We didn't have a doctor's visit this month so her at-home estimate for weight is approximately 11 pounds. I tried to get an estimated height but she is just too squirmy.
Development: Ainsley is full of new tricks this month. When she's on her belly she can lift her head 90 degrees, she's rolling over one way (although I don't think she totally understands that rolling over saves her from being on her stomach), she laughs and squeals and just started making this raspy razz sound, she is still sleeping through the night (YAY!) and she loves to sit (in her chair or with support) and play with her toys, her hands, or anything else she can put in her mouth.
She also just realized how to spit and apparently when you are 3 months old the absolute best time to spit is when you're supposed to be going to sleep. She'll just lay in her bed spitting away, content as can be until she realizes that the top of her pjs, her entire face, and the bedding around her are wet and cold from her slobber and then she's not happy about it. This is one trick we're hoping she forgets... soon!
Likes: As I have mentioned in previous posts, Ainsley loves to be sung to and she has a distinct preference of songs she likes more than others. I'm almost embarrassed to admit that her favorites are none other than Beyonce's "Put a ring on it" and Chris Brown's "Forever". Of all the lullaby's, praise and worship hymns, and made-up songs we sing to her, who would have guessed that two R&B/rap songs would be the ones she clings to.
Ainsley also loves her Infantino toy cow. This is annoyingly funny because the other day I had that bad mommy feeling because she is starting to become really interested in her toys and this cow was about the only one we had. So I got online and rush ordered her a bunch of toys so that she would be "properly stimulated". Well wouldn't you know, that as soon as all her fun new things got her she couldn't have cared less. And still, the only one that makes her smile was this little cow that we've had since day one.
Dislikes: Ainsley doesn't seem to like the bottle anymore!! Ah!! How did we let this happen? I can literally feel all my freedom going down the drain along with all the refused milk. She was given so many bottles in the NICU that we thought we were in the clear with this one so we got a little more relaxed about it. Plus we had a little trouble finding the right bottle nipple flow for her, ie. she is now using the 6+ month fast flow nipple and she still seems to get frustrated with it going too slow! Along with the fact that I love to nurse her and it is so quick, easy, and always the right amount and temperature. But now with me starting school in a few months and not to mention needing a cure for my stir-crazy moments, this is one trick we NEED her to relearn!
However, on a brighter note, she isn't hating her medicine quite as much anymore. Now she simply lays back and opens her mouth. I think she knows that after her medicine she gets fed. :)
My favorite things: Something so funny about Ainsley is how when we're home it takes a series of things to get her to fall asleep (dark room, noise machine, paci, shushes and pats, and inevitably there are a few cries) however so far every Sunday at church she has quietly fallen to sleep in my arms with no fuss. Definitely God at work! Another one of my favorite things is how when she is sleeping on her tummy she cranks her left arm behind her head and rubs her hair... or lack of hair because she has an oval bald spot back there from moving her head from side to side when she is sleeping on her back. And my absolute favorite moments are how when she's done nursing she looks up at me with a big sweet smile and coos, as if to say thank you. These moments make all the crying, explosive diapers, spit up spots on my my clothes, and tiredness worth it.
