3 months old is a magical time for Jonathan...well, I guess I mean it's magical for me. He sleeps, he poos, he coos, he eats and his crying has significantly decreased. He is becoming more like the babies I remember Kherington and Kevin being. Maybe I just blocked the first 3 months of their life out of my mind.
I needed to take a shower and I couldn't get him to go to sleep so I just put him in the bouncer and figured I'd be quick. I came out to him asleep. This is kind of huge for him. The other night I went to sleep around 10 pm and didn't wake up to feed him until 4am. That is a solid 6 hours of sleep. How amazing is that!
I think part of this transformation comes from age. But I think another part comes from figuring out his eating. He was super cranky and after reading a bunch of online stuff I though dairy might have been a problem but I really really didn't want to eliminate anything. Then I read one post that said eliminating something from your diet should be a last resort. Sometimes people think it's dairy or something else when in reality it is just a supply/demand issue. I pump every morning so I can leave a bottle with him at child care at the Y even if he doesn't necessarily need it. I wouldn't want to waste it so when he was ready I'd finish feeding that bottle to him plus nurse him. What I read is that babies stomachs are so small if you overfeed them they can appear to have acid reflux and become super cranky. So a week or so ago I stopped feeding him the bottle. I still pump and send it but if he doesn't drink it there, I just throw it out and nurse him as normal the rest of the day. It is working great.
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