Day 96: 3 Months

Yay for Mitchell's 3 month milestone!Here's what he has started doing this month:

• Actually enjoying his bouncer and play mat. He will play in these "stations" for up to about 15 minutes at a time.
• We introduced him to his exer-saucer. He hasn't taken to it as well as Maya did. Perhaps he is still too young.
• He is definitely for real laughing, since October 15th.
• He is definitely cooing and "talking" to us.
  
• Sleep is still not going well. One time he slept 8:30pm-5:30am, but that was in his swing and has never happened again. He typically goes to bed between 8-9 and sleeps 3-5 hours. He wakes up to eat, sleeps another couple hours, then wakes up to eat again. By now it is anywhere from 3:30-6:30am, and he usally ends up in his swing at this time. Hopefully we will start belly sleeping tonight and see some improvements.
• I stopped breastfeeding last month, and he is drinking Gentlease formula. We attempted a bag of breast milk last weekend and it really tore his stomach up. I have 300 oz of breast milk in the freezer that will bring me to tears if I have to throw it out. Maybe mixing it with formula won't be so hard on him.
• Besides the massive 12 week growth spurt he just went through, he has been doing pretty well on a three hour feeding schedule. Sometimes he only makes it 2 1/2 hours, but it is still much better than before. He also just started taking 5 oz last week.
• He is happy most of the time. When he isn't happy, it's usually pretty easy to find out why. He is starting to remind us a lot of how Maya was as a baby. Which is such a good thing.