normal day, he sleeps about eight hours. We're loving his long nights!

Ethan weighs 15 pounds and 10 ounces! Babies are supposed to double their birth weight at 6 months (which would be March) but he is already almost there - that would be 16 lbs and 6.8 oz for him (~13 ounces to go!). It's safe to say that breastfeeding is going well!

Our big man is wearing 6 month (and sometimes 6-9 month) clothes comfortably these days - I'd even say that some of the 6 month onesies are getting snug. This is the longest he has worn one clothing size, so I'd say he isn't growing quite as rapidly as he did the first two months, but that is kind of nice because we can't quite keep up with all the clothes he has already blown through.

Ethan can roll over from front to back, hold his head up when he is on his belly (with or without the help of his hands), follow your movements with his eyes, smile, laugh, and steal your heart (watch out ladies!). He's still trying to strengthen his neck, but he loves standing and sitting with our help. New environments and environments with lots of people both keep him entertained, quiet, and happy. He sleeps the best on the nights when he has had a lot of interaction!